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Questdog · 08-06-2020, 02:48 PM

Thursday, July 5, 2001

The Hartford Whalers are here to finish out our season series with them in a 4 game series through the weekend and take us to the All-Break, when everyone on our team will get a 3 day vacation. We split 4 games with them at their place, May 28-31. They just split a pair of games with the Roosters in Rochester. They are 6th in scoring with 4.18 runs per game (Jacksonville is #12 with 3.67). The Whalers are 15th in fewest runs allowed with 4.92 per game (Jacksonville is last with 5.13). They have allowed 72 HR, the 3rd most, but we have allowed the most (77). They also have the 2nd worst BA against at .270, but ours makes theirs look pretty good (.288). Their run differential is -62, the 2nd worst in the League, and ours is -121.

Hartford Whalers (35-49 .417 11.5 GB in 8th place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (32-51 .386 19 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division)

HART: Franklin Garcia (31-R) (7-7 3.65 ERA 111 IP, 95 H, 12 HR, 45 BB, 80 SO) vs.
JAX: Mackie Reed (29-R) (4-4 4.93 ERA 96.2 IP, 112 H, 11 HR, 37 BB, 39 SO)

Garcia is their #1 starter. He beat us in Hartford in May, but had to leave the game with an injury after 5.2 scoreless innings. We only had 2 hits and a walk and 2 strikeouts.

Reed gave up 3 runs on 8 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and no strikeouts in a win last time out.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
HARTFORD
1: 3B Eric Drake (27-S .195-154-0-9-.505-9 B+)
2: 2B Charlie Mackey (26-R .204-250-9-34-.680-8 B)
3: 1B Kim Scarbrough (34-R .280-132-0-21-.731-3 C+)
4: LF Roy Zimdahl (30-R .269-238-14-38-.822-4 B)
5: C Mike Moen (30-R .306-281-1-22-.734-2 D)
6: RF Robbie McFarland (23-L .277-159-8-27-.850-0 B) Rookie #82 prospect
7: CF Norm Mayer (25-L .210-219-6-29-.705-8 B)
8: SS Raul Parez (32-L .283-205-2-18-.728-5 B)
9: P Franklin Garcia (31-R .216-37-0-4-.486-0 F)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Leander Gooding (30-R .277-253-0-25-.662-11 A)
2: LF Cal Doty (24-L .296-314-2-33-.755-11 B+)
3: RF Mike Volkman (33-L .308-201-5-38-.800-0 D+)
4: 1B Tony Becerra (32-L .262-229-10-30-.749-4 A+)
5: 3B Brian Porter (33-S .255-263-3-28-.664-0 C+)
6: C Garrett Bender (27-R .238-164-2-17-.647-0 B+)
7: CF Frank Wendell (33-R .230-87-0-8-.538-8 C+)
8: SS Junior Danielson (30-R .172-64-0-2-.451-7 B)
9: P Mackie Reed (29-R .207-29-1-3-.640-0 D+)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 88 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 4,497

Top of the First:
Eric Drake lines out to 3rd. Charlie Mackey lines a hit to left. A wild pitch moves him up... Kim Scarbrough swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to center and Mackey tags up and beats the throw to 3rd. Roy Zimdahl takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Mike Moen swings at a 3-2 pitch and sends one to very deep center, but Frank Wendell is there!

Bottom of the First:
Leander Gooding flies out to center. Cal Doty strikes out... Mike Volkman swings at the first pitch and lines out to 2nd...

Top of the Third:
P Franklin Garcia grounds one to 1st, but our Gold Glove candidate, Tony Becerra boots it... His first error of the season. Eric Drake lays down a bunt and beats it out for a hit... Charlie Mackey lays down a bunt and P Mackie Reed throws to 3rd, but too late and the bases are loaded with no outs and with no one walking or hitting the ball at all... Kim Scarbrough lines one hard to deep left, but Cal Doty makes the catch, though P Garcia trots home with a run... 1 to 0, Whalers. Roy Zimdahl beats out an infield hit to load the bases back up... Mike Moen grounds into a force at home, 6-2. Robbie McFarland strikes out!

