White Sox Drop Beville, Pilgrims in Game 1 (5/30/01)

After rain and bad grounds postponed four straight games, the Boston Pilgrims returned to action by getting their asses handed to them by the Chicago White Sox in the first game of today's doubleheader. White Sox ace Clark Griffith tossed a complete game 5 hitter holding the Pilgrims to just 3 runs. Meanwhile Ben Beville (0-2, 4.00 ERA) got rocked for 4 runs in just 1 inning due to FIVE walks to get chased early. George Cuppy didn't fare much better by allowing 4 runs of his own in 7 innings with Fielder Jones driving in 4 runs on his own. As usual the Sox committed 4 errors as well as the White Sox took Game 1 8-3 at South Side Park.

                                                  Tristram Dalton hates walking everyone

Jackass of the Night is Ben Beville. He got rocked for 4 runs in just 1 inning off 5 walks to put the Pilgrims in a hole they couldn't climb out of.

                                                              Jackass Beville

The Good:

Chick Stahl was 1 for 3 with a walk, stolen base and a run scored.

Jimmy Collins was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.

Freddy Parent walked, was hit with a pitch and scored a run in four plate appearances.

Ossee Schrecongost walked as a pinch hitter.

The Bad:

Charlie Hemphill was 0 for 4.

Lou Criger was 0 for 4 with a strikeout and an error.

George Cuppy allowed 4 runs in 7 innings and was also 0 for 3 at the plate.

The Ugly:

Tommy Dowd was just 1 for 5.

Buck Freeman was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout and an error but drove in a run.

Hobe Ferris was just 1 for 4 with an error but drove in 2 runs.

Final Thoughts:

Bad defense and bad pitching will lose you games and the Pilgrims lost this for sure. 4 errors, 5 walks allowed and not much offense in this one. I don't where they dug up Ben Beville but he's not going to get it done with performances like that. George Cuppy wasn't much better and if the Pilgrims want to win the pennant this year, they're going to have to pitch and play defense better than that. The Pilgrims have Cyclone Young but that's about it, he can't pitch every day. The loss dropped the Pilgrims to 11-12, no sense mentioning the standings until after Game 2. The second game begins in an hour or so and it features Cyclone Young (5-2) taking on Ray Patterson of Chicago at South Side Park.