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Questdog · 09-15-2020, 03:20 PM

Wednesday, September 4, 2002

Buffalo Bombers (76-62 .551 7 GB in 3rd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (59-79 .428 21.5 GB in 6th place in the Southern Division)

BUF: Gene Hildebrand (32-L) (7-7 4.63 ERA 114.2 IP, 141 H, 9 HR, 45 BB, 54 SO) vs.
JAX: Manny Martinez (30-R) (8-6 3.18 ERA 124.1 IP, 121 H, 11 HR, 28 BB, 88 SO)

Hildebrand was 11-14 with 3 SV and a 3.63 ERA in 37 G with 25 starts and 178.1 IP last year. He was 0-1 with 1 SV in 2 games with 1 start (a CG) against us. 4.50 ERA, 10 IP, 15 H, 1 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO. We have not faced him this season.

Martinez gave up 1 run on 3 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 2 strikeouts in 4 innings in a loss last time out. He had to leave with an injury and we got shut out.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BUFFALO
1: CF Tom Hamm (33-R .278-497-6-39-.706-18 C+) All-Star(01-02)
2: 2B Jerry Sensenig (34-R .321-53-0-7-.817-0 A) Rookie
3: LF Mickey Lynn (29-L .241-515-36-95-.818-5 B) Silver Slugger/All-Star(01)
4: RF Ivan Moreno (31-L .290-521-36-93-.891-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Frank Cohen (26-R .295-522-25-78-.869-3 C+) All-Star(01-02)
6: SS Dave Lloyd (29-R .281-409-15-67-.815-0 C+) All-Star(01-02)
7: 3B Jose Cuenca (30-R .231-208-6-24-.633-1 B)
8: C Phil Ebel (35-R .185-216-1-34-.526-0 C) All-Star(01)
9: P Gene Hildebrand (32-S .171-41-0-4-.366-0 C)

JACKSONVILLE
1: CF Frank Wendell (34-R .217-120-1-12-.557-7 C+)
2: 2B Leander Gooding (31-R .273-432-1-35-.652-20 B+)
3: 3B Ed Diskin (38-R .221-213-3-21-.625-6 C)
4: 1B Marty Eades (31-R .316-320-15-77-.952-3 C+)
5: RF Rob Worms (29-R .196-265-6-19-.589-18 A) Gold Glove
6: SS Bart Daw (30-R .221-385-6-40-.623-14 A)
7: LF Cal Doty (25-L .266-387-4-30-.697-26 B+)
8: C Bert Swope (30-S .226-234-3-15-.600-3 B)
9: P Manny Martinez (30-R .171-41-0-2-.390-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 91 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 2,719

Smallest crowd of the season yet again...

Top of the First:
Tom Hamm grounds out to short. Jerry Sensenig, the 34 year old rookie, strikes out! Mickey Lynn lines a hit to center. Ivan Moreno strikes out!

Bottom of the First:
Frank Wendell lines a hit to center. Leander Gooding strikes out... Ed Diskin lines an 0-2 pitch to center for a hit and Wendell goes to 3rd! Marty Eades grounds a hit up the middle and Wendell scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Rob Worms pops out to center. Bart Daw grounds out to short...

Top of the Second:
Frank Cohen doubles to left... With 1 out, Jose Cuenca grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Cohen scores and Cuenca takes 2nd... Tie Game: 1 to 1. The next two make outs!

Bottom of the Second:
Cal Doty grounds an 0-2 pitch over the first base bag for a double and goes to 3rd on a ground out. P Manny Martinez flies out to deep center and Doty tags up and scores! 2 to 1, Jays!

Top of the Third:
Tom Hamm and Jerry Sensenig lead off with back to back hits... Mickey Lynn hits a home run to right center... 4 to 2, Bombers. They have 7 hits already....

Bottom of the Third:
With 1 out, Ed Diskin swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to left center! 4 to 3, Bombers.

Top of the Fourth:
P Manny Martinez strikes out the side in order! Including a pinch-hitter for P Gene Hildebrand, who is apparently injured.

