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Questdog · 12-05-2020, 10:32 AM

Thursday, May 5, 2005

The Hartford Whalers are here to play a 4 game series through the weekend. They just lost a pair of games at home to Providence and have lost 6 in a row and 9 of their last ten. We were 6-2 against them last year when they finished 55-107 in last place in the North. We have won more games against them than any other team in the North in our history. And I just realized that the Jacksonville Jays hold the MLB records for most wins in a season and the most losses! The Whalers are 13th in scoring with 3.36 runs per game (Jacksonville is #9 with 3.70). They are 6th in fewest runs allowed with 3.84 per game (Jacksonville is #2 with 2.63). Their run differential is -12, tied for 10th in the MLB, and ours is +29, still #2.

Hartford Whalers (11-14 .440 6 GB in 6th place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (16-11 .593 0 GA tied for 1st place in the Southern Division)

HART: Dennis Lockamy (38-R) (2-2 2.51 ERA 32.1 IP, 24 H, 4 HR, 8 BB, 15 SO)
JAX: Jim Baucom (23-L) (5-0 1.26 ERA 50 IP, 35 H, 2 HR, 6 BB, 43 SO) Ace/Hurler/All-Star(3: 02-04)

Lockamy announced today that this would be his final season. He was 6-13 with a 4.47 ERA in 175 IP last year and 0-5 with a 5.79 ERA in 8 starts in 2003. He is 0-1 in 2 starts against the Jays in his career with a 4.70 ERA. 7.2 IP, 8 H, 0 HR, 7 BB, 4 SO.

Baucom gave up 2 runs on 6 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 7 strikeouts in a CG win last time out.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
HARTFORD
1: CF Mike Fox (26-L .257-105-1-5-.650-11 B) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(2: 03-04) 4 for 11 w/HR vs Baucom
2: LF Joel Yost (25-L .211-71-0-5-.509-4 B)
3: 1B Ray Dallas (23-R .360-89-0-11-.837-0 B+)
4: RF Roy Zimdahl (34-R .148-27-1-4-.493-1 C)
5: 3B Roberto Lopez (28-L .216-51-1-4-.573-0 C+)
6: C Chris Leppla (30-R .192-78-1-5-.532-0 B+)
7: 2B Glenn Benoit (23-R .200-5-0-0-.629-0 B+) Rookie #4 prospect
8: SS Dana Wagner (26-R .296-81-0-9-.721-0 A)
9: P Dennis Lockamy (38-L .111-9-0-1-.222-0 F)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .256-90-1-7-.779-6 B)
2: LF Danny Rosas (26-L .200-30-1-2-.751-0 B+)
3: RF Fernando Tello (23-L .225-89-3-12-.610-0 C)
4: CF Ray McDonald (24-L .245-98-3-14-.795-5 C) All-Star
5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .221-104-6-15-.673-4 C+)
6: 2B T.R. Hunter (28-R .268-97-2-14-.693-0 A+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
7: SS Bart Daw (33-R .182-77-1-10-.518-3 B+)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .229-70-1-4-.642-0 B) Rookie
9: P Jim Baucom (23-L .235-17-0-2-.610-0 C) Ace/Hurler/All-Star(3: 02-04)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 78 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 9,484

Top of the First
Mike Fox takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Joel Yost hits a home run to right center.... 2 to 0, Whalers. Ray Dallas flies out to deep center. Roy Zimdahl strikes out looking. Roberto Lopez grounds a 2-2 pitch to right for a hit... Chris Leppla takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Glenn Benoit strikes out. 36 pitch inning..........

Bottom of the First
Jack Washburn flies out to deep right. Danny Rosas pops out to left. Fernando Tello draws a walk. Ray McDonald grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Tello goes to 3rd. P Dennis Lockamy is hurt. New Pitcher: Erik Salyer (28-R), who is 0-0 with a 3.60 ERA in 20 IP. Tom McDowell grounds out to short....

Top of the Third
With 2 outs, Roy Zimdahl knocks the first pitch over the wall in left for a home run... 3 to 0, Whalers.

Top of the Fifth
With 2 outs, Ray Dallas doubles to left. Roy Zimdahl bloops a hit to right and Dallas scores.... 4 to 0, Whalers.

