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Sunday, July 11, 2004
Jacksonville Jays (57-29 .663 5.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Ottawa Otters (38-48 .442 16.5 GB in 5th place in the Northern Division)
JAX: Dale Gilchrist (25-R) (5-8 3.63 ERA 109 IP, 104 H, 10 HR, 37 BB, 63 SO)
OTT: Jim Larson (30-R) (1-4 6.59 ERA 28.2 IP, 38 H, 3 HR, 13 BB, 14 SO) Rookie
Gilchrist pitched a CG 3 hitter last time out, allowing 1 run and 2 walks with 5 strikeouts. He ended a personal 3 game losing streak where he did not pitch well in any of the games.
We have never faced Larson before. This will be the 7th start of his career.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Leander Gooding (33-R .265-117-0-5-.639-4 B)
2: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .286-227-6-28-.742-0 C) Rookie
3: LF Ray McDonald (24-L .331-272-13-61-.948-9 B+)
4: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .265-310-15-58-.795-4 C+)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .234-273-10-32-.708-18 B)
6: CF Gary McKellar (34-R .272-81-0-9-.646-0 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .221-231-3-25-.611-15 B+)
8: C Jim Hess (34-R .218-55-2-8-.569-0 B)
9: P Dale Gilchrist (25-R .417-36-0-1-.833-0 D)
OTTAWA
1: 1B Wilson Partida (27-R .271-96-5-14-.852-5 B+)
2: 2B Tom Van Diest (30-R .293-242-3-16-.762-2 B+) Strained hamstring
3: RF Ed Yeager (29-L .317-319-13-51-.869-0 C+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03)
4: LF Clark Land (26-R .224-335-5-29-.606-14 B+) All-Star(02)
5: 3B Mike Hughes (29-R .253-253-13-36-.815-0 B) All-Star(01)
6: C Joe Tomlinson (29-R .199-256-8-40-.622-0 C)
7: SS Dave Behm (27-R .281-57-4-12-.896-1 A)
8: CF Dennis Perrin (23-R .167-42-0-3-.381-0 C)
9: P Jim Larson (30-L .100-10-0-0-.200-0 D+) Rookie
Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Carleton County Stadium
Weather: 71 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 10 MPH wind blowing out to left
Attendance: 10,681
Top of the First
Leander Gooding grounds a hit to left! Fernando Tello walks on 4 pitches! Ray McDonald grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4, and Gooding goes to 3rd. Tom McDowell fouls out to the catcher.... Jack Washburn beats out an infield hit and Gooding scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Gary McKellar grounds out to 3rd.
Bottom of the First
Wilson Partida grounds out to 3rd. Tom Van Diest pokes a hit to left... Ed Yeager grounds one to 1st, but Jack Washburn makes a bad throw to 2nd for an error.... Clark Land grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!!
Through 5 innings, the 2 hits we had in the first inning are all we have off this bum....
Bottom of the Fifth
Joe Tomlinson doubles to right, the second hit of the game for the Otters. Dave Behm draws a walk... Dennis Perrin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!!
Top of the Sixth
Fernando Tello lines a 3-2 pitch to center for our third hit of the game. Ray McDonald doubles to center! Tom McDowell doubles to right and both runners score!! 3 to 0, Jays! They walk Jack Washburn intentionally. Gary McKellar grounds into a 6-4-3 double play...
Top of the Seventh
Fernando Tello doubles to right center! They walk Ray McDonald intentionally. With 1 out, Jack Washburn hits a home run to right!!! 6 to 0, Jays!
Bottom of the Eighth
With 1 out, Dennis Perrin hits a home run to left... 6 to 1, Jays.
Won - 6 to 1
Sweep!
Our 7th Complete Game in the last 10 games!
We finish the season series with Ottawa, 7-1!
The best record we have ever had against a Northern team in a season!
We had 8 hits and made 1 error
Ottawa had 6 hits and made 1 error
Dale Gilchrist (W 6-8) went 9 innings (CG), allowed 1 run, 6 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 5. 112 pitches.
Jim Larson (L 1-5) went 7.1 innings, gave us 6 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks (2 INT) and struck out 1.
RF Fernando Tello had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored 2 runs. LF/RF Ray McDonald hit a double, drew a walk (INT) and scored 2 runs. 3B Tom McDowell hit a double and had 2 RBI. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with his 11th home run of the season, drew a walk (INT) and had 4 RBI.
Trudy told me after the game that Charlie Faber's wrist was not healing as expected and she could not give me a new ETA on his return....
But to good news! The All-Star rosters were announced today and the Jays will be sending 5 players! For the first time a Jay was elected to start the game! And not just one, but 3 (!!!): P Jim Baucom, LF Ray McDonald and CF Cal Doty, though Doty is not going to go and will take the time to recuperate. The other two representatives are rookie pitchers Mike Marsh and Albert Davies! I was hoping 3B Tom McDowell would also make it, but there are just too many good 3rd basemen in the Southern Division. He would have probably made it in the North.
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