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Saturday, May 25, 2002
Denver Bears (20-26 .435 14 GB tied for 5th place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (22-26 .458 9.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) DEN: Tom Beck (26-R 2-4 6.70) vs. POR: Rondey Moe (26-R 0-1 2.70) We faced Beck once last year and beat him, scoring 6 runs in 6 IP. In his first start as a Beaver, Moe allowed 2 runs in 6.2 IP, but took a loss. He walked 5. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DENVER 1: LF Kevin McKinney (21-R .345-171-2-21-.846) 2: 1B Rich Aycock (23-L .221-86-3-11-.693) 3: RF Gene Garman (29-L .239-176-8-28-.767) 4: 3B Johnnie Graham (27-R .202-163-6-16-.649) 5: CF Tom Boyles (23-R .297-185-6-23-.816) 6: 2B Colin Woodford (21-L .262-130-2-15-.730) Rookie Strained achilles 7: C Joe Taylor (21-R .252-103-4-14-.723) Rookie 8: SS Carroll Morse (26-R .247-150-0-16-.672) 9: P Tom Beck (26-S .143-14-0-1-.286) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (21-L .274-157-0-6-.651) Rookie 2: RF Jack Hinckley (26-R .250-48-1-1-.627) 3: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .253-178-4-17-.715) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R .256-168-10-26-.847) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: C Jim Shippy (31-R .299-67-2-11-.816) 6: LF Don Neumann (32-S .184-49-0-3-.443) 7: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .198-91-0-4-.487) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .213-47-1-2-.522) 9: P Rondey Moe (26-L .000-2-0-0-.000) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 12,723 Top of the First: Kevin McKinney takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... A passed ball sends him to 2nd... Rich Aycock takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three. Gene Garman pops out to the catcher. Johnnie Graham lines out to short! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell flies out to left. Jack Hinckley grounds out to 3rd. Shannon Kuchta flies out to center. Bottom of the Third: Dave Risinger becomes our first base runner with a walk. He heads for 2nd and they have a pitchout on, but he is safe anyway! He heads for 3rd and is not safe... We had to figure out some way to get that runner off the bases... Bottom of the Fourth: With 1 out, Jack Hinckley grounds our first hit of the game to left. Shannon Kuchta bloops a hit to right center. Hinckley steals 3rd. Glenn Snowden lines a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Hinckley scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jim Shippy takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 1 out. Don Neumann strikes out... Dave Risinger grounds out to 3rd. Top of the Fifth: Colin Woodford takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Joe Taylor gets plunked... With 1 out, P Tom Beck bunts into a 1-5-3 double play! Bottom of the Seventh: P Tom Beck strikes out the side in order.... Top of the Ninth: P Rondey Moe at 109 pitches. With 1 out, Tom Boyles swings at the first pitch and doubles off the left field wall... Colin Woodford lines a hit to right and Boyles scores... Tie game: 1 to1. Woodford ends up at 2nd. Call to the Bullpen: Jeff Gleason (25-R). We walk Joe Taylor intentionally... hmmm... Gleason's first pitch is hit by Carroll Morse over the left field wall.... 4 to 1, Bears. The 9th is jinxed for us... That is the 1st home run of the season for Morse in 154 AB.... Lost - 4 to 1 We had 4 whole hits (all singles) and made 1 error Denver had 6 hits (3 in the 9th) and made no errors Rondey Moe (L 0-2) went 8.1 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 4 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 7. RHP Jeff Gleason got 2 outs, allowed 2 runs, 1 hit, a home run and 1 walk (INT). Tom Beck went 7 innings, gave us 1 run, 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 6. LHP Jack Gilbert (1-2) went 1 perfect inning and struck out 1. RHP Chris Beltran (SV 9) pitched a perfect 9th. 2B Shannon Kuchta had 2 hits. For Denver, SS Carroll Morse hit a 3 run home run, the 1st of the season for him |
Sunday, May 26, 2002
RP Jeff Gleason (25-R) has been sent to Vancouver (A) and RP Roy Huls (21-R) has been recalled. Denver Bears (21-26 .447 14 GB tied for 4th place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (22-27 .449 9.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) DEN: Emilio de la Torre (25-R 2-1 4.26) Rookie vs. POR: Steve Muir (27-R 4-3 1.95) Gold Glove We have not faced de la Torre before. He has allowed 8 runs in his last 11 IP. Muir gave up 4 runs (1 earned) in 6 IP last time out and lost. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DENVER 1: 1B Don Lose (22-R .288-73-1-6-.667) 2: LF Kevin McKinney (21-R .349-175-2-21-.852) 3: RF Gene Garman (29-L .239-180-8-28-.761) 4: CF Tom Boyles (23-R .296-189-6-23-.815) 5: C Joe Taylor (21-R .248-105-4-14-.721) Rookie 6: 2B Colin Woodford (21-L .263-133-2-16-.733) Rookie Strained achilles 7: 3B Keith Kish (35-S .292-48-1-7-.765) 8: SS Carroll Morse (26-R .247-154-1-19-.687) 9: P Emilio de la Torre (25-R .333-15-0-1-.667) Rookie PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (21-L .267-161-0-6-.635) Rookie 2: RF Jack Hinckley (26-R .255-51-1-1-.630) 3: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .258-182-4-17-.721) 4: LF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .267-172-10-30-.839) 5: 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R .256-172-10-27-.839) All-Star/Gold Glove 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .290-69-2-11-.802) 7: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .194-93-0-4-.484) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .200-50-1-2-.492) 9: P Steve Muir (27-R .087-23-0-2-.174) Gold Glove Glenn Snowden is batting .231 with 1 HR and a.359 SLG in May... Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 12,995 Top of the First: Don Lose draws a walk... Kevin McKinney pops out to center. Gene Garman lines out to center. Lose steals 2nd. Tom Boyles swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to the pitcher! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Jack Hinckley grounds out to short. Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to center. Fernando Mexicano swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Bottom of the Sixth: With 2 outs, Fernando Mexicano hits a home run to right! 1 to 0, Beavers! Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to left!! 2 to 0, Beavers! Top of the Eighth: The jinx does not wait until the 9th today.... PH Rich Aycock (23-L) pops one up in shallow left down the line and SS Juan Rojas makes a running catch, except that he doesn't.... E-6. Don Lose, Kevin McKinney and Gene Garman all hit little poke singles and Aycock scores... 2 to 1, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: David Fuentes (25-R). Tom Boyles beats out an infield hit and Lose scores... Tie game: 2 to 2. Bases still loaded with still no outs... That is 5 straight batters to reach base... Joe Taylor hits a Grand Slam to left... 6 to 2, Bears. And I am throwing up all over myself... I need a hose.... Lost - 6 to 2 We had 5 whole hits and made 2 errors Denver had 10 hits (6 in the 8th inning) and made 1 error Steve Muir went 7+ innings, allowed 4 runs (3 earned), 5 hits, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 4. He did not allow a hit until the 5th inning. RHP David Fuentes (BS 2) did not get a batter out, allowed 2 runs and 2 hit and 1 home run. LHP Chuck Purnell went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk and struck out 2. RHP Roy Huls went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. Emilio de la Torre (W 3-1) went 7 innings, gave us 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 3. LF Fernando Mexicano hit his 11th home run of the season. 1B Glenn Snowden also hit his 11th home run. 3B Dave Risinger had a hit and a walk and stole a base. For Denver, rookie C Joe Taylor hit a Grand Slam, his 5th home run of the season. |
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May 27, 2002
Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Michael Guerrero, LF, Detroit (30-L .257/.340/.437) Had 11 hits with 5 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 0 SO, 7 R and 6 RBI in 6 G (4th career PoW) PCL Player of the Week - Fernando Martinez, LF, Milwaukee (27-L .311/.390/.593) Had 14 hits with 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO, 5 R and 5 RBI in 6 G (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) May 20 - Carlomaria Fattori (24-R) of Pittsburgh pitched a 4 hit shutout at St. Louis. He walked 6 and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. He is now 1-4 with a 6.33 ERA in 9 starts. The Pirates won, 8 to 0. May 21 - Raul Alvarado (26-L) of Montreal pitched a 5 hit shutout at Boston. He walked 2 and struck out 14. He is now 6-2 with a 4.42 ERA in 11 starts. The Expos won, 3 to 0. May 23 - CF Ken Shepherd (26-R) of San Antonio had 2 hits, stole a base, scored a run and had 5 RBI at home versus Los Angeles. The Missions won, 7 to 4. May 24 - 3B Alex Garrido (25-L) of Cleveland had 4 hits with a double, scored a run and had 4 RBI at Toronto. The Indians won, 12 to 9. May 25 - Chicago won at Brooklyn, 6 to 5, in 17 innings. May 26 - RF Jerry Serrano (28-R) went 5 for 5 with a home run, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI at home versus Milwaukee. The Seals won, 8 to 4. May 26 - Noe Camacho (28-R) of Cincinnati pitched a 2 hit shutout at home versus Montreal. He walked 2 and struck out 5. It is his 3rd shutout of the season. He is now 6-3 with a 3.42 ERA in 11 starts. The Reds won, 5 to 0. |
Monday, May 27, 2002
We are in Milwaukee to play the Brewers a 4 game series. They lost 3 of 4 in San Francisco over the weekend and have lost 9 of their last 10 games. This is our first meeting this season. We were 4-4 against them last year. The Brewers are 4th in the PCL in scoring with 4.31 runs per game (Portland is last with 3.32). They are last in fewest runs allowed with 4.88 per game (Portland is 8th with 3.84). Their run differential is -27 and ours is -26. Portland Beavers (22-28 .440 10.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Milwaukee Brewers (21-27 .438 15 GB in 6th place in the PCL East) POR: Joe Hoehn (27-R 0-2 4.76) Rookie vs. MIL: Chris Baker (29-R 2-2 3.77) This could get ugly.... Hoehn is prone to HR and Miller Park is an easy place to hit them and the Brewers are 2nd in the PCL in hitting them... Hoehn actually had a Quality Start last time out, but just barely. Baker had a save (his only relief appearance all season) and a no decision start against us last year. We scored 5runs in 4.1 IP in the start. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: RF Brian Mitchell (21-L .262-164-0-6-.624) Rookie 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .255-55-1-1-.620) 3: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .258-186-4-17-.716) 4: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .267-176-11-31-.848) 5: 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R .256-176-11-28-.849) All-Star/Gold Glove 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .278-72-2-11-.778) 7: LF Jose Julio (28-R .234-167-2-13-.584) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .189-53-1-2-.464) 9: P Joe Hoehn (27-R .500-4-0-0-1.000) Rookie MILWAUKEE 1: RF Kenny Masline (27-L .281-199-2-18-.700) 2: 2B Steve Hermanson (24-S .297-195-6-23-.813) 3: 1B Andres Garcia (34-R .343-181-1-20-.901) 4: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .311-177-15-36-.983) Gold Glove 5: C Larry McNeil (27-R .276-152-6-26-.754) 6: 3B Antonio Flores (26-L .214-173-1-14-.533) 7: CF Bill Watson (32-R .257-175-5-20-.728) 8: SS Rick Fountain (22-R .178-107-1-7-.507) Rookie 9: P Chris Baker (29-R .333-9-0-1-.778) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Miller Park Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 10,383 Top of the First: Brian Mitchell doubles down the right field line! Jack Hinckley grounds a hit to left and Mitchell heads home. The Gold Glover, Fernando Martinez, makes a horrible throw and Mitchell is safe and Hinckley goes to 2nd. Martinez gets an error. 1 to 0, Beavers! Shannon Kuchta did not mean to bunt one, but that is what he does and is thrown out by the catcher, 2-3, and Hinckley goes to 3rd. No credit for a SH, though. Fernando Mexicano grounds a hit to center and Hinckley scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! Glenn Snowden grounds into a 6-4-3 double play... Bottom of the First: Kenny Masline flies out to center. Steve Hermanson strikes out! Andres Garcia grounds one up the middle, but SS Juan Rojas makes a great stop and throws him out! 1-2-3! Top of the Second: Jim Shippy lines one down into the left field corner and gets a double! But the next three all make outs... Bottom of the Second: With 2 outs, Antonio Flores gets beaned and steals 2nd. Bill Watson hits a home run to left... Tie game: 2 to 2. Top of the Third: Brian Mitchell leads off with an infield hit, but hurts himself and calls out Trudy the Trainer.... Pinch-runner: Rick Woodell (31-L). He'll stay in the game to play 3rd and Fernando Mexicano will move to left and Jose Julio will move to right. With 2 outs, Fernando Mexicano grounds a hit to center and Woodell goes to 3rd. Glenn Snowden hits a home run to right!!! 5 to 2, Beavers!!! Bottom of the Third: PH Dean Powers (33-R) leads off with a double down the right field line. Kenny Masline walks on 4 pitches... Steve Hermanson grounds a hit to right and Powers scores... 5 to 3, Beavers. The Bullpen is stirring. Andres Garcia lines a hit to right and the bases are loaded for the League leader in HR, Fernando Martinez. He takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in a run... 5 to 4, Beavers. Larry McNeil grounds into a 1-2-3 double play! Antonio Flores lines a hit to right and both base runners score.... 6 to 5, Brewers. Bill Watson lines a hit to right and Flores goes to 3rd... Rick Fountain, an automatic out, lines a hit to center and Flores scores... 7 to 5, Brewers. Dean Powers lines a hit to center and Watson scores... 8 to 5, Brewers... Kenny Masline grounds a hit to right and another run is in... 9 to 5, Brewers.... Lets see how many 2 out base hits, Hoehn can give up in a row... So far, we are at 5.... Steve Hermanson grounds out to 2nd... Top of the Fourth: New Pitcher: Juan Romero (26-R) with a 2.45 ERA in 18.1 IP. With 2 outs, PH Kurt Cunning (30-R) lines a hit to right. Rick Woodell hits a home run to right center!! 9 to 7, Brewers. Bottom of the Fifth: P David Fuentes (25-R) strikes out the side in order! Lost - 12 to 7 We had 12 hits and made no errors Milwaukee had 14 hits and made 1 error Joe Hoehn (L 0-3) went 3 innings, allowed 9 runs, 9 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 1. RHP David Fuentes went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 4. He is great as long as the game is not on the line... LHP Chuck Purnell went 1.1 innings, allowed 1 runs, 2 hits and struck out 1. RHP Jim Kokos faced 1 batter and got 1 out, but also intentionally walked a batter and that one scored. LHP Dick Register faced 2 batters, gave up 1 run, 1 hit, 1 home run and 1 walk. RHP Roy Huls went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. Chris Baker went 3 innings, gave us 5 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 1. RHP Juan Romero (W 2-1) went 3 innings, gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run and struck out 1. RF Brian Mitchell went 2 for 2 with a double and scored a run. PR/3B Rick Woodell had 2 hits with his 2nd home run of the season, scored 2 run and had 2 RBI. 3B/LF Fernando Mexicano had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden hit his 12th home run and had 3 RBI. C Jim Shippy hit 2 doubles. PH Kurt Cunning had a hit and scored a run. For Milwaukee, 1B Andres Garcia had 3 hits. CF Bill Watson had 2 hits with his 6th home run, a walk (INT), scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI. PH Dong-hak Shong hit a 3 run home run, his first of the season. Trudy's report on Brian Mitchell is a gluteus strain that will take 2 to 3 weeks to heal. He can play, but will not be able to run very well, she days. Well, running is 99% of his game, so that means he will be worthless.... |
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
P Dick Register (28-L) and P Jim Kokos (2-R) have been shipped to Vancouver (A). Register has not gotten lefties out consistently and righties are automatic base runners. Kokos just has a hard time not walking people and lefties hit him very hard. P John Cox (29-L) and P Rich Larkin (22-R) have been recalled. PF Brian Mitchell (21-l) was put on the Disabled List and OF Esteban Mondolfo (30-R), just off the DL, was recalled. P Joe Hoehn (27-R) has also been sent to Vancouver (A) and rookie P Duke McKenzie (24-R) has been called back. Portland Beavers (22-29 .431 11.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Milwaukee Brewers (22-27 .449 15 GB tied for 5th place in the PCL East) POR: Bobby Johnson (23-R 3-3 2.24) vs. MIL: Jeff Blaine (25-R 0-3 6.27) Johnson gave up 1 run in 8 IP last time, but had a no decision. We faced Blaine once last year and beat him, but he only gave us 2 runs in 6 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: RF Jose Julio (28-R .228-171-2-13-.571) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .254-59-1-2-.612) 3: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .253-190-4-17-.701) 4: LF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .272-180-11-32-.851) 5: 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R .256-180-12-31-.858) All-Star/Gold Glove 6: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .232-95-2-11-.630) 7: C Rick Mansoor (29-R .310-29-1-3-.771) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .193-57-1-2-.467) 9: P Bobby Johnson (23-R .111-27-0-1-.311) MILWAUKEE 1: 3B Antonio Flores (26-L .216-176-1-16-.539) 2: 2B Steve Hermanson (24-S .300-200-6-24-.813) 3: 1B Andres Garcia (34-R .349-186-1-20-.909) 4: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .304-181-15-37-.965) Gold Glove 5: C Larry McNeil (27-R .274-157-6-26-.743) 6: CF Bill Watson (32-R .264-178-6-22-.758) 7: RF Bob Wick (29-R .162-37-3-5-.649) 8: SS Rick Fountain (22-R .180-111-1-8-.507) Rookie 9: P Jeff Blaine (25-R .500-12-0-3-1.000) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Miller Park Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 10,709 Top of the First: Jose Julio swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to center. Jack Hinckley lines out to 2nd. Shannon Kuchta grounds out to the pitcher and Julio goes to 2nd. Fernando Mexicano flies out to center. Bottom of the First: Antonio Flores strikes out looking on 3 pitches! Steve Hermanson grounds out to 2nd. Andres Garcia grounds out to 3rd! 1-2-3! Bottom of the Third: Automatic out, Rick Fountain, grounds a hit to right and steals 2nd. P Jeff Blaine bunts him to 3rd. Antonio Flores, the .216 hitter, grounds a hit to center and Fountain scores... 1 to 0, Brewers. Flores gets caught stealing! Bottom of the Fourth: With 1 out, Fernando Martinez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Larry McNeil grounds a hit to left. Bill Watson clears the bases with a double down the right field line and ends up on 3rd... 3 to 0, Brewers. Bob Wick draws a walk... He gets caught stealing. 2 outs. We walk Rick Fountain, the automatic out, intentionally to face P Jeff Blaine, a .500 hitter with 6 hits in 12 AB.... Blaine grounds out to 2nd. Lost - 4 to 0 Man, I cannot wait for this season to be over... We had 5 whole hits and made 1 error Milwaukee had 8 hits and made 1 error Bobby Johnson (L 3-4) went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. RHP Garry Ayers went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. Jeff Blaine (W 1-3) went 7.1 shutout innings, gave us 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. 112 pitches. RF Jose Julio had 2 hits. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with a double. C Rick Mansoor drew 2 walks and threw out 3 of 4 base stealers. |
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Portland Beavers (22-30 .423 12.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Milwaukee Brewers (23-27 .460 14 GB in 4th place in the PCL East) POR: Frank Flores (23-R 4-3 2.42) Rookie vs. MIL: John Richardson (33-L 2-4 5.40) Flores gave up 2 runs in 8.1 IP last time, but had a no decision. We faced Blaine once last year and scored 5 runs in 4.1 IP, but he escaped with a no decision. He is their #1 starter. Last year, he was 15-8 with a 3.90 ERA in 27 starts. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: RF Jose Julio (28-R .234-175-2-13-.581) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .238-63-1-2-.574) 3: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .266-184-11-32-.834) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R .261-184-12-31-.866) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .247-194-4-17-.687) 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .289-76-2-11-.815) 7: LF Don Neumann (32-S .164-55-0-3-.397) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .203-59-1-2-.484) 9: P Frank Flores (23-R .182-22-1-4-.536) Rookie MILWAUKEE 1: RF Kennie Masline (27-L .282-202-2-19-.706) 2: 2B Steve Hermanson (24-S .299-204-6-24-.807) 3: 1B Andres Garcia (34-R .349-189-1-21-.918) 4: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .301-183-15-37-.961) Gold Glove 5: C Larry McNeil (27-R .280-161-6-26-.749) 6: 3B Antonio Flores (26-L .217-180-1-17-.538) 7: CF Bill Watson (32-R .269-182-6-24-.769) 8: SS Rick Fountain (22-R .184-114-1-8-.517) Rookie 9: P John Richardson (33-L .154-13-0-1-.308) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Miller Park Weather: 69 F, Clear Skies, with a 12 MPH wind blowing in from center Attendance: 12,829 Top of the First: Jose Julio strikes out on 3 pitches... Jack Hinckley strikes out looking... Fernando Mexicano grounds out to 3rd... Bottom of the First: Kenny Masline swings at the first pitch and flies out to center. Steve Hermanson swings at the first pitch and grounds one up the middle, but 2B Shannon Kuchta makes a diving stop and throws him out! Andres Garcia beats out an infield hit. He now has a 14 game hitting streak. Fernando Martinez grounds out to 2nd! Bottom of the Second: Larry McNeil walks on 4 pitches... Antonio Flores lines a hit to left. Bill Watson, who has tattooed us so far this series, grounds into a 5-4-3 double play! McNeil goes to 3rd. Automatic out, Rick Fountain, grounds a hit to right and McNeil scores... 1 to 0, Brewers. Bottom of the Third: For the second inning in a row, P Frank Flores walks the leadoff batter. This time it is Kennie Masline. Steve Hermanson singles to center and Masline beats the throw to 3rd. Hermanson steal 2nd. Andres Garcia doubles off the wall in right and both runners score... 3 to 0, Brewers. The next three all make outs. Top of the Fifth: With 1 out, Jim Shippy gets our first hit of the game, a line drive to right center for a single. Don Neumann beats out an infield hit. Juan Rojas lines a hit to left and Shippy scores! 3 to 1, Brewers. P Frank Flores bunts the runners up. 2 outs. Jose Julio hits a home run to left!!! 4 to 3, Beavers!!! Bottom of the Fifth: For the fourth straight inning, the Brewers get their leadoff man aboard; this time with a hit by Andres Garcia. He steals 2nd. Fernando Martinez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. The Bullpen is up. A wild pitch moves the runners up... Larry McNeil lines out to left and Don Neumann fires to 2nd to double off Martinez! Antonio Flores grounds out to 2nd!! Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Rookie Rich Larkin (22-R), looking for his first career save. PH Stan Babik (23-R), hitting .256 with 2 HR in 43 AB, grounds one to 2nd and Shannon Kuchta throws it away for a 2 base error.... If you are a fan of Kuchta, you had better enjoy him while you can... He will not be our 2nd baseman next year... Kenny Masline strikes out on 3 pitches! Steve Hermanson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Andres Garcia grounds one to the right side and 1B Glenn Snowden makes a diving stop and tosses to P Larkin at 1st for the out! The runners move up and the winning run is in scoring position with 2 outs for Fernando Martinez, the League leader in HR.... He is walked intentionally... That seems sensible, but Larkin's control is not that great and Larry McNeil, the next batter has already walked twice this game... 2-2 pitch from Larkin and McNeil tries to check his swing, but the ump rings him up and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!! Won - 4 to 3 We had 5 whole hits and made 1 error Milwaukee had 9 hits and made 1 error Frank Flores (W 5-3) went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, 4 walks and struck out 3. He threw a WP. LHP John Cox faced one lefty, threw 1 pitch and gave up a hit. RHP Roy Huls (H 1) went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 1. LHP Chuck Purnell (H 1) faced 1 batter and retired him. RHP Rich Larkin (SV 1) pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. John Richardson (L 2-5) went 6 innings, gave us 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 4. RHP Mickey Wilcox pitched 3 perfect innings and struck out 4. RF Jose Julio hit his 3rd home run of the season and had 3 RBI. C Jim Shippy had a hit and a walk and scored a run. For Milwaukee, 1B Andres Garcia had 3 hits with a double and 2 RBI. I had dinner with the Brewers's GM after the game and he lamented how his team was so desperate for starting pitching and I lamented how my team was so desperate for Major League bats. And out of the blue he said that Fernando Martinez could be had for a good pitcher. I told him that I did not have any to spare. I agreed that we had some good ones, but we did not have anyone who could take their spot if we traded them away. He said, " You got a good one that is not even in the rotation now, so you won't miss him." I said, "I thought Joe Hoehn would be decent, but he got lit up." He said, "Not Hoehn. I am talking about Ricardo Gil." "But Gil won't be able to pitch until August." "Oh, we aren't going to win the Division this season anyway; I need him for next year." Trade #28: P Ricardo Gil (23-R) to Milwaukee for LF Fernando Martinez (27-L). |
Thursday, May 30, 2002
SS Rich Cruz (30-R) has been sent to Vancouver (A) to make room on the roster for Fernando Martinez (27-L). Portland Beavers (23-30 .434 12.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Milwaukee Brewers (23-28 .451 15 GB in 5th place in the PCL East) POR: Rondey Moe (26-R 0-2 2.40) vs. MIL: Danny Cruz (23-R 3-5 6.56) Moe has given up 2 runs in each of his 2 starts with the Beavers, but has taken a loss in each game. We faced Cruz once last year and scored 5 runs in 4.1 IP and beat him. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .224-98-2-11-.618) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .224-67-1-2-.541) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L Beaver debut) Gold Glove 4: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .266-188-11-32-.827) 5: 1B Kurt Cunning (30-R .167-12-0-1-.479) 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .291-79-2-11-.817) 7: 2B Dave Risinger (26-R .196-97-0-4-.492) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .210-62-1-3-.493) 9: P Rondey Moe (26-L .000-5-0-0-.000) MILWAUKEE 1: RF Kennie Masline (27-L .283-205-2-19-.712) 2: 2B Steve Hermanson (24-S .298-208-6-24-.804) 3: 1B Andres Garcia (34-R .356-194-1-23-.930) 4: 3B Antonio Flores (26-L .217-184-1-17-.538) 5: CF Bill Watson (32-R .270-185-6-24-.767) 6: C Stan Babik (23-R .250-44-2-10-.707) 7: LF Bob Wick (29-R .150-43-3-5-.619) 8: SS Rick Fountain (22-R .188-117-1-9-.521) Rookie 9: P Danny Cruz (23-R .105-19-0-1-.211) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Miller Park Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 10,924 Top of the First: Rick Woodell lines out to left. Jack Hinckley grounds out to 3rd. Fernando Martinez, in his first AB as a Beaver, strikes out... Bottom of the First: Kenny Masline walks on 4 pitches... P Rondey Moe picks him off at 1st! Steve Hermanson flies out to center. Andres Garcia grounds out to 3rd! Top of the Sixth: With 2 out, we get our second hit of the game when Rick Woodell doubles off the center field wall. Jack Hinckley grounds a hit to left and Woodell scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Bottom of the Seventh: Antonio Flores lines a hit to left, the first hit of the game for the Brewers... We get the Bullpen going. PH Steve Quakenbush (21-L), a rookie who is 1 for 1 on his career and hit .386 in A Ball this year, doubles to right center... Stan Babik flies out to center and Flores tags up and scores... Tie game: 1 to 1. We walk Bob Wick intentionally.... I hate this crap... Rick Fountain strikes out. They let P Danny Cruz bat and he grounds out to short! Top of the Eighth: With 1 out, PH Don Neumann (32-S) grounds a hit up the middle. He steals 2nd. They walk Rock Woodell intentionally. PH Shannon Kuchta (24-R) flies out to the warning track in center and Neumann tags up and goes to 3rd. Fernando Martinez get his first hit as a Beaver with a line drive to right and Neumann scores! 2 to 1, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano grounds a hit to center and Woodell scores! 3 to 1, Beavers! 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R) pops out to 2nd... Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: John Cox (29-L). Kenny Masline grounds a hit to center... Cox has faced Masline twice since returning from Vancouver (A) and given up 2 hits... He'll be going back North... Call to the Bullpen: David Fuentes (25-R). Steve Hermanson lines a hit to center... Andres Garcia grounds a hit to center and the bases are loaded with no outs.... Antonio Flores flies out to deep center and Masline scores and Hermanson goes to 3rd... 3 to 2, Beavers. LF Armando Lopez (33-L) walks on 4 pitches and they are loaded up again... What is the deal with David Fuentes? No pressure and he is lights out.... Beyond lights out... But when the game is on the line, 90% of batters reach base... Stan Babik pops out to shallow right and the runners hold. 2 outs. Bob Wick, the .143 hitter, lines a hit to right and 2 runs score.... 4 to 3, Brewers. Rick Fountain, the Automatic out, takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load then up again.... PH Dong-hak Shong, batting .350 with 1 HR (against the Beavers) on 20 AB, is sent up. Call to the Bullpen: Chuck Purnell (26-L), who is not fresh... Shong strikes out! Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Ricky Huffman (34-L), their closer with a 2.01 ERA in 22.1 IP, but 3 HR allowed. Jim Shippy beats out an infield hit! But the next three go down.... Lost - 4 to 3 We had 8 hits and made 1 error Milwaukee had 6 hits and made no errors Rondey Moe went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 6. He threw a no hitter for 6 innings. But we cannot get him a win... LHP John Cox faced 1 batter and gave up a hit and a run. RHP David Fuentes (L 3-3 BS 3) got 2 outs, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits and 2 walks. 15 of 23 inherited runners have scored this season.... LHP Chuck Purnell faced 1 batter and struck him out. on 3 pitches. Danny Cruz (W 4-5) went 8 innings, gave us 3 runs, 7 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 4. LHP Ricky Huffman (SV 12) pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 1 hit and struck out 2. 3B Rick Woodell hit a double, drew a walk and scored 2 runs. C Jim Shippy had 3 hits. PH Don Neumann had a hit, stole a base and scored a run. |
Friday, May 31, 2002