Bottom of the Third:
We go 8 up, 8 down, but then P Mackie Reed doubles to left center. Leander Gooding triples to right center! Tie Game: 1 to 1!

Top of the Fourth:
Norm Mayer pokes a little hit to right center. Raul Parez grounds out to 2nd, and Mayer moves up. 2B Leander Gooding calls out Trudy the Trainer... Frank Roadman takes his place. Mayer steals 3rd... P Franklin Garcia grounds out to the pitcher and Mayer stays put. Eric Drake flies out to deep right!

Bottom of the Fourth:
With 2 outs, Brian Porter hits one 460 ft. over the wall in right center! 2 to 1, Jays!

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Bill Grant (30-L). Dennis Brown (27-L), who pinch-ran last inning, stays in to play right. 5-6-7 up for them. Mike Moen grounds a hit to center... Robbie McFarland strikes out on 3 pitches. PH Larry Napoli (35-R), batting .232 with 8 HR and 24 RBI in 181 AB, strikes out looking. PH Tom McDonnell (32-R), 3 for 16 (.188) on the season, swings at a 3-1 pitch and grounds out to short and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 2 to 1

We had 4 hits (we hit for the cycle as a team!) and made 1 error
Hartford had 7 hits (all singles) and made 1 error

Mackie Reed (W 5-4) went 8 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. He threw a WP. 119 pitches. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run. Game Score: 70. It is the first time ever we have had back to back games with Game Scores of 70 or higher by our pitchers! Mike Gaddis had a 70 yesterday.
LHP Bill Grant (SV 4) pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2.

Franklin Garcia (L 7-8) went 6 innings, gave us 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 4. At bat, he reached on an error and scored their only run.

2B Leander Gooding hit a triple and had an RBI. 3B Brian Porter hit his 4th home run. PH Joe Roberts had a hit.

Trudy makes her 2nd report on 2B Leander Gooding in 2 days... She will not make one tomorrow, because he has a hamstring strain that she says will sideline him for about 6 weeks....

