THE SHIELD
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS
04/18/2002
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THE SHIELD
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS
GAME ID: 128 - THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH , 2002 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New England Patriots (8-9) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 10 1
Cincinnati Bengals (6-11) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 3
Patriots Squeeze By Cincinnati, 5-4
The Patriots grabbed a win, 5-4, at Paul Brown Stadium, overcoming a fine effort from Cincinnati pitcher Jon Valles. Valles went 6 innings and allowed 2 runs. The winner in relief was Phil Kelley. The right-hander allowed no runs on 1 hit in 1.1 innings. He now owns a record of 1-0. The victory makes New England 8-9.

Who knows how it would've ended, had it not been for Aubrey Therien? The 28-year old shortstop Therien stroked a run-scoring single in the top of the ninth inning to put New England up, 5-4. For the game, he was 2 for 5, including 1 double and 1 single.

Therien expressed little emotion after the game. "Every game we win now," he said, "is one less win we'll need to get in the end."
NEW ENGLAND BATTING LINESCORE CINCINNATI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Fitzgerald LF 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 .296 2 5
A. Therien SS 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 .295 1 10
D. Spoo 2B 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 .222 3 5
C. Garcia RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 1 11
   c-A. Morrow CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
C. Martinez CF, RF 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 .327 0 6
D. Aviles 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .237 3 9
J. Watson C 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .245 3 12
D. Baker 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .203 3 11
M. Edde P 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .800 0 0
   a-B. Henderson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
   G. McKnight P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-M. Castro PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 0 1
   P. Kelley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   R. Velazquez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5 3 6 19      
a - B. Henderson pinch hit for M. Edde in the 6th
b - M. Castro pinch hit for G. McKnight in the 8th
c - A. Morrow substituted for C. Garcia in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Therien (4, 1st Inning off J. Valles, 1 on, 0 outs) , D. Baker (4, 4th Inning off J. Valles, 0 on, 2 outs)
Triples: M. Fitzgerald (4, 1st Inning off J. Valles, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: D. Spoo (3, 3rd Inning off J. Valles, 0 on, 1 out) , J. Watson (3, 8th Inning off R. Diekmann, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. Fitzgerald 4 , A. Therien 3 , D. Spoo 5 , C. Garcia , J. Watson 4 , D. Baker 2 , M. Edde
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Fitzgerald , C. Garcia , C. Martinez 2 , D. Aviles , M. Edde
GIDP: D. Spoo , D. Baker
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Fitzgerald (7)

FIELDING
Errors: D. Spoo (2)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Londono CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 .328 4 9
S. Osborne LF 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .233 2 8
J. Bedney 1B 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 .209 0 5
R. Rodriguez 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .262 1 6
A. Burrows 3B 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 .204 4 11
M. Fielder RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
   b-B. Krause PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 9
   c-D. Mora RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Torres SS 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 .333 1 6
T. Peterson C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 0 0
J. Valles P 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .143 0 0
   a-S. Wallace PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 0 1
   X. Li P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   R. Diekmann P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-C. Ryan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 2
Totals 34 4 8 4 5 10 17      
a - S. Wallace pinch hit for J. Valles in the 6th
b - B. Krause pinch hit for M. Fielder in the 8th
c - D. Mora substituted for B. Krause in the 9th
d - C. Ryan pinch hit for R. Diekmann in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Peterson (1, 2nd Inning off M. Edde, 0 on, 0 outs) , B. Londono (3, 9th Inning off R. Velazquez, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: M. Fielder (1, 1st Inning off M. Edde, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: A. Burrows (4, 1st Inning off M. Edde, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Londono 2 , R. Rodriguez , A. Burrows 4 , M. Fielder 3 , J. Torres 3 , T. Peterson 2
2-out RBI: A. Burrows , J. Torres
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Londono , J. Bedney , R. Rodriguez
Sac Fly: R. Rodriguez
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Londono (1)
CS: J. Torres (1)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Bedney (3) , R. Rodriguez (3) , A. Burrows (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Torres-Rodriguez-Bedney, Rodriguez-Torres-Bedney)
NEW ENGLAND PITCHING LINESCORE CINCINNATI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Edde 5.0 5 4 4 4 5 1 91 3.21   
G. McKnight 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 26 2.51   
P. Kelley W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 0.00   
R. Velazquez SV (4) 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 14 10.80   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Edde 42
Batters Faced: M. Edde 23, G. McKnight 8, P. Kelley 5, R. Velazquez 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Edde 4-5, G. McKnight 3-1, P. Kelley 2-1, R. Velazquez 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: M. Edde 91-48, G. McKnight 26-18, P. Kelley 21-13, R. Velazquez 14-8
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Valles 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 1 97 4.43   
X. Li H (2) 1.1 1 1 1 1 2 0 31 9.39   
R. Diekmann L (0-1), BS (2) 1.2 3 2 1 0 0 1 32 6.75   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Valles 54
Batters Faced: J. Valles 27, X. Li 6, R. Diekmann 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Valles 9-4, X. Li 2-0, R. Diekmann 1-3
Pitches - Strikes: J. Valles 97-52, X. Li 31-19, R. Diekmann 32-21
Inherited Runners - Scored: R. Diekmann 1-1
WP: R. Diekmann
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Jon Valles
Ballpark: Paul Brown Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (57 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 13 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:10
Attendance: 19029
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