P John Cox (29-L) and P David Fuentes (25-R) have been sent to Vancouver (A). P Mike Wagner (30-R) is recalled and P Larry Warner (26-L) is called up to make his Major League debut. I looked around for a lefty reliever to trade for and there are none to be had. There are very few who are any good and those are either slackers or injury prone or old men. We are back in Multnomah County Stadium to face Oakland in a 3 game series over the weekend. They just split 4 games at home with Salt Lake City. We are 4-0 against them on the season, having swept them in a series in Oakland in the middle of April. The Oaks are 11th in scoring in the PCL with 3.93 runs per game (Portland is still last with 3.33). Their batters have the 2nd worst BA in the League (.236), but that is miles above us (.227). They are 13th in fewest runs allowed with 4.57 per game (Portland is 8th with 3.98). Our pitchers have been the 2nd toughest to hit (.233). The Twins are allowing only a .222 BA to their opponents. Oakland's run differential is -35 and ours is -35. Oakland Oaks (25-29 .463 11.5 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (23-31 .426 13.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) OAK: Cary Cornman (35-R 1-6 5.43) vs. POR: Steve Muir (27-R 4-4 2.12) Gold Glove We beat Cornman back in April but only scored 2 runs (1 earned) in 7.2 IP. He was 16-8 with a 3.62 ERA last year. Muir has lost his last 2 starts, allowed 8 runs in 13 IP, but only 4 were earned. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) OAKLAND 1: RF Alex Uriegas (30-L .157-51-2-3-.522) 2: CF John Trent (30-R .239-213-6-22-.702) HIt .303 last year 3: LF Javy Puente (31-S .261-207-16-34-.843) Silver Slugger/All-Star 4: 1B Tim Metts (26-L .281-185-13-36-.905) 5: 2B Mario Rodriguez (29-R .244-172-1-15-.612) 6: 3B Russ Inguaggiato (24-L .206-141-7-15-.660) Rookie/Flu 7: SS Jim Byrum (29-S .211-185-3-18-.600) 8: C Juan Rosa (32-R .211-38-0-3-.581) 9: P Cary Cornman (35-L .227-22-0-1-.455) PORTLAND 1: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .228-101-2-11-.636) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .229-70-1-3-.546) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .250-4-0-1-.500) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .253-190-12-31-.840) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .266-192-11-33-.820) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .242-198-4-17-.677) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .313-83-2-11-.847) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .197-66-1-3-.463) 9: P Steve Muir (27-R .080-25-0-2-.160) Gold Glove Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: 66 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 14 MPH wind blowing right to left Attendance: 12,834 Top of the First: Alex Uriegas swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. John Trent strikes out on 3 pitches! Javy Puente, who now leads all of Baseball with 16 HR 1/3 of the way through the schedule, swings at the first pitch and lines out to 3rd! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Rick Woodell works the count full and then walks. Jack Hinckley strikes out... Fernando Martinez swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to deep center. Glenn Snowden, back in the cleanup spot to bat between the two lefty Fernando's, hits a home run to right center!! 2 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano flies out to deep right. Top of the Third: With 1 out, Juan Rosa draws a walk. P Cary Cornman does NOT bunt, but instead doubles down the right field line and Rosa scores... 2 to 1, Beavers. That is the first hit for the Oaks... A passed ball sends Cornman to 3rd... Alex Uriegas strikes out looking! 2 outs. John Trent strikes out! P Steve Muir has 6 SO! He has already tied his season high. Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Fernando Mexicano hits a home run to right center! 3 to 1, Beavers! Top of the Seventh: With 2 outs, Juan Rosa strikes out! That is K #10 for Steve Muir! A new Beaver record! Bobby Johnson (23-R) twice struck out 9 last season, but no one had more than 7 this year before today! Bottom of the Seventh: Rick Woodell loops a hit to right and steals 2nd. Jack Hinckley draws a walk. Set up perfectly for the Big Three! But they all make outs... It does not mater what I do; we will just never score runs.... Top of the Eighth: PH Bobbie Duvall (34-R) lines a hit to left. With 1 out, John Trent grounds one to the right side and 2B Shannon Kuchta makes an unbelievable stop and throws him out! Duvall goes to 2nd. Javy Puente lines a hit to center and Duvall scores... 3 to 2, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Larry Warner (26-L), to make his Major League debut. Let's see if THIS left-hander can get a left-hander out... Tim Metts swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to right... 4 to 3, Oaks... No, this left-hander cannot get left-handers out... I give up... Our offense is never going to be score any runs and our Bullpen is never going to get anyone out when it matters... Never! Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Larry Johnson (24-R), their closer with a 1.21 ERA and only 11 H and 6 BB in 29.2 IP. 0.57 WHIP... Right-handed batters are 3 for 53 against him (.057). PH Don Neumann (32-S) strikes out... Rick Woodell swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to right center!!!!! Tie game: 4 to 4!!! The next two make outs, though.... Extras! Top of the Tenth: New Pitcher: Roy Huls (21-R). Top of their order up. Alex Uriegas swings at a 3-0 pitch and lines out to left, Fernando Mexicano making a diving catch! And they go down 1-2-3! Bottom of the Tenth: Snowden, Mexicano and Kuchta all make outs... Top of the Eleventh: With 1 out, Mario Rodriguez lines a hit to center. With 2 outs, he tries to steal and gets gunned down! Bottom of the Eleventh: New Pitcher: Larry Sober (31-R) with a 6.97 ERA. 19 BB in 20.2 IP. 7-8-9 up for us. We go down in order... Top of the Twelfth: New Pitcher: Garry Ayers (29-R). He strikes out the side in order! Bottom of the Twelfth: Top of our order up now. Let's get a run! With 2 outs, Fernando Martinez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Glenn Snowden walks. Fernando Mexicano strikes out.... Top of the Thirteenth: Top of their order up. Alex Uriegas doubles down the left field line... With 1 out, we walk RF Gerry Elliott (29-L) intentionally, much to my chagrin... Their two big boppers, Javy Puente and Tim Metts are out of the game, by the way. 1B Alex Montoy (35-S) grounds a hit to center and Uriegas scores... 5 to 4, Oaks. Call to the Bullpen: Mike Wagner (30-R). Mario Rodriguez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play! Bottom of the Thirteenth: P Larry Sober, starting his 3rd inning of work... We are helping his 6.97 ERA immensely.... Shannon Kuchta draws a walk. You know a guy has to be wild if Kuchta is walking... Pinch-runner: Dave Risinger (26-R). He does NOT run as we hoped and Jim Shippy grounds into a 5-4-3 double play.... Juan Rojas flies out to right.... Utterly pitiful.... I need a vacation.... Lost - 5 to 4 We had 8 hits and made no errors Oakland had 11 hits and made no errors Steve Muir is the latest in a long line of Beaver starting pitchers to fail to get the win they deserved.... Steve Muir went 7.2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 10. LHP Larry Warner (BS 1), in his Major League debut (and swan song), faced 1 batter and gave up a home run. RHP Rich Larkin went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. RHP Roy Huls went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. RHP Garry Ayers (L 1-1) went 1.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 4. RHP Mike Wagner threw 1 pitch and got 2 outs. Cary Cornman went 6.2 innings, gave us 3 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 3. At bat, he was 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI. RHP Larry Sober (W 1-3), who usually pitches like he is drunk, went 3 scoreless innings, gave us 3 walks and struck out 2. 3B Rick Woodell had 2 hits with his 3rd home run of the season, drew a walk, stole a base and scored 2 runs. CF Jack Hinckley walked twice. 1B Glenn Snowden hit his 13th home run, drew a walk and had 2 RBI. RF Fernando Mexicano had 2 hits with his 12th home run. Shannon Kuchta had a hit and a walk. SS Juan Rojas had a hit and a walk. |
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Monthly Awards for May, 2002
NL Player of the Month: Steve Ward, lf, Toronto (32-R) .400/.453/.629 105 AB, 3 2B, 0 3B, 7 HR, 11 BB, 5 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 26 R, 27 RBI in 28 G (26 GS) NL Pitcher of the Month: Billy Fritts, lhp, New York (28-L) 5-1 2.38 ERA 6 GS, 45.1 IP, 43 H, 1 HR, 14 BB, 38 SO (3rd career PoM) NL Rookie of the Month: Jim Haulk, rhp, St. Louis (29-R) 3-1 3.83 ERA 6 GS 44.2 IP 46 H 3 HR 15 BB 27 SO (Was 0-5 with an 8.13 ERA in April) PCL Player of the Month: Russ Jimenez, 2b, Houston (31-R) .369/.443/.621 103 AB, 6 2b, 1 3b, 6 HR, 15 BB, 9 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS, 21 R, 19 RBI in 28 G (27 GS) PCL Pitcher of the Month: Tim Willcox, rhp, Dallas (30-R) 6-0 0.86 ERA 6 GS, 52.1 IP, 34 H, 2 HR, 7 BB, 39 SO PCL Rookie of the Month: Craig Raposo, rhp, Hollywood (24-R) 4-0 3.28 ERA 6 GS, 46.2 IP, 40 H, 4 HR, 13 BB, 41 SO Monthly Awards for April, 2002 NL Player of the Month: Jim Wagner, lf, Washington (25-S) .348/.512/.629 89 AB, 5 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 31 BB (!!), 10 SO, 2 SB, 0 CS, 20 R, 16 RBI in 26 G NL Pitcher of the Month: George Cann, lhp, Washington (24-L) 4-0 1.64 ERA 6 GS, 44 IP, 33 H, 2 HR, 15 BB, 27 SO NL Rookie of the Month: Luis Aranda, lhp, Cleveland (24-L) 2-1 2.93 ERA 6 GS 43 IP 48 H 4 HR 20 BB 26 SO PCL Player of the Month: Steve Hermanson, 2b, Milwaukee (24-S) .363/.431/.598 102 AB, 7 2b, 1 3b, 5 HR, 13 BB, 11 SO, 5 SB, 4 CS, 20 R, 17 RBI in 24 G PCL Pitcher of the Month: Al Johnson, rhp, Kansas City (21-R) 5-1 1.70 ERA 6 GS, 47.2 IP, 31 H, 3 HR, 7 BB, 33 SO (2nd career PoM) PCL Rookie of the Month: Frank Flores, rhp, Portland (23-R) 3-2 2.25 ERA 5 GS, 36 IP, 22 H, 2 HR, 11 BB, 13 SO |
Saturday, June 1, 2002
P Larry Warner (26-L) is on his way back to Vancouver (A). P Ken Powell (30-R) has been recalled. Here is a lovely stat for you: The Beavers are 6-20 (.231) at home and 17-12 (.586) on the road. Oakland Oaks (26-29 .473 10.5 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (23-32 .418 13.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) OAK: Tom Parris (29-R 0-6 5.59) vs. POR: Duke McKenzie (24-R 0-2 5.52) Rookie We beat Parris back in April, scoring 4 runs in 5 IP. Last year, he was 14-13 with a 3.77 ERA. In his last 2 starts for the Mounties, McKenzie only allowed 1 total run and struck out 16. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) OAKLAND 1: RF Gerry Elliott (29-L .307-199-3-15-.842) 2: CF John Trent (30-R .233-219-6-22-.684) 3: LF Javy Puente (31-S .261-211-16-35-.837) Silver Slugger/All-Star 4: 1B Tim Metts (26-L .286-189-14-38-.923) 5: 2B Mario Rodriguez (29-R .247-178-1-15-.619) 6: C Al Burrell (37-R .209-163-6-17-.625) 7: 3B Jack Reynolds (27-R .283-60-1-2-.798) Sore knee 8: SS Jim Byrum (29-S .206-189-3-18-.588) 9: P Tom Parris (29-R .091-11-0-0-.182) PORTLAND 1: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .236-106-3-12-.677) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .216-74-1-3-.536) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .222-9-0-1-.522) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .251-195-13-33-.848) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .268-198-12-34-.831) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .241-203-4-17-.674) 7: SS Dave Risinger (26-R .188-101-0-4-.473) 8: C Rick Mansoor (29-R .290-31-1-3-.762) 9: P Duke McKenzie (24-R .200-5-0-1-.367) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 13,514 Top of the First: Gerry Elliott bounces a hit to right. He tries to steal, but C Rick Mansoor throws him out! John Trent swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to right center. Javy Puente strikes out, but reaches on a passed ball by the previous hero, Mansoor.... Trent goes to 3rd. Tim Metts grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Trent scores. 1 to 0, Oaks. Mario Rodriguez pops out to center. Bottom of the First: Rick Woodell strikes out... Jack Hinckley beats out an infield hit. Fernando Martinez pops out to short. Glenn Snowden lines one to the warning track in right, but Gerry Elliott runs it down. Top of the Third: P Duke McKenzie strikes out the side in order! Bottom of the Fourth: Glenn Snowden leads off with a hit and then Fernando Mexicano crushes one 444 ft. to straight away center!! 2 to 1, Beavers! Top of the Sixth: Javy Puente walks to lead off the inning. The Bullpen is up. Tim Metts hits a home run left center... 3 to 2, Oaks. Mario Rodriguez draws a walk... Call to the Bullpen: Ken Powell (30-R). Al Burrell flies out to right. Jack Reynolds hits a home run to left center... 5 to 2, Oaks. Bottom of the Sixth: Glenn Snowden leads off with a home run down the right field line. 5 to 3, Oaks. Top of the Seventh: With 2 outs, Tim Metts draws a walk and then Mario Rodriguez triples to right center... 6 to 3, Oaks. We are done with P Ken Powell... A wild pitch scores Rodriguez... 7 to 3, Oaks... We are not only done with Powell, but he are going to find a gunny sack and some twine and some cinder blocks.... Lost - 7 to 3 We had 9 hits and made no errors Oakland had 8 hits and made 1 error Duke McKenzie (L 0-3) went 5+ innings, allowed 4 runs (3 earned), 4 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 5. RHP Ken Powell went 2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run and 1 walk. RHP Mike Wagner went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. Tom Parris (W 1-6) went 7 innings, gave us 3 runs, 8 hits, 2 home runs, no walks, 1 HBP and struck out 5. CF Jack Hinckley had 3 infield hits. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with his 14th home run of the season and scored 2 runs. RF Fernando Mexicano hit his 13th home run and had 2 RBI. SS Dave Risinger went 1 for 1, bu got caught stealing. PH Jose Julio beat out an infield hit. For Oakland, 1B Tim Metts hit a 3 run home run, his 15th of the year, drew a walk and scored twice. |
Sunday, June 2, 2002
P Ken Powell (30-R) is on his way back to Vancouver (A). There are whispers that he might not make it that far.... Who do we call up? None of the guys we sent there recently have been there the required 10 days and we have not put anyone on the DL.... I guess it will be P Jennings Sims (29-R), he of the odd name and the ugly ERA.... Actually, the 4.08 ERA he pitched to for the Beavers last year, doesn't look that bad compared to what some of these guys are doing this year.... Oakland Oaks (27-29 .482 10.5 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (23-33 .411 14.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) OAK: Greg Ware (26-L 8-1 2.05) vs. POR: Bobby Johnson (23-R 3-4 2.40) Ware was their closer last year, but is their #1 starter this season. He had 2 SV against us last year; we have never faced him as a starter. He has pitched 3 straight complete games and has a string of 8 in a row where he has gone at least 8 innings and allowed 2 or fewer runs. He is currently 2nd in the PCL in SO with 82. Johnson gave up 3 runs in 6 IP last time out and took a loss. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) OAKLAND 1: RF Gerry Elliott (29-L .305-203-3-15-.839) 2: CF Alex Uriegas (30-L .155-58-2-3-.512) 3: LF Javy Puente (31-S .260-215-16-35-.834) Silver Slugger/All-Star 4: 1B Tim Metts (26-L .285-193-15-41-.932) 5: 2B Mario Rodriguez (29-R .254-181-1-16-.651) 6: 3B Russ Inguaggiato (24-L .205-146-7-15-.652) Rookie 7: C Al Burrell (37-R .204-167-6-17-.611) 8: SS Jim Byrum (29-S .202-193-3-18-.576) 9: P Greg Ware (26-L .161-31-0-2-.413) PORTLAND 1: LF Jose Julio (28-R .239-180-3-16-.603) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .244-78-1-3-.584) 3: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .242-207-4-17-.670) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .256-199-14-34-.865) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .267-202-13-36-.839) 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .292-89-2-11-.793) 7: RF Esteban Mondolfo (30-R .125-16-0-2-.426) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .194-72-1-3-.463) 9: P Bobby Johnson (23-R .103-29-0-1-.291) Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 14,925 Top of the First: Gerry Elliott takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Alex Uriegas hits a home run to right... 2 to 0, Oaks. Yep.... This us fun! Javy Puente takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Tom Metts grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Mario Rodriguez grounds a hit to center... Russ Inguaggiato beats out an infield hit... Al Burrell flies out to center... 30 pitch inning. Bottom of the First: Jose Julio takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. He steals 2nd. Jack Hinckley doubles over the center fielder's head and Julio scores! 2 to 1, Oaks. Shannon Kuchta strikes out looking... Glenn Snowden doubles down the right field line and Hinckley scores! Tie game: 2 to 2! Is Snowden finally coming to life? I hope so! Fernando Mexicano flies out to left. Jim Shippy grounds out to 3rd. Bottom of the Second: With 1 out, Juan Rojas grounds a hit to center and P Bobby Johnson bunts him to 2nd. Jose Julio comes through with a 2 out line drive to center for a hit and Rojas scores! 3 to 2, Beavers! Julio steals 2nd. Jack Hinckley swings at a 3-2 pitch and comes up empty... Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, #8 hitter Jim Byrum hits a home run down the right field line. Tie game: 3 to 3. P Bobby Johnson has gotten 10 outs and allowed 7 hits.... Not a very good ratio... Bottom of the Fourth: With 1 out, Juan Rojas lines a hit to right. P Bobby Johnson is allowed to bat, reluctantly, and he bunts the runner over. Jose Julio comes through with another 2 out hit and Rojas scores! 4 to 3, Beavers! Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, #8 hitter Jim Byrum takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. The Bullpen is up. P Greg Ware bunts him to 2nd. A wild pitch send him to 3rd. Gerry Elliott lines a hit to right and Byrum scores... Tie game: 4 to 4. Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Chuck Purnell (26-L). Javy Puente draws a walk. With 2 outs, Russ Inguaggiato takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Al Burrell clears the bases with a double down the left field line... 6 to 4, Oaks. Jim Byrum, the #8 hitter, triples to right.... 7 to 4, Oaks. I think I will start drinking.... I will start with a nice glass of carbolic acid.... Lost - 7 to 4 We had 11 hits and made no errors Oakland had 15 hits and made no errors Bobby Johnson went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs, 10 hits, 2 home runs, 3 walks and struck out 2. He threw a WP. LHP Chuck Purnell (L 0-1) went 1.2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 3 hits, 3 walks and struck out 2. RHP Rich Larkin threw 1 pitch and got an out. RHP Garry Ayers went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. Greg Ware (W 9-1) went 8 innings, gave us 4 runs, 11 hits, 2 walks and struck out 12. He threw a WP. New record for K's for an Oakland pitcher and a new record for a Beaver opponent. RHP Larry Johnson (SV 9) pitched a perfect 9th with 2 strikeouts. LF Jose Julio had 2 hits and a walk, stole 2 bases, scored a run and had 2 RBI. CF Jack Hinckley hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. `B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with a double and an RBI. 3B Fernando Mexicano hit a double. SS Juan Rojas went 4 for 4 and scored 2 runs. He was our #8 hitter. For Oakland, their #8 hitter, SS Jim Byrum, also went 4 for 4, but he hit a triple and a home run, and drew a walk and scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. |
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June 3, 2002
Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Don Long, LF, Miami (30-R .369/.464/.500) Had 13 hits with 1 2B, 2 3B, 6 BB, 0 SO, 2 SB, 4 CS, 5 R and 6 RBI in 7 G (6 GS) (2nd career PoW) PCL Player of the Week - Clay Laurence, CF, San Francisco (22-R .326/.379/.549) Had 17 hits with 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 5 SO, 5 SB, 1 CS, 11 R (!!) and 12 RBI in 7 G (2nd career PoW. His 1st was the same week last season) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) May 27 - LF Steve Ward (32-R) of Toronto had 3 hits with 2 home runs and a walk, scored 3 runs and had 5 RBI at home versus Miami, The Blue Jays won, 11 to 7. May 27 - 2B Jose Parada (27-R) of Detroit had 4 hits with a home run, stole 3 bases, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBI at Boston. The Tigers won, 11 to 5. May 27 - Vinny Martinez (32-L) of Montreal pitched a 1 hit shutout at home versus Pittsburgh. He walked 1 and struck out 2. He is now 3-2 with a 3.62 ERA in 12 starts. The Expos won, 6 to 0. May 29 - RF Jerry Serrano (28-R) of San Francisco had 3 hits with a double and a home run, drew 2 walks, scored 4 runs and had 3 RBI at Denver. The Seals won, 12 to 6, in 10 innings. May 30 - Rookie Craig Raposo (24-R) of Hollywood pitched a 2 hit shutout at Houston. He walked 2 and struck out 8. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run. He is now 7-1 with a 3.04 ERA in 11 starts. The Stars won, 4 to 0. May 30 - 1B Jack Hemenway (26-R) of Toronto had 4 hits with 3 doubles and a triple, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBI at home versus Miami. The Blue Jays won, 13 to 7. May 31 - Tim Willcox (30-R) of Dallas pitched a 2 hit shutout at Denver. He walked 3 and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit. It is his 3rd shutout of the season. He is now 9-1 with 1.65 ERA in 11 starts. The Eagles won, 4 to 0. May 31 - RF Brian Mosca (29-L) of San Diego had 3 hits with a triple and a home run, scored 3 runs and had 5 RBI at home versus San Francisco. The Padres won, 11 to 3. May 31 - Jeff Hunt (26-R) of Baltimore pitched a 10 inning shutout at home versus Boston. He allowed 7 hits, 2 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit. The Orioles won, 1 to 0. June 1 - Fred Kellner (29-L) of Philadelphia pitched a 4 hit shutout at Toronto. He walked 2 and struck out 3. He is now 4-6 with a 4.34 ERA. He was 20-13 with a 3.82 ERA last season. The Phillies won, 4 to 0. June 1 - RF Dick Panos (25-R) of Atlanta had 4 hits with a home run, scored 4 runs and had 4 RBI at Cincinnati. The Crackers won, 13 to 2. June 2 - Earl Rogers (27-R) of Seattle pitched a 1 hit shutout at home versus Los Angeles. He walked 1 and struck out 9. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. The hit was a lead off double in the 8th. He is now 4-8 with a 3.14 ERA in 13 starts. The Rainiers won, 10 to 0. |
Monday, June 3, 2002
We are in Seattle to play a 2 game series. The Rainiers won 2 of 3 here over the weekend from the Angels. We are 0-2 against them on the season, losing 2 games here on April 15 and 16. We were outscored in the 2 games, 15 to 1. They are 15th in scoring in the PCL with 3.55 runs per game (Portland is last with 3.35). They are 8th in fewest runs allowed with 4.09 per game (Portland is down to 9th with 4.11). Their run differential is -30 and ours is -43, even though we are 4.5 games above them in the standings. Portland Beavers (23-34 .404 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Seattle Rainiers (18-38 .321 20 GB in 8th (last) place in the PCL West) POR: Frank Flores (23-R 5-3 2.58) Rookie vs. SEA: Jamie Ladnier (33-L 5-2 3.16) Last time out, Flores became only the 2nd Beaver starter this season to give up 3 or more runs and get a win. He allowed 3 in 6 IP. Ladnier was 1-0 in 2 starts against us last year with 1 great game and one not so good. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: LF Jose Julio (28-R .246-183-3-18-.618) 2: CF Esteban Mondolfo (30-R .100-20-0-2-.343) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .143-14-0-1-.343) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .261-203-14-35-.873) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .267-206-13-36-.838) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .241-212-4-17-.664) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .283-92-2-11-.775) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .237-76-1-3-.556) 9: P Frank Flores (23-R .174-23-1-4-.513) Rookie SEATTLE 1: CF Dan McKee (24-R .258-229-3-15-.653) 2: 2B Adam Carter (25-R .324-222-2-23-.761) Swollen knee 3: 1B Luis Hernandez (33-R .229-210-11-33-.719) Silver Slugger/All-Star 4: 3B Mike McGhee (24-R Season debut) Rookie 5: LF Carlos Lopez (27-L .128-47-2-4-.473) 6: RF Chris Simpson (27-L .333-21-0-5-.762) 7: C John Roberts (29-L .136-44-0-3-.361) 8: SS Don Kelly (28-R .231-186-1-20-.611) 9: P Jamie Ladnier (33-R .217-23-0-1-.511) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Safeco Field Weather: 67 F, Clear Skies, with a 6 MPH wind blowing in from left Attendance: 19,432 Top of the First: Jose Julio swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle. Esteban Mondolfo stands there and watches three strikes go by.... He gets the next ticket to Vancouver (A) if he does nothing today... Fernando Martinez grounds out to 2nd and Julio moves up. Glenn Snowden strikes out... Bottom of the First: Dan McKee lines a hit to left. He steals 2nd. Adam Carter grounds out to the pitcher and McKee goes to 3rd. Luis Hernandez, the ex-Beaver, flies out to right and McKee tags up and gets himself thrown out by Jose Julio!! Top of the Fourth: Fernando Martinez leads off with a line drive to right for a hit. Glenn Snowden hits a home run to left center!! 2 to 0, Beavers! Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Adam Carter triples down the right field line. With the infield in, Luis Hernandez grounds out to short and the runner holds. Mike McGhee draws a walk. Carlos Lopez flies out to left!! Top of the Seventh: Fernando Mexicano grounds a single to center and Shannon Kuchta beats out an infield hit. Jim Shippy swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out. I think his magic is fading.... Juan Rojas strikes out... P Frank Flores grounds out to 2nd. Top of the Eighth: Jose Julio grounds out to short and they make a pitching change: Victor Alvarez (28-L) with a 5.47 ERA in 24.2 IP. Esteban Mondolfo lines a hit to left and saves his job for now. Fernando Martinez doubles to left center. They walk Glenn Snowden intentionally to load the bases for Fernando Mexicano. He strikes out looking... Shannon Kuchta swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted.... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Jesse Borley (34-R), their closer with a 2.42 ERA in 26 IP. Jim Shippy lines a hit to left. Juan Rojas grounds out to short and Shippy goes to 2nd. With 2 outs, Jose Julio skies one to deep right. Chris Simpson has a bead on it on the warning track, but he drops the ball and Shippy scores! Julio ends up on 2nd. 3 to 0, Beavers! Esteban Mondolfo beats out an infield hit. Fernando Martinez swings at the first pitch and lines a home run to left!!! His first as a Beaver! 6 to 0, Beavers! Won - 6 to 1 A pair of doubles blew the shutout for P Frank Flores in the 9th. We had 12 hits and made no errors Seattle had 8 hits and made 1 error Frank Flores (W 6-3) went 8.2 innings, allowed 1 run, 8 hits (3 in the 9th), 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 4. RHP Roy Huls faced 1 batter and got him out. Jamie Ladnier (L 5-3) went 7.1 innings, gave us 2 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 6. RF/LF Jose Julio had 2 hits and scored a run. CF Esteban Mondolfo had 2 hits and scored a run. LF Fernando Martinez had 3 hits with a double and his 16th home run of the season (1st as a Beaver), scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden hit his 15th home run, drew a walk (INT) and had 2 RBI. Fernando Mexicano had 2 hits. |
Tuesday, June 4, 2002
Portland Beavers (24-34 .414 15 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Seattle Rainiers (18-39 .316 20.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the PCL West) POR: Rondey Moe (26-R 0-2 2.05) vs. SEA: Bill Foley (27-R 2-8 3.53) Silver Slugger Moe has made 3 starts since joining the Beavers and they have all been pretty good, but we have not scored him many runs. So, this game we will score him some runs, but he will get blown up... Foley was 2-1 against us last year, but all three outings were decent starts. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .223-112-3-12-.642) 2: RF Jose Julio (28-R .250-188-3-18-.623) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .263-19-1-4-.774) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .261-207-15-37-.883) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .241-216-4-17-.661) 6: C Rick Mansoor (29-R .257-35-1-3-.679) 7: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .244-82-1-4-.592) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .228-79-1-3-.544) 9: P Rondey Moe (26-L .000-7-0-0-.000) SEATTLE 1: RF Juan Garza (25-S .289-135-0-7-.674) 2: 2B Adam Carter (25-R .327-226-2-23-.774) 3: 3B Ronaldo Entrevinhas (30-R .264-227-9-35-.773) All-Star 4: 1B Luis Hernandez (33-R .224-214-11-33-.706) Silver Slugger/All-Star 5: C Terry Mohlman (22-L .238-164-2-9-.644) Rookie 6: LF Carlos Lopez (27-L .137-51-2-4-.494) 7: CF Orlando Rosa (25-L Season debut) 8: SS Don Kelly (28-R .232-190-1-20-.609) 9: P Bill Foley (27-L .182-22-0-1-.513) Silver Slugger Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Safeco Field Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 18,959 Top of the First: Rick Woodell grounds out to 2nd. Jose Julio takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three... Fernando Martinez strikes out... Bottom of the First: Juan Garza walks on 4 pitches... Adam Carter grounds out to short and Garza goes to 2nd. Ronaldo Entrevinhas pops out to center. Luis Hernandez, the ex-Beaver, pops out to 2nd! Bottom of the Second: For the second straight inning, the lead off man (Terry Mohlman, this time) walks on 4 pitches. The next two strike out, but Don Kelly grounds a hit to center and Mohlman goes to 3rd. Silver Slugger P Bill Foley lines a hit to center and Mohlman scores. 1 to 0, Rainiers. Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, Jose Julio reaches on an error by 3B Ronaldo Entrevinhas. He steals 2nd. Fernando Martinez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Glenn Snowden, who has been rather hot of late, is up to bat, but we decide to not let him hit... Julio gets caught stealing 3rd for out #2 and Martinez gets caught stealing 2nd for out #3.... Bottom of the Fourth: Carlos Lopez leads off with a single and steals 2nd. P Rondey Moe strikes out the next two, but Silver Slugger P Bill Foley swings at the first pitch he sees and doubles down the right field line... 2 to 0, Rainiers. P Foley has both RBI. Through six innings, we have yet to get a hit.... Top of the Seventh: Rick Woodell lines our first hit of the game to left and Carlos Lopez muffs the pickup for an error and Woodell is on 2nd. P Bill Foley, not used to runners being on base, balks Woodell to 3rd. With the infield in, Jose Julio grounds one through the left side for a hit and Woodell scores! 2 to 1, Rainiers. With 1 out, Julio steals 2nd. With 2 outs, Shannon Kuchta bloops a hit to right and Julio scores! Tie game: 2 to 2. Top of the Ninth: P Bill Foley still in the game with 102 pitches under his belt. Top of our order is up. With 1 out, Jose Julio grounds a hit to left. That does it for P Foley. New Pitcher: Jesse Borley (34-R), their closer with a 2.33 ERA and only 17 H in 27 IP. He threw 34 pitches yesterday in an inning where he gave us 4 unearned runs. Julio gets caught stealing on a pitchout.... 2 outs. Fernando Martinez grounds out to short... Bottom of the Ninth: On the Hill: Rich Larkin (22-R), beginning his 2nd inning of work after a perfect 8th. Orlando Rosa grounds a hit to right... If Larkin gives up 4 straight hits here now, I am quitting Baseball.... Don Kelly tries to bunt the runner over, but pops out to 3rd. Rosa steals 2nd... Well they won't need 4 hits now... LF Chris Simpson (27-L) grounds out to 2nd and Rosa goes to 3rd. 2 outs. Juan Garza swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run down the right field line.... What else can be said?.... You ought to know without me having to tell you that that is Garza's first home run of the season in 139 AB.... Lost - 4 to 2 We had 4 whole hits (all singles) and made 1 error Seattle had 7 hits and made 3 errors Rondey Moe went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 3 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 6. 109 pitches. RHP Rich Larkin (L 1-2) went 1.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 home run and struck out 1. Bill Foley went 8.1 innings, gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 7. He balked. At bat, he had 2 hits with a double and 2 RBI. RHP Jesse Borley (W 3-3) faced 1 batter and got 2 outs. RF Jose Julio had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI, stole 2 bases and got caught twice. |
Thursday, June 6, 2002
