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Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Syracuse Sycamores (6-2 .750 0 GA tied for 1st place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (5-3 .625 0 GA tied for 1st place in the Southern Division)

SYR: Ken McCullough (26-R) (5-1 1.71 ERA 1 SV 55 G, 1 GS, 84 IP, 60 H, 4 HR, 29 BB, 69 SO on B Ball last year) Rookie vs.
JAX: Danny Coreano (25-L) (1-0 0.00 ERA 9 IP, 5 H, 0 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO)

McCullough is making his MLB debut today. He was a 7th round pick in this year's B Leagues Draft. He is too old to be ranked in the prospect list.

Coreano pitched a 5 hit shutout in his season debut at Buffalo, the easiest place to hit in the MLB. He faced Syracuse once last year and shut them out for 6 innings on 2 hits a 5 walks and struck out 5, but threw 110 pitches and could not complete the game.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
SYRACUSE
1: LF John Byers (20-R .344-32-0-2-.885-2 A) Rookie
2: RF Jeff Garrigus (34-R .214-28-0-1-.517-2 A) All-Star
3: 2B Frank Bates (31-R .212-33-2-5-.681-0 B+) Silver Slugger(2: 02-03(SS)/All-Star(3: 01-03)
4: 1B Mitch Kahmann (25-L .179-28-1-6-.555-0 C)
5: C Lee Dean (31-L .280-25-0-3-.717-0 C) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 02-03)
6: 3B Charlie LaRue (24-R .455-22-0-0-.955-0 B) Rookie
7: SS Octavio Garcia (28-S .296-27-1-1-.906-0 C)
8: CF Jim Beard (25-R .250-28-0-2-.775-2 A) Gold Glove
9: P Ken McCullough (26-R MLB debut F) Rookie

JACKSONVILLE
1: CF Cal Doty (27-L .250-32-2-2-.846-0 C+)
2: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .242-33-0-2-.515-0 C) Rookie
3: LF Ray McDonald (23-L .313-32-0-4-.830-1 B+)
4: 3B Tom McDowell (26-R .273-33-3-8-.881-0 C+)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .323-31-3-6-1.021-1 B)
6: C Bert Swope (32-S .000-7-0-0-.000-0 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .367-30-1-5-1.141-2 B+)
8: 2B Charlie Faber (33-R .286-28-0-3-.787-1 B+)
9: P Danny Coreano (25-L .500-2-0-1-1.667-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 75 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing left to right
Attendance: 6,086

Top of the First
John Byers grounds a hit up the middle... Jeff Garrigus strikes out! Frank Bates hits a monster home run to left center... 2 to 0, Sycamores. Mitch Kahmann pops out to left. Lee Dean doubles to right. Charlie LaRue grounds out to short.

Bottom of the First
Cal Doty strikes out on 3 pitches... Fernando Tello strikes out on 3 pitches... This guy was a 7th round pick! C'mon! Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to center. He tries to steal 2nd and gets thrown out...

Bottom of the Second
With 1 out, Jack Washburn triples to right center! Bert Swope grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and Washburn scores. 2 to 1, Sycamores.

Top of the Third
With 1 out, Jeff Garrigus walks on 4 pitches. Frank Bates grounds a hit to right and Garrigus beats the throw to 3rd... Mitch Kahmann hits a home run to right... 5 to 1, Sycamores.

Bottom of the Third
Charlie Faber lines a hit to right. PH Dennis Brown (29-L) gets beaned. Cal Doty flies out to deep center and Faber tags up and moves to 3rd. Fernando Tello lines a hit to right and Faber scores and Brown beats the throw to 3rd! 5 to 2, Sycamores. Ray McDonald takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 1 out. Tom McDowell strikes out... Jack Washburn swings at the first pitch and lines out to center...

Bottom of the Fourth
Bert Swope grounds his first hit of the season to right and goes to 2nd on a ground out. Charlie Faber grounds an 0-2 pitch over the 3rd base bag for a double and Swope scores! 5 to 3, Sycamores. PH Danny Stewart (33-L) strikes out on 3 pitches... Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd...

Top of the Fifth
New Pitcher: Albert Davies (27-L). With 2 outs, Mitch Kahmann hits another home run to right... 6 to 3, Sycamores.

Bottom of the Fifth
Fernando Tello grounds a hit to right. Ray McDonald triples down the right field line and Tello scores! 6 to 4, Sycamores. McDonald ties the MLB record with his 2nd triple! Tom McDowell lines a hit to right and McDonald scores! 6 to 5, Sycamores. That does it for P Ken McCullough. New Pitcher: Greg Estep (26-L), another rookie who got the Save with a scoreless inning on Monday. With 1 out, McDowell tries to steal 2nd and they have a pitchout on and his is out.... 22-0 last year for Rochester and 0-2 for us... PH Garrett Bender (30-R), who will stay in to catch, beats out an infield hit. Bart Daw grounds out to 2nd.

Top of the Seventh
New Pitcher: Dave Nini (26-L) and his 13.50 ERA. PH Don Czachor (32-L), 0 for 1, but scored a run yesterday, grounds a hit to left and steals 2nd... The Bullpen is up. John Byers pokes a hit to center... Byers tries to steal 2nd, but C Garrett Bender throws him out! Frank Bates, who hit a home run earlier, is walked intentionally to face Mitch Kahmann, who has hit 2 home runs.... Kahmann swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses!

Top of the Eighth
With 1 out, Charlie LaRue doubles to center... The Bullpen is up. Octavio Garcia lines a hit to right. Jim Beard grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6, and LaRue holds at 3rd. And SS Bart Daw is hurt.... He is one guy we cannot afford to lose.... Charlie Faber moves to short and Junior Danielson (32-R) is in to play 2nd. PH Don Bruns (34-R), who is 0 for 5 with an RBI this series, is sent up. Call to the Bullpen: Robbie Hopley (30-R). Bruns strikes out!

Bottom of the Ninth
New Pitcher: Ron Hutchins (32-R), the reigning Ace Award and Hurler Trophy winner, who is 0-0 with 3 SV and a 3.00 ERA in 6 IP this season. 9-1-2 up for us. PH Phil Moore (22-R) grounds out to short. Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd. Fernando Tello beats out an infield hit. Ray McDonald strikes out...

Lost - 6 to 5

We had 12 hits and made no errors
Syracuse had 11 hits and made no errors

Danny Coreano (L 1-1) went 3 innings, allowed 5 runs, 6 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks and struck out 3.
RHP Roger Wallace pitched 1 perfect inning with 1 strikeout.
LHP Albert Davies went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run and struck out 3.
LHP Dave Nini went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Robbie Hopley faced 4 batters and got them all out with 1 strikeout.

Ken McCullough, in his MLB debut, went 4+ innings, gave us 5 runs, 9 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 4.
LHP Greg Estep (W 2-0) went 2 scoreless innings, gave us 2 hits and struck out 1.
RHP Ron Hutchins (SV 4) pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1.

RF Fernando Tello had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Ray McDonald hit 2 triples, tying the MLB record, drew a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Jack Washburn hit a triple and scored a run. C Bert Swope had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI. 2B/SS Charlie Faber had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI.

For Syracuse, 1B Mitch Kahmann hit 2 home runs and had 4 RBI.

Trudy's report on Bart Daw is sprained knee that will hamper him for 2 to 3 weeks... He could play through it, but we cannot risk him going out for the season. Plus, his main asset is his fielding and this would hamper it, I am sure. So, we will put him on the DL. Sucks, because he was off to a monster start as a hitter with a 1.042 OPS....