[Questdog]

Friday, April 23, 2004

C Garrett Bender (30-R) was sent back to Daytona (A) and C Jim Hess (33-R) was recalled. Hess was only 2 for 23 for the Tortugas, but with a double and a home run. He is a much better defender than Bender now. He only has an average arm, but is excellent in all other areas of catching. Bender only has average arm and is below average in all other areas of catching now, when he used to be Gold Glove caliber....

Jacksonville Jays (9-7 .563 1 GB tied for 2nd place in the Southern Division) at
Orlando Juice (6-10 .375 4 GB tied for 6th (last) place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Del Warwick (29-L) (0-2 5.51 ERA 16.1 IP, 27 H, 0 HR, 2 BB, 8 SO) Gold Glove(02) vs.
ORL: Clark Davis (26-R) (2-1 2.55 ERA 24.2 IP, 22 H, 3 HR, 8 BB, 25 SO)

Warwick has been remarkably consistent, allowing 9 hits and 4 runs in each of his 1st 3 starts.... He walked 1 and struck out 3 last time out in 5.1 innings in a loss. He has a .397 BABIP....

Davis was 17-6 with a 3.77 ERA in 215 IP last year, which makes up for 2001, when he went 7-17 with a 3.25 ERA. He pitched a 5 hit shutout last time out. He is 2-2 in 6 starts against the Jays in his career with a 3.24 ERA. 41.2 IP, 38 H, 2 HR, 11 BB, 29 SO.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: CF Cal Doty (27-L .250-60-2-3-.724-1 C+)
2: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .258-62-0-4-.576-0 C) Rookie
3: LF Ray McDonald (23-L .318-66-2-12-.917-2 B+)
4: 3B Tom McDowell (26-R .242-62-4-13-.709-0 C+)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .233-60-3-7-.692-3 B)
6: C Bert Swope (32-S .280-25-0-1-.653-1 B)
7: 2B Leander Gooding (33-R .467-15-0-3-1.233-0 B)
8: SS Charlie Faber (33-R .302-53-0-6-.771-1 C+)
9: P Del Warwick (29-L .000-3-0-0-.000-0 D+) Gold Glove(02)

ORLANDO
1: 3B Ernie Patterson (23-R .290-62-0-2-.683-1 A+) All-Star(02)/Gold Glove(3: 01-03)
2: 2B Tom Howard (27-R .230-61-1-4-.665-3 B+)
3: LF Ricky Perez (24-L .161-62-2-3-.542-2 B)
4: 1B Herman Chance (34-R .231-52-2-6-.668-0 C+)
5: C Mike Day (33-S .189-37-2-4-.601-0 C+)
6: CF Pete Thompson (23-L .218-55-1-7-.720-2 B)
7: RF Russ Baker (24-S Season debut B) RoY(01)
8: SS Roger Falbo (33-R .333-9-0-0-.667-0 B)
9: P Clark Davis (26-R .333-6-1-3-1.167-0 C+) 2 career HR

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Weather: 84 F, Clear Skies, with a 10 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 10,572

Top of the First
Cal Doty flies out to center. Fernando Tello grounds out to short. Ray McDonald grounds out to 2nd...

Bottom of the First
Ernie Patterson swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short. Tom Howard grounds a hit up the middle... He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Bert Swope throws the ball away... Already, Bert's third error of the season... Ricky Perez triples to left center and Howard scores... 1 to 0, Juice. Herman Chance strikes out on 3 pitches! Mike Day strikes out looking!

Top of the Second
Tom McDowell swings at a 3-0 pitch and lines a hit to center, then steals 2nd and goes to 3rd on a ground out. Bert Swope grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and McDowell scores. Tie Game: 1 to 1!

Bottom of the Second
Pete Thompson and Russ Baker lead off with back to back hits off 0-2 pitches and the Juice have runners at the corners with no outs... What the heck is up with P Del Warwick? Roger Falbo swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a 6-4-3 double play and Thompson scores. 2 to 1, Juice.

Top of the Fourth
Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit. With 1 out, Jack Washburn pokes a hit over the 2nd baseman and McDonald goes to 3rd. Washburn steals 2nd! Bert Swope flies out to deep center and McDonald tags up, but gets thrown out at home by Pete Thompson....

Bottom of the Fifth
With 2 outs, Tom Howard swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle. Ricky Perez hits his 2nd triple of the game, tying the MLB record, to left center and Howard scores... 3 to 1, Juice.

Top of the Sixth
Fernando Tello doubles to left center! Ray McDonald lines a hit to center. Tom McDowell grounds out to 3rd and McDonald goes to 2nd, but Tello stays put at 3rd. Jack Washburn strikes out looking.... Bert Swope strikes out looking on 3 pitches...

Bottom of the Seventh
New Pitcher: Roger Wallace (28-R). Ernie Patterson lines a hit to center... The Bullpen is up. With 1 out, Ricky Perez grounds a 3-2 pitch up the middle for a hit and Patterson goes to 3rd... Herman Chance grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!!

