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Saturday, October 18, 2003
We are back home to play the first two games of the World Series against the Detroit Tigers. They were 3rd in the NL in scoring with 719 runs (Portland was 2nd in the PCL with 760). They were 2nd in BA (.265) and HR (143), but 2nd to last in walks (471). We led the PCL in BA (.275), were 9th in HR (112) and 12th in walks (482). They were tied for 7th in fewest runs allowed with 631 (Portland led the PCL with 541). Their pitchers tied for the lead in CG (26) and led in fewest walks allowed (442). We were 2nd in the PCL in CG (32) and 2nd in fewest walks allowed (422). The Tiger's run differential was +88, the best in the National League, but ours was the best in Baseball, +219. We are the clear favorites, but you know how that goes... Their CF, Steve Koenig (28-R), was hurt in the NLCS and will miss the Series. He hit .301 with 19 HR and 88 RBI. World Series Detroit Tigers (90-72 .556 Champions of the National League) at Portland Beavers (98-64 .605 Champions of the Pacific Coast League) Game 1 DET: Chuck Pitre (35-R 16-7 3.53) vs. POR: Frank Flores (24-R 22-6 2.79) Pitre pitched a CG 3 hitter in his only start in the NLCS and gave up 3 runs (1 earned) for a win. Flores was the PCLCS MVP, winning both of his starts, including a 3 hit shutout. He has now won his last 12 starts in a row. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) DETROIT 1: 2B Jose Parada (28-R .231-649-1-47-.602 82) NLCS MVP 104 R/50 SB 2: CF Ed Holle (29-L .238-328-9-38-.656 31) 3 for 5 with a HR vs Flores 3: RF Bob Stout (31-R .303-637-13-88-.797 45) 2-time All-Star(01,03) 12 3B/26 SB 4: 1B Lou Crain (32-R .267-637-25-98-.764 66) 31 2B 5: LF Melvin Navarro (26-L .272-338-19-53-.847 55) 6: 3B Joe Dunn (26-R .287-550-22-74-.815 53) All-Star 31 2B 7: C Terry Mann (26-L .282-507-17-62-.758 74) All-Star/RoY 8: SS Mike Shenk (27-R .235-477-4-49-.630 81) 9: P Chuck Pitre (35-L .309-81-1-10-.704 1) PORTLAND 1: RF Brian Mitchell (24-L .307-313-2-24-.742 100) 2: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .266-511-5-40-.680 73) 3: LF Kim Springer (23-L .294-299-8-54-.805 67) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (26-R .363-586-34-133-1.042 68) Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-02)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (23-L .318-493-16-94-.871 54) Silver Slugger/All-Star 6: C Tim Higbee (20-S .261-444-14-58-.707 48) Rookie 7: 2B A.J. Lee (23-R .290-407-2-34-.732 95) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .252-385-9-49-.663 92) 9: P Frank Flores (24-R .229-83-0-7-.530 36) PCLCS MVP Game Start: 8:05 PM Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium Weather: 52 F, Overcast, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 45,468 Top of the First: Jose Parada swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Ed Holle lines out to left. Bob Stout lines a hit to right. He steals 2nd. Lou Crain grounds out to 3rd! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell pops out to 1st. Jerry Suazo flies out to center. Kim Springer gets beaned. He steals 2nd. Glenn Snowden fouls out to the catcher... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Second: They go down in order! Bottom of the Second: We go down in order... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Third: They go down in order! Bottom of the Third: With 2 outs, Brian Mitchell doubles to right center. Jerry Suazo lines out to left. Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, Bob Stout draws a walk. He tries to steal 2nd, but C Tim Higbee throws him out! Lou Crain grounds a hit to center. Melvin Navarro draws a walk. Joe Dunn lines one to deep left, but Kim Springer makes the catch! Bottom of the Fourth: Kim Springer leads off with a triple to left! Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to right and Springer holds... Snowden is now hitting .231 in the postseason... Fernando Mexicano lines out to deep right and Springer trots home. 1 to 0, Beavers! Tim Higbee grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Detroit 0; Portland 1 Top of the Fifth: With 1 out, Mike Shenk lines one to right, but Brian Mitchell drops the ball for an error... P Chuck Pitre swings away and grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!! Bottom of the Fifth: With 2 outs, P Frank Flores lines a hit to right. Brian Mitchell strikes out... Detroit 0; Portland 1 Top of the Sixth: Jose Parada lines a hit to center. The Bullpen is roused. Ed Holle grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Bob Stout draws a walk... A wild pitch moves the runners up... Lou Crain walk on 4 pitches to load the bases up with no outs... Melvin Navarro walks on 4 pitches to force in a run... Tie Game: 1 to 1 Call to the Bullpen: Roy Huls (22-R). Joe Dunn squibs one in front of the plate... C Tim Higbee pounces on it, steps on the plate for a force out and fires to 1st for a double play!!! Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Kim Springer reaches on a throwing error by 3B Joe Dunn. He tries to steal 2nd, but they have a pitchout on and he is out... Glenn Snowden fouls out to the catcher.... Detroit 1; Portland 1 Top of the Seventh: Terry Mann grounds a hit to center. Mike Shenk lays down a bunt, but we get the force at 2nd, 1-6! P Chuck Pitre lays down a good bunt and Shenk goes to 2nd. Jose Parada lines a hit to center and Shenk scores... 2 to 1, Tigers. Ed Holle flies out to left. Bottom of the Seventh: P Chuck Pitre strikes out Fernando Mexicano and Tim Higbee, but then has to leave the game with an injury. New Pitcher: Gary Foster (27-L), a rookie with a 6.75 ERA in 22.2 IP. 25 walks. A.J. Lee grounds out to 2nd... Detroit 2; Portland 1 Top of the Eighth: Bob Stout takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. We have not retired him this game... Lou Crain lines a hit to right... Call to the Bullpen: Victor Alvarez (29-L). Juan Rojas comes in to play 2nd in a double switch. Melvin Navarro takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three. Joe Dunn grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Rafael Pina (22-3), their rookie closer with a 2.93 ERA in 76.2 IP. Sid Rasho (23-R) is in to play 3rd in a double switch. Reid Reddick drives one hard and deep to center, but Ed Holle, a less than ideal defender, makes a leaping catch at the warning track to rob Reddick of extra bases... With 2 outs, PH Jose Julio (29-R) grounds one to 2nd, but Jose Parada boots it. PH Jack Hinckley (27-R) strikes out... Detroit 2; Portland 1 Top of the Ninth: Jose Julio stays in to play right and Jack Hinckley stays in to play center. With 1 out, Mike Shenk takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Call to the Bullpen: Denny Jennissen (30-R). Sid Rasho strikes out. Jose Parada pops out to 2nd. Bottom of the Ninth: John O'Leary is in to play left and Dave Powers is in to play center. Ed Holle moves to right. PH Oscar Trejo (30-R) flies out to center. Glenn Snowden grounds a hit to left and defensive replacement O'Leary overruns the ball for an error and Snowden is at 2nd. Fernando Mexicano strikes out on 3 pitches... 2 down. Tim Higbee strikes out looking.... Lost - 2 to 1 We had 4 whole hits and made 1 error Detroit had 8 hits and made 3 errors Frank Flores went 5.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 5 walks and struck out 3. He threw a WP. At bat, he had a hit. RHP Roy Huls (L 0-1) went 1.2 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits and 1 walk. LHP Victor Alvarez went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2. RHP Denny Jennissen faced 2 batters and got them both out with 1 strikeout. Chuck Pitre (W 1-0) went 6.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 3 hits, no walks and struck out 5. LHP Rafael Pina (SV 1) pitched 2 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit and struck out 3. RF Brian Mitchell hit a double. LF Kim Springer hit a triple and scored our run. For Detroit, RF Bob Stout went 1 for 1 with 3 walks and stole a base. The Tigers announced that Chuck Pitre had sprained his ankle and would miss the rest of the Series. |
Sunday, October 19, 2003
World Series Detroit Tigers (1-0 Champions of the National League) at Portland Beavers (0-1 Champions of the Pacific Coast League) Game 2 DET: Jeff Kintz (26-R 16-10 2.82) vs. POR: Steve Muir (28-R 20-6 3.08) Gold Glove(01) Kintz pitched a 4 hit shutout in his last start in the NLCS with 8 SO. Muir gave up 4 runs (3 earned) and 8 hits in 4.2 IP in his last start in the PCLCS on lost. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) DETROIT 1: 2B Jose Parada (28-R .231-649-1-47-.602 82) NLCS MVP 2: CF Ed Holle (29-L .238-328-9-38-.656 31) 3: RF Bob Stout (31-R .303-637-13-88-.797 45) 2-time All-Star(01,03) 4: 1B Lou Crain (32-R .267-637-25-98-.764 66) 5: LF Melvin Navarro (26-L .272-338-19-53-.847 55) 6: 3B Joe Dunn (26-R .287-550-22-74-.815 53) All-Star 7: C Terry Mann (26-L .282-507-17-62-.758 74) All-Star/RoY 8: SS Mike Shenk (27-R .235-477-4-49-.630 81) 9: P Jeff Kintz (26-L .215-79-0-4-.488 37) PORTLAND 1: RF Brian Mitchell (24-L .307-313-2-24-.742 100) 2: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .266-511-5-40-.680 73) 3: LF Kim Springer (23-L .294-299-8-54-.805 67) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (26-R .363-586-34-133-1.042 68) Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-02)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (23-L .318-493-16-94-.871 54) Silver Slugger/All-Star 6: C Tim Higbee (20-S .261-444-14-58-.707 48) Rookie 7: 2B A.J. Lee (23-R .290-407-2-34-.732 95) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .252-385-9-49-.663 92) 9: P Steve Muir (28-R .291-79-0-11-.642 1) Gold Glove Game Start: 8:05 PM Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium Weather: 47 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 45,839 Top of the First: Jose Parada swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Ed Holle takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Stout grounds into force at 2nd, 1-6. Lou Crain grounds out to 2nd! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Jerry Suazo lines out to center. Kim Springer pops out to right... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Second: With 1 out, Joe Dunn swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to left. With 2 outs, Mike Shenk hits a foul ball down the left field line, bu Kim Springer drops it for an error... Given a second chance, Shenk grounds one up the middle, but SS Reid Reddick makes a nice play to flag it down and thrown Shenk out at 1st! Bottom of the Second: We go down in order... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Third: They go down in order! Bottom of the Third: With 2 outs, P Steve Muir lines a hit to right to become our first base runner of the game. Brian Mitchell pops out to center... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, Lou Crain lines a hit to right. But the next two make outs! Bottom of the Fourth: We go down in order... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Fifth: Terry Mann leads off with a walk... Mike Shenk doubles to right. The Bullpen is quickly mustered. P Jeff Kintz lines a hit to center and both runners score... 2 to 0, Tigers. Joe Parada bunts the runner over. Ed Holle doubles to center and P Kintz scores... 3 to 0, Tigers. Call to the Bullpen: Denny Jennissen (30-R). With 2 outs, a wild pitch sends Holle to 3rd. Lou Crain swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds one to 3rd, but Fernando Mexicano boots it and Holle scores... 4 to 0, Tigers. Melvin Navarro doubles to center... Joe Dunn swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to the warning track in center. Bottom of the Fifth: P Jeff Kintz strikes out the side in order... Detroit 4; Portland 0 Top of the Sixth: Terry Mann takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... The Bullpen is back up. Mike Shenk walks on 4 pitches... P Jeff Kintz lays down a bunt, but we get the force at 3rd, 5-6. With 2 outs, Ed Holle takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up. Call to the Bullpen: Sandy Bastianelli (29-R). Bob Stout grounds a hit to right and Shenk scores... 5 to 0, Tigers. Lou Crain swings at a 3-2 pitch and whiffs. Bottom of the Sixth: Reid Reddick grounds a hit to left. PH Oscar Trejo (30-R) flies out to left. The next two make outs... Detroit 5; Portland 0 Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Vic Kyzer (25-L). With 2 outs, Terry Mann grounds a hit to right. Mike Shenk grounds a hit to right. P Jeff Kintz flies out to deep center. Bottom of the Seventh: If we are going to make any nose, now is the time. 3-4-5 hitters up for us. With 1 out, Glenn Snowden hits a home run 8 miles to center! Actually 473 ft. 5 to 1, Tigers. Fernando Mexicano hits a home run to right! 5 to 2, Tigers. Tim Higbee grounds a hit to center. The next two make outs. Detroit 5; Portland 2 Top of the Eighth: Jose Parada walks on 4 pitches... The 6th walk we have issued today... Didn't we say something in the introduction about the Tigers batters being second to last in walks and our pitchers being second best? We issued 7 yesterday.... Ed Holle flies out to left. Call to the Bullpen: Rich Larkin (24-R). He strikes out Bob Stout and gets Lou Crain out, but only with the help of a diving catch by RF Brian Mitchell. Bottom of the Eighth: PH Juan Rojas (24-S) squibs one and is out, 2-3. With 2 outs, Jerry Suazo grounds a hit up the middle. They make a pitching change. New Pitcher: Rafael Pina (22-L), their rookie closer who got a 2 inning Save yesterday. We let Kim Springer hit because Pina has been tougher on righties than lefties this season and Springer doubles to right! Glenn Snowden, our hope riding on his mighty shoulders, grounds a little nubber to 3rd and is out, 5-3... Detroit 5; Portland 2 Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Victor Alvarez (29-L). Melvin Navarro leads off with a walk... What else did you expect? With 1 out, Terry Mann strikes out, but P Alvarez calls out Trudy the Trainer... New Pitcher: Bruce Ancona (23-L). Mike Shenk swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to center... P Rafael Pina flies out to center. Bottom of the Ninth: Sid Rasho is in to play 3rd and Joe Dunn moves to 1st. Fernando Mexicano and Tim Higbee both strike out... A.J. Lee takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Reid Reddick grounds out to short... Lost - 5 to 2 We had 7 hits and made 2 errors Detroit had 10 hits and made no errors Steve Muir (L 0-1) went 4.1 innings, allowed 4 runs (3 earned), 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out no one. At bat, he had a hit. RHP Denny Jennissen went 1.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 3 walks and struck out 1. RHP sandy Bastianelli got 1 out, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. LHP Vic Kyzer went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. RHP Rich Larkin faced 2 batters and got 2 outs with 1 strikeout. LHP Victor Alvarez got 2 outs, allowed 1 walk and struck out 1. LHP Bruce Ancona got 1 out and allowed 1 hit. 2 pitches thrown. Jeff Kintz (W 1-0) went 7.2 innings, gave us 2 runs, 6 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit, scored a run and had 2 RBI. LHP Rafael Pina (SV 2) went 1.1 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 2. LF Kim Springer hit a double. 1B Glenn Snowden hit a home run. 3B Fernando Mexicano hit a home run. For Detroit, SS Mike Shenk had 3 hits with a double and a walk and scored 2 runs. Trudy's report on Victor Alvarez is a dead arm that will keep him our of the rest of the series, most probably.... |
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
World Series Portland Beavers (0-2 Champions of the Pacific Coast League) at Detroit Tigers (2-0 Champions of the National League) Game 3 POR: Bobby Johnson (24-R 14-11 2.60) vs. DET: Kevin Houde (29-R 14-7 2.42) 3-time All-Star/MVP(01)/CY(01) Johnson was 0-1 in 2 starts in the PCLCS. He allowed 6 runs in 6.1 IP. Houde is their #1 starter. He was 1-1 in the NLCS, but pitched a 3 hit shutout in his last start. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: RF Brian Mitchell (24-L .307-313-2-24-.742 100) 2: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .266-511-5-40-.680 73) 3: LF Kim Springer (23-L .294-299-8-54-.805 67) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (26-R .363-586-34-133-1.042 68) Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-02)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (23-L .318-493-16-94-.871 54) Silver Slugger/All-Star 6: C Tim Higbee (20-S .261-444-14-58-.707 48) Rookie 7: 2B A.J. Lee (23-R .290-407-2-34-.732 95) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .252-385-9-49-.663 92) 9: P Bobby Johnson (24-R .203-79-1-8-.524 1) DETROIT 1: 2B Jose Parada (28-R .231-649-1-47-.602 82) NLCS MVP 2: CF Ed Holle (29-L .238-328-9-38-.656 31) 3: RF Bob Stout (31-R .303-637-13-88-.797 45) 2-time All-Star(01,03) 4: 1B Lou Crain (32-R .267-637-25-98-.764 66) 5: LF Melvin Navarro (26-L .272-338-19-53-.847 55) 6: 3B Joe Dunn (26-R .287-550-22-74-.815 53) All-Star 7: C Terry Mann (26-L .282-507-17-62-.758 74) All-Star/RoY 8: SS Mike Shenk (27-R .235-477-4-49-.630 81) 9: P Kevin Houde (29-R .287-80-0-8-.621 38) 3-time All-Star/MVP(01)/CY(01) Game Start: 8:05 PM Ballpark: Tiger Stadium Weather: 52 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from center Attendance: 52,628 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell strikes out... Jerry Suazo strikes out on 3 pitches... Kim Springer loops a hit to right. Glenn Snowden flies out to left... Bottom of the First: Jose Parada takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... The story of the Series so far is our pitchers' liberality with the base on balls... Ed Holle grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Holle heads off to 2nd, but finds the ball waiting for him there! Bob Stout grounds out to 2nd! Portland 0; Detroit 0 Top of the Second: Fernando Mexicano doubles down the right field line. Tim Higbee doubles to center and Mexicano scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! With 1 out, Reid Reddick beats out an infield hit. P Bobby Johnson swings away and strikes out. Brian Mitchell swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Second: They go down in order! Portland 1; Detroit 0 Top of the Third: Jerry Suazo grounds a hit to right. With 1 out, Glenn Snowden grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.... Bottom of the Third: With 2 outs, P Kevin Houde draws a walk... Jose Parada grounds one to 2nd, but A.J. Lee boots it... Ed Holle nubs one in front of the plate and C Tim Higbee throws the ball away for a 2 base error and P Houde scores... Tie Game: 1 to 1. They get a run before they get a hit... Bob Stout pops out to left! Portland 1; Detroit 1 Top of the Fourth: We go down in order... Bottom of the Fourth: Lou Cain grounds their first hit of the game to center. The next three make outs! Portland 1; Detroit 1 Top of the Fifth: With 2 outs, Brian Mitchell doubles to left. Jerry Suazo grounds out to the pitcher... Bottom of the Fifth: With 2 outs, Jose Parada draws another walk... He steals 2nd. Ed Holle pops one to shallow right center and Brian Mitchell makes a diving catch! Portland 1; Detroit 1 Top of the Sixth: 3-4-5 up for us and they go down 1-2-3... Bottom of the Sixth: 3-4-5 up for then and they go down in order! Portland 1; Detroit 1 Top of the Seventh: Tim Higbee bounces one down to 3rd, but Joe Dunne fumbles the ball! A.J. Lee bunts Higbee to 2nd. Reid Reddick grounds out to 3rd. PH Oscar Trejo (30-R) draws a walk. Brian Mitchell swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd... Bottom of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Rich Larkin (24-R). Joe Dunn grounds a hit to center. The Bullpen hops back up. With 1 out, Mike Shenk lines a hit to left. They send a pinch-runner to 2nd for Joe Dunn: Dave Powers (32-R). PH Duane Gill (32-L), who batted .234 with 3 HR in 64 AB, pops out to left. Jose Parada grounds a hit to right and Powers scores without a throw... 2 to 1, Tigers. Call to the Bullpen: Vic Kyzer (25-L). Ed Holle takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three. Portland 1; Detroit 2 Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Rafael Pina (22-L), their rookie closer going for his third Save in 3 games. Sid Rasho (23-R) is in to play 3rd. PH Jose Julio (29-R) strikes out... We let Kim Springer bat as he hit a double off Pina yesterday. He grounds out to the pitcher... Glenn Snowden walks on 4 pitches. Fernando Mexicano grounds a hit to center. Tim Higbee doubles to left center and Snowden scores! Tie Game: 2 to 2. A.J. Lee is walked intentionally to load the bases up with 2 outs for Reid Reddick. He strikes out looking.... Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Roy Huls (22-R). Juan Rojas is in to play short in a double switch. Jose Julio stays in the game to play right and Brian Mitchell moves to center. 3-4-5 up for them. With 2 outs, Melvin Navarro swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to right... 3 to 2, Tigers. Sid Rasho lines a hit to center. Terry Mann lines a hit to right center and Rasho goes to 3rd without a throw. Mike Shenk lines out hard to deep left. Portland 2; Detroit 3 Top of the Ninth: Juan Rojas loops a hit to right. Dave Risinger (27-R) is in to run for him Brian Mitchell bunts Risinger to 2nd. Jose Julio walks on 4 pitches. P Rafael Pina balks the runners up! Kim Springer strikes out trying to check his swing on a 3-2 pitch... 2 outs. They walk Glenn Snowden intentionally to load the bases up with 2 outs for Fernando Mexicano. He lines a 2-2 pitch to center and 2 runs score!! 4 to 3, Beavers! Tim Higbee swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses. Bottom of the Ninth: Dave Risinger stays in the game to play short. This game is on P Roy Huls to win or lose. I am not bringing Sandy Bastianelli into the game and everyone else is either used already, hurt or tired. PH John O'Leary (24-R), who batted .234 with 5 HR in 128 AB, flies out to right. Jose Parada strikes out! Ed Holle swings at the first pitch and pops out to left and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 4 to 3 Detroit leads the Series, 2 games to 1. No sweep! We had 10 hits and made 2 errors Detroit had 7 hits and made 1 error Bobby Johnson went 6 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 1 hit, 3 walks and struck out 1. RHP Rich Larkin got 2 outs, allowed 1 run, 3 hits and struck out 1. LHP Vic Kyzer faced 1 batter and struck him out. RHP Roy Huls (W 1-1) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 1 home run, and struck out 1. Kevin Houde went 7 innings, gave us 1 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 7. At bat, he drew a walk and scored a run. That is the first walk he has ever drawn in his career. LHP Rafael Pina (L 0-1 BS 1) went 2 innings, gave us 3 runs, 4 hits, 4 walks (2 INT) and struck out 4. He balked. RF/CF Brian Mitchell hit a double. PH/RF Jose Julio drew a walk and scored a run. 1B Glenn Snowden drew 2 walks (1 INT) and scored a run. 3B Fernando Mexicano had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had 2 RBI. C Tim Higbee hit 2 doubles and had 2 RBI. SS Juan Rojas had a hit in his only AB. PR/SS Dave Risinger scored a run. |
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
