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Old 11-16-2020, 01:34 PM   #827
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Friday, July 9, 2004

Jacksonville Jays (55-29 .655 4.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Ottawa Otters (38-46 .452 14.5 GB in 5th place in the Northern Division)

JAX: Del Warwick (29-L) (5-6 3.29 ERA 115 IP, 131 H, 8 HR, 25 BB, 71 SO) Gold Glove(02)
OTT: Jim Hower (35-R) (6-8 3.74 ERA 118 IP, 123 H, 7 HR, 29 BB, 53 SO) All-Star(2: 01-02)

Warwick pitched a CG win last time out and allowed 1 unearned run on 6 hits and 2 walks with 7 strikeouts.

Hower was 10-14 with a 3.78 ERA in 235.2 IP last year. He is 1-0 in 4 starts against the Jays in his career with a 3.64 ERA. 29.2 IP, 29 H, 2 HR, 9 BB, 15 SO.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Leander Gooding (33-R .280-107-0-5-.678-4 B)
2: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .279-219-6-27-.731-0 C) Rookie
3: CF Cal Doty (27-L .318-318-6-31-.833-12 C+) Finger blister
4: LF Ray McDonald (24-L .327-263-12-59-.935-8 B+)
5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .268-302-15-58-.807-4 C+)
6: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .232-267-9-30-.693-18 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .225-222-3-25-.625-15 B+)
8: C Bert Swope (32-S .236-182-0-17-.577-1 B)
9: P Del Warwick (29-L .176-34-0-1-.382-0 D+) Gold Glove(02)

OTTAWA
1: 3B Wes Fitzgibbons (28-R .267-345-0-25-.639-18 A) All-Star(2: 01,03)
2: 2B Tom Van Diest (30-R .288-233-3-16-.757-2 B+) Strained hamstring
3: RF Ed Yeager (29-L .320-316-13-51-.875-0 C+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03)
4: 1B Mike Hughes (29-R .256-246-13-35-.820-0 B) All-Star(01)
5: LF Clark Land (26-R .226-327-5-29-.613-13 B+) All-Star(02)
6: C Joe Tomlinson (29-R .204-250-8-39-.638-0 C)
7: SS Dave Behm (27-R .296-54-4-12-.944-1 A)
8: CF Bob McCord (35-R .291-86-1-4-.805-1 C+)
9: P Jim Hower (35-R .189-37-0-5-.459-0 F) All-Star(2: 01-02)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Carleton County Stadium
Weather: 71 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 13 MPH wind blowing out to left
Attendance: 11,564

Top of the First
Leander Gooding grounds out to short. Fernando Tello grounds out to 3rd, Wes Fitzgibbons making a nice play... Cal Doty flies out to left....

Bottom of the First
Wes Fitzgibbons swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Tom Van Diest strikes out! Ed Yeager pops out to short! 1-2-3!

Top of the Second
Ray McDonald swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to right center! 457 ft! 1 to 0, Jays!

Bottom of the Third
Bob McCord lines the first pitch to right for a double and P Jim Hower bunts him to 3rd. With the infield in, Wes Fitzgibbons grounds out to 3rd and McCord stays put. Tom Van Diest pops out to center!

Top of the Ninth
New Pitcher: Danny Pineda (36-L), who pitched a scoreless inning yesterday. He strikes out the side in order...

Bottom of the Ninth
P Del Warwick is at 92 pitches. The Bullpen is ready. Jim Hess (34-R) stays in to catch and Dave Thompson (28-R) stays in to play 1st. 2-3-4 up for the Otters. Tom Van Diest beats out an infield hit, only the third of the game for Ottawa.... PH Wilson Partida (27-R), who had a hit yesterday, swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops one to right and Ray McDonald makes a running catch! Mike Hughes swings at the first pitch and sends one to deep right and my heart stops for a second, but McDonald reels it in! Clark Land grounds out to 3rd and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 1 to 0

6 Complete Games in the last 8 games!
3 of them shutouts!

We had 7 hits and made no errors
Ottawa had 3 hits and made 1 error

Del Warwick (W 6-6) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 3 hits, 2 walks and struck out 8. 107 pitches. At bat, he hit a double. His 2nd shutout this season and the 8th of his career. His 2nd straight CG and 2nd straight without allowing an earned run!

Jim Hower (L 6-9) went 8 innings, gave us 1 run, 7 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 4.

RF Fernando Tello had a hit and a walk. LF/RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits with his 13th home run of the season.

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