We are in Utah to play the Bees a 4 game series through the weekend. They just won a pair of game from San Antonio here by identical scores of 4 to 3. They lost their closer in yesterday's game, however. Jim Nash (37-L), who has 12 SV and a 2.25 ERA is expected to miss 5 weeks with bone spurs in his elbow. Their ace, Bill Wertz (31-R), who won 25 games last season, pitched yesterday and we should miss him in this series, too. This is our first meeting this season with the Bees and we were 3-5 against them last year. They are 11th in scoring in the PCL with 3.93 runs per game (Portland is still last with 3.37). They now have the 2nd worst BA in the PCL (.236), but are still a good bit better than our .228. The Bees are 12th in fewest runs allowed with 4.48 per game (Portland is back to 8th with 4.05). Their pitchers are allowing the opposition to bat .276, the worst in the PCL. Ours are at .236, the 2nd best. Their run differential is -32 and ours is -40. Portland Beavers (24-35 .407 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Salt Lake City Bees (28-30 .483 16.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL East) POR: Steve Muir (27-R 4-4 2.25) Gold Glove vs. SLC: Bob Gordon (33-R 2-3 6.48) Muir is 0-2 in his last 3 starts, but he set the Beaver record with 10 SO in his last outing, a no decision. Gordon was 1-1 against us last year, with 1 great game and 1 lousy one. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .224-116-3-12-.638) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .235-85-1-4-.572) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .227-22-1-4-.701) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .257-210-15-37-.871) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .270-211-13-36-.837) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .242-219-4-18-.661) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .281-96-2-11-.764) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .220-82-1-3-.525) 9: P Steve Muir (27-R .071-28-0-2-.143) Gold Glove SALT LAKE CITY 1: 1B Frankie Clontz (27-L .253-198-6-15-.745) 2: CF Miguel Aguilar (32-L .237-177-1-23-.623) 3: LF Steve Rizkallah (31-R .280-218-8-27-.783) All-Star 4: 3B Jeff Galka (33-R .235-217-11-29-.710) 5: RF John Polanski (31-L .198-202-7-21-.607) Hit .305 last year 6: C Joe Moyers (33-R .180-161-1-12-.496) 7: 2B Ernie Brush (33-S .217-115-1-13-.567) 8: SS Melvin Rodarte (33-L .296-196-3-23-.799) ex-Beaver .596 OPS for us 9: P Bob Gordon (33-R .333-12-0-2-.762) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Derks Field Weather: 69 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 23,929 Top of the First: Rick Woodell swings at the first pitch and flies out to deep right. Jack Hinckley strikes out on 3 pitches... Fernando Martinez fouls out to 3rd... Bottom of the First: Frankie Clontz grounds a hit to left. He gets thrown out trying to steal! Miguel Aguilar takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three! Steve Rizkallah flies out to right! Top of the Second: Glenn Snowden bloops a hit to right and Fernando Mexicano hits a home run to right center!! 2 to 0, Beavers! Top of the Fourth: Fernando Martinez lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit and then gets balked to 2nd. With 1 out, Fernando Mexicano doubles down the right field line and Martinez scores! 3 to 0, Beavers! Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to center and Mexicano scores! 4 to 0, Beavers! Jim Shippy swings at a 3-2 pitch and triples down the right field line! 5 to 0, Beavers! A little magic still left! That does it for P Bob Gordon. New Pitcher: Ruben Flores (27-R) with a 3.42 ERA in 23.2 IP. Juan Rojas swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd, but Shippy scores! 6 to 0, Beavers! Won - 6 to 0 We had 8 hits and made no errors Salt Lake City had 6 hits and made no errors Steve Muir (W 5-4) went 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 6 hits (2 in the 9th), 2 walks and struck out 5. 123 pitches. Bob Gordon (L 2-4) went 3.1 innings, gave us 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 3. He balked. 1B Glenn Snowden had a hit and a walk and scored a run. RF Fernando Mexicano hit a double and his 14th home run of the season, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. C Jim Shippy hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. |
Friday, June 7, 2002
Portland Beavers (25-35 .417 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Salt Lake City Bees (28-31 .475 17.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL East) POR: Bobby Johnson (23-R 3-4 2.63) vs. SLC: Mickey Thierry (34-L 1-2 4.07) Johnson is 0-1 in his last 3 starts. He gave up 10 hits and 4 runs in 6 IP last time out, but escaped with a no decision. Thierry was 0-2 against us last year and we roughed him up both times. He has excellent control, but is very hittable. 280 H and 32 BB in 216.1 IP last year. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: RF Jose Julio (28-R .255-192-3-19-.631) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .236-89-1-4-.569) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .231-26-1-4-.670) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .258-213-15-37-.871) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .274-215-14-39-.858) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .242-223-4-19-.658) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .280-100-2-12-.774) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .209-86-1-4-.501) 9: P Bobby Johnson (23-R .103-29-0-1-.291) SALT LAKE CITY 1: 1B Frankie Clontz (27-L .252-202-6-15-.740) 2: CF Miguel Aguilar (32-L .238-181-1-23-.620) 3: LF Steve Rizkallah (31-R .281-221-8-27-.784) All-Star 4: 3B Jeff Galka (33-R .235-221-11-29-.707) 5: RF John Polanski (31-L .199-206-7-21-.605) 6: C Joe Moyers (33-R .177-164-1-12-.492) 7: 2B Ernie Brush (33-S .212-118-1-13-.554) 8: SS Melvin Rodarte (33-L .296-199-3-23-.797) 9: P Mickey Thierry (34-L .167-6-0-1-.417) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Derks Field Weather: 73 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 27,094 Top of the First: Jose Julio swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to left. Jack Hinckley grounds out to 2nd. Fernando Martinez pops out to left... Bottom of the First: Frankie Clontz swings at the first pitch and flies out to left. Miguel Aguilar grounds out to short. Steve Rizkallah swings at the first pitch and lines out to 3rd, Fernando Mexicano making a very nice catch! 1-2-3! Bottom of the Second: Jeff Galka takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. And then we are kind to another sub-.200 hitter.... John Polanski hits a home run to left center... 2 to 0, Bees. He and Joe Moyers, the other sub-.200 hitter in their lineup, both had hits yesterday, too. Top of the Fifth: Jim Shippy grounds one to short, but Melvin Rodarte, the ex-Beaver, boots it. Juan Rojas pokes a hit just over Rodarte's head. P Bobby Johnson pops out to the pitcher, trying to bunt. Jose Julio takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load them up. Jack Hinckley beats out an infield hit and Shippy scores! 2 to 1, Bees. Fernando Martinez grounds into a force at home, 3-2. 2 outs. Glenn Snowden grounds a 2-2 pitch to left for a hit and two runs score! 3 to 2, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano grounds out to 2nd. Through 5 innings, the Bees have 2 runs on 1 hit... Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Jim Shippy hits a home run to right! 4 to 2, Beavers! Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Tommy Sims (33-R) with a 0.00 ERA in 3.1 IP, but has been in A Ball since early April. With 1 out, Jack Hinckley takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Fernando Martinez beats out an infield hit. Glenn Snowden strikes out... Fernando Mexicano hits one 465 ft. to center!!! 7 to 2, Beavers! Shannon Kuchta follows with a more pedestrian home run to left! 8 to 2, Beavers! That sends Sims packing. New Pitcher: Ruben Flores (27-R) with a 3.20 ERA in 25.1 IP. We have never had back to back to back home runs.... Jim Shippy swings at a 3-1 pitch a lines a double down the left field line. Juan Rojas grounds out to 2nd. Won - 8 to 2 We had 13 hits and made no errors Salt Lake City had 3 hits and made 1 error Bobby Johnson (W 4-4) went 9 innings (CG), allowed 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit. Mickey Thierry (L 1-3) went 6 innings, gave us 4 runs (1 earned), 7 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 1. RF Jose Julio drew a walk and got hit by a pitch and scored a run. CF Jack Hinckley had 2 hits and a walk, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had 3 hits and 2 RBI. 3B/RF Fernando Mexicano had 2 hits with his 15th home run, drew a walk and had 3 RBI. 2B Shannon Kuchta hit his 5th home run. C Jim Shippy hit a double and his 3rd home run and scored 2 runs. We are starting to look like an offense and our pitching is great as long as we do not have to use the Bullpen! Back to back complete games! Only the second time the Beavers have ever done that. They have never had three in a row. |
Saturday, June 8, 2002
Portland Beavers (26-35 .426 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Salt Lake City Bees (28-32 .467 17.5 GB in 5th place in the PCL East) POR: Frank Flores (23-R 6-3 2.43) Rookie vs. SLC: Noe Rubio (28-L 2-6 5.35) Flores is 3-0 in his last 4 starts. 1 run in 8.2 IP last time out. Rubio got a win the only time he faced us last year, but gave us 4 runs in 5 IP. He has only allowed 2 runs in each of his last 2 starts, but lost both anyway. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: RF Jose Julio (28-R .253-194-3-19-.631) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .247-93-1-5-.594) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .226-31-1-4-.628) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .266-218-15-39-.878) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .279-219-15-42-.877) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .241-228-5-20-.666) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .286-105-3-13-.813) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .211-90-1-4-.501) 9: P Frank Flores (23-R .154-26-1-4-.454) Rookie SALT LAKE CITY 1: 1B Frankie Clontz (27-L .249-205-6-15-.733) 2: 2B Ernie Brush (33-S .207-121-1-13-.541) 3: LF Steve Rizkallah (31-R .280-225-8-27-.784) All-Star 4: 3B Jeff Galka (33-R .233-223-11-29-.706) 5: RF John Polanski (31-L .200-210-8-23-.618) 6: C Joe Moyers (33-R .174-167-1-12-.484) 7: SS Melvin Rodarte (33-L .292-202-3-23-.785) 8: CF Ed Pogue (29-L .300-90-2-9-.806) 9: P Noe Rubio (28-L .143-21-0-0-.333) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Derks Field Weather: 74 F, Clear Skies, with an 10 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 25,954 Top of the First: Jose Julio grounds a hit to left. He gets caught stealing... Jack Hinckley strikes out looking... Fernando Martinez strikes out swinging... Bottom of the First: Frankie Clontz takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... I swear that every walk our starting pitchers have allowed has been to lead off the inning. Every one our Bullpen has allowed has been to force in a run with the bases loaded... Clontz heads for 2nd, but gets thrown out by C Jim Shippy! Ernie Brush lines out to 3rd. Steve Rizkallah swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to left... 1 to 0, Bees. Jeff Galka walks on 4 pitches... John Polanski doubles to left... Joe Moyers grounds out to short! Top of the Second: Glenn Snowden loops a hit just over the 3rd baseman's glove. Fernando Mexicano grounds one back to the mound, but P Noe Rubio makes a bad throw to 2nd for an error! Shannon Kuchta bounces another one back to the mound and Rubio takes his time this time and makes a good throw to 2nd, but Ernie Brush drops the ball and the bases are loaded with no outs! Jim Shippy pops out to short... I smell no runs... Juan Rojas grounds a hit to right and Snowden scores! Tie game: 1 to 1. P Frank Flores grounds hit to left and 2 more runs are in!! 3 to 1, Beavers! Jose Julio walks to load them back up. Jack Hinckley grounds into a 5-4-3 double play.... I do not care for that young man.... Bottom of the Second: With 2 outs, P Noe Rubio doubles down the left field line. Frankie Clontz grounds a hit to left and Rubio scores... 3 to 2, Beavers. Bottom of the Third: With 1 out, John Polanski hits his second home run of the series... Tie game: 3 to 3. The Bees have scored in every inning so far... It does not look like a third straight complete game is in the cards... Bottom of the Seventh: With 2 outs, Frankie Clontz draws a walk. The Bullpen gets up. Ernie Brush gets beaned... Steve Rizkallah lines a hit to left and Clontz scores. 4 to 3, Bees. Call to the Bullpen: Roy Huls (21-R). Jeff Galka takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load them up... John Polanski strikes out looking! Top of the Eighth: With 2 outs, Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to left!! Tie game: 4 to 4! Fernando Mexicano swings at the first pitch and sends one deep to center, but it is caught on the warning track... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Mark Spooner (35-R) with a 6.23 ERA and 51 H in 30.1 IP. He has started 5 games, but is now their closer with the regular one on the DL. As a reliever, he has only allowed 5 hits in 5.1 IP, but has walked 7. Shannon Kuchta sends one to the wall in center, but Ed Pogue runs it down... Jim Shippy beats out an infield hit. PH Rick Woodell (31-L) swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to left... PH Don Neumann (32-S) swings at another 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to center and Shippy goes to 3rd. Jose Julio strikes out... Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Garry Ayers (29-R). Dave Risinger (26-R) is in to play short. Frankie Clontz walks on 4 pitches... With 1 out, he steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Jim Shippy throws the ball into center... We walk Steve Rizkallah intentionally. He steals 2nd... With the infield in, Jeff Galka grounds one to the hole on the right side and 1B Glenn Snowden makes a lunging stop, checks the runner back to 3rd from his knees and then scrambles to the bag for the out! By a hair! Their manager is out to argue, but I have yet to see the umps overturn their own call yet... Glad we do not do stupid things like use the camera replays to make calls.... We walk John Polanski intentionally so that we can force in a run with the next walk.... Once again, we have the bases loaded with 2 of the runners being put their on purpose... Joe Moyers grounds out to 3rd! Extras! Top of the Tenth: Jack Hinckley grounds a hit to center. Fernando Martinez, who has not done much for us since the trade with Milwaukee, grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. He is now batting .222 with a .596 OPS as a Beaver and hit .296 with a .952 OPS for the Brewers before the trade... Glenn Snowden pops out to 2nd... 2 outs. Fernando Mexicano loops a hit to right and Martinez heads to 3rd. John Polanski's throw is by the 3rd baseman and Martinez scores!! 5 to 4, Beavers! Mexicano ends up on 2nd. They walk Shannon Kuchta intentionally. Jim Shippy hits a home run to left center!!!!!!!! 8 to 4, Beavers!!!! The magic is NOT dead! That sends P Mark Spooner packing. New Pitcher: Ken Moller (25-L) with a 5.36 ERA. He pitched 3 shutout inning against us on Thursday. Dave Risinger grounds out to short. Bottom of the Tenth: Melvin Rodarte lines a hit to left... Ed Pogue grounds a hit to left... PH Manny Vigil (33-R), batting .292 with 2 HR in 96 AB, grounds out to 3rd and the runners move up. Call to the Bullpen: Chuck Purnell (26-L). Frankie Clontz flies out to left and Rodarte scores without a throw. 8 to 5, Beavers. 2 outs. Ernie Brush swings at the first pitch and flies out to right and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 8 to 5 We had 13 hits and made 1 error Salt Lake City had 10 hits and made 3 errors Frank Flores went 6.2 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 2 home runs, 3 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit and 2 RBI. RHP Roy Huls went 1.1 scoreless innings, walked 2 and struck out 1. RHP Garry Ayers (W 2-1) went 1.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits and 3 walks (2 INT). LHP Chuck Purnell (SV 1) faced 2 batters, threw 2 pitches and got 2 outs. Noe Rubio went 8 innings, gave us 4 runs (1 earned), 8 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 6. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run. RHP Mark Spooner (L 1-4) went 1.2 innings, gave us 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 1. RF Jose Julio had a hit and a walk. CF Jack Hinckley had 2 hits. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with his 16th home run of the season and scored 2 runs. 3B Fernando Mexicano had a hit and scored 2 runs. 2B Shannon Kuchta drew a walk (INT) and scored 2 runs. C Jim Shippy had 2 hits with his 4th home run and 3 RBI. SS Jose Rojas had 2 hits and an RBI. PH Don Neumann had a hit. |
Sunday, June 9, 2002
Portland Beavers (27-35 .435 14.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Salt Lake City Bees (28-33 .459 17.5 GB in 5th place in the PCL East) POR: Rondey Moe (26-R 0-2 2.17) vs. SLC: Jim Roland (31-R 4-5 4.44) Moe has had 4 starts for the Beavers and only allowed 7 total runs, but we have only scored 6 total for him... Roland was 1-1 against us last year. The win was a 6 hit shutout. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .225-120-3-12-.633) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .255-98-1-5-.604) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .222-36-1-4-.596) Gold Glove 4: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .277-224-15-42-.866) 5: 1B Kurt Cunning (30-R .118-17-0-1-.356) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .237-232-5-20-.658) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .291-110-4-16-.840) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .226-93-1-5-.527) 9: P Rondey Moe (26-R .000-9-0-0-.000) SALT LAKE CITY 1: CF Miguel Aguilar (32-L .238-185-1-23-.618) 2: 2B Ernie Brush (33-S .214-126-1-13-.555) 3: LF Steve Rizkallah (31-R .284-229-9-29-.803) All-Star 4: 3B Jeff Galka (33-R .230-226-11-29-.703) 5: RF John Polanski (31-L .206-214-9-24-.646) 6: 1B Manny Vigil (33-R .289-97-2-19-.805) 7: SS Melvin Rodarte (33-L .290-207-3-23-.776) 8: C Ken Owens (31-L .158-38-1-5-.437) 9: P Jim Roland (31-R .095-21-0-1-.279) Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: Derks Field Weather: 71 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing right to left Attendance: 22,953 Top of the First: Rick Woodell grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Hinckley lines out to 3rd. Fernando Martinez hits a home run to right center! 1 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Bottom of the First: Miguel Aguilar strikes out! Ernie Brush grounds out to 3rd. Steve Rizkallah flies out to center! 1-2-3! Top of the Second: Kurt Cunning leads off with a double over the center fielder's head. Shannon Kuchta beats out an infield hit. Jim Shippy strikes out... Juan Rojas flies out to right and Cunning tags up and scores. 2 to 0, Beavers. Bottom of the Fifth: John Polanski takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Manny Vigil swings at a 3-2 pitch and gets the Bees' first hit of the game, a home run to left center... Tie game: 2 to 2. Top of the Sixth: Kurt Cunning leads off with a home run down the left field line! 3 to 2, Beavers! Shannon Kuchta walks on 4 pitches. Jim Shippy bloops a hit to right center. Juan Rojas lines a hit to left and the bases are loaded with no outs. P Rondey Moe grounds into a 4-2-3 double play... They walk Rick Woodell intentionally to load them back up. PH Glenn Snowden (25-R) strikes out.... Bottom of the Sixth: Glenn Snowden stays in to play first and Esteban Mondolfo is in to play center. With 1 out, Ernie Brush doubles to center, but gets hurt. Pinch-runner: Eddie Robinson (29-S). With 2 outs, Jeff Galka hits a home run to left.... 4 to 3, Bees. 4 runs on 3 hits... Top of the Eighth: PH Don Neumann (32-S) doubles down the right field line. PH Jose Julio (28-R) swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to center. Rick Woodell strikes out looking... Glenn Snowden beats out and infield hit and Neumann scores! Tie game: 4 to 4! That sends P Jim Roland to the showers. New Pitcher: Wayne Lane (35-R) with a 4.24 ERA. 22 BB in 23.1 IP. Julio steals 3rd. Fernando Martinez strikes out... Fernando Mexicano takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Mark Spooner (35-R), their closer with the 7.03 ERA, who took the loss yesterday. We go down in order... Bottom of the Ninth: On the Hill: Rick Larkin (22-R), beginning his second inning of work after a perfect 8th. 4-5-6 up for them... With 1 out, John Polanski lines a hit to right. He steals 2nd. We walk Manny Vigil intentionally. Polanski steals 3rd... Melvin Rodarte, the ex-Beaver, swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! 2 outs. PH Dennis Jensen (36-L), batting .226 with 0 HR in 31 AB, walks on 4 pitches.... PH Joe Moyers (33-R), batting .170 with 1 HR in 171 AB, lines a hit to center... I hate this crap.... Lost - 5 to 4 We had 13 hits and made 2 errors Salt Lake City had 6 hits and made no errors 3rd straight game that we have had exactly 13 hits. Rondey Moe went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 4 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit. RHP Rich Larkin (L 1-3) went 1.2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 1. Jim Roland went 7.1 innings, gave us 4 runs, 11 hits, 2 home runs, 3 walks (1 INT), 1 HBP and struck out 7. Mark Spooner (W 2-4) went 1 perfect inning. PH/1B Glenn Snowden had a hit and an RBI. LF Fernando Martinez had 2 hits with his 17th home run of the season (2nd as a Beaver). 1B Kurt Cunning hit a double and his first home run and scored twice. CF Esteban Mondolfo had a hit. 2B Shannon Kuchta had 2 hits and a walk. SS Juan Rojas went 1 for 1, was hit by a pitch and had a SF. PH Don Neumann hit a double and scored a run. PH Jose Julio had a hit and stole a base. The Bees announced that 2B Ernie Brush had just bruised his finger and would be fine by tomorrow. |
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Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Mark Montana, LF, Baltimore (34-R .306/.343/.498) Had 13 hits with 1 2B, 2 HR, 1 BB, 0 SO, 2 SB, 2 CS, 5 R and 5 RBI in 5 G PCL Player of the Week - Dave McDowell, LF, San Francisco (31-R .317/.404/.643) Had 10 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 SB, 1 CS, 7 R and 11 RBI in 6 G (2nd career PoW) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) June 4 - LF Michael Guerrero (30-L) of Detroit went 1 for 3, drew a walk and scored a run at home versus Atlanta to extend his hitting streak to 20 games. He finished 2nd in the MVP voting in the NL last year (his teammate, a pitcher, won). He hit .217 with a .609 OPS in April, but .307 with a .963 OPS in May. June 5 - Sam Henderson (28-R) of Los Angeles pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Oakland. He walked 1 and struck out 7. At bat, he had 2 hits with a Grand Slam. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 7-3 with a 2.34 ERA in 14 starts. The Angels won, 7 to 0. June 5 - Jerry Sullivan (28-L) of Washington pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus Boston. He walked 1 and struck out 6. 140 pitches thrown. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. He is now 9-2 with a 1.97 ERA in 14 starts. The Nationals won, 3 to 0. June 6 - LF Dave McDowell (31-R), the reigning PCL MVP, hit 3 home runs, drew a walk, stole a base and had 7 RBI at Dallas. The Seals won, 7 to 3. He is the 3rd player to hit 3 home runs in a game. He now has 50 RBI in 58 G. June 6 - RF Daniel Roldon (27-L) of Baltimore went 4 for 4 with a home run, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at Detroit. The Orioles won, 6 to 5. June 7 - Oscar Navarro (27-R) of San Antonio pitched a 1 hit shutout at home versus Oakland. He walked 1 and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit. He retired the first 13 batters of the game and then gave up a 1 out single in the 5th. He is now 6-4 with a 3.88 ERA in 14 starts. The Missions won, 2 to 0. June 8 - Ed Whitley (26-R) of Brooklyn pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Cincinnati. He did not walk a batter and struck out 8. 92 pitches thrown. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. He is now 4-4 with a 2.67 ERA in 9 starts. The Dodgers won, 2 to 0. June 8 - LF Mark Montana (24-R) of Baltimore went 5 for 5 with a home run, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI at Detroit. The Orioles won, 7 to 1. June 8 - RF Eddie Shelton (29-L) of Boston had 4 hits with a home run and scored 4 runs at Chicago. The Braves won, 8 to 5. June 9 - 1B Luis Hernandez (33-R) of Seattle, the ex-Beaver, had 3 hits with a double and a home run and 5 RBI at Milwaukee. The Rainiers won, 13 to 8. |
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
RP Jennings Sims (29-R), who did not throw a pitch for the Beavers, and RP Mike Wagner (30-R) have been sent back to Vancouver (A). RP Jeff Gleason (25-R) and RP David Fuentes (25-R) have been recalled. Neither gave up a run in their exile to Canada. We are back home to face Sacramento in two games. They split 4 games at home with Houston over the weekend. We are 4-1 against them on the season. This is their first trip to Portland. The Solons are 9th in scoring with 3.94 runs per game (Portland is still last, but edging up with 3.57). We are averaging 5.13 in June (8 G). Sacramento is 6th in fewest runs allowed with 3.85 per game (Portland is 8th with 3.98). Their run differential is +5 and ours is -26 (+10 in June). Sacramento Solons (30-32 .484 11.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (27-36 .429 15 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) SAC: Juan Sanchez (27-R 5-5 3.32) vs. POR: Steve Muir (27-R 5-4 2.03) Gold Glove We beat Sanchez the one time he has started against us this season, but only scored 3 runs in 8 IP. Muir pitched a 6 hit shutout in his last start. We are 6-22 at home, by far the worst home record in Baseball, The 2nd worst in the PCL is Seattle, who is 14-18. We are 21-14 on the road and only Kansas City and San Francisco, the two PCL division leaders, are better in all of Baseball. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SACRAMENTO 1: RF Les Olds (29-R .193-233-4-23-.589) 2: 1B Dale Cave (29-R .241-158-0-8-.628) Back spasms 3: LF Dennis Rayner (28-R .291-220-8-38-.811) 4: 2B Jim Holberton (24-L .303-238-9-41-.887) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Larry Pierce (29-L .259-216-6-31-.730) 6: CF Harvey Turner (24-L .228-136-2-14-.576) 7: SS Angel Arana (26-R .192-193-3-21-.548) 8: C Mario Vasquez (26-L .237-131-4-16-.665) 9: P Juan Sanchez (27-R .222-27-0-3-.596) PORTLAND 1: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .218-124-3-12-.619) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .248-101-1-5-.587) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .244-41-2-5-.694) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .271-225-16-41-.890) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .272-228-15-42-.854) 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .287-115-4-16-.821) 7: 2B Dave Risinger (26-R .190-105-0-4-.481) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .234-94-1-6-.547) 9: P Steve Muir (27-R .065-31-0-2-.129) Gold Glove Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: 67 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing right to left Attendance: 11,454 Top of the First: Les Olds grounds a hit to center and the parade of sub-.200 hitters getting hits continues... Olds steals 2nd, even though we had a pitchout called... Dale Cave walks on 4 pitches... Dennis Rayner fouls out to 3rd. Jim Holberton lines a hit to center and Olds scores. 1 to 0, Solons. Larry Pierce strikes out. Harvey Turner takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 2 outs. Angel Arana, another sub-.200 hitter, strikes out! Bottom of the First: Rick Woodell, who is on the verge of losing his starting job versus right-handers, fouls off 3 pitches and then watches strike three go by... Jack Hinckley lines a hit to right. He steals 2nd. Fernando Martinez lines a hit to center, but Hinckley stops at 3rd. Their guy did not stop at 3rd with a line drive hit to center... Glenn Snowden, who is 9 for 17 (.529) with 3 HR versus Sanchez in his career, grounds a double play ball to 3rd, but Larry Pierce boots it and Hinckley scores! Tie game: 1 to 1. Fernando Mexicano, who is 7 for 15 (.467) with 1 HR versus Sanchez, doubles down the right field line and Martinez scores! 2 to 1, Beavers! Jim Shippy, 1 for 1 versus Sanchez, grounds out to short, but Snowden scores. 3 to 1, Beavers! Dave Risinger grounds out to 2nd. Top of the Second: With 1 out, P Juan Sanchez lines a hit to left and goes to 3rd on a hit by Les Olds, who is not a sub-.200 hitter anymore after his 2 for 2 performance so far today... Dale Cave pops out to left and Sanchez holds at 3rd. 2 outs. Dennis Rayner grounds out to short! Top of the Third: Jim Holberton grounds a single up the middle and goes to 2nd on a wild pitch... With 1 out, Harvey Turner grounds one to 3rd, but Rick Woodell boots it... Angel Arana flies out to center, but instead of throwing home, Jack Hinckley throws to 1st and doubles off Turner!!! Bottom of the Sixth: Glenn Snowden leads off with a double down the left field line. They walk Fernando Mexicano intentionally. They walk Jim Shippy unintentionally on 4 pitches to load them up with no outs. Dave Risinger lines out to center and Snowden tags up and bets the throw home! Mexicano goes to 3rd. 4 to 1, Beavers! Juan Rojas strikes out... P Steve Muir grounds out to short. Top of the Seventh: PH Eddie Dyer (26-L) leads off with a double down the right field line. P Steve Muir is over 100 pitches already... The Bullpen is up. Les Olds grounds out to short and Dyer takes 3rd on the slow roller. Dale Cave grounds out to 2nd and Dyer scores. 4 to 2, Beavers. Dennis Rayner doubles to center... Call to the Bullpen: Chuck Purnell (26-L). Jim Holberton swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! Bottom of the Eighth: On the Hill: Bill Meeker (29-R), beginning his second inning of work after a perfect 7th. With 2 outs, Jim Shippy doubles to center. Dave Risinger swings at a 3-2 pitch and loops a hit just over the shortstop's glove and Shippy scores! 5 to 2, Beavers! Top of the Ninth: Shannon Kuchta is in to play 2nd and Dave Risinger moves to 3rd and Rick Woodell, who has made 2 errors today, is moved to the bench. With 2 outs, Les Olds, that thorn in our side, swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to left... 5 to 3, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Jeff Gleason (25-R). Dale Cave lines one down the 3rd base line, but Dave Risinger makes a diving catch and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 5 to 3 We had 8 hits and made 2 errors Sacramento had 8 hits and made 1 error Steve Muir (W 6-4) went 6.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 6. He threw a WP. 110 pitches. LHP Chuck Purnell (H 2) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run and struck out 1. RHP Jeff Gleason (SV 4) faced 1 batter and got him out. Juan Sanchez (L 5-6) went 6 innings, gave us 4 runs (3 earned), 6 hits, 3 walks (2 INT), 1 HBP and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit and a walk in 2 PA. He is the first pitcher to lose 2 games to the Beavers this season. CF Jack Hinckley had a hit and was hit by a pitch, stole a base and scored a run. 1B Glenn Snowden hit a double, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. RF Fernando Mexicano had 2 hits with a double and a walk (INT) and had an RBI. C Jim Shippy hit a double, drew a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. 2B/3B Dave Risinger had a hit, stole a base, had 2 RBI and ended the game with a great catch. For Sacramento, RF Les Olds had 3 hits with his 5th home run of the season, stole a base and scored 2 runs. |
Editor's Note: I have decided to make some big changes this off season in the League. I find that I am missing the contract stuff that comes with free agency. I did not think I would. So we are instituting Free Agency in the default way. To facilitate this, I am running the "assign fictional contract" function now, so we will know what we have heading into the off season.
