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Questdog · 03-28-2017, 02:11 PM

Tuesday, May 14, 2002

The Rockies had the day off yesterday, so we are now tied for 1st place! 1 game is all that separates the top 4 teams in the NL West.

Portland Beavers (23-15 .605 Tied for 1st place in the NL West) at
Houston Astros (15-24 .385 8.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the NL West)

Tony Ricketts, Por (27 R 1-1 5.11 8.8-0.4-2.2-5.1 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Paul McDonald, Hou (33 R 1-4 5.59 11.6-1.0-1.4-5.4)

We beat McDonald, 7 to 1, on April 23 in Portland. We chased him in the 5th inning.

LF Mike Cane and 3B Ron Janeiro hit 53 HR between them last year; they each only have 1 this season in 253 combined AB.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS) Stats are for last season.
PORTLAND
1: SS Stu Redman (30 R .259-0-17-.623 in 135 AB)
2: CF Javy Fernandez (27 L .327-1-16-.834 in 150 AB)
3: LF Dave Priestly (28 R .313-3-10-.931 in 67 AB)
4: 1B Danny Hernandez (23 L .324-1-10-.912 in 34 AB)
5: C John McIvor (31 R .222-0-3-.541 in 18 AB)
6: 3B Tim DePriest (27 R .000-0-0-.000 in 4 AB)
7: RF Jerry Alston (29 L .235-0-1-.572 in 17 AB)
8: 2B Enrique Hernandez (26 R .278-0-14-.644 in 151 AB)
9: P Tony Ricketts (27 R .000-0-0-.000 in 8 AB)

HOUSTON
1: RF Alfredo Garcia (23 L .193-4-13-.593 in 135 AB)
2: 2B Jim Ellison (28 R .253-0-9-.610 in 154 AB)
3: C Howard Morrell (28 R .264-7-17-.826 in 121 AB) 2001 All-Star and Silver Slugger 2nd in NL MVP
4: LF Mike Cane (28 L .246-1-15-.630 in 142 AB) 2001 All-Star
5: 1B Dave Brown (32 R .194-4-16-.623 in 139 AB)
6: 3B Ron Janeiro (31 R .162-1-12-.511 in 111 AB) 2001 All-Star and Silver Slugger
7: SS Ed Larson (27 R .329-1-9-.763 in 79 AB)
8: CF Jerry Slocum (26 L .307-2-10-.821 in 88 AB)
9: P Paul McDonald (33 R .133-0-3-.267 in 15 AB) 2001 All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 78 deg. Clear skies with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right.
Attendance: 13,179

Stu Redman pops one up to short, but Ed Larson drops the ball! Javy Fernandez strikes out. Dave Priestly strikes out looking. Danny Hernandez walks. John McIvor sends one to deep left center, but Mike Cane is there for the catch.

Bottom of the 1st: Alfredo Garcia tries to bunt his way one, but P Tony Ricketts throws him out. Jim Ellison grounds out to short. Howard Morrell grounds out to short! 1-2-3!

Top of the 2nd: Tim DePriest work the count full and then hits a home run down the right field line! 1 to 0, Beavers!

Bottom of the 2nd: With 2 outs, Ron Janeiro hits a home run to left to tie the game at 1. I knew I should not have mentioned how few homers he and Cane have hit compared to last year....

Top of the 3rd: With 1 out, Dave Priestly singles to left and then Danny Hernandez singles to right. Priestly goes to 3rd and beats the throw, but RF Alfredo Garcia hurt himself and has to leave the game. Doug Gregory takes his spot. John McIvor doubles to straight away center and both runners score! 3 to 1, Beavers! Tim DePriest singles to left center and McIvor scores! 4 to 1, Beavers! Jerry Alston grounds into a force a t 2nd, 4-6, and DePriest hurts himself trying to break up the double play and has to leave the game. Ron Stephens goes in for him. We finally get a 3rd baseman doing something good in a game and he gets hurt..... The Burgermeister says it's only a mild hammy strain and DePriest should be able to play on it, but it will slow him down a little for a week or two.

Bottom of the 6th: With 2 outs, Jim Ellison hits his 1st home run of the season in his 157th AB. 4 to 2, Beavers.

Bottom of the 7th: With 2 outs, Ron Janeiro hits another home run. 4 to 3, Beavers. 1 HR in 111 AB before today....

Bottom of the 9th: Still 4 to 3, Beavers. New Pitcher: RHP Doug Maxwell, who has seemed homer-prone of late. He has given up 1 in each of his last 2 outings. Howard Morrell walks on 4 pitches to put the tying run on base. Mike Cane pops out to short. Dave Brown singles to left center to put the winning run on base. Pinch-Hitter: RHB Roger Bradshaw, the $28 million backup catcher. He strikes out! 2 down. 0-2 pitch to Ed Larson and he hits a grounder to short. Stu Redman fields it and goes the short route to 2nd and THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 4 to 3

We are now 10-3 in 1-run ballgames. We have won 8 of our last 9 and 6 of them were 1-run wins.

We had 9 hits and made no errors.
The Astros had 6 hits and made 1 error.

It is the first time all season that we have gone 3 straight games without an error.

Tony Ricketts (W 2-1) went 8 innings, allowed 3 runs, 5 hits, 3 home runs, no walks and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit.
RHP Doug Maxwell (SV 4) went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk and struck out 1.

Paul McDonald (L 1-5) went 3 innings, gave us 4 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3. He threw a WP.

C John McIvor hit a double, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. 3B Tim DePriest went 2 for 2 with a home run and 2 RBIs. PH Lebron Williams hit a double.

For the Astros, 3B Ron Janeiro hit 2 home runs to give him 3 on the season.

