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Questdog · 12-01-2020, 07:10 PM

Friday, April 8, 2005

P Victor Espinoza (40-R), the best pitcher on the 2001 Jays before we traded him to New Orleans, has announced that this will be his final season. He is 33-25 with a 2.56 ERA in his career, but has only started 19 games over the last 2 seasons due to injuries.

Jacksonville Jays (2-1 .667 0 GA tied for 1st place (with 4 other teams!) in the Southern Division) at
Columbus Explorers (1-2 .333 1 GB tied for 5th (last) place in the Northern Division)

After 3 games, there are no more unbeaten teams in the MLB. New Orleans is the only winless team.

JAX: Al Calice (24-R) (8-9 3.58 ERA 183.2 IP, 179 H, 12 HR, 83 BB, 95 SO last year)
COL: Pat Land (25-R) (A Ball; 2-4 4.15 ERA 4 SV, 26 IP, 22 H, 2 HR, 24 BB, 24 SO last year) Rookie

Calice faced the Explorers once last year and was lit up for 8 runs (7 earned) on 10 hits and 4 walks with 1 strikeout in a loss. He had won 5 in a row before that start and finished the season 1-5.

Land is making his MLB debut today. He was a 5th round pick by Charlotte in the 2002 B Leagues Draft. He is not rated in the Top 100 prospects. His previous starting experience amounts to 1 start in the B Leagues. He can hum it at 99 MPH, but walked 8.3 per 9 innings in A Ball last year. He is the 144th different pitcher to start a game against the Jays!

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .300-10-0-0-.962-2 B)
2: LF Fernando Tello (23-L .182-11-0-2-.490-0 C)
3: RF Ray McDonald (24-L .364-11-1-4-1.189-0 B+) All-Star
4: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .000-13-0-0-.000-0 C+)
5: C Bob Hutson (22-L .417-12-0-3-1.083-0 B) Rookie
6: 2B T.R. Hunter (28-R .250-12-0-1-.500-0 A+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
7: SS Bart Daw (33-R .200-10-0-0-.573-0 B+)
8: CF Dickie Stemen (30-R .250-12-0-1-.583-0 B)
9: P Al Calice (24-L Season debut F)

COLUMBUS
1: LF Steve Shauer (29-L .167-12-1-4-.667-0 B+)
2: 2B Roger Briones (22-L .250-4-0-0-.750-0 B)
3: CF Bob Cline (26-R .182-11-0-0-.364-0 C)
4: RF Robert Duenas (35-L .250-4-0-0-.900-0 C+)
5: 1B Miguel Andrade (28-L .100-10-0-1-.382-0 B+)
6: 3B Floyd Shawn (27-R .111-9-0-0-.311-0 B)
7: SS Joe Tirey (33-L .125-8-0-0-.250-0 A) Gold Glove(3: 01,03-04)
8: C Marc Barksdale (34-R .111-9-0-0-.222-0 B) All-Star/Gold Glove(3: 01-02,04)
9: P Pat Land (25-L MLB debut C+) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Weather: 50 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 11,196

Top of the First
Jack Washburn grounds out to 2nd. Fernando Tello grounds out to short. Ray McDonald knocks one off the wall in left center and ends up with a triple! Tom McDowell grounds out to short.... 0 for 14....

Bottom of the First
Steve Shauer walks on 4 pitches.... Their guy walks over 8 per game and does not walk anybody.... Shauer tries to steal 2nd, but C Bob Hutson throws him out! The first runner thrown out by Hutson in his career! Roger Briones flies out to left. Bob Cline strikes out looking!

Top of the Second
Bob Hutson swings at the first pitch and hits the first home run of his career to right! 1 to 0, Jays! T.R. Hunter swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. But P Pat Land is hurt. New Pitcher: Conrad Roberts (37-R), in his season debut. We was 6-10 with 1 SV and a 4.49 ERA in 114.1 IP with 16 starts last year. With 2 outs, Dickie Stemen beats out an infield hit. P Al Calice beats out an infield hit! Jack Washburn flies out to center...

Bottom of the Second
Robert Duenas takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and P Al Calice has walked the leadoff man for the second straight inning.... With 2 outs, Joe Tirey takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Marc Barksdale lines a hit to right and Duenas heads home, but Ray McDonald throws him out!

Bottom of the Third
With 2 outs, Roger Briones lines the first pitch to right for a hit. Bob Cline takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... 4 walks already by P Al Calice... Robert Duenas takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and walk #5 and the bases are loaded.... The Bullpen gets up. Miguel Andrade takes another 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in a run.... Tie Game: 1 to 1. 6 walks! Floyd Shawn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and walk #7 and another run is in.... 2 to 1, Explorers. He will not tie the team record of 8 walks in a game.... Call to the Bullpen: Roger Wallace (29-R). Joe Tirey swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 1st, 3-1!