Top of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Barry Short (33-R). Glen Lewis is in to play right in a double switch. Phil Ebel swings at the first pitch and doubles to left center. PH Roberto Lopez (26-L), batting .313 with 5 HR and 20 RBI, swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right and Ebel scores... 5 to 3, Bombers. The Bullpen, very overworked of late, gets up. Tom Hamm pops a 3-2 pitch up to shallow right, but Leander Gooding cannot make the catch and gets charged with his 423rd error of the season... Thank you, Stacy. I stand corrected, it is his 17th. With 1 out, Mickey Lynn beats out an infield hit to load the bases up with 1 out. Ivan Moreno flies out to deep center and Lopez tags up and scores. 6 to 3, Bombers.

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Terry Lies (23-R), a rookie who pitched a scoreless inning on Monday. PH Danny Stewart (31-L) lines a hit to left center. Leander Gooding grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Ed Diskin grounds a hit to left. Marty Eades draws a walk to load the bases up with 1 out. PH Brian Porter (35-S) grounds into a force at home, 4-2... PH Tony Becerra (33-L) swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right and Gooding scores! 6 to 4, Bombers. 4 runs for the first time in 10 games! Cal Doty, 3 for 3 on the day, lines a hit to left and Eades scores! 6 to 5, Bombers. Bert Swope takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in the tying run! Tie Game: 6 to 6! Glen Lewis, as he seems to do in all clutch situations, strikes out...

Top of the Ninth:
We have no rested relievers.... Marc Uhrich (27-L) is the least used lately, so he goes in. Tony Becerra stays in to play 1st and Danny Stewart stays in to play center. Charlie Faber is in to play short. Marty Eades moves to 3rd. C Garrett Bender is the only player left on the bench. Top of their order up. Tom Hamm swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! PH Johnny Brown (24-R), 1 for 4 with a run scored on Monday, but suffering from a mild hip strain, grounds out to 3rd! Mickey Lynn, 4 for 4 with a home run today, swings at a 3-2 pitch and fouls out to 3rd!!

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Tim Fox (29-L), who is 8-4 with a 4.72 ERA in 89.2 IP with 117 H allowed. Top of our order up. Danny Stewart takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three... Leander Gooding grounds out to 2nd... Charlie Faber fouls out to the catcher....

Extras!

Top of the Tenth:
PH Dan Faust (32-R), 2 for 8 with a walk this series, grounds one to 3rd, but Marty Eades makes a bad throw for an error... Frank Cohen lines a hit to center... The Bullpen gets up, but there is no one else.... Dave Lloyd bunts the runners up. We walk Jose Cuenca intentionally to load the bases up with 1 out. Phil Ebel flies out to center and Faust tags up and scores... 7 to 6, Bombers. PH Dick Lyles (36-R), 2 for 6 with 2 walks and 2 runs scored this series strikes out on 3 pitches.

Bottom of the Tenth:
New Pitcher: Billy Temple (25-R), their All-Star closer, who picked up the Save on Monday with a perfect inning. Marty Eades swings at a 3-2 pitch and ties the game with a.... no, it is caught on the warning track in left.... PH Garrett Bender (28-R), who has hit home runs in the last two games, strikes out... Tony Becerra flies out to left...

Lost - 7 to 6

9 losses in a row...
5-13 (.278) in extra innings....
15-33 (.313) in 1-run games....

We had 11 hits and made 2 errors
Buffalo had 13 hits and made no errors

Manny Martinez went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 8. 114 pitches. At bat, he hit a SF.
RHP Barry Short went 2 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 4 hits and struck out 1.
LHP Marc Uhrich (L 1-1) went 2 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 1 hit, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 2.

Gene Hildebrand went 3 innings, gave us 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 2.
LHP Tim Fox (W 9-4) pitched a perfect inning with 1 strikeout.
RHP Billy Temple (SV 31) pitched a perfect inning with 1 strikeout.

3B Ed Diskin had 3 hits with his 4th home run of the season and scored 2 runs. 1B/3B Marty Eades had a hit and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI, but made a big error. LF Cal Doty went 4 for 4 with a double, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI.

For Buffalo, LF Mickey Lynn had 4 hits with his 37th home run and 3 RBI. 1B Frank Cohen had 3 hits with a double and scored a run.

The Bombers announced that P Gen Hildebrand had forearm stiffness that would keep him out for 5 or 6 days.

