|
Friday, July 13, 2001
Montreal Expos (50-39 .562 5.5 GB in 3rd place in the NL East) at
Portland Beavers (31-56 .356 25.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West)
Manny Fernandez, Mtl (28 R 9-6 3.22 8.1-0.8-2.1-5.6 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Alan Gross, Por (27 L 3-4 3.75 8.8-1.0-3.1-6.7)
On April 7, Fernandez beat us, 8 to 1, in Montreal. He gave us 1 unearned run, walked 3 and struck out 6 in a complete game 4-hitter.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
MONTREAL
1: LF Bradley Hibbert (27 L .306-4-28-.768 in 193 AB)
2: 3B Bob Waligora (31 R .103-1-5-.303 in 58 AB)
3: C Dwight Smith (28 R .316-24-54-.993 in 304 AB)
4: RF Terry Hall (28 R .221-6-26-.663 in 235 AB)
5: 2B Oscar Quinones (28 R .274-8-40-.699 in 361 AB)
6: SS Paul Cook (26 L .249-19-44-.788 in 289 AB)
7: 1B Darrell Ehrlich (31 L .230-6-25-.680 in 217 AB)
8: CF Mario Ochoa (26 L .177-1-2-.469 in 62 AB)
9: P Manny Fernandez (28 R .267-0-1-.587 in 45 AB)
PORTLAND
1: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .283-4-36-.804 in 244 AB)
2: CF Jerry Alston (28 L .304-0-7-.748 in 138 AB)
3: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .281-1-7-.654 in 128 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .327-8-31-.861 in 254 AB)
5: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S First M.L. Start .000-0-0-.000 in 1 AB .320-6-33-.893 in 169 AB in AA/AAA)
6: C Ron Charles (30 R .252-3-15-.653 in 115 AB)
7: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .180-0-9-.463 in 172 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .200-0-5-.571 in 60 AB)
9: P Alan Gross (27 L .333-0-3-.813 in 33 AB)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 63 deg. Clear Skies with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to center.
Bradley Hibbert flies out to center, where Jerry Alston makes a great catch! Bob Waligora grounds out to 3rd. Dwight Smith strikes out! 1-2-3!
Bottom of the 1st: Frank Wiginton draws a walk. Jerry Alston grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Hartin grounds out to 2nd, Oscar Quinones making a great diving stop.
Bottom of the 3rd: Randy Penn leads off with a liner into center for a hit and then Ivan Lopez triples over the center fielder's head! 1 to 0, Beavers! With 2 outs, Jerry Alston beats out an infield hit and Lopez scores! 2 to 0, Beavers!
Top of the 7th: Terry Hall leads off with a walk and then Oscar Quinones triples. 2 to 1, Beavers. Bullpen is up. With 1 out, PH Ted Triebold beats out an infield hit and Quinones scores to tied the game at 2. The Expos send up 3 straight pinch-hitters, but then let the pitcher hit with 2 outs and a runner in scoring position.... When the Expos take the field in the bottom half of the 7th, they empty their bench....
Top of the 9th: Still 2 all. On the Hill: RHP Ron Beckman, beginning his 2nd inning of work. Terry Hall strikes out. Oscar Quinones lines a hit to left. 1B Andres Espino flies out to right. CF Ray Barnard draws a walk. SS Dale Stiles flies out to right!
Bottom of the 9th: New pitcher: RHP Jim Roussell, their closer. 2.61 ERA and 28 SV. With 1 out, Lebron Williams doubles to right! Eric McCornack grounds a single to left and Williams stops at 3rd. Why? You can't score on a ground ball single? Pinch-Hitter: LHB Rich Babbin. He pops out to short.... 2 outs. Pinch-Hitter: RHB Jim Eighmy. Full count and he grounds a hit up the middle and THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers!
Won - 3 to 2
We had 8 hits and made no errors.
The Expos had 6 hits and made no errors.
Alan Gross went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 8. He seems to be our staff ace right now.
RHP Ron Beckman (W 2-6) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 1.
Manny Fernandez went 8 innings, gave us 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6.
RHP Jim Roussell (L 1-6) went 2/3 of an inning, gave us 1 run and 3 hits.
LF Frank Wiginton hit a double and drew a walk. CF Jerry Alston had 2 hits with a double, stole a base and had an RBI. RF Lebron Williams hit a double and scored the winning run. 1B Eric McCornack went 1 for 4 with his first major league hit. C Ron Charles was 0 for 3 with 3 strikeouts. PH Jim Eighmy had THE hit and THE RBI. SS Ivan Lopez hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI.
For the Expos, 2B Oscar Quinones had 3 hits with a triple, scored a run and had an RBI and made two diving stops of ground balls for outs.
|