World Series Portland Beavers (1-2 Champions of the Pacific Coast League) at Detroit Tigers (2-1 Champions of the National League) Game 4 POR: Bill Woodward (23-R 9-8 4.09) Rookie vs. DET: Willie Jankowski (26-R 14-11 3.62) Woodward won his start in the PCLCS, allowing 1 run in 5.1 IP. Jankowski won his start in the NLCS, allowing 2 runs in 7 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: RF Brian Mitchell (24-L .307-313-2-24-.742 100) 2: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .266-511-5-40-.680 73) 3: LF Kim Springer (23-L .294-299-8-54-.805 67) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (26-R .363-586-34-133-1.042 68) Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-02)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (23-L .318-493-16-94-.871 54) Silver Slugger/All-Star 6: C Tim Higbee (20-S .261-444-14-58-.707 48) Rookie 7: 2B A.J. Lee (23-R .290-407-2-34-.732 95) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .252-385-9-49-.663 92) 9: P Bill Woodward (23-R .280-50-1-10-.660 42) Rookie DETROIT 1: 2B Jose Parada (28-R .231-649-1-47-.602 82) NLCS MVP 2: CF Ed Holle (29-L .238-328-9-38-.656 31) 3: RF Bob Stout (31-R .303-637-13-88-.797 45) 2-time All-Star(01,03) 4: 1B Lou Crain (32-R .267-637-25-98-.764 66) 5: LF Melvin Navarro (26-L .272-338-19-53-.847 55) 6: 3B Joe Dunn (26-R .287-550-22-74-.815 53) All-Star 7: C Terry Mann (26-L .282-507-17-62-.758 74) All-Star/RoY 8: SS Mike Shenk (27-R .235-477-4-49-.630 81) 9: P Willie Jankowski (26-R .250-72-1-6-.569 1) Game Start: 8:05 PM Ballpark: Tiger Stadium Weather: 49 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 12 MPH wind blowing in from center Attendance: 52,489 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Jerry Suazo swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Kim Springer strikes out... Bottom of the First: Jose Parada pops out to right. Ed Holle pops out to left. Bob Stout grounds out to 2nd! 1-2-3! Portland 0: Detroit 0 Top of the Second: We go down in order... Bottom of the Second: With 2 outs, Joe Dunn grounds a hit to left. Terry Mann strikes out looking! Portland 0: Detroit 0 Top of the Third: We go down in order... 9 up, 9 down. Bottom of the Third: They go down in order! Portland 0: Detroit 0 Top of the Fourth: Brian Mitchell beats out an infield hit. Jerry Suazo takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Kim Springer takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the base sup with no outs. P Willie Jankowski only walked 1.8 batters per 9 innings during the season. It is basically the one plus to his game. Glenn Snowden flies out to deep right and Mitchell trots home. 1 to 0, Beavers! The next two make outs... Bottom of the Fourth: Ed Holle lines a hit to left center. He steals 2nd off the Worst Battery in Baseball. But their 3-4-5 hitters all make outs! Portland 1: Detroit 0 Top of the Fifth: We go down in order... Bottom of the Fifth: Joe Dunn pops a hit over third base... Terry Mann grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Mike Shenk grounds a hit to left. P Willie Jankowski swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to center! Portland 1: Detroit 0 Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Jerry Suazo beats out an infield hit. Kim Springer grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and Suazo goes to 2nd. Glenn Snowden lines a hit to center and Suazo scores without a throw! 2 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano strikes out, the catcher completing the play, 2-3. Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Ed Holle hits a home run to right... 2 to 1, Beavers. The Bullpen is up. But the next two fly out to center! Portland 2: Detroit 1 Top of the Seventh: With 2 outs, Reid Reddick jerks a home run down the left field line! 3 to 1, Beavers! P Bill Woodward swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to center. Bottom of the Seventh: Melvin Navarro takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. The Bullpen is up. With 2 outs, Mike Shenk walks on 4 pitches... PH Duane Gill (32-L), who is 0 fo1 in the Series, is sent up. Call to the Bullpen: Vic Kyzer (25-L). Gill grounds out to 1st, unassisted! Portland 3: Detroit 1 Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Gary Foster (27-L), a rookie who faced 1 batter in Game 1 and got him out. PH Jose Julio (29-R) strikes out... PH Jack Hinckley (27-R) grounds out to the pitcher. Kim Springer is allowed to bat and he lines a hit to center. Glenn Snowden beats out an infield hit. Fernando Mexicano swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to center and Springer heads home....Safe! 4 to 1, Beavers! Tim Higbee strikes out... Bottom of the Eighth: Jose Julio stays in to play right and Jack Hinckley stays in to play center. Top of their order up. With 2 outs, Bob Stout beats out an infield hit. Lou Crain hits a home run to right... 4 to 3, Beavers. Melvin Navarro flies out to center. Portland 4: Detroit 3 Top of the Ninth: With 2 outs, PH Oscar Trejo (30-R) lines a hit to center. Pinch-runner: Dave Risinger (27-R). Jose Julio grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Rich Larkin (24-R). Dave Risinger stays in to play 3rd and Fernando Mexicano moves to right. Joe Dunn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Terry Mann strikes out. Mike Shenk swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to left center... He hit 4 home runs in 477 AB during the season... Lost - 5 to 4 Detroit leads the Series, 3 games to 1. We had 8 hits and made no errors Detroit had 8 hits and made no errors Bill Woodward went 6.2 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 4. LHP Vic Kyzer (H 1) went 1.1 innings, allowed 2 runs, 2 hits and 1 home run. RHP Rich Larkin (L 0-1 BS 1) got 1 out, allowed 2 runs, 1 hit, a home run and 1 walk and struck out 1. Willie Jankowski went 7 innings, gave us 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 2. LHP Gary Foster (W 1-0) went 2 innings, gave us 1 run, 4 hits, and struck out 3. CF Jerry Suazo had a hit and a walk and scored a run. LF Kim Springer had a hit and a walk and scored a run. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits and 2 RBI. SS Reid Reddick hit a home run. PH Oscar Trejo has a hit. |
Thursday, October 23, 2003
World Series Portland Beavers (1-3 Champions of the Pacific Coast League) at Detroit Tigers (3-1 Champions of the National League) Game 5 POR: Frank Flores (24-R 22-6 2.79) PCLCS MVP vs. DET: Dennis Wann (33-R 3-5 4.98) Flores ended his string of 12 straight starts with a win with a no decision in Game 1. He went 5.1 IP and allowed only 3 H and 1 R, but walked 5. Wann is starting because of the injury to Chuck Pitre. He lost his last 2 starts of the regular season, allowing 12 runs (11 earned) in 6.1 IP. If we lose today, the Baseball gods are just aligned against us... Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: RF Brian Mitchell (24-L .307-313-2-24-.742 100) 2: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .266-511-5-40-.680 73) 3: LF Kim Springer (23-L .294-299-8-54-.805 67) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (26-R .363-586-34-133-1.042 68) Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-02)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (23-L .318-493-16-94-.871 54) Silver Slugger/All-Star 6: C Tim Higbee (20-S .261-444-14-58-.707 48) Rookie 7: 2B A.J. Lee (23-R .290-407-2-34-.732 95) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .252-385-9-49-.663 92) 9: P Frank Flores (24-R .229-83-0-7-.530 42) PCLCS MVP DETROIT 1: 2B Jose Parada (28-R .231-649-1-47-.602 82) NLCS MVP 2: CF Ed Holle (29-L .238-328-9-38-.656 31) 3: RF Bob Stout (31-R .303-637-13-88-.797 45) 2-time All-Star(01,03) 4: 1B Lou Crain (32-R .267-637-25-98-.764 66) 5: LF Melvin Navarro (26-L .272-338-19-53-.847 55) 6: 3B Joe Dunn (26-R .287-550-22-74-.815 53) All-Star 7: C Terry Mann (26-L .282-507-17-62-.758 74) All-Star/RoY 8: SS Mike Shenk (27-R .235-477-4-49-.630 81) 9: P Darrell Wann (33-L .125-16-0-1-.313 36) Game Start: 8:05 PM Ballpark: Tiger Stadium Weather: 49 F, Clear Skies, with an 11 MPH wind blowing in from center Attendance: 52,461 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell grounds one to 2nd, but Jose Parada boots it. Jerry Suazo grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Kim Springer grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to center... Bottom of the First: Jose Parada grounds out to 3rd. Ed Holle swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to right... 1 to 0, Tigers. It does no look like the Baseball gods are on our side... Bob Stout grounds out to 3rd. Lou Crain swings at the first pitch and flies out to deep center. Portland 0; Detroit 1 Top of the Second: Fernando Mexicano grounds one to 3rd, but 1B Lou Crain drops the throw for an error. Mexicano tries to steal and gets thrown out... Tim Higbee strikes out for the 20th time in the postseason in 41 AB.... A.J. Lee pops out to center... Bottom of the Second: They go down in order! Portland 0; Detroit 1 Top of the Third: With 2 outs, Brian Mitchell beats out an infield hit, our first base knock of the game... Jerry Suazo drives one to deep center, and center is very deep here (440 ft), but Ed Holle runs the ball down. Bottom of the Third: Mike Shenk, who won the game yesterday with a home run, gets plunked... But no scuffle ensues. P Darrell Wann pops out to 1st trying to bunt. Shenk tries to steal, but we have a pitchout on and he is out! Jose Parada strikes out looking. Portland 0; Detroit 1 Top of the Fourth: Kim Springer triples off the wall in right! Glenn Snowden flies out to deep right and Springer tags up and scores. Tie Game: 1 to 1. Fernando Mexicano walks on 4 pitches. The next two fly out to right... Bottom of the Fourth: Ed Holle doubles to center... But the next three make outs! Portland 1; Detroit 1 Top of the Fifth: With 2 outs, Brian Mitchell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Jerry Suazo grounds out to 2nd... Bottom of the Fifth: They go down in order! Portland 1; Detroit 1 Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Glenn Snowden lines a hit to left. But the next two make outs... Once again, a stinkwad pitcher is shutting us down.... Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Jose Parada grounds a hit to center. The Bullpen is up. But the next two make outs! Portland 1; Detroit 1 Top of the Seventh: With 1 out, Reid Reddick lines a hit to left. P Frank Flores swings away and loops a hit to left center! Brian Mitchell walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with 1 out. Jerry Suazo doubles to left center and 2 runs score!! 3 to 1, Beavers! Kim Springer grounds a hit to center and Mitchell scores! 4 to 1, Beavers! Glenn Snowden flies out to deep right and Suazo trots home. 5 to 1, Beavers! That does it for P Darrell Wann. New Pitcher: Dennis Hall (28-L) with a 3.69 ERA in 83 IP. Fernando Mexicano hits a home run to right center!! 7 to 1, Beavers! Tim Higbee grounds out to short. Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Melvin Navarro lops a hit to right center. Joe Dunn gets beaned.... The Bullpen gets back to work. Terry Mann nubs one in front of the plate and C Tim Higbee goes to 2nd for the force, but throws the ball into center field for a 2 base error and Navarro scores... 7 to 2, Beavers. Mike Shenk pops one to shallow right and Brian Mitchell charges in, makes a diving catch and then fires to 3rd to double off Dunn!! Portland 7; Detroit 2 Top of the Eighth: With 2 outs, PH Oscar Trejo (30-R) swings at the first pitch and grounds one back to the mound, but P Dennis Hall makes an errant throw to 1st. Brian Mitchell pops out to center. Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Bruce Ancona (23-L). PH Duane Gil (32-L), 0 for 2 in the Series, lines a hit to left. With 2 outs, Bob Stout doubles down the left field line. Lou Crain grounds out to short! Portland 7; Detroit 2 Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Jeff Lane (23-R), a rookie who pitched 4.2 innings during the regular season with 2 HR, 1 R, 1 BB and 4 SO. Jerry Suazo grounds a hit to right. But Springer, Snowden and Mexicano all make outs. Bottom of the Ninth: Rick Mansoor is in to catch, Dave Risinger is in to play 3rd and Jack Hinckley is in to play left. Thy go down in order and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 7 to 2 Detroit leads the Series, 3 games to 2 We had 9 hits and made 1 error Detroit had 6 hits and made 3 errors Frank Flores (W 1-0) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 4 hits, 1 home run, no walks, 2 HBP and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit and scored run. LHP Bruce Ancona went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. Darrell Wann (L 0-1) went 6.2 innings, gave us 6 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3. RF Brian Mitchell had a hit and 2 walks and scored a run. CF Jerry Suazo had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had 2 RBI. LF Kim Springer had 2 hits with a triple, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had a hit and 2 RBI. 2B Fernando Mexicano hit his 2nd home run of the Series, drew a walk and had 2 RBI. |
Saturday, October 25, 2003
World Series Detroit Tigers (3-2 Champions of the National League) at Portland Beavers (2-3 Champions of the Pacific Coast League) Game 6 DET: Jeff Kintz (26-R 16-10 2.82) vs. POR: Steve Muir (28-R 20-6 3.08) Gold Glove(01) Detroit won this matchup in Game 2, 5 to 2. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) DETROIT 1: 2B Jose Parada (28-R .231-649-1-47-.602 82) NLCS MVP 2: CF Ed Holle (29-L .238-328-9-38-.656 31) 3: RF Bob Stout (31-R .303-637-13-88-.797 45) 2-time All-Star(01,03) 4: 1B Lou Crain (32-R .267-637-25-98-.764 66) 5: LF Melvin Navarro (26-L .272-338-19-53-.847 55) 6: 3B Joe Dunn (26-R .287-550-22-74-.815 53) All-Star 7: C Terry Mann (26-L .282-507-17-62-.758 74) All-Star/RoY 8: SS Mike Shenk (27-R .235-477-4-49-.630 81) 9: P Jeff Kintz (26-L .215-79-0-4-.488 37) PORTLAND 1: RF Brian Mitchell (24-L .307-313-2-24-.742 100) 2: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .266-511-5-40-.680 73) 3: LF Kim Springer (23-L .294-299-8-54-.805 67) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (26-R .363-586-34-133-1.042 68) Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-02)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (23-L .318-493-16-94-.871 54) Silver Slugger/All-Star 6: C Tim Higbee (20-S .261-444-14-58-.707 48) Rookie 7: 2B A.J. Lee (23-R .290-407-2-34-.732 95) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .252-385-9-49-.663 92) 9: P Steve Muir (28-R .291-79-0-11-.642 1) Gold Glove(01) Game Start: 8:05 PM Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium Weather: 48 F, Overcast, with a 10 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 45,852 Top of the First: Jose Parada strikes out! Ed Holle flies out to center. Bob Stout swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to center! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell grounds out to 3rd. Jerry Suazo draws a walk. Kim Springer pops out to center. Glenn Snowden lines out to center... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Second: With 2 outs, Joe Dunn grounds a hit to left. Terry Mann swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd! Bottom of the Second: With 2 outs, A.J. Lee grounds a double over the 3rd base bag. Reid Reddick swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Third: With 1 out, P Jeff Kintz grounds a hit to left. He is now hitting .571 (4 for 7) in the postseason. Jose Parada grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!! Bottom of the Third: We go down in order... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Fourth: They go down in order! Bottom of the Fourth: With 2 outs, Fernando Mexicano doubles to right. A wild pitch sends him to 3rd. Another, please! Tim Higbee grounds out to the pitcher... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Fifth: They go down in order! Bottom of the Fifth: A.J. Lee walks on 4 pitches. This is not a good battery to try to run on... A wild pitch sends Lee to 2nd! Reid Reddick grounds a hit to left and Lee heads home....Safe! And Reddick takes 2nd. 1 to 0, Beavers! P Steve Muir tries to bunt and pops out to the pitcher... With 2 outs, Jerry Suazo swings at the first pitch and doubles to right and Reddick scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! Kim Springer lines a hit to center. Glenn Snowden grounds out to 2nd.... Detroit 0; Portland 2 Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, the rain begins to fall....They go down in order! Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, the rain stops. With 2 outs, A.J. Lee triples to right center! They walk Reid Reddick intentionally. P Steve Muir strikes out on 3 pitches... Detroit 0; Portland 2 Top of the Seventh: Ed Holle walks on 4 pitches... The Bullpen is up. But the next three make outs! Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Jerry Suazo takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Another wild pitch sends him to 2nd! Kim Springer doubles to center and Suazo scores! 3 to 0, Beavers! Glenn Snowden takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Fernando Mexicano walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with 1 out. Tim Higbee fouls out to the catcher... Another wild pitch scores Springer! 4 to 0, Beavers! A.J. Lee pops out to center. Detroit 0; Portland 4 Top of the Eighth: Dave Risinger is in to play 3rd. They go down in order! Bottom of the Eighth: With 1 out, P Steve Muir lines a hit to left. But the next two make outs. Detroit 0; Portland 4 Top of the Ninth: Rick Mansoor is in to catch and Jack Hinckley is in to play left. PH Duane Gill (32-L), 1 for 3 in the Series, grounds a hit to left. With 1 out, Ed Holle takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Stout doubles to center and Gill scores... 4 to 1, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Roy Huls (22-R). Lou Crain strikes out! 2 down. Melvin Navarro strikes out looking and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Yes, Virginia, there IS a Game 7! Won - 4 to 1 The Series is tied at 3 games apiece. We had 8 hits and made no errors Detroit had 4 hits and made no errors Steve Muir (W 1-1) went 8.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. RHP Roy Huls (SV 1) faced 2 batters and struck them both out. Jeff Kintz (L 1-1) went 8 innings (CG), gave us 4 runs, 8 hits, 6 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. He threw 4 WP. 132 pitches. CF Jerry Suazo hit a double, drew 2 walks, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Kim Springer had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. 3B Fernando Mexicano hit a double and drew a walk. 2B A.J. Lee hit 2 doubles, drew a walk and scored a run. SS Reid Reddick had a hit and a walk (INT), scored a run and had an RBI. |
Sunday, October 26, 2003
World Series Detroit Tigers (3-3 Champions of the National League) at Portland Beavers (3-3 Champions of the Pacific Coast League) Game 7 DET: Kevin Houde (29-R 14-7 2.42) 3-time All-Star/MVP(01)/CY(01) vs. POR: Bobby Johnson (24-R 14-11 2.60) We won this matchup in Game 3, 4 to 3. Both starters pitched very well in that game, but both Bullpens proved very leaky. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) DETROIT 1: 2B Jose Parada (28-R .231-649-1-47-.602 82) NLCS MVP 2: CF Ed Holle (29-L .238-328-9-38-.656 31) 3: RF Bob Stout (31-R .303-637-13-88-.797 45) 2-time All-Star(01,03) 4: 1B Lou Crain (32-R .267-637-25-98-.764 66) 5: LF Melvin Navarro (26-L .272-338-19-53-.847 55) 6: 3B Joe Dunn (26-R .287-550-22-74-.815 53) All-Star 7: C Terry Mann (26-L .282-507-17-62-.758 74) All-Star/RoY 8: SS Mike Shenk (27-R .235-477-4-49-.630 81) 9: P Kevin Houde (29-R .287-80-0-8-.621 38) 3-time All-Star/MVP(01)/CY(01) PORTLAND 1: RF Brian Mitchell (24-L .307-313-2-24-.742 100) 2: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .266-511-5-40-.680 73) 3: LF Kim Springer (23-L .294-299-8-54-.805 67) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (26-R .363-586-34-133-1.042 68) Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-02)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (23-L .318-493-16-94-.871 54) Silver Slugger/All-Star 6: C Tim Higbee (20-S .261-444-14-58-.707 48) Rookie 7: 2B A.J. Lee (23-R .290-407-2-34-.732 95) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .252-385-9-49-.663 92) 9: P Bobby Johnson (24-R .203-79-1-8-.524 1) Game Start: 8:05 PM Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium Weather: 47 F, Rain, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 45,636 Top of the First: Jose Parada strikes out! Ed Holle strikes out! Bob Stout takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three!!! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell grounds a hit to center. He steals 2nd. Jerry Suazo pops out to 2nd. Kim Springer grounds out to 2nd and Mitchell goes to 3rd. Today would be a good day for Glenn Snowden to come to life. He is hitting .250 in the postseason. He swings at the first pitch and lines out to left... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Second: They go down in order! Bottom of the Second: With 2 outs, A.J. Lee grounds a hit to right. A passed ball sends him to 2nd. Reid Reddick pops out to center... Detroit 0; Portland 0 Top of the Third: With 2 outs, P Kevin Houde reaches on a 2 base throwing error by SS Reid Reddick... Jose Parada swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right and House scores... 1 to 0, Tigers. 1 hit = 1 run... Parada steals 2nd. Ed Holle beats out an infield hit... P Bobby Johnson balks home a run... 2 to 0, Tigers. Bob Stout doubles to center and Parada scores... 3 to 0, Tigers. The Bullpen is up... Lou Cain grounds one to 2nd and A.J. Lee throws it away for a 2 base error and Stout scores... 4 to 0, Tigers. 4 runs on 3 hits and no walks... Utterly ridiculous... Melvin Navarro loops a hit to right and Cain scores... 5 to 0, Tigers. Trudy is crying and I am not far behind... Joe Dunn grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Third: PH Oscar Trejo (30-R) swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to right. He calls Trudy the Trainer out.... But she comes back and leaves him in the game. Brian Mitchell grounds a hit to center. Jerry Suazo grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Trejo scores. 5 to 1, Tigers. With 2 outs, Glenn Snowden doubles to right center, but once again Suazo stops at 3rd with 2 outs... Fernando Mexicano walks to load the bases up for Tim Higbee, who is 3 for 26 (.115) in the Series. He strikes out looking... Detroit 5; Portland 1 Top of the Fourth: New Pitcher: Frank Flores (24-R). We will try to sneak an inning out of him here. With 1 out, Mike Shenk lines a hit to left and Kim Springer overruns the ball for an error... The Bullpen is up. Our third error already.... The next two make outs, Bottom of the Fourth: With 2 outs, PH Juan Rojas (24-S) strikes out looking... Detroit 5; Portland 1 Top of the Fifth: New Pitcher: Denny Jennissen (30-L). It starts to rain... How fitting... With 1 out, Bob Stout lines a hit to left. A wild pitch sends him to 2nd... With 2 outs, Melvin Navarro doubles down the left field line and Stout scores... 6 to 1, Tigers. The Bullpen is up... Jose Dunn grounds out to short. Bottom of the Fifth: Brian Mitchell lines a hit to center. Jerry Suazo grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-4. The next two make outs... There is a 63 minute rain delay... Detroit 6; Portland 1 Top of the Sixth: Terry Mann takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Call to the Bullpen: Rich Larkin (24-R). With 1 out, PH John O'Leary (24-R), 0 for 1 in the Series, flies out to deep left. Jose Parada strikes out. Bottom of the Sixth: New Pitcher: Kevin Burrows (23-R), a rookie with a 4.70 ERA in 105.1 IP with 12 starts. With 2 outs, A.J. Lee grounds a hit to left. Reid Reddick grounds out to 3rd. Detroit 6; Portland 1 Top of the Seventh: With 1 out, Bob Stout takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... The Bullpen is up... Lou Crain grounds a double down the left field line... Melvin Navarro strikes out. Joe Dunn swings at a 2-2 pitch and doubles to right center and both runners score... 8 to 1, Tigers. Turn out the lights, the party's over... Call to the Bullpen: Bruce Ancona (23-L). Terry Mann strikes out. Bottom of the Seventh: PH Jose Julio (29-R) grounds out to 2nd and we go down in order... Detroit 8; Portland 1 Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Roy Huls (22-R). It will really cap off the Series if he blows out his elbow now and is out for a year.... They let P Kevin Burrows bat and they go down in order. Bottom of the Eighth: 3-4-5 up for us against a crappy pitcher... With 1 out, Glenn Snowden takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Fernando Mexicano strikes out... Tim Higbee grounds out to short... Detroit 8; Portland 1 Top of the Ninth: With 2 outs, Lou Crain draws a walk. Call to the Bullpen: Vic Kyzer (25-L). Melvin Navarro grounds a hit to right.. Call to the Bullpen: Bill Woodward (23-R). Joe Dunn grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Ninth: A.J. Lee grounds one to 1st and Lou Crain boots it. We only need 9 more of those... Reid Reddick grounds into a 6-4-3 double play... P Bill Woodward lines a hit to left. Brian Mitchell grounds out to short.... Lost - 8 to 1 Detroit wins the World Series, 4 games to 3 We had 8 hits and made 3 errors Detroit had 10 hits and made 1 error Bobby Johnson (L 0-1) went 3 innings, allowed 5 unearned runs, 4 hits and struck out 3. He balked. RHP Frank Flores went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. RHP Denny Jennissen went 1 inning, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. He threw a WP. RHP Rich Larkin went 1.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. LHP Bruce Ancona faced 1 batter and struck him out. RHP Roy Huls went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 3. LHP Vic Kyzer faced 1 batter and gave up a hit. RHP Bill Woodward faced 1 batter and got him out. At bat, he had a hit. Kevin Houde (W 1-0) went 5 innings, gave us 1 run, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. At bat, he reached on an error and scored a run. RHP Kevin Burrows (SV 1) pitched 4 scoreless innings, gave us 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. RF Brian Mitchell had 3 hits and stole a base. 1B Glenn Snowden had a hit and an walk. 2B A.J. Lee had 2 hits. PH Oscar Trejo hit a double. For Detroit, RF Bob Stout had 2 hits with a double and a walk, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. LF Melvin Navarro had 3 hits with a double and 2 RBI. SS Mike Shenk (27-R) of Detroit is named the World Series MVP. He hit .304 in 23 AB with 2 RBI on the game winning home run he had in Game 4. |
