[Questdog]

Tuesday, August 14, 2001

C Jim Hess (31-R) was sent to Daytona (A) and P Spencer Shuff (33-R) was called up because we do not want to be starting any of our stinky pitchers on short rest. They are bad enough at full energy. Shuff will start tomorrow's game, but we called him up today to make sure he does not pitch today for the Tortugas. If my calculations are correct and Blair Montgomery is ready to go when Trudy says he'll be ready to go, then tomorrow is the only day we will need a spot starter.

Columbus Explorers (54-63 .462 14 GB in 8th (last) place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (38-78 .328 29 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division)

If, by some miracle, we manage to play .500 ball for the rest of the season, we will still lose 101 games....

COL: Terry Luckett (26-L) (12-5 2.30 ERA 168 IP, 161 H, 7 HR, 23 BB, 131 SO) All-Star vs.
JAX: Marco Gonzalez (27-R) (2-10 4.67 ERA 113.2 IP, 127 H, 7 HR, 50 BB, 55 SO)

Luckett is their #1 starter. Believe it or not, one of his 5 losses was to the Jays. We beat him in June, scoring 4 runs on 10 hits and 1 walk with 6 strikeouts in 6 innings.

Gonzalez has lost his last 4 starts. He gave up 4 runs on 5 hits and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts in 5 innings last time out.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
COLUMBUS
1: CF Jorge Moreida (22-L .239-389-4-18-.619-13 B) Rookie
2: 3B Mike Brewer (38-R .309-356-1-42-.729-0 C)
3: 1B Gabriel Beltran (31-S .291-412-14-51-.799-11 B)
4: RF Robert Duenas (31-L .251-179-3-21-.689-0 B)
5: 2B Tim Dawson (24-R .273-377-5-36-.717-5 C)
6: C Marc Barksdale (30-R .194-340-3-20-.547-0 B)
7: SS Ron Ulrich (32-R .255-51-1-6-.686-0 C)
8: LF Bill Baehr (29-L .227-150-1-10-.597-6 A+)
9: P Terry Luckett (26-L .288-52-0-5-.668-0 D) All-Star

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Frank Roadman (26-R .209-316-3-22-.549-32 B)
2: CF Cal Doty (24-L .268-441-2-41-.688-11 B+)
3: RF Mike Volkman (33-L .293-321-5-49-.741-1 D+)
4: 1B Ismael Gonzales (33-R .262-107-2-10-.644-0 D+)
5: C Garrett Bender (27-R .260-254-4-31-.703-0 B+)
6: 3B Brian Porter (34-S .230-357-5-37-.622-0 C+)
7: SS Junior Danielson (30-R .211-133-0-7-.514-9 B)
8: CF Frank Wendell (33-R .190-105-0-9-.449-8 C+)
9: P Marco Gonzalez (27-R .138-29-0-0-.305-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 84 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 3,471

Top of the First:
Jorge Moreida grounds out to short. Mike Brewer grounds out to 2nd. Gabriel Beltran takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Robert Duenas lines out to center!

Bottom of the First:
Frank Roadman swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Cal Doty walks on 4 pitches. Mike Volkman grounds out slowly to short and Doty goes to 2nd. Ismael Gonzales triples to left center and Doty scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Garrett Bender grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Third:
Frank Roadman floats a soft hit to center. Cal Doty grounds one to the left of the mound and P Terry Luckett fields it quickly and tries to start a double play at 2nd, but makes a bad throw for an error! With 1 out, we pull off a double steal! Ismael Gonzales, who tripled his first time up, hits a home run to right center!!! 4 to 0, Jays!

Bottom of the Fourth:
Junior Danielson grounds a hit to left. He is now batting .333 in August! Frank Wendell grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. He steals 2nd. P Marco Gonzalez makes a bid for a home run to left, but it is caught on the warning track and Wendell tags up and beats the throw to 3rd. Frank Roadman grounds a hit up the middle and Wendell scores! 5 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Fifth:
Jorge Moreida lines a double to left, but is hurt. Pinch-runner: Tim Brantley (27-L). It is only the second hit of the game for the Explorers, though P Marco Gonzalez has walked 6 and has not struck out anyone. Correction, he has struck out one, Mike Brewer just now! The next two make outs!