I am also enabling all the standard roster rules (options, waivers, minor league free agency, etc.) effectively immediately (except that there will be no compensation for lost free agents). Also, this off season, we will expand the minor leagues by two levels, adding B League and C League affiliates to all the Major League teams (AA and A ball equivalents). The currently independent B Leagues will become the D Leagues and we will draft from them and expand the number of picks to 12. They way this will be accomplished is that we will have our normal 6 round B League draft this winter. After the draft is over, all of the players left on the active B League rosters (including those newly promoted after the draft) will be transferred to the B League affiliates of the Major League teams. The team with the best record in the B Leagues will be assigned to the team with the worst record in the Major Leagues. 2nd best to 2nd worst, etc. After this is accomplished, the process will be repeated with the players on the active B League teams being assigned to the Major Leagues C League affiliates. After that, the B Leagues will become the D Leagues and remain independent. I am also going to abolish my house rule that all my trades I initiate must be 1 for 1 deals. It is just too restrictive to be fun. I will crank the trading difficulty up to Very Hard and not have any house rules on how I can trade. I will not do this until this off season, though. |
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Wednesday, June 12, 2002
CF Esteban Mondolfo (30-R) was sent back to Vancouver (A) and OF Kim Springer (21-L) has been recalled. Springer has not hit all that great for the Mounties, but I figure he can hit (or not hit) as well as Rick Woodell has been doing... Sacramento Solons (30-33 .476 12.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (28-36 .438 15 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) SAC: Darrell Williams (25-R 6-4 3.27) vs. POR: Bobby Johnson (23-R 4-4 2.58) Williams is 1-1 against us this season with one great game and one clunker. Johnson pitched a CG 3 hitter last time out, allowing 2 runs. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SACRAMENTO 1: RF Les Olds (29-R .202-238-5-24-.613) 2: 1B Dale Cave (29-R .235-162-0-9-.617) Back spasms 3: 2B Jim Holberton (24-L .306-242-9-42-.889) All-Star/Gold Glove 4: 3B Larry Pierce (29-L .255-220-6-31-.717) 5: C Mario Vasquez (26-L .230-135-4-16-.646) 6: CF Harvey Turner (24-L .223-139-2-14-.569) 7: LF Eddie Dyer (26-L .282-78-1-6-.763) 8: SS Angel Arana (26-R .188-197-3-21-.537) 9: P Darrell Williams (25-R .179-28-0-3-.385) PORTLAND 1: LF Kim Springer (21-L .227-110-1-6-.586) Rookie 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .250-104-1-5-.595) 3: RF Fernando Martinez (27-L .244-45-2-5-.677) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .271-229-16-42-.888) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: C Jim Shippy (31-R .288-118-4-17-.831) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .242-236-5-20-.666) 7: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .194-108-0-6-.483) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .227-97-1-6-.538) 9: P Bobby Johnson (23-R .121-33-0-1-.316) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: 66 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 11,247 Top of the First: Les Olds flies out to the warning track in left. Dale Cave swings at the first pitch and flies out to left. Jim Holberton grounds out to 1st, 3-1! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Kim Springer, who's lone career home run was off P Darrell Williams, flies out to center. Jack Hinckley swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Fernando Martinez grounds out to the pitcher... Bottom of the Fourth: Jack Hinckley leads off with out first hit of the game, a triple over the right fielder's head! Fernando Martinez hits another one over the right fielder's head, but this one is in the seats!! 2 to 0, Beavers! Top of the Sixth: P Darrell Williams swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right. With 1 out, Dale Cave grounds a hit to center. The Bullpen is up. With 2 outs, Larry Pierce grounds a hit up the middle and Williams scores. 2 to 1, Beavers. Mario Vasquez swings at a 3-2 pitch and whiffs! Top of the Seventh: Harvey Turner leads off with a walk and steals 2nd. The Bullpen is back up. Eddie Dyer lines a hit to right and Turner stops at 3rd. Angel Arana pops out to shallow left and the runners hold. PH William Cleveland (25-L), 5 for 42 (.119) with 0 HR, grounds out to 2nd and Turner scores... 2 to 2. We were playing for the double play, but he hit it too soft... Les Olds grounds a hit to center and Dyer scores.... 3 to 2, Solons. Olds is now hitting .333 with an .881 OPS against the Beavers. .188 with a .571 OPS against everyone else....Olds steals 2nd... Dale Cave flies out to left. Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Duane Rokita (28-R), their closer with a 1.99 ERA. He has 2 losses, one against the Beavers. Glenn Snowden walks on 4 pitches. Pinch-runner: Jose Julio (28-R). With 1 out, Shannon Kuchta grounds out to short and Julio goes to 2nd. PH Don Neumann (32-S) sends one deep to right, but it stays in the yard and is caught... Lost - 3 to 2 We had 3 whole hits and made no errors Sacramento had 9 hits and made 1 error Our park is supped to be good for hitters, but not ours.... We are now hitting .226 at home and .239 on the road. Opponents are hitting .252 at Portland and only .216 at their own parks... Bobby Johnson (L 4-5) went 8 innings, allowed 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. RHP Roy Huls pitched a scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. Darrell Williams (W 7-4) went 6 innings, gave us 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home runs, 1 walk and struck out no one. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. RHP Duane Rokita (SV 14) pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 1 walk and struck out 1. CF Jack Hinckley hit a triple and scored a run. RF Fernando Martinez hit his 18th home run of the season (3rd as a Beaver), drew a walk and had 2 RBI. He leads the Majors in HR now. |
Thursday, June 13, 2002
The San Diego Padres are in town to play a 4 game series through the weekend. They just split a pair of games in Seattle. We won 3 of 4 at their place, May 16-19. They are 11th in scoring in the PCL with 3.86 runs per game (Portland is up to 15th with 3.57!). Their hitters are hitting a healthy .260, but are 2nd to last in HR with 33 (Hollywood has 32). The Padres are 2nd in fewest runs allowed with 3.25 per game (Portland is 8th with 3.95). Their hitters have only hit 33 HR, but their pitchers have only allowed 33, 2nd fewest in the League (KC has allowed 31). Their run differential is +40; ours is -25. San Diego Padres (32-33 .492 11.5 GB tied for 4th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (28-37 .431 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) SD: Tony Vargas (28-R 5-5 3.72) vs. POR: Frank Flores (23-R 6-3 2.64) Rookie We have not faced Vargas this season. He was 2-0 in 3 starts against us last year. Flores had not lost a game since May 4. He is 3-0 in his last 7 starts. He gave up 4 runs in 6.2 IP last time out, but he got a no decision and we won the game. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN DIEGO 1: CF Danny Holmes (26-L .240-246-6-22-.639) 2: 2B Norman Darcy (25-L .298-191-5-23-.815) 3: RF Brian Mosca (29-L .269-78-4-18-.848) 4: SS Del Hall (30-S .319-238-2-36-.783) Gold Glove 5: LF Rod Acosta (25-L .333-15-0-0-.775) 6: 1B Jim Tepper (25-R .226-53-0-12-.546) 7: 3B Rick Potter (30-R .212-193-0-16-.544) Gold Glove 8: C Mark Coronato (27-R .222-176-4-16-.607) 9: P Tony Vargas (28-R .194-31-0-1-.387) PORTLAND 1: LF Kim Springer (21-L .221-113-1-6-.577) Rookie 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .250-108-1-5-.610) 3: RF Fernando Martinez (27-L .250-48-3-7-.752) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .267-232-16-42-.879) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .276-232-15-43-.863) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .242-240-5-20-.663) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .279-122-4-17-.805) 8: SS Dave Risinger (26-R .191-110-0-6-.475) 9: P Frank Flores (23-R .172-29-1-6-.476) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 12,588 Top of the First: Danny Holmes swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Norman Darcy swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Brian Mosca takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Del Hall lines a hit to center and Mosca goes to 3rd without a throw. A passed ball scores Mosca... 1 to 0, Padres. Rod Acosta swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the First: Kim Springer lines a hit to left. Jack Hinckley grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Hinckley gets caught stealing on a pitchout... Fernando Martinez grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Bottom of the Second: With 1 out, Fernando Mexicano hits a 438 ft. home run to right center! Tie game: 1 to 1. Bottom of the Third: With 1 out, P Frank Flores draws a walk. Kim Springer hits a home run to right center!! 3 to 1, Beavers! Bottom of the Fourth: Glenn Snowden leads off with a triple down the right field line! Fernando Mexicano strikes out... Shannon Kuchta lines a hit to left and Snowden scores! 4 to 1, Beavers! Jim Shippy grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Dave Risinger hits a home run to left center!! 6 to 1, Beavers! Bottom of the Sixth: On the Hill: Ken Baltz (26-R), beginning his 2nd inning of work after a scoreless 5th. Glenn Snowden bloops a hit to right. Fernando Mexicano takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Shannon Kuchta grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Snowden goes to 3rd. Jim Shippy walks on 4 pitches to load them up with 1 out. Dave Risinger swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to left and Snowden scores! 7 to 1, Beavers! P Frank Flores takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three. 2 outs. Kim Springer pops out to center... Won - 8 to 1 We had 12 hits and made no errors San Diego had 6 hits and made 1 error Frank Flores (W 7-3) went 9 innings (CG), allowed 1 run, 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. Tony Vargas (L 5-6) went 4 innings, gave us 6 runs, 6 hits, 3 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit. LF Kim Springer had 2 hits with his 2nd home run of the season and had 2 RBI. CF Jack Hinckley had 2 hits. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with a triple and scored 2 runs. 3B Fernando Mexicano hit his 16th home run and drew a walk. C Jim Shippy walked twice and scored 2 runs. SS/3B Dave Risinger had 3 hits with his 1st home run and had 3 RBI. |
Friday, June 14, 2002
Tomorrow is the trade deadline and I will be very happy to see it so that I will stop being bombarded with ridiculous trade offers for 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R). I have had one or two every day for the past week and a half and not one of them was even remotely close to being fair, much less tempting. We are not making any more trades this season. San Diego Padres (32-34 .485 12.5 GB tied for 4th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (29-37 .439 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) SD: Gordy Albrecht (25-R 3-7 3.81) vs. POR: Rondey Moe (26-R 0-2 2.75) We beat Albrecht the one time we faced him this year, but only got 2 hits and 2 runs in 5.1 IP. He walked 6, though, and threw 107 pitches. Last time out was Moe's worst game of the season for the Beavers. He only walked 1 and allowed 4 hits in 7 IP, but 2 of the hits were home runs and he gave up 4 runs in a no decision. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN DIEGO 1: LF Pete Reid (27-L .278-187-3-13-.695) 2: CF Danny Holmes (26-L .240-250-6-22-.637) 3: RF Brian Mosca (29-L .259-81-4-18-.825) 4: SS Del Hall (30-S .322-242-2-36-.791) Gold Glove 5: 2B Jim Tepper (25-R .211-57-0-12-.509) 6: 3B Rick Potter (30-R .209-196-0-16-.536) Gold Glove 7: C Mark Coronato (27-R .223-179-4-16-.614) 8: 1B Milt White (27-R .296-98-1-4-.667) 9: P Gordy Albrecht (25-S .037-27-0-0-.108) PORTLAND 1: LF Kim Springer (21-L .231-117-2-8-.617) Rookie 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .257-113-1-5-.619) 3: RF Fernando Martinez (27-L .231-52-3-7-.696) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .271-236-16-42-.890) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .277-235-16-44-.876) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .242-244-5-21-.661) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .274-124-4-17-.802) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .220-100-1-6-.522) 9: P Rondey Moe (26-L .091-11-0-0-.182) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: 77 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from left Attendance: 16,202 Top of the First: Pete Reid lines an 0-2 pitch into center for a hit. With Reid on the move, Danny Holmes lines a hit to left and Reid easily makes it to 3rd. Brian Mosca flies out to deep left and Reid tags up and scores. 1 to 0, Padres. With Holmes on the move, Del Hall swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Holmes moves up. Jim Tepper lines out to deep left. Bottom of the First: Kim Springer grounds a hit to right. Jack Hinckley grounds a hit to left. Fernando Martinez pops out to left. Glenn Snowden grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Springer moves to 3rd. Fernando Mexicano strikes out... Top of the Third: P Gordy Albrecht leads off with a double down the left field line. With 1 out, Danny Holmes grounds a hit to right and P Albrecht scores... 2 to 0, Padres. Bottom of the Third: Kim Springer lines a hit to left and Jack Hinckley grounds one to center. That's the way the 1st started, but we came up empty then... Fernando Martinez lines a hit to left and the bases are loaded with no outs. Glenn Snowden strikes out... Fernando Mexicano, who struck out to end the first, does NOT strike out, but hits one high and hard and over the right center field fence!!!! Grand Slam!!!! 4 to 2, Beavers! The first Salami ever for the Beavers! We had one hit against us last season (only one, surprisingly), but we did not hit any ourselves. Bottom of the Fourth: With 1 out, Jack Hinckley lines his third hit of the day to center. With 2 outs, Glenn Snowden hits a home run to left!! 6 to 2, Beavers! That sends P Gordy Albrecht packing. New Pitcher: Lew Reddin (32-R) with an 0.84 ERA in 21.1 IP. He strikes out Fernando Mexicano. Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Rick Potter lines a hit to right. Mark Coronato takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Milt White takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three. PH Ollie Schonberg (30-L) takes another 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 2 outs. The Bullpen is up. P Rondey Moe is at 111 pitches... Pete Reid draws a walk to force in a run... 6 to 3, Beavers. Danny Holmes swings at the first pitch and pops out to center! Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Rich Larkin (22-R). Brian Mosca leads off with a home run to right... 6 to 4, Beavers. Won - 6 to 4 We had 13 hits and made 1 error San Diego had 11 hits and made no errors Rondey Moe (W 1-2) went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3. 117 pitches. At bat, he was hit by a pitch. RHP Rich Larkin (H 1) got 2 outs, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 1 home run and struck out 1. He balked. LHP Chuck Purnell (H 3) went 1.1 perfect innings. RHP Roy Huls (SV 1) pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. Gordy Albrecht (L 3-8) went 3.2 innings, gave us 6 runs, 11 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 4. He threw a WP. At bat, he was 2 for 2 with a double and scored a run. LF Kim Springer had 2 hits and scored a run. CF Jack Hinckley had 3 hits and a walk and scored 2 runs. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with his 17th home run and had 2 RBI. 3B Fernando Mexicano hit a Grand Slam, his 17th home run. 2B Shannon Kuchta had 2 hits. |
Saturday, June 15, 2002
Well, the new roster rules have already bitten us in the behind a little. CF Brian Mitchell is ready to come off the DL, so I thought 1B/3B Rick Woodell (31-L) could use a little time in Vancouver (A) to get his stroke back. He thought otherwise and refused to be demoted. So the next candidate was OF Don Neumann (32-S), but he refused as well... So, we are down to asking for volunteers.... Unfortunately, 1B Kurt Cunning (30-R) drew the short straw.... I hope Woodell gets hurt, so we can bring Cunning back.... Though how he will get hurt sitting on the bench is problematic.... Maybe we can use him for beaning practice for our pitchers.... San Diego Padres (32-35 .478 13.5 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (30-37 .448 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) SD: Jose Preciado (35-L 4-3 3.02) vs. POR: Duke McKenzie (24-R 0-3 5.49) Rookie We beat Preciado the one time we faced him this year, getting 9 hits, 3 walks and 4 runs in 4.2 IP. McKenzie gave up 4 hit and 4 walks and 4 runs in 5 IP last time for a loss. Another bad game today and eh will head back to Vancouver (A). Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN DIEGO 1: LF Pete Reid (27-L .277-191-3-14-.695) 2: CF Danny Holmes (26-L .243-255-6-23-.640) 3: 1B Buddy Potts (27-R .256-250-5-35-.728) 4: RF Brian Mosca (29-L .271-85-5-20-.864) 5: SS Del Hall (30-S .320-247-2-36-.783) Gold Glove 6: 2B Norman Darcy (25-L .294-194-5-23-.806) 7: 3B Rick Potter (30-R .209-201-0-16-.533) Gold Glove 8: C Rick Tyson (27-L .175-57-0-3-.470) Rookie 9: P Jose Preciado (35-L .250-20-0-3-.488) PORTLAND 1: RF Jose Julio (28-R .254-201-3-19-.632) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .274-117-1-5-.653) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .228-57-3-7-.670) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .275-240-17-44-.904) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .276-239-17-48-.883) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .246-248-5-21-.666) 7: C Rick Mansoor (29-R .243-37-1-3-.661) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .221-104-1-6-.521) 9: P Duke McKenzie (24-R .143-7-0-1-.268) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 17,584 Top of the First: Pete Reid lines out to center. Danny Holmes lines out to deep left, Fernando Martinez making a nice running catch. Buddy Potts draws a walk. Brian Mosca loops a hit to center and Potts beats the throw to 3rd. Del Hall grounds a hit to center and Potts scores. 1 to 0, Padres. Norman Darcy grounds a hit to center and Mosca scores. 2 to 0, Padres. Rick Potter strikes out. Bottom of the First: Jose Julio swings at the first pitch and bloops a hit to right. Jack Hinckley grounds a hit to left. This young man has suddenly started hitting some! Fernando Martinez grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Julio goes to 3rd. Glenn Snowden grounds a hit to left and Julio scores! 2 to 1, Padres. Fernando Mexicano swings at the first pitch and grounds into a 5-4-3 double play... Top of the Second: With two outs, Pete Reid and Danny Holmes hit back to back doubles. 3 to 1, Padres. Go buy a ticket to Vancouver (A). Bottom of the Second: Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to center. With 1 out, Juan Rojas doubles over the center fielder's head. PH Don Neumann (32-S) strikes out... I should have just cut both Rick Woodell (31-L) and Neumann when they refused to go to A Ball.... Jose Julio pops out to center... Top of the Third: New Pitcher: Jeff Gleason (25-R). With 1 out, Del Hall doubles to center and then Norman Darcy hits a home run 433 ft. to right center... 5 to 1, Padres. Bottom of the Third: Jack Hinckley walks on 4 pitches. With 2 outs, Fernando Mexicano hits a home run down the right field line! 5 to 3, Padres. Top of the Fifth: New Pitcher: David Fuentes (25-R). With 2 outs, Norman Darcy strikes again with a home run to right... 6 to 3, Padres. Bottom of the Sixth: Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to center and makes it to 2nd when CF Danny Holmes overruns the ball for an error. Rick Mansoor lines a hit to right. Juan Rojas grounds into a force at 2nd, 2-6, and Kuchta holds at 3rd. And now that we sent Kurt Cunning (30-R) to Vancouver (A), we have no right-handed bats left on the bench, except C Jim Shippy, who needs a day of rest.... PH Rick Woodell (31-L) strikes out.... Jose Julio lines a hit to left and Kuchta scores! 6 to 4, Padres. If we had a Bullpen worth anything, we would be winning this game... Jack Hinckley grounds a hit to center and Rojas scores! 6 to 5, Padres. Hinckley has his second straight 3 hit game! That does it for P Jose Preciado. New Pitcher: Glenn Stroh (27-L), who gave us a run on Thursday. Fernando Martinez grounds out to 1st, unassisted. He is going to be a free agent at the end of this season, but he is not making me want to give him an extension.... He's hitting .213 now since joining the Beavers.... Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Garry Ayers (29-R), the next bumbling idiot to take the mound... With 1 out, Buddy Potts grounds a hit to center... With 2 outs, Del Hall takes an 0-2 pitch in the ribs... Norman Darcy lines a hit to left center and Potts scores... 7 to 5, Padres. Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Roy Tindale (25-R), their closer with a 4.10 ERA. 1 perfect inning against us this season. PH Brian Mitchell (21-L), in his first appearance in three weeks, lines a hit to right. Jack Hinckley grounds his 4th hit of the game to center! Fernando Martinez strikes out... That is his last at bat as a Beaver.... I know I said no more trades, but he has not helped us one whit and Los Angeles offered us the best reliever in Baseball, Hal Ockey (26-R), for him a few days ago... If they are still willing, I will make that deal before the deadline at midnight tonight.... Glenn Snowden up next and he swings at a 3-2 pitch and mashes it 454 feet to left!!!!! And THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!!!! Won - 8 to 7 We had 15 hits and made no errors San Diego had 13 hits and made 2 errors Duke McKenzie went 2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. RHP Jeff Gleason went 2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run and struck out 3. RHP David Fuentes went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run, and struck out 2. RHP Garry Ayers went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 1 HBP and struck out 2. Rich Larkin (W 2-3) went 1 scoreless inning (barely), allowed 1 hit, 2 walks and struck out 2. Jose Preciado went 5.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 12 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 4. He threw a WP. RHP Roy Tindale (L 1-4 BS 2) got 1 out, gave us 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run and struck out 1. RF Jose Julio had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. PH Brian Mitchell had a hit and scored a run. CF Jack Hinckley went 4 for 4 with a walk, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with his 18th home run of the year and 4 RBI. 3B Fernando Mexicano hit his 18th home run and had 2 RBI. 2B Shannon Kuchta had 2 hits and scored a run. SS Juan Rojas hit a double and scored a run. PH Dave Risinger had a hit. For San Diego, 2B Norman Darcy went 4 for 4 with 2 home runs (7 on the year), drew a walk and had 5 RBI. Well, potty brats... I called up the Angels and they said they did not remember making the offer of RP Hal Ockey (26-R) for LF Fernando Martinez (27-L) and said that they would never do such a thing.... Well, where I come from, trading the League Leader in HR for a relief pitcher is considered rather stupid, so it seems it would be smart to do it the other way round, right? But they did not see it that way... So we are stuck with Martinez for the rest of this season... There are worse things, I guess.... He should eventually start to hit for the Beavers.... Besides, what other team can say that they have not 1, not 2, but THREE players all tied for the League lead in HR! Currently, there are five players tied with 18 HR: Dave McDowell (31-R) of San Francisco, Javy Puente (31-S) of Oakland and the three Beavers. |
Sunday, June 16, 2002
P Duke McKenzie (24-R) has been returned to Vancouver (A) and P Joe Hoehn (27-R) has been recalled. Hoehn went 0-3 with a 9.42 ERA earlier for the Beavers, but this guys is now 28-11 in A Ball with a 2.54 ERA. He is 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA since being sent to Vancouver. He deserves an extended shot. San Diego Padres (32-36 .471 14.5 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (31-37 .456 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) SD: John Riley (26-R 7-4 1.92) All-Star vs. POR: Steve Muir (27-R 6-4 2.08) Gold Glove Riley is their #1 starter. The Padres are now 1-6 against us. That 1 win was a 5 hit shutout by Riley. We have been on a nice run of hitting lately. If we can score some runs today, I will be confident that our offensive woes are in the past. Muir has won his last 2 starts. He allowed 2 runs in 6.2 IP last time out. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN DIEGO 1: LF Pete Reid (27-L .276-196-3-14-.693) 2: CF Danny Holmes (26-L .242-260-6-24-.639) 3: 1B Buddy Potts (27-R .257-253-5-35-.732) 4: RF Brian Mosca (29-L .278-90-5-20-.860) 5: SS Del Hall (30-S .323-251-2-37-.793) Gold Glove 6: 2B Norman Darcy (25-L .308-198-7-28-.861) 7: C Mark Coronato (27-R .225-182-4-16-.618) 8: 3B Milt White (28-R .287-101-1-4-.647) 9: P John Riley (26-S .250-40-0-1-.525) All-Star PORTLAND 1: RF Brian Mitchell (21-L .275-167-0-6-.654) Rookie 2: LF Kim Springer (21-L .238-122-2-8-.624) Rookie 3: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .276-243-18-50-.889) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .278-245-18-48-.914) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: C Jim Shippy (31-R .273-128-4-17-.793) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .250-252-5-21-.671) 7: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .298-121-1-6-.702) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .222-108-1-6-.530) 9: P Steve Muir (27-R .059-34-0-2-.118) Gold Glove Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: 65 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 17,996 Top of the First: Pete Reid strikes out looking on 3 pitches! Danny Holmes strikes out! Buddy Potts strikes out!!! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Kim Springer swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to deep right. Fernando Mexicano lines out hard to center. Top of the Second: Brian Mosca grounds a hit to center. Dell Hall strikes out. Mosca steals 2nd. Norman Darcy loops a hit to right and Mosca scores... 1 to 0, Padres. Darcy goes to 2nd on the throw home. With 2 outs, Milt White grounds a hit to left and Kim Springer lets the ball go through his legs for an error... Darcy scores... 2 to 0, Padres. Top of the Third: Pete Reid grounds a hit to center. Danny Holmes grounds a double play ball to short, but Juan Rojas boots it... Buddy Potts lines a hit to center and the bases are loaded with no outs... The Bullpen is up. Brian Mosca takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in a run... 3 to 0, Padres. Del Hall loops a hit to center and another run is in... 4 to 0, Padres. Norman Darcy grounds a hit to center and another run scores... 5 to 0, Padres. Call to the Bullpen: Jeff Gleason (25-R). Mark Coronato lines a hit to right and a run scores... 6 to 0, Padres. That is 7 batters in a row to reach base... Milt White grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4, and another runs crosses the plate. 7 to 0, Padres. P John Riley pops out to right and the runners hold. Pete Reid lines his 2nd hit of the inning to right and another run is in... 8 to 0, Padres. Danny Holmes strikes out. That gives our pitches 6 strikeouts in only 3 innings! They must be good! Meanwhile, we are 9 up, 9 down... I think I will go lick some envelopes..... Lost - 10 to 3 We had 11 hits and made 3 errors San Diego had 13 hits and made no errors Steve Muir (L 6-5) went 2+ innings, allowed 8 runs (5 earned), 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. RHP Jeff Gleason went 1 scoreless inning (after allowing all of his inherited runners to score), allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. LHP Chuck Purnell went 3 innings, allowed 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit. RHP Roy Huls went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. RHP David Fuentes went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. John Riley (W 8-4) went 8.2 innings, gave us 3 runs, 11 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3. 135 pitches. RF/CF Brian Mitchell had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Kim Springer had 2 hits with his 3rd home run of the season and 2 RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had a hit and a walk. 2B Shannon Kuchta had 2 hits with a double. For San Diego, LF Pete Reid had 4 hits, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. |