08-06-2020, 02:48 PM	#130
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	Thursday, July 5, 2001 The Hartford Whalers are here to finish out our season series with them in a 4 game series through the weekend and take us to the All-Break, when everyone on our team will get a 3 day vacation. We split 4 games with them at their place, May 28-31. They just split a pair of games with the Roosters in Rochester. They are 6th in scoring with 4.18 runs per game (Jacksonville is #12 with 3.67). The Whalers are 15th in fewest runs allowed with 4.92 per game (Jacksonville is last with 5.13). They have allowed 72 HR, the 3rd most, but we have allowed the most (77). They also have the 2nd worst BA against at .270, but ours makes theirs look pretty good (.288). Their run differential is -62, the 2nd worst in the League, and ours is -121. Hartford Whalers (35-49 .417 11.5 GB in 8th place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (32-51 .386 19 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division) HART: Franklin Garcia (31-R) (7-7 3.65 ERA 111 IP, 95 H, 12 HR, 45 BB, 80 SO) vs. JAX: Mackie Reed (29-R) (4-4 4.93 ERA 96.2 IP, 112 H, 11 HR, 37 BB, 39 SO) Garcia is their #1 starter. He beat us in Hartford in May, but had to leave the game with an injury after 5.2 scoreless innings. We only had 2 hits and a walk and 2 strikeouts. Reed gave up 3 runs on 8 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and no strikeouts in a win last time out. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) HARTFORD 1: 3B Eric Drake (27-S .195-154-0-9-.505-9 B+) 2: 2B Charlie Mackey (26-R .204-250-9-34-.680-8 B) 3: 1B Kim Scarbrough (34-R .280-132-0-21-.731-3 C+) 4: LF Roy Zimdahl (30-R .269-238-14-38-.822-4 B) 5: C Mike Moen (30-R .306-281-1-22-.734-2 D) 6: RF Robbie McFarland (23-L .277-159-8-27-.850-0 B) Rookie #82 prospect 7: CF Norm Mayer (25-L .210-219-6-29-.705-8 B) 8: SS Raul Parez (32-L .283-205-2-18-.728-5 B) 9: P Franklin Garcia (31-R .216-37-0-4-.486-0 F) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Leander Gooding (30-R .277-253-0-25-.662-11 A) 2: LF Cal Doty (24-L .296-314-2-33-.755-11 B+) 3: RF Mike Volkman (33-L .308-201-5-38-.800-0 D+) 4: 1B Tony Becerra (32-L .262-229-10-30-.749-4 A+) 5: 3B Brian Porter (33-S .255-263-3-28-.664-0 C+) 6: C Garrett Bender (27-R .238-164-2-17-.647-0 B+) 7: CF Frank Wendell (33-R .230-87-0-8-.538-8 C+) 8: SS Junior Danielson (30-R .172-64-0-2-.451-7 B) 9: P Mackie Reed (29-R .207-29-1-3-.640-0 D+) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 88 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 4,497 Top of the First: Eric Drake lines out to 3rd. Charlie Mackey lines a hit to left. A wild pitch moves him up... Kim Scarbrough swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to center and Mackey tags up and beats the throw to 3rd. Roy Zimdahl takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Mike Moen swings at a 3-2 pitch and sends one to very deep center, but Frank Wendell is there! Bottom of the First: Leander Gooding flies out to center. Cal Doty strikes out... Mike Volkman swings at the first pitch and lines out to 2nd... Top of the Third: P Franklin Garcia grounds one to 1st, but our Gold Glove candidate, Tony Becerra boots it... His first error of the season. Eric Drake lays down a bunt and beats it out for a hit... Charlie Mackey lays down a bunt and P Mackie Reed throws to 3rd, but too late and the bases are loaded with no outs and with no one walking or hitting the ball at all... Kim Scarbrough lines one hard to deep left, but Cal Doty makes the catch, though P Garcia trots home with a run... 1 to 0, Whalers. Roy Zimdahl beats out an infield hit to load the bases back up... Mike Moen grounds into a force at home, 6-2. Robbie McFarland strikes out! Bottom of the Third: We go 8 up, 8 down, but then P Mackie Reed doubles to left center. Leander Gooding triples to right center! Tie Game: 1 to 1! Top of the Fourth: Norm Mayer pokes a little hit to right center. Raul Parez grounds out to 2nd, and Mayer moves up. 2B Leander Gooding calls out Trudy the Trainer... Frank Roadman takes his place. Mayer steals 3rd... P Franklin Garcia grounds out to the pitcher and Mayer stays put. Eric Drake flies out to deep right! Bottom of the Fourth: With 2 outs, Brian Porter hits one 460 ft. over the wall in right center! 2 to 1, Jays! Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Bill Grant (30-L). Dennis Brown (27-L), who pinch-ran last inning, stays in to play right. 5-6-7 up for them. Mike Moen grounds a hit to center... Robbie McFarland strikes out on 3 pitches. PH Larry Napoli (35-R), batting .232 with 8 HR and 24 RBI in 181 AB, strikes out looking. PH Tom McDonnell (32-R), 3 for 16 (.188) on the season, swings at a 3-1 pitch and grounds out to short and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays! Won - 2 to 1 We had 4 hits (we hit for the cycle as a team!) and made 1 error Hartford had 7 hits (all singles) and made 1 error Mackie Reed (W 5-4) went 8 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. He threw a WP. 119 pitches. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run. Game Score: 70. It is the first time ever we have had back to back games with Game Scores of 70 or higher by our pitchers! Mike Gaddis had a 70 yesterday. LHP Bill Grant (SV 4) pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. Franklin Garcia (L 7-8) went 6 innings, gave us 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 4. At bat, he reached on an error and scored their only run. 2B Leander Gooding hit a triple and had an RBI. 3B Brian Porter hit his 4th home run. PH Joe Roberts had a hit. Trudy makes her 2nd report on 2B Leander Gooding in 2 days... She will not make one tomorrow, because he has a hamstring strain that she says will sideline him for about 6 weeks.... Last edited by Questdog; 08-06-2020 at 03:14 PM.