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Questdog · 10-16-2020, 07:18 PM

Thursday, September 4, 2003

From here on out every series we play will be our final meeting with our opponent.

We are back home to play the Syracuse Sycamores a 4 game series through the weekend. They lost a pair of games in Ottawa on Monday and Tuesday. We split 4 games with them in Syracuse, June 26-29. They are 15th in scoring with 3.61 runs per game (Jacksonville is down to #7 with 4.03). The Sycamores are 1st in fewest runs per game with 2.74 per game, a half a run better than anyone else (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.91). Only twice in in the last 22 games have the Sycamores allowed more than 3 runs. Only 5 times since the All-Star break and in two of those, they allowed 4 runs. They have only allowed 90 runs since the All-Star break in 46 games! That is an average of 1.96 per game! Their run differential is +114, the best in the MLB, even though they have the 2nd weakest offense in the League. Ours is now +16, 7th best.

Syracuse Sycamores (81-51 .615 5 GA in 1st place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (68-63 .519 4.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division)

SYR: Tom Peterson (32-R) (13-8 1.79 ERA 196.1 IP, 154 H, 5 HR, 26 BB, 101 SO) All-Star vs.
JAX: Jim Baucom (22-L) (13-6 1.86 ERA 208.1 IP, 167 H, 7 HR, 41 BB, 171 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03)

We faced Peterson in June and he beat us giving us 2 runs on 4 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts in a CG. In his last 9 starts, he has allowed 9 total runs, only once allowing more than 1 and that was 2. He is only 7-2 in those games. though, because he lost two 1 to 0 games. He leads the MLB in CG (12) and BB/9 (1.2) and is 2nd in ERA.

Baucom gave up 3 runs on 7 hits, 2 home runs and no walks with 8 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a loss.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
SYRACUSE
1: CF Jim Beard (25-R .259-471-2-23-.621-33 A+)
2: LF Jeff Garrigus (34-R .234-402-13-49-.689-8 A) All-Star
3: 1B Don Bruns (33-R .281-295-3-35-.729-6 C) 4 for 9 w/2 HR vs Baucom
4: SS Frank Bates (31-R .256-485-26-73-.800-17 B) Silver Slugger/All-Star(3: 01-03)
5: C Lee Dean (30-L .224-370-4-37-.662-0 C) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 02-03)
6: RF Dave Bess (27-R .256-387-8-57-.708-4 B+)
7: 3B Sal Esquivel (35-R .172-58-1-3-.559-2 B)
8: 2B Buddy Elliott (33-R .261-357-2-33-.643-0 B+)
9: P Tom Peterson (32-R .164-67-0-5-.341-0 F) All-Star

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .284-155-0-7-.646-12 B)
2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .288-475-3-47-.729-28 B+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .305-485-11-68-.837-17 B+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .292-456-20-86-.856-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .247-364-9-36-.717-25 B)
6: C Don Kern (26-R .209-172-6-24-.646-10 B) Rookie
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .249-389-9-54-.675-37 B+)
8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .231-147-3-13-.656-0 B)
9: P Jim Baucom (22-L .238-63-0-5-.533-0 C) All-Star(2: 02-03)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 91 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 8,471

Top of the First:
Jim Beard flies out to right. Jeff Garrigus grounds out to 3rd. Don Bruns grounds out to 3rd! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson strikes out looking... Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle. It is time for his annual September outburst! Ray McDonald flies out to deep left. Doty steals 2nd! Marty Eades swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd...

Bottom of the Second:
Jack Washburn doubles to right center and goes to 3rd on a ground out. Bart Daw pops out to center and Washburn holds... Gary McKellar takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. P Jim Baucom grounds a hit to left and Washburn scores! 1 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Third:
And who gets the first hit of the game for Syracuse? The sub-.200 hitter, of course! Sal Esquivel grounds a hit up the middle. Buddy Elliott grounds an 0-2 pitch up the middle for another hit and Esquivel beats the throw to 3rd... P Tom Peterson bunts Elliott to 2nd and Esquivel stays put at 3rd. Jim Beard lines a hit to center and Esquivel scores and Elliott heads home, but Gary McKellar throws him out! Tie Game: 1 to 1.