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June 17, 2002
Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Enrique Ramos, LF, New York (23-L .302/.369/.431) Had 12 hits with 5 2B, 2 BB, 3 SO, 7 R and 7 RBI in 6 G PCL Player of the Week - Tom Babcock, 1B/2B, Houston (26-L .258/.346/.417) Had 9 hits (16 AB) with 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 0 SO, 6 R and 2 RBI in 5 G (4 GS) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) June 10 - Dick Smoke (26-R) of Toronto pitched a 3 hit shutout at Washington. He walked 4 and struck out 3. At bat, he had 2 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBI. He is now 8-5 with a 2.74 ERA in 14 starts. The Blue Jays won, 3 to 0. June 11 - Graham Pethel (25-R) of Kansas City pitched a 1 hit shutout at home versus Milwaukee. He did not walk a batter and struck out 9. The hit was a 1 out single in the 2nd. He retired the final 22 batters of the game. He is now 8-5 with a 2.96 ERA in 15 starts. The Royals won, 3 to 0. June 11 - C Bruce Jump (33-R) of San Francisco his a double and a home run, drew a walk and had 5 RBI at home versus Los Angeles. The Seals won, 9 to 4. June 13 - C Charlie Allen (30-S) of Los Angeles had 4 hits with a double and a home run, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at Hollywood. The Angels won, 12 to 4. June 13 - Dennis Hall (26-L) of Detroit pitched a 3 hit shutout at Miami. He did not walk a batter and struck out 6. 130 pitches thrown. He was their closer until early May. He is now 3-1 with a 2.88 ERA in 6 starts (20 G - 10 SV). The Tigers won, 4 to 0. June 14 - Dave Kushion (29-L) of Kansas City pitched a 5 hit shutout at Salt Lake City. He walked 2 and struck out 4. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 12-2 with 1.81 ERA in 14 starts. The Royals won, 4 to 0. June 14 - Brian Nordmann (27-R) of New York pitched a 5 hit shutout at Washington. He walked 1 and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. He is now 7-3 with a 2.99 ERA in 15 starts. The Giants won, 10 to 0. June 14 - 1B Tony Pena (34-R) of Chicago had 3 hits with 2 home runs, including a Grand Slam, drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had 6 RBI at Cincinnati. The Cubs won, 13 to 2. June 16 - Marty Becker (37-L) of Seattle pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus San Francisco. He walked 1 and struck out 5. He is now 3-5 with a 3.38 ERA in 13 starts. The Rainiers won, 2 to 0, and only had 3 hits themselves. June 16 - Willie Jankowski (25-R) of Detroit pitched a 4 hit shutout at Miami. He walked 2 and struck out 5. At bat, he had 2 hits and scored a run. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 5-6 with a 3.69 ERA in 15 starts. The Tigers won, 5 to 0. June 16 - Chuck Snethen (27-R) of Philadelphia pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Baltimore. He walked 1 and struck out 5. He is now 6-3 with a 3.89 ERA in 15 starts. The Phillies won, 6 to 0. June 16 - 2B Leonardo Gutierrez (32-L) of Cincinnati had 4 hits and 5 RBI at home versus Chicago. The Reds won, 10 to 1. |
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
The Seattle Rainiers are here to play a short 2 game series. They lost 3 of 4 at home to San Francisco over the weekend. We are 1-3 against them on the season and this is their first visit to Portland. They are dead last in scoring with 3.51 runs per game (Portland is 15th with 3.72). They are 9th in fewest runs allowed with 4.16 per game (Portland is 8th with 4.04). Their run differential is -44 and ours is -22. Seattle Rainiers (22-46 .324 23.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (31-38 .449 15 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) SEA: Earl Rogers (27-R 4-10 3.42) vs. POR: Bobby Johnson (23-R 4-5 2.63) Rogers is their #1 starter. We have not faced him this season. He was 2-2 against us last year, including a 3 hit shutout. He has lost 8 of his last 9 decisions. Johnson gave up 3 runs in 8 IP last time out and took a loss because we only scored 2. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SEATTLE 1: CF Dan McKee (24-R .261-272-3-21-.660) pulled ab 2: 2B Adam Carter (25-R .290-272-2-24-.696) 3: 3B Ronaldo Entrevinhas (30-R .258-271-11-41-.759) All-Star 4: 1B Luis Hernandez (33-R .238-256-12-40-.731) Silver Slugger/All-Star 5: LF Carlos Lopez (27-L .198-86-3-9-.600) 6: RF Juan Garza (25-S .270-178-2-13-.668) 7: C Terry Mohlman (22-L .222-198-2-9-.601) Rookie 8: SS Don Kelly (28-R .231-229-1-21-.597) 9: P Earl Rogers (27-R .200-30-0-1-.426) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (21-L .285-172-0-7-.669) Rookie 2: LF Kim Springer (21-L .244-127-3-10-.654) Rookie 3: RF Fernando Martinez (27-L .212-66-3-7-.610) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .278-248-18-48-.913) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .275-247-18-50-.883) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .254-256-5-21-.680) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .265-132-4-17-.770) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .214-112-1-6-.512) 9: P Bobby Johnson (23-R .114-35-0-1-.298) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: 69 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 13,690 Top of the First: Dan McKee strikes out! Yesterday's game began with 3 straight strikeouts and did not go well for very long... Adam Carter grounds a hit to right. Ronaldo Entrevinhas swings at the first pitch and grounds into a 4-6-3 double play! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to left. Kim Springer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play... Fernando Martinez swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right. Glenn Snowden strikes out... Top of the Second: Luis Hernandez, the ex-Beaver, swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to left. 421 ft. 1 to 0, Rainiers. Bottom of the Second: Fernando Mexicano leads off with a walk and Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to left. With 1 out, Juan Rojas grounds a double down the left field line and Mexicano scores! Tie game: 1 to 1. With 2 outs, Brian Mitchell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up. Kim Springer grounds a hit to right and 2 runs score! 3 to 1, Beavers! Fernando Martinez hits one hard, but lines out to center. Top of the Third: P Earl Rogers leads off with a double down the left field line. He goes to 3rd on a ground out and scores on a deep fly ball to center by Adam Carter. 3 to 2, Beavers. Bottom of the Third: With 1 out, Fernando Mexicano grounds a double down the right field line. Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to center. He has picked his hitting up of late! Jim Shippy grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.... He is now 1 for his last 16... Bottom of the Fourth: With 2 outs, Brian Mitchell grounds a hit to right and then scores when Kim Springer doubles to left center! 4 to 2, Beavers! Fernando Martinez lines a hit to left and Springer scores! 5 to 2, Beavers! That sends P Earl Rogers to the clubhouse. New Pitcher: Ray Kozlowski (27-R) with a 4.38 ERA and 18 BB and 33 SO in 24.2 IP. Glenn Snowden hits a home run to left!! 7 to 2, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano hits a home run to center! 439 ft. 8 to 2, Beavers! Won - 8 to 6 We had 17 hits and made 3 errors Seattle had 17 hits and made no errors We tied our all-time record for hits in a 9 inning game! And gave up just as many! Also it is the second straight day that we have made 3 errors. Our Bullpen is utter crap, except for Rookie Roy Huls (21-R). Our team Bullpen ERA is now 4.41. Only Hollywood is worse (4.48), but not by much. Bobby Johnson (W 5-5) went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 9 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 4. 115 pitches. RHP Rich Larkin went 1 inning, allowed 3 runs, 4 hits and 1 home run. RHP Garry Ayers (SV 1) went 2 (barely) scoreless innings, allowed 4 hits and a walk and struck out 4. He threw a WP. He has been our 2nd best reliever, but has a WHIP of 1.42... Earl Rogers (L 4-11) went 3.2 innings, gave us 6 runs, 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. 94 pitches. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run. CF Brian Mitchell went 4 for 4 with a walk and scored a run. LF Kim Springer had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had 3 RBI. He has caught the Bob beaver bug, though, and now has 5 errors in 33 starts in left field. We will probably look to trade him this winter, even though he is the top hitting prospect in Baseball. RF/LF Fernando Martinez had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden hit his League leafing 19th home run of the season, drew a walk and had 2 RBI. 3B/RF Fernando Mexicano hit a double and his League leading 19th home run, drew 2 walks and scored 2 runs. 2B Shannon Kuchta had 3 hits and scored a run. SS Juan Rojas hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. For Seattle, 2B Adam Carter had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Luis Hernandez, the ex-Beaver, had 3 hits with his 13th home run and scored twice. |
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Seattle Rainiers (22-47 .319 24.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (32-38 .457 15 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) SEA: Jamie Ladnier (33-L 5-4 2.92) vs. POR: Frank Flores (23-R 7-3 2.50) Rookie We beat Ladnier a couple of weeks ago in Seattle, but only scored 2 runs in 7.1 IP. Flores is 4-0 in his last 8 starts. He pitched a CG 6 hitter and allowed 1 run last time out. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SEATTLE 1: CF Dan McKee (24-R .264-277-3-21-.662) 2: 2B Adam Carter (25-R .297-276-2-25-.706) 3: 3B Ronaldo Entrevinhas (30-R .262-275-12-43-.775) All-Star 4: 1B Luis Hernandez (33-R .245-261-13-41-.751) Silver Slugger/All-Star 5: C Terry Mohlman (22-L .225-200-2-9-.610) Rookie 6: RF Juan Garza (25-S .268-183-2-14-.661) 7: LF Tony Hilliard (31-R .143-7-0-0-.543) 8: SS Don Kelly (28-R .232-233-1-21-.599) 9: P Jamie Ladnier (33-R .214-28-0-1-.491) PORTLAND 1: RF Jose Julio (28-R .259-205-3-20-.639) 2: CF jack Hinckley (26-R .295-122-1-6-.696) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .239-71-3-8-.651) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .278-252-19-50-.921) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .280-250-19-51-.908) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .261-261-5-21-.689) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .257-136-4-17-.748) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .216-116-1-7-.520) 9: P Frank Flores (23-R .188-32-1-7-.517) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 15,942 Top of the First: Dan McKee grounds out to short. Adam Carter lines out to left. Ronaldo Entrevinhas swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a double down the left field line. His 20th double of the season. Luis Hernandez strikes out! Bottom of the First: Jose Julio grounds out to 3rd. Jack Hinckley, maybe the hottest hitter on the team, lines a hit to center. He is now 10 for his last 17 (.588) and is hitting .429 in June. Fernando Martinez strikes out. With Milwaukee, he hit .279 vs. lefties, a big reason we were willing to trade for him, but he is now 3 for 21 (.143) against them for us... Glenn Snowden takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Fernando Mexicano lines a hit to center and Hinckley scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Shannon Kuchta strikes out. Top of the Second: Terry Mohlman walks on 4 pitches. Juan Garza grounds a hit to right. Tony Hilliard grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-4, and Mohlman goes to 3rd. Don Kelly grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and Mohlman scores. Tie game: 1 to 1. P Jamie Ladnier grounds a hit to center and Hilliard scores... 2 to 1, Rainiers. Top of the Fourth: Tony Hilliard reaches on a 2 base throwing error by SS Juan Rojas. With 2 outs, Dan McKee grounds a hit to center and Hilliard scores, but gets hurt. 3 to 1, Rainiers. McKee goes to 2nd on the throw home. Adam Carter grounds one to 1st, but Glenn Snowden boots it... Ronaldo Entrevinhas swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds another hit to center and McKee scores... 4 to 1, Rainiers. Bottom off the Fourth: Glenn Snowden hits one 447 ft. to left center! 4 to 2, Rainiers. Top of the Sixth: New Pitcher: David Fuentes (25-R). P Jamie Ladnier grounds a hit to center... Dan McKee bunts him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Ronaldo Entrevinhas hits another double and Ladnier scores.... 5 to 2, Rainiers. That should drops our team Bullpen ERA below the Stars for last place! Luis Hernandez grounds a hit to center and Entrevinhas scores... 6 to 2, Rainiers... Bottom of the Sixth: Fernando Martinez leads off with a walk and Glenn Snowden lines a hit to center. With 1 out, Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to center and the bases are loaded. Jim Shippy, the magic definitely gone now, grounds into a force at home, 6-2. Juan Rojas grounds a hit to left and Snowden scores. 6 to 3, Rainiers. PH Dave Risinger lines a hit to left and 2 runs score! 6 to 5, Rainiers. That sends P Jamie Lanier to the showers. New Pitcher: Ricky Johnson (36-R) with a 4.15 ERA and 33 H in 21.2 IP. PH Kim Springer (21-L) strikes out.... Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Roy Huls (21-R), the one decent arm in our pen... or is he?... With 1 out, Carlos Lopez lines a hit to center. He steals 2nd as Don Kelly strikes out. C John Roberts (29-L), a .172 hitter, grounds a hit past 2B Shannon Kuchta and Lopez scores.... 7 to 5, Rainiers. Dan McKee beats out an infield hit. The 14th hit of the game for Seattle.... 17 yesterday... This is supposed to be the worst offense in the PCL! Adam Carter grounds a hit to left and mercifully, the runner stops at 3rd and the bases are loaded... Ronaldo Entrevinhas grounds a hit to right and 2 runners score and RF Kim Springer gets yet another error.... His 6th in in only 35 games (33 GS). 9 to 5, Rainiers... Call to the Bullpen: Jeff Gleason (25-R). Brian Mitchell goes in to play right in a double switch. We only gain 1 spot in the lineup with it, but Springer is done in Portland... Luis Hernandez doubles to right center and 2 more runs are in... 11 to 5, Rainiers. I really do think it is impossible for these relievers to be this bad... Do you want to hear more of the horrors that happened? Me neither... It will suffice to inform you that 8 batters reached base after the second out was made... Lost - 14 to 5 We had 11 hits and made 4 errors Seattle had 23 hits and made no errors 23 hits! 4 errors! That's 40 hits allowed in 2 games! 10 errors in the last 3! In their last 7 IP, our Bullpen has allowed 23 hits and 13 runs... The 14 runs Seattle scored ties the record for most we have allowed and the 23 hits is a new low... Frank Flores (L 7-4) went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs (2 earned), 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. RHP David Fuentes went 1 inning, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits and struck out 1. RHP Roy Huls got 2 outs, allowed 5 runs, 5 hits and struck out 1. RHP Jeff Gleason went 2.1 innings, allowed 3 runs (1 earned), 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. He threw a WP. Jamie Ladnier (W 6-4) went 5.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 5. At bat, he had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. RHP Johnny Masterson (SV 1) pitched 3 scoreless innings, gave us 3 hits and struck out 1. CF Jack Hinckley had 3 more hits and scored a run. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with his 20th home run of the season, drew a walk and scored 2 runs. PH Dave Risinger had a hit and 2 RBI. RF Brian Mitchell gad a hit in his only AB. For Seattle, CF Dan McKee had 4 hits, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. 3B Ronaldo Entrevinhas had 4 hits with 2 doubles and a walk, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBI. 1B Luis Hernandez, the ex-Beaver, had 4 hits with a double, scored a run and had 3 RBI. The Rainiers announced that Tony Hilliard had a strained PCL and would likely miss 3 to 4 weeks. |
Thursday, June 20, 2002
RP's Jeff Gleason (25-R) and Rich Larkin (22-R) have been sent to Vancouver (A) and RP's Jim Kokos (28-R) and Jennings Sims (29-R) have been recalled. At least, I will not keep hoping that Kokos and Sims will ever be any good.... LF Kim Springer (21-L) has also been sent back to Vancouver and SS Rich Cruz (30-R) has been recalled. The Dallas Eagles are here to play a 4 game series through the weekend. They just split a pair at home with the Royals, which is quite an achievement, the way Kansas City is playing this year. This is our first meeting this season. We were 1-7 against them last year. The Eagles are 5th in scoring in the PCL with 4.14 runs per game (Portland is 15th with 3.80). We have scored 5.38 runs per game in June! Dallas is 7th in fewest runs allowed with 4.04 per game (Portland is 9th with 4.21 per game). Our Bullpen ERA is now 4.70, the worst in Baseball! 6.31 in June! Their run differential is +7 and ours is -29. Dallas Eagles (37-33 .529 15 GB in 3rd place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (32-39 .451 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) DAL: Tim Willcox (31-R 10-2 1.97) vs. POR: Rondey Moe (26-R 1-2 3.00) Willcox is their #3 starter, believe it or not. We faced him once last year and he had a no decision with 6 IP and 3 R (1 earned). He is currently 3rd in the PCL in ERA. Moe finally got his first win as a Beaver in his 6th try last time out. He allowed 3 runs in 6 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DALLAS 1: 3B Kevin Ross (25-R .257-202-3-28-.728) 2: LF Danny Zuniga (24-R .192-26-1-1-.651) Rookie Trade from SLC 4/23 3: C Dennis Allen (27-R .304-240-11-32-.870) Silver Slugger/Gold Glove 4: RF Bill Wightman (34-L .265-223-12-38-.843) 5: 1B Rick Adkins (32-R .248-234-4-26-.639) 6: CF Bart Stombaugh (28-L .243-115-1-12-.621) 7: SS Sandy Forte (26-R .267-255-3-18-.644) 8: 2B Reid Reddick (24-R .125-16-0-0-.347) Rookie 9: P Tim Willcox (31-R .229-35-0-1-.507) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (21-L .305-177-0-7-.709) Rookie 2: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .222-117-1-11-.555) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .227-75-3-8-.626) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .282-255-20-51-.939) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .280-254-19-52-.902) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .260-265-5-21-.687) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .257-140-4-17-.741) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .217-120-1-8-.519) 9: P Rondey Moe (26-L .077-13-0-0-.220) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 13,495 Top of the First: Kevin Ross strikes out! Danny Zuniga takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Dennis Allen flies out to center. Zuniga steals 2nd. Bill Wightman swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell lines a hit to center. Dave Risinger grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-4. Fernando Martinez lines a hit to center and Risinger goes to 3rd without a throw. Glenn Snowden grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, but beats the relay throw to 1st and Risinger scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! A passed ball sends Snowden to 2nd. Fernando Mexicano flies out to right. Top of the Fifth: Sandy Forte lines a hit to right and then steals 2nd. Reid Reddick sends one to deep left and Fernando Martinez, the Gold Glover, goes back and drops the ball for an error... 1st and 3rd with no outs. P Tim Willcox bunts Reddick to 2nd and Forte holds at 3rd. Kevin Ross pops out to center and Brian Mitchell fires to 2nd to double off Reddick!! Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Dennis Allen hits a home run to left. Tie game: 1 to 1. Bill Wightman walks. The Bullpen is up. Rick Adkins grounds a hit up the middle. Bart Stombaugh draws a walk to load them up with 1 out. Call to the Bullpen: Hold your breath.... Jim Kokos (28-R) to walk in a run... Sandy Forte strikes out! Reid Reddick grounds one to 3rd and Dave Risinger makes a throw in the dirt for an error and a run scores.... 2 to 1, Eagles. We put him in just for his defense... P Tom Willcox grounds out to short. Bottom of the Sixth: He let us down on defense, but Dave Risinger makes up for it by leading off with a home run to left! Tie game: 2 to 2. Fernando Martinez, who also made an error earlier, make up for it with a home run to right!! 3 to 2, Beavers! Top of the Ninth: On the Hill: Roy Huls (21-R), the rookie who was great until he was lit up last game, beginning his 2nd inning of work after getting 2 outs in the 8th. PH Daniel Alonso (33-L), 1 for 12 (.083) on the season, flies out to left. Kevin Ross strikes out! Danny Zuniga swings at the first pitch and fouls out to 1st and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 3 to 2 We had 7 hits and made 2 errors Dallas had 5 hits and no errors 4th straight game with multiple errors, but the fewest yet in the stretch! Rondey Moe went 5.1 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 4 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 3. RHP Jim Kokos (W 2-0) went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 1. LHP Chuck Purnell (H 4) faced 1 batter and retired him. RHP Roy Huls (SV 2) faced 5 batters and got them all out with 1 strikeout. Tim Willcox (L 10-3) went 8 innings (CG), gave us 3 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 4. 3B Dave Risinger his his 2nd home run of the season and scored 2 runs. LF Fernando Martinez had 2 hits with his 19th home run (4th as a Beaver). 2B Shannon Kuchta hit a double. |
Friday, June 21, 2002
Dallas Eagles (37-34 .521 15 GB in 3rd place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (33-39 .458 15.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) 6th place! DAL: Bruce Croft (27-R 5-5 3.80) vs. POR: Steve Muir (27-R 6-5 2.48) Gold Glove We have never faced Croft as a starter. He had a win in relief against us last year. He is 0-2 in his last 3 starts with 14 R allowed in 16.2 IP. Muir lost his last start with 8 R allowed in 2+ innings. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DALLAS 1: 3B Kevin Ross (25-R .251-207-3-28-.711) 2: 2B Franklin Teran (24-R .265-83-2-9-.710) 3: C Dennis Allen (27-R .307-244-12-33-.884) Silver Slugger/Gold Glove 4: RF Bill Wightman (34-L .262-225-12-38-.841) 5: 1B Rick Adkins (32-R .253-237-4-26-.651) 6: CF Bart Stombaugh (28-L .237-118-1-12-.611) 7: SS Sandy Forte (26-R .266-259-3-18-.642) 8: LF Danny Zuniga (24-R .167-30-1-1-.591) Rookie 9: P Bruce Croft (27-R .167-30-0-0-.360) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (21-L .304-181-0-7-.705) Rookie 2: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .223-121-2-12-.578) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .241-79-4-9-.682) Gold Glove 4: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .276-257-19-52-.892) 5: 1B Rick Woodell (31-L .211-133-3-12-.593) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .261-268-5-21-.690) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .259-143-4-17-.740) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .211-123-1-8-.507) 9: P Steve Muir (27-R .059-34-0-2-.118) Gold Glove Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 16,547 Top of the First: Kevin Ross flies out to right. Franklin Teran swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Dennis Allen grounds out to short! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell strikes out. Dave Risinger swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit past the shortstop up the middle. Fernando Martinez fouls out to 3rd. Risinger steals 2nd. Fernando Mexicano grounds out to 2nd. Top of the Third: With 1 out, Danny Zuniga walks on 4 pitches. P Bruce Croft bunts him to 2nd. Kevin Ross gets Dallas' first hit and it plates a run... 1 to 0, Eagles. Top of the Sixth: Kevin Ross leads off with the 2nd hit of the game for Dallas and then steals 2nd. Franklin Teran flies out to deep right and Ross tags up and goes to 3rd. Dennis Allen pops out to 2nd! We walk Bill Wightman intentionally. Rick Adkins swings at a 3-2 pitch and clears the bases with a double to left center... 3 to 0, Eagles. Bottom of the Sixth: Fernando Martinez leads off with a home run down the right field line. 3 to 1, Eagles. Fernando Mexicano lines a hit to center. Rick Woodell grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. He steals 2nd. Shannon Kuchta hits a home run to left!! Tie game: 3 to 3! Bottom of the Seventh: Brian Mitchell reaches on a 2 base throwing error by 2B Franklin Teran. Dave Risinger flies out to deep right and Mitchell tags up and goes to 3rd. Fernando Martinez pops out to shallow left and Mitchell has to hold... They walk Fernando Mexicano intentionally. SS Rich Cruz (30-R) grounds out to the pitcher... Top of the Eighth: On the Hill: David Fuentes (25-R), beginning his 2nd inning of work after a scoreless 7th. With 2 outs, Rick Adkins hits a home run to left center... 4 to 3, Eagles. Bart Stombaugh hits a home run to right... 5 to 3, Eagles. Bottom of the Eighth: Shannon Kuchta takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Jim Shippy grounds a hit to left. That does it for P Bruce Croft. New Pitcher: John Farrance (40-R), their closer with a 3.51 ERA in 33.1 IP with 9 BB and 36 SO. 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R) grounds into a 6-4-3 double play and Kuchta goes to 3rd... PH Jack Hinckley (26-R) swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left and Kuchta scores. 5 to 4, Eagles. Brian Mitchell bloops a hit to left and Hinckley goes to 3rd. Dave Risinger grounds out to short... Bottom of the Ninth: Fernando Martinez strikes out looking... The bat never left his shoulder... Fernando Mexicano grounds out to 2nd. PH Jose Julio (28-R) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Shannon Kuchta loops a hit to center and Julio heads for 3rd, but the ball is there way ahead of him and he is caught in a run down... He is out, 8-5-4-6.... Lost - 5 to 4 We had 14 hits and made 1 error Dallas had 6 hits and made 1 error Yep.... Steve Muir went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 3 hits, 3 walks ( 1 INT) and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit. RHP David Fuentes (L 3-4) went 2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits, 2 home runs, and struck out 2. RHP Garry Ayers went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 walk and struck out 1. Bruce Croft (W 6-5) went 7+ innings, gave us 4 runs, 11 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit. RHP John Farrance (SV 16) went 2 scoreless innings, gave us 3 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. CF Bruce Mitchell had 2 hits. LF Fernando Martinez had 2 hits with his 20th home run of the season (5 as a Beaver). PH Jose Julio drew a walk, but made a base running blunder to end the game. 2B Shannon Kuchta had 2 hits with his 6th home run, drew a walk, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. C Jim Shippy had 3 hits and stole a base. PH/1B Glenn Snowden had a hit. PH Jack Hinckley had a hit and an RBI. For Dallas, 1B Rick Adkins hit a double and his 5th home run and had 3 RBI. |
Saturday, June 22, 2002
