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Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Jacksonville Jays (43-86 .333 30 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division) at
Louisville Colonels (66-65 .504 8 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division)
JAX: Blair Montgomery (29-R) (0-0 4.50 ERA 12 IP, 10 H, 2 HR, 5 BB, 4 SO) Rookie vs.
LOU: Gene Hildebrand (31-L) (11-10 3.41 ERA 2 SV 148 IP, 154 H, 8 HR, 54 BB, 76 SO)
This will be Montgomery's 3rd Major League start. He allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, 1 home run and 3 walks with 2 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a no decision.
We have only faced Hildebrand as a reliever when he was briefly their Closer when their All-Star closer was on the DL. He pitched a perfect inning against us and earned a Save. He has lost his last 2 starts, allowing 11 runs (7 earned), 1 home run and 3 walks with 3 strikeouts in 6 total innings.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: SS Leander Gooding (30-R .279-272-0-26-.677-13 B)
2: LF Cal Doty (24-L .276-490-2-44-.700-17 B+)
3: RF Joe Roberts (30-L .304-421-1-41-.724-27 B)
4: 1B Ismael Gonzales (33-R .287-122-3-16-.725-0 D+)
5: 3B Bobby Scrogham (25-R .216-116-1-7-.600-3 C) Rookie
6: 2B Frank Roadman (26-R .209-359-5-29-.560-34 B)
7: CF Frank Wendell (33-R .207-121-0-10-.494-12 C+)
8: C Jim Hess (31-R .000-4-0-0-.200-0 B) Rookie 1st Major League start
9: P Blair Montgomery (29-R .333-3-0-0-1.000-0 C) Rookie
LOUISVILLE
1: CF Rob Dickerson (32-R .304-69-0-4-.693-6 B) Strained shoulder
2: LF Gilmer Duncan (27-L .272-401-14-57-.756-19 B+)
3: C Dick Pavlov (33-L .269-417-8-39-.706-1 B+) All-Star
4: 1B Alan Douglas (25-S .217-368-17-42-.659-19 A)
5: 2B Ron Lerche (23-R .285-333-5-32-.758-8 A) Rookie
6: RF Ray Lovell (27-L .242-153-3-19-.664-0 B)
7: SS Ron Duggins (29-R .252-365-8-44-.657-13 C+)
8: 3B Jorge Ramos (28-L .264-258-6-16-.703-1 C+)
9: P Gene Hildebrand (31-S .150-40-0-1-.346-0 C)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Colonels Field
Weather: 74 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from center
Attendance: 9,857
Top of the First:
Leander Gooding grounds out to 3rd. Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and grounds out 2nd. Joe Roberts grounds out to 3rd...
Bottom of the First:
Rob Dickerson grounds out to short. Gilmer Duncan grounds out to 3rd. Dick Pavlov grounds out to short! 1-2-3!
Top of the Third:
P Blair Montgomery walks on 4 pitches. Leander Gooding swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left. With 2 outs, Ismael Gonzales grounds a hit to left and P Montgomery beats the throw home! 1 to 0, Jays!
Top of the Sixth:
Bobby Scrogham grounds a double over the 3rd base bag. They walk the mighty Frank Roadman intentionally. Frank Wendell swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle and the bases are loaded with no outs. Jim Hess swings at a 2-2 pitch and jerks one down the line and over the fence for a Grand Slam!!!! His first Major League hit! 5 to 0, Jays!
Top of the Seventh:
Ismael Gonzales grounds a hit to left and Bobby Scrogham draws a walk. Frank Roadman swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to center and Gonzales heads home, but Rob Dickerson throws him out... The next two make outs...
Won - 5 to 0
Mini-sweep!
Only our 3rd shutout of the season and the 1st not started by Victor Espinoza (36-R)!
1st time ever we have had back to back CG from our starting pitchers!
We had 15 hits and made 1 error
Louisville had 5 hits (all singles) and made no errors
Blair Montgomery (W 1-0) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. 126 pitches. I did not think he had that many pitches in him! At bat, he had a hit and a walk and scored a run.
Gene Hildebrand (L 11-11) went 9 innings (CG), gave us 5 runs, 15 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 4. 133 pitches.
SS/2B Leander Gooding had 2 hits. LF Cal Doty had 2 hits. 1B Ismael Gonzales had 3 hits and an RBI. 3B Bobby Scrogham had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored a run. 2B/3B Frank Roadman had 2 hits and a walk and scored a run. CF Frank Wendell had 2 hits and scored a run. C Jim Hess hit a Grand Slam.
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