Bottom of the Third:
With 1 out, Ray McDonald beats out an infield hit and goes to 2nd on a ground out. Jack Washburn grounds a hit up the middle and McDonald scores! 2 to 1, Jays!

Bottom of the Fourth:
Bart Daw doubles to right! And gets thrown out trying to steal 3rd....

Top of the Fifth:
With 2 outs, P Tom Peterson swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle... Jim Beard lines a hit to right... Jeff Garrigus hits a home run to left center... 4 to 2, Sycamores. This park does not like lefties... It is too kind to right-handed hitters....

Bottom of the Sixth:
Jack Washburn doubles to left. Don Kern grounds a hit to left and Washburn scores! 4 to 3, Sycamores. Kern gets caught stealing...

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Hal Bradford (27-L). With 1 out, Dave Bess swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle. Sal Esquivel, the sub-.200 hitter, grounds his second hit of the game up the middle and Bess goes to 3rd... The Bullpen gets up. Buddy Elliott grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!!

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Benny Martineau (32-L), their All-Star(02) and Fireman Trophy winning closer, who was not an All-Star this season for some reason. He is 3-3 with 30 SV and a 1.51 ERA in 53.2 IP with only 15 BB and 54 SO. 7-8-9 up for us. Bart Daw grounds out to short. Gary McKellar grounds out to 2nd... PH Dave Thompson (27-R) grounds out to short...

Lost - 4 to 3

We had 9 hits and made no errors
Syracuse had 12 hits and made 1 error

Jim Baucom (L 13-7) went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 9 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. Only his 3rd non Quality Start of the season and against the 2nd worst offense in the League...
LHP Hal Bradford pitched 2 scoreless innings and allowed 3 hits.

Tom Peterson (W 14-8) went 8 innings, gave us 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.
LHP Benny Martineau (SV 31) pitched a perfect 9th.

1B Jack Washburn had 3 hits with 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. SS Bart Daw hit a double. PH Mike Volkman had a hit.

For Syracuse, Jim Beard had 3 hits and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Jeff Garrigus hit his 14th home run of the season and had 3 RBI.

Around the League: The Northern Division went 8-0 against the South today.

