Miller, Tigers Blank Pilgrims (5/24/01)

This was a game to forget for the Boston Pilgrims. Roscoe Miller of the Detroit Tigers managed to silence the Boston bats by holding them to just 8 scattered hits in a complete game effort. On the other side of the ball, Pilgrims rookie Ben Beville (0-1, 1.13 ERA) was let down by bad defense, especially catcher Lou Criger. Criger allowed 3 stolen bases and committed an error. The Sox bats did nothing while the Tigers scratched out 3 runs to win the game 3-0 at Bennett Park.

                                                   General Cornwallis detests bad defense

Jackass of The Night is Lou Criger. He allowed 3 stolen bases and committed an error while going 0 for 2 with 2 walks at the plate.

                                                                    Jackass Criger

The Good:

Charlie Hemphill was 2 for 4.

Freddy Parent was 2 for 3 with a walk.

Hobe Ferris was 1 for 3.

The Bad:

Buck Freeman was 0 for 2.

Ossee Schrecongost was 0 for 2.

The Ugly:

Tommy Dowd was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.

Chick Stahl was just 1 for 4.

Jimmy Collins was just 1 for 4 with an error.

Ben Beville took the loss by allowing 3 runs in 9 innings also going 0 for 4 at the plate....but 2 of those runs were unearned.

Final Thoughts:

That game was a kick in the pants as Beville pitched good but Criger threw the ball all around. The bats did almost nothing against Roscoe Miller and Buck Freeman had to leave the game. The Pilgrims need to get better defensively in a hurry because they're falling further behind in the American League. The offense is league average but that defense is atrocious. Like mentioned before, Cyclone Young can't save them every game. The loss dropped the Pilgrims to 10-11, 4 games behind the Chicago White Sox for first place in the American League. The Pilgrims look to bounce back tomorrow afternoon when they head to Cleveland to face the last place Indians. Ted Lewis (3-2) goes for the Pilgrims against Earl Moore of Cleveland. The game begins at 3:00 PM eastern time at League Park.