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Saturday, November 1, 2003
Editor's Note: The B League have been freed. All Major League teams now only have one A League affiliate. All players that have ever played in A Ball or the Majors plus all players ever drafted in the B Leagues Draft and all players ever traded between two Major League teams have been retained by their current owners. The rest off the players were given to the B Leagues. The C and D leagues are now affiliates of the B Leagues. We will have a B Leagues Draft as normal in January lasting 6 rounds. After that, all B League Drafts will be 10 rounds. I have also expanded the A League rosters to 35 players and expanded the 40 man roster to 60 players. That means that there will be room of all players under a Major League teams' control on the reserve roster. I am hoping this will keep the A.I. teams from losing so many players to waiver claims. Theoretically, the only players that should now make the waiver wire are players out of options and players purposefully waived. I have also made the Injury Rating visible and Denver is moving to Mile High Stadium, a 1970's and 80's ballpark. I do not know why I put them in Coors... So the Park Factors in the PCL East will change a little. I'll post them before Opening Day. I want trade early this season so we do not have to worry about budget room after all the free agent offers are out. Plus, I want to trade some guys I will otherwise non-tender. Trade #42 SP Rondey Moe (28-R) to San Francisco for LF Al Rowley (28-R) Moe got hurt and SD Oscar Cervantes has been downgrading his outlook sharply. Rowley is nothing much, but he is the only player offered to me that was not a grossly overpriced veteran. Trade #43 3B Fernando Mexicano (23-L) to Cleveland for SP Barry Phillips (20-R) Mexicano is injury prone and greedy and Phillips was the #13 ranked prospect last Spring. Hit hurts to trade Fernando, my first ever draft... Trade #44 RP Roy Huls (22-R) to New York for RF Enrique Ramos (24-L) Huls is injury prone. Ramos is signed through 2011 to a team friendly deal (as long as he keeps producing). He has not figured out how to hit lefties yet. If he ever does, he'll be the best hitter in Baseball. Trade #45 2B Ward Wahrman (25-R) to San Antonio for 3B Bob Elsner (22-L) Wahrman hit .288 for Vancouver (A), but is a slacker. Elsner was a 2nd round pick in the year's B Leagues Draft. |
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Sunday, November 2, 2003
Trade #46 RP Vic Kyzer (25-L) to Milwaukee for SP Rick Webber (21-R) Kyzer, who I had grown to love, had somehow developed a few bad habits that we could not tolerate. Editor's Note: He now has a low Work Ethic tag that he did NOT have when we traded for him... Webber was the #36 ranked prospect this past Spring. Trade #47 C Sam LeClerc (24-R) to Philadelphia for SP David Cruz (23-R). LeClerc has definite skills with the ball, but he cannot play D, is slow as molasses and will not take a pitch. Cruz is coming off surgery and will not be able to throw a baseball until June. |
Monday, November 3, 2003
Trade #48 Minor deal 2B Luisa Montano (25-R) to Milwaukee for RF Greg Unser (27-R). Montano is another player that has developed bad habits of late. Unser give us some outfield depth at Vancouver (A). And that is all the trading for now. We are planing to keep C Tim Higbee, who I mentioned before that I would try to trade. There just are not any catchers out there worth trading for. Joe Taylor of Denver, the one that got away, cannot be had for any player we have on our roster. The only other catcher I like in all of Baseball is Doug Kiehne of Minnesota, but it would take Kim Springer to get him. That would be fine, if Kiehne were a 24 year old, but he is 29 and already making almost $2 million and is only signed for 2 more years. We are also going to keep LF Kim Springer for now. We'll see if we get better offers for him next season. |
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
The Gold Gloves were announced today: National League P Barry Phillips, Cleveland (20-R) Rookie Now a Beaver! C Jamie Larson, New York (27-R) 2-time winner 1B Dave White, Boston (26-L) 2B Pat Richmond, Cleveland (29-R) 3B Tony Cruz, Montreal (26-R) SS John Sasko, New York (27-R) Won at 3B in 01 and 02 LF Pete Hudson, Brooklyn (22-L) CF Gerry Hawkins, Chicago (24-L) RF Larry Vandergriff, Washington (26-L) Pacific Coast League P Mitch Bagley, San Antonio (22-R) Rookie C Jeff Parrish, San Antonio (30-S) 1B Rich Aycock, Denver (25-L) 2B Colin Woodford, Denver (22-L) 3B Rick Potter, San Diego (31-R) 3-time winner SS Roberto Blanco, San Antonio (26-S) Won in in the NL in 01 and 02 LF Clay Laurence, San Francisco (24-R) Won in RF in 01 CF Dick Berube, San Diego (22-R) Rookie RF Sergio de Santiago, Kansas City (28-L) |
Thursday, November 6, 2003
The Fireman Trophy's were announced today. National League Jeff Gleason, Baltimore (26-R) 10-3 1.66 ERA 22 SV (Votes: 32-160) Ex-Beaver Others receiving votes: Jimmy Taylor, Atlanta (30-R) 8-4 1.51 ERA 41 SV (0-96) Mark Baransky, Brooklyn (27-R) 7-4 2.21 ERA 30 SV (0-32) Rookie Pacific Coast League Larry Johnson, Oakland (25-R) 2-4 1.30 ERA 35 SV (18-128) Others receiving votes: Javier Fernandez, Hollywood (23-R) 7-6 2.19 ERA 41 SV (7-62) Rookie Victor Alvarez, Portland (29-L) 8-1 1.78 ERA 7 SV (3-42) Jackie Cole, San Diego (23-L) 4-1 1.87 ERA 5 SV (3-40) Rookie Tim Perry, San Francisco (30-R) 3-5 2.13 ERA 34 SV (1-16) Traded from San Antonio of June 14 |
Friday, November 7, 2003
The Silver Slugger teams were announced today. National League (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) P Richard Oliver, Chicago (33-R .293-75-3-15-.783) C Terry Mann, Detroit (26-L .282-507-17-62-.758) 1B Dave White, Boston (26-L .315-578-30-105-.976 10 SB) 121 R/32 2B/135 BB/57 SO 2-time winner 2B Jim Markham, Brooklyn (26-R .266-643-21-103-.746 26 SB) 39 2B 2-time winner 3B Bill Commisso, Pittsburgh (25-R .313-559-31-107-.959) 98 R/32 2B SS Art Boyer, Atlanta (28-R .269-546-13-55-.750 21 SB) Traded from Philadelphia on June 15. LF Steve Ward, Toronto (34-R .308-597-29-108-.934) 96 R/47 2B/79 BB/42 SO 3-time winner CF Enrique Ramos, New York (24-L .294-562-25-92-.854) Now a Beaver and NOT a CF RF Willie Bethune, Boston (36-R .321-558-17-107-.877) 95 R/35 2B Pacific Coast League P Bill Foley, Seattle (28-R .326-89-1-11-.747) 2-time winner(01) C Dennis Allen, Dallas (28-R .324-531-31-114-.944) 34 2B 2-time winner(01) 1B Glenn Snowden, Portland (26-R .363-586-34-133-1.042) 108 R/36 2B 2-time winner 2B Greg Hobbs, Milwaukee (29-R .300-467-41-101-1.005 27 SB) 100 R Won at SS in 01 3B Ronaldo Entrevinhas, Seattle (32-R .291-605-43-129-.940) 92 R/43 2B SS Bill Webber, San Francisco (26-S .300-606-26-118-.839 16 SB) Won at 2B in 01 LF Clay Laurence, San Francisco (24-R .351-627-38-117-1.046 40 SB) 127 R/36 2B/16 3B Won at CF in 02 and RF on 01 CF Tom Boyles, Denver (24-R .292-607-32-95-.883 33 SB) 104 R/81 BB RF Dong-hak Shong, Milwaukee (25-L .271-612-27-102-.829) 99 R/30 2B/84 BB |
Saturday, November 8, 2003
The Rookie of the Year awards were announced today. National League 2B Mike Paterson, Chicago (21-L .276-450-11-62-.801 11 SB) (Voting: 15-100) Others receiving votes: SP Carlos de Santiago, Brooklyn (23-L 16-8 2.41 ERA 32 GS 238.2 IP 228 H 9 HR 66 BB 104 SO) (13-88) 3B Harvey Sanberg, Boston (25-R .287-487-16-82-.790) (3-67) SP Larry Ryan, Toronto (21-R 14-5 1.82 ERA 24 GS 173 IP 146 H 6 HR 35 BB 76 SO) (1-21 SP Willie Lucero, Miami (23-L 17-7 2.79 ERA 32 GS 216.2 IP 209 H 11 HR 39 BB 101 SO) (0-6) SP Ernesto Maduro, Washington (24-L 16-11 2.78 ERA 32 GS 236 IP 169 H 16 HR 98 BB 143 SO) (0-6) Pacific Coast League RF Tom Page, Salt Lake City (21-R .314-442-7-48-.823 28 SB) (17-109) Others receiving votes: SP Mitch Bagley, San Antonio (22-R 15-12 2.74 ERA 36 GS 253.1 IP 219 H 6 HR 69 BB 139 SO) (11-87) SP Mike Sims, Denver (21-R 14-6 2.50 ERA 31 GS 198.1 IP 151 H 10 HR 55 BB 121 SO) (4-45) 1B Steve Quakenbush, Milwaukee (22-L .279-617-10-75-.737) (0-31) LF Bob Goemaat, Milwaukee (22-L .282-316-16-46-.828) (0-11) SP Ron Wells, Dallas (22-R 16-3 2.22 ERA 24 GS 174.1 IP 151 H 10 HR 43 BB 75 SO) (0-5) |
Sunday, November 9, 2003
The Cy Young Awards were announced today. National League SP Raul Alvarado, Montreal (27-L 19-12 2.24 ERA 36 GS 277.2 IP 203 H 19 HR 98 BB 280 SO) (32-224) Others receiving votes: SP Pete Kinser, St. Louis (30-L 17-9 2.02 ERA 35 GS 267.1 IP 229 H 4 HR 58 BB 113 SO) (0-115) RP Kevin Houde, Detroit (29-R 14-7 2.42 ERA 35 GS 249.2 IP 226 H 9 HR 44 BB 140 SO) (0-83) SP Brian Nordmann, New York (28-R 18-8 2.28 ERA 35 GS 260.1 IP 192 H 21 HR 54 BB 193 SO) (0-58) SP Billy Wright, Baltimore (28-L 14-3 2.09 ERA 35 GS 219.1 IP 194 H 6 HR 67 BB 171 SO) (0-37) SP Carlos de Santiago, Brooklyn (23-L 16-8 2.41 ERA 32 GS 238.2 IP 228 H 9 HR 66 BB 104 SO) (0-16) Rookie RP Jeff Kintz, Detroit (26-R 16-10 2.82 ERA 34 GS 246 IP 216 H 16 HR 70 BB 173 SO) (0-9) SP Ernesto Maduro, Washington (24-L 16-11 2.78 ERA 32 GS 236 IP 169 H 16 HR 98 BB 143 SO) (0-2) Rookie Pacific Coast League SP Greg Ware, Oakland (27-L 18-13 2.25 ERA 36 GS 279.2 IP 229 H 4 HR 73 BB 226 SO) (32-224) Others receiving votes: SP Graham Pethel, Kansas City (26-R 14-15 2.54 ERA 36 GS 262.2 IP 214 H 10 HR 71 BB 216 SO) (0-118) SP Frank Flores, Portland (24-R 22-6 2.79 ERA 33 GS 229 IP 192 H 12 HR 53 BB 116 SO) (0-58) SP Bobby Johnson, Portland (24-R 14-11 2.60 ERA 36 GS 246 IP 196 H 7 HR 75 BB 154 SO) (0-57) SP Sergio Peralta, Kansas City (28-R 18-13 2.52 ERA 35 GS 274.2 IP 240 H 15 HR 58 BB 143 SO) (0-41) SP Bil Foley, Seattle (28-R 21-8 3.32 ERA 36 GS 271 IP 239 H 31 HR 65 BB 169 SO) (0-2) SP Sam Henderson, Hollywood (29-R 19-9 2.83 ERA 35 GS 254.1 IP 263 H 7 HR 42 BB 134 SO) (0-2) SP Hal Kestler, Dallas (26-R 18-9 3.04 ERA 35 GS 257.2 IP 238 H 24 HR 48 BB 173 SO) (0-1) SP Dawson Winslow, Dallas (27-L 13-10 2.65 ERA 28 GS 200.2 IP 156 H 19 HR 49 BB 135 SO) (0-1) |
Monday, November 10, 2003
The MVP Awards were announced today. National League 1B Dave White, Boston (26-L .315-578-30-105-.976 10 SB) (28-428) 2-time winner Others Receiving Votes: 3B Bill Commisso, Pittsburgh (25-R .313-559-31-107-.953) 98 R/32 2B (0-278) LF Steve Ward, Toronto (34-R .308-597-29-108-.937) 96 R/47 2B (0-214) 1B Roberto Perez, St. Louis (32-L .317-559-22-77-.935) 94 R/46 2B/9 3B (0-207) CF Enrique Ramos, New York (24-L .294-562-25-92-.854) 83 BB (1-191) SP Raul Alvarado, Montreal (27-L See Cy Young voting ) (3-164) 1B Tony Pena, Chicago (35-R .292-627-40-136-.881) 90 R (0-91) RF Willie Bethune, Boston (36-R .321-558-17-107-.877) 95 R/35 2B (0-60) 1B Alex Urias, Atlanta (38-L .271-616-35-109-.858) 36 2B/86 BB (0-52) SP Pete Kinser, St. Louis (30-L See Cy Young voting) (0-45) RP Kevin Houde, Detroit (29-R See Cy Young voting) (0-23) LF Michael Guerrero, Chicago (32-L .282-482-31-89-.891) (0-22) CF Buddy Jacobson, Philadelphia (26-L .304-631-10-63-.786 33 SB) 33 2B (0-22) CF Steve Koenig, Detroit (28-R .301-648-19-88-.774) (0-21) LF Don Long, Miami (31-L .325-607-5-68-.843 56 SB) 110 R/10 3B/95 BB (0-17) 3B Joe Dunn, Detroit (26-R .287-550-22-74-.815) 31 2B (0-14) 2B Jim Markham, Brooklyn (26-R .266-643-21-103-.746 26 SB) 39 2B (0-10) CF Gerry Hawkins, Chicago (24-L .258-671-18-49-.740 61 SB) 124 R/33 2B (0-9) RF Alex Paduani, Cincinnati (32-L .325-630-10-86-.813 26 SB) 90 R/37 2B (0-9) SP Billy Wright, Baltimore (28-L See Cy Young voting) (0-4) SP Carlos de Santiago, Brooklyn (23-L See Cy Young voting) (0-3) Rookie SP Brian Nordmann, New York (28-R See Cy Young voting) (0-3) RF Dick Panos, Atlanta (27-R .275-608-27-102-.803) 37 2B (0-1) Pacific Coast League LF Clay Laurence, San Francisco (24-R .351-627-38-117-1.046 40 SB) 127 R/36 2B/16 3B (21-393) Others receiving votes: 1B Glenn Snowden, Portland (26-R .363-586-34-133-1.042) 108 R/36 2B (11-343) 2B Gregg Hobbs, Milwaukee (29-R .300-467-41-101-1.005 27 SB) 100 R (0-242) C Dennis Allen, Dallas (28-R .324-531-31-114-.944) 34 2B (0-224) 3B Ronaldo Entrevinhas, Seattle (32-R .291-605-43-129-.940) 92 R/43 2B (0-194) C Joe Taylor, Denver (22-R .346-517-25-91-.969) (0-143) 3B Johnnie Graham, Denver (28-R .296-652-43-117-.909) 106 R/49 2B (0-132) SP Greg Ware, Oakland (27-L See Cy Young voting) (0-64) LF Javy Puente, Oakland (32-S .305-619-36-105-.900) (0-44) CF Marco Manga, Minnesota (24-L .285-610-28-95-.860 36 SB) 105 R/31 2B/10 3B (0-33) CF Tom Boyles, Denver (24-R .292-607-32-95-.883 33 SB) 104 R/81 BB (0-24) SS Dick Henry, Minnesota (25-S .313-646-12-78-.792 10 SB) 90 R/33 2B (0-24) 1B Tim Metts, Oakland (27-L .291-584-40-104-.936) 93 R/36 2B/85 BB (0-15) 2B Dave Macnaughton, Minnesota (30-R .316-627-19-102-.831 16 SB) 91 R/34 2B (0-7) SP Graham Pethel, Kansas City (26-R See Cy Young voting) (0-3) SS Bill Webber, San Francisco (26-S .300-606-26-118-.839 16 SB) (0-2) SP Bobby Johnson, Portland (24-R See Cy Young voting) (0-1) Editor's Note: I do not pick any of the awards, nor do I vote for them. They are all strictly chosen by the A.I. |
Monday, November 17, 2003
Arbitration Hearings We again have 6 cases going before an arbiter, the same as last year. We reached agreements on 1 year contracts with SP Bobby Johnson (24-R) ($400K a raise from $52.5K) and RP Victor Alvarez (29-L) ($325K a raise from $184K). C Jim Shippy (32-R) was non-tendered. He earned $660K last season batting .235 in Vancouver (A). Oh! But what a magical year he had in 2002! We wanted to non-tender RP Jon Weekley (28-R), who made $348K last season, but the trade of RP Vic Kyzer (25-L) makes him indispensable. Results: POS NAME (Age-T/B) 2003 Salary/Club Offer/Player's Offer/Winner SP Steve Muir (29-R) $1.0625 million/$1.25 million/$1.275 million/PLAYER RP Jon Weekley (28-R) $348K/$400K/$472K/PLAYER 1B Oscar Trejo (30-R) $200K/$220K/$508.8K/TEAM SS Dave Risinger (27-R) $280.8K/$320K/$374.4K/TEAM LF Carlos Lopez (28-L) $120K/$140K/$162.05K/TEAM RF Jack Hinckley (27-R) $200K/$220K/$275K/TEAM Not a bad result; we only have to pay about $100K more than we were offering. I dunno why we could not work out a deal with P Steve Muir when our submitted offers were so close. He was asking for a lot more in negotiations. Owner Matt Leadbeater (84) gave us a $1.5 million boost in our budget up to $10.8 million, which still ranks 31st of the 32 teams. Only Pittsburgh at $10.2 million is less than us. The top budget belongs to Boston at $19.4 million. Leadbeater still insists on setting the Scouting Budget himself and slashed it to only $400K this year. It was $873K last season. The league baseline is $800K. Anyway, he have about a million dollars I can spend in free agency and I would like to find a reliever. If I can find two, I can send Weekley back to Vancouver (A). I wold love to trade him, but we should keep him around as injury insurance, because there is no on else worth diddly at Vancouver (A). Maybe we can get someone in the B Leagues Draft that will make him expendable. We have no one that will be a free agent this season. |
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Thursday, November 27, 2003
We signed free agent RP Ramon Andrade (29-R), formerly of Miami, to a 3 year contract at $650K per season. He is a bit wild with 4.3 BB/9 for his career, but he has a 1.86 ERA with 109 SV and 3 HR allowed in 3 seasons and none last year. We will not be signing a second reliever as there is not one I want available. |
Sunday, November 30, 2003
Philadelphia became the 3rd team in the last 3 years to hope 1B Gene Russo (30-R) can play a full season for them when they signed him to a 6 year contract for $11.18 million. He is a career .325 hitter with 169 BB and 42 SB in 164 G, but missed all of 2001 with an injury and has only played a half season each of the past two years. He was with the Giants last season. The Chicago Cubs signed C Steve Bone (29-R), formerly of Hollywood, to a 7 year contract for $15.3 million. He's a 2-time All-Star and won a Silver Bat in 2002. He hit .297-526-20-92-.829 last year. |
Wednesday, December 3, 2003
Seattle signed LF Bill Tovar (32-R), formerly of Miami, to a 5 year contract at $1.33 million per season. He is a career .349 hitter, but has not played more than 83 games in any of the past three seasons. |
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Saturday, December 6, 2003
I am at the Winter Meetings and these things are usually just a party for me and a chance to make contacts. I do not usually have any business to attend to. But the GM of the Oakland Oaks has approached me with a trade offer that I am actually interested in! He wants to unload 3B Jeff Galka (34-R) and his $910K salary and does not care much what he gets back. Trade #48 RF Bill Wilson (31-R) to Oakland for 3B Jeff Galka (34-R). Wilson can still hit some (.326/.379/.434 at Vancouver(A)), but cannot play D anymore. Galka can still pick it at 3rd, though his range is somewhat limited. He hit 22 HR last year. He is signed through next year. We do not expect him to bounce back to his 2001 form, but if he can match 2003, or come close, that will be great. |
Sunday, December 7, 2003
Houston signed the biggest plum of the 2003 free agent class when they inked SP Brian Nordmann (28-R), formerly of New York, to a 6 year contract for $16.88 million. That average to just over $2.8 million per season. He was 49-25 with a 2.40 ERA in 101 starts over the past three seasons for the Giants He gave up 21 HR last year, but the Astrodome should trim that number. The Giants, meanwhile, tried to make their own splash, yt signing Nordmann's replacement. They inked SP Bud Fields (27-R), formerly of Los Angeles, to a 6 year contract for $12.72 million. He led the PCL in ERA last season with a 2.06 mark, but only started 29 games and has only started 54 total in the past three years. |
Monday, December 8, 2003
Miami signed RF Artie Hawkins (29-R), formerly of Pittsburgh, to a 7 year contract at $2.16 million per season. He was 2nd in the MVP vote in 2002, but only played 119 games this past season. He is a career .320 hitter with 109 SB and 107 2B and 34 3B. |
Sunday, December 14, 2003
Washington singed 2B Jim Holberton (25-L), formerly of Sacramento, to an 8 year contract for $15.56 million. He was an All-Star and won a Gold Glove in 2001, but has had 2 injury plagued seasons since. He hit 26 HR in 2001 and 30 combined in 2002 and 2003. |
Thursday, December 25, 2003
Dallas unwrapped a new toy in 3B Howard Tanski (28-S), formerly of Baltimore. They signed him to a 3 year contract for $4.96 million, an average of $1.65 million per season. He has hit .232/.319/.384 with 59 HR over the past 2 seasons for the Orioles. |
Saturday, December 27, 2003
The Boston Braves do not seem overly concerned that SP Ellis Collier (29-R) is coming of surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff, as they inked the former Solon to a 4 year contract for $6.44 million ($1.61 million average per season). He was 5-8 with a 2.87 ERA in 19 starts last year for Sacramento and 25-20 with a 3.17 ERA in 62 starts in 3 seasons. |
Friday, January 2, 2004
The Denver Bears look to make a run on the home run record this season. They traded 3 middling prospects to Salt Lake City for 1B/3B Jim Jaeger (36-R). He hit .302 with 17 HR and 79 RBI for the Bees last year and has 77 HR over the past 3 seasons. They will install him at 1st base in place if Gold Glove winner Rich Aycock (25-L) and that will give them 5 players in their lineup with the potential to hit 30 HR apiece. |
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Monday, January 5, 2004
Time for the B Leagues Draft! This year, with all the work I spent on the committee that oversaw the freeing of the B & C Leagues from Major League control and the distribution of players, I did not have much time to make a plan of action. I left that to Scouting Director Oscar Cervantes, though I vetoed a few of his ideas. This draft was pretty slim on talent in general with most of the choice tidbits that should have been in this draft being plucked early last year in the abortive takeover of the B Leagues by the Majors. Especially in the pitching department. SD Cervantes claims that there is not a single Major League prospect in the 80 available pitchers. Indeed, the first pitcher taken in the draft, Gary Spencer (22-R), was selected by Baltimore with the 13th pick of the 3rd round. I am not excited by any of the players we took. Especially these rotten pitchers. Why did we take such horrible pitchers? Well by the time our pick came up at the end of the 4th round, their was nothing but pitchers left.... One of the crappy pitchers in this batch was named Robin Roberts. Jayson Pemberton immediately becomes the best defensive outfielder in Beaver history, but he cannot hit much.... |
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Oakland signed P Billy Wright (28-L), formerly of Baltimore, to a 4 year contract for $7.36 million ($1.84 million average per season). He was 14-3 with a 2.09 ERA in 35 starts, but can only give you 6 innings a pop if all goes as planned, which is not what I want from a starting pitcher. |
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Toronto signed the last big contract expected this winter when they inked P Pete Kinser (30-L), formerly of St. Louis to a 6 year contract at $2.14 million per season. He was 17-9 with a 2.02 ERA for the Cardinals last season. He is a 2-time All-Star. In 2002, he led the NL in wins and ERA, but only finished 3rd in the Cy Young voting, which is a travesty of justice. He was 3rd in the voting this season. |
Monday, March 1, 2004
We began our schedule of 30 Spring Training games with a 6 to 2 loss to the San Diego Padres at our Training Complex in Glendale, Arizona. Not a lot of competition for jobs this Spring. We just need to get in shape and avoid the injury bugaboo. |
Thursday, April 1, 2004
We ended our schedule of 30 Spring Training games with a 5 to 3 loss at the Minnesota Twins Training Complex. We suffered 2 major injuries this Spring. 2B A.J. Lee (24-R) hurt his shoulder and is expected to be out until the middle of May. SP Don Marshall (24-L), who was scheduled to spend the season at Vancouver (A), will instead spend it rehabbing from surgery to repair a torn flex tendon in his elbow. The injury is expected to keep him out of action for more than a full calendar year. We ended up 15-15, 5th among the teams in our division. San Diego was 1st at 19-11 and Oakland and Sacramento brought up the rear at 11-19. The Baltimore Orioles had the best overall record at 22-8 and the aforementioned Oaks and Solons, along with Cincinnati and Philadelphia had the worst records at 11-19. Glenn Snowden (27-R) and Jose Naranjo (30-R) of Hollywood led all players with 8 HR, though Snowden only had a little more than half the AB that Naranjo had. Next Up: Meet the Beavers! |
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Meet the Beavers!