Bottom of the Fifth
With 1 out, Bart Daw draws a walk. Bob Hutson doubles to left center and Daw scores from 1st! 4 to 1, Whalers. PH Mike Volkman (37-L) grounds a hit to right and Hutson scores! 4 to 2, Whalers. Jack Washburn grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Danny Rosas walks on 4 pitches. Fernando Tello grounds out to 1st, 3-1.....

Bottom of the Sixth
New Pitcher: Marty Beck (27-R), who is 0-0 with a 7.71 ERA in 4.2 IP with 10 H allowed. He was 1-4 with 1 SV and a 3.45 ERA in 47 IP last year. Ray McDonald lines a hit to left. And gets caught stealing for the second time today...... Tom McDowell lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit. T.R. Hunter grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. PH Cal Doty (28-L), who will stay in the game to play center, swings at a 3-0 pitch and hits a home run to right center!! Tie Game: 4 to 4! No loss for P Jim Baucom!

The Whalers load the bases up with 2 outs against P Albert Davies (28-L) in the top of the 7th, but Roberto Lopez grounds out to 2nd!

Top of the Ninth
On the Hill: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (34-L), after a perfect 8th. 9-1-2 up for the Whalers. 1B Charlie Mackey (30-R), batting .230 with 4 HR and 8 RBI in 74 AB, grounds out to 2nd. Mike Fox grounds out to 1st, unassisted. PH Vinny Puga (28-R), who the Whalers got in a trade with Indianapolis this Winter and is batting .198 with 1 HR and 6 RBI in 86 AB with 10 BB, grounds out to 3rd! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the Ninth
On the Hill: Alex Rosales (32-L), a supposed meatball pitcher (5.86 ERA in 81.1 IP last year), who is pitching with abdominal soreness which supposedly affects his throwing motion. Apparently, it has affected his motion for the better, because he has pitched 2 perfect innings so far today..... 8-9-1 up for us. Bob Hutson is allowed to hit, because I am an idiot, and he swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. 2B Charlie Faber (34-R) swings at the first pitch and flies out to center. Jack Washburn flies out to left.... 3 perfect innings from an injured meatball......

Extras!
For the third time this season.
We are 2-0 so far.

Top of the Tenth
3-4-5 up for the Whalers. With 2 outs, PH Kim Scarbrough (38-R), 0 for 6 on the season, but a career .322 hitter, grounds a hit to left. Chris Leppla strikes out!

Bottom of the Tenth
New Pitcher; Lee Titus (32-R), who is 0-0 with a 4.30 ERA in 14.2 IP. He had a 3.79 ERA in 57 IP last year. Danny Rosas draws a walk. He steals 2nd! A wild pitch sends him to 3rd! PH Dave Estey (23-L) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. He steals 2nd..... That is the most useless steal in history.... So what if they turn a double play; we'll still score a run... The only thing that steal accomplished is to take the bat out of our best hitter's hands.... Manny strikes again! They walk Ray McDonald intentionally to load the bases up with no outs. Tom McDowell lines a hit to left center and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 5 to 4

We had 9 hits and made no errors
Hartford had 8 hits and made no errors

Jim Baucom went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 6 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks and struck out 8. 96 pitches.
RHP Bob Craig pitched a perfect inning.
LHP Albert Davies pitched a scoreless inning (barely) and allowed 1 hit and 2 walks.
LHP Bill Grant (W 1-0) pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. He threw a WP.

Dennis Lockamy got 2 outs, gave us no runs, 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out no one.
RHP Lee Titus (L 0-1) did not retire a batter and gave us 1 run, 1 hit and 3 walks (1 INT). He threw a WP.

LF Danny Rosas drew 2 walks, stole a base and scored the winning run. PH Dave Estey drew a walk and stole the 1st base of his career. CF/RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits and 2 walk (1 INT) and was caught stealing twice. 3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits and the game winning RBI. PH/CF Cal Doty hit his 1st home run of the year and had 2 RBI. C Bob Hutson hit 2 doubles, scored a run and had an RBI. PH Mike Volkman had a hit and an RBI. PH/2B Charlie Faber had a pinch-hit.

For Hartford, LF Joel Yost hit his 1st home run, drew a walk and had 2 RBI. RF Roy Zimdahl had 2 hits with his 2nd home run, drew a walk and had 2 RBI.

The Whalers announced that P Dennis Lockamy had a mild hamstring strain and should be fine in a day or two.

