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Questdog · 11-24-2020, 07:11 PM

Monday, September 6, 2004

We are back home to play the Providence Steamrollers a 4 game series. They lost 3 of 4 at home to Orlando over the weekend. We won 3 of 4 games in Providence, May 27-20, but the aggregate score of the series was only 13 to 10. They are last in scoring with 3.38 runs per game (Jacksonville is #3 with 4.48). They are 12th in fewest runs allowed with 4.23 per game (Jacksonville is #1 with 3.14). Their run differential is -115, 3rd worst in the MLB, and ours is +184, still the best.

Providence Steamrollers (53-82 .393 33.5 GB in 7th place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (94-43 .686 15.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

PROV: Juan Estrada (30-L) (8-12 3.20 ERA 191.1 IP, 183 H, 11 HR, 82 BB, 144 SO) Rookie
JAX: Dave Buchalter (26-R) (3-0 1.86 ERA 19.1 IP, 13 H, 1 HR, 11 BB, 8 SO)

We beat Estrada in May, but only scored 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks with 7 strikeouts in 6 innings.

Buchalter has won all 3 of his starts so far. Last time out, he allowed 1 run on 4 hits and 3 walks with 3 strikeouts in 7 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
PROVIDENCE
1: CF Jimmy Reed (27-R .266-406-2-25-.669-16 C+) All-Star(03)
2: LF Juan Duarte (25-R .288-437-0-29-.696-13 B) Silver Slugger (02,CF)
3: 1B Billy Brown (29-R .293-280-11-41-.838-0 C+) All-Star(2: 02-03)
4: RF Tom Spiess (27-L .184-267-10-38-.610-12 B+)
5: C Doug Bowers (29-R .184-326-5-32-.532-0 C)
6: 2B Kim Byrne (28-R .299-415-7-41-.786-6 A)
7: 3B Andy Povich (29-L .239-113-1-6-.616-2 A) Gold Glove(2: 01-02,2B)
8: SS T.R. Hunter (27-R .266-421-7-34-.703-2 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
9: P Juan Estrada (30-L .094-64-0-1-.219-0 C)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Charlie Faber (33-R .301-322-0-33-.740-7 B+)
2: CF Danny Stewart (33-L .255-184-1-17-.657-0 D+)
3: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .286-402-11-45-.766-0 C) Rookie
4: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .264-493-21-91-.786-7 C+)
5: 1B Dave Thompson (28-R .269-119-1-5-.677-0 C+)
6: C Don Kern (27-R .125-88-1-7-.377-0 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .217-397-6-47-.603-21 B+)
8: LF Tommy Adams (22-L .316-19-1-3-.929-0 B+) Rookie
9: P Dave Buchalter (26-R .000-5-0-0-.000-0 D)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 74 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 9,958

Top of the First
Jimmy Reed swings at the first pitch and beats out, no! Tom McDowell made a great pay charging in on the ball and nipped him at 1st! Juan Duarte grounds out to 2nd. Billy Brown grounds out to short! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the First
Charlie Faber, the greatest leadoff hitter ever, grounds a 3-2 pitch up the middle for a hit! Danny Stewart grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Stewart steals his first base of the season! Fernando Tello flies out to deep left. Tom McDowell pops out to left... His last HR was 18 games ago....

Bottom of the Second
Dave Thompson leads off with a walk! With 2 outs, Tommy Adams triples to left center and Thompson scores! 1 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Third
The Steamrollers go 8 up, 8 down and then P Juan Estrada, maybe the worst hitter in all of Baseball, beats out an infield hit... Jimmy Reed hits a 518 ft. home run to center... 2 to 1, Steamrollers.

Bottom of the Third
With 2 outs, Fernando Tello jerks the first pitch down the right field line for a home run! Tie Game: 2 to 2! He leads all rookies with 12 HR!

Top of the Fourth
Billy Brown lines a hit to left. With 1 out, Doug Bowers, the sub-.200 hitter, hits a home run to left center... 4 to 2, Steamrollers.

Bottom of the Sixth
With 1 out, Tom McDowell grounds a hit to left. Dave Thompson hits a home run to left!! Tie Game: 4 to 4! That is the 100th HR of the season for the Jays, the first time we have ever reached triple digits!

Top of the Seventh
With 2 outs, Jimmy Reed lines a hit to center. He steals 2nd. Juan Duarte grounds a hit up the middle and Reed heads home, but Danny Stewart throws him out!

Bottom of the Seventh
New Pitcher: Lonny Green (32-L), who is 3-2 with a 2.44 ERA in 62.2 IP. With 1 out, PH Leander Gooding (33-R) beats out an infield hit and then goes to 2nd on a ground out. With 2 outs, they walk Danny Stewart intentionally to face Fernando Tello, which seems a bit odd to me.... Tello makes them pay with a grounder to left for a hit and Gooding scores! 5 to 4, Jays! Tom McDowell swings at the first pitch and clears the bases with a double to right and ends up on 3rd!! 7 to 4, Jays! That does it for P Green. New Pitcher: John Williams (40-L), who is 0-1 with a 4.29 ERA in 21 IP with 23 SO. Dave Thompson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Don Kern lines the first pitch to left for a double and McDowell scores! 8 to 4, Jays!

Won - 8 to 4

We had 12 hits and made 1 error
Providence had 9 hits and made no errors

Dave Buchalter (W 4-0) went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 4.
RHP Roger Wallace went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit.
LHP Albert Davies went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit.

Juan Estrada went 6 innings, gave us 4 runs, 6 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run.
LHP Lonny Green (L 3-3) got 2 outs, gave us 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 1.

2B Charlie Faber had 2 hits. RF Fernando Tello had 2 hits with his 12th home run of the season, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. 3B Tom McDowell had 3 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. 1B Dave Thompson went 1 for 1 with his 2nd home run, drew 3 walks, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. C Don Kern hit a double and had an RBI. LF Tommy Adams hit a triple and had an RBI. PH Leander Gooding had a hit and scored a run. PH Cal Doty had a hit.