Bottom of the Fourth
New Pitcher: Johnny Groom (27-R). With 2 outs, Steve Shauer beats out an infield hit and steals 2nd. Roger Briones grounds an 0-2 pitch up the middle for a hit and Shauer heads home, but Dickie Stemen throws him out!

Top of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Tom McDowell swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to right! His first hit of the year! Tie Game: 2 to 2!

Bottom of the Fifth
Bob Cline lines the first pitch to right for a hit and goes to 2nd on a ground out. With 2 outs, Floyd Shawn grounds the first pitch to left for a hit and Cline scores... 3 to 2, Explorers.

Bottom of the Eighth
New Pitcher: Bob Craig (27-R). Charlie Faber (34-R), who pinch-hit unsuccessfully last inning stays in to play 2nd and T.R. Hunter moves to short. With 1 out, Marc Barksdale lines a hit to right. With 2 outs, Steve Shauer beats out an infield hit... Roger Briones grounds a hit to right and Barksdale scores.... 4 to 2, Explorers.

Top of the Ninth
New Pitcher: Jim Rutherford (35-R), their closer, who has 1 SV and 1 scoreless inning under his belt this season. He was 4-8 with 30 SV and a 2.60 ERA in 79.2 IP with an 0.98 WHIP last year. 2-3-4 up for us. Fernando Tello grounds out to 2nd. Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd... Tom McDowell strikes out.....

Lost - 4 to 2

We had 9 hits and made no errors
Columbus had 10 hits (all singles) and made no errors

Al Calice went 2.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 2 hits, 7 walks(!!!!!!!) and struck out 1. He threw a WP. At bat, he had a hit. I hope this is an aberration......
RHP Roger Wallace faced 1 batter and retired him.
RHP Johnny Groom (L 0-1), who I cannot wait to see go back to Daytona (A), went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2.
LHP Albert Davies went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1.
RHP Bob Craig went 1 inning, allowed 1 run and 3 hits.

Pat Land went 1.1 innings, gave us 1 run, 2 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out no one.
RHP Conrad Roberts (W 1-0) went 4.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 6 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Jim Rutherford (SV 2) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout.

RF Ray McDonald hit a triple and drew a walk and threw a runner out at home. 3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits with his first home run of the season. C Bob Hutson had 2 hits with the first home run of his career. CF Dickie Stemen had a hit and walk and threw a runner out at home. PH Dave Estey drew a walk. PH Dave Thompson drew a walk.

For Columbus, 2B/1B Roger Briones had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI.

The Explorers announced that P Pat Land had elbow tendinitis and would be out 4 to 5 weeks.