12-05-2020, 10:32 AM	#994
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	Thursday, May 5, 2005 The Hartford Whalers are here to play a 4 game series through the weekend. They just lost a pair of games at home to Providence and have lost 6 in a row and 9 of their last ten. We were 6-2 against them last year when they finished 55-107 in last place in the North. We have won more games against them than any other team in the North in our history. And I just realized that the Jacksonville Jays hold the MLB records for most wins in a season and the most losses! The Whalers are 13th in scoring with 3.36 runs per game (Jacksonville is #9 with 3.70). They are 6th in fewest runs allowed with 3.84 per game (Jacksonville is #2 with 2.63). Their run differential is -12, tied for 10th in the MLB, and ours is +29, still #2. Hartford Whalers (11-14 .440 6 GB in 6th place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (16-11 .593 0 GA tied for 1st place in the Southern Division) HART: Dennis Lockamy (38-R) (2-2 2.51 ERA 32.1 IP, 24 H, 4 HR, 8 BB, 15 SO) JAX: Jim Baucom (23-L) (5-0 1.26 ERA 50 IP, 35 H, 2 HR, 6 BB, 43 SO) Ace/Hurler/All-Star(3: 02-04) Lockamy announced today that this would be his final season. He was 6-13 with a 4.47 ERA in 175 IP last year and 0-5 with a 5.79 ERA in 8 starts in 2003. He is 0-1 in 2 starts against the Jays in his career with a 4.70 ERA. 7.2 IP, 8 H, 0 HR, 7 BB, 4 SO. Baucom gave up 2 runs on 6 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 7 strikeouts in a CG win last time out. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) HARTFORD 1: CF Mike Fox (26-L .257-105-1-5-.650-11 B) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(2: 03-04) 4 for 11 w/HR vs Baucom 2: LF Joel Yost (25-L .211-71-0-5-.509-4 B) 3: 1B Ray Dallas (23-R .360-89-0-11-.837-0 B+) 4: RF Roy Zimdahl (34-R .148-27-1-4-.493-1 C) 5: 3B Roberto Lopez (28-L .216-51-1-4-.573-0 C+) 6: C Chris Leppla (30-R .192-78-1-5-.532-0 B+) 7: 2B Glenn Benoit (23-R .200-5-0-0-.629-0 B+) Rookie #4 prospect 8: SS Dana Wagner (26-R .296-81-0-9-.721-0 A) 9: P Dennis Lockamy (38-L .111-9-0-1-.222-0 F) JACKSONVILLE 1: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .256-90-1-7-.779-6 B) 2: LF Danny Rosas (26-L .200-30-1-2-.751-0 B+) 3: RF Fernando Tello (23-L .225-89-3-12-.610-0 C) 4: CF Ray McDonald (24-L .245-98-3-14-.795-5 C) All-Star 5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .221-104-6-15-.673-4 C+) 6: 2B T.R. Hunter (28-R .268-97-2-14-.693-0 A+) All-Star(3: 02-04) 7: SS Bart Daw (33-R .182-77-1-10-.518-3 B+) 8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .229-70-1-4-.642-0 B) Rookie 9: P Jim Baucom (23-L .235-17-0-2-.610-0 C) Ace/Hurler/All-Star(3: 02-04) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 78 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 9,484 Top of the First Mike Fox takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Joel Yost hits a home run to right center.... 2 to 0, Whalers. Ray Dallas flies out to deep center. Roy Zimdahl strikes out looking. Roberto Lopez grounds a 2-2 pitch to right for a hit... Chris Leppla takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Glenn Benoit strikes out. 36 pitch inning.......... Bottom of the First Jack Washburn flies out to deep right. Danny Rosas pops out to left. Fernando Tello draws a walk. Ray McDonald grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Tello goes to 3rd. P Dennis Lockamy is hurt. New Pitcher: Erik Salyer (28-R), who is 0-0 with a 3.60 ERA in 20 IP. Tom McDowell grounds out to short.... Top of the Third With 2 outs, Roy Zimdahl knocks the first pitch over the wall in left for a home run... 3 to 0, Whalers. Top of the Fifth With 2 outs, Ray Dallas doubles to left. Roy Zimdahl bloops a hit to right and Dallas scores.... 4 to 0, Whalers. Bottom of the Fifth With 1 out, Bart Daw draws a walk. Bob Hutson doubles to left center and Daw scores from 1st! 4 to 1, Whalers. PH Mike Volkman (37-L) grounds a hit to right and Hutson scores! 