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Questdog · 11-21-2020, 03:11 PM

Monday, August 16, 2004

We have a doubleheader today because of an earlier rainout and no off days anywhere near to help defray the cost, so we need a spot starter from Daytona (A). But absolutely no one there is pitching worth a dern... Danny Coreano, who did so well for us last year and pitched a shutout in his first start of this season is 1-6 with an 8.76 ERA since being sent down. Only one starting pitcher has an ERA under 4.00 for the Tortugas and he's the one we called up: Dave Buchalter (26-R), who is 3-3 with a 5.16 ERA in 13 starts (15 G) with the Jays since 2002. C Jim Hess (34-R) was sent to Daytona to make room on the roster. Also, I began my campaign o get the powers that be to change the name of the Tortugas to something else.... I am not a fan....

We are in Columbus to finish our season series with the Explorers with 5 games in 4 days, beginning with a doubleheader today where we will be the home team for one of the games. They split 4 games here with New Orleans over the weekend. We won all 3 games that the weather would let us play in Jacksonville, June 10-13. They are 10th in scoring with 3.91 runs per game (Jacksonville is down to #4 with 4.50). The Explorers are 2nd in fewest runs allowed with 3.42 per game (Jacksonville is #1 with 3.10). Their run differential is +57, 6th best in the MLB, and ours is +162, still #1, 5 runs better than Buffalo.

Jacksonville Jays (81-35 .698 12.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Columbus Explorers (65-50 .565 10 GB in 3rd place in the Northern Division)

Game 1
(we are the 'home' team)
COL: Terry Luckett (29-L) (15-4 2.11 ERA 166 IP, 139 H, 12 HR, 35 BB, 104 SO) All-Star(4: 01-04)
JAX: Al Calice (23-R) (7-7 3.14 ERA 131.2 IP, 118 H, 11 HR, 51 BB, 70 SO) Rookie

Luckett, the 4-time All-Star, is their #1 starter. We beat him in Jacksonville, scoring 3 runs on 9 hits with no walks and 9 strikeouts in 8 innings.

Calice gave up 1 run on 6 hits and 3 walks with 4 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a win, his 3rd in a row. He is 5-0 in 13 starts since May 20.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
COLUMBUS
1: CF Steve Shauer (28-L .315-368-2-50-.778-16 C+) Bruised thumb 20 CS
2: LF Dave Sanders (30-R .287-324-0-24-.707-2 A)
3: 1B Gabriel Beltran (34-S .305-423-18-61-.876-17 B) MVP(02)/Silver Slugger(2: 02-03)/All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: RF Jorge Moreida (25-L .272-423-5-42-.733-27 A)
5: 3B Floyd Shawn (27-R .251-355-8-40-.672-3 B+)
6: SS Joe Tirey (32-L .205-390-4-24-.563-5 A) Gold Glove(2: 01,03)
7: C Marc Barksdale (33-R .224-340-8-40-.638-2 B) All-Star/Gold Glove(2: 01-02)
8: 2B Roger Briones (21-L .274-62-0-9-.590-0 C+) Rookie #21 prospect
9: P Terry Luckett (29-L .418-55-0-6-.901-0 D) All-Star(4: 01-04)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (33-R .240-75-0-6-.536-0 B)
2: 1B Dave Thompson (28-R .298-94-0-4-.734-0 C+)
3: LF Cal Doty (27-L .343-428-11-55-.916-15 B+) All-Star
4: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .271-417-19-79-.804-6 C+)
5: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .295-336-8-34-.764-0 C) Rookie
6: CF Gary McKellar (34-R .284-109-0-14-.686-0 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .215-326-6-37-.616-20 B+)
8: C Don Kern (27-R .100-60-0-2-.306-0 B)
9: P Al Calice (23-L .106-47-0-4-.319-0 F) Rookie

Game Start: 1:05 PM
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Weather: 80 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 9,232

Top of the First
Steve Shauer lines a hit to right... Dave Sanders takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Gabriel Beltran lines a hit to center and Shauer scores... 1 to 0, Explorers. Jorge Moreida lines a hit to left and Sanders scores... 2 to 0, Explorers. Can we get an out, please! We cannot use our Bullpen up in the first game! Floyd Shawn swings at the first pitch and grounds into a 5-4-3 double play and Beltran goes to 3rd!! Joe Tirey takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Marc Barksdale strikes out looking. 31 pitch inning...