Opening Day starters are highlighted in blue. Opening Day Roster Pitchers Starting Rotation Frank Flores 24 year old (25 on April 26) right-hander from Caracas, Venezuela. 6' 1" 186 lbs. (+7) $50,000. Arbitration eligible after this season. Selected in the 2nd round of the 2002 B Leagues Draft. 93 MPH over-the-top fastball with a very good curve and changeup. Decent move to first and an average fielder. Below average bunter. A hard worker and a leader in the clubhouse. Led the League in wins last year and finished 3rd in the Cy Young voting. He was the MVP of the PCLCS last year. Was 0-1 with a 1.26 ERA this Spring. 14.1 IP, 9 H, 0 HR, 3 BB 15 SO. 2003 (MLB): 22-6 2.79 ERA 33 GS 229 IP 192 H 12 HR 53 BB 116 SO 2.1/4.6 BB/SO per 9 for Portland MLB (2 yrs): 35-18 3.09 ERA 66 GS 454.1 IP 391 H 29 HR 117 BB 223 SO 2.3/4.4 BB/SO per 9 for Portland Bobby Johnson 24 year old (25 on April 20) right-hander from St. Petersburg, Florida. 6' 2" 200 lbs. (+2) $400,000. Arbitration eligible. Acquired in a trade with Seattle in January, 2001. He was the 12th overall pick in that year's B Leagues Draft. 94 MPH over-the-top fastball with a curve, changeup, splitter and circle change. The changeup is his best pitch, but all are very good, except the circle change, which is a work in progress. Not a good move to first. Only a decent a decent bunter. Likable young man. Was 4th in the PCL in fewest HR allowed and 5th in fewest hits. Let's hope his luck is better this year. He deserved better than a 14-11 record. Was 1-1 with a 1.42 ERA this Spring. 12.2 IP, 7 H, 1 HR, 4 BB, 9 SO. 2003 (MLB): 14-11 2.60 ERA 36 GS 246 IP 196 H 7 HR 75 BB 154 SO 2.7/5.6 BB/SO per 9 for Portland MLB (3 yrs): 42-34 2.96 ERA 106 G 105 GS 740 IP 666 H 40 HR 191 BB 426 SO 2.3/5.2 BB/SO per 9 for Portland Steve Muir 29 year old right-hander from Ooltewah, Tennessee (a suburb of Chattanooga). 6' 3" 206 lbs. (+2) $1,275,000. Free Agent after this season. An original Beaver. 90 MPH fastball with a good curve and slider. He has a tendency to get more fly balls than grounders. Average bunter. Solid move to first. Won the Gold Glove in 2001. Was as lucky with his 20 wins last year as Bobby Johnson was unlucky with his 14. I tried to trade him this Winter, but there was not much interest. I am hoping he gets off to a good start and we can move him at the Trading Deadline. Otherwise, he will just be gone for no return after this season because he is greedy and will want a lot more money that he is worth. Was 0-2 with a 4.09 ERA this Spring. 11 IP, 16 H, 2 HR, 5 BB, 7 SO. 2003 (MLB): 20-6 3.08 ERA 34 GS 231 IP 197 H 21 HR 53 BB 85 SO 2.1/3.3 BB/SO per 9 for Portland MLB (3 yrs): 43-34 3.41 ERA 103 GS 677.2 IP 642 H 43 HR 186 BB 327 SO 2.5/4.3 BB/SO per 9 for Portland Barry Phillips 20 year old right-hander (21 on April 28) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6' 2" 182 lbs. $50,000. Minimum. Acquired in a trade with Cleveland in November for Fernando Mexicano. He was the #17 prospect in Baseball last Spring. 98 MPH fastball with a good curve. Also throws a changeup and slider. Scouting Director Oscar Cervantes and his crew project the changeup and curve to become elite level pitches. He keeps the ball low in the zone and gets a lot of ground balls. He is a pretty good fielder, but does not hold runners close to the bag very well. He is very smart. Was 0-0 with a 1.38 ERA this Spring. 13 IP, 7 H, 0 HR, 5 BB, 5 SO. 2003 (MLB): 11-11 4.19 ERA 30 G 27 GS 176 IP 172 H 8 HR 93 BB 93 SO 4.8/4.8 BB/SO per 9 as a rookie for Cleveland 2003 (A): 3-1 1.55 ERA 4 GS 29 IP 19 H 0 HR 12 BB 13 SO 3.7/4.0 BB/SO per 9 for Indianapolis Bill Woodward 23 year old right-hander from Detroit, Michigan. 5' 10" 178 lbs. (+16) Hope that was muscle! $50,000. Minimum. Drafted in the 2nd round of the 2003 B Leagues Draft. 92 MPH fastball with and excellent changeup, a good slider and forkball and a decent sinker. He gets a lot of ground balls. We still cannot get him to pay attention to runners on base. He is a decent fielder and hit .280 with a home run and 10 RBI and a .660 OPS as a rookie. Was 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA this Spring. 13.1 IP, 13 H, 2 HR, 5 BB, 8 SO. 2003 (MLB): 9-8 4.09 ERA 24 GS 147.1 IP 149 H 15 HR 47 BB 78 SO 2.9/4.8 BB/SO per 9 as a rookie for Portland 2003 (A): 1-2 4.37 ERA 4 GS 22.2 IP 24 H 1 HR 13 BB 20 SO 5.2/7.9 BB/SO per 9 for Vancouver Bullpen Ramon Andrade 29 year old right-hander from Brooklyn, New York. 6' 5" 202 lbs. $650,000. Signed through 2006. Signed as a free agent in November. 95 MPH live fastball with a knee-buckling curve. Keeps the ball low and rarely gets taken over the fence. A decent fielder, but not so great at holding runners. Very smart on and off the field. Led the NL in Saves with 44 in 2002. Was 1-0 with 7 SV and a 2.18 ERA this Spring and gave up a home run... 20.2 IP, 11 H, 1 HR, 10 BB, 17 SO. 2003 (MLB): 3-6 2.17 ERA 31 SV 67 G 70.2 IP 56 H 0 HR 39 BB 69 SO 5.0/8.8 BB/SO per 9 for Miami MLB (3 yrs): 14-18 1.86 ERA 207 G 217.1 IP 156 H 3 HR 105 BB 223 SO 4.3/9.2 BB/SO per 9 for Miami Victor Alvarez 30 year old left-hander from La Playa, Colombia. 5' 10" 169 lbs. (+1) $325,000. Arbitration. Acquired in a trade with Seattle in January, 2003. 92 MPH fastball with a knee-buckling curve ball. Gets a lot of ground balls. Excellent at holding runners. A poor fielder. A hard worker and enthusiastic teammate. Finished 3rd in the voting for the Fireman Trophy last year. 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA this Spring. 13 IP, 7 H, 0 HR, 4 BB, 13 SO. 2003 (MLB): 8-1 1.78 ERA 7 SV 58 G 70.2 IP 48 H 1 HR 22 BB 73 SO 2.8/9.3 BB/SO per 9 for Portland MLB (3 yrs): 16-5 2.65 ERA 11 SV 161 G 187 IP 150 H 10 HR 82 BB 224 SO 3.9/10.8 BB/SO per 9 for Seattle (2) and Portland (1) Rich Larkin 24 year old right-hander from Mobile, Alabama. 6' 7" 213 lbs. (+5) $50,000. Arbitration eligible. Selected in the 4th round of the 2002 B Leagues Draft. 94 MPH over-the-top live fastball with a very good sinker and crappy changeup. Decent move to 1st and a poor fielder. Hard worker and good guy. The fans have taken a liking to him. 0-1 with a 1.69 ERA this Spring. 10.2 IP, 11 H, 0 HR, 3 BB, 11 SO. 2003 (MLB): 2-4 2.32 ERA 12 SV 52 G 73.2 IP 54 H 5 HR 22 BB 90 SO 2.7/11.0 BB/SO per 9 for Portland MLB (2 yrs): 6-8 2.75 ERA 15 SV 96 G 137.2 IP 110 H 12 HR 50 BB 146 SO 3.3/9.5 BB/SO per 9 for Portland Denny Jennissen 30 year old right-hander from Sumter, South Carolina. 6' 0" 192 lbs. (-1) $452,000. Free Agent after this season. Acquired in a trade with New York in January, 2003. 97 MPH explosive fastball with a knee-buckling curve. Average move to 1st and a poor fielder. Miss 5 weeks with a hamstring issue last year. Was 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA this Spring. 6.2 IP, 5 H, 0 HR, 3 BB, 7 SO. 2003 (MLB): 4-1 2.30 ERA 4 SV 38 G 58.2 IP 42 H 3 HR 27 BB 60 SO 4.1/9.2 BB/SO per 9 for Portland 2003 (A): 0-0 0.00 ERA 1 G 2 IP 2 H 0 HR 1 BB 2 SO 4.5/9.0 BB/SO per 9 for Vancouver in a rehab assignment MLB (3 yrs): 14-16 2.53 ERA 34 SV 141 G 15 GS 256 IP 188 H 16 HR 108 BB 252 SO 3.8/8.9 BB/SO per 9 for Baltimore (2) and Portland (1) Sandy Bastianelli 29 year old right-hander from Hanford, California (30 miles south of Fresno). 6' 4" 197 lbs. $50,000. Minimum. Was acquired in the ill-fated Major League takeover of the B Leagues in the Fall of 2002. 87 MPH 'Hit me, please' fast ball with a very good slider. A poor fielder and does no pay attention to runners on base. Not very bright. He has absolutely nothing to recommend him, except that he keeps getting people out somehow. And we will keep letting him pitch until he quits getting them out. Was 0-1 with a 3.97 ERA this Spring. 11.1 IP, 9 H, 0 HR, 2 BB, 9 SO. 2003 (MLB): 0-0 0.95 ERA 15 G 19 IP 16 H 0 HR 2 BB 16 SO 0.9/7.6 BB/SO per 9 as a rookie for Portland 2003 (A): 0-1 1.02 ERA 12 G 17.2 IP 6 H 0 HR 8 BB 19 SO 4.1/9.7 BB/SO per 9 for Vancouver Bruce Ancona 24 year old left-hander from Lakewood, Colorado (a suburb of Denver). 6' 4" 204 lbs. $50,000. Minimum. Was acquired in a trade with Houston in June of last year. Was a 4th round pick in the 2003 B Leagues Draft. 92 MPH fastball with a good splitter and curveball. Would be a great pitcher if he could limit the long ball a little better. A mediocre fielder with only a decent move to first for a left-hander. A very hard worker with an easy going personality. He will also start some games for us against teams that are vulnerable to left handed pitching and will be the first option to join the rotation full time if someone gets hurt or Bill Woodward falters. Was 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA this Spring. 18 IP, 13 H, 0 HR, 4 BB, 10 SO. 2003 (MLB): 9-10 3.46 ERA 27 G 21 GS 148.1 IP 153 H 12 HR 35 BB 64 SO 2.1/3.9 BB/SO per 9 as a rookie for Houston (0.3) and Portland (0.7) 2003 (A): 1-1 0.93 ERA 3 GS 19.1 IP 21 H 1 HR 3 BB 12 SO 1.4/5.6 BB/SO Per 9 for Vancouver Fielders Catchers Tim Higbee 21 year old catcher who bats from both sides of the plate and throws right-handed from Shreveport, Louisiana. 6' 2" 194 lbs. (+3) $50,000. Minimum. Acquired in a trade with Sacramento in January, 2003. He was drafted in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 2003 B Leagues Draft. Not a very good catcher yet, but we hope he will get better as he matures. He never will have a very good arm, though. He's a very hard worker and a natural born leader. A slow runner. Still swings at everything he sees and hits very little of it, but we hope he will get better at that, too. He hit .292 with 2 HR and a .799 OPS this Spring. 2003 (MLB): .261/.301/.405 in 444 AB with 14 HR and 58 RBI and 0 SB as a rookie for Portland 2003 (A): .319/.340/.489 in 94 AB with 2 HR and 16 RBI and 0 SB for Vancouver Rick Mansoor 30 year old catcher who bats and throws right-handed from Ridge Wood Heights, Florida (a suburb of Sarasota). 6' 0" 212 lbs. (-1) $50,000. Arbitration eligible after this season. Acquired in a trade with Houston in January, 2002. Excellent receiver with a below average arm. No speed at all, but will steal a base if the battery is napping. Was great as the backup in 2002, but only hit .185 last year. He did walk quite a bit, though, leading to a .306 OBP. We have no one else to seriously consider to replace him. Hit .324 with 2 HR and a .972 OPS this Spring! 2003 (MLB): .185/.306/.230 in 135 AB with 1 HR and 16 RBI and 0 SB for Portland MLB (2 yrs): .235/.323/.322 in 255 AB with 4 HR and 30 RBI and 1 SB for Portland Infielders Glenn Snowden 27 year old first baseman who bats and throws right-handed from Prestonsburg, Kentucky (a very small coal mining town in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky). 6' 3" 211 lbs. (-1) $1,500,000. Signed through 2012! An Original Beaver. Won the Gold Glove at first base in 2001 and a Silver Bat in 2002 and 2003. A 3-time All-Star and finished 2nd in the MVP voting last season when he won the Batting Title and led the PCL in RBI. Also led the League in HBO with 10 and OBP. A below average runner. A very hard worker and a fan favorite. Hit .409 with 8 HR and an 1.477 OPS this Spring! 2003 (MLB): .363/.433/.609 in 586 AB with 34 HR and 133 RBI and 2 SB for Portland MLB (3 yrs): .329/.404/.573 in 1760 AB with 107 HR and 359 RBI and 2 SB for Portland Oscar Trejo 31 year old first baseman who bats and throws right-handed from San Mateo, Venezuela. 6' 2" 218 lbs. (+0) $220,000. Free Agent after this season. Signed as a free agent in March, 2003. Decent fielder with limited range. No speed at all. Last year, he was nearly neck and neck with my pet 3-legged box turtle, but this year, the terrapin won handily. Hard worker and a leader in the clubhouse. Was the PCL Championship Series MVP in 2001. Hit .323 with 2 HR and an .861 OPS this Spring. 2003 (MLB): .250/.318/.412 in 136 AB with 5 HR and 18 RBI and 0 SB for Portland MLB (3 yrs): .261/.335/.427 in 618 AB with 25 HR and 92 RBI and 0 SB for Los Angeles (2) and Portland (1) Juan Rojas 25 year old second baseman who bats from both sides of the plate and throws right-handed from Torreon, Mexico. 6' 0" 182 lbs. (+6) $50,000. Arbitration eligible. Drafted in the 3rd round of the 2001 B Leagues Draft. Excellent range and a very quick release. Decent hands and arm. Can play anywhere in the infield and some left field, too. Average runner, but not a very good base stealer and not very smart on the base paths. A crossword puzzler. He was slated for Vancouver (A) this year, but the injury to A.J. Lee has thrust him back into the limelight. Hit .200 with an .480 OPS this Spring. We expected a lot more from him than we have gotten so far. 2003 (MLB): .221/.288/.282 in 348 AB with 4 HR and 31 RBI and 3 SB for Portland MLB (3 yrs): .222/.284/.278 in 825 AB with 5 HR and 63 RBI and 3 SB for Portland Jeff Galka 35 year old third baseman who bats and throws right-handed from Whisper Walk, Florida (in Palm Beach County near Boca Raton). 6' 3" 206 lbs. $910,000. Signed through next season. Acquired in a trade with Oakland this February. A very good fielder, though his range is now limited at 35. Can play 1st base. A slow runner and not aggressive on the bases. A stand up guy. Hit .304 with 39 HR and 125 RBI in 2001 for Salt Lake City. Hit .224 with 1 HR and an .657 OPS this Spring. 2003 (MLB): .233/.304/.409 in 596 AB with 22 HR and 80 RBI and 0 SB for Oakland MLB (3 yrs): .261/.321/.461 in 1825 AB with 88 HR and 294 RBI and 3 SB for Salt Lake City (2) and Oakland (1) Reid Reddick 26 year old shortstop who bats and throws right-handed from Maplewood, Minnesota (a suburb of St. Paul). 6' 0" 189 lbs. $50,000. Minimum. Acquired in a trade with Dallas in May, 2003. An excellent defender with no superior skills, but very good at everything. No speed and not a threat to steal. Very smart. HIt .172 with 1 HR and a .669 OPS this Spring. 2003 (MLB): .257/.304/.367 in 401 AB with 9 HR and 50 RBI an 0 SB for Dallas (.05) and Portland (0.95) MLB (3 yrs): .250/.302/.357 in 448 AB with 10 HR and 51 RBI and 0 SB for Dallas (2.05) and Portland (0.95) Dave Risinger 28 year old shortstop who bats and throws right-handed from Hayesville, Oregon (a suburb of Salem, just 45 miles south of Portland on the I-5). 6' 2" 195 lbs. (+1) $320,000. Arbitration. An original Beaver. Decent range, but a very strong arm with a super quick release and very good hands. Very fast and a good base stealer and very aggressive base runner. A his worst season with the bat in 2003. Hit .242 with a .663 OPS this Spring. 2003 (MLB): .233/.306/.332 in 331 AB with 3 HR and 36 RBI and 17 SB for Portland MLB (3 yrs): .254/.312/.343 in 1130 AB with 13 HR and 116 RBI and 59 SB for Portland Outfielders Kim Springer 23 year old left fielder who bats and throws left-handed from North Westport, Massachusetts (12 miles southwest of Fall River). 6' 5" 200 lbs. (+3) $50,000. Minimum. Selected in the 1st round (5th overall) in the 2002 B Leagues Draft. Once he learns not to swings at everything he can reach, he will be one of the best hitters in baseball. I expect him to have a breakout season this year. Missed two months with a pulled hamstring last year. Adequate fielder and runner, but will steal an occasional base and is a heads up base runner. Does not have the arm to play right and his range is only average and he has a propensity for dropping balls. He is easy to get along with. I tried to trade him this winter (and last), but no one would give me good value for him. We'll try again next winter. Hit .396 with 3 HR and a 1.075 OPS this Spring, but did not draw a walk. 2003 (MLB): .293/.336/.468 in 299 AB with 8 HR and 54 RBI and 9 SB for Portland 2003 (A): .222/.271/.267 in 45 AB with 0 HR and 1 RBI and 1 SB for Vancouver in a rehab assignment MLB (2 yrs): .283/.326/.439 in 435 AB with 11 HR and 67 RBI and 12 SB for Portland Brian Mitchell 22 year old (23 on April 9) center fielder who bats and throws left-handed from Detroit, Michigan. 5' 10" 177 lbs. (+5) $50,000. Arbitration eligible. Selected in the 4th round of the 2001 B Leagues draft. Missed 3 months last year with an elbow issue and has missed significant time in each if the last 3 seasons. Good range and a superior arm. Is really a right-fielder, but has the best range of any of our starting outfielders. Very hard worker. Very fast and will steal bases. Good bunter. Hit .308 with 1 HR and a .735 OPS this Spring. Will start versus right-handers. 2003 (MLB): .307/.362/.380 in 313 AB with 2 HR and 24 RBI and 29 SB for Portland 2003 (A): .444/.500/.944 in 9 AB with 0 HR and 1 RBI and 2 SB for Vancouver in a rehab assignment MLB (3 yrs): .301/.350/.362 in 745 AB with 2 HR and 42 RBI and 48 SB for Portland Jack Hinckley 28 year old center fielder who bats right-handed and throws left-handed from White Lake Township, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit). 6' 4" 206 lbs. (+3) $220,000. Arbitration. An original Beaver. Decent range and a very good arm and sure hands. Like Mitchell, he is really a right fielder. Very hard worker. Very fast and will steal a base. A good bunter. Hit .222 with a .500 OPS this Spring. Will start versus left-handers. 2003 (MLB): .260/.324/.352 in 331 AB with 2 HR and 26 RBI and 14 SB for Portland MLB (3 yrs): .267/.324/.352 in 1271 AB with 6 HR and 99 RBI and 62 SB for Portland Enrique Ramos 25 year old right fielder who bats and throws left-handed from San Francisco de Macoris, the Dominican Republic. 6' 0" 189 lbs. $640,000. Signed through 2011. Acquired in a trade with New York in November. Was the NLCS MVP in 2001. A 2-time All-Star and won a Silver Bat last year in CF and won a Gold Glove in LF in 2001. He was Rookie of the Year in the NL in 2001. He is an adequate right fielder, but will move back to left once we find a good home for Kim Springer. An average runner, but not much of a threat to steal. A quiet, stand up guy. Versus right-handed pitching, his career slash line is .327/.426/.548, but against lefties it is .230/.267/.301. We will let him play early on against lefties, to see if he can figure them out, but may end up platooning him. Hit .244 with 2 HR and a .793 OPS this Spring. 2003 (MLB): .294/.383/.472 in 562 AB with 25 HR and 92 RBI and 3 SB for New York MLB (3 yrs): .298/.381/.473 in 1764 AB with 70 HR and 278 RBI and 4 SB for New York Jose Julio 30 year old right fielder who bats and throws right-handed from Caracas, Venezuela. 6' 1" 189 lbs. $52,500. Arbitration eligible. Acquired in a trade with Salt Lake City in December, 2001. Decent range and arm and very sure hands. Not very fast; only has above average speed, but loves to steal bases and is good at it and is excellent on the bases. Would be my every day leadoff hitter if would take a walk every once in a while. Soft spoken gentleman. Hit .167 with a .437 OPS this Spring. 2003 (MLB): .317/.352/.419 in 265 AB with 3 HR and 27 RBI and 24 SB for Portland 2003 (A): .309/.354/.412 in 136 AB with 2 HR and 14 RBI and 9 SB for Vancouver MLB (3 yrs): .284/.327/.370 in 737 AB with 9 HR and 78 RBI and 55 SB for Salt Lake City (1) and Portland (2) Jerry Suazo 29 year old outfielder who bats and throws left-handed from Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. 6' 1" 195 lbs. (+2). $575,000. Signed through next season. Signed as a free agent in December, 2002. A disappointment overall, though he had spurts of being very productive. He will be relegated to the bench this season. Good range and a decent arm and very sure hands. Can play center and will be the first option to start there should Brian Mitchell get hurt again. An average runner, but will rarely steal a base. Good bunter. Very hard worker. Hit .321 (all singles) with a .758 OPS this Spring. 2003 (MLB): .266/.343/.337 in 511 AB with 5 HR and 40 RBI and 1 SB for Portland MLB (3 yrs): .289/.368/.363 in 1673 AB with 14 HR and 157 RBI and 1 SB for Hollywood (2) and Portland (1) Disabled List A.J. Lee 24 year old second baseman who bats and throws right-handed from Fremont, California (on San Francisco Bay). 6' 0" 187 lbs. (+2) $50,000. Arbitration eligible. Acquired in a trade with Baltimore in January, 2003. An excellent fielder who can play anywhere on the diamond, except catcher and center field. Good base runner with the above average speed and will steal a base. Excellent bunter. Was expected to be a backup infielder last year, but ended up being an every day player. Hurt his shoulder in Spring Training and will be out until the 2nd or 3rd week in May, according to Trudy the Trainer. Hit .250 with a .666 OPS this Spring. 2003 (MLB): .290/.353/.378 in 407 AB with 2 HR and 34 RBI and 18 SB for Portland MLB (2 yrs): .272/.330/.350 in 779 AB with 4 HR and 69 RBI and 23 SB for Baltimore (1) and Portland (1) Prospects ranked by Baseball America in the top 200: 2B Dave Maynard (#14) Up from #52 21 year old second baseman who throws and bats right-handed from San Diego, California. 6' 2" 193 lbs. (+1) Rookie. Acquired in a trade with Sacramento in January, 2003. He has superior range, but only a decent arm. Sure hands. Can play short and would be good there, but is playing second because he have better other fellas with stronger arms. He is a fast runner and will steal bases. Gets along well with other players. According to SD Oscar Cervantes, he will never be a home run threat, but that will be the only weakness to his game. Hit 14 triples last season. Hit .231 with a .481 OPS this Spring. Will begin the season at Vancouver (A). 2003 (C): .252/.309/.337 in 587 AB with 2 HR and 52 RBI and 34 SB for Evansville 3B Brent Edwards (#17) Up from #56 22 year old (23 on April 29) third baseman who bats and throws right-handed from Steilacoom, Washington (a suburb of Tacoma). 6' 3" 188 lbs. (+5) Rookie. Drafted in the 3rd round of the 2003 B Leagues Draft. Has the range to play short, but is awkward around the bag on double plays. Very fast runner and likes to steal bases, but could be better at reading pitchers. A good bunter. Keeps to himself. Should hit for power when he fills out. He is a skinny rail right now. Hit .244 with a .603 OPS this Spring. Will begin the season at Vancouver (A). 2003 (A): .289/.356/.397 in 121 AB with 0 HR and 10 RBI and 3 SB for Vancouver 2003 (B): .296/.369/.369 in 496 AB with 0 HR and 43 RBI and 24 SB for Hartford 2002 (B): .269/.301/.371 in 572 AB with 3 HR and 60 RBI and 22 SB for Birmingham 2001 (B): .265/.304/.322 in 388 AB with 0 HR and 13 RBI and 11 SB for Birmingham CF Jayson Pemberton (#30) New draftee 20 year old center fielder who bats and throws right-handed from New Orleans, Louisiana. 6' 3" 190 lbs. Rookie. Selected in the 3rd round of this year's B Leagues Draft. The first true center fielder we have had in the Beavers' organization. Superior range and a decent arm. Fast runner and will steal bases. Very smart. Hit 15 triples between B and C Ball last year. Went 1 for 10 this Spring (.100) with a .200 OPS. Will begin the season at Vancouver (A). 2003 (B): .278/.324/.335 in 331 AB with 0 HR and 29 RBI and 9 SB for Midland 2003 (C): .280/.317/.399 in 296 AB with 1 HR and 19 RBI and 19 SB for Quad Cities 2002 (B): .272/.312/.339 in 224 AB with 0 HR and 18 RBI and 3 SB for Little Rock SP John Krawczyk (#43) Up from #153 24 year old (25 on April 17) left-hander from Columbia, Maryland (15 miles southwest of Baltimore). 6' 4" 214 lbs. (+7) Rookie. Acquired in a trade with Houston in January, 2003. He was selected in the 3rd round of the 2003 B Leagues Draft. 94 MPH fastball with a good curve, a mediocre sinker and a crappy changeup. Only a decent move to first, but below average for a left-hander and not a good fielder or bunter. Easy to get along with. He was 2-0 with a 2.53 ERA this Spring. 21.1 IP, 13 H, 2 HR, 5 BB, 12 SO. He will begin the season in Vancouver (A). 2003 (MLB): 0-1 5.40 ERA 1 GS 1.2 IP 5 H 0 HR 2 BB 0 SO 10.8/0.0 BB/SO per 9 for Portland 2003 (A): 8-13 3.86 ERA 25 GS 167.2 IP 166 H 11 HR 55 BB 89 SO 3.0/4.8 BB/SO per 9 for Vancouver 2003 (B): 3-0 1.28 ERA 6 G 5 GS 42.1 IP 28 H 1 HR 15 BB 33 SO 3.2/7.0 BB/SO per 9 for Hartford 2002 (B): 16-10 2.58 ERA 35 GS 254.1 IP 211 H 10 HR 79 BB 198 SO 2.8/7.0 BB/SO per 9 for Fort Wayne 2001 (B): 9-8 3.20 ERA 30 G 22 GS 171.2 IP 163 H 5 HR 75 BB 123 SO 3.9/6.4 BB/SO per 0 for Fort Wayne SP David Cruz (#44) New Beaver 23 year old right-hander from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. 6' 7" 207 lbs. Rookie. Acquired in a trade with Philadelphia in November. 