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Saturday, July 14, 2001
Montreal Expos (50-40 .556 6 GB in 3rd place in the NL East) at
Portland Beavers (32-56 .364 25.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West)
Steve Lowenstein, Mtl (33 R 8-4 3.26 8.2-0.4-2.2-5.2 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Tony Ricketts, Por (26 R 3-9 4.09 8.8-1.4-1.7-5.4)
On April 5, Lowenstein beat us, 3 to 1, in Montreal. He gave us 1 run, 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1 in 8 innings.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
MONTREAL
1: CF Mario Ochoa (26 L .172-1-2-.455 in 64 AB)
2: 2B Oscar Quinones (28 R .279-8-41-.713 in 365 AB)
3: C Dwight Smith (28 R .312-24-54-.980 in 308 AB)
4: RF Terry Hall (28 R .218-6-26-.658 in 238 AB)
5: SS Paul Cook (26 L .248-19-44-.787 in 290 AB)
6: LF Bradley Hibbert (27 L .305-4-28-.763 in 197 AB)
7: 3B Bob Waligora (31 R .113-1-5-.315 in 62 AB)
8: 1B Darrell Ehrlich (31 L .228-6-25-.675 in 219 AB)
9: P Steve Lowenstein (33 S .073-0-1-.168 in 41 AB)
PORTLAND
1: RF Jerry Alston (28 L .310-0-8-.761 in 142 AB)
2: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .183-0-9-.467 in 175 AB)
3: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .283-4-36-.809 in 247 AB)
4: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .266-7-35-.787 in 207 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .273-1-7-.635 in 132 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .200-0-0-.400 in 5 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .246-3-15-.637 in 118 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .206-0-6-.607 in 63 AB)
9: P Tony Ricketts (26 R .111-0-1-.284 in 27 AB)
Game Start: 2:05 PM
Weather: 78 deg. Clear Skies with an 8 MPH wind blowing right to left.
Mario Ochoa strikes out! Oscar Quinones flies out to center. Dwight Smith grounds out to 1st! 1-2-3!
Bottom of the 1st: Jerry Alston lines out to right. Randy Penn grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Frank Wiginton grounds a hit to left. Rich Babbin grounds out to 2nd.
Top of the 3rd: Darrel Ehrlich leads off with a walk, P Steve Lowenstein bunts him over to 2nd and Mario Ochoa singles to score the run. 1 to 0, Expos. Oscar Quinones singles to right and Ochoa goes to 3rd. Dwight Smith strikes out looking! 2 outs. 2-2 pitch to Terry Hall and he lines hit up the middle. 2 to 0, Expos.
Bottom of the 6th: Jerry Alston leads off with a double. With 1 out, Frank Wiginton beats out and infield hit to put runners at 1st and 3rd. Rich Babbin strikes out. 2 down. Joe Hartin lines a hit to left! 2 to 1, Expos.
Bottom of the 7th: New pitcher: RHP Jim Harmon. With 1 out, Ivan Lopez beats out an infield hit and goes to 2nd when PH Lebron Williams grounds out. Jerry Alston draws and walk. Randy Penn lines a hit to left center and Lopez scores! Tied at 2!
Top of the 8th: New Pitcher: LHP Pedro Huerta. He strikes out the side, 1-2-3!
Top of the 9th: Dwight Smith strikes out! Terry Hall strikes out! Pinch-hitter: RHB Robbie Gray. 1-2 pitch and he grounds out to short!
Bottom of the 9th: On the hill: LHP Robby Hermosillo. Our bench is empty, except for C Rich Nolan. We go down in order.
Extras!
Top of the 10th: Pinch-hitter: RHB Ted Triebold. He walks and then steals 2nd. After which, Bob Waligora is walked intentionally. Hmmm.... Darrell Ehrlich bunts the runners up to 2nd and 3rd. RF Ray Barnard is walked intentionally. Double Hmmm.... Triple Hmmm....when Mario Ochoa walks on 4 pitches.... 3 to 2, Expos. Stupid idiots.... Call to the Bullpen: RHP Larry Castillo. Full count to Oscar Quinones and he walks.... 4 to 2, Expos. I HATE intentional walks!!! Now Dwight Smith is up. He is 2nd in the league in home runs. He has done nothing this series, but a Grand Slam would not be a surprise.... He grounds into a 5-2-3 double play!
Bottom of the 10th: New pitcher: Jim Roussell, their closer. Randy Penn leads off with a grounder up the middle for a hit. Pinch-Hitter: LHB Rich Nolan. He lines a 3-1 pitch to right for a hit. CF Vicente Saavedra is up. He strikes out. He grounds into an unassisted force a t 3rd. 2 outs. 1B Jim Eighmy grounds out to 3rd. Ballgame. I HATE intentional walks....
Lost - 4 to 2 in 10 innings
We had 10 hits and made no errors.
The Expos had 5 hits and made no errors.
Tony Ricketts went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, no walks and struck out 7.
LHP Pedro Huerta went 2.1 innings, allowed 2 runs, no hits, 4 walks (2 INT) and struck out 5 (in a row). I HATE intentional walks....
RHP Larry Castillo went 2/3 of an inning and allowed a walk with the bases loaded.
Steve Lowenstein went 6 innings, gave us 1 run, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6.
LHP Robby Hermosillo (W 2-3) went 2 hitless innings, gave us a walk and struck out 4.
RHP Jim Roussell (SV 29) went 1 inning, gave us 2 hits and struck out 1.
RF Jerry Alston had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored a run. 2B Randy Penn had 2 hits with a double and an RBI. LF Frank Wiginton had 2 hits. PH Rich Nolan had a hit.
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