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Questdog · 11-11-2020, 11:09 AM

Tuesday, June 1, 2004

Trudy the Trainer has cleared Ray McDonald to play, so he was activated from the DL! He was only supposed to be out for a week, but it stretched to 18 days. RF Rob Worms (31-R) was sent back to Daytona (A).

Ottawa Otters (23-27 .460 9.5 GB tied for 5th place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (30-21 .588 1 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

OTT: Juan Ledesma (32-R) (4-4 2.97 ERA 60.2 IP, 55 H, 3 HR, 12 BB, 38 SO) All-Star(2: 01,03)
JAX: Al Calice (23-R) (2-4 3.68 ERA 58.2 IP, 50 H, 6 HR, 21 BB, 25 SO) Rookie

Ledesma is their #1 starter. He was 13-12 with a 2.91 ERA in 204.1 IP last year. He is 1-1 in 4 starts against the Jays in his career with a 3.26 ERA. 30.1 IP, 24 H, 2 HR, 4 BB, 19 SO.

Calice gave up 2 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a no decision that we lost in the bottom of the 9th.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
OTTAWA
1: 3B Wes Fitzgibbons (28-R .267-206-0-17-.665-11 A) All-Star(2: 01,03)
2: 2B Tom Van Diest (30-R .267-120-2-12-.736-2 B+)
3: 1B Phil Shumate (30-S .292-113-10-20-1.021-1 C)
4: LF Clark Land (26-R .214-206-3-13-.589-6 B+) All-Star(02)
5: RF Mike Hughes (29-R .245-151-6-17-.757-0 D+) All-Star(01)
6: SS Dave Behm (27-R Season debut A)
7: CF Bob McCord (35-R .313-32-0-2-.816-0 C+)
8: C Wally Johnson (28-R .240-25-0-2-.686-0 B)
9: P Juan Ledesma (32-R .050-20-0-2-.150-0 F) All-Star(2: 01,03)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Charlie Faber (33-R .291-189-0-19-.717-5 B+)
2: CF Cal Doty (27-L .320-203-4-18-.858-9 C+)
3: LF Ray McDonald (23-L .319-138-5-25-.911-5 B+)
4: 3B Tom McDowell (26-R .267-191-9-38-.792-2 C+)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .230-165-7-19-.675-13 B)
6: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .261-111-0-8-.596-0 C) Rookie
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .244-123-3-13-.701-10 B+)
8: C Don Kern (27-R .121-33-0-0-.378-0 B)
9: P Al Calice (23-L .143-21-0-2-.476-0 D) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 86 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 7,218

Top of the First
Wes Fitzgibbons grounds out to short. Tom Van Diest grounds a hit up the middle. Phil Shumate flies out to deep center. Clark Land grounds out to short!

Bottom of the First
Charlie Faber swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Cal Doty grounds out to the pitcher... Ray McDonald, in his first at bat in 19 days, grounds a hit up the middle! Tom McDowell flies out to deep center...

Top of the Third
Wes Fitzgibbons beats out an infield hit. Tom Van Diest grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Phil Shumate grounds a hit to right and Van Diest beats the throw to 3rd... Clark Land swings at the first pitch and lines out to 2nd and we double Shumate off at 1st!!

Bottom of the Fifth
Jack Washburn grounds a hit to right. Fernando Tello swings at the first pitch and hits his first career home run to right!! 2 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Sixth
With 1 out, Phil Shumate doubles to center. With 2 outs, Mike Hughes hits a home run to right center... Tie Game: 2 to 2.

Top of the Seventh
Bob McCord grounds a hit up the middle. The Bullpen gets up. #8 hitter Wally Johnson bunts him to 2nd.... How stupid is that? Maybe, if you are pinch-hitting for the pitcher, it is okay, but they are not... P Juan Ledesma, of course, grounds a hit to right and McCord heads home, but Fernando Tello throws him out!

Top of the Eighth
The Bullpen is ready. Hoping we can eke one more inning out of P Al Calice.... Tom Van Diest lines a double to left.... Guess we cannot... Call to the Bullpen: Robbie Hopley (30-R). Phil Shumate takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Clark Land grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!!

Top of the Ninth
New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-R). 7-8-9 up for the Otters. PH Wilson Partida (27-R), 1 for 1 yesterday, grounds a hit to left... PH Gary Russell (27-R), batting .256 with 3 HR and 14 RBI in 129 AB, flies out to left. PH Joe Tomlinson (29-R), 0 for 3 with a walk yesterday, grounds out to short and Partida goes to 2nd. Wes Fitzgibbons swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short!

Bottom of the Ninth
New Pitcher: Dave Hedrick (30-L), who is 0-0 with a 3.12 ERA in 34.2 IP. 3-4-5 up for us. Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and lines out to left. Tom McDowell swings at a 3-2 pitch and triples to center! Can we score a runner from 3rd with less than 2 outs? PH Dave Thompson (28-R) is walked intentionally. Fernando Tello swings at the first pitch and grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6, and McDowell stays put... A wild pitch scores McDowell and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 3 to 2

We had 6 hits and made no errors
Ottawa had 11 hits and made 1 error

Al Calice went 7+ innings, allowed 2 runs, 10 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Robbie Hopley went 1 scoreless innings and walked 2 (1 INT).
LHP Bill Grant (W 4-0) went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit.

Juan Ledesma went 8 innings, gave us 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit.
LHP Dave Hedrick (L 0-1) got 2 outs, gave us 1 run, 1 hit and 1 walk (INT). He threw a WP.

3B Tom McDowell hit a triple and scored the winning run. PH Dave Thompson was walked intentionally. RF Fernando Tello hit the first home run of his career and had 2 RBI and threw a runner out at home.

