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Old 07-26-2020, 04:09 PM   #56
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Saturday, May 5, 2001

Ottawa Otters (17-12 .586 1.5 GB in 2nd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (9-20 .310 8 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division)

OTT: Bob Stephens (24-R) (1-1 4.00 ERA 27 IP, 23 H, 6 HR, 6 BB, 21 SO) vs.
JAX: Frank Cook (35-R) (2-3 3.46 ERA 39 IP, 32 H, 1 HR, 17 BB, 20 SO)

Stephens gave up 1 run in 4 IP last time out in a no decision and had to leave the game with a sore back.

Cook has won his last 2 starts, but they have been the worst starts of his season.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
OTTAWA
1: 3B Wes Fitzgibbons (25-R .255-51-2-6-.688-4 A)
2: 2B Kim Byrne (25-R .243-70-2-3-.686-5 A)
3: RF Ed Yeager (26-L .333-102-5-23-.939-0 C)
4: 1B Phil Shumate (27-S .260-96-1-10-.721-1 C+)
5: LF Tom Beyke (32-R .371-35-3-9-1.138-1 B+)
6: CF Tom Spiess (23-L .242-66-0-1-.537-2 B) Rookie
7: SS Joel McCormick (32-R .171-82-0-8-.476-0 A)
8: C Doug Peacock (32-S .115-78-0-5-.366-0 B)
9: P Bob Stephens (24-R .000-8-0-0-.000-1 D+)

JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Cal Doty (24-L .269-108-0-9-.653-5 B+)
2: CF Joe Roberts (30-L .353-68-0-7-.803-3 C+) Sprained elbow
3: 3B Brian Porter (33-S .295-105-1-9-.777-0 C+)
4: RF Dennis Brown (27-L .236-89-4-10-.682-0 C) Rookie
5: 1B Tony Becerra (31-L .206-97-4-11-.583-1 A+)
6: 2B Ed Diskin (37-R .077-13-0-0-.374-0 B)
7: SS Junior Danielson (29-R .300-20-0-1-.700-1 B)
8: C Bert Swope (29-S .224-76-0-5-.570-0 B)
9: P Frank Cook (35-R .100-10-0-0-.282-0 C+)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 71 F, Clear Skies, with a 13 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 10,161

Top of the First:

Wes Fitzgibbons grounds a hit to right. Kim Byrne lines out to right. Ed Yeager sends one to deep right, but Dennis Brown races back and makes a diving catch! Phil Shumate lines a double to center and Fitzgibbons scores... 1 to 0, Otters. Tom Beyke swings at the first pitch and doubles to right and Shumate scores... 2 to 0, Otters. Tom Spiess swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses.

Bottom of the First:
Cal Doty flies out to deep left. Joe Roberts grounds out to 2nd. Brian Porter draws a walk. Dennis Brown flies out to very deep center...

Top of the Second:

Joel McCormick fouls off 2 3-2 pitches before taking a walk. Doug Peacock grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. P Bob Stephens bunts into a force at 2nd, 1-6. He steals 2nd, the second steal of the year for him... Wes Fitzgibbons lines a double down the right field line and P Stephens scores... 3 to 0, Otters.

Top of the Fifth:
Wes Fitzgibbons triples off the wall in right center... The Bullpen is up. Kim Byrne strikes out looking. Ed Yeager grounds a double down the left field line... 4 to 0, Otters. Phil Shumate lines a hit to right and Yeager scores ahead of the throw and Shumate goes to 2nd... 5 to 0, Otters. Call to the Bullpen: Barry Finney (25-R). Tom Beyke grounds out slowly to 3rd and Shumate goes to 3rd. A wild pitch scores Shumate... 6 to 0, Otters.

Top of the Sixth:
Doug Peacock grounds a hit to right. With 1 out, Wes Fitzgibbons beats out an infield hit. Kim Byrne lines a hit to center and the bases are loaded. Ed Yeager lines a hit to right and a run scores... 7 to 0, Otters. Suck it up, time... Phil Shumate takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in a run... 8 to 0, Otters. Tom Beyke grounds into a 5-4-3 double play.

Top of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Justin Reddick (28-R). He strikes out the side in order!

Top of the Ninth:

With 1 out, Phil Shumate hits a home run to right... 9 to 0, Otters.

Bottom of the Ninth:
P Bob Stephens is at 104 pitches. The reason we are cutting in on the game here is that the Jacksonville Jays have yet to get a hit... RF Mike Volkman flies out to center. Cal Doty swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to right! That does it for P Stephens. New Pitcher: Chuck Meredith (30-R), a rookie making his season debut. PH Ismael Gonzales (33-R) grounds out to short and Doty takes 3rd. 3B Bobby Scrogham (25-R) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. CF Frank Wendell (33-R) swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd...

Lost - 9 to 0

We had 1 whole hit and made no errors
Ottawa had 14 hits and made no errors

Frank Cook (L 2-4) went 4.1 innings, allowed 6 runs, 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Barry Finney went 1.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. He threw a WP.
RHP Justin Reddick went 3 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run, and struck out 5.

Bob Stephens (W 2-1) went 8.1 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit, 2 walks and stuck out 6. 113 pitches. At bat, he stole a base and scored a run.

LF Cal Doty hit a double.

For Ottawa, 3B Wes Fitzgibbons had 4 hits with a double and a triple, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. 1B Phil Shumate had 3 hits with a double and his 2nd home run of the season and series, drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBI.

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