Bottom of the First
Junior Danielson grounds out to 3rd. Dave Thompson hits one 469 ft. to left center! 2 to 1, Explorers. Cal Doty grounds out to short. Tom McDowell swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit. Fernando Tello flies out to left.

Bottom of the Second
Gary McKellar grounds the first pitch to left for a hit! Bart Daw grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.... Don Kern draws a walk. P Al Calice grounds one to 2nd, but Roger Briones boots it! Junior Danielson grounds the first pitch up the middle for a hit and Kern scores! Tie Game: 2 to 2!

Top of the Third
Dave Sanders and Gabriel Beltran lead off with back to back walks... 4 walks already for P Al Calice... Jorge Moreida pokes an 0-2 pitch to right for a hit and the bases are loaded with no outs... Floyd Shawn grounds the first pitch up the middle for a hit and Sanders scores... 3 to 2, Explorers. Joe Tirey grounds into a force at home, 3-2. Marc Barksdale grounds a hit through the right side and 2 runs score... 5 to 2, Explorers. P Al Calice needs to take his lumps.... Roger Briones grounds a hit to right and Tirey scores... 6 to 2, Explorers. P Terry Luckett lines a hit to left and another run is in... 7 to 2, Explorers. Steve Shauer grounds a double play ball to 2nd, but Junior Danielson boots it and the bases are loaded with 1 out... Dave Sanders grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and another run scores... 8 to 2, Explorers.

Bottom of the Third
With 1 out, Tom McDowell hits the first pitch over the wall in left center! 8 to 3, Explorers.

Top of the Sixth
On the Hill: P Roger Wallace (29-R), after a perfect 5th. Steve Shauer strikes out and P Wallace calls out Trudy the Trainer.... Just wonderful.... We will have no Bullpen for the second game with a bum starter going for us.... New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). He gets the next two out.

Lost - 8 to 3

We had 7 hits and made 1 error
Columbus had 12 hits (all singles) and made 1 error

Al Calice (L 7-5) went 4 innings, allowed 8 runs (7 earned), 10 hits, 4 walks and struck out 1. It is his first loss in almost 3 months (May 20)
RHP Roger Wallace faced 4 batters and got them all out with 2 strikeouts.
LHP Bill Grant went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1.
RHP Robbie Hopley went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 1. He threw a WP.

Terry Luckett (W 16-4) went 9 innings (CG), gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 7 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 6. 98 pitches. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI.

1B Dave Thompson hit his 1st home run on the season. 3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits with his 20th home run. He is the 2nd player ever to hit 20 HR in a season for the Jays! Marty Eades, the player he was traded for, hit 21, the team record, twice. CF Gary McKellar had 2 hits. PH Leander Gooding had a hit.

For Columbus, RF Jorge Moreida had 4 hits, scored a run and had an RBI.

Trudy's report on Roger Wallace is a strained back that will bother him for about 3 days.

Game 2
JAX: Dave Buchalter (26-R) (A Ball: 7-11 3.66 ERA 128 IP, 136 H, 11 HR, 52 BB, 87 SO)
COL: Mike Elizondo (25-R) (8-8 2.86 ERA 182.1 IP, 176 H, 11 HR, 25 BB, 92 SO) All-Star(2: 03-04)

Buchalter is making his season debut and, hopefully, swan song. He is 3-3 with a 5.16 ERA in 13 career starts (15 G) for the Jays. 71.2 IP, 76 H, 12 HR, 33 BB, 37 SO.

We faced Elizondo in June and scored 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits and 2 walks with 1 strikeout in 6 innings in a no decision that we won. He is 0-3 in his last 6 starts, but has pitched well in 4 of the games.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (33-R .241-79-0-7-.534-0 B)
2: CF Cal Doty (27-L .341-431-11-55-.909-15 C+) All-Star
3: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .291-340-8-34-.755-0 C) Rookie
4: LF Ray McDonald (24-L .322-382-19-85-.943-14 B+) All-Star
5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .273-421-20-80-.813-6 C+)
6: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .231-373-13-47-.705-20 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .212-330-6-37-.609-20 B+)
8: C Bert Swope (32-S .264-250-1-25-.653-1 B)
9: P Dave Buchalter (26-R Season debut D)