03-28-2017, 02:11 PM	#291
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, May 14, 2002 The Rockies had the day off yesterday, so we are now tied for 1st place! 1 game is all that separates the top 4 teams in the NL West. Portland Beavers (23-15 .605 Tied for 1st place in the NL West) at Houston Astros (15-24 .385 8.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the NL West) Tony Ricketts, Por (27 R 1-1 5.11 8.8-0.4-2.2-5.1 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Paul McDonald, Hou (33 R 1-4 5.59 11.6-1.0-1.4-5.4) We beat McDonald, 7 to 1, on April 23 in Portland. We chased him in the 5th inning. LF Mike Cane and 3B Ron Janeiro hit 53 HR between them last year; they each only have 1 this season in 253 combined AB. Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS) Stats are for last season. PORTLAND 1: SS Stu Redman (30 R .259-0-17-.623 in 135 AB) 2: CF Javy Fernandez (27 L .327-1-16-.834 in 150 AB) 3: LF Dave Priestly (28 R .313-3-10-.931 in 67 AB) 4: 1B Danny Hernandez (23 L .324-1-10-.912 in 34 AB) 5: C John McIvor (31 R .222-0-3-.541 in 18 AB) 6: 3B Tim DePriest (27 R .000-0-0-.000 in 4 AB) 7: RF Jerry Alston (29 L .235-0-1-.572 in 17 AB) 8: 2B Enrique Hernandez (26 R .278-0-14-.644 in 151 AB) 9: P Tony Ricketts (27 R .000-0-0-.000 in 8 AB) HOUSTON 1: RF Alfredo Garcia (23 L .193-4-13-.593 in 135 AB) 2: 2B Jim Ellison (28 R .253-0-9-.610 in 154 AB) 3: C Howard Morrell (28 R .264-7-17-.826 in 121 AB) 2001 All-Star and Silver Slugger 2nd in NL MVP 4: LF Mike Cane (28 L .246-1-15-.630 in 142 AB) 2001 All-Star 5: 1B Dave Brown (32 R .194-4-16-.623 in 139 AB) 6: 3B Ron Janeiro (31 R .162-1-12-.511 in 111 AB) 2001 All-Star and Silver Slugger 7: SS Ed Larson (27 R .329-1-9-.763 in 79 AB) 8: CF Jerry Slocum (26 L .307-2-10-.821 in 88 AB) 9: P Paul McDonald (33 R .133-0-3-.267 in 15 AB) 2001 All-Star Game Start: 7:05 PM Weather: 78 deg. Clear skies with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right. Attendance: 13,179 Stu Redman pops one up to short, but Ed Larson drops the ball! Javy Fernandez strikes out. Dave Priestly strikes out looking. Danny Hernandez walks. John McIvor sends one to deep left center, but Mike Cane is there for the catch. Bottom of the 1st: Alfredo Garcia tries to bunt his way one, but P Tony Ricketts throws him out. Jim Ellison grounds out to short. Howard Morrell grounds out to short! 1-2-3! Top of the 2nd: Tim DePriest work the count full and then hits a home run down the right field line! 1 to 0, Beavers! Bottom of the 2nd: With 2 outs, Ron Janeiro hits a home run to left to tie the game at 1. I knew I should not have mentioned how few homers he and Cane have hit compared to last year.... Top of the 3rd: With 1 out, Dave Priestly singles to left and then Danny Hernandez singles to right. Priestly goes to 3rd and beats the throw, but RF Alfredo Garcia hurt himself and has to leave the game. Doug Gregory takes his spot. John McIvor doubles to straight away center and both runners score! 3 to 1, Beavers! Tim DePriest singles to left center and McIvor scores! 4 to 1, Beavers! Jerry Alston grounds into a force a t 2nd, 4-6, and DePriest hurts himself trying to break up the double play and has to leave the game. Ron Stephens goes in for him. We finally get a 3rd baseman doing something good in a game and he gets hurt..... The Burgermeister says it's only a mild hammy strain and DePriest should be able to play on it, but it will slow him down a little for a week or two. Bottom of the 6th: With 2 outs, Jim Ellison hits his 1st home run of the season in his 157th AB. 4 to 2, Beavers. Bottom of the 7th: With 2 outs, Ron Janeiro hits another home run. 4 to 3, Beavers. 1 HR in 111 AB before today.... Bottom of the 9th: Still 4 to 3, Beavers. New Pitcher: RHP Doug Maxwell, who has seemed homer-prone of late. He has given up 1 in each of his last 2 outings. Howard Morrell walks on 4 pitches to put the tying run on base. Mike Cane pops out to short. Dave Brown singles to left center to put the winning run on base. Pinch-Hitter: RHB Roger Bradshaw, the $28 million backup catcher. He strikes out! 2 down. 0-2 pitch to Ed Larson and he hits a grounder to short. Stu Redman fields it and goes the short route to 2nd and THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 4 to 3 We are now 10-3 in 1-run ballgames. We have won 8 of our last 9 and 6 of them were 1-run wins. We had 9 hits and made no errors. The Astros had 6 hits and made 1 error. It is the first time all season that we have gone 3 straight games without an error. Tony Ricketts (W 2-1) went 8 innings, allowed 3 runs, 5 hits, 3 home runs, no walks and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit. RHP Doug Maxwell (SV 4) went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk and struck out 1. Paul McDonald (L 1-5) went 3 innings, gave us 4 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3. He threw a WP. C John McIvor hit a double, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. 3B Tim DePriest went 2 for 2 with a home run and 2 RBIs. PH Lebron Williams hit a double. For the Astros, 3B Ron Janeiro hit 2 home runs to give him 3 on the season.