Boxscore: MNL @ BRI

Date: 1997-04-13

BOXSCORE: 1997 Minnesota Loons At 1997 Bristol Blasters             4/13/1997

  Loons              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Blasters           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  O.Vizquel SS        6  3  4  0 .360     B.Hunter CF         4  1  1  1 .222  
  D.Martinez CF       5  0  0  0 .125     S.Dunston SS        4  0  0  0 .200  
  R.Mondesi RF        6  4  4  4 .519     J.Thome 1B          4  0  0  0 .250  
  T.Martinez 1B       5  2  4  1 .333     K.Caminiti 3B       4  0  1  1 .286  
  J.Cruz Jr. LF       6  1  3  0 .211     T.Gwynn RF          4  1  2  0 .375  
  D.Easley 2B         6  1  2  1 .333     M.Alou LF           4  0  0  0 .125  
  D.Hollins 3B        4  1  1  1 .450     J.Valentin 2B       4  0  1  1 .375  
  T.Steinbach C       4  1  2  4 .278     B.Santiago C        3  0  0  0 .286  
  R.Clemens P         5  0  0  0 .000     B.McDonald P        1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          T.Candiotti P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-M.Cummings PH       0  1  0  0 .000  
                                          S.Reed P            0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-M.Vaughn PH         1  0  1  0 .500  
                                          S.Hitchcock P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      47 13 20 11                 Totals      33  3  6  3

A-Pinch Hit For Candiotti In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Reed In 7th Inning

Loons........... 0 3 0  0 3 1  0 4 2  - 13 20  0
Blasters........ 0 1 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  3  6  1

Loons (4-2)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Clemens WIN(2-0)        9       6   3   3   1  16   0 135   1.69  A1
Totals                    9       6   3   3   1  16   0

Blasters (0-2)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.McDonald LOSS(0-1)      4 1/3   8   6   6   2   4   1  82  12.46  A1 C4
T.Candiotti               1 2/3   4   1   1   1   1   0  45   5.40  C5 D6
S.Reed                    1       0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00  D7 D9
S.Hitchcock               2       8   6   5   0   1   1  59  22.50  E1
Totals                    9      20  13  12   3   6   2

ATTENDANCE- 47,037 DATE- Sunday, April 13th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:16
LEFT ON BASE- Loons:11  Blasters: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Loons: 0  Blasters: 1
ERRORS- K.Caminiti
DOUBLES- R.Mondesi(5th), J.Valentin(3rd), M.Vaughn(1st)
TRIPLES- B.Hunter(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Mondesi(2nd), T.Steinbach(1st)
RBIs- R.Mondesi-4(8th), T.Martinez(3rd), D.Easley(5th), D.Hollins(1st),
      T.Steinbach-4(8th), B.Hunter(1st), K.Caminiti(2nd), J.Valentin(1st)
STOLEN BASES- O.Vizquel-2(2nd), D.Hollins(1st)
WALKS- D.Martinez, T.Martinez, T.Steinbach, M.Cummings
HIT BY PITCH- D.Hollins
STRIKE OUTS- D.Martinez, R.Mondesi, J.Cruz Jr.-2, D.Easley, R.Clemens,
             B.Hunter-3, S.Dunston-2, J.Thome-4, K.Caminiti-2, T.Gwynn-2,
             M.Alou, B.Santiago-2
WILD PITCHES- T.Candiotti, S.Hitchcock
2-out RBI- T.Steinbach-4, J.Valentin, K.Caminiti, D.Easley, D.Hollins
RLISP 2-out- B.Santiago, D.Easley-3, R.Clemens-4, M.Alou, B.Hunter
TEAM RISP- Loons: 8 for 18  Blasters: 1 for 6

Roger Clemens struck out 16 batters and right fielder Raul Mondesi had 4 hits
and 4 RBI at Fenway Park as the Minnesota Loons belted the Bristol Blasters
by the count of 13 to 3.

Mondesi was a seemingly constant irritant to the hometown fans as he provided
much of the offense for the visitors.  He doubled scoring a run in the 5th
inning, delivered a one-base hit in the 6th inning, laced a base-hit
resulting in a run in the 8th inning and lifted one out of the park for a two
run home run in the 9th inning.  Minnesota kept the scorekeepers busy in the
8th inning with 4 runs on 5 hits.  Minnesota had 20 hits for the night.

Clemens(2-0) got the victory, allowing 3 runs for the game. Ben McDonald(0-1)
was the losing pitcher.  He was hit hard and gave up 8 hits and 2 walks in 4
and 1/3 innings.  

Steve Sustakowski was impressed with Clemens and his 16 strikeouts.  'It's
tough to generate runs if you can't make contact with the ball.'

SCORESHEET: 1997 Minnesota Loons at 1997 Bristol Blasters
O.Vizque-A1  A1:FO/2    *3*:Si     *5*:Si     *6*:G/13   *8*:Si     *9*:Si
                                                                    
                                                                    
D.Martin-A1  A2:K       B2:SB>12   C2:G/63>1  D2:F/7     E2:SB>12   F2:F/8>12
                        W>b1       2                     WP>23 P/6  
                                                                    
R.Mondes-A1  A3:L/5     B3:K       C3:Do>2#   D3:Si      E3:Si>3#   F3:HR>2#
                                                                    b#
                                                                    
T.Martin-A1  *2*:Si     B4:W>23 1  C4:Si>2#   D4:Si>13   E4:F/9     F4:Si
                        2 b1                                        
                                                                    
J.Cruz J-A1  A5:F/8     B5:K       C5:Si>12   D5:WP>3#   E5:Si>13   F5:K
                                              12 Si>23              
                                                                    
D.Easley-A1  A6:Si>12   B6:P/6     C6:P/6     D6:K       E6:Si>3#   F6:L/6
                                                         13         
                                                                    
D.Hollin-A1  A7:Force/  *4*:G/43   C7:HBP>23  *7*:G/13   E7:Si>3#
             54>23 1o              12                    12
             b1                                          
T.Steinb-A1  A8:SB>12   B8:Si      C8:W>3# 2  D8:G/53    E8:E/5>2#
             HR>3# 2#              3 12 b1               13 b2 
             b#                                          
R.Clemen-A1  A9:K       B9:P-DP/3  C9:F/7     D9:F/9     E9:G/31
                        4>1o                             
                                                         

B.Hunter-A1  A1:K       B1:K       C1:Tr>1#   D1:K
                                              
                                              
S.Dunsto-A1  A2:G/3     B2:G/13    C2:K       *8*:K
                                              
                                              
J.Thome-A1   A3:K       *4*:K      C3:K       D3:K
                                              
                                              
K.Camini-A1  *2*:K      B4:F/8     C4:Si>3#   D4:K
                                              
                                              
T.Gwynn-A1   A5:Si      B5:K       C5:Si>13   *9*:K
                                              
                                              
M.Alou-A1    A6:L/6     *5*:F/9    C6:G/31    D6:K
                                              
                                              
J.Valent-A1  A7:Do>1#   B7:G/31    *7*:F/8    D7:F/9
                                              
                                              
B.Santia-A1  A8:K       B8:F/9     C8:K
                                   
                                   
B.McDona-A1  *3*:G/53   *6*:W>b1   C9:Do
T.Candio-B6                        
M.Cummin-B9+