COLUMBUS
1: CF Steve Shauer (28-L .317-372-2-50-.782-16 C+) Bruised thumb
2: LF Dave Sanders (30-R .284-327-0-25-.704-2 A)
3: 1B Gabriel Beltran (34-S .307-427-18-62-.878-17 B) MVP(02)/Silver Slugger(2: 02-03)/All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: RF Jorge Moreida (25-L .278-428-5-43-.742-27 A)
5: 3B Floyd Shawn (27-R .250-360-8-41-.668-3 B+)
6: SS Joe Tirey (32-L .204-393-4-24-.561-5 A) Gold Glove(2: 01,03)
7: C Jorge Ortega (25-R .213-89-0-5-.540-0 C+) Rookie
8: 2B Dan Carroll (26-R .246-138-3-16-.643-8 A+) Gold Glove
9: P Mike Elizondo (25-R .170-47-0-3-.358-0 F) All-Star(2: 03-04)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Weather: 73 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 10,556

Top of the First
Junior Danielson lines a hit to right! Cal Doty lines a hit to center! Fernando Tello, in his debut in the 3 hole, grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Danielson goes to 3rd. Ray McDonald lines a hit to right and Danielson scores! 1 to 0, Jays! We need a lot more, if we are going to win! Tom McDowell pops out to 1st... Jack Washburn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 2 outs. Bart Daw, who is not hitting much anymore, lines out to 2nd... .128 now in August. But we have no one else who can play defense well enough to take his job....

Bottom of the First
Steve Shauer grounds out to 3rd. Dave Sanders beats out an infield hit. Gabriel Beltran walks on 4 pitches.... The Bullpen is all tuckered out, so P Dave Buchalter needs to give us some innings.... And there are no off days for the next two weeks.... Jorge Moreida, who had 4 hits in the opener, fouls out to 3rd. Floyd Shawn strikes out!

Bottom of the Fourth
With 2 outs, Joe Tirey hits a home run to right center... Tie Game: 1 to 1.

Top of the Sixth
Cal Doty grounds a hit to right and Fernando Tello doubles off the wall in left center! They walk Ray McDonald intentionally to load the bases up with no outs. Tom McDowell lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit and 2 runs score!! 3 to 1, Jays! Jack Washburn, who just loves to bunt, bunts the runners up.... I wish he would quit that... Bart Daw strikes out... They walk Bert Swope intentionally to load the bases up for P Dave Buchalter. With the state of our Bullpen, we are not pinch-hitting and he is a decent hitter for a pitcher. He grounds out to 1st, unassisted....

Bottom of the Sixth
P Dave Buchalter rewards us for letting him hit by walking Dave Sanders and Gabriel Beltran on 8 pitches... The Bullpen gets up. Jorge Moreida takes 4 pitches and the bases are loaded with no outs... Unbelievable... 12 straight balls... Floyd Shawn strikes out! Joe Tirey lines out to left and the runners an 2nd and 3rd both advance. 3 to 2, Jays. Jorge Ortega lines out to right!

Top of the Seventh
Junior Danielson and Cal Doty lead off with back to back hits! Fernando Tello grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Danielson goes to 3rd. Ray McDonald grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, but they cannot turn the double play and Danielson scores. 4 to 2, Jays!

Top of the Eighth
New Pitcher: Warren Wynn (34-R), who is 2-3 with 4 SV and a 2.58 ERA in 52.1 IP. With 1 out, Bart Daw takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bert Swope grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. With 2 outs, PH Mike Volkman (36-L) hits a home run to center!! 6 to 2, Jays!

Top of the Ninth
With 1 out, Fernando Tello hits one to deep right center and the wind carries it over the fence! 7 to 2, Jays!

Won - 7 to 2

Buchalter beats 2-time All-Star Elizondo!
Awesomeness!

That is our 82nd win of the season, a new team record!
And 44 more games to go!

We had 11 hits and made no errors
Columbus had 6 hits and made no errors

Dave Buchalter (W 1-0), in his season debut, went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks and struck out 3.
LHP Albert Davies went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and 1 walk.

Mike Elizondo (L 8-9) went 7 innings, gave us 4 runs, 9 hits, 3 walks (2 INT) and struck out 3.

2B Junior Danielson had 3 hits and scored 2 runs. CF Cal Doty had 3 hits and scored a run. RF Fernando Tello hit a double and hit 9th home run of the season and scored 2 runs. LF Ray McDonald had a hit and 2 RBI. 3B Tom McDowell had a hit and 2 RBI. PH Mike Volkman hit his 1st home run of the season and had 2 RBI.

