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Saturday, May 18, 2002
We and the Rockies both lost yesterday and the Padres won to force a three-way tie atop the NL West.
Portland Beavers (25-16 .610 Tied for 1st place in the NL West) at
Arizona Diamondbacks (23-17 .575 1.5 GB in 4th place in the NL West)
Alan Gross, Por (27 L 3-2 2.28 7.1-0.8-2.0-7.6 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Dave Rogers, Arz (31 R 3-1 3.25 10.2-1.2-0.6-6.3)
We were 0-2 against Rogers last year when he was 5-5 with a 4.99 ERA in 12 starts for the Diamondbacks. He pitched a 5-hit complete game shutout against us.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS) Stats are for last season.
PORTLAND
1: LF Frank Wiginton (31 S .271-2-8-.724 in 118 AB)
2: CF Javy Fernandez (27 L .302-1-16-.774 in 162 AB)
3: RF Lebron Williams (22 L .348-1-8-.842 in 69 AB)
4: 1B Danny Hernandez (23 L .366-1-13-1.015 in 41 AB)
5: C John McIvor (31 R .280-0-6-.668 in 25 AB)
6: 3B Tim DePriest (27 R .250-1-2-.808 in 12 AB) Playing hurt
7: SS Stu Redman (30 R .259-0-17-.625 in 147 AB)
8: 2B Enrique Hernandez (26 R .265-0-14-.613 in 162 AB)
9: P Alan Gross (27 L .150-1-3-.500 in 20 AB)
ARIZONA
1: 2B Mike Chapin (28 S .217-0-5-.546 in 69 AB)
2: RF John Golliday (25 R .202-2-10-.581 in 124 AB)
3: SS Mario Saucedo (26 R .309-3-24-.845 in 152 AB)
4: 3B Dan White (27 R .289-5-25-.808 in 159 AB)
5: C Gary Stanley (36 R .218-6-18-.744 in 119 AB)
6: LF Rich Ellis (25 L .339-4-21-.932 in 124 AB)
7: CF Tom Cooper (27 R .326-2-11-.887 in 86 AB)
8: 1B Manny Diaz (23 L .333-0-2-.762 in 6 AB) Rookie
9: P Dave Rogers (31 R .214-0-1-.500 in 14 AB)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 75 deg. Cloudy with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to left.
Attendance: 16,782
Frank Wiginton lines a hit to left. Javy Fernandez grounds out to 2nd and Wiginton moves up. Lebron Williams flies out to center. Danny Hernandez lines one hard, but it is caught in right field.
Bottom of the 1st: Mike Chapin flies out to right. John Golliday grounds out to short. Mario Saucedo strikes out! 1-2-3!
Bottom of the 3rd: Tom Cooper draws a lead-off walk. Manny Diaz singles to center. P Dave Rogers bunts the runners up and Mike Chapin draws a walk to load the bases up. No more Grand Slams, please. John Golliday flies out to center and Cooper tags up and scores. 1 to 0, Diamondbacks.
Top of the 4th: Lebron Williams leads off with a single to right and takes 2nd when John Golliday botches the pickup. 1B + E-9. He goes to 3rd and scores on successive ground outs. Tie game, 1 to 1.
Bottom of the 4th: Dan White leads off with a double, goes to 3rd on a hit by Gary Stanley and scores on a fly ball by Rich Ellis. 2 to 1, Diamondbacks.
Bottom of the 7th: New Pitcher: LHP Pedro Huerta. With 2 outs, John Golliday singles, steals 2nd and scored on a hit by Mario Saucedo. 3 to 1, Diamondbacks.
Lost - 3 to 1
We had 8 hits and made no errors.
The Diamondbacks had 8 hits and made 1 error.
Alan Gross (L 3-3) went 6 innings, allowed 2 runs, 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5.
LHP Pedro Huerta went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits and struck out 1.
Dave Rogers (W 4-1) went 7 innings, gave us 1 run, 7 hits, no walks and struck out 4.
RHP Billie Zoghby (SV 14) went 1 scoreless inning, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1.
LF Frank Wiginton had 2 hits. RF Lebron Williams had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. 2B Enrique Hernandez had 2 hits. PH Gabe Regalado, in his first major league at bat, got a hit.
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