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Questdog · 08-31-2020, 02:15 PM

Friday, May 31, 2002

We are back in Florida, but not in Jacksonville quit yet. We are in Orlando to play a 3 game series over the weekend before we finally get to go home for an extended stay. We will have spent 26 of the last 28 days on the road after this series. The Juice were just swept in 4 games at Syracuse and have lost 7 in a row and are 2-13 in their last 15 games. They were in 1st place before that stretch started; now they are in 4th. We lost 3 of 4 the firs time we visited them, April 18-21. This will already be our final trip to the Magic Kingdom this season. The Juice are 9th in scoring with 4.11 runs per game (Jacksonville is down to #15 with 3.65). They are 7th in fewest runs allowed with 4.04 per game (Jacksonville is #10 with 4.15 per game). Our pitching is not so great, but a lot better than the 5.40 runs per game we allowed last year! We are on pace to shave over 200 runs off the number we allowed last year! Orlando's run differential is +4 and ours is -30, now the 2nd worst in the League.

Jacksonville Jays (22-32 .407 11 GB in 6th place in the Southern Division) at
Orlando Juice (27-26 .509 5.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Jim Baucom (20-L) (4-3 2.78 ERA 81 IP, 73 H, 5 HR, 21 BB, 50 SO) Rookie vs.
ORL: Larry Hemmerling (26-R) (3-5 2.95 ERA 73.1 IP, 61 H, 6 HR, 21 BB, 44 SO) Silver Slugger

Baucom pitched a CG win last time out, allowing 3 runs on 9 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 5 strikeouts.

Hemmerling gave us 4 runs on 7 hits, 2 home runs and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in 7 innings in a no decision that we won in April. He is 1-4 in his last 5 starts, but did not pitch a clunker in the lot.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Cal Doty (25-L .261-92-1-6-.659-10 B+)
2: 2B Leander Gooding (31-R .236-195-1-15-.583-10 B+)
3: 3B Ed Diskin (38-R .220-109-1-12-.636-4 C)
4: RF Glen Lewis (21-L .303-178-5-22-.849-10 C) Rookie
5: 1B Jack Washburn (20-L .320-25-2-6-.960-1 B) Rookie
6: C Garrett Bender (28-R .247-150-1-13-.600-0 B)
7: CF Danny Stewart (31-L .100-10-0-0-.282-0 C+)
8: SS Bart Daw (30-R .243-152-2-16-.637-6 A)
9: P Jim Baucom (20-L .050-20-0-1-.100-0 C) Rookie

ORLANDO
1: 3B Ernie Patterson (21-R .316-177-1-19-.759-14 A+) Gold Glove
2: CF Ray McDonald (22-L .278-169-3-22-.762-9 C+)
3: 1B Herman Chance (32-R .296-125-4-17-.817-0 C+)
4: 2B Tom Howard (25-R .254-205-7-33-.760-16 B+)
5: C Mike Day (31-S .190-137-5-15-.601-0 C+)
6: SS Danny Hutchinson (23-R .282-142-3-17-.774-3 A)
7: LF Barry Magee (30-L .248-153-3-16-.698-3 A)
8: RF Russ Baker (22-S .195-77-0-1-.565-0 B) RoY
9: P Larry Hemmerling (26-R .286-21-0-2-.699-0 F) Silver Slugger

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Weather: 84 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 10 MPH wind blowing left to right
Attendance: 10,095

Top of the First:
Cal Doty takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4! Leander Gooding pops out to left. Ed Diskin lines out to right. Glen Lewis grounds out to 3rd...

Bottom of the First:
Ernie Patterson flies out to right. Ray McDonald strikes out! Herman Chance swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short! 1-2-3!

Top of the Second:
Jack Washburn triples to left center! Garrett Bender grounds out to short and Washburn scores. 1 to 0, Jays!

Bottom of the Third:
Barry Magee grounds an 0-2 pitch down the left field line for a double... Russ Baker flies out to deep center and Magee tags up and scoots over to 3rd. With the infield in, P Larry Hemmerling, the Silver Slugger, grounds out to short and Magee stays put! Ernie Patterson puts a charge in one to deep center, but Danny Stewart makes a leaping catch at the warning track!!