09-15-2020, 03:20 PM	#436
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	Wednesday, September 4, 2002 Buffalo Bombers (76-62 .551 7 GB in 3rd place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (59-79 .428 21.5 GB in 6th place in the Southern Division) BUF: Gene Hildebrand (32-L) (7-7 4.63 ERA 114.2 IP, 141 H, 9 HR, 45 BB, 54 SO) vs. JAX: Manny Martinez (30-R) (8-6 3.18 ERA 124.1 IP, 121 H, 11 HR, 28 BB, 88 SO) Hildebrand was 11-14 with 3 SV and a 3.63 ERA in 37 G with 25 starts and 178.1 IP last year. He was 0-1 with 1 SV in 2 games with 1 start (a CG) against us. 4.50 ERA, 10 IP, 15 H, 1 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO. We have not faced him this season. Martinez gave up 1 run on 3 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 2 strikeouts in 4 innings in a loss last time out. He had to leave with an injury and we got shut out. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) BUFFALO 1: CF Tom Hamm (33-R .278-497-6-39-.706-18 C+) All-Star(01-02) 2: 2B Jerry Sensenig (34-R .321-53-0-7-.817-0 A) Rookie 3: LF Mickey Lynn (29-L .241-515-36-95-.818-5 B) Silver Slugger/All-Star(01) 4: RF Ivan Moreno (31-L .290-521-36-93-.891-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Frank Cohen (26-R .295-522-25-78-.869-3 C+) All-Star(01-02) 6: SS Dave Lloyd (29-R .281-409-15-67-.815-0 C+) All-Star(01-02) 7: 3B Jose Cuenca (30-R .231-208-6-24-.633-1 B) 8: C Phil Ebel (35-R .185-216-1-34-.526-0 C) All-Star(01) 9: P Gene Hildebrand (32-S .171-41-0-4-.366-0 C) JACKSONVILLE 1: CF Frank Wendell (34-R .217-120-1-12-.557-7 C+) 2: 2B Leander Gooding (31-R .273-432-1-35-.652-20 B+) 3: 3B Ed Diskin (38-R .221-213-3-21-.625-6 C) 4: 1B Marty Eades (31-R .316-320-15-77-.952-3 C+) 5: RF Rob Worms (29-R .196-265-6-19-.589-18 A) Gold Glove 6: SS Bart Daw (30-R .221-385-6-40-.623-14 A) 7: LF Cal Doty (25-L .266-387-4-30-.697-26 B+) 8: C Bert Swope (30-S .226-234-3-15-.600-3 B) 9: P Manny Martinez (30-R .171-41-0-2-.390-0 F) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 91 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 2,719 Smallest crowd of the season yet again... Top of the First: Tom Hamm grounds out to short. Jerry Sensenig, the 34 year old rookie, strikes out! Mickey Lynn lines a hit to center. Ivan Moreno strikes out! Bottom of the First: Frank Wendell lines a hit to center. Leander Gooding strikes out... Ed Diskin lines an 0-2 pitch to center for a hit and Wendell goes to 3rd! Marty Eades grounds a hit up the middle and Wendell scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Rob Worms pops out to center. Bart Daw grounds out to short... Top of the Second: Frank Cohen doubles to left... With 1 out, Jose Cuenca grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Cohen scores and Cuenca takes 2nd... Tie Game: 1 to 1. The next two make outs! Bottom of the Second: Cal Doty grounds an 0-2 pitch over the first base bag for a double and goes to 3rd on a ground out. P Manny Martinez flies out to deep center and Doty tags up and scores! 2 to 1, Jays! Top of the Third: Tom Hamm and Jerry Sensenig lead off with back to back hits... Mickey Lynn hits a home run to right center... 4 to 2, Bombers. They have 7 hits already.... Bottom of the Third: With 1 out, Ed Diskin swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to left center! 4 to 3, Bombers. Top of the Fourth: P Manny Martinez strikes out the side in order! Including a pinch-hitter for P Gene Hildebrand, who is apparently injured. Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Barry Short (33-R). Glen Lewis is in to play right in a double switch. Phil Ebel swings at the first pitch and doubles to left center. PH Roberto Lopez (26-L), batting .313 with 5 HR and 20 RBI, swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right and Ebel scores... 5 to 3, Bombers. The Bullpen, very overworked of late, gets up. Tom Hamm pops a 3-2 pitch up to shallow right, but Leander Gooding cannot make the catch and gets charged with his 423rd error of the season... Thank you, Stacy. I stand corrected, it is his 17th. With 1 out, Mickey Lynn beats out an infield hit to load the bases up with 1 out. Ivan Moreno flies out to deep center and Lopez tags up and scores. 