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Saturday, May 29, 2004
Jacksonville Jays (28-20 .583 1 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Providence Steamrollers (23-24 .489 8.5 GB in 5th place in the Northern Division)
JAX: Mike Marsh (23-R) (3-0 0.75 ERA 12 IP, 9 H, 0 HR, 6 BB, 5 SO) Rookie
PROV: Norm Kent (37-R) (2-0 3.68 ERA 14.2 IP, 16 H, 2 HR, 3 BB, 7 SO in A Ball)
Marsh gave up 1 run on 7 hits and 2 walks with 2 strikeouts in 6 innings in a win in his first start of the season. This will be his 2nd.
Kent was injured in Spring Training and this will be his first start of the season. He was 4-6 with a 4.44 ERA in 139 IP last year. He is 1-2 in 4 starts versus the Jays in his career with a 3.81 ERA. 28.1 IP, 26 H, 0 HR, 12 BB, 7 SO.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Charlie Faber (33-R .292-178-0-18-.721-4 B+)
2: LF Danny Stewart (33-L .283-99-1-5-.718-0 B+)
3: CF Cal Doty (27-L .321-190-4-17-.869-9 C+)
4: 3B Tom McDowell (26-R .258-178-9-35-.794-2 C+)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .231-156-7-19-.688-10 B)
6: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .269-104-0-8-.610-0 C) Rookie
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .264-110-3-12-.763-10 B+)
8: C Bert Swope (32-S .231-104-0-8-.555-1 B)
9: P Mike Marsh (23-R .333-3-0-0-.667-0 B+) Rookie
PROVIDENCE
1: CF Bobby Raker (23-R .194-67-1-4-.523-2 B) Rookie
2: LF Juan Duarte (25-R .359-145-0-12-.835-5 B) Silver Slugger(02(CF)
3: 3B Israel Villegas (33-R .320-97-7-21-1.004-2 C+) All-Star(02)
4: 1B Gus Milam (36-R .250-128-2-18-.640-0 C+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
5: C Doug Bowers (29-R .182-137-2-16-.533-0 C)
6: RF Billy Brown (28-R .236-89-3-13-.724-0 D-) All-Star(2: 02-03)
7: 2B Kim Byrne (28-R .346-153-0-17-.831-1 A)
8: SS T.R. Hunter (27-R .324-148-3-13-.852-1 B+) All-Star(2: 02-03)
9: P Norm Kent (37-R Season debut D+)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Providence Stadium
Weather: 58 F, Rain, with a 10 MPH wind blowing in from right
Attendance: 9,341
Top of the First
Charlie Faber flies out to deep left. Danny Stewart swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to short. Cal Doty flies out to deep center...
Bottom of the First
Bobby Raker swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Juan Duarte swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Israel Villegas swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short! 1-2-3!
We go 9 up, 9 down against this bum....
But Providence goes 9 up, 9 down, too!
Top of the Fourth
Charlie Faber walks on 4 pitches. Danny Stewart doubles to right center! With the infield in, Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd and the runners hold... Tom McDowell grounds a 3-2 pitch through the left side for a hit and both runners score!! 2 to 0, Jays!
Bottom of the Sixth
Juan Duarte walks on 4 pitches... Israel Villegas grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Gus Milam grounds a hit to left. The Bullpen gets up. With 2 outs, Billy Brown grounds a hit up the middle and Duarte scores... 2 to 1, Jays. And P Mike Marsh calls out Trudy the Trainer.... New Pitcher: Roger Wallace (28-R). Kim Byrne swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted!
Bottom of the Ninth
On the Hill: Robbie Hopley (30-R), after a perfect 9th. Surely, he cannot give up yet another home run... 7-8-9 up for the Steamrollers. The Bullpen is ready. Kim Byrne grounds out to 3rd. T.R. Hunter hits a home run to left center.... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Unreal.... PH Rich Treanor (36-R), who is 1 for 2 with a game winning home run of P Hopley on Thursday, grounds out to short. PH Darrell Oveson (24-L), who was 1 for 3 with a run scored yesterday, flies out to left.
Extras!
Top of the Tenth
New Pitcher: Rodney Lanham (30-L), who pitched 2 scoreless innings yesterday. 8-9-1 up for us. Bert Swope grounds an 0-2 pitch up the middle for a hit! PH Junior Danielson (32-R) bunts Swope to 2nd. I remembered this time! Charlie Faber lines out to short and they double Swope off at 2nd....
Bottom of the Tenth
New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). The Steamrollers have nothing but right-handers in their lineup, but the only right-hander left in our Pen is Mike Moore, who was shelled last time out and I do not trust him. 2-3-4 up for Providence. Juan Duarte lines an 0-2 pitch to left for a hit... With 2 outs, Doug Bowers, the sub-.200 hitter, lines a hit to left... Billy Brown pops out to center!
Top of the Eleventh
Danny Stewart walks on 4 pitches. With 1 out, Tom McDowell beats out an infield hit. With 2 outs, RF Gary McKellar (34-R) grounds a hit up the middle and Stewart scores! 3 to 2, Jays! Bart Daw strikes out looking....
Bottom of the Eleventh
Kim Byrne strikes out! T.R. Hunter grounds out to short! PH Tom Tye (37-R), batting .156 with 4 RBI in 32 AB, grounds out to the pitcher and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!
Won - 3 to 2
We had 10 hits and made no errors
Providence had 10 hits and made no errors
Mike Marsh went 5.2 innings, allowed 1 run, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.
RHP Roger Wallace (H 1) went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk.
RHP Robbie Hopley (BS 4) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run and struck out 2.
LHP Bill Grant (W 3-0) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1.
Norm Kent went 7 innings, gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit.
RHP Rodney Lanham (L 2-1) went 2 innings, gave us 1 run, 3 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2.
LF Danny Stewart hit a double drew a walk and scored 2 runs. 3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits and 2 RBI. RF Fernando Tello had a hit and a walk. RF Gary McKellar had a hit and an RBI in his only at bat. C Bert Swope had 2 hits with a double. PH Mike Volkman had a hit.
For Providence, LF/CF Juan Duarte had 2 hits and a walk, but no runs or RBI.
Trudy's report on Mike Marsh is back spasms and she expects him to be fine in a day or two.
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