Dallas Eagles (38-34 .528 14 GB in 3rd place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (33-40 .452 16.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) DAL: Dick Funicello (36-R 5-4 4.31) vs. POR: Joe Hoehn (27-R 0-3 9.42) We have never faced Funicello as a starter. He had a save in relief against us last year. He is 0-2 in his last 3 starts with 12 R (11 ER) allowed in 14.1 IP. Hoehn last started for the Beavers on May 27. He was 3-0 for the Mounties since then. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DALLAS 1: 3B Kevin Ross (25-R .256-211-3-29-.719) 2: 2B Franklin Teran (24-R .253-87-2-9-.686) 3: C Dennis Allen (27-R .302-248-12-33-.870) Silver Slugger/Gold Glove 4: RF Bill Wightman (34-L .259-228-12-38-.833) 5: 1B Rick Adkins (32-R .257-241-5-29-.673) 6: CF Bart Stombaugh (28-L .238-122-2-13-.632) 7: SS Sandy Forte (26-R .262-263-3-18-.632) 8: LF Dave Winchester (28-L .227-44-2-9-.717) 9: P Dick Funicello (36-R .368-19-0-1-.718) PORTLAND 1: CF Brian Mitchell (21-L .306-186-0-7-.707) Rookie 2: 2B Dave Risinger (26-R .222-126-2-12-.571) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .250-84-5-10-.725) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .284-261-20-52-.933) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .276-261-19-52-.888) 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .272-147-4-17-.759) 7: 3B Rich Cruz (30-R .175-57-1-7-.531) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .208-125-1-8-.499) 9: P Joe Hoehn (27-R .400-5-0-0-.800) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 16,316 Top of the First: Kevin Ross grounds out to short. Franklin Teran takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... He gets caught stealing! Dennis Allen flies out to center! Bottom of the First: Brian Mitchell flares a hit to left center. Dave Risinger beats out an infield hit. Fernando Martinez strikes out looking... Glenn Snowden lines a hit to left and Mitchell heads home....safe! 1 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano strikes out... Jim Shippy grounds out to short. Bottom of the Second: Rich Cruz walks on 4 pitches. Juan Rojas grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. P Joe Hoehn bunts Rojas to 2nd. Brian Mitchell lines a hit to right, too hard for Rojas to score. Dave Risinger bounces an easy one back to the mound, but P Dick Funicello makes a bad throw to 1st and Rojas scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Martinez swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right and Mitchell heads home....safe on a close play, but Mitchell stays prone near the plate and Trudy the Trainer has to go out... 3 to 0, Beavers. Glenn Snowden lines a hit to center and Risinger scores! 4 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano hits a home run to left!!! 7 to 0, Beavers! Mr. Funicello is relieved. New Pitcher: Steve Velazquez (26-R) with a 2.10 ERA in 21.1 IP. Jim Shippy flies out to left. Jack Hinckley will take over in center. Top of the Third: Dave Winchester leads off with a swing at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to left... 7 to 1, Beavers. Bottom of the Seventh: On the Hill: Mark Alders (29-R), beginning his third inning of work. He holds us to 1 hit and no runs, the first inning we have failed to score in this game. The score is currently, 17 to 2, Beavers!!!! Won - 17 to 2 We had 23 hits and made no errors Dallas had 8 hits and made 1 error New Beaver records for runs and hits! Joe Hoehn (W 1-3) went 6 innings, allowed 2 runs , 7 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out no one. At bat, he had a hit. RHP Jim Kokos went 2 perfect innings and struck out 1. RHP Jennings Sims, in his season debut, pitched a scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit. Dick Funicello (L 5-5) went 1.2 innings, gave us 7 runs (1 earned), 7 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. CF Brian Mitchell went 2 for 2 and scored 2 runs. CF Jack Hinckley had 3 hits and scored 2 runs. 2B Dave Risinger had 3 hits with a double and scored 3 runs. LF Fernando Martinez had 3 hits, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had 4 hits with 2 doubles and a walk, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI. RF Fernando Mexicano hit 2 home runs, drew 2 walks and set a new PCL record and tied the Major League mark with 8 RBI. C Jim Shippy had 2 hits and an RBI. 3B Rich Cruz had 2 hits and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. Now to the bad news: Trudy's report on Brian Mitchell is a hairline fracture in his foot that will see him miss 4 to 5 weeks.... Third injury this season... Injury prone, it seems... Just when I was starting to fall in love.... |
Sunday, June 23, 2002
CF Brian Mitchell (21-L) was placed on the DL and CF Esteban Mondolfo (30-R) was recalled. Dallas Eagles (38-35 .521 15 GB in 3rd place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (34-40 .459 16.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) DAL: Hal Kestler (25-R 6-8 3.16) All-Star vs. POR: Bobby Johnson (23-R 5-5 2.73) Kestler is their #1 starter. He beat us once in 2 starts last year. The win was a CG where we only scored 1 run. In the no decision, he went 10 innings. He is 2-7 in his last 10 starts. Johnson only went 6 innings and allowed 3 runs on 9 hits, but got a win anyway. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DALLAS 1: 2B Franklin Teran (24-R .256-90-2-10-.703) 2: SS Sandy Forte (26-R .258-267-3-18-.623) 3: RF Bill Wightman (34-L .255-231-12-38-.825) 4: LF Daniel Alonso (33-L .071-14-0-0-.143) 5: 1B Rick Adkins (33-R .258-244-5-29-.673) 6: CF Bart Stombaugh (28-L .240-125-2-13-.633) 7: 3B Reid Reddick (24-R .095-21-0-0-.269) Rookie 8: C Johnny Kadner (26-R .195-41-0-3-.526) 9: P Hal Kestler (25-R .190-42-0-1-.418) All-Star PORTLAND 1: 3B Rich Cruz (30-R .197-61-1-8-.570) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .326-132-1-7-.748) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .267-90-5-12-.742) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .293-266-20-55-.954) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .279-265-21-60-.917) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .265-272-6-23-.708) 7: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .208-130-1-8-.495) 8: C Rick Mansoor (29-R .233-43-1-3-.617) 9: P Bobby Johnson (23-R .105-38-0-1-.276) Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 16,275 Top of the First: Franklin Teran swings at the first pitch and pops out to center. Sandy Forte grounds out to short. Bill Wightman strikes out on 3 pitches! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Rich Cruz grounds out to 2nd. Jack Hinckley swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to center. Someone claims that I said I did not care for this young man. That is poppycock! How can you not like a fellow hitting .331? A wild pitch sends Hinckley to 2nd. He steals 3rd! Fernando Martinez swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Hinckley scores. 1 to 0, Beavers! Glenn Snowden hits a home run to left center!! 2 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano flies out to right. Bottom of the Second: Shannon Kuchta and Jose Rojas lead off with back to back singles. Rick Mansoor lines out to the pitcher and they double Kuchta off at 2nd.... P Bobby Johnson grounds out to 2nd. Top of the Third: Reid Reddick and Johnny Kadner lead off with back to back singles. P Hal Kestler lays down a bunt, but 3B Rich Cruz charges and makes the play at 3rd, 5-6! Franklin Teran grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!! Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, Bill Wightman grounds a hit to left. Daniel Alonso grounds a double down the right field line and Wightman scores... 2 to 1, Beavers. With 2 outs, Bart Stombaugh beats out an infield hit... P Bobby Johnson picks him off at 1st! Bottom of the Fifth: Rick Mansoor lines a double down the right field line. P Bobby Johns tries to bunt, but pops out to the pitcher. And the next two make outs... Top of the Sixth: With 2 outs, Daniel Alonso draws a walk and then Rick Adkins hits a home run to left center... 3 to 2, Eagles. Bottom of the Sixth: Fernando Martinez beats out an infield hit and Glenn Snowden grounds a hit to left. Fernando Mexicano lines a hit to right and the bases are loaded with no outs. With the infield in, Shannon Kuchta grounds his third hit of the day through the left side and Martinez scores! Tie game: 3 to 3. Juan Rojas grounds into a force at home, 4-2. Rick Mansoor pops out to short. Pinch-hit or not pinch-hit for P Bobby Johnson? Since our Bullpen is so stinky and we do not have a good hitter on the bench anyway, he is allowed to hit. He swings at the first pitch and lines one hard to center, but it is caught... Top of the Seventh: I knew! I knew, yet I let him hit anyway! I am a doofus! With 1 out, backup catcher Johnny Kadner doubles to right center. P Hal Kestler strikes out. We walk Franklin Teran intentionally. Why? He is 1 for 14 against us.... Sandy Forte, who was 1 for 17 against us, is now 2 for 18, since he hits a double to right center, scoring both runners.... 5 to 3, Eagles. The Bullpen is up. Bill Wightman grounds one to short and Juan Rojas throws it away for a 2 base error and another run... 6 to 3, Eagles. Daniel Alonso strikes out. Bottom of the Ninth: P Hal Kestler still on the mound with 110 pitched to his credit. Rick Mansoor works an 8 pitch walk. PH Don Neumann (32-S) grounds a hit to right. That does it for P Kestler. New Pitcher: John Farrance (40-R), their closer with a 3.31 ERA and 10 BB and 37 SO in 35.1 IP. 3B Rick Woodell (31-L) grounds a double down the right field line and Mansoor scores. 6 to 4, Eagles and the tying run is in scoring position with no outs. Jack Hinckley hits a slow roller in the direction of shortstop and gets thrown out, but Neumann scores and Woodell goes to 3rd. 6 to 5, Eagles. The tying run is 90 feet away with 1 out. The infield is in and Fernando Martinez grounds one through the right side and Woodell scores!!! Tie game: 6 to 6! Glenn Snowden pops out to center... 2 outs. Fernando Mexicano swings at the first pitch and lines it into the right field seats!!!!!!! And THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!!! Won - 8 to 6 Our 4th walk-off HR of the season! 2 each by Snowden and Mexicano. We have a team record streak of 11 games in a row with a home run and 4 in a row with multiple home runs! We have hit 20 HR in the 11 games. 7 of those by Mexicano! 5 by Snowden! We had 16 hits and made 1 error Dallas had 11 hits and made no errors Bobby Johnson went 8 innings, allowed 6 runs (5 earned), 11 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 3. Only 104 pitches. RHP Greg Ayers (W 3-1) pitched a perfect inning with 2 strikeouts. Hal Kestler went 8+ innings, gave us 5 runs, 13 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. He threw a WP. RHP John Farrance (L 0-5 BS 3) got 2 outs, gave us 3 runs, 3 hits and 1 home run. PH/3B Rick Woodell hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI in 2 AB. He came to my office yesterday and said that he was a starting player and not a bench player and wanted to know what I had against him. I told him "Absolutely nothing, except your .204 Batting Average and your lack of defensive prowess." LF Fernando Martinez had 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had 4 hits with his 21st home run of the season, which briefly tied him for the League lead with Fernando Mexicano until the 9th inning. Mexicano had 2 hits with his 22nd home run and had 2 RBI. 2B Shannon Kuchta had 3 hits, extending his hitting streak to 11 games, and had an RBI. C Rick Mansoor hit a double, drew a walk and scored a run. PH Don Neumann had a hit and scored a run. For Dallas, 3B Reid Reddick had 3 hits. C Johnny Kadner had 3 hits with a double and scored a run. Down on the Farm: The Vancouver Mounties (A) won their 10th game in a row, beating the Albuquerque Isotopes, 3 to 0. The win puts them in 1st place in the American Association West Division. Rex Williams (25-R) pitched 6 scoreless innings, but got hurt and will miss 6 weeks. |
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June 24, 2002
Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Johnny Scott, C, Atlanta (31-R .256/.323/.348) Had 12 hits (18 AB) with 1 2B, 2 BB, 0 SO, 1 R and 6 RBI in 5 G PCL Player of the Week - Ronaldo Entrevinhas, 3B, Seattle (30-R .285/.327/.517) Had 15 hits with 4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 2 BB, 3 SO, 6 R and 14 RBI (!) in 6 G (2nd career PoW) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) June 17 - RF Duane Bailey (27-R) of New York hit 2 home runs, drew a walk and had 5 RBI at Toronto. The Giants won, 9 to 1. June 18 - C Bruce Jump (33-R) of San Francisco hit a double and a home run an had 5 RBI at Hollywood. The Seals won, 11 to 7. June 19 - C Lou Jernigan (29-L) of Baltimore had 2 hits with a Grand Slam and 5 RBI at Montreal. The Orioles won, 8 to 4. June 20 - 2B Gus McCollum (30-R) went 6 for 6 with 2 doubles, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had an RBI at Milwaukee. He is the first PCL player to have 6 hits in a 9 inning game. C Steve Bone (27-R) had 4 hits with 2 doubles, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI. Steve Meyers (26-R) pitched a 4 hit shutout. He walked 2 and struck out 8. He had a hit and scored a tun. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 8-5 with a 2.94 ERA in 16 starts. The Stars won, 12 to 0, and had 22 hits. June 20 - C Dave Kiehne (27-R) of Minnesota only had 1 hit, a home run, but not a Grand Slam, drew a walk, was hit by a pitch, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at Sacramento. The Twins won, 11 to 5. June 21 - RF Gene Garman (29-L) of Denver hit 2 home runs, drew a walk and had 5 RBI at home versus Seattle. The Bears won, 9 to 1. June 21 - 2B Bruce Webber (25-S) of San Francisco had 4 hits with a double and a home run, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBI at home versus Salt Lake City. The Seals won, 10 to 6. June 21 - 1B Rob Church (27-R) of New York had 3 hits with 2 home runs, including a Grand Slam, drew a walk and had 6 RBI at home versus Miami. He now has 6 HR in only 31 AB on the season! The Giants won, 11 to 2. June 22 - Denny Jennissen (28-R) of Baltimore pitched a 3 hit shutout at St. Louis. He walked 3 and struck out 5. At bat, he had 2 hits and an RBI. He is now 2-3 with a 1.24 ERA in 4 starts (22 G). He was their closer last season (30 SV - 1.97 ERA), but has no saves this season. The Orioles won, 6 to 0. June 23 - RF John Polanski (31-L) of Salt Lake City hit a double and 2 home runs, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBI at San Francisco, but the Bees lost, 8 to 6. June 23 - Bobby Doherty (24-R) of Miami pitched a 5 hit shutout at New York. He walked 2 and struck out 5. He is now 8-7 with a 4.15 ERA in 17 starts. The Marlins won, 2 to 0, and only had 4 hits themselves. June 23 - Manny Lopez (29-R) of Cleveland pitched a 5 hit shutout at Montreal. He walked 1 and struck out 5. He is now 8-6 with a 4.40 ERA in 17 starts. The Indians won, 1 to 0. June 23 - Pete Kinser (29-L) of St. Louis pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Baltimore. He walked 2 and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 8-3 with a 2.05 ERA in 17 starts. The Cardinals won, 6 to 0. June 23 - 1B Tony Pena (34-R) of Chicago hit 2 home runs, including a Grand Slam, drew a walk and had 6 RBI at home versus Philadelphia. The Cubs won, 7 to 3. |
Monday, June 24, 2002
We are in Los Angeles to play the Angels a 2 game set. They beat Houston 3 of 4 here over the weekend. We are 1-6 against them and lost a pair of games the last time we were here, May 20-21. They are 7th in scoring in the PCL with 4.05 runs per game (Portland is up to 9th with 4.03). Our recent surge of home run hitting has put us up to 2nd in the League with 77, only 1 behind Oakland. The Angels are 5th in fewest runs allowed with 3.81 per game (Portland is 8th with 4.19). Their run differential is +18 and ours is -12. Portland Beavers (35-40 .467 16.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) at Los Angeles Angels (40-34 .541 11 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) POR: Frank Flores (23-R 7-4 2.55) Rookie vs. LA: Bob Bader (36-R 2-3 3.83) Flores gave up 4 runs (2 earned) and 8 hits in 5 innings last time out and took a loss. We have never faced Bader before. This will be his first start since May 9th. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: SS Dave Risinger (26-R .235-132-2-12-.598) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .321-137-1-8-.735) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .274-95-5-14-.745) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .303-271-21-56-.976) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .281-270-22-62-.926) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .272-276-6-24-.719) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .276-152-4-18-.760) 8: 3B Rich Cruz (30-R .188-64-1-8-.545) 9: P Frank Flores (23-R .182-33-1-7-.501) Rookie LOS ANGELES 1: 2B Britt Snyder (26-R .274-277-3-21-.700) 2: CF Rodolfo Rosado (25-R .260-219-0-17-.626) Rookie 3: 1B Irv Hill (28-R .279-265-12-40-.786) 4: C Charlie Allen (30-S .260-231-10-32-.829) All-Star 5: RF Bruce Lundvall (36-L .256-199-9-30-.821) 6: LF Dan Hamel (23-R .283-272-5-34-.724) Rookie 7: SS Jorge Prado (31-R .187-241-7-27-.599) 8: 3B Dale Schafer (29-R .233-150-0-20-.577) 9: P Bob Bader (36-R .000-14-0-0-.000) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Angel Stadium Weather: 69 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from center Attendance: 24,817 Top of the First: Dave Risinger taps one in front of the plate and is out, 2-3. Jack Hinckley doubles to left center. And then gets thrown out stealing 3rd... Fernando Martinez swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short. Bottom of the First: Britt Snyder swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! Rodolfo Rosado pops out to 3rd. Irv Hill flies out to left! 1-2-3! Bottom of the Second: Charlie Allen lines a double down the right field line. But the next three make outs! Top of the Third: With 1 out, Rich Cruz lines a hit to right center. P Frank Flores bunts him to 2nd. Dave Risinger lines a hit to center and Cruz scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Risinger gets caught stealing... Top of the Fourth: Jack Hinckley and Fernando Martinez lead off with back to back walks, but the next three make outs... Top of the Fifth: Jim Shippy takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Rich Cruz grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. P Frank Flores bunts Cruz to 2nd. Dave Risinger grounds a hit to center and Cruz scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! Top of the Sixth: With 2 outs, Fernando Mexicano doubles to right center. Shannon Kuchta draws a 4 pitch walk! Jim Shippy grounds a hit up the middle and Mexicano scores! 3 to 0, Beavers! Top of the Eighth: On the Hill: Tony Armendariz (23-R), beginning his second inning of work after a perfect 7th. Fernando Martinez grounds a hit up the middle. Glenn Snowden grounds a double over the 3rd base bag. They walk Fernando Mexicano intentionally to load the bases up with no outs. Shannon Kuchta swings at the first pitch and grounds into a force at home, 6-2. Jim Shippy swings at the first pitch and lines out to center and Martinez tags up and scores and Snowden goes to 3rd. 4 to 0, Beavers! Rich Cruz grounds out to the pitcher. Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Marco Santiago (26-R), a rookie with 1.1 innings of perfectness to his credit. With 1 out, Dave Risinger lines a hit to right center. Jack Hinckley triples to center and Risinger scores! 5 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Martinez grounds a hit to right and Hinckley scores! 6 to 0, Beavers! Won - 6 to 0 We had 12 hits and made no errors Los Angeles had 5 hits and made no errors Our streak of 11 straight games with a home run comes to an end. Frank Flores (W 8-4) went 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 5 hits, no walks and struck out 1. Bob Bader (L 2-4) went 6 innings, gave us 3 runs, 6 hits, 4 walks and struck out no one. SS Dave Risinger had 3 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBI. CF Jack Hinckley hit a double and a triple, drew a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Fernando Martinez had 2 hits and a walk and had an RBI. RF Fernando Mexicano had 2 hits with a double and a walk (INT) and scored a run. C Jim Shippy had a hit and a walk and 2 RBI. 3 Rich Cruz had a hit and scored 2 runs. |
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
Portland Beavers (36-40 .474 16.5 GB tied for 5th place in the PCL West) at Los Angeles Angels (40-35 .533 12 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) POR: Rondey Moe (26-R 1-2 2.85) vs. LA: Sam Henderson (28-R 9-4 2.24) All-Star Moe gave up 2 runs (1 earned) in 5.1 IP last time out in a no decision. Henderson is their #1 starter. He is 2-0 against us in 3 starts and only gave us 2 runs in 7 IP in the no decision. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .248-137-2-14-.619) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .326-141-1-9-.768) 3: LF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .285-274-22-62-.932) 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .301-276-21-56-.970) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: C Jim Shippy (31-R .279-154-4-20-.765) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .268-280-6-24-.711) 7: RF Jose Julio (28-R .255-208-3-20-.633) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .209-134-1-8-.495) 9: P Rondey Moe (26-L .071-14-0-0-.205) LOS ANGELES 1: 2B Britt Snyder (26-R .270-281-3-21-.690) 2: CF Dan Hamel (23-R .284-275-5-34-.724) Rookie 3: 1B Irv Hill (28-R .279-269-12-40-.782) 4: C Charlie Allen (30-S .264-235-10-32-.836) All-Star 5: RF Bruce Lundvall (36-L .252-202-9-30-.810) 6: LF Fernando Vargas (25-L .234-111-0-8-.580) 7: 3B Dave Balkan (26-R .241-112-3-13-.676) 8: SS Dale Schafer (29-R .229-153-0-20-.566) 9: P Sam Henderson (28-L .204-49-2-6-.547) All-Star Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Angel Stadium Weather: 74 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from center Attendance: 22,397 Top of the First: Dave Risinger grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Hinckley lines a hit down the left field line. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Charlie Allen throws the ball away! Fernando Mexicano walks on 4 pitches. Glenn Snowden grounds a hit to right and Hinckley scores and Mexicano goes to 3rd! 1 to 0, Beavers!. Do you remember when Snowden was batting .251? A very hot June and he is now up to .303! Jim Shippy flies out to shallow left and Mexicano holds at 3rd. Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to center and Mexicano scores and Snowden goes to 3rd! 2 to 0, Beavers! We have already matched our high in runs in a game pitched by Sam Henderson! With an 0-2 count on Jose Julio, P Henderson balks home a run! 3 to 0, Beavers! Julio grounds out to short. Bottom of the First: Britt Snyder grounds out to short. Dan Hamel flies out to left. Irv Hill lines out to right! 1-2-3! Top of the Fourth: With 2 outs, Dave Risinger singles and scores on a double by Jack Hinckley! 4 to 0, Beavers! Bottom of the Fourth: With 1 out, Charlie Allen draws a walk. Bruce Lundvall lines the Angels' first hit of the game to right. Fernando Vargas draws a walk to load the bases up with 1 out. Dave Balkan grounds a hit to left and Allen scores. 4 to 1, Beavers. Dale Schafer fouls out to 3rd! P Sam Henderson, with 2 home runs already this season, flies out to center! Top of the Ninth: On the Hill: Aiichi Hagiwara (33-R), beginning his second inning of work after a perfect 8th. Juan Rojas grounds a hit to center. PH Fernando Martinez (27-L) gets beaned. Dave Risinger plops into a force at 2nd, 2-6, and Rojas goes to 3rd. A wild pitch scores Rojas! 5 to 1, Beavers! Won - 5 to 1 Mini-Sweep! We had 9 hits and made no errors Los Angeles had 5 hits and made 2 errors Rondey Moe (W 2-2) went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 4 walks and struck out 6. 118 pitches. RHP David Fuentes pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout. Sam Henderson (L 9-5) went 7 innings, gave us 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 7. 3B Dave Risinger had 2 hits and scored a run. CF Jack Hinckley had 3 more hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. PH Fernando Martinez was hit by a pitch. |
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
We move across town to play the Hollywood Stars a pair of games in an epic battle for 5th place! They just split a pair in San Diego. We are 1-3 against them on the year and this is our first trip to their park. They are 6th in scoring in the PCL with 4.16 runs per game (Portland is 9th with 4.06). Their batters are hitting .273, 2nd best in the League, but they are tied for last in HR with 39. The Stars are tied for 11th in fewest runs allowed with 4.34 per game (Portland is up to 6th with 4.09). Their run differential is -14 and ours is -2. Portland Beavers (37-40 .481 16.5 GB tied for 5th place in the PCL West) at Hollywood Stars (37-40 .481 16.5 GB tied for 5th place in the PCL West) POR: Steve Muir (27-R 6-5 2.59) Gold Glove vs. HOL: Gerry Sullivan (25-R 2-2 3.06 8 SV) Muir only allowed 3 hits, but 3 runs in 6 IP in a no decision last time out. Sullivan started against us once this season and gave us 3 runs (2 earned) in a no decision. He had a save against us earlier in the year when he was their closer. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .254-142-2-14-.625) 2: CF Esteban Mondolfo (30-R .185-27-0-2-.474) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .283-99-5-15-.768) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .304-280-21-57-.970) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .281-278-22-62-.921) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .268-284-6-25-.708) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .272-158-4-20-.747) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .210-138-1-8-.495) 9: P Steve Muir (27-R .083-36-0-2-.167) Gold Glove HOLLYWOOD 1: RF Fred Rambo (25-L .268-257-0-20-.655) 2: 1B Bud Lisk (27-L .241-187-3-12-.645) 3: LF Jose Naranjo (28-R .322-301-9-42-.885) All-Star 4: C Steve Bone (27-R .322-258-9-56-.858) All-Star 5: 2B Gus McCollum (30-R .321-312-0-28-.765) Sprained elbow 6: CF Jerry Suazo (27-L .294-269-0-21-.716) 7: 3B Larry Church (27-L .271-273-12-45-.812) 8: SS Jerry Hatcher (25-R .242-256-4-31-.635) 9: P Gerry Sullivan (25-R .067-15-0-0-.133) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Chase Field Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 18,916 Top of the First: Dave Risinger grounds out to 3rd. Esteban Mondolfo beats out an infield hit. Fernando Martinez grounds out to short and Mondolfo moves up to 2nd. Glenn Snowden grounds out to short. Bottom of the First: Fred Rambo swings at a 3-2 pitch and triples to right center... Bud Lisk grounds out to the pitcher and Rambo holds. Jose Naranjo drives one to deep left and Fernando Martinez makes a great diving catch, but Rambo trots home. 1 to 0, Stars. Steve Bone swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to right. Top of the Second: With 1 out, Shannon Kuchta lines a hit to left. A wild pitch sends him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Juan Rojas grounds a hit to center and Kuchta beats the throw to the plate! Tie game: 1 to 1. Bottom of the Second: With 1 out, Jerry Suazo grounds a hit to right. With 2 outs, Jerry Hatcher grounds a hit up the middle. P Gerry Sullivan, 1 for 17 (.059) in his career with 7 SO, clears the bases with a double to right center... 3 to 1, Stars. Top of the Third: With 2 outs, Fernando Martinez lines a home run to right! 3 to 2, Stars. Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Steve Bone lines a hit to center. Gus McCollum scores him with a double to right center and ends up on 3rd... 4 to 2, Stars. The Bullpen is up. Jerry Suazo swings at a 3-2 pitch and beats out an infield hit and McCollum scores... 5 to 2, Stars. Lost - 5 to 2 We had 6 hits and made no errors Hollywood had 9 hits and made no errors Steve Muir (L 6-6) went 6 innings, allowed 5 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. LHP Chuck Purnell got 1 out and walked 1. RHP Jim Kokos got 3 outs and allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. RHP Garry Ayers got 2 outs and walked 1. Gerry Sullivan (W 3-2) went 8+ innings, gave us 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. He threw a WP. At bat, he hit a double and had 2 RBI. LHP Bob Deetz (SV 9) pitched a perfect 9th. LF Fernando Martinez hit his 21st home run of the season (6 for Portland). C Jim Shippy had a hit and a walk. For Hollywood, CF Jerry Suazo was 3 for 2 with a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. |
Thursday, June 27, 2002