Bottom of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Ismael Gonzales grounds his third hit of the game up the middle. That does it for P Terry Luckett. New Pitcher: Dave Fussell (36-R), with a 3.29 ERA in 38.1 IP. Garrett Bender hits a home run to right center!! 7 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Sixth:
Tim Dawson beats out an infield hit. Marc Barksdale takes a 3-2 pitch for walk #7... The Bullpen gets up. P Marco Gonzalez is at 104 pitches and there is no way he can make through 9 innings. Ron Ulrich grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and the runners advance. Bill Baehr grounds out to short and Dawson scores. 7 to 1, Jays.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Frank Wendell leads off with a triple to center! PH Joe Roberts (30-L) strikes out... Frank Roadman grounds out to 3rd and the runner holds... Cal Doty grounds out to 1st, 3-1....

Bottom of the Seventh:
2B Rick Dundore (35-R) doubles to right. Ismael Gonzales has not been lifted for a defensive replacement because he needs a double for the Cycle. He pokes his fourth hit of the game to left, but he stops at 1st. Garrett Bender lines a hit to right and Dundore scores! 8 to 1, Jays! Brian Porter doubles to left and Gonzales scores! 9 to 1, Jays. The Explorers are leaving P Dave Fussell in there to take his lumps. Junior Danielson grounds a hit to left and Bender scores! 10 to 1, Jays! Frank Wendell grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Porter scores. 11 to 1, Jays! We have tied our team record for runs! That is all we get.

Top of the Eighth:
We let P Barry Finney (26-R) bat last inning to try to get him a 3 inning Save and rest the other Bullpen Arms. He got a hit. Marc Barksdale takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ron Ulrich grounds a hit up the middle. The next three all strike out!!!

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Dwayne Shear (32-R), who pitched 1.2 scoreless innings yesterday and is still pitching with a strained oblique. Rick Dundore takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ismael Gonzales has another chance to hit a double, but he ends up walking. Garrett Bender grounds his third hit of the game to left and the bases are loaded with no outs. Can we score and break our team record for runs? Hopefully, this is our last opportunity... Brian Porter pops out to left and the runners hold... Junior Danielson strikes out looking... P Shear is hurt. New Pitcher: Chris Scott (35-L), with a 3.11 ERA in 63.2 IP. Frank Wendell grounds out to 2nd....

Won - 11 to 1

We set a new team record for margin of victory!
The old record was 8 in the final start of Victor Espinoza as a Jay.
It is the 4th time we have scored 11 runs in a game. We have never scored more.

We had 16 hits and made no errors
Columbus had 7 hits and made 1 error

We tied our team record for hits!

Marco Gonzalez (W 3-10) went 6 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 7 walks and struck out 2. 113 pitches.
RHP Barry Finney (SV 2 ) pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit.

Terry Luckett (L 12-6) went 4.1 innings, gave us 6 runs (5 earned - his own error), 7 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3. 2 of his 6 losses are against the Jays. He is only the 2nd pitcher to ever lose 2 games to Jacksonville.

2B Frank Roadman had 2 hits, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Cal Doty drew a walk, stole a base and scored 2 runs. 2B Rick Dundore hit a double, drew a walk and scored a run in his only 2 trips to the plate. 1B Ismael Gonzales went 4 for 4 with a walk, a triple and his 3rd home run of the season, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBI. C Garrett Bender had 3 hits with his 5th home run, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. 3B Brian Porter hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. SS Junior Danielson had 3 hits and had an RBI. CF Frank Wendell hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI.

For Columbus, C Marc Barksdale did not make and out with a double and 3 walks.

The Explorers announced that CF Jorge Moreida had a strained oblique that should bother him for about a week. P Dwayne Shear, who already had a strained oblique, now need elbow surgery and is out for the year and might not be healthy by next Opening Day.