90 MPH over-the-top fast ball which is a very hittable pitch, but he also throws a good slider and an excellent changeup. He is working on a curveball and a screwball, too. Might be too much for him to handle, though, as he is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Very good move to 1st, but he is a mediocre fielder as his 6' 7" frame is not very agile. He is an excellent bunter, though. He is coming off surgery for a torn ligament in his elbow and will not be able to throw until the end of May. 2003 (A): 0-0 9.00 ERA 1 GS 1 IP 3 H, 0 HR 1 BB 0 SO 9.0/0.0 BB/SO per 9 for Scranton-Wilkes Barre 2003 (B): 1-1 3.21 ERA 2 GS 14 IP 12 H 1 HR 3 BB 11 SO 1.9/7.1 BB/SO per 9 for Reading 2002 (B): 6-17 4.23 ERA 32 G 29 GS 191.1 IP 205 H 7 HR 70 BB 63 SO 3.3/3/0 BB/SO per 9 for Peoria 3B Bob Elsner (#47) New Beaver 23 year old third baseman who bats left-handed and throws right-handed from Los Angeles, California. 6' 1" 190 lbs. Rookie. Acquired in a trade with San Antonio in November. He was a 2nd round pick in the 2002 B Leagues Draft. Superb defender with average range. Good speed and likes to steal bases. Very hard worker and a great human being. Only went 1 for 7 (.143) in Spring Training, but his 1 hit knocked in 2 runs. .286 OPS. He'll begin the season at Vancouver (A). 2003 (B): .250/.302/.352 in 661 AB with 10 HR and 67 RBI and 32 SB (3 CS) for Beaumont 2002 (B): .268/.328/.350 in 474 AB with 2 HR and 46 EBI and 24 SB for Modesto 2001 (B): .227/.279/.313 in 339 AB with 3 HR and 29 RBI and 8 SB for Modesto RF Leon Davis (#176) New Beaver 22 year old right fielder who bats and throws right-handed from Minot, North Dakota (small city in the middle of nowhere, 50 miles south of the Canadian border). 5' 10" 169 lbs. Rookie. Selected in the first round of this year's B Leagues Draft. Decent range and an arm good enough to play right field, but no stronger. Very sure hands. Can also play 1st base. Vary fast, but not a good base runner and stinks at stealing bases. A very hard worker and a nice guy. Went 0 for 2 with a strikeout in Spring Training. 2003 (B): .311/.344/.443 in 460 AB with 8 HR and 67 RBI and 2 SB for Harrisburg 2003 (C): .333/.454/.458 in 96 AB with 2 HR and 12 RBI and 2 SB for Winston-Salem 2002: (B): .239/.282/.308 in 389 AB with 3 HR and 33 RBI and 2 SB for Macon 2001 (B): .237/.275/.368 in 38 AB with 1 HR and 6 RBI and 0 SB for Macon Prospects no longer ranked due to service time (or age): C Tim Higbee (#26) SP Bill Woodward (#162) Prospects traded away: RP Vic Kyzer (#162) to Milwaukee There are reports that Kyzer has developed a devastating changeup this Spring and will be in the Brewer rotation... Prospects lost in the freeing of the B and C Leagues: SS Jose Atoige (#103) CF John Zutavern (#179) RP Seung-ook Koo (#186) Prospects still eligible, but no longer ranked: None. Our group of prospects is rated #2 of the 32 teams by Baseball America, up from #17 last season. Cincinnati tops the list. Last year's #1, Dallas, is down to #3 this season. San Diego is at the bottom of the list, the only team with no prospects in the top 100. Top 25 prospects according to Baseball America: 1: Ray Knowles, LF, Sacramento* (20-L) (A) was #3 with Boston 2: Phil Porter, 1B, Cincinnati* (21-L) (A) was #4 with Brooklyn 3: Sal Cruzado, lf, Kansas City (20-L) (MLB) was #6 4: Eric Daniels, CF, Denver (21-L) (MLB) was #13 5: Gerry Krol, 2B, Dallas (21-R) (A) was #39 6: Steve Simants, CF, Oakland* (21-R) (A) was #34 7: Bob Gaudi, LF, Boston* (20-L) (A) was #30 8: Ed Nazimek, SS, Washington* (20-L) (A) was #32 9: Al Scannella, LF, St. Louis* (21-L) (MLB) was #45 10: Tom Seals, SS, Atlanta (20-L) (A) was #66 11: Bernie Stowe, CF, New York (21-S) (MLB) was #89 12: Paul Boley, SS, Detroit (21-R) (A) was #61 13: Jack Dougan, SP, Baltimore (23-R) (MLB) was unranked 14: Dave Maynard, 2B, Portland (21-R) (A) was #52 15: Mike Burse, SP, Montreal (23-R) (A) was #93 16: Ron Dennis, SS, Pittsburgh (22-R) (MLB) was #42 17: Brent Edwards, 3B, Portland (22-R) (A) was #56 18: Scott Roy, CF, Dallas (23-L) (A) was unranked 19: Lance Lawson, SP, Cincinnati (22-R) (MLB) was unranked 20: Keith Tomson, SS, Philadelphia* (20-L) (MLB) was unranked 21: Vern Hagner, CF, New York (22-R) (A) was #49 22: Bill Tapia, SP, Cincinnati (22-L) (A) was unranked 23: Pete Morgan , LF, San Antonio (20-L) (A) was unranked 24: David Glenn, 3B, Dallas (21-S) (MLB) was #43 25: Miguel Romero, C, Oakland (21-R) (A) was unranked * - Player drafted this January. Eligible prospects, no longer in the top 25: No one. Last year's #2, Antonio Gonzalez, SP, Hollywood (25-L), has not pitched an inning in the Majors, but earned a year of service time on the Disabled List. The Beavers will face him on Opening Day. Next up: Opening Day! |
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Here is the promised updated Park list with Denver in Mile High Stadium. It's factors were significantly reduced from real life to make my life more fun.
Giant Stadium is a clone of Yankee Stadium. Its factors are only based on what it displayed after the renovation of the mid-1970's. Gilmore Stadium is a clone of Dodger Stadium. Now all teams play in a park that technically existed during the period 1969 to 1992. One other change I have made for 2004 is I have calibrated the stats in the B Leagues to look like the stats of the AA leagues in real life, rather than have them use the same modifiers as the Major Leagues are using. I used 1966 as the base because that was a season that had similar stars in the Majors to what we are using and it was before the DH began to be used in the minor leagues. I set our B League stats to be relative to our Major League stats the same as the 1966 AA Leagues were relative to the National League. The Mexican League was not used for this purpose. Only the Eastern League, Texas League and Southern League were used. |
Monday, April 5, 2004
Opening Day! Once again, we open the season in Los Angeles, but not against the Angels for the first time since I have been a Beaver. We will play the Hollywood Stars, our closest rival for the PCL West division title last year, a two game set. We were 8-6 against them last season and are 16-26 (.381) since 2001, our worst record against any team in the West. They were 10th in the PCL in scoring last season with 640 runs (3.95/G). We ended up 2nd with 760 runs (4.69/G). The Stars were 4th in fewest runs allowed with 631 (3.90/G). We were 1st with 541 (3.34/G). Hollywood lost 2-time All-Star C Steve Bone to free agency and did not make any significant signing of their own. They do have the #2 prospect from 2003, SP Antonio Gonzalez, back from injury and think so much of him that he is starting today. We will not get to play our Home Opener until the 16th; we are starting the season on a 10 game road trip. Portland Beavers (98-64 .605 Champions of the PCL last year) at Hollywood Stars (91-71 .562 7 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West last year) POR: Frank Flores (24-R 22-6 2.79) PCLCS MVP vs. HOL: Antonio Gonzalez (25-L Major League debut) Gonzalez was out all last season with an injury, except for 3 starts in A Ball, where he only managed to go 10 innings. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) Stats from last season PORTLAND 1: CF Jack Hinckley (28-R .260-331-2-26-.688 72) 2: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .221-348-4-31-.570 104) 7 2B 3: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .233-596-22-80-.409 59) 33 2B trade from Oakland 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .363-586-34-133-1.042 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 108 R/36 2B 5: C Tim Higbee (21-S .261-444-14-58-.707 50) 6: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .294-562-25-92-.854 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 83 BB trade from New York 7: LF Kim Springer (23-L .294-299-8-54-.805 64) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .257-401-9-50-.671 89) 9: P Frank Flores (24-R .229-83-0-7-.530 35) PCLCS MVP 6 2B HOLLYWOOD 1: RF Fred Rambo (27-L .296-389-5-42-.789 57) 2: 1B Bud Lisk (29-L .243-358-4-35-.643 74) 3: 2B Gus McCollum (32-R .319-608-3-54-.758 63) 30 SB 4: LF Jose Naranjo (30-R .298-620-23-83-.840 77) 3-time All-Star 93 R/31 2B/27 SB 5: 3B Larry Church (29-L .247-531-12-68-.700 56) 6: C Mark Coronato (28-R .181-226-5-33-.548 68) trade from San Diego 7: CF Gwang-sam Jean (32-L .254-410-2-38-.666 80) FA from San Antonio 8: SS Jerry Hatcher (27-R .249-462-8-49-.658 98) 9: P Antonio Gonzalez (25-L Major League debut 27) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Gilmore Stadium Weather: 66 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to left Attendance: 36,084 Top of the First: Jack Hinckley grounds a hit to left and P Antonio Gonzalez is hurt... New Pitcher: Jack Hauber (34-L), who had a 5.14 ERA in 61.1 IP last year split between Montreal and Washington. He was signed as a free agent by the Stars in December. Juan Rojas flies out to deep center. Jeff Galka, in his first AB as a Beaver, grounds out to 2nd and Hinckley moves up. 2 outs. Glenn Snowden grounds out to short... Bottom of the First: Fred Rambo swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bud Lisk lines a hit to center. Gus McCollum doubles over the center fielder's head... Jose Naranjo swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and the runners hold! 2 outs. Larry Church pops out to center! Bottom of the Second: Mark Coronato, who hit .181 last year, doubles to left and goes to 3rd on a ground out. Jerry Hatcher grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Coronato holds! P Jack Hauber grounds out to 2nd! Top of the Fourth: Jeff Galka and Glenn Snowden lead off with back to back hits. Tim Higbee lines a hit to right and the bases are loaded with no outs. Enrique Ramos flies out to right and the runners hold... Kim Springer flies out to center and Galka tags up and heads home...Safe! 1 to 0, Beavers! Reid Reddick swings at the first pitch and flies out to left. Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Larry Church hits a home run to right center. Tie Game: 1 to 1. Top of the Eighth: This old crap pitcher, Jack Hauber, who is shutting us down, is at 83 pitches in relief... Jack Hinckley doubles to left center. They make a pitching change: New Pitcher: Junior Amador (27-R), who had a 1.99 ERA in 40.2 IP as a rookie last year. 53 SO. PH Brian Mitchell (22-L) strikes out on 3 pitches... Juan Rojas could have done that... A wild pitch sends Hinckley to 3rd. Jeff Galka takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-1pitch and sends it to the seats in right center for a home run!!! 4 to 1, Beavers! Bottom of the Eighth: Jerry Hatcher and PH Dave Tennison (30-R), a rookie, who was 7 for 11 last year (.636), lead off with back to back hits. Call to the Bullpen: Victor Alvarez (30-L). Jerry Suazo is in to play right in a double switch. Fred Rambo grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Hatcher goes to 3rd. Bud Lisk grounds a hit to center and Hatcher scores... 4 to 2, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Ramon Andrade (29-R), to make his Beaver debut. Guss McCollum lines one to the left side, but Jeff Galka makes a nice catch! 2 outs. Jose Naranjo pops one to shallow center and 2B Dave Risinger runs it down!! Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Obie Szczepanek (21-R), making his Major League debut. He strikes out the side in order... Bottom of the Ninth: Larry Church grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Mark Coronato strikes out on 3 pitches. Gwang-sam Jean swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right. Jerry Hatcher swings at an 0-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left.... The winning run comes to the plate in the form of PH Jorge Govantes (24-R), a rookie who hit .239 with 1 HR in 71 AB last season. He swings at an 0-2 pitch and grounds one down to 1st... Glenn Snowden scoops it and taps his toe on the bag and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 4 to 2 We had 8 hits and made no errors Hollywood had 11 hits and made no errors Frank Flores (W 1-0) went 7+ innings, allowed 2 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit. LHP Victor Alvarez (H 1) got 1 out and allowed 1 hit. RHP Ramon Andrade (SV 1) went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. Antonio Gonzalez, the wunderkind, faced 1 batter and gave us a hit. LHP Jack Hauber (L 0-1) went 7 innings, gave us 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. 88 pitches in relief. CF/LF Jack Hinckley had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. 3B Jeff Galka, in his Beaver debut, had a hit and a walk and scored 2 runs. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with a home run and 3 RBI. RF Enrique Ramos, in his Beaver debut, went 0 for 3 with a walk. For Hollywood, 1B Bud Lisk had 3 hits and an RBI. The Stars announced that Antonio Gonzalez had shoulder tendinitis and should be fine by the time he gets off the 15 day Disabled List. |
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Portland Beavers (1-0 1.000 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) at Hollywood Stars (0-1 .000 1 GB tied for 7th (last) place in the PCL West) POR: Bobby Johnson (24-R 14-11 2.60 last year) vs. HOL: Sam Henderson (29-R 19-9 2.83 last year) 2-time All-Star(01-02) When I told Bobby Johnson, who started Opening Day the last two seasons, that he would not get the assignment this year, he was unhappy, but said, "Well, at least I won't have to face Sam Henderson in my first start." Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (22-L .000-1-0-0-.000 72) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .000-3-0-1-.000 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .000-3-0-0-.250 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .500-4-1-3-1.750 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .333-3-0-0-.833 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .250-4-0-0-.500 50) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .333-3-0-0-.667 104) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .000-3-0-0-.250 89) 9: P Bobby Johnson (24-R Season debut 1) HOLLYWOOD 1: RF Fred Rambo (27-L .000-4-0-0-.000 57) 2: 1B Bud Lisk (29-L .750-4-0-1-1.500 74) 3: 2B Gus McCollum (32-R .500-4-0-0-1.250 63) 4: LF Jose Naranjo (30-R .000-4-0-0-.00 77) 3-time All-Star 5: 3B Larry Church (29-L .250-4-1-1-1.250 56) 6: C Mark Coronato (28-R .250-4-0-0-.750 68) 7: CF Gwang-sam Jean (32-L .250-4-0-0-.500 80) 8: SS Jerry Hatcher (27-R .500-4-0-0-1.000 98) 9: P Sam Henderson (29-R Season debut 45) 2-time All-Star(01-02) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Gilmore Stadium Weather: 70 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to left Attendance: 19,765 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell grounds a hit to left. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Mark Coronato throws the ball into center! Kim Springer grounds out to the pitcher and Mitchell holds... Enrique Ramos flies out to left and Mitchell scores without a throw! 1 to 0, Beavers! Glenn Snowden grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the First: Fred Rambo pops out to 3rd. Bud Lisk grounds out to 2nd. Gus McCollum swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd! 1-2-3! Top of the Third: P Bobby Johnson grounds a hit to left. Brian Mitchell lines one back to the box, but P Sam Henderson cannot catch it and Mitchell is safe at 1st. They give Henderson an error on the play, which seems a bit harsh. Besides, Mitchell could use a hit! With 1 out, Enrique Ramos grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and P Johnson goes to 3rd. Glenn Snowden grounds out to the pitcher... Top of the Fourth: Jeff Galka draws a walk and Tim Higbee grounds a hit up the middle. Juan Rojas grounds out to 2nd and the runners advance. They walk Reid Reddick intentionally to load the bases up with 1 out for P Bobby Johnson. He flies out to deep center and Galka tags up and scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! Brian Mitchell grounds out to short. Bottom of the Fourth: Jose Naranjo beats out an infield hit and goes to 2nd on a ground out. He steals 3rd. Mark Coronato takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Gwang-sam Jean grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, but beats the relay throw to 1st and Naranjo scores. 2 to 1, Beavers. Jerry Hatcher doubles to left center and Jean scores... Tie Game: 2 to 2. P Sam Henderson grounds a hit to center and Hatcher scores and P Henderson ends up on 2nd... 3 to 2, Stars. Fred Rambo lines a hit to right and P Henderson scores without a throw... 4 to 2, Stars. The Bullpen is up. Bud Lisk grounds out to short. Bottom of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Victor Alvarez (30-L). Fred Rambo grounds a hit to right. Bud Lisk hits a foul ball down the right field line, but Enrique Ramos drops the ball... Given a second chance, Lisk takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... P Alvarez, who finished 3rd in the Fireman Trophy voting last season, has now faced 4 batters this season and gotten one out.... Call to the Bullpen: Rich Larkin (24-R). Gus McCollum grounds out to 3rd and the runners advance. We walk Jose Naranjo intentionally to load the bases up with 1 out for Larry Church. He strikes out! Mark Coronato swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Javier Fernandez (24-R), their closer, who led the PCL in Saves last year as a rookie (41) and had a 2.19 ERA and only 1 HR allowed in 70 IP. Jeff Galka swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to deep right. Tim Higbee swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short... PH Jerry Suazo (29-L) grounds a hit to left. He is the first base runner we have had since the 4th inning. 16 in a row were set down... Reid Reddick swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out.... Lost - 4 to 2 We had 5 whole hits (all singles) and made 1 error Hollywood had 9 hits and made 2 errors Bobby Johnson (L 0-1) went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit and a SF. LHP Victor Alvarez dot not get and out and allowed a hit and a walk. RHP Rich Larkin went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk (INT) and struck out 4. Sam Henderson (W 1-0) went 8 innings, gave us 2 runs (1 earned), 4 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 4. At bat, he had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. RHP Javier Fernandez (SV 1) pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1. 3B Jeff Galka had a hit and a walk and scored a run. PH Jerry Suazo had a hit. For Hollywood, LF Jose Naranjo went 3 for 3 with a walk (INT), stole 2 bases and scored a run. Around the League: P Vic Kyzer (25-L), the ex-Beaver, pitched a 4 hit CG at Kansas City. He allowed 1 run, no walks and struck out 8. Oh, Vic! Why did you have to pick up those bad habits and make me trade you? |
Thursday, April 8, 2004
We are in San Antonio to play the Missions a 4 game series. They lost a pair of games here to Salt Lake City to open the season by scores of 1 to 0 and 2 to 1. We were 3-5 against them last season and 15-9 since 2001. They were 13th in scoring in the PCL last year with 630 runs (3.89/G). They were 10th in fewest runs allowed with 710 (4.38/G). They were 72-90 and finished 6th in the PCL East. They did not make a lot of noise in the off season. They let 2001 All-Star C Jeff Parrish leave via free agency, but he still is unsigned by anyone and the Missions seem to have no desire to bring him back. They also let 37 year old 3B Tony Sotelo leave as a free agent. He led the team with 25 HR and 83 RBI. Portland Beavers (1-1 .500 tied for 3rd place in the PCL West) at San Antonio Missions (0-2 .000 2 GB tied for 6th (last) place in the PCL East) POR: Steve Muir (29-R 20-6 3.08 last year) Gold Glove(01) vs. SA: Tommy Kessell (35-R 5-17 5.43 last year) Kessell pitched a no decision against us last year, going 4.2 IP and only giving us 3 hits, but 5 runs (3 earned) and 4 walks. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (22-L .200-5-0-0-.400 72) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .000-7-0-1-.000 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .000-6-0-0-.125 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .250-8-1-3-.875 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .333-6-0-0-.833 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .250-8-0-0-.500 50) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .167-6-0-0-.333 104) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .000-6-0-0-.250 89) 9: P Steve Muir (29-R Season debut 1) Gold Glove(01) SAN ANTONIO 1: CF Ken Shepherd (28-R .222-9-0-0-.556 79) 2: RF Duane Bailey (29-R .000-6-0-0-.250 92) Gold Glove(01) FA from Salt Lake City 3: LF Sergio Parra (25-S .125-8-0-0-.250 58) 4: 1B Ken Prunner (22-S .000-8-0-0-.000 71) 5: SS Roberto Blanco (27-S .400-5-0-0-.971 89) 2-time Gold Glove 6: 2B Tom Nolte (26-L .000-6-0-0-.143 84) 7: 3B Jerry Portela (25-R .143-7-0-0-.286 85) 8: C Larry Weber (32-R Season debut 53) FA from Boston 9: P Tommy Kessell (35-R Season debut 1) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 70 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 12,693 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell swings at the first pitch and doubles to right center! But he calls out Trudy the Trainer.... Jerry Suazo is in to run for him and will stay in to play center. Kim Springer strikes out on 3 pitches, the 3rd one being about a foot over his head... Enrique Ramos lines out to left. Glenn Snowden lines a hit to right and Suazo scores without a throw! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Galka swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the First: Ken Shepherd leads off with a walk... Duane Bailey pops out to 1st. Sergio Parra swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and Shepherd goes to 2nd, where a 2 out single can bring him home...Yes , I am a bit pessimistic... Ken Prunner strikes out! Top of the Fifth: Jerry Suazo grounds a hit to right. After Springer and Ramos make outs to bring their cumulative batting total to 0 for 19 on the season, Glenn Snowden hits a home run to left center!! 3 to 0, Beavers! Top of the Sixth: Tim Higbee lines a double off the wall in left center. Juan Rojas takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Reid Reddick grounds into a 6-4-3 double play and Higbee goes to 3rd... P Steve Muir swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to left. Top of the Seventh: With 2 outs, Enrique Ramos grounds a hit up the middle, his 1st as a Beaver in his tenth try! Glenn Snowden doubles to left. P Tommy Kessell balks home a run! 4 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Galka takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. That does it for P Tommy Kessell. New Pitcher: Bob Booker (24-R), making his season debut. He had a 5.84 ERA in 69.1 IP last year as a rookie. Tim Higbee takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 2 outs. Juan Rojas swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd... Bottom of the Ninth: P Steve Muir is at 92 pitches. Sergio Parra leads off with a hit. The Bullpen is alerted. With 2 outs, Tom Nolte hits a home run to right center... 4 to 2, Beavers. Jerry Portela lines a hit to right. Call to the Bullpen: Ramon Andrade (29-R). Larry Weber grounds out to short and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 4 to 2 3 games in the season and 3 scores of 4 to 2. We had 10 hits and made 1 error San Antonio had 7 hits and made no errors Steve Muir (W 1-0) went 8.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 6. RHP Ramon Andrade (SV 2) faced 1 batter and got him out. Tommy Kessell (L 0-1) went 6.2 innings, gave us 4 runs, 10 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 5. He balked. At bat, he had a hit. CF Brian Mitchell went 1 for 1 with a double. PR/CF Jerry Suazo had a hit and a walk and scored 2 runs. RF Enrique Ramos went 1 for 5 with his first hit as a Beaver and scored a run. 1B Glenn Snowden went 4 for 4 with a double and his 2nd home run of the season, drew a walk and had 3 RBI. C Tim Higbee had 2 hits with a double and a walk. Trudy's report on Brian Mitchell is a thigh muscle strain that should bother him for 3 or 4 days. |
Friday, April 9, 2004