Portland Beavers (37-41 .474 17.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) at Hollywood Stars (38-40 .487 16.5 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) POR: Joe Hoehn (27-R 1-3 7.52) Rookie vs. HOL: Oscar Rios (32-L 2-6 5.13 1 SV) Hoehn got his 1st win as a Beaver last time out, with 2 runs allowed in 6 IP. Rios started against us once this season and gave us 3 runs in 8 IP and got a win. This is his first start since May 25. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .247-146-2-14-.608) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .333-147-1-10-.784) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .282-103-6-16-.787) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .303-284-21-57-.964) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .267-288-6-25-.705) 6: C Rick Mansoor (29-R .239-46-1-3-.656) 7: RF Jose Julio (28-R .250-212-3-20-.622) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .214-140-1-9-.502) 9: P Joe Hoehn (27-R .429-7-0-0-.857) Rookie HOLLYWOOD 1: RF Fred Rambo (25-L .268-261-0-20-.660) 2: 1B Bud Lisk (27-L .237-190-3-12-.638) 3: LF Jose Naranjo (28-R .319-304-9-43-.876) All-Star 4: C Steve Bone (27-R .321-262-9-56-.853) All-Star 5: 2B Gus McCollum (30-R .323-316-0-29-.775) Sprained elbow 6: CF Jerry Suazo (27-L .301-272-0-22-.732) 7: 3B Larry Church (27-L .267-277-12-45-.801) 8: SS Jerry Hatcher (25-R .244-258-4-31-.640) 9: P Oscar Rios (32-L .167-12-0-1-.333) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Chase Field Weather: 66 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing right to left Attendance: 18,710 Top of the First: Dave Risinger beats out an infield hit. Jack Hinckley grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Fernando Martinez pops out to left. Glenn Snowden lines a hit to right. He now has a 14 game hitting streak. Shannon Kuchta grounds out to short. Bottom of the First: Fred Rambo takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... P Joe Hoehn's one calling card his good control, but he is now walking 3.1 per 9 innings for the Beavers, over twice his minor league rate... Rambo gets caught stealing! Bud Lisk grounds a hit to right. Jose Naranjo dinks a hit to center and Lisk beats the throw to 3rd. Steve Bone swings at the first pitch and plunks one in front of the plate and we get the force at 2nd, 2-4, and Lisk holds at 3rd. 2 outs. Gus McCollum swings at the first pitch and fouls out to 3rd! Top of the Second: Rick Mansoor grounds a double down the right field line! But the next three all make outs... Top of the Third: Dave Risinger and Jack Hinckley lead off with back to back hits. With 1 out, we pull off a double steal so they can walk Glenn Snowden... But they decide to pitch to him and he fouls out to 1st... Shannon Kuchta puts a charge into one to left, but it is caught just short of the warning track... Will we ever be able to score runs off this crappy pitcher in this great hitter's park? Bottom of the Third: P Oscar Rios bounces one back to the mound, but 1B Glenn Snowden drops the throw... Error #11... Fred Rambo beats out an infield hit. Bud Lisk grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and P Rios goes to 3rd. Jose Naranjo strikes out!! Steve Bone lines a hit to center and P Rios scores. 1 to 0, Stars. Top of the Seventh: Jose Julio grounds a hit to left and steals 2nd. With 1 out, PH Don Neumann (32-S) draws a walk. Dave Risinger beats out an infield hit to load the bases up. Jack Hinckley flies out to right and Julio heads home, but gets thrown out by Fred Rambo.... And still no runs... Top of the Ninth: P Oscar Rios is at 107 pitches. We go down 1-2-3.... Lost - 1 to 0 Mini-swept... We had 8 hits and made 1 error Hollywood had 6 hits and made no errors Joe Hoehn (L 1-4) went 6 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5. His best game as a Beaver, but for naught. LP Chuck Purnell went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and 2 walks. RP Roy Huls went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk and struck out 1. Oscar Rios (W 3-6) went 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit and scored the only run of the game. 3B Dave Risinger had 3 hits and stole a base. C Rick Mansoor hit a double. P Don Neumann drew a walk. |
Friday, June 28, 2002
We are back home and will stay here until July 14! The rampaging San Francisco Seals are here to play a 3 game series over the weekend. They just won a pair of games at home against the Oaks and have a 9 game winning streak going with not one of the games being a 1 run victory. They are 19-5 (.792) in June. We are 0-4 against them on the season. They swept us in 4 games right here, April 25-28. The Seals are leading the PCL in scoring with 4.86 runs per game (Portland is 9th with 3.99). They are 4th in fewest runs allowed with 3.77 per game (Portland is 6th with 4.06). Their run differential is +85 and ours is -6. San Francisco Seals (55-23 .705 in 1st place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (37-42 .468 18.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) SF: Shelly Thompson (36-R 3-2 4.14 1 SV) vs. POR: Bobby Johnson (23-R 5-5 2.92) We have never faced Thompson before. He gave up 5 R in 2.2 IP last time out. The Seals have 3 SP in the DL right now. Johnson allowed 6 runs (5 earned) in 8 IP last time out in a no decision. He has a 4.14 ERA in June so far. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN FRANCISCO 1: RF Jerry Serrano (28-R .310-326-9-27-.789) 2: 3B Brian Dube (28-R .243-309-4-25-.610) 3: CF Clay Laurence (23-R .316-316-10-51-.883) Silver Slugger/Gold Glove 4: LF Dave McDowell (31-R .316-288-20-67-1.038) MVP 5: 2B Bill Webber (25-S .320-306-12-64-.875) Silver Slugger 6: 1B Mike Sorrel (26-L .273-256-6-31-.773) 7: C Bruce Jump (33-R .224-232-7-33-.668) 8: SS George Cowles (29-R .262-282-0-26-.617) 9: P Shelly Thompson (36-L .067-15-0-0-.133) PORTLAND 1: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .260-150-2-14-.631) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .331-151-1-10-.777) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .271-107-6-16-.758) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .302-288-21-57-.958) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .277-282-22-62-.909) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .264-292-6-25-.696) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .273-161-4-20-.749) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .215-144-1-9-.502) 9: P Bobby Johnson (23-R .098-41-0-1-.257) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 20,008 First 20,000+ plus crowd ever, outside of Opening Day! Top of the First: Jerry Serrano flies out to the warning track in center. Brian Dube grounds a hit to right. He tries to steal, but we have a pitchout on and he is out by a mile! Clay Laurence strikes out! Bottom of the First: Dave Risinger grounds a hit to left. Jack Hinckley lines out hard to right. Fernando Martinez grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Glenn Snowden lines a hit to center and Martinez goes to 3rd. Snowden's hitting streak reaches 15 games. Fernando Mexicano swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to deep right. Top of the Third: Bruce Jump doubles down the right field line. He goes to 3rd on a ground out to 1st, unassisted, by George Cowles. P Shelly Thompson flies out to deep center and and Jack Hinckley had to make a long run to get the ball. Jump tags up and trots home. 1 to 0, Seals. Bottom of the Third: Dave Risinger grounds a hit to center. With 2 outs, Glenn Snowden crushes one 455 ft. to left center!! 2 to 1, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano swings at the very next pitch and crushes one that dribbles to the pitcher.... Top of the Fifth: With 1 out, Mike Sorrel lines a hit to center. Bruce Jump jumps on one and hits a home run to left... 3 to 2, Seals. Bottom of the Fifth: P Bobby Johnson connects with an 0-2 pitch and doubles to right center! Dave Risinger swings at the first pitch and grounds out to the pitcher and P Johnson goes to 3rd. Jack Hinckley, who has two very loud outs so far, squibs one towards short and beats out an infield hit and P Johnson scores! Tie game: 3 to 3. Top of the Sixth: Brian Dube leads off with a no doubt home run to left center... 4 to 3, Seals. P Bobby Johnson has not been very tough to hit in the last few games... The Seals' 3-4-5 hitters, all Silver Sluggers or MVP's are 0 for 9... Dube and Jump, definitely NOT Silver Sluggers are 4 for 5 with a double and 2 home runs... Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Garry Ayers (29-R). With 2 outs, George Cowles draws a walk. PH Mike Hopkins (39-R), batting .184 with 2 HR in 39 AB, doubles to left center and Cowles scores... 5 to 3, Seals. Our Bullpen is beyond belief.... Most of these guys had good years last year! What gives? Bottom of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Dan Robinson (37-L), a rookie, believe it our not, with 3.2 IP under his belt with 1 run allowed. Dave Risinger grounds a hit to left. Jack Hinckley grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Fernando Martinez grounds a hit to right and Hinckley goes to 3rd. Glenn Snowden pops out to shallow center and the runners hold... Fernando Mexicano pops out to short.... Fuzzy whats... Lost - 5 to 3 We had 10 hits and made no errors San Francisco had 9 hits and made no errors The Seals have now won 10 in a row... Bobby Johnson (L 5-6) went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs, 5 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 4. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run. RHP Garry Ayers went 1.2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. RHP Roy Huls went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2. Shelly Thompson (W 4-2) went 6 innings, gave us 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3. At bat, he hit a SF. RHP Duane Paxton (SV 20) pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 1 walk and struck out 1. 3B Dave Risinger had 3 hits and scored a run. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 hits with his 22nd home run of the season, drew a walk and had 2 RBI. SS Juan Rojas had 2 hits. PH Don Neumann drew a walk. San Francisco has 4 hitters hitting over .300 in their lineup. Those 4 were 1 for 17 today. The other 4 were 6 for 14 with 2 doubles and 2 HR... |
Saturday, June 29, 2002
Mathematically, this will be the last game of the first half, so I will post the monthly stats of the Beavers a bit early so we can have a permanent record of their first half performance. San Francisco Seals (56-23 .709 in 1st place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (37-43 .463 19.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) SF: Mike Bennett (31-L 9-2 3.17) vs. POR: Frank Flores (23-R 8-4 2.35) Rookie Bennett is their #1 starter and was acquired in a trade with Los Angeles this past winter. We seem to be catching a lot of #1 starters of late... He has made one start against us this season and had a no decision and gave us 3 runs in 6 IP. Flores pitched a 5 hit shutout last time out. He is currently 5th in the PCL in ERA. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN FRANCISCO 1: SS George Cowles (29-R .264-284-0-26-.627) 2: LF Al Rowley (27-R .261-46-0-4-.594) Rookie 3: CF Clay Laurence (23-R .313-320-10-51-.872) Silver Slugger/Gold Glove 4: 2B Bill Webber (25-S .316-310-12-64-.864) Silver Slugger 5: 1B Mike Sorrel (26-L .273-260-6-31-.770) 6: C Bruce Jump (33-R .229-236-8-35-.691) 7: 3B Antonio Vigil (35-R .244-45-3-11-.772) 8: RF Ricardo Jimenez (31-L .225-40-0-4-.655) 9: P Mike Bennett (31-L .143-28-0-0-.286) PORTLAND 1: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .271-155-2-14-.649) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .327-156-1-11-.765) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .268-112-6-16-.743) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .306-291-22-59-.973) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .273-286-22-62-.897) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .260-296-6-25-.687) 7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .267-165-4-20-.732) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .223-148-1-9-.515) 9: P Frank Flores (23-R .171-35-1-7-.473) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 17,410 Top of the First: George Cowles lines out to 1st, Glenn Snowden making a nice catch. Al Rowley grounds out to 2nd. Clay Laurence grounds out to short! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Dave Risinger lines a hit to center. Jack Hinckley beats out an infield hit. We pull off a double steal! Fernando Martinez beats out an infield hit and Risinger scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Glenn Snowden grounds a hit to left and Hinckley scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! Snowden's hitting streak is at 16 games. Fernando Mexicano draws a walk to load them up with no outs! Shannon Kuchta lines out to center and Martinez gets thrown out at the plate for a double play... Snowden and Mexicano advance. Jim Shippy swings at the first pitch and doubles down the right field line! 2 runs score! 4 to 0, Beavers! Juan Rojas grounds a hit to right and Shippy scores! 5 to 0, Beavers! P Frank Flores grounds out to the pitcher. Top of the Second: Now, it's our turn to suffer... With 1 out, Mike Sorrel, Bruce Jump and Antonio Vigil all single to load the bases up. Ricardo Jimenez grounds out to the pitcher and we get the force at home, 1-2. P Mike Bennett grounds one to 3rd and Dave Risinger boots it and Sorrel scores. 5 to 1, Beavers. George Cowles takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in a run... 5 to 2, Beavers. Al Rowley lines out hard to center. Top of the Third: Clay Laurence lines a hit to left, but gets caught stealing. Bill Webber takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and steals 2nd. With 2 outs, that thorn in our side, Bruce Jump, grounds a 3-2 pitch up the middle for a hit and Webber scores. 5 to 3, Beavers. Bottom of the Fourth: Jim Shippy leads off with a double to center. That does it for P Mike Bennett. New Pitcher: Bob Gallucci (28-R) with a 1.80 ERA in 15 IP. He gets 3 outs in a row... Top of the Fifth: Al Rowley leads off with a double to right center... The Bullpen is up. With 1 out, Bill Webber beats out an infield hit. Mike Sorrel grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Rowley scores. 5 to 4, Beavers. Bruce Jump, that prickly thorn, strikes out! Bottom of the Fifth: With 2 outs, Glenn Snowden hits one 432 ft, to left center! 6 to 4, Beavers! Bottom of the Sixth: New Pitcher: Jim Steele (37-R) with a 1.26 ERA in 43 IP. With 2 outs, Juan Rojas reaches on a 2 base throwing error by SS George Cowles. PH Rick Woodell (31-L) grounds a hit to left and Rojas scores! 7 to 4, Beavers! Top of the Eighth: On the Hill: David Fuentes (25-R), beginning his second inning of work after a perfect 7th where he retired their 3-4-5 hitters. With 1 out, Antonio Vigil grounds a hit to right. Ricardo Jimenez doubles down the right field line. And the tying run comes to the plate in the person of reigning MVP, PH Dave McDowell (31-R). He is NOT walked, as I anticipated, but lines a 2-2 pitch down the right field line for a double and both runners score... 7 to 6, Beavers. But does anyone think that our Bullpen can hold them scoreless for 5 more outs? Call to the Bullpen: Jim Kokos (28-R). George Cowles swings at the first pitch and pops out to left! Al Rowley nuns one in front of the plate and C Jim Shippy field it and throws the ball down the right field line for a 2 base error and McDowell scores... Tie game: 7 to 7. Now, the thing with P Jim Kokos is that he is okay against right-handed batters, but lefties give him all kinds of trouble... So we sensibly walk Clay Laurence (23-R) intentionally to face Bill Webber (25-S)..... That bonehead move forces me to the Bullpen again: Roy Huls (21-R), who is not fresh at all, but is the only option who has a chance to retire Webber... 3-2 pitch on the way and Webber takes it for ball 4 to load the bases up....Call to the Bullpen: Chuck Purnell (26-L) to face Mike Sorrel... Sorrel swings at a 1-2 pitch and lines it to center for a hit.... Jack Hinckley overruns the ball for an error and 2 more runs are in.... 9 to 7, Seals. Call to the Bullpen: Jennings Sims (29-R), who will have to get 4 more outs, come what may.... Don Neumann (32-S) is in to play left in a double switch. Fernando Martinez moves to right. Bruce Jump grounds out to 3rd. Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Bo Travis (30-L) with a 2.21 ERA in 20.1 IP. Shannon Kuchta swings at an 0-2 pitch and hits it high and deep to left.... Al Rowley at the wall, but it clears the fence! 9 to 8, Seals. Jim Shippy draws a walk. PH Jose Julio (28-R) grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-4. Don Neumann grounds a hit up the middle. Dave Risinger grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.... Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Duane Paxton (28-R), their closer with a 2.09 ERA in 43.2 IP. He picked up a save yesterday. Jack Hinckley strikes out. Fernando Martinez grounds a hit to center. Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to left center! Martinez rounds 3rd and heads home....safe! Tie game: 9 to 9. Now, we have to win it here or we lose in extra innings with only P Jennings Sims left... And he is up to bat.... There is only Rick Mansoor (29-R) and Esteban Mondolfo (30-R) left on the bench.... If I pinch hit and we fail to score, we have only tired pitchers to put out there... Of course, Sims is not tired yet, but they have their 3-4-5 Murderer's Row coming up and the odds of him getting them out without allowing a run is very low... PH Esteban Mondolfo (30-R) is sent to the plate...He swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short... 2 outs. They walk Shannon Kuchta intentionally to face Jim Shippy. He swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses.... Extras! Top of the Tenth: New Pitcher: Garry Ayers (29-R), who threw 39 pitches yesterday. Sorry, Garry. 3-4-5 hitter up for them.... They go down 1-2-3!!!! Bottom of the Tenth: New Pitcher: Dan Robinson (37-L), the ancient rookie. He pitched 2 scoreless innings yesterday and is not fresh, either, but fresher than Ayers was. With 1 out, 3B Rich Cruz (30-R) lines a hit to right. But the next two make outs... Top of the Eleventh: With 1 out, Antonio Vigil doubles down the right field line... With 2 outs, PH Mike Hopkins (39-R), a .205 hitter, is walked intentionally. George Cowles grounds one up the middle that looks like a hit, but SS Dave Risinger snares it and flips to 2nd to get the force out!!! Bottom of the Eleventh: New Pitcher: Dick McKinster (36-R) with a 2.12 ERA in 34 IP. He is fresh as a daisy. He's the last reliever in their Pen, though. We go down in order... Martinez and Snowden both made outs and we let P Garry Ayers end the inning... Top of the Twelfth: Which of course means, he gives up runs in this inning... But they go down in order, including Laurence and Webber!!!! Bottom of the Twelfth: Please, score! With 2 outs, Jose Julio lines a hit to center. He steals 2nd. But Rich Cruz grounds out to 2nd... Top of the Thirteenth: We have to pull P Garry Ayers, as he is gassed. New Pitcher: Rondey Moe (26-R), who was scheduled to start tomorrow's game. Rick Mansoor, the last player on our bench, is in to catch in a double switch. Mike Sorrel leads off with a double down the left field line.... Bruce Jump, that old thorn, drives one to the wall in center where jack Hinckley makes a leaping catch, but Sorrel moves to 3rd. Antonio Vigil walks. Ricardo Jimenez lays down a bunt and the squeeze is on. P Moe fields the ball and fires it to C Mansoor, but too late... 10 to 9, Seals. And runners are on 1st and 2nd. P Dick McKinster bunts them over. 2 outs. George Cowles pops out to 3rd. Bottom of the Thirteenth: Top of our order is up. With 1 out, Jack Hinckley lines a hit to right center. Fernando Martinez flies out to left. Glenn Snowden lines a hit to right and Hinckley goes to 3rd. And now all of our hopes ride on a minor league catcher who hit .234 in A ball last year....Rick Mansoor draws a walk to load the bases up. That brings up Shannon Kuchta. The odds of him walking are pretty slim, since he only has 18 in the season and 4 of those were intentional. He swings at the first pitch and pops out to center.... Lost - 10 to 9 11 game winning streak for the Seals now... 4 game losing streak for us. We had 18 hits and made 3 errors San Francisco had 16 hits and made 1 error We used 8 pitchers which ties our record. Frank Flores went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs (2 earned), 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. RHP David Fuentes (H 2) went 1.1 innings, allowed 3 runs (2 earned), 3 hits and struck out 1. How you can get a Hold while allowing 3 runs, is pretty stupid... RHP Jim Kokos (BS 1) got 1 out, allowed 2 unearned runs and 1 walk (INT). He did not blow the Save; 3B Dave Risinger blew the Save... RHP Roy Huls faced 1 batter and walked him. LHP Chuck Purnell faced 1 batter and allowed a hit. RHP Jennings Sims went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 2. RHP Garry Ayers, in a heroic effort, went 3 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 2. RHP Rondey Moe (L 2-3) went 1 inning, allowed 1 run, 1 hit and 1 walk. Mike Bennett went 3+ innings, gave us 5 runs, 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. RHP Dick McKinster (W 3-1) went 3 scoreless innings, gave us 3 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. CF Jack Hinckley had 3 hits, stole a base and scored a run. LF/RF Fernando Martinez had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden had 4 hits with a double and his League leading 23rd home run of the season, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. C Rick Mansoor drew a walk in his only appearance. 2B Shannon Kuchta hit his 7th home run and drew a walk (INT). C Jim Shippy hit 2 doubles, drew a walk, scored a run and had 2 RBI. PH Rick Woodell had a hit and an RBI. LF Don Neumann had a hit in his only AB. 3B Rich Cruz was 1 for 2. For San Francisco, 1B Mike Sorrel had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had 3 RBI. 3B Antonio Vigil had 4 hits with a double and a walk and scored 2 runs. |
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Sunday, June 30, 2002
San Francisco Seals (57-23 .713 in 1st place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (37-44 .457 20.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) SF: Roy Colburn (30-R 4-0 3.19 1 SV) vs. POR: Steve Muir (27-R 6-6 2.85) Gold Glove This will only be Colburn's 2nd start of the season. He allowed 2 runs in 6.2 IP in his 1st and got a win. We have never faced him in relief either. Muir is pitching on short rest. He gave up 5 runs in 6 IP his last time out and has allowed 16 R (13 ER) in his last 14 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN FRANCISCO 1: RF Jerry Serrano (27-R .304-332-9-27-.775) 2: 3B Brian Dube (26-R .246-313-5-26-.626) 3: CF Clay Laurence (23-R .310-326-10-51-.865) Silver Slugger/Gold Glove 4: LF Dave McDowell (31-R .317-293-20-69-1.038) MVP 5: 2B Bill Webber (25-S .314-315-12-64-.860) Silver Slugger 6: 1B Mike Sorrel (26-L .277-267-6-34-.775) 7: SS George Cowles (29-R .261-291-0-27-.622) 8: C Alex Rivera (32-R .250-64-0-6-.658) 9: P Roy Colburn (30-R .000-3-0-0-.000) PORTLAND 1: 3B Dave Risinger (26-R .265-162-2-14-.633) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .331-163-1-11-.769) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .269-119-6-17-.733) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .312-298-23-62-.990) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .270-289-22-62-.890) 6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .258-302-7-26-.692) 7: C Rick Mansoor (29-R .240-50-1-3-.676) 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .225-151-1-10-.518) 9: P Steve Muir (27-R .079-38-0-2-.158) Gold Glove Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 17,195 Top of the First: Jerry Serrano swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Brian Dube grounds out to 3rd. Clay Laurence flies out to deep center! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Dave Risinger lines a hit to right. Jack Hinckley pops out to left. Fernando Martinez lines out to deep center and Risinger tags up at 1st and moves to 2nd. Glenn Snowden hits a home run to left!! 2 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano grounds a hit to right. Mexicano steals 2nd, his first theft of the year! Shannon Kuchta strikes out on 3 pitches... Top of the Second: With 1 out, Bill Webber singles and goes to 3rd on a hit by Mike Sorrel. George Cowles grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!! 3B Dave Risinger is getting a workout! He has accounted for 5 of the 6 outs so far. Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Shannon Kuchta singles and then Rock Mansoor grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, but Kuchta is injured breaking up the double play... Rich Cruz will go in to play 3rd and Dave Risinger will move to 2nd. Juan Rojas grounds a hit to right and Mansoor beats the throw to 3rd. P Steve Muir grounds a hit to left and Mansoor scores! 3 to 0, Beavers! Dave Risinger grounds a hit to right and the bases are loaded with 2 outs. Jack Hinckley clears the bases with a grounder over the 3rd base bag that goes all the way to the wall! A double, but he ends up at 3rd! 6 to 0, Beavers! That does it for P Roy Colburn. New Pitcher: Bob Gallucci (28-R) with a 2.12 ERA in 17 IP. We scored a run in 2 IP off him yesterday. Fernando Martinez grounds out to short... Won - 6 to 0 We end the Seals' 11 game winning streak! P Steve Muir pitches a shutout on short rest! We had 11 hits and made no errors San Francisco had 6 hits and made no errors Steve Muir (W 7-6) went 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 6 hits, no walks and struck out 3. 96 pitches. At bat, he had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI. Roy Colburn (L 4-1) went 5.2 innings, gave us 6 runs, 11 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 1. 3B/2B Dave Risinger had 2 hits and scored 2 runs. CF Jack Hinckley hit a double and had 3 RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden hit his League leading 24th home run of the season, drew a walk and had 2 RBI. He now has a 17 game hitting streak. And 3 straight games with a HR! RF Fernando Mexicano had a hit and a walk and stole his 1st base of the season. C Rick Mansoor had a hit and a walk and scored a run. SS Juan Rojas had 2 hits with a double and a walk (his 2nd unintentional BB of the season) and scored a run. Trudy the Trainer's report on Shannon Kuchta is a torn thumb ligament that will keep him out about 5 weeks. That is not good. |
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July 1, 2002
Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Buddy Jacobson, CF, Philadelphia (25-L .280/.350/.422) Had 14 hits with 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 4 SO, 2 SB, 0 CS, 4 R and 6 RBI in 7 G PCL Player of the Week - Glenn Snowden, 1B, Portland (25-R .312/.381/.618) Had 12 hits with 2 2B, 3 HR, 2 BB, 1 SO, 6 R and 8 RBI in 7 G (2nd career PoW) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) June 25 - Minnesota lost 3B Larry Murphy (22-R) for the season with a torn ACL. He was hitting .282 with 4 HR and 31 RBI, a .397 OBP and 22 SB. He was my #1 trade target for this winter... He led the PCL in walks (130) and OBP (.420) last year and stole 40 bases June 25 - 3B Antonio Flores (26-L) of Milwaukee had 2 hits with a home run and 5 RBI at home versus San Antonio. The Brewers won, 6 to 3. June 25 - CF Clay Laurence (23-R) of San Francisco hit for the Cycle, scored three tuns and had 4 RBI at home versus Sacramento. It is the first Cycle in the Majors this season. The Seals won, 12 to 2. June 26 - Graham Pethel (25-R) of Kansas City pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Houston. He walked 1 and struck out 3. 94 pitches thrown. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 9-7 with a 2.79 ERA in 18 starts. The Royals won, 4 to 0. June 26 - 2B Britt Snyder went 5 for 7 with a double, stole a base and scored 2 runs at home versus San Diego, but the Angels lost, 6 to 3, in 14 innings. June 27 - San Antonio lost All-Star C Jeff Parrish (28-S) for the season with a broken kneecap. He was only batting .179 with 4 HR and 21 EBI. 9 XB after hitting 44 last year. 71 SO in 246 AB this year. June 27 - Danny Colon (32-L) of Seattle pitched a 5 hit shutout at Sacramento. He walked 1 and struck out 1. 93 pitches thrown. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 4-5 with a 4.13 ERA in 13 starts. The Rainiers won, 1 to 0. June 27 - RF Harry Sheffield (24-R) of Chicago had 4 hits with 2 triples, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBI at Detroit. The Cubs won, 9 to 1. June 28 - Darrell Wann (31-R) of Denver pitched a 2 hit shutout at Milwaukee. He walked 3 and struck out 3. He is now 3-9 with a 4.46 ERA in 18 starts. The Bears won, 2 to 0, and only had 5 hits themselves. June 28 - Hal Kestler (25-R) of Dallas pitched a 4 hit shutout at Salt Lake City. He walked 1 and struck out 4. At bat, he was 1 for 1 with a double, scored a run, had an RBI and also had 3 SH. It is his 3rd shutout of the season. He is now 7-8 with a 3.10 ERA in 18 starts. He was 20-7 with a 2.49 ERA last year. The Eagles won, 4 to 0. June 28 - Vinny Martinez (32-L) of Montreal pitched a 1 hit shutout at New York. He walked 5 and struck out 4. The hit was a leadoff single in the 9th. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 4-5 with a 3.52 ERA in 18 starts. The Expos won, 4 to 0. June 28 - LF Steve Ward (32-R) of Toronto went 5 for 7with a home run, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI at Baltimore. The Blue Jays won, 8 to 7, in 13 innings on Ward's HR. June 28 - CF Buddy Jacobson (25-L) of Philadelphia went 5 for 5 with a double, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI at Boston, but the Phillies lost, 12 to 8. June 28 - Rookie LF Pedro Castaneda (23-L) of Pittsburgh had 2 hits with a Grand Slam, drew a walk, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at Cincinnati. The Pirates won, 15 to 3, with a 10 run 5th. June 28 - RF Bob Stout (30-R) of Detroit went 5 for 5 with a double, scored 3 runs and had an RBI at St. Louis. The Tigers won, 9 to 8. June 29 - Charlie Mabry (29-R) of Toronto pitched a 5 hit shutout at Baltimore. He walked 2 and struck out 4. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 4-8 with a 5.19 ERA in 15 starts. The Blue Jays won, 2 to 0, and only had 5 hits themselves. June 30 - George Wiedemann (25-R) of Kansas City pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus San Antonio. He did not walk a batter and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 7-4 with a 3.22 ERA in 15 starts. The Royals won, 3 to 0. June 30 - Sam Henderson (28-R) of Los Angeles pitched a 3 hit shutout at Sacramento. He walked 3 and struck out 1. 96 pitches thrown. At bat, he had a hit. It is his 3rd shutout of the season. He is now 10-5 with a 2.24 ERA in 19 starts. The Angels won, 3 to 0. June 30 - The Hollywood Stars won at Seattle, 5 to 4, in 19 innings. Each team scored a run in the 10th. Brad Daniels (31-R) earned the win with 5 shutout innings of relief. June 30 - Brian Nordmann (27-R) of New York pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Montreal. He walked 1 and struck out 6. 95 pitches thrown. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 9-3 with a 2.62 ERA in 18 starts. The Giants won, 8 to 0. June 30 - In his 17th start, of the season, Gary Trader (31-R) of Cincinnati got his 1st win of the year. He held Pittsburgh to 1 hit in a CG in Cincinnati, but sill managed to give up a run. He walked 3 and struck out 7. He retired the 1st 12 batters of the game. He walked the leadoff batter in the 4th, but a line drive double play erased the runner. The next batter singled for the only hit of the game. He is now 1-8 with a 5.38 ERA. The Reds won, 8 to 1. |