11-21-2020, 03:11 PM	#869
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	Monday, August 16, 2004 We have a doubleheader today because of an earlier rainout and no off days anywhere near to help defray the cost, so we need a spot starter from Daytona (A). But absolutely no one there is pitching worth a dern... Danny Coreano, who did so well for us last year and pitched a shutout in his first start of this season is 1-6 with an 8.76 ERA since being sent down. Only one starting pitcher has an ERA under 4.00 for the Tortugas and he's the one we called up: Dave Buchalter (26-R), who is 3-3 with a 5.16 ERA in 13 starts (15 G) with the Jays since 2002. C Jim Hess (34-R) was sent to Daytona to make room on the roster. Also, I began my campaign o get the powers that be to change the name of the Tortugas to something else.... I am not a fan.... We are in Columbus to finish our season series with the Explorers with 5 games in 4 days, beginning with a doubleheader today where we will be the home team for one of the games. They split 4 games here with New Orleans over the weekend. We won all 3 games that the weather would let us play in Jacksonville, June 10-13. They are 10th in scoring with 3.91 runs per game (Jacksonville is down to #4 with 4.50). The Explorers are 2nd in fewest runs allowed with 3.42 per game (Jacksonville is #1 with 3.10). Their run differential is +57, 6th best in the MLB, and ours is +162, still #1, 5 runs better than Buffalo. Jacksonville Jays (81-35 .698 12.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at Columbus Explorers (65-50 .565 10 GB in 3rd place in the Northern Division) Game 1 (we are the 'home' team) COL: Terry Luckett (29-L) (15-4 2.11 ERA 166 IP, 139 H, 12 HR, 35 BB, 104 SO) All-Star(4: 01-04) JAX: Al Calice (23-R) (7-7 3.14 ERA 131.2 IP, 118 H, 11 HR, 51 BB, 70 SO) Rookie Luckett, the 4-time All-Star, is their #1 starter. We beat him in Jacksonville, scoring 3 runs on 9 hits with no walks and 9 strikeouts in 8 innings. Calice gave up 1 run on 6 hits and 3 walks with 4 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a win, his 3rd in a row. He is 5-0 in 13 starts since May 20. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) COLUMBUS 1: CF Steve Shauer (28-L .315-368-2-50-.778-16 C+) Bruised thumb 20 CS 2: LF Dave Sanders (30-R .287-324-0-24-.707-2 A) 3: 1B Gabriel Beltran (34-S .305-423-18-61-.876-17 B) MVP(02)/Silver Slugger(2: 02-03)/All-Star(3: 02-04) 4: RF Jorge Moreida (25-L .272-423-5-42-.733-27 A) 5: 3B Floyd Shawn (27-R .251-355-8-40-.672-3 B+) 6: SS Joe Tirey (32-L .205-390-4-24-.563-5 A) Gold Glove(2: 01,03) 7: C Marc Barksdale (33-R .224-340-8-40-.638-2 B) All-Star/Gold Glove(2: 01-02) 8: 2B Roger Briones (21-L .274-62-0-9-.590-0 C+) Rookie #21 prospect 9: P Terry Luckett (29-L .418-55-0-6-.901-0 D) All-Star(4: 01-04) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (33-R .240-75-0-6-.536-0 B) 2: 1B Dave Thompson (28-R .298-94-0-4-.734-0 C+) 3: LF Cal Doty (27-L .343-428-11-55-.916-15 B+) All-Star 4: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .271-417-19-79-.804-6 C+) 5: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .295-336-8-34-.764-0 C) Rookie 6: CF Gary McKellar (34-R .284-109-0-14-.686-0 B) 7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .215-326-6-37-.616-20 B+) 8: C Don Kern (27-R .100-60-0-2-.306-0 B) 9: P Al Calice (23-L .106-47-0-4-.319-0 F) Rookie Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: Comiskey Park Weather: 80 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to center Attendance: 9,232 Top of the First Steve Shauer lines a hit to right... Dave Sanders takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Gabriel Beltran lines a hit to center and Shauer scores... 1 to 0, Explorers. Jorge Moreida lines a hit to left and Sanders scores... 2 to 0, Explorers. Can we get an out, please! We cannot use our Bullpen up in the first game! Floyd Shawn swings at the first pitch and grounds into a 5-4-3 double play and Beltran goes to 3rd!! Joe Tirey takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Marc Barksdale strikes out looking. 31 pitch inning... Bottom of the First Junior Danielson grounds out to 3rd. Dave Thompson hits one 469 ft. to left center! 