Today is Brian Mitchell's 23rd birthday! Portland Beavers (2-1 .667 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) at San Antonio Missions (0-3 .000 3 GB tied for 7th (last) place in the PCL East) POR: Barry Phillips (20-R 11-11 4.19 last year) Gold Glove vs. SA: Juan Sanchez (29-R 7-17 5.43 last year for Montreal) Sanchez was signed as a free agent in March. He was with Sacramento in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, he was 1-3 against us, but did not have a bad game in the bunch. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .400-5-0-0-.900 71) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .000-11-0-1-.077 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .091-11-0-1-.245 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .500-12-2-6-1.622 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .200-10-0-0-.585 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .333-12-0-0-.801 50) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .111-9-0-0-.311 104) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .100-10-0-0-.350 89) 9: P Barry Phillips (20-R Beaver debut 56) Gold Glove SAN ANTONIO 1: CF Ken Shepherd (28-R .333-12-0-0-.801 79) 2: RF Duane Bailey (29-R .000-10-0-0-.167 92) Gold Glove(01) 3: LF Sergio Parra (25-S .182-11-0-0-.432 58) 4: 1B Ken Prunner (22-S .000-12-0-0-.000 71) 5: C Rick Kertscher (32-R .429-7-1-1-1.571 44) 6: SS Roberto Blanco (27-S .222-9-0-0-.586 89) 2-time Gold Glove 7: 3B Jerry Portela (25-R .182-11-0-0-.364 85) 8: 2B Tom Nolte (26-L .200-10-1-2-.773 84) 9: P Juan Sanchez (29-R Season debut 1) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 82 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to center Attendance: 16,359 Top of the First: Jerry Suazo grounds out to 2nd. Kim Springer grounds out to 2nd. 0 for 12.... Enrique Ramos grounds out to 2nd... Bottom of the First: The first pitch delivered as a Beaver by Barry Phillips is grounded up the middle for a hit by Ken Shepherd. He steals 2nd. Duane Bailey strikes out. Sergio Parra flies out to left. Ken Prunner pops out to left! Top of the Second: Glenn Snowden lines a hit to center. Jeff Galka takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, Juan Rojas grounds a hit to center and the bases are loaded. Reid Reddick grounds one to 3rd and they try for the double play, but only get the force at 2nd, 5-4, and Snowden scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! P Barry Phillips swings at the first pitch and lines out to right. Top of the Fourth: Jeff Galka leads off by jerking an 0-2 pitch down the left field line for his first home run as a Beaver! 2 to 0, Beavers! Top of the Sixth: Enrique Ramos beats out an infield hit and Glenn Snowden lines a single to center. With 1 out, Tim Higbee grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Ramos goes to 3rd. Juan Ramos grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Bottom of the Seventh: Roberto Blanco leads off with a double to left. The Bullpen gets up. But the next three make outs! Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Larry Hedglin (25-R), who has 2 scoreless innings under his belt this season. Kim Springer and Enrique Ramos lead off with back to back walks. Glenn Snowden grounds into a 4-6-3 double play and Springer goes to 3rd. Jeff Galka strikes out looking... Top of the Ninth: Tim Higbee leads off with a double to right center. With 1 out, Reid Reddick hits a home run to left!! 4 to 0, Beavers! Won - 4 to 0 Barry Phillips with a shutout in his Beaver debut! We had 8 hits and made no errors San Antonio had 6 hits and made no errors Barry Phillips (W 1-0) went 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. 114 pitches. At bat, he had a hit. Juan Sanchez (L 0-1) went 7 innings, gave us 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 1. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits and scored a run. 3B Jeff Galka hit his 1st home run as a Beaver and drew a walk. C Tim Higbee hit a double and scored a run. SS Reid Reddick hit his 1st home run of the season and had 3 RBI. |
Saturday, April 10, 2004
Portland Beavers (3-1 .750 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) at San Antonio Missions (0-4 .000 3 GB in 8th (last) place in the PCL East) POR: Frank Flores (20-R 1-0 2.57) PCLCS MVP vs. SA: Mitch Bagley (22-R 0-1 0.00) Gold Glove Flores allowed 2 runs in 7 IP at Hollywood on Opening Day. Bagley managed to lose on Opening Day without allowing an earned run. He only gave up 4 hits in 8.1 IP, but the Missions lost, 1 to 0. He was 1-0 in 2 starts against us last season, the win being a 6 hit shutout. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .222-9-0-0-.586 71) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .000-14-0-1-.118 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .143-14-0-1-.378 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .500-16-2-6-1.467 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .231-13-1-1-.873 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .313-16-0-0-.790 50) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .154-13-0-0-.368 104) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .143-14-1-3-.607 89) 9: P Frank Flores (24-R .333-3-0-0-.667 35) PCLCS MVP SAN ANTONIO 1: CF Ken Shepherd (28-R .375-16-0-0-.849 79) 2: RF Duane Bailey (29-R .000-13-0-0-.188 92) Gold Glove(01) 3: LF Sergio Parra (25-S .133-15-0-0-.321 58) 4: 1B Ken Prunner (22-S .000-16-0-0-.000 71) 5: C Rick Kertscher (32-R .364-11-1-1-1.182 44) 6: SS Roberto Blanco (27-S .308-13-0-0-.785 89) 2-time Gold Glove 7: 3B Jerry Portela (25-R .143-14-0-0-.286 85) 8: 2B Tom Nolte (26-L .231-13-1-2-.747 84) 9: P Mitch Bagley (22-R .000-3-0-0-.000 58) Gold Glove Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 16,248 Top of the First: Jerry Suazo swings at the first pitch and flares a hit to left center. Kim Springer flies out to center. 0 for 15... So far, that breakout season I predicted is not exactly coming to fruition... Enrique Ramos grounds a double down the left field line. Glenn Snowden strikes out looking... Jeff Galka grounds out to the pitcher... Bottom of the First: Ken Shepherd lines out to 2nd. Duane Bailey grounds out to short. Sergio Parra takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Tim Higbee throws the ball into the outfield... Ken Prunner, 0 for 16 on the season, doubles to left center and Parra scores... 1 to 0, Missions. Rick Kertscher flies out to deep center. Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Rick Kertscher doubles to right. The Bullpen is up. We walk Roberto Blanco intentionally. Jerry Portela gets beaned to load the bases up with 1 out. Call to the Bullpen: Victor Alvarez (30-L). Tom Nolte grounds into a force at home, 1-2. P Mitch Bagley swings at the first pitch and lines out to center! Bottom of the Eighth: Ken Shepherd walks and steals 2nd. Duane Bailey grounds out to the pitcher and Shepherd goes to 3rd. Sergio Parra walks. Call to the Bullpen: Ramon Andrade (29-R). A passed ball scores Shepherd... 2 to 0, Missions. We walk Ken Prunner intentionally.... Rick Kertscher grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Top of the Ninth: P Mitch Bagley is at 99 pitches. PH Brian Mitchell (23-L) swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses. Reid Reddick strikes out... PH Oscar Trejo (31-R) flies out to right... Lost - 2 to 0 SP Frank Flores' 11 game winning streak comes to an end... We had 5 whole hits and made 1 error San Antonio had 4 hits and made 3 errors Frank Flores (L 1-1) went 6.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 2 walks (1 INT), 2 HBP and struck out 3. LHP Victor Alvarez went 1 inning, allowed 1 run and 2 walks. RHP Ramon Andrade got 2 outs and allowed 1 walk (INT). Mitch Bagley (W 1-1) went 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 5 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 8. 118 pitches. RF Enrique Ramos had 2 hits with a double. C Tim Higbee had 2 hits, but also an error and a passed ball. |
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Portland Beavers (3-2 .600 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) at San Antonio Missions (1-4 .200 3 GB in 8th (last) place in the PCL East) POR: Bobby Johnson (24-R 0-1 6.00) vs. SA: Preston Rogers (27-R 0-1 1.29) Johnson gave up 4 runs in 6 IP in his first start of the season to take a loss. Rogers gave up 2 runs (1 earned) in 7 IP in his first start and that was only enough for a loss. We faced him once last year and he beat us with 2 runs allowed in 7 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: CF Jerry Suazo (29-L .231-13-0-0-.564 71) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .000-17-0-1-.143 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .222-18-0-1-.563 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .421-19-2-6-1.266 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .176-17-1-1-.686 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .350-20-0-0-.831 50) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .125-16-0-0-.125 104) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .111-18-1-3-.478 89) 9: P Bobby Johnson (24-R 1.000-1-0-1-1.500 1) SAN ANTONIO 1: CF Ken Shepherd (28-R .368-19-0-0-.850 79) 2: RF Duane Bailey (29-R .000-17-0-0-.150 92) Gold Glove(01) 3: LF Sergio Parra (25-S .118-17-0-0-.368 58) 4: 1B Ken Prunner (22-S .053-19-0-1-.205 71) 5: SS Roberto Blanco (27-S .267-15-0-0-.722 89) 2-time Gold Glove 6: 2B Tom Nolte (26-L .188-16-1-2-.610 84) 7: 3B Jerry Portela (25-R .133-15-0-0-.369 85) 8: C Larry Webber (32-R .000-4-0-0-.000 53) 9: P Preston Rogers (27-R .000-2-0-0-.000 1) Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 80 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to center Attendance: 15,307 Top of the First: Jerry Suazo takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Kim Springer swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. 0 for 18... He steals 2nd. Enrique Ramos flies out to right. Glenn Snowden takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three... Bottom of the First: Ken Shepherd swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to center... Duane Bailey strikes out on 3 pitches. Shepherd tries to steal, but we have a pitchout on and he is out! Sergio Parra doubles to center... Ken Prunner grounds out to the pitcher! Top of the Second: Jeff Galka leads off with a walk and Tim Higbee hits a home run to right!! 2 to 0, Beavers! Top of the Fifth: Jerry Suazo lines a hit to right. Kim Springer, now 0 for 19, gets his first hit of the year with a triple to left center and Suazo scores! 3 to 0, Beavers! Enrique Ramos pops out to left and Springer holds. Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines one deep in the gap in right center, but Ken Shepherd runs it down and Springer trots home. 4 to 0, Beavers! Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, PH Fran Sawaya (26-R), 0 for 1 on the season, lines a hit to left. With 2 outs, Duane Bailey, 0 for 18 on the season, doubles to left and Sawaya scores. 4 to 1, Beavers. Top of the Seventh: On the Hill: Bob Booker (24-R), after a perfect 6th. With 1 out, Jerry Suazo doubles to right. Kim Springer lines a hit to right. Enrique Ramos walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with 1 out. Glenn Snowden draws a walk to force in a run! 5 to 1, Beavers. Jeff Galka strikes out... Tim Higbee strikes out looking... Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Ralph Seggebruch (25-R), with 1 scoreless inning so far this season. With 1 out, Reid Reddick grounds a hit to left. PH Brian Mitchell (23-L) lines a hit to right. Jerry Suazo grounds a hit to right and the bases are loaded with 1 out. Kim Sprinter pops out to short... Enrique Ramos grounds a hit to right and Reddick scores! 6 to 1, Beavers! Glenn Snowden takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in a run! 7 to 1, Beavers! Jeff Galka grounds out to short... Top of the Ninth: With 2 outs, Reid Reddick hits a home run to left center! 8 to 1, Beavers! Won - 8 to 1 We had 12 hits and made 1 error San Antonio had 7 hits and made no errors Bobby Johnson (W 1-1) went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3. 117 pitches. At bat, he had a hit. RHP Denny Jennissen, in his season debut, went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 1. Preston Rogers (L 0-2) went 5 innings, gave us 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 8. 109 pitches. CF Jerry Suazo went 4 for 4 with a double and a walk and scored 2 runs. LF Kim Springer had 2 hits with a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Enrique Ramos had a hit and a walk and an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden did not have a hit, but walked 3 times and had 3 RBI. C Tim Higbee hit his 1st home run of the season and had 2 RBI. SS Reid Reddick had 2 hits with his 2nd home run and scored twice. PH Brian Mitchell had a hit and scored a run. |
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April 12, 2004
Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Tom Cooper, C, Miami (28-L .611/.632/.944) Had 11 hits with 2 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3 R and 5 RBI in 5 G (2nd career PoW) PCL Player of the Week - Billy Zatz, SP, Minnesota (20-L 2-0 0.57) Was 2-0 with a 4 hit shutout. 15.2 IP, 10 H, 0 HR, 3 BB, 12 SO. (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) April 5 - Eliezer Sanchez (29-L) of Salt Lake City pitched a 4 hit shutout on Opening Day at San Antonio in his debut for the Bees. He walked 1 and struck out 5. The Bees won, 1 to 0, and only had 4 hits themselves. April 5 - Billy Fritts (29-L) of Boston pitched a 3 hit shutout at Baltimore. He walked 2 and struck out 3. The Braves won, 1 to 0, and only had 5 hits themselves. April 6 - Jesus Benitez (23-R) of Houston pitched a 10 inning, 3 hit shutout at home versus Dallas. He walked 4 and struck out 5. 110 pitches thrown. The Astros won, 1 to 0, in 10 innings and only had 5 hits themselves. April 6 New York lost SP Bud Fields for 4 to 5 months with an arthritic elbow. He led the PCL in ERA last season (2.06) with Los Angeles and was signed to a big 6 year contract by the Giants this Winter. April 7 - Carl Jones (30-R) of Sacramento pitched a 5 hit shutout at Los Angeles. He walked 1 and struck out 4. The Solons won, 3 to 0. April 9 - Danny Colon (34-L) of Oakland pitched a 2 hit shutout at Houston. He walked 2, beaned 2 and struck out 2. The Oaks won, 2 to 0. April 9 - CF Clay Laurence (24-R) of San Francisco had 6 hits to tie the Major League record with a double, stole 2 bases and had 2 RBI at Denver, but he did not score a run and the Seals lost, 7 to 6, in 13 innings. April 9 - Dave Little (22-L) of Pittsburgh pitched a 3 hit shutout at New York. He walked 1 and struck out 1. 98 pitches thrown. The Pirates won, 2 to 0, and only had 4 hits themselves. April 9 - Rookie Joe Dougan (23-R) of Baltimore pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus St. Louis. He did not walk a batter and struck out 4. The Orioles won, 9 to 0. April 10 - LF Gerry Elliott (31-L) of Sacramento had 4 hits with a triple and a home run, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at Milwaukee, but the Solons lost, 9 to 8. April 10 - Billy Zatz (20-L) of Minnesota pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus Seattle. He walked 1 and struck out 6. The Twins won, 4 to 0, and only had 5 hits themselves. April 10 - Hal Kestler (27-R) of Dallas pitched a 5 hit shutout at San Diego. He did not walk a batter and struck out 9. The Eagles won, 2 to 0, and only had 5 hits themselves. April 10 - Gerry Sullivan (27-R) of Hollywood pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus Salt Lake City. He walked 1 and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. The Starts won, 7 to 0. April 11 - Sam Henderson (29-R) of Hollywood pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Salt Lake City. He walked 1 and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit. The Stars won, 3 to 0. April 11 - RF Willie Bethune (37-R) of Cleveland had 3 hits with a double, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at home versus Washington. The Indians won, 8 to 3. April 11 - Raul Alvarado (28-L) of Montreal pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus Cincinnati. He walked 4 and struck out 6. 141 pitches thrown. The Expos won, 6 to 0. April 11 - RF Bob Stout (32-R) of Detroit went 5 for 5 with a triple and a home run and scored 3 runs at Toronto, but the Tigers lost, 6 to 5. April 11 - Carlos de Santiago (23-R) of Brooklyn pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus Chicago. He did not walk a batter and struck out 8. At bat, he had a hit. The Dodgers won, 2 to 0. |
Monday, April 12, 2004
We are in Kansas City to play the Royals a 4 game series. They won 2 of 3 here over the weekend against the Angels with yesterday's game getting rained out. We were 6-2 against them last year and are 13-11 (.542) since 2001. After a week of play, they are 2nd in the PCL in scoring with 5.20 runs per game (Portland is tied for 7th with 3.67). They are 12th in fewest runs allowed with 3.80 per game (Portland is tied for #1 with 1.80). The whole of the PCL is only averaging 3.38 runs per game after the first week. I think this is because all of the great, but injury prone pitchers, are pitching in the first week. The number will go up. Their run differential is at +7 and ours is at +11, tied with Hollywood and Minnesota for the best in the PCL. Portland Beavers (4-2 .667 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) at Kansas City Royals (3-2 .600 1.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL East) POR: Bill Woodward (23-R 9-8 4.09 last year) vs. KC: Graham Pethel (27-R 0-1 4.50) All-Star This will be Woodward's season debut. Pethel gave up 8 hits and a home run and 3 runs in 6 IP in his first start. He has finished 3rd and 2nd in the last 2 Cy Young Award votes. He was 0-2 against us last year, but in one loss, he only went 4.1 IP and only gave us an unearned run, but had to leave with an injury. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (23-L .375-8-0-0-.875 72) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .091-22-0-2-.374 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .227-22-0-2-.580 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .400-20-2-9-1.250 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .143-21-1-1-.593 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .320-25-1-2-.866 50) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .095-21-0-0-.232 104) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .174-23-2-4-.675 89) 9: P Bill Woodward (23-R Season debut 37) KANSAS CITY 1: 1B Steve Hermanson (26-S .143-7-0-0-.429 74) 2: 2B Dave Coffey (29-R .471-17-0-2-1.059 83) FA from Denver via Cleveland 8 R 3: RF Ken Manning (25-R .211-19-0-5-.515 86) All-Star 3 SB 4: LF Rick Woodell (32-L .235-17-0-2-.703 28) ex-Beaver 5: CF Larry Laramie (30-L .050-20-0-2-.245 72) 6: 3B Dick Ohrn (27-R .500-6-1-1-1.571 63) 7: SS Milt White (29-R .056-18-0-0-.161 93) FA from St. Louis 8: C Steve Pierce (26-R .333-6-0-0-.762 70) 9: P Graham Pethel (27-S .000-1-0-0-.000 59) All-Star Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Royals Stadium Weather: 61 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 10 MPH wind blowing right to left Attendance: 21,852 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell grounds one over the 1st base bag and ends up with a triple! And he does NOT call out Trudy the Trainer! Kim Springer pops out to center and Mitchell holds... Enrique Ramos grounds a hit to center and Mitchell scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Glenn Snowden strikes out... Jeff Galka grounds out to short. Bottom of the First: Steve Hermanson swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Dave Coffey swings at the first pitch and doubles down the left field line. He was signed by Cleveland as a free agent from Denver in January, but released on Opening Day. The Royals signed him on Wednesday and he is now 9 for 18 (.500) with 3 doubles and 8 runs scored for them... Ken Manning strikes out! Rick Woodell, the ex-Beaver, lines a hit to left and Coffey scores without a throw... Tie Game: 1 to 1. That is now 9 runs scored in 5 games for Coffey. Woodell steals 2nd. Larry Laramie flies out to left. Top of the Second: With 2 outs, Reid Reddick doubles to right center. P Bill Woodward grounds a hit to right and Reddick beats the throw home! 2 to 1, Beavers! Top of the Fourth: Tim Higbee swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to left and then goes to 2nd on a ground out. Reid Reddick loops a hit to left center. P Bill Woodward, who I wish would swing away, bunts one foul with 2 strikes... Brian Mitchell grounds out to the pitcher... Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Ken Manning hits a home run to right... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Rick Woodell follows with a home run down the right field line... 3 to 2, Royals. The Bullpen is up. Larry Laramie swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to center... 4 to 2, Royals. Dick Ohrn almost makes it 4 home runs in a row, but has to settle for a double off the wall in center... Call to the Bullpen: Rich Larkin (24-R). Dave Risinger (28-R) is in to play 2nd in a double switch. Milt White strikes out on 3 pitches. We walk Steve Pierce intentionally... Why walk a crappy hitter to get to a crappy hitter? P Graham Pethel takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three. Top of the Seventh: With 1 out, Dave Risinger doubles to right center. He goes to 3rd on a ground out and then scores on a 2 out single by Kim Springer! 4 to 3, Royals. Enrique Ramos lines a home run down the left field line!! 5 to 4, Beavers! That does it for P Graham Pethel. New Pitcher: Melvin Villagran (25-R) with a 9.00 ERA in 4 IP. 4 BB and 7 SO. He has a career 2.17 ERA in 77 games. Glenn Snowden flies out to center. Bottom of the Seventh: Steve Hermanson grounds one to 2nd and Dave Risinger throws it away for a 2 base error... The Bullpen is up. PH Manny Vences (26-L), a rookie who is 0 for 4 on the season, grounds a hit to center... With the infield in, Ken Manning grounds out to 3rd and Hermanson stays put and Vences goes to 2nd. Call to the Bullpen: Victor Alvarez (30-L). Rick Woodell lines a hit to left and Hermanson scores... Tie Game: 5 to 5. Larry Laramie strikes out on 3 pitches. 2 down. Dick Ohrn strikes out. Top of the Eighth: Jeff Galka leads off with a walk and Tim Higbee lines a hit to left. PH Jerry Suazo (29-L) strikes out... Reid Reddick strikes out... Dave Risinger strikes out... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Danny Mathies (30-R), their 3-time All-Star closer, who has a career 2.20 ERA and 2 scoreless innings so far this year. Top of our order up. Brian Mitchell grounds a hit to right. Kim Springer lines a hit to center. Enrique Ramos swings at the first pitch and pops out to left... Glenn Snowden grounds a hit to left and Mitchell heads home....Safe! 6 to 5, Beavers! Jeff Galka grounds a hit to center and Springer scores without a throw! 7 to 5, Beavers! Tom Higbee lines a hit to left and the bases are loaded with 1 out. To pinch-hit or not pinch-hit for P Ramon Andrade? Well, if I think about and let him bat, he will give up runs next inning, so we pinch-hit with Oscar Trejo (31-R). He strikes out... 2 down. Reid Reddick strikes out looking on 3 pitches... Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Bruce Ancona (24-L). 2B Eric Kalles (25-L), a rookie who is 1 for 1 this season, swings at the first pitch and lines out to left. Ken Manning, who murders left-handers, swings at the first pitch and pops out to center! Rick Woodell flies out to left and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 7 to 5 First career Save for Bruce Ancona! We had 16 hits and made 1 error Kansas City had 10 hits and made no errors Bill Woodward went 5.1 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 3 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. RHP Rich Larkin went 1 inning, allowed 1 unearned run, 1 hit, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 2. LHP Victor Alvarez (BS 1) got 2 outs, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. RHP Ramon Andrade (W 1-0) went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 walk and struck out 1. LHP Bruce Ancona (SV 1) pitched a perfect 9th on 4 pitches. Graham Pethel went 6.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 10 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 5. RHP Danny Mathies (L 1-1) went 1 inning, gave us 2 runs, 5 hits and struck out 2. CF Brian Mitchell had 2 hits with a triple and scored 2 runs. LF Kim Springer had 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. RF Enrique Ramos had 2 hits with his 1st home run as a Beaver and had 3 RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits and an RBI. 3B Jeff Galka had a hit and a walk and an RBI. C Tim Higbee had 3 hits. SS Reid Reddick had 3 hits with a double and scored a run. 2B Dave Risinger hit a double and scored a run, but made a big 2 base error. For Kansas City, LF Rick Woodell, the ex-Beaver, had 4 hits with his 1st home run of the season, stole 2 bases and had 3 RBI. HE is now tied foe the PCL lead with 4 SB. |
