THE SHIELD
OAKLAND RAIDERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS
04/16/2002
 
THE SHIELD
OAKLAND RAIDERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS
GAME ID: 111 - TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH , 2002 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland Raiders (7-8) 0 4 0 1 3 0 3 2 3 16 16 0
Cleveland Browns (5-10) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 1
Oakland Buries Cleveland, 16-3
The Oakland Raiders stormed past the Cleveland Browns, 16-3, at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Oakland first basemanMike Short , who is tied for 3rd in the ABC with a .426 batting average, led the hit parade. He was 4-4 with a triple, a double, and 2 singles. He scored 3 runs and drove in 4. The winning pitcher was Will Ritchey. His record now stands at 3-1. The left-hander went 5.1 innings, allowing 1 run on 4 hits for the Raiders. The Browns are now 5-10 this season.

Oakland used a clutch at-bat from Chris Shaver to capture the win. The shortstop hammered a 3-run home run in the top of the second inning to put the Raiders ahead, 4-1. It was his lone hit in 5 at-bats, but it was a humdinger.

"Sometimes, the runs just come in bunches," said winning manager Chris Allen.
OAKLAND BATTING LINESCORE CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Lemus 3B 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 .171 1 3
D. Castillo RF 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .241 1 3
   a-A. Haines PH, RF 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 .000 0 0
D. Garcia 2B 5 2 2 2 0 1 0 .389 3 9
D. Belmore LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .327 2 14
   b-R. Parlee PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 0 1
   c-B. Mellott LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 4
M. Short 1B 4 3 4 4 0 0 2 .426 3 16
D. Mazzei C 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 .234 2 9
C. Shaver SS 5 2 1 3 0 0 5 .182 1 4
B. Halbrook CF 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 .238 0 2
W. Ritchey P 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0
   B. McGee P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-J. Fontana PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .171 1 4
   D. Seitz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-R. Hager PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .342 0 2
   J. Verdugo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 40 16 16 15 5 6 16      
a - A. Haines pinch hit for D. Castillo in the 7th
b - R. Parlee pinch hit for D. Belmore in the 7th
c - B. Mellott substituted for R. Parlee in the 7th
d - J. Fontana pinch hit for B. McGee in the 8th
e - R. Hager pinch hit for D. Seitz in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Short (3, 4th Inning off B. Harmon, 0 on, 0 outs) , D. Garcia (5, 5th Inning off N. Leandro, 2 on, 1 out)
Triples: M. Short (1, 5th Inning off N. Leandro, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: C. Shaver (1, 2nd Inning off B. Harmon, 2 on, 0 outs) , J. Fontana (1, 8th Inning off I. Tiburcio, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Lemus 2 , D. Castillo 2 , D. Garcia 3 , M. Short 7 , D. Mazzei 2 , C. Shaver 4 , B. Halbrook 2 , J. Fontana 4
2-out RBI: M. Lemus , M. Short
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Haines , D. Mazzei
GIDP: C. Shaver
Sac Fly: M. Short , D. Mazzei
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: D. Belmore (1)
CS: D. Castillo (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Shaver-Garcia-Short, Shaver-Garcia-Short)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Curvin CF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .283 0 1
   a-S. Hunt PH, CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 0 0
T. Page LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .235 2 7
   b-J. Garcia PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
R. Givens 2B 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .440 3 8
J. Betancur 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .319 4 14
E. Stoddard C 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 .200 1 5
B. Craig RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 0 1
N. Garcia 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .244 1 6
G. Blank SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .172 0 1
B. Harmon P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0
   N. Leandro P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   I. Tiburcio P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   S. Persun P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-J. Olson PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2 4 8 13      
a - S. Hunt pinch hit for M. Curvin in the 8th
b - J. Garcia pinch hit for T. Page in the 8th
c - J. Olson pinch hit for S. Persun in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Craig (1, 2nd Inning off W. Ritchey, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Betancur (7, 8th Inning off D. Seitz, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: M. Curvin , R. Givens 2 , J. Betancur 2 , E. Stoddard , B. Craig 3
2-out RBI: E. Stoddard
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Page , J. Betancur , E. Stoddard , B. Harmon
GIDP: J. Betancur , N. Garcia
Sac Bunt: N. Leandro
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: J. Betancur (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Blank-Givens-Betancur)
OAKLAND PITCHING LINESCORE CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
W. Ritchey W (3-1) 5.1 4 1 1 4 5 0 109 2.28   
B. McGee 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0.79   
D. Seitz 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 24 4.70   
J. Verdugo 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 3.86   
PITCHING
Game Score: W. Ritchey 57
Batters Faced: W. Ritchey 22, B. McGee 5, D. Seitz 6, J. Verdugo 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: W. Ritchey 7-2, B. McGee 2-2, D. Seitz 2-0, J. Verdugo 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: W. Ritchey 109-65, B. McGee 18-12, D. Seitz 24-18, J. Verdugo 10-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. McGee 1-0
WP: W. Ritchey
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Harmon L (1-3) 4.1 6 7 7 3 2 1 76 7.71   
N. Leandro 2.0 4 4 4 2 2 0 51 5.40   
I. Tiburcio 2.1 6 5 2 0 1 1 49 6.75   
S. Persun 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Harmon 22
Batters Faced: B. Harmon 20, N. Leandro 12, I. Tiburcio 14, S. Persun 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Harmon 6-3, N. Leandro 0-4, I. Tiburcio 2-4, S. Persun 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: B. Harmon 76-44, N. Leandro 51-31, I. Tiburcio 49-33, S. Persun 3-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: N. Leandro 2-2 , I. Tiburcio 2-1 , S. Persun 2-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Mike Short
Ballpark: Cleveland Browns Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (73 degrees), no wind
Start Time: 7:35 PM ET
Time: 3:29
Attendance: 19202
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