2 to 1, Explorers. Cal Doty grounds out to short. Tom McDowell swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit. Fernando Tello flies out to left. Bottom of the Second Gary McKellar grounds the first pitch to left for a hit! Bart Daw grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.... Don Kern draws a walk. P Al Calice grounds one to 2nd, but Roger Briones boots it! Junior Danielson grounds the first pitch up the middle for a hit and Kern scores! Tie Game: 2 to 2! Top of the Third Dave Sanders and Gabriel Beltran lead off with back to back walks... 4 walks already for P Al Calice... Jorge Moreida pokes an 0-2 pitch to right for a hit and the bases are loaded with no outs... Floyd Shawn grounds the first pitch up the middle for a hit and Sanders scores... 3 to 2, Explorers. Joe Tirey grounds into a force at home, 3-2. Marc Barksdale grounds a hit through the right side and 2 runs score... 5 to 2, Explorers. P Al Calice needs to take his lumps.... Roger Briones grounds a hit to right and Tirey scores... 6 to 2, Explorers. P Terry Luckett lines a hit to left and another run is in... 7 to 2, Explorers. Steve Shauer grounds a double play ball to 2nd, but Junior Danielson boots it and the bases are loaded with 1 out... Dave Sanders grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and another run scores... 8 to 2, Explorers. Bottom of the Third With 1 out, Tom McDowell hits the first pitch over the wall in left center! 8 to 3, Explorers. Top of the Sixth On the Hill: P Roger Wallace (29-R), after a perfect 5th. Steve Shauer strikes out and P Wallace calls out Trudy the Trainer.... Just wonderful.... We will have no Bullpen for the second game with a bum starter going for us.... New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). He gets the next two out. Lost - 8 to 3 We had 7 hits and made 1 error Columbus had 12 hits (all singles) and made 1 error Al Calice (L 7-5) went 4 innings, allowed 8 runs (7 earned), 10 hits, 4 walks and struck out 1. It is his first loss in almost 3 months (May 20) RHP Roger Wallace faced 4 batters and got them all out with 2 strikeouts. LHP Bill Grant went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. RHP Robbie Hopley went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 1. He threw a WP. Terry Luckett (W 16-4) went 9 innings (CG), gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 7 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 6. 98 pitches. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. 1B Dave Thompson hit his 1st home run on the season. 3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits with his 20th home run. He is the 2nd player ever to hit 20 HR in a season for the Jays! Marty Eades, the player he was traded for, hit 21, the team record, twice. CF Gary McKellar had 2 hits. PH Leander Gooding had a hit. For Columbus, RF Jorge Moreida had 4 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. Trudy's report on Roger Wallace is a strained back that will bother him for about 3 days. Game 2 JAX: Dave Buchalter (26-R) (A Ball: 7-11 3.66 ERA 128 IP, 136 H, 11 HR, 52 BB, 87 SO) COL: Mike Elizondo (25-R) (8-8 2.86 ERA 182.1 IP, 176 H, 11 HR, 25 BB, 92 SO) All-Star(2: 03-04) Buchalter is making his season debut and, hopefully, swan song. He is 3-3 with a 5.16 ERA in 13 career starts (15 G) for the Jays. 71.2 IP, 76 H, 12 HR, 33 BB, 37 SO. We faced Elizondo in June and scored 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits and 2 walks with 1 strikeout in 6 innings in a no decision that we won. He is 0-3 in his last 6 starts, but has pitched well in 4 of the games. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (33-R .241-79-0-7-.534-0 B) 2: CF Cal Doty (27-L .341-431-11-55-.909-15 C+) All-Star 3: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .291-340-8-34-.755-0 C) Rookie 4: LF Ray McDonald (24-L .322-382-19-85-.943-14 B+) All-Star 5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .273-421-20-80-.813-6 C+) 6: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .231-373-13-47-.705-20 B) 7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .212-330-6-37-.609-20 B+) 8: C Bert Swope (32-S .264-250-1-25-.653-1 B) 9: P Dave Buchalter (26-R Season debut D) COLUMBUS 1: CF Steve Shauer (28-L .317-372-2-50-.782-16 C+) Bruised thumb 2: LF Dave Sanders (30-R .284-327-0-25-.704-2 A) 3: 1B Gabriel Beltran (34-S .307-427-18-62-.878-17 B) MVP(02)/Silver Slugger(2: 02-03)/All-Star(3: 02-04) 4: RF Jorge Moreida (25-L .278-428-5-43-.742-27 A) 5: 3B Floyd Shawn (27-R .250-360-8-41-.668-3 B+) 6: SS Joe Tirey (32-L .204-393-4-24-.561-5 A) Gold Glove(2: 01,03) 7: C Jorge Ortega (25-R .213-89-0-5-.540-0 C+) Rookie 8: 2B Dan Carroll (26-R .246-138-3-16-.643-8 A+) Gold Glove 9: P Mike Elizondo (25-R .170-47-0-3-.358-0 F) All-Star(2: 03-04) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Comiskey Park Weather: 73 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to center Attendance: 10,556 Top of the First Junior Danielson lines a hit to right! Cal Doty lines a hit to center! Fernando Tello, in his debut in the 3 hole, grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Danielson goes to 3rd. Ray McDonald lines a hit to right and Danielson scores! 1 to 0, Jays! We need a lot more, if we are going to win! Tom McDowell pops out to 1st... Jack Washburn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 2 outs. Bart Daw, who is not hitting much anymore, lines out to 2nd... .128 now in August. But we have no one else who can play defense well enough to take his job.... Bottom of the First Steve Shauer grounds out to 3rd. Dave Sanders beats out an infield hit. Gabriel Beltran walks on 4 pitches.... The Bullpen is all tuckered out, so P Dave Buchalter needs to give us some innings.... And there are no off days for the next two weeks.... Jorge Moreida, who had 4 hits in the opener, fouls out to 3rd. Floyd Shawn strikes out! Bottom of the Fourth With 2 outs, Joe Tirey hits a home run to right center... Tie Game: 1 to 1. Top of the Sixth Cal Doty grounds a hit to right and Fernando Tello doubles off the wall in left center! They walk Ray McDonald intentionally to load the bases up with no outs. Tom McDowell lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit and 2 runs score!! 3 to 1, Jays! Jack Washburn, who just loves to bunt, bunts the runners up.... I wish he would quit that... Bart Daw strikes out... They walk Bert Swope intentionally to load the bases up for P Dave Buchalter. With the state of our Bullpen, we are not pinch-hitting and he is a decent hitter for a pitcher. He grounds out to 1st, unassisted.... Bottom of the Sixth P Dave Buchalter rewards us for letting him hit by walking Dave Sanders and Gabriel Beltran on 8 pitches... The Bullpen gets up. Jorge Moreida takes 4 pitches and the bases are loaded with no outs... Unbelievable... 12 straight balls... Floyd Shawn strikes out! Joe Tirey lines out to left and the runners an 2nd and 3rd both advance. 3 to 2, Jays. Jorge Ortega lines out to right! Top of the Seventh Junior Danielson and Cal Doty lead off with back to back hits! Fernando Tello grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Danielson goes to 3rd. Ray McDonald grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, but they cannot turn the double play and Danielson scores. 4 to 2, Jays! Top of the Eighth New Pitcher: Warren Wynn (34-R), who is 2-3 with 4 SV and a 2.58 ERA in 52.1 IP. With 1 out, Bart Daw takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bert Swope grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. With 2 outs, PH Mike Volkman (36-L) hits a home run to center!! 6 to 2, Jays! Top of the Ninth With 1 out, Fernando Tello hits one to deep right center and the wind carries it over the fence! 7 to 2, Jays! Won - 7 to 2 Buchalter beats 2-time All-Star Elizondo! Awesomeness! That is our 82nd win of the season, a new team record! And 44 more games to go! We had 11 hits and made no errors Columbus had 6 hits and made no errors Dave Buchalter (W 1-0), in his season debut, went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks and struck out 3. LHP Albert Davies went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and 1 walk. Mike Elizondo (L 8-9) went 7 innings, gave us 4 runs, 9 hits, 3 walks (2 INT) and struck out 3. 2B Junior Danielson had 3 hits and scored 2 runs. CF Cal Doty had 3 hits and scored a run. RF Fernando Tello hit a double and hit 9th home run of the season and scored 2 runs. LF Ray McDonald had a hit and 2 RBI. 3B Tom McDowell had a hit and 2 RBI. PH Mike Volkman hit his 1st home run of the season and had 2 RBI.