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Old 11-22-2020, 11:04 AM   #877
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Sunday, August 22, 2004

Jacksonville Jays (85-38 .691 14 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Charlotte Hornets (60-62 .492 24.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Dave Buchalter (26-R) (1-0 2.57 ERA 7 IP, 4 H, 1 HR, 5 BB, 3 SO)
CHAR: Angel Gomez (24-R) (12-6 2.68 ERA 174.1 IP, 159 H, 13 HR, 45 BB, 83 SO)

Buchalter went from emergency spot starter to rotation member all of a sudden.... We are giving Jim Baucom an extra day of rest.

Gomez is 0-2 in 2 starts against the Jays this season with a 6.94 ERA. 11.2 IP, 19 H, 2 HR, 1 BB, 7 SO.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Leander Gooding (33-R .229-188-0-11-.573-5 B)
2: CF Cal Doty (27-L .339-457-12-58-.900-15 C+) All-Star
3: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .289-360-10-38-.764-0 C) Rookie
4: LF Ray McDonald (24-L .319-407-20-90-.936-14 B+) All-Star
5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .266-443-21-85-.799-7 C+)
6: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .237-392-14-49-.722-21 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .211-350-6-41-.606-20 B+)
8: C Bert Swope (32-S .255-263-1-26-.640-1 B)
9: P Dave Buchalter (26-R .000-3-0-0-.000-0 D)

CHARLOTTE
1: RF Ed Northrup (26-L .283-286-0-29-.671-24 A) Rookie
2: SS Bruce McArthur (27-L .265-434-15-62-.772-1 B) Gold Glove(2: 02-03,1B) Hamstring soreness
3: 1B Larry Davis (29-S .322-485-3-58-.787-9 B) Silver Slugger(01,3B)/All-Star(01)
4: LF Terry Graham (24-L .302-450-23-84-.910-1 A+) All-Star
5: 2B Terry Wolf (32-L .306-278-12-54-.895-0 B) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(3: 02-04)
6: CF Scott Damon (25-R .260-419-16-62-.754-4 B)
7: 3B Marty Derringer (26-R .239-376-6-40-.662-23 A)
8: C Mike Tyra (28-R .213-315-7-28-.674-0 B)
9: P Angel Gomez (24-R .245-53-0-3-.542-0 D+)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Charlotte Municipal Stadium
Weather: 88 F, Clear Skies, with a 6 MPH wind blowing in from right
Attendance: 12,518

Top of the First
Leander Gooding doubles to center! Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to right!! 2 to 0, Jays! His fourth home run in the last 11 games! Fernando Tello swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... Ray McDonald beats out an infield hit! He steals 2nd! Tom McDowell pops out to left. Jack Washburn swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the First

Ed Northrup flies out to deep center. Bruce McArthur pops out to 2nd. Larry Davis walks on 4 pitches... Terry Graham grounds out to 2nd!

Bottom of the Second
Terry Wolf doubles to left center... With 2 outs, Mike Tyra grounds a hit to left and Wolf scores... 2 to 1, Jays.

After getting 3 hits in the first inning, we still have 3 hits through 6....

Bottom of the Sixth

Larry Davis doubles to right... The Bullpen gets up. Terry Graham grounds out to 2nd and Davis goes to 3rd. Terry Wolf takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Call to the Bullpen: Bob Craig (26-R). Scott Damon grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!! But P Craig goes to see Trudy when he comes back to the dugout and she says he is done for the day.....

Bottom of the Seventh

New Pitcher: Robbie Hopley (30-R), to face the bottom of the order. Marty Derringer and Mike Tyra lead off with back to back hits... The Bullpen got up after the first hit. But the next three make outs!

Bottom of the Ninth
On the Hill: All-Star Albert Davies (27-L), after a scoreless 8th. Gary McKellar (34-R) is in to play center. Cal Doty moves to left and Ray McDonald moves to right. 7-8-9 up for the Hornets. The Bullpen is ready, but no one else is fresh... Marty Derringer strikes out! Mike Tyra pokes his third hit of the game over the shortstop... PH John Hartz (39-R), the 2-time All-Star(01-02), who is batting .267 with 1 HR and 7 RBI in 60 AB, grounds a hit up the middle... PH Stan Jernigan (34-R), batting .219 with 2 HR and 5 RBI in 32 AB, strikes out looking! Bruce McArthur pops out to center and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 2 to 1

We had 4 whole hits (3 in the 1st inning) and made no errors
Charlotte had 11 hits and made 1 error

2nd straight game with only 4 hits...

Dave Buchalter (W 2-0) went 5.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 3 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Bob Craig (H 2) faced 1 batter and got 2 outs.
RHP Robbie Hopley (H 9) went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 2 hits.
LHP Albert Davies (SV 4) pitched 2 scoreless inning, allowed 4 hits and struck out 2.

Angel Gomez (L 12-7) went 7 innings, gave us 3 hits (all in the 1st inning), 2 runs, 1 home run, no walks, 1 HBP and struck out 3.

2B Leander Gooding had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. CF/LF Cal Doty hit his 13th home run and had 2 RBI and threw a runner out at 2nd.

For Charlotte, C Mike Tyra had 3 hits and an RBI.

Trudy's report on Bob Craig is a sore shoulder that should be fine in 2 or 3 days.
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