4 to 2, Whalers. Jack Washburn grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Danny Rosas walks on 4 pitches. Fernando Tello grounds out to 1st, 3-1..... Bottom of the Sixth New Pitcher: Marty Beck (27-R), who is 0-0 with a 7.71 ERA in 4.2 IP with 10 H allowed. He was 1-4 with 1 SV and a 3.45 ERA in 47 IP last year. Ray McDonald lines a hit to left. And gets caught stealing for the second time today...... Tom McDowell lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit. T.R. Hunter grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. PH Cal Doty (28-L), who will stay in the game to play center, swings at a 3-0 pitch and hits a home run to right center!! Tie Game: 4 to 4! No loss for P Jim Baucom! The Whalers load the bases up with 2 outs against P Albert Davies (28-L) in the top of the 7th, but Roberto Lopez grounds out to 2nd! Top of the Ninth On the Hill: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (34-L), after a perfect 8th. 9-1-2 up for the Whalers. 1B Charlie Mackey (30-R), batting .230 with 4 HR and 8 RBI in 74 AB, grounds out to 2nd. Mike Fox grounds out to 1st, unassisted. PH Vinny Puga (28-R), who the Whalers got in a trade with Indianapolis this Winter and is batting .198 with 1 HR and 6 RBI in 86 AB with 10 BB, grounds out to 3rd! 1-2-3! Bottom of the Ninth On the Hill: Alex Rosales (32-L), a supposed meatball pitcher (5.86 ERA in 81.1 IP last year), who is pitching with abdominal soreness which supposedly affects his throwing motion. Apparently, it has affected his motion for the better, because he has pitched 2 perfect innings so far today..... 8-9-1 up for us. Bob Hutson is allowed to hit, because I am an idiot, and he swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. 2B Charlie Faber (34-R) swings at the first pitch and flies out to center. Jack Washburn flies out to left.... 3 perfect innings from an injured meatball...... Extras! For the third time this season. We are 2-0 so far. Top of the Tenth 3-4-5 up for the Whalers. With 2 outs, PH Kim Scarbrough (38-R), 0 for 6 on the season, but a career .322 hitter, grounds a hit to left. Chris Leppla strikes out! Bottom of the Tenth New Pitcher; Lee Titus (32-R), who is 0-0 with a 4.30 ERA in 14.2 IP. He had a 3.79 ERA in 57 IP last year. Danny Rosas draws a walk. He steals 2nd! A wild pitch sends him to 3rd! PH Dave Estey (23-L) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. He steals 2nd..... That is the most useless steal in history.... So what if they turn a double play; we'll still score a run... The only thing that steal accomplished is to take the bat out of our best hitter's hands.... Manny strikes again! They walk Ray McDonald intentionally to load the bases up with no outs. Tom McDowell lines a hit to left center and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays! Won - 5 to 4 We had 9 hits and made no errors Hartford had 8 hits and made no errors Jim Baucom went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 6 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks and struck out 8. 96 pitches. RHP Bob Craig pitched a perfect inning. LHP Albert Davies pitched a scoreless inning (barely) and allowed 1 hit and 2 walks. LHP Bill Grant (W 1-0) pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. He threw a WP. Dennis Lockamy got 2 outs, gave us no runs, 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out no one. RHP Lee Titus (L 0-1) did not retire a batter and gave us 1 run, 1 hit and 3 walks (1 INT). He threw a WP. LF Danny Rosas drew 2 walks, stole a base and scored the winning run. PH Dave Estey drew a walk and stole the 1st base of his career. CF/RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits and 2 walk (1 INT) and was caught stealing twice. 3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits and the game winning RBI. PH/CF Cal Doty hit his 1st home run of the year and had 2 RBI. C Bob Hutson hit 2 doubles, scored a run and had an RBI. PH Mike Volkman had a hit and an RBI. PH/2B Charlie Faber had a pinch-hit. For Hartford, LF Joel Yost hit his 1st home run, drew a walk and had 2 RBI. RF Roy Zimdahl had 2 hits with his 2nd home run, drew a walk and had 2 RBI. The Whalers announced that P Dennis Lockamy had a mild hamstring strain and should be fine in a day or two.