Top of the Sixth:
Cal Doty leads off with a home run to right! 2 to 0, Jays! With 1 out, Ed Diskin hits a triple to right center! And lives! They walk Glen Lewis intentionally. He steals 2nd! So they walk Jack Washburn intentionally to load the bases up with 1 out. I want to pinch-hit for Garrett Bender, but Bert Swope needs the day off for rest... Bender strikes out... Danny Stewart strikes out...

Bottom of the Ninth:
P Jim Baucom is at 105 pitches. Frank Wendell is in to play left. Tony Becerra, Charlie Faber and Rob Worms came in last inning to play 1st, 3rd and right, respectively. So if we give up a pair of runs, our chance of scoring again is not good... Top of their order is up. Ernie Patterson lines their third hit of the game to center... The Bullpen is up. Ray McDonald flies out to deep center. Herman Chance grounds a hit to left... Tom Howard swings at a 3-2 pitch and plunks one in front of the plate and C Garrett Bender throws in the general direction of 2nd base for a 2 base error and Patterson scores and the go ahead run is in scoring position.... 2 to 1, Jays. Call to the Bullpen: Bill Grant (31-L). Please, do not walk Mike Day intentionally. We do NOT walk Day, but P Grant throws an 0-2 pitch in the dirt and Bender cannot block it and Chance scores.... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Mike Day swings at the next pitch and pops one up to shallow left and defensive replacement Frank Wendell drops the ball for an error and Howard scores.... I truly had visions of a 2 hit shutout and now we have lost.... Their are no words to express my despair.... I did not even punch Pia....

Lost - 3 to 2

We had 5 whole hits and made 3 errors (2 in the 9th)
Orlando had 4 hits and made no errors

Jim Baucom (L 4-4) went 8.1 innings, allowed 3 unearned runs, 4 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit.
LHP Bill Grant (BS 3) faced 1 batter and did not get him out. He threw a WP.

Larry Hemmerling went 6.1 innings, gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks (2 INT) and struck out 6.
RHP Daniel Escarcega (W 3-2) pitched a perfect inning and struck out 1.

LF Cal Doty hit his 2nd home run of the season and drew a walk. 3B Ed Diskin hit a triple. 1B Jack Washburn hit a triple, was walked intentionally and scored a run.