11-11-2020, 11:09 AM	#787
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	Tuesday, June 1, 2004 Trudy the Trainer has cleared Ray McDonald to play, so he was activated from the DL! He was only supposed to be out for a week, but it stretched to 18 days. RF Rob Worms (31-R) was sent back to Daytona (A). Ottawa Otters (23-27 .460 9.5 GB tied for 5th place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (30-21 .588 1 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) OTT: Juan Ledesma (32-R) (4-4 2.97 ERA 60.2 IP, 55 H, 3 HR, 12 BB, 38 SO) All-Star(2: 01,03) JAX: Al Calice (23-R) (2-4 3.68 ERA 58.2 IP, 50 H, 6 HR, 21 BB, 25 SO) Rookie Ledesma is their #1 starter. He was 13-12 with a 2.91 ERA in 204.1 IP last year. He is 1-1 in 4 starts against the Jays in his career with a 3.26 ERA. 30.1 IP, 24 H, 2 HR, 4 BB, 19 SO. Calice gave up 2 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a no decision that we lost in the bottom of the 9th. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) OTTAWA 1: 3B Wes Fitzgibbons (28-R .267-206-0-17-.665-11 A) All-Star(2: 01,03) 2: 2B Tom Van Diest (30-R .267-120-2-12-.736-2 B+) 3: 1B Phil Shumate (30-S .292-113-10-20-1.021-1 C) 4: LF Clark Land (26-R .214-206-3-13-.589-6 B+) All-Star(02) 5: RF Mike Hughes (29-R .245-151-6-17-.757-0 D+) All-Star(01) 6: SS Dave Behm (27-R Season debut A) 7: CF Bob McCord (35-R .313-32-0-2-.816-0 C+) 8: C Wally Johnson (28-R .240-25-0-2-.686-0 B) 9: P Juan Ledesma (32-R .050-20-0-2-.150-0 F) All-Star(2: 01,03) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Charlie Faber (33-R .291-189-0-19-.717-5 B+) 2: CF Cal Doty (27-L .320-203-4-18-.858-9 C+) 3: LF Ray McDonald (23-L .319-138-5-25-.911-5 B+) 4: 3B Tom McDowell (26-R .267-191-9-38-.792-2 C+) 5: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .230-165-7-19-.675-13 B) 6: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .261-111-0-8-.596-0 C) Rookie 7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .244-123-3-13-.701-10 B+) 8: C Don Kern (27-R .121-33-0-0-.378-0 B) 9: P Al Calice (23-L .143-21-0-2-.476-0 D) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 86 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 7,218 Top of the First Wes Fitzgibbons grounds out to short. Tom Van Diest grounds a hit up the middle. Phil Shumate flies out to deep center. Clark Land grounds out to short! Bottom of the First Charlie Faber swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Cal Doty grounds out to the pitcher... Ray McDonald, in his first at bat in 19 days, grounds a hit up the middle! Tom McDowell flies out to deep center... Top of the Third Wes Fitzgibbons beats out an infield hit. Tom Van Diest grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Phil Shumate grounds a hit to right and Van Diest beats the throw to 3rd... Clark Land swings at the first pitch and lines out to 2nd and we double Shumate off at 1st!! Bottom of the Fifth Jack Washburn grounds a hit to right. Fernando Tello swings at the first pitch and hits his first career home run to right!! 2 to 0, Jays! Top of the Sixth With 1 out, Phil Shumate doubles to center. With 2 outs, Mike Hughes hits a home run to right center... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Top of the Seventh Bob McCord grounds a hit up the middle. The Bullpen gets up. #8 hitter Wally Johnson bunts him to 2nd.... How stupid is that? Maybe, if you are pinch-hitting for the pitcher, it is okay, but they are not... P Juan Ledesma, of course, grounds a hit to right and McCord heads home, but Fernando Tello throws him out! Top of the Eighth The Bullpen is ready. Hoping we can eke one more inning out of P Al Calice.... Tom Van Diest lines a double to left.... Guess we cannot... Call to the Bullpen: Robbie Hopley (30-R). Phil Shumate takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Clark Land grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!! Top of the Ninth New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-R). 7-8-9 up for the Otters. PH Wilson Partida (27-R), 1 for 1 yesterday, grounds a hit to left... PH Gary Russell (27-R), batting .256 with 3 HR and 14 RBI in 129 AB, flies out to left. PH Joe Tomlinson (29-R), 0 for 3 with a walk yesterday, grounds out to short and Partida goes to 2nd. Wes Fitzgibbons swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short! Bottom of the Ninth New Pitcher: Dave Hedrick (30-L), who is 0-0 with a 3.12 ERA in 34.2 IP. 3-4-5 up for us. Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and lines out to left. Tom McDowell swings at a 3-2 pitch and triples to center! Can we score a runner from 3rd with less than 2 outs? PH Dave Thompson (28-R) is walked intentionally. Fernando Tello swings at the first pitch and grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6, and McDowell stays put... A wild pitch scores McDowell and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays! Won - 3 to 2 We had 6 hits and made no errors Ottawa had 11 hits and made 1 error Al Calice went 7+ innings, allowed 2 runs, 10 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. RHP Robbie Hopley went 1 scoreless innings and walked 2 (1 INT). LHP Bill Grant (W 4-0) went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit. Juan Ledesma went 8 innings, gave us 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit. LHP Dave Hedrick (L 0-1) got 2 outs, gave us 1 run, 1 hit and 1 walk (INT). He threw a WP. 3B Tom McDowell hit a triple and scored the winning run. PH Dave Thompson was walked intentionally. RF Fernando Tello hit the first home run of his career and had 2 RBI and threw a runner out at home. Last edited by Questdog; 11-12-2020 at 03:50 PM.