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Wednesday, October 13, 2004

The Millennial Cup

Syracuse Sycamores (3-2) at
Jacksonville Jays (2-3)

Game 6
SYR: Tom Peterson (33-R) (0-0 3.86 ERA 7 IP, 9 H, 0 HR, 0 BB, 3 SO) All-Star(2: 03-04)
JAX: Mike Marsh (23-R) (0-0 6.75 ERA 4 IP, 5 H, 1 HR, 5 BB, 2 SO) All-Star/Rookie

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
SYRACUSE
1: RF John Byers (21-R .381-21-0-1-1.028-1 B+) All-Star/Rookie
2: CF Jim Beard (26-R .350-20-0-2-.831-1 A) Gold Glove
3: 1B Mitch Kahmann (25-L .300-20-3-8-1.083-0 C)
4: 2B Frank Bates (32-R .111-18-0-1-.357-0 B+) Silver Slugger(2: 02-03,SS)/All-Star(4: 01-04)
5: C Lee Dean (31-L .368-19-2-5-1.165-0 C) Silver Slugger(01-02)/All-Star(2: 02-03)
6: LF Dave Bess (28-R .167-18-1-1-.619-0 B+)
7: SS Dick Rothwell (27-R .111-18-0-1-.478-0 C+)
8: 3B Buddy Elliott (34-R .091-11-0-0-.424-0 B+)
9: P Tom Peterson (33-R .000-1-0-0-.000-0 F) All-Star(2: 02-04)

JACKSONVILLE

1: 2B Charlie Faber (33-R .318-22-0-2-.764-0 B+)
2: CF Cal Doty (27-L .250-20-0-1-.618-1 C+) All-Star
3: RF Fernando Tello (22-L .238-21-1-3-.619-0 C) Rookie
4: LF Ray McDonald (24-L .263-19-1-1-.754-0 B+) All-Star
5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .222-18-2-3-.806-0 C+)
6: 1B Jack Washburn (22-L .111-18-0-0-.311-2 B)
7: SS Frank Roadman (29-R .444-9-0-0-1.000-2 C+)
8: C Bert Swope (32-S .444-9-0-2-1.111-0 B)
9: P Mike Marsh (23-R .000-1-0-0-.000-0 B+) All-Star/Rookie

Game Start: 8:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 57 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 28,050

Top of the First
John Byers lines one hard to deep right center, but Fernando Tello runs it down! Jim Beard pops one up a mile high on the left side, but 3B Tom McDowell drops it.... P Mike Marsh tries to pick Beard off at 1st and throws the ball away for an error.... One batter, two errors.... Mitch Kahmann swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! Frank Bates grounds a double over the 3rd base bag and Beard scores.... 1 to 0, Sycamores. Lee Dean takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Dave Bess strikes out looking!

Bottom of the First

Charlie Faber plunks one and is out, 2-3.... Call Doty beats out an infield hit! And gets caught stealing.... Fernando Tello grounds out to short....

Syracuse 1
Jacksonville 0

Top of the Second
Their 7-8-9 hitters go down in order!

Bottom of the Second
Ray McDonald grounds one to short, but Dick Rothwell throws the ball away for a 2 base error! But the next three all make outs, with Jack Washburn racking up another strikeout.... He has 8 this series in 19 AB....

Syracuse 1
Jacksonville 0

Top of the Third
Top of their order goes down, 1-2-3!

Bottom of the Third
Our 8-9-1 hitters go down in order...

Syracuse 1
Jacksonville 0

Top of the Fourth
Frank Bates, who has finally come to life this series, hits a home run to right center... 2 to 0, Sycamores. Lee Dean strikes out! With 2outs, Dick Rothwell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... A wild pitch sends him to 2nd... We walk Buddy Elliott intentionally......................... P Tom Peterson grounds out to 3rd. I would have really liked that to have been the first out of the 5th, instead of the last out of the 4th....

Bottom of the Fourth
Our 2-3-4 hitters go down in order with Fernando Tello striking out....

Syracuse 2
Jacksonville 0

Top of the Fifth
The top of their order goes down in order!

Bottom of the Fifth

Tom McDowell swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to right! 2 to 1, Sycamores. The next three all make outs...

