[Questdog]

Wednesday, April 4, 2001

Jacksonville Jays (0-1 .000 1.5 GB tied for 6th (last) place in the Southern Division) at
Richmond Robins (1-0 1.000 0.5 GB tied for 1st place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Frank Cook (35-R) (2-1 2.45 ERA 18.1 IP, 16 H, 1 HR, 13 BB, 13 SO this Spring) vs.
RICH: Sammy Brumley (24-L) (2-2 3.91 ERA 23 IP, 18 H, 3 HR, 13 BB, 15 SO this Spring)

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Leander Gooding (30-R .333-3-0-0-.833-0 A)
2: SS Frank Roadman (26-R .000-4-0-0-.000-0 C+)
3: LF Cal Doty (24-L .000-4-0-0-.000-0 B+)
4: 1B Tony Becerra (31-L .250-4-0-0-.500-0 A+)
5: 3B Brian Porter (33-S .250-4-0-0-.750-0 C+)
6: RF Dennis Brown (26-L .000-4-0-0-.000-0 C) Rookie
7: CF Danny Stewart (30-L .000-4-0-0-.000-0 C+)
8: C Bert Swope (29-S .333-3-0-1-.667-0 B)
9: P Frank Cook (35-R Season debut C+)

RICHMOND
1: CF Jose Vazquez (28-R .250-4-0-0-.500-0 A)
2: 3B Skip Dunkin (22-S .000-4-0-1-.000-0 A)
3: LF Andres Borges (33-S .750-4-0-0-1.500-0 C+)
4: SS Ray Holloway (27-R .000-4-0-0-.000-0 B+)
5: RF Rob Worms (28-R .000-4-0-0-.000-0 A)
6: 2B Charlie Faber (30-R .667-3-0-0-1.667-0 A)
7: C Larry Slattery (25-R .000-3-0-0-.000-0 C)
8: 1B Brian Bowden (24-R .333-3-0-1-.667-0 A++)
9: P Sammy Brumley (24-R Season debut F) Mild hamstring strain

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium
Weather: 49 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing right to left
Attendance: 6,422

Top of the First:
Leander Gooding grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Roadman swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to left. Cal Doty flies out to deep center. Tony Becerra gets beaned. A wild pitch moves the runners up. Brian Porter grounds out to 1st, unassisted....

Bottom of the First:
Jose Vazquez grounds out to short. Skip Dunkin swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Andres Borges grounds out to 2nd! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the Second:
Ray Holloway bloops a hit to right and then steals 2nd. With 1 out, Charlie Faber grounds one back to the mound, but P Frank Cook makes a bad throw to 1st for an error... With Faber running, Larry Slattery strikes out and C Bert Swope throws Faber out at 2nd to end the inning!

Bottom of the Fourth:
With 1 out, Andres Borges draws a walk. Ray Holloway hits a 438 ft. home run to right center... 2 to 0, Robins.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Jose Vazquez grounds a hit to left. Skip Dunkin grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Bert Swope throws the ball into center field... 2 games and we have already made 5 errors... The Bullpen gets up. With the infield in, Andres Borges grounds one hard to the left side and Brian Porter makes a diving stop and throws him out at 1st from his knees! Dunkin stays at 3rd. Ray Holloway grounds out to 1st, unassisted!

Top of the Ninth:
P Sammy Brumley is at 105 pitches. 4-5-6 up for us. Tony Becerra grounds a hit to right. A passed ball sends him to 2nd. Brian Porter flies out to right. Dennis Brown swings at the first pitch and flies out to deep left. Danny Stewart grounds out to 2nd...

Lost - 2 to 0

The first of many shutouts to come...

We had 6 hits and made 2 errors
Richmond had 5 hits and made no errors

Frank Cook (L 0-1) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 1.
RHP Gary Adamson went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit.

Sammy Brumley (W 1-0) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 6 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 4. He threw a WP. 117 pitches. At bat, he had a hit.

SS Frank Roadman had 2 hits with a double. 1B Tony Becerra had a hit and was beaned. RF Dennis Brown had a hit and a walk.