12-01-2020, 07:10 PM	#965
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, April 8, 2005 P Victor Espinoza (40-R), the best pitcher on the 2001 Jays before we traded him to New Orleans, has announced that this will be his final season. He is 33-25 with a 2.56 ERA in his career, but has only started 19 games over the last 2 seasons due to injuries. Jacksonville Jays (2-1 .667 0 GA tied for 1st place (with 4 other teams!) in the Southern Division) at Columbus Explorers (1-2 .333 1 GB tied for 5th (last) place in the Northern Division) After 3 games, there are no more unbeaten teams in the MLB. New Orleans is the only winless team. JAX: Al Calice (24-R) (8-9 3.58 ERA 183.2 IP, 179 H, 12 HR, 83 BB, 95 SO last year) COL: Pat Land (25-R) (A Ball; 2-4 4.15 ERA 4 SV, 26 IP, 22 H, 2 HR, 24 BB, 24 SO last year) Rookie Calice faced the Explorers once last year and was lit up for 8 runs (7 earned) on 10 hits and 4 walks with 1 strikeout in a loss. He had won 5 in a row before that start and finished the season 1-5. Land is making his MLB debut today. He was a 5th round pick by Charlotte in the 2002 B Leagues Draft. He is not rated in the Top 100 prospects. His previous starting experience amounts to 1 start in the B Leagues. He can hum it at 99 MPH, but walked 8.3 per 9 innings in A Ball last year. He is the 144th different pitcher to start a game against the Jays! Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) JACKSONVILLE 1: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .300-10-0-0-.962-2 B) 2: LF Fernando Tello (23-L .182-11-0-2-.490-0 C) 3: RF Ray McDonald (24-L .364-11-1-4-1.189-0 B+) All-Star 4: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .000-13-0-0-.000-0 C+) 5: C Bob Hutson (22-L .417-12-0-3-1.083-0 B) Rookie 6: 2B T.R. Hunter (28-R .250-12-0-1-.500-0 A+) All-Star(3: 02-04) 7: SS Bart Daw (33-R .200-10-0-0-.573-0 B+) 8: CF Dickie Stemen (30-R .250-12-0-1-.583-0 B) 9: P Al Calice (24-L Season debut F) COLUMBUS 1: LF Steve Shauer (29-L .167-12-1-4-.667-0 B+) 2: 2B Roger Briones (22-L .250-4-0-0-.750-0 B) 3: CF Bob Cline (26-R .182-11-0-0-.364-0 C) 4: RF Robert Duenas (35-L .250-4-0-0-.900-0 C+) 5: 1B Miguel Andrade (28-L .100-10-0-1-.382-0 B+) 6: 3B Floyd Shawn (27-R .111-9-0-0-.311-0 B) 7: SS Joe Tirey (33-L .125-8-0-0-.250-0 A) Gold Glove(3: 01,03-04) 8: C Marc Barksdale (34-R .111-9-0-0-.222-0 B) All-Star/Gold Glove(3: 01-02,04) 9: P Pat Land (25-L MLB debut C+) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Comiskey Park Weather: 50 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 11,196 Top of the First Jack Washburn grounds out to 2nd. Fernando Tello grounds out to short. Ray McDonald knocks one off the wall in left center and ends up with a triple! Tom McDowell grounds out to short.... 0 for 14.... Bottom of the First Steve Shauer walks on 4 pitches.... Their guy walks over 8 per game and does not walk anybody.... Shauer tries to steal 2nd, but C Bob Hutson throws him out! The first runner thrown out by Hutson in his career! Roger Briones flies out to left. Bob Cline strikes out looking! Top of the Second Bob Hutson swings at the first pitch and hits the first home run of his career to right! 1 to 0, Jays! T.R. Hunter swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. But P Pat Land is hurt. New Pitcher: Conrad Roberts (37-R), in his season debut. We was 6-10 with 1 SV and a 4.49 ERA in 114.1 IP with 16 starts last year. With 2 outs, Dickie Stemen beats out an infield hit. P Al Calice beats out an infield hit! Jack Washburn flies out to center... Bottom of the Second Robert Duenas takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and P Al Calice has walked the leadoff man for the second straight inning.... With 2 outs, Joe Tirey takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Marc Barksdale lines a hit to right and Duenas heads home, but Ray McDonald throws him out! Bottom of the Third With 2 outs, Roger Briones lines the first pitch to right for a hit. Bob Cline takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... 4 walks already by P Al Calice... Robert Duenas takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and walk #5 and the bases are loaded.... The Bullpen gets up. Miguel Andrade takes another 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in a run.... Tie Game: 1 to 1. 6 walks! Floyd Shawn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and walk #7 and another run is in.... 2 to 1, Explorers. He will not tie the team record of 8 walks in a game.... Call to the Bullpen: Roger Wallace (29-R). Joe Tirey swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 1st, 3-1! Bottom of the Fourth New Pitcher: Johnny Groom (27-R). With 2 outs, Steve Shauer beats out an infield hit and steals 2nd. Roger Briones grounds an 0-2 pitch up the middle for a hit and Shauer heads home, but Dickie Stemen throws him out! Top of the Fifth: With 1 out, Tom McDowell swings at the first pitch and hits a home run to right! His first hit of the year! Tie Game: 2 to 2! Bottom of the Fifth Bob Cline lines the first pitch to right for a hit and goes to 2nd on a ground out. With 2 outs, Floyd Shawn grounds the first pitch to left for a hit and Cline scores... 3 to 2, Explorers. Bottom of the Eighth New Pitcher: Bob Craig (27-R). Charlie Faber (34-R), who pinch-hit unsuccessfully last inning stays in to play 2nd and T.R. Hunter moves to short. With 1 out, Marc Barksdale lines a hit to right. With 2 outs, Steve Shauer beats out an infield hit... Roger Briones grounds a hit to right and Barksdale scores.... 4 to 2, Explorers. Top of the Ninth New Pitcher: Jim Rutherford (35-R), their closer, who has 1 SV and 1 scoreless inning under his belt this season. He was 4-8 with 30 SV and a 2.60 ERA in 79.2 IP with an 0.98 WHIP last year. 2-3-4 up for us. Fernando Tello grounds out to 2nd. Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd... Tom McDowell strikes out..... Lost - 4 to 2 We had 9 hits and made no errors Columbus had 10 hits (all singles) and made no errors Al Calice went 2.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 2 hits, 7 walks(!!!!!!!) and struck out 1. He threw a WP. At bat, he had a hit. I hope this is an aberration...... RHP Roger Wallace faced 1 batter and retired him. RHP Johnny Groom (L 0-1), who I cannot wait to see go back to Daytona (A), went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. LHP Albert Davies went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. RHP Bob Craig went 1 inning, allowed 1 run and 3 hits. Pat Land went 1.1 innings, gave us 1 run, 2 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out no one. RHP Conrad Roberts (W 1-0) went 4.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 6 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 2. RHP Jim Rutherford (SV 2) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout. RF Ray McDonald hit a triple and drew a walk and threw a runner out at home. 3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits with his first home run of the season. C Bob Hutson had 2 hits with the first home run of his career. CF Dickie Stemen had a hit and walk and threw a runner out at home. PH Dave Estey drew a walk. PH Dave Thompson drew a walk. For Columbus, 2B/1B Roger Briones had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. The Explorers announced that P Pat Land had elbow tendinitis and would be out 4 to 5 weeks.