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Portland Beavers (5-2 .714 0.5 GA in 1st place in the PCL West) at Kansas City Royals (3-3 .500 2 GB tied for 4th place in the PCL East) POR: Steve Muir (29-R 1-0 2.08) Gold Glove(01) vs. KC: Al Johnson (23-R 1-0 0.00) 3-time All-Star/2-time CY(01-02)/RoY(01) Muir gave up 2 runs in 8.2 IP last time out. He gave up a 2 run home run with 2 outs in the 9th to spoil his shutout. Johnson pitched 8.2 shutout innings in his first start of the season, allowed 4 hits and 1 walk and striking out 7. He was 0-1 in 2 starts against us last season, but had Quality Starts both times. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (23-L .385-13-0-0-1.000 72) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .148-27-0-3-.448 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .259-27-1-5-.730 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .400-25-2-10-1.164 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .160-25-1-2-.603 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .367-30-1-2-.920 50) 7: 2B Dave Risinger (28-R .333-3-0-0-1.000 106) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .214-28-2-4-.731 89) 9: P Steve Muir (29-R .000-4-0-0-.000 1) Gold Glove(01) KANSAS CITY 1: SS Milt White (29-R .045-22-0-0-.132 93) 2: 2B Dave Coffey (29-R .450-20-0-2-1.050 83) 3: LF Eddie Shelton (31-L .500-14-1-6-1.683 29) 4: RF Ken Manning (25-R .250-24-1-6-.696 86) All-Star 5: CF Larry Laramie (30-L .083-24-1-3-.412 72) 6: 3B Steve Oaks (27-L .188-16-0-4-.610 98) 7: C Wayne Parker (30-L .182-11-0-1-.490 74) 8: 1B Dick Ohrn (27-R .400-10-1-1-1.255 93) 9: P Al Johnson (23-R .500-2-0-0-1.500 1) 3-time All-Star/2-time CY(01-02)/RoY(01) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Royals Stadium Weather: 57 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 13 MPH wind blowing out to left Attendance: 21,489 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell swings at the first pitch and lines a hit up the middle. Kim Springer grounds a hit to right and Mitchell beats the throw to 3rd. Enrique Ramos swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to left and Mitchell scores without a throw. 1 to 0, Beavers! Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd and Springer goes to 2nd. Jeff Galka swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to left and Springer heads home....Safe! 2 to 0, Beavers! Tim Higbee flies out to center. Bottom of the First: Milt White pops out to left. Dave Coffey swings at a 3-2 pitch and bloops a hit to right and tries to stretch it to a double, but Enrique Ramos throws him out! Eddie Shelton draws a walk. Not smart to walk people in front of Ken Manning... Manning swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted! Top of the Third: With 1 out, Kim Springer lines a hit to right and steals 2nd. Enrique Ramos beats out an infield hit. Glenn Snowden grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.... Top of the Fourth: Jeff Galka leads off with a double to center. With 2 outs, they walk Reid Reddick intentionally. P Steve Muir strikes out. Bottom of the Fourth: Ken Manning hits a home run to left center... 2 to 1, Beavers. With 1 out, P Steve Muir walks the bases loaded.... Dick Ohrn flies out to left and Larry Laramie tags up and scores. Tie Game: 2 to 2. P Al Johnson flies out to center. Bottom of the Fifth: Milt White swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit up the middle. Dave Coffey bunts him to 2nd. Eddie Shelton draws a walk, the sixth issued today by P Steve Muir. The Bullpen is up. Ken Manning grounds a hit to left and White beats the throw home... 3 to 2, Royals. Larry Laramie gets jammed, but muscles a hit to right center and Shelton scores... 4 to 2, Royals. Call to the Bullpen: Bruce Ancona (24-L). Steve Oaks takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and the bases are loaded with 1 out. Wayne Parker grounds a hit to right and 2 runs score... 6 to 2, Royals. Call to the Bullpen: Sandy Bastianelli (29-R), making his season debut. He is chosen because he has walked 2 batters in 19 IP for his career. Dick Ohrn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and the bases are loaded back up... That is 8 walks by our pitchers and we are only in the 5th inning.... P Al Johnson grounds a hit to left and another run scores... 7 to 2, Royals. Milt White gets beaned to force in another run... 8 to 2, Royals. Dave Coffey lines out to deep right and Ohrn trots home. 9 to 2, Royals. 2 outs. Eddie Shelton grounds out to 2nd. 7 run inning... Top of the Sixth: Glenn Snowden takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, Tim Higbee grounds a hit to right. Dave Risinger triples to left center and both runners score! 9 to 4, Royals. Reid Reddick swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to center and Risinger scores! 9 to 5, Royals. That does it for P Al Johnson. New Pitcher: Willie Matlock (31-L), an old rookie with 1 scoreless inning on the season. PH Oscar Trejo (31-R) strikes out... 2 down. PH Jack Hinckley (28-R) grounds out to short. Bottom of the Sixth: New Pitcher: Denny Jennissen (30-R). Ken Manning takes walk #9 by our pitchers... Larry Laramie lines a hit to left center... With 1 out, Wayne Parker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Lost - 13 to 6 What an ugly mess... 10 walks by our pitchers... Plus a hit batter... We had 13 hits and made no errors Kansas City had 13 hits and made 1 error Steve Muir (L 1-1) went 4.1 innings, allowed 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 6 walks and struck out 1. He threw a WP. 93 pitches. LHP Bruce Ancona faced 2 batters and gave up 2 runs on a hit and a walk. RHP Sandy Bastianelli, in his season debut, got 2 outs, gave up 1 run, 1 hit, 1 walk and 1 HBP. RHP Denny Jennissen went 3 innings, allowed 4 runs, 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. AL Johnson (W 2-0) went 5.1 innings, gave us 5 runs, 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. 99 pitches. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. LF Kim Springer had 3 hits with a double, stole a base and scored 2 runs. His BA is now over .200! RF Enrique Ramos had 2 hits and an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had a hit and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. 3B Jeff Galka had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. C Tim Higbee had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. 2B Dave Risinger hit a triple, scored a run and had 2 RBI. SS Reid Reddick had a hit and a walk and an RBI. For Kansas City, RF Ken Manning had 3 hits with his 2nd home run of the series and season, drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI. CF Larry Laramie went 4 for 4 with a walk (and he hates walking), scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI. C Wayne Parker had 2 hits with a double and a walk, scored a run and had 4 RBI. |
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Portland Beavers (5-3 .714 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) at Kansas City Royals (4-3 .571 1.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL East) POR: Barry Phillips (20-R 1-0 0.00) Gold Glove vs. KC: Tony Fernandez (21-R 0-0 5.14) Phillips pitched a 6 hit shutout in his Beaver debut with 1 BB and 5 SO. Fernandez gave up 4 runs and 8 hits in 7 IP in his 1st start. As a rookie last year, he was 10-10 with 3.28 ERA in 26 starts and only gave up 7 HR. We faced him once and he beat us, giving us 2 runs in 8 IP with 7 SO. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (23-L .375-16-0-0-.938 72) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .219-32-0-3-.590 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .290-31-1-6-.753 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .379-29-2-11-1.093 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .200-30-1-3-.667 59) 6: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .226-31-2-5-.746 89) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .083-24-0-0-.203 104) 8: C Rick Mansoor (30-R Season debut 76) 9: P Barry Phillips (20-R .250-4-0-0-.500 56) Gold Glove KANSAS CITY 1: 1B Rick Woodell (32-L .318-22-1-5-.945 59) 2: SS Milt White (29-R .077-26-0-1-.220 93) 3: LF Eddie Shelton (31-L .438-16-1-6-1.546 29) 4: RF Ken Manning (25-R .321-28-2-8-.930 86) All-Star 5: CF Larry Laramie (30-L .214-28-1-5-.660 72) 6: 3B Steve Oaks (27-L .211-19-0-5-.739 98) 7: 2B Dick Ohrn (27-R .333-12-1-2-1.104 71) 8: C Steve Pierce (26-R .286-7-0-0-.831 70) 9: P Tony Fernandez (21-R 1.000-1-0-0-2.000 48) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Royals Stadium Weather: 55 F, Clear Skies, with a 10 MPH wind blowing out to left Attendance: 20,327 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell grounds a hit to center. Kim Springer pops out to short. Enrique Ramos swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Glenn Snowden pops out to right. Bottom of the First: Rick Woodell, the ex-Beaver, swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out hard to deep right. Milt White grounds out to short. Eddie Shelton lines a hit to left. Ken Manning swings at the first pitch and flies out to right! Bottom of the Second: With 1 out, Steve Oaks lines a hit to left. Dick Ohrn grounds a hit to right and Oaks goes to 3rd. Steve Pierce lines a hit to right and Oaks scores and Ohrn goes to 3rd... 1 to 0, Royals. P Tony Fernandez swings away and grounds a hit to left and Ohrn scores... 2 to 0, Royals. The next two make outs. Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Kim Springer and Enrique Ramos hit back to back singles and we have runners at the corners. Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit up the middle and Springer scores! 2 to 1, Royals. Jeff Galka doubles to left center and Ramos scores! Tie Game: 2 to 2. Reid Reddick strikes out... They walk Juan Ramos intentionally. Rick Mansoor grounds a hit to center and 2 runs are in!! 4 to 2, Beavers! P Barry Phillips grounds a hit to center and Rojas scores! 5 to 2, Beavers! That does it for P Tony Fernandez. New Pitcher: Melvin Villagran (25-R), who pitched 1.1 scoreless innings on Monday. Brian Mitchell strikes out. Won - 5 to 2 We had 9 hits and made no errors Kansas City had 8 hits (all singles) and made no errors Barry Phillips (W 2-0) went 7+ innings, allowed 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. At bat, he had 2 hits and an RBI. RHP Rich Larkin (H 1) went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 walk and struck out 3. RHP Ramon Andrade (SV 3) pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. Tony Fernandez (L 0-1) went 5.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6. 112 pitches. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had a hit and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. 3B Jeff Galka hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. C Rick Mansoor, in his season debut, had 2 hits with a double and 2 RBI. |
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Portland Beavers (6-3 .667 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) at Kansas City Royals (4-4 .500 1.5 GB in 5th place in the PCL East) POR: Frank Flores (24-R 1-1 2.02) PCLCS MVP vs. KC: Eduardo Ortega (24-R 0-0 13.50) Flores only gave up 1 run in 6.1 IP last time out, but we were shut out. Ortega gave up 5 runs (4 earned) in 2.2 IP in his 1st start with 5 BB. Last year, as a rookie, he was 8-7 with a 4.68 ERA in 27 starts. He was 0-1 in 2 starts against us last year and we scored early and often in both games. 8.1 IP, 19 H and 11 R (10 earned). Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (23-L .350-20-0-0-.850 72) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .216-37-0-3-.566 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .286-35-1-6-.725 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .375-32-2-12-1.069 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .206-34-1-4-.678 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .382-34-1-2-.959 50) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .074-27-0-0-.212 104) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .200-35-2-5-.663 89) 9: P Frank Flores (24-R .167-6-0-0-.333 35) PCLCS MVP KANSAS CITY 1: 1B Steve Hermanson (26-S .154-13-0-0-.385 74) 2: 2B Dave Coffey (29-R .435-23-0-3-.982 83) 3: RF Ken Manning (25-R .290-31-2-8-.862 86) All-Star 4: CF Larry Laramie (30-L .194-31-1-5-.620 72) 5: C Wayne Parker (30-L .313-16-0-5-.796 74) 6: 3B Steve Oaks (27-L .217-23-0-5-.699 98) 7: LF Sergio de Santiago (29-L .375-8-0-0-.875 106) Gold Glove(RF) 8: SS Milt White (29-R .097-31-0-1-.248 93) 9: P Eduardo Ortega (24-R .000-1-0-0-.000 70) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Royals Stadium Weather: 60 F, Clear Skies, with a 12 MPH wind blowing out to left Attendance: 18,229 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell strikes out... Kim Springer flies out to deep right. Enrique Ramos swings at the first pitch and flies out to right... Bottom of the First: Steve Hermanson grounds out to 2nd. Dave Coffey flies out to deep center. Ken Manning lines one down the right field line, but Enrique Ramos runs it down! 1-2-3! Top of the Second: Glenn Snowden grounds one to short, but Milt White boots it. Jeff Galka doubles to right center. Tim Higbee lines a hit to left center and Snowden scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Juan Rojas strikes out... Reid Reddick strikes out... P Frank Flores flies out to deep left. Bottom of the Second: With 1 out, Wayne Parker lines a hit to right. Steve Oaks grounds a hit to right and Parker beats the throw to 3rd. Sergio de Santiago lines out to deep center and Parker tags up and scores. Tie Game: 1 to 1. Milt White doubles off the center field wall and Oaks rounds 3rd and heads home, but Brian Mitchell retrieves the ball quickly and Oaks is out, 8-4-2!! Top of the Third: Brian Mitchell lines a hit to center. Kim Springer doubles to center. Enrique Ramos swings at a 3-2 pitch and skies one to center, but Larry Laramie drops the ball and Mitchell scores! 2 to 1, Beavers! Glenn Snowden lines out to deep center and Springer scores without a throw. 3 to 1, Beavers! Jeff Galka walks on 4 pitches. Tim Higbee crushes one to center for a 423 ft. home run!!! 6 to 1, Beavers! Top of the Fourth: New Pitcher: Harry Power (24-R), who has pitched 1.1 innings this season and allowed 3 runs. With 1 out, Brian Mitchell grounds a hit to right. Kim Springer doubles to left center. He looks to be breaking out! After starting the season 0 for 19, he is 10 for his last 21 (.476) with 3 doubles and a triple. Enrique Ramos walks to load the bases up with 1 out. Glenn Snowden doubles to center and 2 runs score!! 8 to 1, Beavers! Jeff Galka strikes out... Tim Higbee grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Fourth: Ken Manning leads off with a home run to left center. 8 to 2, Beavers. He has homered in 3 of the 4 games in this series. Larry Laramie and Wayne Parker hit back to back singles. But the next three make outs! Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, Steve Hermanson beats out an infield hit. Dave Coffey and Ken Manning both single and the bases are loaded. The Bullpen is up. That is 9 hits allowed by P Frank Flores. Larry Laramie grounds a hit to right and Hermanson scores. 8 to 3, Beavers. Wayne Parker strikes out. Steve Oaks grounds a hit to left and 2 runs score... 8 to 5, Beavers. Since Flores had a tough loss last time out, we will give him one more batter to try to pick himself up a cheap win today. Sergio de Santiago flies out to center! Top of the Sixth: With 2 outs, Enrique Ramos grounds a hit up the middle. Glenn Snowden gets beaned. Jeff Galka lines a double to left and Ramos scores! 9 to 5, Beavers! That is it for P Harry Power. New Pitcher: Alex Pedroza (26-R), making his Major League debut. He bounces a 2-2 pitch to Tim Higbee and it gets past the catcher for a wild pitch and Snowden scores! 10 to 1, Beavers! First time in double digits this year! Higbee takes the 3-2 pitch for strike three... Top of the Seventh: Rookie P Alex Pedroza strikes out the side in order... That is 4 straight strikeouts to begin his career... Bottom of the Seventh: On the Hill: Victor Alvarez (30-L), after a scoreless 6th. Dave Coffey and Ken Manning lead off with back to back hits. The Bullpen is up. Larry Laramie grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Coffey goes to 3rd. Wayne Parker grounds a hit to right and Coffey scores and Laramie goes to 3rd. 10 to 6, Beavers. A wild pitch scores Laramie... 10 to 7, Beavers. The next two make outs. Top of the Ninth: On the Hill: Melvin Villagran (25-R), after a perfect 8th with 2 strikeouts. He strikes out the side in order... He now has 16 SO in 8.2 IP this season... Won - 10 to 7 We had 10 hits and made no errors Kansas City had 14 hits and made 2 errors We scored at least 5 runs against every starting pitcher in this series and The Royals have one of the best, if not the best, rotations in all of Baseball! Frank Flores (W 2-1) went 5 innings, allowed 5 runs, 11 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 2. LHP Victor Alvarez went 3 innings, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. He threw a WP. Rich Larkin (SV 1) pitched a perfect 9th with 2 strikeouts. He now has 11 SO in 5 IP. Eduardo Ortega (L 0-1) went 3 innings, gave us 6 runs (4 earned), 5 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 4. CF Brian Mitchell had 2 hits and scored 2 runs. LF Kim Springer hit 2 doubles and scored 2 runs. RF Enrique Ramos had a hit and a walk, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden hit a double, was hit by a pitch, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. 2B Jeff Galka hit 2 doubles, drew a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. C Tim Higbee had 2 hits with his 2nd home run of the season and had 4 RBI. For Kansas City, RF Ken Manning had 3 hits with his 3rd home run of the series and season and scored 2 runs. C Wayne Parker had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. |
Friday, April 16, 2004
We are finally home to open Metropolitan Stadium to the public for the first time this season! We welcome the Sacramento Solons for a 3 game series over the weekend. They just split 4 games at home versus Salt Lake City. We were 10-4 against them last season when they lost 101 games and finished in last place in the PCL West. We are 27-15 (.643) against them since 2001, they best record we have against any opponent. They are currently tied for 6th in the PCL in scoring with 4.40 runs per game (Portland is tied for #2 with 5.00). The Solons are tied for 10th in fewest runs allowed with 4.20 per game (Portland is down to #7 with 3.80). Their run differential is +2 and ours is +12, 2nd best to Milwaukee (+13) in the PCL. Miami in the NL is at +25 after only 10 games. Sacramento Solons (4-6 .400 3 GB tied for 6th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (7-3 .700 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) SAC: Mike McLane (26-R 1-1 2.45) vs. POR: Bobby Johnson (24-R 1-1 3.46) McLane is their #1 starter when healthy and, unfortunately, he is healthy at the moment. He gave up 3 runs in 7 IP last time out and took a loss. Last year, he was 9-2 with a 2.14 ERA in 24 starts. In 2001 and 2002, he hardly pitched at all, managing only 3 Big League innings. Last year, we faced him 3 times and he only won 1 game, but we did not score a run off him in 20.1 IP and only had 11 H. Johnson gave up 1 run in 7 IP last time out for his 1st win of the season. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) SACRAMENTO 1: LF Gerry Elliott (31-L .351-37-1-7-.992 80) FA from Oakland 8 BB/5 SB 2: 1B Ralph McKinney (25-L .320-25-0-2-.753 86) 4 BB 3: 3B Larry Pierce (31-L .410-39-1-7-.941 62) 4: CF Lou Drobish (30-R .229-35-1-7-.558 79) 1 BB/9 SO 5: RF Joaquin Hernandez (27-R .250-8-0-1-.955 81) 1 3B/3 BB 6: 2B Angel Arana (28-R .233-30-0-1-.590 85) 9 SO 7: C Joel Brobston (32-R .190-21-1-3-.646 69) FA from KC 2 2B 8: SS Jose de Haro (26-R .184-38-0-5-.436 78) 14 SO 9: P Mike McLane (26-S .000-4-0-0-.000 1) 0 SO PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (23-L .360-25-0-0-.840 72) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .238-42-0-3-.640 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .282-39-1-7-.718 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .371-35-2-15-1.067 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .237-38-1-5-.777 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .395-38-2-6-1.042 50) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .065-31-0-0-.186 104) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .179-39-2-5-.597 89) 9: P Bobby Johnson (24-R .500-4-0-1-.900 1) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium Weather: 53 F, Overcast, with a 13 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 36,285 A new Opening Day record crowd! Top of the First: Gerry Elliott flies out to deep center. Ralph McKinney flies out to deep right. Larry Pierce grounds out to short! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell lines out hard to left. Kim Springer grounds a hit to center. Enrique Ramos loops a hit to right and Springer beats the throw to 3rd! Glenn Snowden grounds one hard to 1st, but Ralph McKinney boots it and Springer scores! Our first run ever off McLane! Unearned, but we'll take it! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Galka lines a hit to left center and the bases are loaded with 1 out. Tim Higbee grounds a hit to center and 2 runs score!! 3 to 0, Beavers! Juan Rojas squibs one in front of the plate and C Joel Brobston fires to 2nd, but throws the ball into center for a 2 base error and Galka scores! 4 to 0, Beavers! Unbelievable! I was all primed for getting shut out in our Home Opener and feeling a little sad... Reid Reddick pops out to center and the runners hold. 2 down. P Bobby Johnson swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Second: With 1 out, Kim Springer draws a walk and P Mike McLane is injured and has to leave the game. New Pitcher: Glenn Stroh (29-L), making his season debut. He did not pitch in the Majors last season at all. in 2002, he had a 2.14 ERA in 46.1 IP for San Diego and had a 1.69 ERA in 101.2 IP for them in 2001. He picks Springer off at 1st... Enrique Ramos pops out to 3rd. Bottom of the Fifth: Enrique Ramos leads off with a triple to left! With the infield in, Glenn Snowden grounds out to 3rd and Ramos holds. Jeff Galka beats out an infield hit and Ramos scores! 5 to 0, Beavers! The next two make outs. Top of the Seventh: Lou Drobish leads off with a double to right and goes to 3rd on a ground out. Angel Arana lines a hit to center and Drobish scores. 5 to 1, Beavers. Joel Brobston doubles to left... The Bullpen is up. Jose de Haro strikes out. 2 down. PH Alexis Quiroga (25-R), a rookie who is 2 for 8 (.250) with 3 walks, triples over the head of the center fielder and both runners score... 5 to 3, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Bruce Ancona (24-L). Gerry Elliott grounds out to 2nd! It starts to rain in the bottom of the Eighth, but we make it through to the end of the game. Won - 5 to 3 We had 9 hits and made 1 error Sacramento had 7 hits and made 2 errors Bobby Johnson (W 2-1) went 6.2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. 106 pitches. LHP Bruce Ancona (H 1) got 2 outs and allowed 1 hit. RHP Sandy Bastianelli (SV 1) got the last 5 outs in order with 1 strikeout. Mike McLane (L 1-2) went 1.1 innings, gave us 4 runs (2 earned), 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. LF Kim Springer had 2 hits and a walk and scored a run. RF Enrique Ramos had 2 hits with a triple and scored 2 runs. 1B Glenn Snowden went hitless, but drew a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. 3B Jeff Galka had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. C Tim Higbee had a hit and 2 RBI. The Solons announced that Mike McLane had a sore back and would be fine after a good night's sleep. At least until the next thing.... |