Syracuse 2
Jacksonville 1

Top of the Sixth
Frank Bates grounds a hit to left... The Bullpen gets up. Lee Dean swings at the first pitch and grounds into a force at 2nd, but Bates takes out SS Frank Roadman with his slide and we cannot turn the double play. And Roadman is not getting up.... Trudy goes out, but comes back and leaves Roadman in the game! Dave Bess walks on 4 pitches... Call to the Bullpen: Bob Craig (26-R). Dick Rothwell strikes out! Buddy Elliott walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with 2 outs.... It is Elliott's sixth walk of the series.... P Tom Peterson puts a nail on our coffin when he grounds the first pitch up the middle for a hit and 2 runs score..... 4 to 1, Sycamores. John Byers fouls out to 1st.

Bottom of the Sixth
PH Mike Volkman (36-L) swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd... With 2 outs, Cal Doty beats out an infield hit. He steals 2nd. Fernando Tello strikes out....

Syracuse 4
Jacksonville 1

Top of the Seventh

New Pitcher: All-Star Albert Davies (27-L). Jim Beard strikes out. Mitch Kahmann strikes out. Frank Bates grounds his fourth hit of the game up the middle... Lee Dean pops out to short.

Bottom of the Seventh
With 2 outs, Jack Washburn doubles to left. Frank Roadman grounds out to short.

Syracuse 4
Jacksonville 1

Top of the Eighth
Dave Bess hits his second home run of the series to left center... 5 to 1, Sycamores. He only hit 6 home runs during the regular season.... That is 9 home runs we have allowed now this series.... The Bullpen gets up. Dick Rothwell lines a hit to left... With 1 out, P Tom Peterson bunts the runner up. John Byers lines a hit to center... Jim Beard grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Eighth
Bert Swope lines the first pitch to left for a double. PH Tommy Adams (22-L) grounds out to 2nd and Swope goes to 3rd. A wild pitch scores Swope. 5 to 2, Sycamores. With 2 outs, they make a pitching change. New Pitcher: Benny Martineau (33-L), their closer, who is pitching in his fourth game of the series. He has a Win and a Save in 4 scoreless innings pitched. Cal Doty lines out to right.

Syracuse 5
Jacksonville 2

Top of the Ninth

New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (34-L). Mitch Kahmann grounds a hit to right... The Bullpen gets back up. Frank Bates flies out to center, the first out he has made today. A wild pitch sends Kahmann to 2nd... Lee Dean doubles to left center and Kahmann scores... 6 to 2, Sycamores. Call to the Bullpen: Al Calice (23-R), making his first appearance of the series. Dave Bess swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses. Dick Rothwell grounds out to short.

Bottom of the Ninth

PH Leander Gooding (33-R), in his first plate appearance of the series, takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ray McDonald swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to 2nd. Tom McDowell grounds out to 3rd and Gooding goes to 2nd. PH Dave Thompson (29-R) walk on 4 pitches. Frank Roadman grounds out to 3rd.....

Lost - 6 to 2

Syracuse wins the Millennial Cup, 4 games to 2
It is their 3rd Championship.

We had 5 whole hits and made 2 errors
Syracuse had 10 hits and made 1 error

Mike Marsh (L 0-1) went 5.1 innings, allowed 4 runs (3 earned), 3 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 3. He threw a WP.
RHP Bob Craig got 2 outs, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 1. He allowed 2 inherited runners to score.
LHP Albert Davies went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 1 home run and struck out 2.
LHP Bill Grant got 1 out, allowed 1 run and 2 hits. He threw a WP.
RHP Al Calice faced 2 batters and got 2 outs with 1 strikeout.

Tom Peterson (W 1-0) went 7.2 innings, gave us 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 3. He threw a WP. At bat, he had a hit and 2 RBI.
LHP Benny Martineau (SV 2) pitched 1.1 scoreless inning and gave us 2 walks.

CF Cal Doty had 2 hits and stole a base. PH Leander Gooding drew a walk. 3B Tom McDowell hit his 3rd home run of the series. 1B Jack Washburn hit a double. PH Dave Thompson drew a walk. C Bert Swope hit a double and scored a run.

For Syracuse, 2B Frank Bates had 4 hits with a double and a home run and had 2 RBI. C Lee Dean hit a double, drew a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Dave Bess hit his 2nd home run of the series, drew a walk and scored 2 runs. SS Dick Rothwell had a hit and a walk. 3B Buddy Elliott drew 2 walks.

C Lee Dean was named the series MVP. He hit .348 with 2 doubles and 2 home runs, walked twice, scored 4 runs and had 6 RBI. He is now Mr. October as he was also the MVP of last year's Cup.
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