08-31-2020, 02:15 PM	#330
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	Friday, May 31, 2002 We are back in Florida, but not in Jacksonville quit yet. We are in Orlando to play a 3 game series over the weekend before we finally get to go home for an extended stay. We will have spent 26 of the last 28 days on the road after this series. The Juice were just swept in 4 games at Syracuse and have lost 7 in a row and are 2-13 in their last 15 games. They were in 1st place before that stretch started; now they are in 4th. We lost 3 of 4 the firs time we visited them, April 18-21. This will already be our final trip to the Magic Kingdom this season. The Juice are 9th in scoring with 4.11 runs per game (Jacksonville is down to #15 with 3.65). They are 7th in fewest runs allowed with 4.04 per game (Jacksonville is #10 with 4.15 per game). Our pitching is not so great, but a lot better than the 5.40 runs per game we allowed last year! We are on pace to shave over 200 runs off the number we allowed last year! Orlando's run differential is +4 and ours is -30, now the 2nd worst in the League. Jacksonville Jays (22-32 .407 11 GB in 6th place in the Southern Division) at Orlando Juice (27-26 .509 5.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division) JAX: Jim Baucom (20-L) (4-3 2.78 ERA 81 IP, 73 H, 5 HR, 21 BB, 50 SO) Rookie vs. ORL: Larry Hemmerling (26-R) (3-5 2.95 ERA 73.1 IP, 61 H, 6 HR, 21 BB, 44 SO) Silver Slugger Baucom pitched a CG win last time out, allowing 3 runs on 9 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 5 strikeouts. Hemmerling gave us 4 runs on 7 hits, 2 home runs and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in 7 innings in a no decision that we won in April. He is 1-4 in his last 5 starts, but did not pitch a clunker in the lot. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) JACKSONVILLE 1: LF Cal Doty (25-L .261-92-1-6-.659-10 B+) 2: 2B Leander Gooding (31-R .236-195-1-15-.583-10 B+) 3: 3B Ed Diskin (38-R .220-109-1-12-.636-4 C) 4: RF Glen Lewis (21-L .303-178-5-22-.849-10 C) Rookie 5: 1B Jack Washburn (20-L .320-25-2-6-.960-1 B) Rookie 6: C Garrett Bender (28-R .247-150-1-13-.600-0 B) 7: CF Danny Stewart (31-L .100-10-0-0-.282-0 C+) 8: SS Bart Daw (30-R .243-152-2-16-.637-6 A) 9: P Jim Baucom (20-L .050-20-0-1-.100-0 C) Rookie ORLANDO 1: 3B Ernie Patterson (21-R .316-177-1-19-.759-14 A+) Gold Glove 2: CF Ray McDonald (22-L .278-169-3-22-.762-9 C+) 3: 1B Herman Chance (32-R .296-125-4-17-.817-0 C+) 4: 2B Tom Howard (25-R .254-205-7-33-.760-16 B+) 5: C Mike Day (31-S .190-137-5-15-.601-0 C+) 6: SS Danny Hutchinson (23-R .282-142-3-17-.774-3 A) 7: LF Barry Magee (30-L .248-153-3-16-.698-3 A) 8: RF Russ Baker (22-S .195-77-0-1-.565-0 B) RoY 9: P Larry Hemmerling (26-R .286-21-0-2-.699-0 F) Silver Slugger Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Forbes Field Weather: 84 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 10 MPH wind blowing left to right Attendance: 10,095 Top of the First: Cal Doty takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4! Leander Gooding pops out to left. Ed Diskin lines out to right. Glen Lewis grounds out to 3rd... Bottom of the First: Ernie Patterson flies out to right. Ray McDonald strikes out! Herman Chance swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short! 1-2-3! Top of the Second: Jack Washburn triples to left center! Garrett Bender grounds out to short and Washburn scores. 1 to 0, Jays! Bottom of the Third: Barry Magee grounds an 0-2 pitch down the left field line for a double... Russ Baker flies out to deep center and Magee tags up and scoots over to 3rd. With the infield in, P Larry Hemmerling, the Silver Slugger, grounds out to short and Magee stays put! Ernie Patterson puts a charge in one to deep center, but Danny Stewart makes a leaping catch at the warning track!! Top of the Sixth: Cal Doty leads off with a home run to right! 2 to 0, Jays! With 1 out, Ed Diskin hits a triple to right center! And lives! They walk Glen Lewis intentionally. He steals 2nd! So they walk Jack Washburn intentionally to load the bases up with 1 out. I want to pinch-hit for Garrett Bender, but Bert Swope needs the day off for rest... Bender strikes out... Danny Stewart strikes out... Bottom of the Ninth: P Jim Baucom is at 105 pitches. Frank Wendell is in to play left. Tony Becerra, Charlie Faber and Rob Worms came in last inning to play 1st, 3rd and right, respectively. So if we give up a pair of runs, our chance of scoring again is not good... Top of their order is up. Ernie Patterson lines their third hit of the game to center... The Bullpen is up. Ray McDonald flies out to deep center. Herman Chance grounds a hit to left... Tom Howard swings at a 3-2 pitch and plunks one in front of the plate and C Garrett Bender throws in the general direction of 2nd base for a 2 base error and Patterson scores and the go ahead run is in scoring position.... 2 to 1, Jays. Call to the Bullpen: Bill Grant (31-L). Please, do not walk Mike Day intentionally. We do NOT walk Day, but P Grant throws an 0-2 pitch in the dirt and Bender cannot block it and Chance scores.... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Mike Day swings at the next pitch and pops one up to shallow left and defensive replacement Frank Wendell drops the ball for an error and Howard scores.... I truly had visions of a 2 hit shutout and now we have lost.... Their are no words to express my despair.... I did not even punch Pia.... Lost - 3 to 2 We had 5 whole hits and made 3 errors (2 in the 9th) Orlando had 4 hits and made no errors Jim Baucom (L 4-4) went 8.1 innings, allowed 3 unearned runs, 4 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit. LHP Bill Grant (BS 3) faced 1 batter and did not get him out. He threw a WP. Larry Hemmerling went 6.1 innings, gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks (2 INT) and struck out 6. RHP Daniel Escarcega (W 3-2) pitched a perfect inning and struck out 1. LF Cal Doty hit his 2nd home run of the season and drew a walk. 3B Ed Diskin hit a triple. 1B Jack Washburn hit a triple, was walked intentionally and scored a run.