11-24-2020, 07:11 PM	#896
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, September 6, 2004 We are back home to play the Providence Steamrollers a 4 game series. They lost 3 of 4 at home to Orlando over the weekend. We won 3 of 4 games in Providence, May 27-20, but the aggregate score of the series was only 13 to 10. They are last in scoring with 3.38 runs per game (Jacksonville is #3 with 4.48). They are 12th in fewest runs allowed with 4.23 per game (Jacksonville is #1 with 3.14). Their run differential is -115, 3rd worst in the MLB, and ours is +184, still the best. Providence Steamrollers (53-82 .393 33.5 GB in 7th place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (94-43 .686 15.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) PROV: Juan Estrada (30-L) (8-12 3.20 ERA 191.1 IP, 183 H, 11 HR, 82 BB, 144 SO) Rookie JAX: Dave Buchalter (26-R) (3-0 1.86 ERA 19.1 IP, 13 H, 1 HR, 11 BB, 8 SO) We beat Estrada in May, but only scored 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks with 7 strikeouts in 6 innings. Buchalter has won all 3 of his starts so far. Last time out, he allowed 1 run on 4 hits and 3 walks with 3 strikeouts in 7 innings. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) PROVIDENCE 1: CF Jimmy Reed (27-R .266-406-2-25-.669-16 C+) All-Star(03) 2: LF Juan Duarte (25-R .288-437-0-29-.696-13 B) Silver Slugger (02,CF) 3: 1B Billy Brown (29-R .293-280-11-41-.838-0 C+) All-Star(2: 02-03) 4: RF Tom Spiess (27-L .184-267-10-38-.610-12 B+) 5: C Doug Bowers (29-R .184-326-5-32-.532-0 C) 6: 2B Kim Byrne (28-R .299-415-7-41-.786-6 A) 7: 3B Andy Povich (29-L .239-113-1-6-.616-2 A) Gold Glove(2: 01-02,2B) 8: SS T.R. Hunter (27-R .266-421-7-34-.703-2 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04) 9: P Juan Estrada (30-L .094-64-0-1-.219-0 C) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Charlie Faber (33-R .301-322-0-33-.740-7 B+) 2: CF Danny Stewart (33-L .255-184-1-17-.657-0 D+) 3: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .286-402-11-45-.766-0 C) Rookie 4: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .264-493-21-91-.786-7 C+) 5: 1B Dave Thompson (28-R .269-119-1-5-.677-0 C+) 6: C Don Kern (27-R .125-88-1-7-.377-0 B) 7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .217-397-6-47-.603-21 B+) 8: LF Tommy Adams (22-L .316-19-1-3-.929-0 B+) Rookie 9: P Dave Buchalter (26-R .000-5-0-0-.000-0 D) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 74 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 9,958 Top of the First Jimmy Reed swings at the first pitch and beats out, no! Tom McDowell made a great pay charging in on the ball and nipped him at 1st! Juan Duarte grounds out to 2nd. Billy Brown grounds out to short! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First Charlie Faber, the greatest leadoff hitter ever, grounds a 3-2 pitch up the middle for a hit! Danny Stewart grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Stewart steals his first base of the season! Fernando Tello flies out to deep left. Tom McDowell pops out to left... His last HR was 18 games ago.... Bottom of the Second Dave Thompson leads off with a walk! With 2 outs, Tommy Adams triples to left center and Thompson scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Top of the Third The Steamrollers go 8 up, 8 down and then P Juan Estrada, maybe the worst hitter in all of Baseball, beats out an infield hit... Jimmy Reed hits a 518 ft. home run to center... 2 to 1, Steamrollers. Bottom of the Third With 2 outs, Fernando Tello jerks the first pitch down the right field line for a home run! Tie Game: 2 to 2! He leads all rookies with 12 HR! Top of the Fourth Billy Brown lines a hit to left. With 1 out, Doug Bowers, the sub-.200 hitter, hits a home run to left center... 4 to 2, Steamrollers. Bottom of the Sixth With 1 out, Tom McDowell grounds a hit to left. Dave Thompson hits a home run to left!! Tie Game: 4 to 4! That is the 100th HR of the season for the Jays, the first time we have ever reached triple digits! Top of the Seventh With 2 outs, Jimmy Reed lines a hit to center. He steals 2nd. Juan Duarte grounds a hit up the middle and Reed heads home, but Danny Stewart throws him out! Bottom of the Seventh New Pitcher: Lonny Green (32-L), who is 3-2 with a 2.44 ERA in 62.2 IP. With 1 out, PH Leander Gooding (33-R) beats out an infield hit and then goes to 2nd on a ground out. With 2 outs, they walk Danny Stewart intentionally to face Fernando Tello, which seems a bit odd to me.... Tello makes them pay with a grounder to left for a hit and Gooding scores! 5 to 4, Jays! Tom McDowell swings at the first pitch and clears the bases with a double to right and ends up on 3rd!! 7 to 4, Jays! That does it for P Green. New Pitcher: John Williams (40-L), who is 0-1 with a 4.29 ERA in 21 IP with 23 SO. Dave Thompson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Don Kern lines the first pitch to left for a double and McDowell scores! 8 to 4, Jays! Won - 8 to 4 We had 12 hits and made 1 error Providence had 9 hits and made no errors Dave Buchalter (W 4-0) went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 4. RHP Roger Wallace went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit. LHP Albert Davies went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit. Juan Estrada went 6 innings, gave us 4 runs, 6 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. LHP Lonny Green (L 3-3) got 2 outs, gave us 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 1. 2B Charlie Faber had 2 hits. RF Fernando Tello had 2 hits with his 12th home run of the season, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. 3B Tom McDowell had 3 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. 1B Dave Thompson went 1 for 1 with his 2nd home run, drew 3 walks, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. C Don Kern hit a double and had an RBI. LF Tommy Adams hit a triple and had an RBI. PH Leander Gooding had a hit and scored a run. PH Cal Doty had a hit.