10-16-2020, 07:18 PM	#658
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	Thursday, September 4, 2003 From here on out every series we play will be our final meeting with our opponent. We are back home to play the Syracuse Sycamores a 4 game series through the weekend. They lost a pair of games in Ottawa on Monday and Tuesday. We split 4 games with them in Syracuse, June 26-29. They are 15th in scoring with 3.61 runs per game (Jacksonville is down to #7 with 4.03). The Sycamores are 1st in fewest runs per game with 2.74 per game, a half a run better than anyone else (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.91). Only twice in in the last 22 games have the Sycamores allowed more than 3 runs. Only 5 times since the All-Star break and in two of those, they allowed 4 runs. They have only allowed 90 runs since the All-Star break in 46 games! That is an average of 1.96 per game! Their run differential is +114, the best in the MLB, even though they have the 2nd weakest offense in the League. Ours is now +16, 7th best. Syracuse Sycamores (81-51 .615 5 GA in 1st place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (68-63 .519 4.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division) SYR: Tom Peterson (32-R) (13-8 1.79 ERA 196.1 IP, 154 H, 5 HR, 26 BB, 101 SO) All-Star vs. JAX: Jim Baucom (22-L) (13-6 1.86 ERA 208.1 IP, 167 H, 7 HR, 41 BB, 171 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03) We faced Peterson in June and he beat us giving us 2 runs on 4 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts in a CG. In his last 9 starts, he has allowed 9 total runs, only once allowing more than 1 and that was 2. He is only 7-2 in those games. though, because he lost two 1 to 0 games. He leads the MLB in CG (12) and BB/9 (1.2) and is 2nd in ERA. Baucom gave up 3 runs on 7 hits, 2 home runs and no walks with 8 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a loss. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) SYRACUSE 1: CF Jim Beard (25-R .259-471-2-23-.621-33 A+) 2: LF Jeff Garrigus (34-R .234-402-13-49-.689-8 A) All-Star 3: 1B Don Bruns (33-R .281-295-3-35-.729-6 C) 4 for 9 w/2 HR vs Baucom 4: SS Frank Bates (31-R .256-485-26-73-.800-17 B) Silver Slugger/All-Star(3: 01-03) 5: C Lee Dean (30-L .224-370-4-37-.662-0 C) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 02-03) 6: RF Dave Bess (27-R .256-387-8-57-.708-4 B+) 7: 3B Sal Esquivel (35-R .172-58-1-3-.559-2 B) 8: 2B Buddy Elliott (33-R .261-357-2-33-.643-0 B+) 9: P Tom Peterson (32-R .164-67-0-5-.341-0 F) All-Star JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .284-155-0-7-.646-12 B) 2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .288-475-3-47-.729-28 B+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .305-485-11-68-.837-17 B+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .292-456-20-86-.856-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .247-364-9-36-.717-25 B) 6: C Don Kern (26-R .209-172-6-24-.646-10 B) Rookie 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .249-389-9-54-.675-37 B+) 8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .231-147-3-13-.656-0 B) 9: P Jim Baucom (22-L .238-63-0-5-.533-0 C) All-Star(2: 02-03) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 91 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to center Attendance: 8,471 Top of the First: Jim Beard flies out to right. Jeff Garrigus grounds out to 3rd. Don Bruns grounds out to 3rd! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson strikes out looking... Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle. It is time for his annual September outburst! Ray McDonald flies out to deep left. Doty steals 2nd! Marty Eades swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd... Bottom of the Second: Jack Washburn doubles to right center and goes to 3rd on a ground out. Bart Daw pops out to center and Washburn holds... Gary McKellar takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. P Jim Baucom grounds a hit to left and Washburn scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Top of the Third: And who gets the first hit of the game for Syracuse? The sub-.200 hitter, of course! Sal Esquivel grounds a hit up the middle. Buddy Elliott grounds an 0-2 pitch up the middle for another hit and Esquivel beats the throw to 3rd... P Tom Peterson bunts Elliott to 2nd and Esquivel stays put at 3rd. Jim Beard lines a hit to center and Esquivel scores and Elliott heads home, but Gary McKellar throws him out! Tie Game: 1 to 1. Bottom of the Third: With 1 out, Ray McDonald beats out an infield hit and goes to 2nd on a ground out. Jack Washburn grounds a hit up the middle and McDonald scores! 2 to 1, Jays! Bottom of the Fourth: Bart Daw doubles to right! And gets thrown out trying to steal 3rd.... Top of the Fifth: With 2 outs, P Tom Peterson swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle... Jim Beard lines a hit to right... Jeff Garrigus hits a home run to left center... 4 to 2, Sycamores. This park does not like lefties... It is too kind to right-handed hitters.... Bottom of the Sixth: Jack Washburn doubles to left. Don Kern grounds a hit to left and Washburn scores! 4 to 3, Sycamores. Kern gets caught stealing... Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Hal Bradford (27-L). With 1 out, Dave Bess swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle. Sal Esquivel, the sub-.200 hitter, grounds his second hit of the game up the middle and Bess goes to 3rd... The Bullpen gets up. Buddy Elliott grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!! Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Benny Martineau (32-L), their All-Star(02) and Fireman Trophy winning closer, who was not an All-Star this season for some reason. He is 3-3 with 30 SV and a 1.51 ERA in 53.2 IP with only 15 BB and 54 SO. 7-8-9 up for us. Bart Daw grounds out to short. Gary McKellar grounds out to 2nd... PH Dave Thompson (27-R) grounds out to short... Lost - 4 to 3 We had 9 hits and made no errors Syracuse had 12 hits and made 1 error Jim Baucom (L 13-7) went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 9 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. Only his 3rd non Quality Start of the season and against the 2nd worst offense in the League... LHP Hal Bradford pitched 2 scoreless innings and allowed 3 hits. Tom Peterson (W 14-8) went 8 innings, gave us 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. LHP Benny Martineau (SV 31) pitched a perfect 9th. 1B Jack Washburn had 3 hits with 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. SS Bart Daw hit a double. PH Mike Volkman had a hit. For Syracuse, Jim Beard had 3 hits and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Jeff Garrigus hit his 14th home run of the season and had 3 RBI. Around the League: The Northern Division went 8-0 against the South today. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:10 AM.