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Sacramento Solons (4-7 .364 4 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (8-3 .727 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) SAC: Carl Jones (30-R 2-0 2.25) vs. POR: Bill Woodward (23-R 0-0 6.75) Jones pitched a 5 hit shutout in his first start, but gave up 11 hit and 4 runs in 7 IP last time out, but the Solons scored him 13 runs. He was 11-16 with a 4.28 ERA last season between Minnesota and Sacramento. He was 2-0 in 3 starts against us and pitched a good game every time, including a 7 hit shutout. Woodward pitched 5 good innings in his 1st start at Kansas City, but then gave up 3 straight home runs in the 6th. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) SACRAMENTO 1: LF Joaquin Hernandez (27-R .182-11-0-1-.764 94) 2: 1B Dale Cave (31-R .333-6-0-0-.667 82) 3: RF Harvey Turner (26-L .222-36-0-3-.485 83) 4: CF Lou Drobish (30-R .231-39-1-7-.577 79) 5: 2B Angel Arana (28-R .235-34-0-2-.580 85) 6: 3B Nicholas Buffey (27-R Season debut 63) 7: C Joel Brobston (32-R .200-25-1-3-.662 69) 8: SS Jose de Haro (26-R .190-42-0-5-.442 78) 9: P Carl Jones (30-R .000-7-0-0-.000 23) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (23-L .345-29-0-0-.793 72) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .267-45-0-3-.698 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .302-43-1-7-.789 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .342-38-2-16-1.002 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .262-42-1-6-.796 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .381-42-2-8-.991 50) 7: 2B Dave Risinger (28-R .286-7-0-2-1.000 106) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .186-43-2-5-.588 89) 9: P Bill Woodward (23-R .500-2-0-1-1.000 37) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium Weather: 59 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to left Attendance: 20,481 Top of the First: Joaquin Hernandez strikes out looking! Dale Cave takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Harvey Turner swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to center. Lou Drobish lines a hit to right and Cave beats the throw home... 1 to 0, Solons. Angel Arana lines a hit to left and the bases are loaded with 1 out. Nicholas Buffey, in his first AB of the season, doubles to center and 2 runs score... 3 to 0, Solons. The Bullpen is up. Joel Brobston grounds out to 3rd and Arana scores. 4 to 0, Solons. 2 down. Jose de Haro strikes out. Bottom of the First: The first pitch from Carl Jones plunks Brian Mitchell in the side. Trudy the Trainer goes out, but he is okay. The second pitch from Carl Jones is grounded to 2nd by Kim Springer for a 4-6-3 double play... Enrique Ramos grounds a hit to right. Glenn Snowden swings at the first pitch and pops out to 3rd... Top of the Second: With 1 out, Joaquin Hernandez and Dale Cave hit back to back singles and they have runners at the corners.... The Bullpen is back up. Harvey Turner flies out to right and the runners hold. Lou Drobish lines out to left! Bottom of the Second: Jeff Galka grounds a hit to right. With 1 out, Dave Risinger grounds a hit up the middle and Galka beats the throw to 3rd. Reid Reddick swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... P Bill Woodward pops out to center... Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, Joaquin Hernandez and Dale Cave again hit back to back singles and they have runners at the corners. The Bullpen is up again... Harvey Turner grounds into a 4-6-3 double play!! Through 5 innings, we have grounded into 3 double plays.... Bottom of the Sixth: Jeff Galka leads off with a double to left. Tim Higbee lines a hit to center. Dave Risinger grounds a hit to center and Galka scores and Higbee goes to 3rd! 4 to 1, Solons. With Risinger on the move, Reid Reddick swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses and Risinger is thrown out stealing for a double play... Reddick has now struck out 19 times in 46 AB... PH Oscar Trejo (31-R) swings at the first pitch and lines out to center, Lou Drobish making a diving catch.... Top of the Eighth: On the Hill: Sandy Bastianelli (29-R), after a scoreless 7th. Jose de Haro swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to left. P Carl Jones lays down a bunt, but C Tim Higbee throws the ball away at 1st for a 2 base error... Call to the Bullpen: Rich Larkin (24-R). Joaquin Hernandez strikes out. Dale Cave grounds a double down the left field line and both runners score... 6 to 1, Solons. Harvey Turner grounds a hit to center and Cave scores... 7 to 1, Solons. The next two make outs. Bottom of the Eighth: Glenn Snowden reaches on a throwing error by 3B Nicholas Buffey and then gets balked to 2nd. But the next three make outs... Lost - 7 to 1 We had 11 hits and made 1 error Sacramento had 14 hits and made 2 errors Bill Woodward (L 0-1) went 4.2 innings, allowed 4 runs, 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit. RHP Denny Jennissen went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 2 walks and struck out 2. RHP Sandy Bastianelli went 1 inning, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 2 hits and struck out 1. RHP Rich Larkin went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. Carl Jones (W 3-0) went 8 innings, gave us 1 run, 10 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 3. He balked. At bat, he reached on an error and scored a run. PH Jack Hinckley had a hit. RF Enrique Ramos had a hit and a walk. 3B Jeff Galka had 2 hits with a double and scored our only run. C Tim Higbee had 2 hits. He now has an 11 game hitting streak. 2B Dave Risinger had 3 hits and an RBI. He has 5 hits in a backup role and normal starter Juan Rojas has 2 in 35 AB (.057). I normally like to wait until May before making a decision about changing things up, so we will give Rojas a little more time to straighten things out. He don't expect a whole lot out of him in the first place, as he is in there for his glove, but he has to hit better than .057... For Sacramento, 1B Dale Cave had 3 hits with a double and a walk, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. 2B Angel Arana had 3 hits with a double and scored a run. |
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Sacramento Solons (5-7 .417 3 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (8-4 .667 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) SAC: Darrell Williams (27-R 0-1 4.09) vs. POR: Steve Muir (29-R 1-1 5.54) Gold Glove(01) Williams gave up 4 runs (2 earned) in 5 IP last time out in a no decision. Last year, he was 6-19 with a 5.12 ERA in 34 starts. He was 0-2 against us, but in 1 start he went 8 innings and only gave us 5 hits and 3 runs (2 earned). After a good outing in his 1st start, Muir was roughed up for 6 runs in 4.1 IP with 6 BB last time out. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) SACRAMENTO 1: LF Gerry Elliott (31-L .333-42-1-7-.927 80) 2: 1B Ralph McKinney (25-L .276-29-0-2-.658 86) 3: RF Harvey Turner (26-L .244-41-0-4-.523 83) 4: 3B Larry Pierce (31-L .395-43-1-7-.901 62) 5: SS Dale Cave (31-R .500-10-0-2-1.145 0) 6: 2B Angel Arana (28-R .282-39-0-2-.682 85) 7: CF Joaquin Hernandez (27-R .267-15-0-1-.850 64) 8: C Ryushi Suzuki (26-R .250-16-0-3-.771 63) Rookie 9: P Darrell Williams (27-R .250-4-0-1-.500 1) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (23-L .313-32-0-0-.740 72) 2: 3B Dave Risinger (28-R .455-11-0-3-1.182 100) 3: LF Kim Springer (23-L .260-50-0-3-.669 64) 4: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .304-46-1-7-.793 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 5: 1B Oscar Trejo (31-R .000-6-0-0-.000 66) 6: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .170-47-2-5-.539 89) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .057-35-0-0-.165 104) 8: C Rick Mansoor (30-R .400-5-0-2-1.000 76) 9: P Steve Muir (29-R .000-6-0-0-.000 1) Gold Glove(01) Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium Weather: 57 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 21,295 Top of the First: Gerry Elliott strikes out! Ralph McKinney grounds out to 3rd. Harvey Turner walks on 4 pitches... Larry Pierce swings at the first pitch and bloops one to shallow left center, but SS Reid Reddick makes a running catch! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell grounds one up the middle that hits off P Darrell Williams' leg and deflects to 2B Angel Arana, who throws Mitchell out at 1st, 1-4-3... Dave Risinger draws a walk. He tries to steal 2nd, but they have a pitchout on and he is out... Kim Springer takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Enrique Ramos beats out an infield hit. He now has an 11 game hitting streak. Oscar Trejo flies out to right. Top of the Second: Dale Cave leads off with a home run to left... 1 to 0, Solons. Bottom of the Third: With 1 out, Dave Risinger swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to center. Kim Springer grounds into a force at 2nd, 2-4. Enrique Ramos beats out an infield hit. Oscar Trejo clears the bases with a double to center, but gets thrown out trying to takes 3rd... 2 to 1, Beavers! Bottom of the Fifth: With 2 outs, Dave Risinger draws a walk. Kim Springer triples down the right field line and Risinger scores! 3 to 1, Beavers! Enrique Ramos doubles down the left field line and Springer scores! 4 to 1, Beavers! Oscar Trejo grounds out to 3rd. Won - 4 to 1 We had 10 hits and made no errors Sacramento had 7 hits and made 1 error Steve Muir (W 2-1) went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. We walked 2.1 per 9 IP last year and has 5.4 per 9 this season... Ramon Andrade (SV 4) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. Darrell Williams (L 0-2) went 6 innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 4 walks and struck out no one. 119 pitches. PH/CF Jack Hinckley had a hit. 3B Dave Risinger had a hit and 2 walks and scored a run. LF Kim Springer hit a triple, drew a walk, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. RF Enrique Ramos had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Oscar Trejo had 2 hits with a double and 2 RBI. SS Reid Reddick had a hit and a walk. 2B Juan Rojas had a hit and a walk. For Sacramento, SS Dale Cave had 3 hits with his 1st home run of the season. |
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April 19, 2004
Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Artie Hawkins, LF, Miami (29-R .411/.468/.714) Had 14 hits with 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 3 SO, 7 R and 12 RBI in 7 G (2nd career PoW) PCL Player of the Week - Ken Manning, RF, Kansas City (25-R .327/.393/.510) Had 12 hits with 3 HR, 3 BB, 6 SO, 2 SB, 0 CS, 10 R and 5 RBI in 7 G (4th career PoW) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) April 12 - Marty Becker (38-L) of Houston pitched a 3 hit shutout at Seattle (his old team). He walked 3 and struck out 4. 134 pitches thrown. At bat, he hit a double. The Astros won, 4 to 0. April 12 - Monte Woodie (22-L) of Denver pitched a 5 hit shutout at San Diego. He did not walk a batter and struck out 2. 94 pitches thrown. At bat, he had 3 hits with 2 doubles and scored a run. The Bears won, 7 to 0. April 12 - Jeff Klooster (30-R) of Pittsburgh pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus Washington. He walked 2 and struck out 6. The Pirates won, 4 to 0. April 13 - Paul Jasper (32-R) of Minnesota pitched a 2 hit shutout at Oakland. He did not walk or strike out a batter. 99 pitches thrown. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. The Twins won, 3 to 0. April 13 - San Diego beat Denver at home, 6 to 5, in 16 innings. April 14 - 1B Tony Pena (36-R) of Chicago had 3 hits with 2 home runs and 5 RBI at home versus Baltimore. The Cubs won, 8 to 1. April 14 - Jim Rasbury (27-R) of St. Louis pitched a 2 hit shutout at home versus Brooklyn. He walked 1 and struck out 2. The Cardinals won, 1 to 0. April 15 - LF Steve Rizkallah (33-R) of Salt Lake City had 3 hits with a triple and a home run, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at Sacramento. The Bees won, 7 to 3. April 16 - LF Steve Fisher (28-R) of Oakland went 4 for 4 with a double and a walk, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBI at home versus San Francisco. The Oaks won, 8 to 3. April 16 - RF Brian Mosca (31-L) of San Diego went 4 for 4 with a home run and a walk and 4 RBI at home versus Seattle. The Padres won, 8 to 4. April 16 - 3B Harry Sheffield (26-R) of Brooklyn had 3 hits with a double and a Grand Slam, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had 5 RBI at Boston. The Dodgers won, 8 to 2. April 16 - CF Mike Allred (28-L) of St. Louis had 2 hits with a double and 5 RBI at home versus Miami. The Cardinals won, 6 to 3. April 17 - LF Artie Hawkins (29-R) of Miami had 3 hits with 2 home runs, including a Grand Slam, stole a base, scored 3 runs and tied the NL record with 8 RBI at St. Louis. 1B Don Long (32-R) had 4 hits with 2 doubles, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBI. The Marlins won, 21 to 4, and had 23 hits. They scored 8 runs in both the 4th and 6th innings. April 18 - LF Gilberto Lule (25-S) of Dallas had 5 hits and 2 walks and an RBI at home versus Minnesota, but the Eagles lost, 2 to 1, in 19 innings. They outhit the Twins, 15 to 6. April 18 - Kevin Allen (24-R) of Toronto pitched a 1 hit shutout at New York He walked 5 and struck out 6. 131 pitches thrown. The lone hit was a 1 out single in the 7th. The Blue Jays won, 5 to 0. April 18 - George Mitchell (24-L) of Brooklyn pitched a 5 hit shutout at Boston. He did not walk a batter and struck out 7. The Dodgers won, 3 to 0. |
Monday, April 19, 2004
Battle for First Place! The hot San Diego Padres are here for a quick 2 game set. They just won 2 of 3 at home versus Seattle over the weekend. We were 10-4 against them last season when they were 78-84 and finished 6th in the PCL West. We are 23-19 (.548) since 2001. They are currently 8th in the PCL in scoring with 4.15 runs per game (Portland is 4th with 4.62). They are tied for 10th in fewest runs allowed with 4.00 per game (Portland is 9th with 3.77). Their run differential is +2 and ours is +11, the Best in the West, but there are 4 teams in the PCL East with better than ours. San Diego Padres (9-4 .692 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (9-4 .692 tied for 1st place in the PCL West) SD: Bobby Wolfe (27-R 0-0 3.27) vs. POR: Barry Phillips (20-R 2-0 1.13) Gold Glove Wolfe gave up 5 runs (2 earned) in 5 IP last time out to earn his 2nd straight no decision. The Padres have won both of his games. He was 11-15 with a 3.79 ERA in 34 starts last year. He was 1-3 in 4 starts against us last year with 2 decent games and 2 not so decent. After pitching a shutout in his 1st start as a Beaver, Phillips followed that up with 2 runs in 7 IP at Kansas City, the highest scoring team in the PCL so far this year. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS DEF) SAN DIEGO 1: Dick Berube (22-R .226-53-0-6-.600 79) Gold Glove 9 R/4 SB 2: 2B Buddy Potts (29-R .167-18-0-2-.417 63) Gold Glove(1B-02) 3: RF Dave Bafaro (29-L .276-58-1-7-.697 98) Silver Slugger(CF-01)/All-Star(01)/Gold Glove(CF-01) 4 2B/8 SB 4: 1B Bill Lunsford (22-L .289-45-1-6-.844 84) 4 2B/9 BB/3 SB 5: C Barry Solomon (25-L .190-42-2-3-.610 59) 6: 3B Norman Darcy (27-L .225-40-0-3-.579 95) 8 BB 7: LF Bob Scarinci (31-R .133-15-0-1-.258 81) 8: SS Del Hall (32-S .263-38-0-1-.712 99) 2-time Gold Glove(01-02) 8 R/6 BB 9: P Bobby Wolfe (27-R .333-3-0-1-.667 1) 2 SO PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (23-L .286-35-0-0-.677 72) 2: LF Kim Springer (23-L .264-53-0-4-.718 64) 3: RF Enrique Ramos (25-L .340-50-1-8-.866 72) 2-time All-Star(02-03)/Silver Slugger(CF)/RoY(01)/Gold Glove(LF-01) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (27-R .302-43-2-16-.896 67) 2-time Silver Slugger/3-time All-Star(MVP-01)/Gold Glove(01) 5: 3B Jeff Galka (35-R .283-46-1-6-.834 59) 6: C Tim Higbee (21-S .391-46-2-8-.991 50) 7: 2B Juan Rojas (25-S .079-38-0-0-.225 104) 8: SS Reid Reddick (26-R .180-50-2-5-.561 89) 9: P Barry Phillips (20-R .429-7-0-1-.857 56) Gold Glove Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium Weather: 58 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from center Attendance: 17,356 Top of the First: Dick Berube strikes out looking! Buddy Potts swings at the first pitch and fouls out to 1st. Dave Bafaro grounds one to 1st and Glenn Snowden shovels the ball to P Barry Phillips at the bag, but Phillips drops the ball... I thought you were a Gold Glover? What gives? Bill Lunsford flies out to center! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell grounds out to 2nd. Kim Springer grounds out to 2nd. Enrique Ramos doubles to right. He now has a 12 game hitting streak. Glenn Snowden, who has been cold of late, lines a hit to left and Ramos beats the throw home! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Galka flies out to deep center. Top of the Fourth: Dave Bafaro leads off with their first hit of the day, a triple to the right field corner... Bill Lunsford draws a walk. Barry Solomon strikes out. Norman Darcy takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 1 out. Bob Scarinci flies out to deep center and Bafaro tags up and scores and Lunsford goes to 3rd. Tie Game: 1 to 1. Del Hall flies out to deep center. Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, P Barry Phillips and Brian Mitchell both draw walks. Kim Springer hits a 434 ft. blast to center!!! 4 to 1, Beavers! Enrique Ramos gets beaned, and though there are some mean looks, nothing much happens. With 2 outs, Jeff Galka doubles to right center and Ramos scores and Galka ends up on 3rd! 5 to 1, Beavers! That does it for P Bobby Wolfe. New Pitcher: Jackie Cole (35-L), who has not allowed a run this season in 10.1 IP. Last year, as a rookie, he had a 1.87 ERA. Tim Higbee strikes out. Top of the Seventh: Bob Scarinci leads off with a walk and we get the Bullpen active. Del Hall grounds a hit to center. PH Keith Finkbiner (24-L), a rookie who is 6 for 10 with a triple on the season, grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Scarinci goes to 3rd. Dick Berube lines a hit down the right field line and Scarinci scores. 5 to 2, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Victor Alvarez (30-L). Buddy Potts grounds a hit to center and the bases are loaded with 1 out. Dave Bafaro walks on 4 pitches to force in a run.... 5 to 3, Beavers. The Bullpen is back up... P Alvarez, who finished 3rd in the Fireman Trophy voting last season, is off to a horrible start this year... He now has 5 IP with 7 H and 5 BB allowed.... Bill Lunsford flies out to left and the runners hold. Barry Solomon walks on 4 pitches to force in another run... 5 to 4, Beavers. PH Jim Tepper (26-R), who is 1 for 4 on the season, is sent up. Call to the Bullpen: Sandy Bastianelli (29-R). Tepper strikes out looking! Top of the Eighth: Bob Scarinci loops a hit to center. Del Hall bunts him to 2nd. 3B Dick Singer (29-R) grounds one back to the mound, but P Sandy Bastianelli makes a bad throw to 1st and runner are at the corners with 1 out. Dick Berube beats out and infield hit and Scarinci scores... Tie Game: 5 to 5. Buddy Potts flies out to left. Call to the Bullpen: Bruce Ancona (24-L). Dave Bafaro strikes out looking on 3 pitches! This guy has never struck out more than 29 times in a season! Top of the Ninth: Bill Lunsford grounds out to the pitcher. Barry Solomon beats out an infield hit... PH Rick Tyson (29-L), 3 for 9 on the season, lines out to center. Bob Scarinci strikes out! Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Roy Tindale (27-R), their closer for the past 3 seasons, but not their closer this season. He is off to a rough start: 7.88 ERA in 8 IP with 13 H and a HR and 5 BB. PH Jerry Suazo (29-L) grounds out to 2nd. PH Oscar Trejo (31-R) strikes out on 3 pitches... Kim Springer grounds out to the pitcher... Extras! First time this season. Top of the Tenth: New Pitcher: Denny Jennissen (30-R). Jerry Suazo stays in the game to play center. Dell Hall takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... 6 walks in 6.1 IP for P Jennissen... Dick Singer grounds out to 3rd and Hall goes to 2nd... Dick Berube draws a walk.... The Bullpen is back up. Buddy Potts swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses. 2 down. Dave Bafaro strikes out!! Bottom of the Tenth: New Pitcher: Chris Beltran (34-R), their new closer, signed as a free agent from Salt Lake City. 0.93 ERA in 9.2 IP with only 5 H and 1 BB and 12 SO. 3-4-5 hitters up for us and they go down 1-2-3... Top of the Eleventh: With 1 out, Barry Solomon reaches when P Denny Jennissen drops the toss at 1st from Glenn Snowden... PH Brian Mosca (31-L), who is not starting because of a strained forearm, strikes out looking. Bob Scarinci pops out to 2nd. Bottom of the Eleventh: New Pitcher: Bill Burke (23-R), with an 0.93 ERA in 10.2 IP with 12 SO. With 1 out, Juan Rojas doubles over the center fielder's head! Reid Reddick takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Jerry Suazo grounds out to 2nd and the runners move up. 2 down. PH Jose Julio (30-R) takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three... Top of the Twelfth: New Pitcher: Rich Larkin (24-R), the last fresh arm in the Pen. With 2 outs, Dick Berube takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... He'll be stealing, so be ready! There he goes, but we are not ready and he is safe... Buddy Potts grounds out to 3rd!! Bottom of the Twelfth: 2-3-4 hitters go down 1-2-3.... Top of the Thirteenth: 3-4-5 up for them and they go down in order! Bottom of the Thirteenth: With 1 out, Tim Higbee lines a hit to left. Juan Rojas grounds into a 6-4-3 double play... Top of the Fourteenth: Their Bullpen is also tapped out, so P Bill Burke bats. With 2 outs, Del Hall doubles to right center... Dick Singer pops out to right! Bottom of the Fourteenth: We go down in order with P Rich Larkin making the third out... Top of the Fifteenth: Top of their order goes down in order! Bottom of the Fifteenth: P Bill Burke is starting his fifth inning of work and he is laboring. Kim Springer draws a walk. Enrique Ramos takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Glenn Snowden gets beaned to load the bases up with no outs. Jeff Galka flies out to right and Springer tags up and heads home....Safe! And THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!! Won - 6 to 5 We had 10 hits and made 3 errors (all by pitchers) San Diego had 10 hits and made no errors Barry Phillips went 6.1 innings, allowed 4 runs, 5 hits, 4 walks and struck out 4. 105 pitches. At bat, he drew a walk and scored a run. LHP Victor Alvarez (H 2) got 1 out and allowed 1 hit and 2 walks. RHP Sandy Bastianelli (BS 1) went 1 inning, allowed 1 run, 2 hits and struck out 1. LHP Bruce Ancona went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. RHP Denny Jennissen went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 walks and struck out 3. 46 pitches. RHP Rich Larkin (W 1-0) went 4 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 4. 41 pitches. Bobby Wolfe went 4.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 2. RHP Bill Burke (L 3-1) went 4.1 innings, gave us 1 run, 2 hits, 3 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 2. 93 pitches. CF Brian Mitchell had a hit and a walk and scored a run. LF Kim Springer hit his 1st home run of the season, drew a walk, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. RF Enrique Ramos hit a double, drew a walk, was hit by a pitch and scored 2 runs. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits and an RBI. 3B Jeff Galka had 2 hits with a double and 2 RBI, including the game winner. C Tim Higbee had a hit and a walk. 2B Juan Rojas hit a double. SS Reid Reddick had a hit and a walk. The Padres announced that 3B Norman Darcy, injured during the game, had torn a tendon in his elbow and we be out for the rest of the season. |
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