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Friday, May 6, 2005

Hartford Whalers (11-15 .423 7 GB in 6th place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (17-11 .607 0 GA tied for 1st place in the Southern Division)

HART: Billy Keller (26-R) (1-2 3.50 ERA 18 IP, 19 H, 1 HR, 6 BB, 13 SO)
JAX: Del Warwick (30-L) (2-4 2.45 ERA 44 IP, 40 H, 3 HR, 6 BB, 28 SO) Gold Glove(02)

Keller is their #1 starter. He does not have the stamina to finish what he starts: 1 CG in 43 career starts. He was 8-12 with a 4.53 ERA in 147 IP last year and 8-6 with 6 SV and a 5.51 ERA in 13 starts (42G) and 101.1 IP in 2003. We faced him once and scored 5 runs on 8 hits, 1 home run and 3 walks with no strikeouts in 4 innings in a no decision.

Warwick gave up 1 run on 7 hits and no walks with 3 strikeouts in a CG win last time out.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
HARTFORD
1: 2B Vinny Puga (28-R .195-87-1-6-.550-3 B)
2: CF Mike Fox (26-L .248-109-1-5-.633-11 B) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(2: 03-04)
3: 1B Ray Dallas (23-R .362-94-0-11-.846-0 B+)
4: RF Robbie McFarland (27-L .316-76-2-14-.841-0 B) All-Star(03)
5: LF Roy Zimdahl (34-R .194-31-2-6-.673-1 C+)
6: C Chris Leppla (30-R .183-82-1-5-.516-0 B+)
7: 3B Charlie Mackey (30-R .227-75-4-8-.750-3 C+)
8: SS Dana Wagner (26-R .294-85-0-9-.722-0 A)
9: P Billy Keller (26-R .167-6-0-0-.452-0 D+)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .242-95-1-7-.741-6 B)
2: LF Danny Rosas (26-L .182-33-1-2-.720-1 B+)
3: RF Fernando Tello (23-L .220-91-3-12-.605-0 C)
4: CF Cal Doty (28-L .209-43-1-5-.565-3 C+) All-Star
5: 3B Tom McDowell (27-R .229-109-6-16-.679-4 C+)
6: 2B T.R. Hunter (28-R .257-101-2-14-.666-0 A+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
7: SS Bart Daw (33-R .179-78-1-10-.521-3 B+)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .243-74-1-5-.687-0 B) Rookie
9: P Del Warwick (30-L .000-10-0-0-.000-0 F) Gold Glove(02)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 73 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 9,923

Top of the First
Vinny Puga lines a 3-2 pitch to left for a double.... Mike Fox strikes out looking! Ray Dallas swings at the first pitch and grounds one to 1st, but Jack Washburn boots it...... Robbie McFarland strikes out on 3 pitches! Roy Zimdahl strikes out looking!

Bottom of the First

Jack Washburn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4! Danny Rosas grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. He steals 2nd! Fernando Tello lines a 2-2 pitch to left for a hit and Rosas scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and pops out to short... Tom McDowell lines a hit to left. T.R. Hunter lines out to center.

Top of the Third
Mike Fox grounds one to 3rd, but Tom McDowell throws the ball into the seats for a 2 base error.... Ray Dallas lines a hit to left. Robbie McFarland grounds the first pitch to right for a hit and Fox scores and Dallas heads to 3rd and Fernando Tello throws the second ball of the inning into the seats and Dallas scores..... 2 to 1, Whalers. The next three make outs.

Bottom of the Third
Jack Washburn grounds one to short, but Dana Wagner makes a bad throw for an error! With 1 out, Fernando Tello lines a hit to right and Washburn beats the throw to 3rd! Cal Doty strikes out............. Tom McDowell grounds a hit up the middle and Washburn scores! Tie Game: 2 to 2! T.R. Hunter walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with 2 outs, but Bart Daw pops out to center.

Bottom of the Fourth
Bob Hutson jerks the first pitch down the right field line for a home run! 3 to 2, Jays!

Bottom of the Fifth
Fernando Tello doubles to left! But the next three all make outs....

Bottom of the Sixth
Bart Daw leads off with a walk, steals 2nd and goes to 3rd on a ground out. P Del Warwick strikes out. Jack Washburn gets beaned. Danny Rosas flies out to center....

Top of the Ninth
New Pitcher: All-Star Albert Davies (28-L). He is not fresh and the Bullpen is ready. Ray McDonald, who struck out pinch-hitting last inning, stays in to play right. 9-1-2 up for the Whalers. PH Bob Gagliardo (26-L), a rookie making his season debut is sent up. He was only hitting .250 with 2 HR and 17 RBI in 96 AB for New Haven (A) this season, but hit .302 with 27 HR and 95 RBI last year for them in 520 AB. He strikes out looking! Vinny Puga strikes out looking! PH Kim Scarbrough (38-R), the career .323 hitter who had a hit yesterday, grounds out to the pitcher and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 3 to 2

Now 3-1 in 1-run games!
An even better % than last year!

We had 7 hits and made 3 errors
Hartford had 10 hits and made 1 error

Del Warwick (W 3-4) went 6.2 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 10 hits, no walks and struck out 4.
RHP Bob Craig (H 4) faced 4 batters and got them all out with 2 strikeouts.
LHP Albert Davies (SV 1) pitched a perfect 9th with 2 strikeouts.

Billy Keller (L 1-3) went 6.1 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 6 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 4. 111 pitches. At bat, he had 2 hits.

RF Fernando Tello had 3 hits with a double and an RBI. 3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits and an RBI. 2B T.R. Hunter had a hit and a walk. C Bob Hutson hit his 2nd home run of the season.

For Hartford, RF Robbie McFarland had 3 hits and an RBI.
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