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Old 01-19-2017, 04:06 PM   #167
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Sunday, August 19, 2001

Portland Beavers (48-74 .393 26 GB in 7th place in the NL West) at
Houston Astros (74-48 .607 in 1st place in the NL West)

Alan Gross, Por (27 L 5-6 3.42 8.1-0.9-3.3-6.5 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Denny Willis, Hou (31 R 7-5 4.04 8.8-1.2-2.5-5.5)

We have not faced Willis before.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: RF Don Quinney (27 L .275-0-3-.727 in 51 AB)
2: 2B Mike Cavallaro (27 R .196-0-5-.491 in 102 AB)
3: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .298-8-47-.844 in 369 AB)
4: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .253-8-48-.733 in 297 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .264-2-23-.631 in 239 AB)
6: 1B Jim Eighmy (27 R .218-4-11-.653 in 165 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .220-5-26-.639 in 205 AB)
8: SS Rick Ferrell (26 R .207-1-11-.530 in 179 AB)
9: P Alan Gross (27 L .304-0-5-.738 in 46 AB)

HOUSTON
1: CF Jerry Slocum (25 L .218-0-3-.579 in 119 AB)
2: 2B Jim Ellison (28 R .273-11-60-.727 in 433 AB)
3: C Howard Morrell (27 R .305-24-74-.955 in 394 AB)
4: 1B Dave Brown (31 R .272-15-59-.805 in 459 AB)
5: LF Mike Cane (28 L .260-25-80-.794 in 466 AB)
6: 3B Ron Janeiro (31 R .270-23-69-.875 in 359 AB)
7: SS Ed Larson (26 R .332-11-31-.963 in 223 AB)
8: RF David Rodriguez (26 L .230-15-50-.722 in 409 AB)
9: P Denny Willis (31 R .450-0-5-.976 in 40 AB)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Weather: 77 deg. Roof Closed.

Don Quinney leads off with a walk. Mike Cavallaro works the count full and then grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Frank Wiginton lines a hit to right. Rich Babbin lines out to 2nd.

Bottom of the 1st: Jerry Slocum flies out to left. Jim Ellison doubles to left. Howard Morrell grounds out to 3rd and Ellison moves over to 3rd. Dave Brown grounds one to 1st, but Jim Eighmy boots it and Ellison scores. 1 to 0, Astros. Mike Cane flies out to left.

Bottom of the 2nd: Ron Janeiro leads off with a walk. With 1 out, David Rodriguez doubles to right center and Janeiro scores. 2 to 0, Astros.

Top of the 3rd: With 1 out, Don Quinney walks and then steals 2nd and then scored on a hit by Mike Cavallaro! 2 to 1, Astros.

Top of the 9th: Still 2 to 1, Astros. New pitcher: RHP Gene Lynch, their closer. 37 SV an a 2.88 ERA. 59.1 IP, 51 H, 7 HR, 21 BB and 39 SO. Frank Wiginton grounds out to short. Rich Babbin works the count full and then flies out to center. Joe Hartin lines an 0-2 pitch up the middle for a hit. Pinch-Hitter: LHB Ernesto Gonzelez. He works the count full and then grounds out to 2nd. Ballgame.

Lost - 2 to 1

6 losses in a row. In 5 of the last 6 games, we have had 4 or fewer hits....
We grounded into 4 double plays.

We had 4 hits and made 1 error.
The Astros had 3 hits and made no errors.

Alan Gross (L 5-7) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 3 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Ron Beckman pitched 1 perfect inning.

Denny Willis (W 8-5) went 7 innings, gave us 1 run, 3 hits, 6 walks and struck out 4.
RHP Gene Lynch (SV 38) went 1 inning and gave us 1 hit.

RF Don Quinney drew 2 walks, stole a base and scored out run. LF Frank Wiginton had 2 hits with a double. C Ron Charles drew 2 walks.

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