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Sunday, April 17, 2005

Louisville Colonels (6-6 .500 2 GB tied for 4th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (8-4 .667 1 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

LOU: John Wilson (29-R) (1-1 2.87 ERA 15.2 IP, 18 H, 0 HR, 6 BB, 8 SO)
JAX: Mike Marsh (23-R) (2-0 0.51 ERA 17.2 IP, 7 H, 0 HR, 4 BB, 16 SO) All-Star

Wilson was 8-17 with a 4.02 ERA in 219.2 IP last year and 10-12 with a 4.11 ERA in 2003. He is 0-3 in 4 starts against the Jays in his career with a 6.26 ERA. 23 IP, 22 H, 6 HR, 9 BB, 9 SO.

Marsh pitched a 5 hit shutout with 1 walk and 6 strikeouts last time out.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
LOUISVILLE
1: LF Ray Lovell (31-L .111-27-1-4-.333-0 B)
2: 2B Robin Massey (25-R .250-24-0-1-.692-0 A+)
3: CF Jose Castillo (23-S .209-43-1-5-.563-1 D+) Rookie
4: RF Lee Brand (29-L .048-21-0-0-.095-0 D+)
5: 1B Alan Douglas (29-S .152-33-1-2-.486-2 A)
6: C Dick Pavlov (37-L .229-35-0-5-.586-0 B) Silver Slugger/All-Star(4: 01-04)
7: 3B Ed Ruiz (35-R .308-13-0-0-.742-0 C+)
8: SS Graham Carr (33-R .308-26-0-4-.703-0 B+)
9: P John Wilson (29-R .000-5-0-0-.167-0 F) .193 career BA

JACKSONVILLE
1: RF Danny Rosas (26-L .000-4-0-0-.000-0 B+) ex-Colonel
2: LF Fernando Tello (23-L .239-46-1-5-.619-0 C)
3: CF Ray McDonald (24-L .250-44-1-6-.733-0 C) All-Star
4: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .245-49-5-10-.846-3 C+)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .214-42-1-2-.731-4 B)
6: 2B T.R. Hunter (28-R .227-44-1-5-.595-0 A+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
7: SS Bart Daw (33-R .231-39-1-6-.638-1 B+)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .286-35-1-4-.820-0 B) Rookie
9: P Mike Marsh (23-R .286-7-0-0-.571-0 B+) All-Star

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 71 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 11,809

Top of the First
Ray Lovell flies out to left. Robin Massey beats out an infield hit... Jose Castillo walks on 4 pitches.... Lee Brand hits a home run to right center... 3 to 0, Colonels. Alan Douglas flies out to the warning track in left. Dick Pavlov grounds a hit to right... Ed Ruiz flies out to center.

Bottom of the First
Danny Rosas grounds a hit up the middle! Fernando Tello grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.....Ray McDonald strikes out on 3 pitches.... What is wrong with him?

Top of the Second
Graham Carr doubles to left center.... How can a guy be lights in one start and lit up the next? I'll never understand pitchers.... P John Wilson bunts Carr to 3rd. Ray Lovell grounds the first pitch up the middle for a hit and Carr scores... 4 to 0, Colonels. The next two make outs.

Bottom of the Second
Tom McDowell doubles to right! With 1 out, T.R. Hunter lines out to short and they double McDowell off at 2nd..............

Bottom of the Fourth
With 1 out, Ray McDonald takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Tom McDowell bloops a hit over the 2nd baseman. With 2 outs, T.R. Hunter grounds a hit up the middle and McDonald scores! 4 to 1, Colonels.

Top of the Eighth
New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (34-L). Alan Douglas hits a home run to right... 5 to 1, Colonels.

Bottom of the Eighth
Charlie Faber draws a walk. Danny Rosas grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Fernando Tello tries to ground into another double play to 1st, but Alan Douglas makes a bad throw to 2nd for an error! With 2 outs, Tom McDowell lines a 3-2 pitch to left for a hit and Rosas scores and Tello goes to 3rd! 5 to 2, Colonels. Jack Washburn lines the first pitch to left center for a hit and Tello scores! 5 to 3, Colonels.

Bottom of the Ninth
On the Hill: Steve Dockery (28-R), their 4-time All-Star and 2003 Rolaids Relief Man Award winning closer, after getting the final out of the 8th. PH Danny Stewart (34-L), in his season debut, strikes out looking.... Bob Hutson lines out to center... Charlie Faber grounds out to 2nd....

Lost - 5 to 3

Swept....

We had 7 hits and made no errors
Louisville had 10 hits and made 1 error

We could sure use our best hitter back.....
20 total hits in the last 4 games.
Ray McDonald has doubled his strikeout rate from last year and is on pace to get 162 SO.....
Everyone is striking out a lot, except for the guy who led the team the past two seasons: Jack Washburn, who only has 6 in 46 AB.

11-3 against the Colonels last year; 0-3 this year....

Mike Marsh (L 2-1) went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit.
LHP Bill Grant went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3.

John Wilson (W 2-1) went 7.2 innings, gave us 3 runs (1 earned), 7 hits, 2 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 5. At bat, he drew a walk.
RHP Steve Dockery (SV 3) faced 4 batters and got them all out with 1 strikeout.

3B Tom McDowell had 3 hits with a double and an RBI.

For Louisville, RF Lee Brand had 2 hits with his 1st home run of the season and 3 RBI. 1B Alan Douglas his his 2nd home run and 2nd in two days,