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Thursday, August 19, 2004
We put P Dale Gilchrist (25-R) on the Disabled List and recalled P Dave Buchalter (26-R). We also took the opportunity to recall C Jim Hess (34-R) and send C Garrett Bender (30-R) back to Daytona (A).
P Mike Marsh has reported that his back spasms have subsided, so he will go today.
Jacksonville Jays (84-36 .700 13 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Columbus Explorers (66-53 .555 11.5 GB in 3rd place in the Northern Division)
JAX: Mike Marsh (23-R) (8-4 2.22 ERA 93.1 IP, 75 H, 2 HR, 35 BB, 66 SO) All-Star/Rookie
COL: Steve Melita (31-R) (5-9 4.97 ERA 105 IP, 131 H, 8 HR, 27 BB, 53 SO)
Marsh faced 1 batter in his last outing and walked him and then left with an injury.
Melita was 12-14 with a 3.42 ERA in 208 IP last year. He is 2-2 in 5 starts against the Jays in his career with a shutout and a 3.52 ERA. 30.2 IP, 30 H, 0 HR, 12 BB, 16 SO.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (33-R .258-93-0-8-.572-0 B)
2: CF Cal Doty (27-L .342-445-12-57-.910-15 C+) All-Star
3: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .292-349-9-35-.764-0 C) Rookie
4: LF Ray McDonald (24-L .322-394-20-89-.951-14 B+) All-Star
5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .270-433-21-84-.808-6 C+)
6: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .233-382-13-47-.710-21 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .212-340-6-39-.607-20 B+)
8: C Bert Swope (32-S .261-257-1-25-.652-1 B)
9: P Mike Marsh (23-R .214-28-0-5-.552-0 B+) All-Star/Rookie
COLUMBUS
1: CF Steve Shauer (28-L .310-384-2-50-.765-16 C+)
2: LF Dave Sanders (30-R .282-337-0-25-.698-2 A)
3: 1B Gabriel Beltran (34-S .303-436-18-62-.869-17 B) MVP(02)/Silver Slugger(2: 02-03)/All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: RF Jorge Moreida (25-L .273-439-5-43-.730-27 A)
5: 3B Floyd Shawn (27-R .251-367-8-41-.668-3 B+)
6: SS Roger Briones (21-L .271-70-0-10-.580-0 C) Rookie
7: C Marc Barksdale (33-R .223-349-8-42-.636-2 B) All-Star/Gold Glove(2: 01-02)
8: 2B Dan Carroll (26-R .242-149-3-16-.623-8 A+) Gold Glove
9: P Steve Melita (31-R .235-34-0-8-.513-0 C+)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Weather: 72 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from center
Attendance: 8,936
Top of the First
Junior Danielson lines a hit to right! He steals 2nd, his first steal of the season! Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd and Danielson goes to 3rd. As the announcers used to say back in the day, "that was a professional at bat." Fernando Tello swings at the first pitch and grounds one to short, but rookie Roger Briones throws the ball away for a 2 base error and Danielson scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Tello goes to 3rd. Tom McDowell grounds a 3-2 pitch up the middle for a hit and Tello scores! 2 to 0, Jays! McDowell steals 2nd! Jack Washburn grounds out to 2nd...
Bottom of the First
Steve Shauer triples off the wall in center... Dave Sanders pops out to right and Shauer holds his post. Gabriel Beltran draws a walk... Jorge Moreida flies out to left and Shauer tags up, but Ray McDonald throws him out at home! C Bert Swope suffered a hard hit, but held on to the ball! And he seems okay!
Bottom of the Second
Floyd Shawn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Roger Briones walks on 4 pitches.... What has happened to P Mike Marsh and his control? On August 1, he pitched a 5 hit shutout with no walks and 10 strikeouts. At that point of the season, he was averaging 2.76 walks per 9 innings. But he has walked 11 now in his last 6.1 innings.... Marc Barksdale grounds out slowly to short and the runners move up. Dan Carroll grounds out to 2nd and Shawn scores. 2 to 1, Jays.
Top of the Third
Junior Danielson swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit and then goes to 2nd on a wild pitch! Cal Doty walks on 4 pitches. Fernando Tello hits a 2-2 pitch over the right field wall for a home run!!! 5 to 1, Jays! His 10th home run of the season and we now have 5 players in double digits in HR! Ray McDonald lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit. With 1 out, Jack Washburn jerks a home run down the right field line!! 7 to 1, Jays!
Bottom of the Fourth
With 2 outs, Marc Barksdale lines a hit to left and goes to 2nd on a passed ball. Dan Carroll grounds a 3-2 pitch to left for a hit and Barksdale scores. 7 to 2, Jays.
Bottom of the Fifth
Dave Sanders takes a 3-2 pitch for ball for and another walk... Gabriel Beltran grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Jorge Moreida swings at the first pitch and pops out to right. And P Mike Marsh calls out Trudy the Trainer.... New Pitcher: Roger Wallace (29-R). Dave Thompson (28-R) is in to play 1st in a double switch. Floyd Shawn pops one up to shallow right and everyone watches it drop for a hit... Roger Briones grounds out to the pitcher.
Bottom of the Eighth
New Pitcher: Robbie Hopley (30-R). Marc Barksdale and Dan Carroll lead off with back to back hits. PH Joe Tirey (32-L), a glove first shortstop, who is 5 for 8 with a HR this series, grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Barksdale goes to 3rd. Steve Shauer pops out to short. Dave Sanders strikes out on 3 pitches!
Won - 7 to 2
Is it a sweep or not?
We won 4 of 5 games, but the one we lost, we were the home team.
So, we swept them in the 4 games that they were the home team!
We finish the season series with Columbus 7-1!
The 3rd team in the North we went 7-1 against this season! (Indianapolis and Ottawa)
We had 10 hits and made 1 error
Columbus had 9 hits and made 1 error
We extend our team record to 8 straight games with a home run!
Mike Marsh went 4.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 4 walks and struck out 1.
RHP Roger Wallace (W 6-2) went 2.1 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.
Robbie Hopley went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.
Steve Melita (L 5-10) went 2.1 innings, gave us 7 runs (5 earned), 6 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 2. He threw a WP.
2B Junior Danielson had 2 hits, stole a base and scored 2 runs. Cal Doty had a hit and a walk and scored a run. RF Fernando Tello hit his 10th home run of the season, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. 3b Tom McDowell had a hit and was hit by a pitch, stole a base and had an RBI. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with his 14th home run and had 2 RBI.
Trudy's report on Mike Marsh is the back spasms have returned. She figure them to bother him a week or so.... With our lead, we are not going to let him pitch injured....
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