[Questdog]

Tuesday, July 1, 2003

Jacksonville Jays (34-41 .453 11 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) at
Birmingham Barons (40-36 .526 5.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Dave Buchalter (25-R) (1-1 4.93 ERA 34.2 IP, 35 H, 6 HR, 22 BB, 19 SO) Rookie vs.
BIRM: Harman Varey (25-R) (1-3 6.20 ERA 40.2 IP, 49 H, 6 HR, 20 BB, 16 SO) Rookie

Buchalter gave up 3 runs on 3 hits, 1 home run and 3 walks with 2 strikeouts in 4.1 innings last time out in a no decision that we won.

We faced Varey in May and scored 3 runs on 11 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in 7 innings in a no decision that we won.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .279-276-2-21-.701-18 B+)
2: C Don Kern (26-R .191-68-2-7-.604-2 B) Rookie
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .291-275-5-38-.803-9 C)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .288-260-12-48-.850-2 C)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .226-226-8-17-.685-13 B)
6: 2B Ed Diskin (39-R .253-186-3-32-.697-1 C+)
7: SS Leander Gooding (32-R .235-34-0-3-.582-4 C)
8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .224-76-1-6-.588-0 B)
9: P Dave Buchalter (25-R .273-11-0-1-.606-0 C) Rookie

BIRMINGHAM
1: 3B Stan Stephens (25-R .387-313-3-30-.876-27 C+) All-Star(01)
2: SS Ken Kelly (25-S .254-295-8-36-.695-16 B) All-Star
3: 1B Jim Montgomery (32-R .266-289-19-57-.846-0 A)
4: CF Sergio Acevedo (29-R .235-277-19-59-.836-17 B+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(2: 01-02)
5: 2B Rick Halverson (27-L .295-88-0-9-.806-3 B) All-Star(01)
6: RF Bob Marks (24-R .218-234-1-23-.611-6 A) Rookie
7: LF Ken Johnson (26-L .214-56-3-10-.690-0 F)
8: C Shigeru Nagata (25-R .193-140-5-20-.594-0 C+) Rookie
9: P Herman Varey (25-R .083-12-0-0-.167-0 C) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Weather: 79 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from left
Attendance: 11,553

Top of the First:
Cal Doty beats out an infield hit. Don Kern swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to left center!! 2 to 0, Jays! Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to left. P Herman Varey balks him to 2nd. Marty Eades takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Jack Washburn swings at the first pitch and clears the bases with a triple to left center!! 4 to 0, Jays! Ed Diskin lines a hit to right and Washburn scores! 5 to 0, Jays! Leander Gooding swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right and Diskin beats the throw to 3rd! That does it for P Varey! New Pitcher: John Holcomb (31-L), who faced 4 batters yesterday and got them all out. Gary McKellar grounds a hit to left and Diskin scores! 6 to 0, Jays! P Dave Buchalter swings at the first pitch and flies out to left... 8 in a row get on base to start the game! Much better than the usual 9 up, 9 down! P Holcomb balks the runners up! 2 balks in the inning! Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd and Gooding scores. 7 to 0, Jays! P Holcomb balks again and McKellar scores! 8 to 0, Jays! Unreal!!!! Don Kern grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the First:
Stan Stephens swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! Only his 7th strikeout of the season!! Ken Kelly lines a hit to center. Jim Montgomery grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!!

Bottom of the Second:
Sergio Acevedo grounds one to short, but Leander Gooding throws the ball away for a 2 base error... Rick Halverson swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle and Acevedo scores... 8 to 1, Jays. The next three make outs!

Top of the Fourth:
P Dave Buchalter and Cal Doty lead off with back to back hits. Don Kern doubles off the wall in right center and P Buchalter scores! 9 to 1, Jays. Kern is our everyday catcher now! Ray McDonald strikes out... Marty Eades grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Doty scores. 10 to 1, Jays! Only the second time we have reached double figures this season!

Bottom of the Sixth:
Stan Stephens beats out an infield hit. With 1 out, Jim Montgomery swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to left... 10 to 3, Jays.

Top of the Seventh:
On the Hill: Arvel Ivey (34-L), after getting the final 2 outs of the Sixth. With 2 outs, SS Bart Daw (31-R) draws a walk. Leander Gooding, now at 2nd, swings at the first pitch and ground a hit up the middle. Gary McKellar swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to left and Daw scores! 11 to 3, Jays!

Won - 11 to 3

Mini-sweep!

We tied our season high in runs and hits in a 9 inning game!
3 game in a row that we have scored 7 or more runs!

We had 14 hits and made 1 error
Birmingham had 5 hits and made no errors

Dave Buchalter (W 2-1) went 7 innings, allowed 3 runs (2 earned), 5 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run.
RHP Johnny Groom pitched 2 perfect innings and struck out 1.

Herman Varey (L 1-4) did not get a batter out and gave us 7 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run and 1 walk.

LF Cal Doty had 3 hits, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. C Don Kern hit a double and his 3rd home run of the season and had 3 RBI. 3B Marty Eades drew a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Jack Washburn hit a triple, scored a run and had 2 RBI. 2B Ed Diskin had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI. SS/2B Leander Gooding had 2 hits and scored a run. CF Gary McKellar had 3 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBI.