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Questdog · 11-25-2020, 10:27 AM

Friday, September 10, 2004

We are in Richmond to play a 3 game series over the weekend. They just split 4 games here with Buffalo. We are 3-8 against them on the season and split a pair of games the last time we visited, May 25-26. They lead the MLB in scoring with 4.79 runs per game (Jacksonville is #3 with 4.50). They are batting .286 as a team, 18 points better than 2nd place Buffalo and 24 points better than us. The MLB record is .272, set by Buffalo in 2001. The Robins are 13th in fewest runs allowed with 4.32 per game (Jacksonville is #1 with 3.17). Their run differential is +65, 4th best in the MLB, and ours is +187, still #1.

Jacksonville Jays (96-45 .681 15.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Richmond Robins (80-60 .571 15.5 GB in 2nd place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Al Calice (23-R) (7-7 3.63 ERA 158.2 IP, 156 H, 12 HR, 69 BB, 86 SO) Rookie
RICH: Ken Kramer (26-R) (10-6 4.62 ERA 136.1 IP, 141 H, 8 HR, 72 BB, 79 SO)

Calice gave up 2 runs, on 4 hits and 4 walks with 3 strikeouts in 6.1 innings last time out in a loss.

Kramer is 1-0 in 2 starts against the Jays this season with a 5.84 ERA. 12.1 IP, 14 H, 1 HR, 5 BB, 7 SO.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Charlie Faber (33-R .301-339-0-33-.736-7 B+) ex-Robin
2: LF Tommy Adams (22-L .286-35-1-5-.810-1 B+) Rookie
3: CF Cal Doty (27-L .333-519-13-66-.892-16 C+) All-Star
4: RF Ray McDonald (24-L .307-450-21-91-.896-16 B+) All-Star
5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .271-506-23-95-.810-8 C+)
6: 1B Fernando Tello (22-L .285-418-12-50-.768-0 C+) Rookie
7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .212-410-6-47-.591-21 B+)
8: C Bert Swope (32-S .243-305-1-30-.605-1 B)
9: P Al Calice (23-L .093-54-0-4-.278-0 F) Rookie

RICHMOND
1: CF Bob Cline (26-R .281-406-2-41-.715-11 C)
2: 2B Ray Holloway (30-R .275-426-7-67-.727-5 B+) All-Star(01)
3: 3B Vince Depew (24-L .310-480-7-65-.828-16 C) All-Star
4: LF Dave Brooks (26-L .354-398-18-79-1.012-34 D+) All-Star
5: 1B Mike Sammon (25-R .342-442-11-97-.874-8 B)
6: RF Andres Borges (36-S .308-237-2-28-.850-4 C) All-Star(2: 02-03)
7: SS Carlos Frias (23-R .269-260-5-32-.698-3 B+) Rookie #12 prospect
8: C Larry Slattery (28-R .242-190-7-23-.753-0 C)
9: P Ken Kramer (26-R .196-46-0-0-.477-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium
Weather: 73 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right
Attendance: 12,365

Top of the First
Charlie Faber, the greatest leadoff hitter ever, lines a hit to right! Tommy Adams flies out to deep right. Cal Doty grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Ray McDonald grounds into a force at 2nd...

Bottom of the First
Bob Cline lines a hit to left... Ray Holloway strikes out! Cline tries to steal 2nd, but C Bert Swope throws him out! Vince Depew doubles to left center... Dave Brooks, leading the MLB in BA and OPS, grounds out to 2nd!

Top of the Second
Tom McDowell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and steals 2nd! Fernando Tello grounds a hit to right and McDowell beats the throw home! 1 to 0, Jays! Bart Daw grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and then gets picked off....

Top of the Fifth
Charlie Faber grounds a hit up the middle and Bob Cline muffs the scoop for an error! Tommy Adams walks on 4 pitches. Cal Doty strikes out on a 3-2 pitch......... Faber steals 3rd! Ray McDonald, who still has not had a hit since bruising his wrist, even though he says it is feeling great, grounds out to 3rd and Adams goes to 2nd and Faber stays put... Tom McDowell strikes out looking....

Bottom of the Fifth
With 2 outs, Larry Slattery takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. P Ken Kramer lines a hit to left.... A wild pitch moves the runners up... Bob Cline lines a hit to left and Slattery scores and P Kramer heads home, but Tommy Adams throws him out! Tie Game: 1 to 1.

Bottom of the Seventh
Andres Borges and Carlos Frias lead off with back to back walks... The Bullpen was up after the first one. Larry Slattery takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with no outs.... I thought we had a chance to win this game there for a while.... Call to the Bullpen: Robbie Hopley (30-R). P Ken Kramer flies out to left and Borges tags up, but Tommy Adams throws him out! The 2nd runner thrown out at the plate by Adams today! The other runners both advance on the throw. Bob Cline hits a home run to left.... 4 to 1, Robins. Only his 3rd home run of the season....

Top of the Eighth
With 2 outs, Fernando Tello and Bart Daw draw back to back walks. 6 issued to us by P Ken Kramer today, but we have not made him pay for his indiscretions.... That does it for P Kramer. New Pitcher: Jack Barber (30-R), their 4-time All-Star closer, who has finished 2nd in the Fireman Trophy voting every season and is 5-2 with 30 SV and an 0.99 ERA in 81.2 IP with an 0.88 WHIP. Bert Swope lines a hit to right and Tello heads home, but Andres Borges, who got thrown out at home last inning, throws Tello out....

Bottom of the Eighth
Vince Depew lines a hit to center. The Bullpen gets up. Dave Brooks grounds a hit to right and Depew beats the throw to 3rd... Mike Sammon lines a hit to center and Depew scores... 5 to 1, Robins. P Hopley calls out Trudy the trainer..... New Pitcher: Roger Wallace (29-R). Andres Borges bunts the runners up with a 4 run lead.... Carlos Frias walks on 4 pitches... Larry Slattery grounds into a force at home, 4-2. PH Andy Schaeffer (40-R), batting .190 with 5 HR and 19 RBI in 121 AB, swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses.

Lost - 5 to 1

The Robins are just better than us....
I don't know how the other teams have beaten them to let us lead the division....
New Orleans is 7-4 against them....
We are now 3-9...

We had 7 hits (all singles) and made no errors
Richmond had 10 hits and made 1 error

Al Calice (L 7-8), who pitched 6 great innings and then fell apart, went 6+ innings, allowed 3 runs, 4 walks (3 in the 7th) and struck out 4. He threw a WP.
RHP Robbie Hopley went 1+ innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run and struck out 1.
RHP Roger Wallace went 1 scoreless inning, walked 1 and struck out 1.

Ken Kramer (W 11-6) went 7.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 6 hits, 6 walks and struck out 6. 128 pitches. At bat, he had a hit.

2B Charlie Faber had 2 hits and a walk and stole a base. LF Tommy Adams had a hit and 2 walks and threw 2 runners out at home. 1B Fernando Tello had a hit and a walk and our only RBI. C Bert Swope had 2 hits and a walk.

For Richmond, CF Bob Cline had 3 hits with his 3rd home run of the season and 4 RBI. 2 of his 3 HR have been against the Jays. The first was a walk-off shot. 3B Vince Depew had 3 hits with 2 doubles and scored a run.

Trudy's report on Robbie Hopley is shoulder inflammation and she expects him to be out about 6 weeks, which means he is out for the Millennial Cup.......

