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Thursday, June 27, 2002

Today is Jim Baucom's 21st birthday!

Birmingham Barons (33-45 .423 11 GB tied for 6th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (37-40 .481 6.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division)

BIRM: Gene Hall (33-R) (4-6 4.84 ERA 70.2 IP, 72 H, 4 HR, 36 BB, 50 SO) vs.
JAX: Manny Martinez (30-R) (3-3 3.84 ERA 58.2 IP, 63 H, 7 HR, 10 BB, 46 SO)

Hall was 6-10 with a 4.17 ERA in 23 starts and 144.2 IP last year with 23 HR allowed. He was 1-0 in 3 starts against us and pitched well in every game, except the win. 3.80 ERA, 21.1 IP, 22 H, 2 HR, 4 BB, 13 SO. We have not faced him this season.

Martinez has won his last 2 starts and set a new team record for strikeouts in each one. Last time out, he pitched a CG, allowing 2 unearned runs on 6 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 12 strikeouts.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BIRMINGHAM
1: 2B Stan Stephens (24-R .328-326-0-29-.771-30-C+) All-Star
2: SS Ken Kelly (24-S .289-280-9-31-.823-9 B)
3: CF Sergio Acevedo (28-R .167-288-20-36-.635-19 B+) Silver Slugger/All-Star
4: 1B Jim Montgomery (31-R .207-232-7-29-.650-0 A)
5: 3B Gerald Young (29-R .236-110-1-10-.663-0 B)
6: LF Rich Paschke (33-L .271-48-2-8-.821-2 B+)
7: RF Dave Jay (36-R .184-228-7-22-.558-2 A)
8: C Rich Zard (30-L .176-125-0-9-.532-0 B)
9: P Gene Hall (33-R .333-21-0-2-.792-0 F)

JACKSONVILLE
1: CF Danny Stewart (31-L .129-31-0-1-.335-0 C+)
2: 2B Leander Gooding (31-R .278-270-1-27-.677-13 B+)
3: LF Glen Lewis (21-L .303-264-7-45-.865-19 C+) Rookie
4: 3B Mary Eades (31-R .309-123-3-25-.872-1 C+)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (20-L .322-90-4-16-.966-5 B) Rookie
6: C Bert Swope (30-S .250-140-2-11-.658-1 B)
7: RF Rob Worms (29-R .199-196-5-17-.620-16 A) Gold Glove
8: SS Bart Daw (30-R .219-210-2-21-.601-7 A)
9: P Manny Martinez (30-R .158-19-0-1-.368-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 92 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from center
Attendance: 7,589

Top of the First:
Stan Stephens pops out to 1st. Ken Kelly lines out to left. Sergio Acevedo takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. He steals his 20th base of the year. Jim Montgomery strikes out!

Bottom of the First:
Danny Stewart pokes one back to the pitcher, but 1B Jim Montgomery drops the toss for an error! Leander Gooding flies out to deep center. Glen Lewis lines a hit to left. Marty Eades swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a 4-6-3 double play....

Last game, P Manny Martinez did not walk a batter and struck out 12. Through 2 innings today, we has walked 3...

Top of the Third:
Stan Stephens pokes a hit to left, steals 2nd and goes to 3rd on a ground out. Sergio Acevedo swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! Jim Montgomery doubles off the wall in center and Stephens scores... 1 to 0, Barons.

Bottom of the Third:
With 1 out, Leander Gooding and Glen Lewis hit back to back singles. With 2 outs, Jack Washburn pokes a hit to center and Gooding scores! Tie Game: 1 to 1!

Top of the Seventh:
Dave Jay leads off with a home run to left... 2 to 1, Barons. The Bullpen gets up. With 1 out, P Gene Hall lines a hit to center. Call to the Bullpen: Jim Kenzy (34-R). Stan Stephens lines a double to left... Ken Kelly hits a home run to right... 5 to 1, Barons. Sergio Acevedo triples off the wall in left center... The Bullpen is back up. Jim Montgomery flies out to deep center and Acevedo trots home. 6 to 1, Barons.

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Barry Finney (27-R). Dave Jay and Rich Zard lead off with back to back walks... Pia! A train ticket! Make that two! P Gene Hall bunts the runners up. Stan Stephens beats out an infield hit and Jay scores... 7 to 1, Barons. Ken Kelly swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to deep right and Zard tags up and scores. 8 to 1, Barons.

Top of the Ninth:
Gerald Young lines a hit to right and goes to 2nd on a passed ball... The Bullpen is up. Rich Paschke draws a walk... With 1 out, Rich Zard beats out an infield hit and the bases are loaded... Call to the Bullpen: Tug Jackson (33-R). PH Jose Fernandez (34-L), who struck out yesterday, flies out to deep center and Young trots home. 9 to 1, Barons.

Lost - 9 to 1

Mini-swept.
4 losses in a row and 2-6 in our last 8...

We had 7 hits (all singles) and made no errors
Birmingham had 13 hits and made 1 error

Manny Martinez (L 3-4) went 6.1 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 5.
RHP Jim Kenzy got 1 out, allowed 3 runs and 4 hits, including a home run.
RHP Roger Wallace faced 1 batter and got him out.
RHP Barry Finney went 1.1 innings, allowed 3 runs (2 earned), 3 hits and 4 walks.
RHP Tug Jackson faced 2 batters and got them both out.

Gene Hall (W 5-6) went 8 innings, gave us 1 run, 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run.

LF Glen Lewis had 2 hits. 1B Jack Washburn had a hit and a walk, stole a base and had an RBI.

For Birmingham, 2B Stan Stephens had 3 hits with a double, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. SS Ken Kelly hit his 10th home run and had 4 RBI.
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