Monthly Awards for June, 2002
NL Player of the Month: Steve Ward, lf, Toronto (32-R) .396/.431/.623 106 AB, 7 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 7 BB, 6 SO, 1 SB, 0 CS, 19 R, 17 RBI in 27 G (26 GS) (2nd straight PoM) NL Pitcher of the Month: Brian Nordmann, rhp, New York (27-R) 5-0 1.10 ERA 6 GS, 49 IP, 25 H, 0 HR, 12 BB, 42 SO NL Rookie of the Month: Glen Hebert, rhp, Brooklyn (24-R) 3-1 3.44 ERA 5 GS 34 IP 29 H 3 HR 24 BB 18 SO PCL Player of the Month: Glenn Snowden, 1b, Portland (25-R) .425/.470/.811 106 AB, 6 2b, 1 3b, 11 HR (!), 9 BB, 8 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 25 R, 31 RBI (!) in 27 G (25 GS) PCL Pitcher of the Month: Al Johnson, rhp, Kansas City (21-R) 6-0 1.91 ERA 6 GS, 47 IP, 36 H, 1 HR, 8 BB, 23 SO (2nd PoM this season; 3rd career) (Worst monthly ERA of the season!) PCL Rookie of the Month: Frank Flores, rhp, Portland (23-R) 3-1 2.03 ERA 6 GS, 44.1 IP, 44 H, 2 HR, 9 BB, 13 SO (2nd RoM) Monthly Awards for May, 2002 NL Player of the Month: Steve Ward, lf, Toronto (32-R) .400/.453/.629 105 AB, 3 2B, 0 3B, 7 HR, 11 BB, 5 SO, 0 SB, 0 CS, 26 R, 27 RBI in 28 G (26 GS) NL Pitcher of the Month: Billy Fritts, lhp, New York (28-L) 5-1 2.38 ERA 6 GS, 45.1 IP, 43 H, 1 HR, 14 BB, 38 SO (3rd career PoM) NL Rookie of the Month: Jim Haulk, rhp, St. Louis (29-R) 3-1 3.83 ERA 6 GS 44.2 IP 46 H 3 HR 15 BB 27 SO (Was 0-5 with an 8.13 ERA in April) PCL Player of the Month: Russ Jimenez, 2b, Houston (31-R) .369/.443/.621 103 AB, 6 2b, 1 3b, 6 HR, 15 BB, 9 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS, 21 R, 19 RBI in 28 G (27 GS) PCL Pitcher of the Month: Tim Willcox, rhp, Dallas (30-R) 6-0 0.86 ERA 6 GS, 52.1 IP, 34 H, 2 HR, 7 BB, 39 SO PCL Rookie of the Month: Craig Raposo, rhp, Hollywood (24-R) 4-0 3.28 ERA 6 GS, 46.2 IP, 40 H, 4 HR, 13 BB, 41 SO Monthly Awards for April, 2002 NL Player of the Month: Jim Wagner, lf, Washington (25-S) .348/.512/.629 89 AB, 5 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 31 BB (!!), 10 SO, 2 SB, 0 CS, 20 R, 16 RBI in 26 G NL Pitcher of the Month: George Cann, lhp, Washington (24-L) 4-0 1.64 ERA 6 GS, 44 IP, 33 H, 2 HR, 15 BB, 27 SO NL Rookie of the Month: Luis Aranda, lhp, Cleveland (24-L) 2-1 2.93 ERA 6 GS 43 IP 48 H 4 HR 20 BB 26 SO PCL Player of the Month: Steve Hermanson, 2b, Milwaukee (24-S) .363/.431/.598 102 AB, 7 2b, 1 3b, 5 HR, 13 BB, 11 SO, 5 SB, 4 CS, 20 R, 17 RBI in 24 G PCL Pitcher of the Month: Al Johnson, rhp, Kansas City (21-R) 5-1 1.70 ERA 6 GS, 47.2 IP, 31 H, 3 HR, 7 BB, 33 SO (2nd career PoM) PCL Rookie of the Month: Frank Flores, rhp, Portland (23-R) 3-2 2.25 ERA 5 GS, 36 IP, 22 H, 2 HR, 11 BB, 13 SO If I had noticed at the time that P Al Johnson was 7 ft. tall, I would have traded for him instead of Bobby Johnson.... I definitely went for the wrong Johnson.... |
Monday, July 1, 2002
I was planning on waiting until the All-Star break to reevaluate our roster and make extensive changes, but the injury to 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R) in yesterday's game means I have to figure out what to do about 2nd base right now, so I decided to go ahead and figure out what to do about everybody today on our off day. Kuchta was put on the DL. P David Fuentes (25-R) and P Chuck Purnell (26-L) were sent to Vancouver (A). P Rich Larkin (22-R), P Mike Wagner (30-R) and LF Kim Springer (21-L) were recalled. Springer, sent down because of excessive errors, has only made 1 in 28 games for the Mounties. I would like to send 1B Rick Woodell (31-L) to Vancouver, but he refuses. Juan Rojas (23-S) will move to 2nd, Dave Risinger (26-R) will move to short and Fernando Mexicano (21-L) will move back to 3rd to make some more errors.... Springer will start in left against right-handers with Fernando Martinez (27-L) moving to right (where he is less than ideal). Against lefties, Jose Julio (28-R) will play right. |
Tuesday, July 2, 2002
The Sacramento Solons are in town to play a short 2 game set. They were swept in 3 games at home by the Angels over the weekend and are 3-14 in their last 17 games. All-Star and Gold Glove 2B Jim Holberton (24-L) will miss this series. We are 5-2 against them on the season and split 2 games the last time they were here, a couple of weeks ago. They are last in the PCL in scoring with 3.57 runs per game (Portland is tied for 7th with 4.06). The Solons are 6th in fewest runs allowed with 4.07 (Portland is 7th with 4.10). Their run differential is -41 and ours is -3. Sacramento Solons (34-47 .420 23 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (38-44 .463 19.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) SAC: Ellis Collier (28-R 6-3 3.67) vs. POR: Rondey Moe (26-R 2-3 2.72) Collier is their #1 starter. We have not faced him this season. We faced him once last season and he pitched 5 perfect innings on May 16, but got hurt and was out for the next three months. Moe was supposed to start our last game, but had to pitch in relief the game before that, where he picked up a loss. In his last start, he got a win with only 1 run and 5 H allowed in 8 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SACRAMENTO 1: RF Les Olds (29-R .195-303-5-28-.570) 2: 2B Ralph McKinney (23-L .333-72-0-6-.754) Rookie 3: 3B Larry Pierce (29-L .250-280-6-34-.688) 4: C Mario Vasquez (26-L .225-173-5-17-.636) 5: LF Eddie Dyer (26-L .272-103-1-6-.720) 6: SS Angel Arana (26-R .184-256-3-28-.507) 7: CF Boyd Wassink (28-R .226-124-0-4-.536) 8: 1B Larry Carlson (28-R .186-43-1-4-.596) Rookie 10 HR in 91 AB in A ball 9: P Ellis Collier (28-S .138-29-0-2-.305) PORTLAND 1: SS Dave Risinger (26-R .271-166-2-14-.646) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .327-168-1-14-.764) 3: RF Fernando Martinez (27-L .268-123-6-17-.725) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .312-301-24-64-.999) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .271-292-22-62-.890) 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .271-170-4-22-.749) 7: LF Kim Springer (21-L .258-132-3-13-.682) Rookie 8: 2B Juan Rojas (23-S .234-154-1-10-.545) 9: P Rondey Moe (26-L .059-17-0-0-.170) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: 75 F, Clear Skies, with a 13 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 12,706 Top of the First: Les Olds draws a leadoff walk... Ralph McKinney pops out to left. Larry Pierce swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to left. Mario Vasquez draws a walk to load the bases up with 1 out... Eddie Dyer grounds a 1-2 pitch to right for a hit and Olds scores... 1 to 0, Solons. Angel Arana strikes out. Boyd Wassink swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short! Bottom of the First: Dave Risinger grounds out to short. Jack Hinckley swings at the first pitch and pops out to right. Fernando Martinez flies out to deep right. That's 18 straight Beavers that P Ellis Collier has retired in his career... Top of the Second: Larry Carlson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and another leadoff walk... P Ellis Collier bunts one and P Rondey Moe goes to 2nd for the force out, but the throw is late... A wild pitch moves the runners up... Les Olds beats out an infield hit and Carlson scores... 2 to 0, Solons. Ralph McKinney pops one up in foul territory down the left field line and in his first chance since being recalled from Vancouver (A), Kim Springer drops the ball for an error... Given a second chance, McKinney lines out to center and Jack Hinckley fires to 3rd to double off P Collier!! I guess that was a GOOD error to make! Larry Pierce grounds out to short! Through 4 innings, all we have off P Ellis Collier is a walk... So that is 9 hitless innings he has completed against the Beavers... The Solons have 7 hits and 3 walks off P Rondey Moe... Top of the Fifth: P Rondey Moe strikes out the side in order! Bottom of the Fifth: Fernando Mexicano, who has been the lone base runner for the Beavers with a walk, leads off with a home run to left! 2 to 1, Solons. Jim Shippy lines a hit to center. Kim Springer grounds a hit up the middle and Shippy beats the throw to 3rd. Juan Rojas strikes out, Springer gets thrown out trying to steal... P Rondey Moe grounds one to 2nd, but Ralph McKinney boots it and Shippy scores! Tie game: 2 to 2. Top of the Seventh: Larry Pierce leads off with a home run to left... 3 to 2, Solons. Call to the Bullpen: Mike Wagner (30-R). Mario Vasquez singles... Eddie Dyer grounds a double play ball to 2nd, but Juan Rojas makes a bad throw to 2nd for an error... P Wagner balks.... Angel Arana flies out to deep center and both runners advance. 4 to 2, Solons. Boyd Wassink strikes out. Larry Carlson grounds out to short. Lost - 7 to 4 The relievers we called back from Vancouver (A) were no better than when we sent them out... 4 more runs and 6 hits and 2 BB allowed by our lousy Bullpen in 3 IP.... We had 7 hits and made 2 errors Sacramento had 15 hits and made 1 error Rondey Moe (L 2-4) went 6+ innings, allowed 3 runs, 9 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 7. He threw a WP. 116 pitches. RHP Mike Wagner went 1.1 innings, allowed 3 runs (2 earned), 3 hits and struck out 2. He balked. RHP Rich Larkin got 2 outs, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 1. RHP Jennings Sims went 1 inning, allowed 1 run, 2 hits and 1 walk. Ellis Collier (W 7-3) went 7.2 innings, gave us 4 runs (3 earned), 7 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 7. At bat, he had 2 hits and scored a run. RHP Duane Rokita (SV 17) went 1.1 scoreless innings, gave us 1 walk and struck out 2. CF Jack Hinckley had 2 hits and scored a run. 1B Glenn Snowden had 2 walks, but ended his hitting streak after 17 games. 3B Fernando Mexicano had 2 hits with his 23rd home run of the season, drew a walk and had 3 RBI. PH Don Neumann drew a walk. For Sacramento, 3B Larry Pierce had 3 hits with his 7th home run and drew a walk. Okay, that plan did not work... Let's go to plan F.... |
Wednesday, July 3, 2002
P Mike Wagner (30-R), P Jennings Sims (29-R), LF Kim Springer (21-L) and SS Juan Rojas (23-S) were all sent to Vancouver (A). P Roger Lerer (28-L), P Duke McKenzie (24-R), 2B Randy Dunaway (26-R) and CF Larry Ballard (23-L) have been called up. Lerer and McKenzie will get shots as relievers, Dunaway will get a shot to take fill in for Kuchta at 2nd and Ballard will get a shot to start against right-handers. Ballard hit only .229 in B Ball last year, but is hitting .301 for the Mounties. Sacramento Solons (35-47 .427 23 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (38-45 .458 20.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) SAC: Juan Sanchez (27-R 6-8 3.22) vs. POR: Bobby Johnson (23-R 5-6 3.06) We have beaten Sanchez twice this season, but he pitched decently in both games with a 3.00 ERA. He lost his last start, 1-0. June was not a good month for Johnson. He was 2-2 with a 4.40 ERA and gave up 7 HR, more than April and May combined (5). Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SACRAMENTO 1: RF Les Olds (29-R .198-308-5-30-.579) 2: CF Harvey Turner (24-L .247-186-3-17-.628) 3: LF Dennis Rayner (28-R .288-274-8-44-.787) 4: 3B Larry Pierce (29-L .256-285-7-35-.709) 5: 1B Dale Cave (29-R .236-203-0-10-.623) 6: C Terry Bass (29-L .316-114-3-14-.864) 7: SS Angel Arana (26-R .185-260-3-29-.506) 8: 2B Larry Carlson (28-R .170-47-1-4-.562) Rookie 9: P Juan Sanchez (27-R .219-32-0-3-.587) PORTLAND 1: SS Dave Risinger (26-R .263-171-2-14-.628) 2: RF Jack Hinckley (26-R .331-172-1-14-.769) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .268-127-6-17-.718) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .310-303-24-64-.996) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (21-L .275-295-23-65-.906) 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .270-174-4-22-.743) 7: CF Larry Ballard (23-L Major League debut) Rookie 8: 2B Randy Dunaway (26-R .083-12-0-0-.433) Rookie 9: P Bobby Johnson (23-R .116-43-0-1-.313) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 13,084 Top of the First: Les Olds grounds a hit to center... He steals 2nd. Harvey Turner grounds out to 2nd and Olds goes to 3rd. Dennis Rayner draws a walk. Larry Pierce lobs a hit to center and Olds scores... 1 to 0, Solons. Dale Cave grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Bottom of the First: Dave Risinger lines a 2-2 pitch to center for a hit. Jack Hinckley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play... Fernando Martinez pops out to the pitcher... Bottom of the Second: With 2 outs, Jim Shippy singles. Larry Ballard, in his first Major League AB, grounds out to short. Through 3 innings, we have turned 3 double plays! Bottom of the Fifth: Fernando Mexicano leads off by swinging at the first pitch and hitting a double to right center. With 2 outs, they walk Randy Dunaway intentionally to face P Bobby Johnson, who pops out to 2nd... Bottom of the Sixth: Dave Risinger swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left and then steals 2nd. Jack Hinckley bunts him to 3rd. Fernando Martinez flies out to right and Risinger tags up and scores. Tie game: 1 to 1. Bottom of the Seventh: Fernando Mexicano swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to right. Jim Shippy draws a walk. Larry Ballard beats out an infield hit to load the bases up with no outs! His first career hit! But he calls Trudy the Trainer out.... Pinch-runner: Jose Julio (28-R). He'll stay in to play right and Jack Hinckley will move to center. Randy Dunaway strikes out... PH Rick Woodell (31-L) strikes out.... Dave Risinger swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short... Bases loaded, no outs and no runs.... Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Roy Huls (21-R). He walks 2 batters, but C Jim Shippy throws them both out trying to steal! Bottom of the Eighth: Jack Hinckley lines a 3-2 pitch into left for a hit and then steals 2nd. Fernando Martinez swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to short... What a big disappointment he has been.... Glenn Snowden swings at a 2-2 pitch and hits a home run to left!!!! 3 to 1, Beavers!! Won - 3 to 1 We had 10 hits and made 1 error Sacramento had 7 hits and made no errors Bobby Johnson went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. RHP Roy Huls (W 1-0) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 2 walks and struck out 1. Juan Sanchez (L 6-9) went 8 innings (CG), gave us 3 runs, 10 hits, 1 home runs, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 3. At bat, he hit a double and drew a walk. He is the 1st pitcher to lose 3 games to the Beavers this season. SS Dave Risinger had 2 hits, stole a base and scored a run. 1B Glenn Snowden hit his League leading 25th home run of the season and had 2 RBI. He also made his 12th error. I was going to say League leading 12th error, but I looked it up and Luis Hernandez has 14 for Seattle. In the NL, Tony Pena of Chicago made his 20th today! He made 14 all of last season. Besides those three, 7 is the most by any 1st baseman. 3B Fernando Mexicano had 2 hits with a double. C Jim Shippy had a hit and 2 walks. CF Larry Ballard, in his Major League debut, went 1 for 3. PR/RF Jose Julio hit a double in his only AB. Trudy's report on Larry Ballard is a sore thumb that should be fine in a day or two. |
Thursday, July 4, 2002
Independence Day The Milwaukee Brewers are here to play a 4 game series through the weekend and take us to the All-Star break. They just swept the mighty Royals in 2 games at home and have won 10 of their last 12. We lost 3 of 4 to them in Milwaukee at the end of May. Even without SS Greg Hobbs, who led the Majors with 46 HR last season, they are 5th in the PCL in scoring with 4.20 runs per game (Portland is tied for 7th with 4.05). The Brewers are 14th in fewest runs allowed with 4.48 per game (Portland is 7th with 4.10). Their run differential is -23 and ours is -4. Milwaukee Brewers (42-40 .512 16.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (39-45 .464 20.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) MIL: Jeff Blaine (25-R 3-5 3.35) vs. POR: Frank Flores (23-R 8-4 2.38) Rookie Blaine is their #1 starter. He beat us with 7.1 shutout innings at Milwaukee. Flores had a no decision in which he was hit hard last time out. He gave up 4 runs (2 earned) and 9 hits in 6 IP against the Seals. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) MILWAUKEE 1: 3B Antonio Flores (26-L .220-287-3-32-.576) Hit .308 last year 2: 1B Andres Garcia (34-R .352-307-1-39-.918) 49 BB .439 OBP 3: 2B Steve Hermanson (24-S .288-323-9-39-.787) 4: RF Dong-hak Shong (23-L .261-69-3-10-.751) Rookie 5: CF Bill Watson (32-R .281-278-7-36-.780) 6: C Stan Babik (23-R .253-79-2-19-.642) 7: LF Bob Wick (29-R .152-105-4-11-.531) Hit .301 last year 8: SS Rick Fountain (22-R .190-205-1-15-.538) Rookie 9: P Jeff Blaine (25-R .400-25-0-3-.800) PORTLAND 1: SS Dave Risinger (26-R .269-175-2-14-.636) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .331-175-1-14-.768) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .269-130-6-18-.715) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .309-307-25-66-1.000) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .278-299-23-65-.910) 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .273-176-4-22-.753) 7: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .208-144-3-14-.583) 8: 2B Randy Dunaway (26-R .067-15-0-0-.396) Rookie 9: P Frank Flores (23-R .162-37-1-7-.448) Rookie Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 11,348 Top of the First: Antonio Flores grounds an 0-2 pitch to right for a hit... Andres Garcia grounds a 3-2 pitch to left for a hit and Flores takes 3rd. Steve Hermanson lines a hit to center and Flores scores and Garcia goes to 3rd... 1-0, Brewers. Dong-hak Shong strikes out. Bill Watson doubles to left center and Garcia scores... 2 to 0, Brewers. Stan Babik strikes out. A wild pitch on an 0-2 count scores Hermanson... 3 to 0, Brewers. Bob Wick swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Bottom of the First: Dave Risinger grounds a 2-2 pitch to center for a hit. Jack Hinckley grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. They do not get a double play because Risinger slid in hard and now Trudy the Trainer has to go to work again... Fernando Martinez flies out to left. Glenn Snowden walks on 4 pitches. Fernando Mexicano swings at the first pitch and pops out to short... Rich Cruz (30-R) will go in to play short. Bottom of the Second: Jim Shippy leads off with a hit and Rick Woodell reaches on an error by 1B Andres Garcia. Randy Dunaway grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Shippy goes to 3rd. P Frank Flores flies out to left and Shippy tags up and scores. 3 to 1, Brewers. Rich Cruz lines a hit to center and Dunaway goes to 3rd. A passed ball scores Dunaway! 3 to 2, Brewers. Jack Hinckley flies out to right. Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, Stan Babik doubles over the center fielder's head. He goes to 3rd on a ground out. We walk Rick Fountain, a sub-.200 hitter, intentionally to face P Jeff Blaine, a .400 hitter... Why?... Blaine grounds a hit to right and Babik scores... Fountain heads to 3rd and RF Fernando Mexicano throws the ball into the dugout... 5 to 2, Brewers. Bottom of the Fourth: Rick Woodell lines a hit to left and goes to 2nd on a wild pitch. He goes to 3rd on a ground out. P Frank Flores beats out an infield hit and Woodell scores. 5 to 3, Brewers. Rich Cruz lines out to 2nd and they double off P Flores at 1st... Bottom of the Fifth: Jeff Hinckley leads off with a hit and Fernando Martinez triples to left center! 5 to 4, Brewers. Glenn Snowden flies out to shallow left and Martinez holds. Fernando Mexicano grounds a hit to right and Martinez scores! Tie game: 5 to 5. That does it for P Jeff Blaine. New Pitcher: Ron Burian (33-L) with 3.92 ERA in 20.2 IP with 32 H. He throws a wild pitch and Mexicano goes to 2nd. Jim Shippy grounds out to the pitcher and Mexicano goes to 3rd. PH Jose Julio (28-R) grounds out to short. He will stay in the game to play right and Mexicano will move to 3rd. Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Bob Wick hits a home run to left... 6 to 5, Brewers. Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Garry Ayers (29-R). With 1 out, Steve Hermanson lines a hit to left. He steals 2nd. So we walk Dong-hak Shong intentionally like the morons we are... With 2 outs, Stan Babik clears the bases with another double to center... 8 to 5, Brewers. 2 intentional walks this game and they have both scored.... Bob Wick triples to right center.... 9 to 5, Brewers. I need to just quit pulling my starting pitchers ever.... Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Ricky Huffman (34-L), their closer. He strikes out the side in order... Lost - 9 to 5 We had 10 hits and made 2 errors Milwaukee had 13 hits and made 1 error Frank Flores (L 8-5) went 5.2 innings, allowed 6 runs (5 earned), 8 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 4. He threw a WP. At bat, he had a hit and 2 RBI. LHP Roger Lerer faced 1 batter and struck him out. RHP Garry Ayers went 1 inning, allowed 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 1. RHP Jim Kokos went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. Jeff Blaine went 4.1 innings, gave us 5 runs (3 earned), 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out no one. LHP Ron Burian (W 1-0), who had allowed 32 H in 20.1 IP, faced 8 batters (2.2 IP) and got them all out... SS Dave Risinger had a hit in his only AB. LF Fernando Martinez hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden hit a double and drew a walk. PH/RF Jose Julio had a hit. For Milwaukee, 2B Steve Hermanson had 3 hits, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. Trudy's report on Dave Risinger is a strained back that should take about two weeks to get right... |
Friday, July 5, 2002
Today is Fernando Mexicano's 22nd birthday! SS Dave Risinger (26-R) was placed on the DL. We reluctantly recalled SS Juan Rojas (23-S). Milwaukee Brewers (43-40 .518 16.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (39-46 .459 20.5 GB in 6th place in the PCL West) MIL: John Richardson (33-L 5-8 6.22) vs. POR: Steve Muir (27-R 7-6 2.64) Gold Glove Richardson was the one guy we beat in Milwaukee, He gave us 4 runs in 6 IP. He has won his last two outings. Last year, he was 15-8 with a 3.90 ERA in 27 starts. Muir pitched a 6 hit shutout on short rest against San Francisco, no less, in his last start. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) MILWAUKEE 1: 3B Antonio Flores (26-L .219-292-3-32-.574) 2: 1B Andres Garcia (34-R .353-312-1-39-.916) 3: 2B Steve Hermanson (24-S .293-328-9-40-.793) 4: C Larry McNeil (27-R .253-249-9-33-.708) 5: RF Dong-hak Shong (23-L .247-73-3-10-.721) Rookie 6: CF Bill Watson (32-R .283-283-7-37-.784) 7: LF Bob Wick (29-R .165-109-5-13-.593) 8: SS Rick Fountain (22-R .188-208-1-15-.534) Rookie 9: P John Richardson (33-L .200-25-0-1-.431) PORTLAND 1: RF Jose Julio (28-R .257-222-3-20-.634) 2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .328-180-1-14-.758) 3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .269-134-6-19-.723) Gold Glove 4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .310-310-25-66-1.002) All-Star/Gold Glove 5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (22-L .277-303-23-66-.905) 6: C Jim Shippy (31-R .272-180-4-22-.747) 7: 2B Randy Dunaway (26-R .053-19-0-0-.323) Rookie 8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .228-158-1-10-.531) 9: P Steve Muir (27-R .095-42-0-3-.190) Gold Glove Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium Weather: 70 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 14,716 Top of the First: Antonio Flores grounds out to 2nd. Andres Garcia grounds out to 3rd. Steve Hermanson swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Jose Julio grounds out to 2nd. Jack Hinckley swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd... Deja vu... Fernando Martinez hits a foul ball down the right field line, but Dong-hak Shong drops the ball for an error. Given a 2nd chance to ground out to 3rd to complete the mirror innings, Martinez instead lines a hit to center. Glenn Snowden swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits one 435 ft. to straight away center!! 2 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano lines out to right. Bottom of the Second: Jim Shippy leads off with a home run to left center! 3 to 0, Beavers! Randy Dunaway doubles off the wall in center! Juan Rojas grounds a hit to right and Dunaway scores! 4 to 0, Beavers! P Steve Muir bunts Rojas to 2nd. Jose Julio draws a walk. Jack Hinckley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.... Top of the Fourth: Antonio Flores lines a hit to left and becomes the first base runner of the game for the Brewers. Andres Garcia doubles down the right field line. Steve Hermanson grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and the runners hold. Larry McNeil pops out to left and the runners hold. Dong-hak Shong grounds out to 2nd!!! Bottom of the Fourth: On the Hill: Ken Caldwell (25-R), beginning his 2nd inning of work after a perfect 4th. Jim Shippy and Randy Dunaway lead off with singles. Juan Rojas grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Shippy goes to 3rd. P Steve Muir lines out to 2nd and they double Shippy off at 3rd... Top of the Fifth: With 1 out, Bob Wick triples to right center. Rick Fountain grounds one to short and Juan Rojas boots it and Wick scores... 4 to 1, Beavers. P Ken Caldwell bunts into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Antonio Flores lines a hit to left center. Andres Garcia grounds a hit to right and the bases are loaded with 2 outs. Steve Hermanson grounds a double down the left field line and 2 runs score... 4 to 3, Beavers. Larry McNeil strikes out. Top of the Seventh: Rick Fountain grounds a hit up the middle and gets bunted to 2nd. Antonio Flores lines a hit to center and Fountain scores... Tie game: 4 to 4. Flores steals 2nd. Andres Garcia grounds a hit to center and Flores heads home. Jack Hinckley overruns the ball for an error and Flores scores easily and Garcia end up on 2nd... 5 to 4, Brewers. The Bullpen is up... Steve Hermanson doubles to left... 6 to 4, Brewers. Larry McNeil fouls out to 1st. Dong-hak Shong pops out to 2nd. Lost - 6 to 4 We had 10 hits and made 2 errors Milwaukee had 11 hits and made 2 errors Steve Muir (L 7-7) went 7 innings, allowed 6 runs (3 earned), 10 hits, no walks and struck out 4. RHP Rich Larkin went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 2. John Richardson went 2 innings, gave us 4 runs (2 earned), 5 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out no one. RHP Ken Caldwell (W 1-0) went 4 scoreless innings, gave us 3 hits and struck out 3. At bat, he scored a run. LHP Ricky Huffman (SV 21) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 1 hit. 1B Glenn Snowden had 3 hits with his League leading 26th home run and had 2 RBI. C Jim Shippy had 3 hits with his 5th home run. 2B randy Dunaway had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. For Milwaukee, 3B Antonio Flores had 3 hits, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Andres Garcia had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. 2B Steve Hermanson hit 3 doubles and had 3 RBI. The Brewers announced that P John Richardson was injured in the game with a triceps strain and will likely miss 7 weeks. |
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