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Old 11-11-2020, 02:52 PM   #789
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Thursday, June 3, 2004

Trudy the Trainer has cleared 2B Leander Gooding (33-R) to play , so he was activated from the DL and 2B Junior Danielson (32-R) was sent to Daytona (A).

Ottawa Otters (23-29 .442 10.5 GB tied for 5th place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (32-21 .604 3 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

OTT: Buford Nolan (28-R) (5-1 2.69 ERA 70.1 IP, 58 H, 4 HR, 28 BB, 46 SO)
JAX: Mike Marsh (23-R) (3-0 1.02 ERA 17.2 IP, 15 H, 0 HR, 7 BB, 6 SO) Rookie

Nolan was 12-13 with a 2.74 ERA in 210 IP last year. He is 1-2 in 3 starts against the Jays in his career with a 2.49 ERA. 21.2 IP, 17 H, 1 HR, 9 BB, 13 SO.

Marsh gave up 1 run on 6 hits and 1 walk with 1 strikeout in 5.2 innings last time out in a no decision that we won in 11 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
OTTAWA
1: 3B Wes Fitzgibbons (28-R .264-216-0-17-.653-11 A) All-Star(2: 01,03)
2: CF Tim Bidwell (28-R .118-51-0-1-.334-2 B)
3: RF Ed Yeager (29-L .325-200-8-33-.872-0 C+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(2: 01-02)
4: LF Clark Land (26-R .208-212-3-13-.573-6 B+) All-Star(02)
5: 1B Mike Hughes (29-R .248-157-7-20-.780-0 B) All-Star(01)
6: 2B Tom Van Diest (30-R .266-128-2-12-.730-2 B+)
7: C Joe Tomlinson (29-R .206-155-8-26-.724-0 C)
8: SS Dave Behm (27-R .333-6-1-1-1.262-0 A)
9: P Buford Nolan (28-R .200-25-0-3-.440-0 D+)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Leander Gooding (33-R .308-52-0-5-.753-2 B)
2: CF Cal Doty (27-L .313-211-4-18-.836-9 C+)
3: LF Ray McDonald (23-L .317-145-5-25-.899-5 B+)
4: 3B Tom McDowell (26-R .271-199-9-40-.805-2 C+)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .238-172-7-20-.682-14 B)
6: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .263-118-1-10-.626-0 C) Rookie
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .242-128-3-14-.700-10 B+)
8: C Bert Swope (32-S .237-114-0-8-.573-1 B)
9: P Mike Marsh (23-R .200-5-0-0-.400-0 B+) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 84 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 7,088

Top of the First
Wes Fitzgibbons swings at the first pitch and pokes a hit to center... He steals 2nd. Tim Bidwell swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to the pitcher and Fitzgibbons goes to 3rd. Ed Yeager pops out to right and Fitzgibbons holds. Clark Land strikes out!

Bottom of the First

Leander Gooding, in his first at bat in over 3 weeks, grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Cal Doty grounds one to 1st, but Mike Hughes boots! Ray McDonald grounds one to short, but Dave Behm boots it! Tom McDowell flies out to deep right and Doty rags up and scoots over to 3rd. Jack Washburn pops out to 3rd....

Top of the Fifth
Wes Fitzgibbons grounds an 0-2 pitch over the 3rd base bag for a double... With 2 outs, Clark Land grounds a 2-2 pitch to left for a hit and Fitzgibbons scores... 1 to 0, Otters.

Through 5 innings, we have yet to get a hit....

Nor none through 6....

Top of the Seventh
Dave Behm lines a hit to center and steals 2nd. The Bullpen is up. But the next three make outs!

Bottom of the Seventh

Jack Washburn doubles to right center, our first hit of the game! Fernando Tello grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Washburn goes to 3rd. With the infield in, Bart Daw grounds a hit up the middle and Washburn scores! Tie Game: 1 to 1! Daw steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Joe Tomlinson throws the ball away! With the infield back in, Bert Swope grounds a hit up the middle and Daw scores! 2 to 1, Jays! PH Mike Volkman (36-L) grounds one to short, but Dave Behm boots another one! Leander Gooding grounds into a 6-4-3 double play....

Top of the Eighth
New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). With 2 outs, Mike Hughes swings at the first pitch and hits his third home run of the series to right center... Tie Game: 2 to 2.

Top of the Ninth
8-9-1 up for the Otters. Dave Behm strikes out looking! PH Gary Russell (27-R), 0 for 4 this series, grounds out to 3rd. Wes Fitzgibbons strikes out!

Bottom of the Ninth
New Pitcher: Danny Pineda (36-L), 3-1 with 1 SV and a 6.48 ERA in 16.2 IP. 5-6-7 up for us. PH Dave Thompson (28-R) doubles to left! PH Charlie Faber (33-R) grounds a hit to center and Thompson heads home..... The throw by Tim Bidwell is to the backstop and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 3 to 2

Our 4th 3-2 win in the last 6 games.

We had 5 whole hits and made no errors
Ottawa had 7 hits and made 5 errors, tying the record by a Jay opponent

Editor's Note: In real baseball, the last error, on the throw home, would not have counted as an error.

Mike Marsh went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 6 hits, 3 walks and struck out 6.
LHP Bill Grant (W 5-0, BS 1) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run, 1 walk and struck out 4.

Buford Nolan went 8 innings, gave us 2 runs, 3 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4.
LHP Danny Pineda (L 3-2) did not record an out and gave us a run and 2 hits.

1B Jack Washburn hit a double and scored a run. PH Dave Thompson hit a double and scored a run. PH Charlie Faber had a hit and the game winning RBI. SS Bart Daw had a hit, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI.

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