6 to 3, Bombers. Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Terry Lies (23-R), a rookie who pitched a scoreless inning on Monday. PH Danny Stewart (31-L) lines a hit to left center. Leander Gooding grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Ed Diskin grounds a hit to left. Marty Eades draws a walk to load the bases up with 1 out. PH Brian Porter (35-S) grounds into a force at home, 4-2... PH Tony Becerra (33-L) swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right and Gooding scores! 6 to 4, Bombers. 4 runs for the first time in 10 games! Cal Doty, 3 for 3 on the day, lines a hit to left and Eades scores! 6 to 5, Bombers. Bert Swope takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in the tying run! Tie Game: 6 to 6! Glen Lewis, as he seems to do in all clutch situations, strikes out... Top of the Ninth: We have no rested relievers.... Marc Uhrich (27-L) is the least used lately, so he goes in. Tony Becerra stays in to play 1st and Danny Stewart stays in to play center. Charlie Faber is in to play short. Marty Eades moves to 3rd. C Garrett Bender is the only player left on the bench. Top of their order up. Tom Hamm swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! PH Johnny Brown (24-R), 1 for 4 with a run scored on Monday, but suffering from a mild hip strain, grounds out to 3rd! Mickey Lynn, 4 for 4 with a home run today, swings at a 3-2 pitch and fouls out to 3rd!! Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Tim Fox (29-L), who is 8-4 with a 4.72 ERA in 89.2 IP with 117 H allowed. Top of our order up. Danny Stewart takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three... Leander Gooding grounds out to 2nd... Charlie Faber fouls out to the catcher.... Extras! Top of the Tenth: PH Dan Faust (32-R), 2 for 8 with a walk this series, grounds one to 3rd, but Marty Eades makes a bad throw for an error... Frank Cohen lines a hit to center... The Bullpen gets up, but there is no one else.... Dave Lloyd bunts the runners up. We walk Jose Cuenca intentionally to load the bases up with 1 out. Phil Ebel flies out to center and Faust tags up and scores... 7 to 6, Bombers. PH Dick Lyles (36-R), 2 for 6 with 2 walks and 2 runs scored this series strikes out on 3 pitches. Bottom of the Tenth: New Pitcher: Billy Temple (25-R), their All-Star closer, who picked up the Save on Monday with a perfect inning. Marty Eades swings at a 3-2 pitch and ties the game with a.... no, it is caught on the warning track in left.... PH Garrett Bender (28-R), who has hit home runs in the last two games, strikes out... Tony Becerra flies out to left... Lost - 7 to 6 9 losses in a row... 5-13 (.278) in extra innings.... 15-33 (.313) in 1-run games.... We had 11 hits and made 2 errors Buffalo had 13 hits and made no errors Manny Martinez went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 8. 114 pitches. At bat, he hit a SF. RHP Barry Short went 2 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 4 hits and struck out 1. LHP Marc Uhrich (L 1-1) went 2 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 1 hit, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 2. Gene Hildebrand went 3 innings, gave us 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 2. LHP Tim Fox (W 9-4) pitched a perfect inning with 1 strikeout. RHP Billy Temple (SV 31) pitched a perfect inning with 1 strikeout. 3B Ed Diskin had 3 hits with his 4th home run of the season and scored 2 runs. 1B/3B Marty Eades had a hit and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI, but made a big error. LF Cal Doty went 4 for 4 with a double, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI. For Buffalo, LF Mickey Lynn had 4 hits with his 37th home run and 3 RBI. 1B Frank Cohen had 3 hits with a double and scored a run. The Bombers announced that P Gen Hildebrand had forearm stiffness that would keep him out for 5 or 6 days.