11-25-2020, 10:27 AM	#900
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	Friday, September 10, 2004 We are in Richmond to play a 3 game series over the weekend. They just split 4 games here with Buffalo. We are 3-8 against them on the season and split a pair of games the last time we visited, May 25-26. They lead the MLB in scoring with 4.79 runs per game (Jacksonville is #3 with 4.50). They are batting .286 as a team, 18 points better than 2nd place Buffalo and 24 points better than us. The MLB record is .272, set by Buffalo in 2001. The Robins are 13th in fewest runs allowed with 4.32 per game (Jacksonville is #1 with 3.17). Their run differential is +65, 4th best in the MLB, and ours is +187, still #1. Jacksonville Jays (96-45 .681 15.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at Richmond Robins (80-60 .571 15.5 GB in 2nd place in the Southern Division) JAX: Al Calice (23-R) (7-7 3.63 ERA 158.2 IP, 156 H, 12 HR, 69 BB, 86 SO) Rookie RICH: Ken Kramer (26-R) (10-6 4.62 ERA 136.1 IP, 141 H, 8 HR, 72 BB, 79 SO) Calice gave up 2 runs, on 4 hits and 4 walks with 3 strikeouts in 6.1 innings last time out in a loss. Kramer is 1-0 in 2 starts against the Jays this season with a 5.84 ERA. 12.1 IP, 14 H, 1 HR, 5 BB, 7 SO. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Charlie Faber (33-R .301-339-0-33-.736-7 B+) ex-Robin 2: LF Tommy Adams (22-L .286-35-1-5-.810-1 B+) Rookie 3: CF Cal Doty (27-L .333-519-13-66-.892-16 C+) All-Star 4: RF Ray McDonald (24-L .307-450-21-91-.896-16 B+) All-Star 5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .271-506-23-95-.810-8 C+) 6: 1B Fernando Tello (22-L .285-418-12-50-.768-0 C+) Rookie 7: SS Bart Daw (32-R .212-410-6-47-.591-21 B+) 8: C Bert Swope (32-S .243-305-1-30-.605-1 B) 9: P Al Calice (23-L .093-54-0-4-.278-0 F) Rookie RICHMOND 1: CF Bob Cline (26-R .281-406-2-41-.715-11 C) 2: 2B Ray Holloway (30-R .275-426-7-67-.727-5 B+) All-Star(01) 3: 3B Vince Depew (24-L .310-480-7-65-.828-16 C) All-Star 4: LF Dave Brooks (26-L .354-398-18-79-1.012-34 D+) All-Star 5: 1B Mike Sammon (25-R .342-442-11-97-.874-8 B) 6: RF Andres Borges (36-S .308-237-2-28-.850-4 C) All-Star(2: 02-03) 7: SS Carlos Frias (23-R .269-260-5-32-.698-3 B+) Rookie #12 prospect 8: C Larry Slattery (28-R .242-190-7-23-.753-0 C) 9: P Ken Kramer (26-R .196-46-0-0-.477-0 F) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Griffith Stadium Weather: 73 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 12,365 Top of the First Charlie Faber, the greatest leadoff hitter ever, lines a hit to right! Tommy Adams flies out to deep right. Cal Doty grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Ray McDonald grounds into a force at 2nd... Bottom of the First Bob Cline lines a hit to left... Ray Holloway strikes out! Cline tries to steal 2nd, but C Bert Swope throws him out! Vince Depew doubles to left center... Dave Brooks, leading the MLB in BA and OPS, grounds out to 2nd! Top of the Second Tom McDowell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and steals 2nd! Fernando Tello grounds a hit to right and McDowell beats the throw home! 1 to 0, Jays! Bart Daw grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and then gets picked off.... Top of the Fifth Charlie Faber grounds a hit up the middle and Bob Cline muffs the scoop for an error! Tommy Adams walks on 4 pitches. Cal Doty strikes out on a 3-2 pitch......... Faber steals 3rd! Ray McDonald, who still has not had a hit since bruising his wrist, even though he says it is feeling great, grounds out to 3rd and Adams goes to 2nd and Faber stays put... Tom McDowell strikes out looking.... Bottom of the Fifth With 2 outs, Larry Slattery takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. P Ken Kramer lines a hit to left.... A wild pitch moves the runners up... Bob Cline lines a hit to left and Slattery scores and P Kramer heads home, but Tommy Adams throws him out! Tie Game: 1 to 1. Bottom of the Seventh Andres Borges and Carlos Frias lead off with back to back walks... The Bullpen was up after the first one. Larry Slattery takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with no outs.... I thought we had a chance to win this game there for a while.... Call to the Bullpen: Robbie Hopley (30-R). P Ken Kramer flies out to left and Borges tags up, but Tommy Adams throws him out! The 2nd runner thrown out at the plate by Adams today! The other runners both advance on the throw. Bob Cline hits a home run to left.... 4 to 1, Robins. Only his 3rd home run of the season.... Top of the Eighth With 2 outs, Fernando Tello and Bart Daw draw back to back walks. 6 issued to us by P Ken Kramer today, but we have not made him pay for his indiscretions.... That does it for P Kramer. New Pitcher: Jack Barber (30-R), their 4-time All-Star closer, who has finished 2nd in the Fireman Trophy voting every season and is 5-2 with 30 SV and an 0.99 ERA in 81.2 IP with an 0.88 WHIP. Bert Swope lines a hit to right and Tello heads home, but Andres Borges, who got thrown out at home last inning, throws Tello out.... Bottom of the Eighth Vince Depew lines a hit to center. The Bullpen gets up. Dave Brooks grounds a hit to right and Depew beats the throw to 3rd... Mike Sammon lines a hit to center and Depew scores... 5 to 1, Robins. P Hopley calls out Trudy the trainer..... New Pitcher: Roger Wallace (29-R). Andres Borges bunts the runners up with a 4 run lead.... Carlos Frias walks on 4 pitches... Larry Slattery grounds into a force at home, 4-2. PH Andy Schaeffer (40-R), batting .190 with 5 HR and 19 RBI in 121 AB, swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses. Lost - 5 to 1 The Robins are just better than us.... I don't know how the other teams have beaten them to let us lead the division.... New Orleans is 7-4 against them.... We are now 3-9... We had 7 hits (all singles) and made no errors Richmond had 10 hits and made 1 error Al Calice (L 7-8), who pitched 6 great innings and then fell apart, went 6+ innings, allowed 3 runs, 4 walks (3 in the 7th) and struck out 4. He threw a WP. RHP Robbie Hopley went 1+ innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run and struck out 1. RHP Roger Wallace went 1 scoreless inning, walked 1 and struck out 1. Ken Kramer (W 11-6) went 7.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 6 hits, 6 walks and struck out 6. 128 pitches. At bat, he had a hit. 2B Charlie Faber had 2 hits and a walk and stole a base. LF Tommy Adams had a hit and 2 walks and threw 2 runners out at home. 1B Fernando Tello had a hit and a walk and our only RBI. C Bert Swope had 2 hits and a walk. For Richmond, CF Bob Cline had 3 hits with his 3rd home run of the season and 4 RBI. 2 of his 3 HR have been against the Jays. The first was a walk-off shot. 3B Vince Depew had 3 hits with 2 doubles and scored a run. Trudy's report on Robbie Hopley is shoulder inflammation and she expects him to be out about 6 weeks, which means he is out for the Millennial Cup.......