Top of the Eighth
On the Hill: Ray Hayes (29-R), their closer, who got 2 outs yesterday, but gave us 2 hits. With 1 out, Fernando Tello grounds a hit to right. Ray McDonald doubles to right! Tom McDowell strikes out... Jack Washburn clears the bases with a double to right center!! Tie Game: 3 to 3!

Top of the Ninth
7-8-9 up for us. Leander Gooding strikes out looking on 3 pitches... Charlie Faber swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. PH Danny Stewart (33-L) strikes out...

Bottom of the Ninth
New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). 8-9-1 up for the Juice. PH Ted Mason (26-R), who was 1 for 4 with a triple and an RBI yesterday, grounds out to 1st, 3-1. PH Joe Jones (28-R), who was 0 for 3 yesterday, strikes out! Ernie Patterson swings at the first pitch and lines out to center!

Extras!

Top of the Tenth
New Pitcher: Daniel Escarcega (33-R), who is 0-0 with a 1.08 ERA in 8.1 IP. He was 1-4 with 3 SV and a 7.02 ERA in 41 IP with 11 HR allowed last year, but was decent in 2001 and 2002. Top of our order up. With 1 out, Fernando Tello takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. But our #3 and #4 hitters both fly out....

Bottom of the Tenth
2-3-4 up for Orlando. With 2 outs, Herman Chance takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Mike Day lines out to right!

Top of the Eleventh
We go down in order...

Bottom of the Eleventh
PH Mike Glantz (32-R), in his season debut, lines a hit to left... He is a career .206 hitter in A Ball.... With 1 out, Glantz steals 2nd... PH Danny Hutchinson (25-R), who was 1 for 3 yesterday, flies out to deep left and Glantz tags up and beats the throw to 3rd... Joe Jones, now playing 3rd base, grounds out to short!

Top of the Twelfth
New Pitcher: Karl Steffl (25-R), a rookie who is 2-2 with a 4.26 ERA in 12.2 IP. He was a 5th round pick in this year's B Leagues Draft and led the Southern League in Saves last year with 33. Charlie Faber grounds a hit up the middle! PH Dave Thompson (28-R) bunts Faber to 2nd... Crap! I forgot again and wasted my best hitter on the bench to bunt....... Cal Doty is walked intentionally. Fernando Tello flies out to deep right and Faber tags up and moves to 3rd. Now, if Doty steals, I will be ticked, because that will take the bat out of the hands of our best hitter.... There he goes..... Dolt.... He is safe... But they do NOT walk Ray McDonald! But he grounds out to 2nd...

Bottom of the Twelfth
New Pitcher: Dave Nini (26-L), the last arm left in the Pen.... With 1 out, Tom Howard grounds a hit up the middle... Ricky Perez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... P Nini is auditioning for a train ticket.... Herman Chance strikes out! Mike Day pops out to 2nd!

Top of the Thirteenth
Tom McDowell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, Bert Swope lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit and McDowell goes to 3rd! Leander Gooding grounds a hit to left and McDowell scores! 4 to 3, Jays! Charlie Faber doubles to center and Swope scores! 5 to 3, Jays! P Dave Nini, in his first MLB at bat, strikes out... Cal Doty swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd...

Bottom of the Thirteenth
CF Mike Glantz grounds one to 3rd, but Tom McDowell makes a bad throw for an error.... RF Russ Baker lines out to short. PH Barry Magee (31-L), batting .275 with 2 HR and 3 RBI in 51 AB, lines a double to left, but Glantz stops at 3rd. Joe Jones strikes out! Ernie Patterson grounds out to 3rd and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 5 to 3

We had 14 hits and made 2 errors
Orlando had 13 hits and made no errors

Del Warwick went 5.2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 8 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 4. Not so great, but his best this season... His BABIP went up from .397 to .398... If I told you I had a pitcher who was walking 1.6 per 9 innings without allowing any home runs, you'd think he was having a pretty good year, wouldn't you? Instead, he is winless with a 5.32 ERA...
RHP Robbie Hopley faced 1 batter and got him out.
RHP Roger Wallace went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 2 hits.
LHP Albert Davies pitched 1 perfect inning.
LHP Bill Grant went 3 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 2.
LHP Dave Nini (W 1-0) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3.

Clark Davis went 6 innings, gave us 1 run, 7 hits, no walks and struck out 6.
RHP Karl Steffl (L 2-3) went 2 innings, gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2.

CF Cal Doty had a hit and a walk (INT) and stole 2 bases. RF Fernando Tello had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored a run. LF Ray McDonald had 3 hits with a double and scored a run. 3B Tom McDowell had a hit and a walk, stole a base and scored 2 runs. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with a double, stole a base and had 2 RBI. C Bert Swope had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI. 2B Leander Gooding had 2 hits and an RBI. SS Charlie Faber had 2 hits with a double and an RBI.

For Orlando, 2B Tom Howard had 3 hits, stole a base and scored 2 runs. LF Ricky Perez had 4 hits with 2 triples, tying the MLB record, drew a walk and had 2 RBI.