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Saturday, July 16, 2005
Columbus Explorers (43-47 .478 9.5 GB in 5th place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (53-37 .589 0.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)
COL: Ron Vanderpool (32-R) (4-4 2.93 ERA 101.1 IP, 94 H, 9 HR, 39 BB, 46 SO)
JAX: Al Calice (24-R) (6-7 4.51 ERA 111.2 IP, 128 H, 10 HR, 38 BB, 71 SO)
Vanderpool was 3-2 in 4 starts last year with a 5.06 ERA and was 2-9 with a 4.97 ERA in the American Association (A) in 2003. He is 0-3 in 3 starts against the Jays in his career with a 7.36 ERA. 14.2 IP, 20 H, 2 HR, 2 BB, 9 SO.
Calice gave up 3 runs on 11 hits and no walks with 1 strikeout in 4.1 innings last time out in a loss at Rochester.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
COLUMBUS
1: CF Steve Shauer (29-L .297-202-1-20-.758-10 D+)
2: RF Bob Cline (27-R .245-278-6-29-.662-6 B)
3: 1B Gabriel Beltran (35-S .270-189-5-30-.754-3 B) MVP(02)/Silver Slugger(2: 02-03)/All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: LF Robert Duenas (35-L .260-173-8-24-.764-0 B)
5: 3B Floyd Shawn (27-R .219-319-2-27-.577-2 B)
6: 2B Roger Briones (22-L .354-240-4-30-.836-0 B) All-Star
7: C Marc Barksdale (34-R .205-132-1-10-.528-0 B) All-Star(04)/Gold Glove(3: 01-02,04)
8: SS Joe Tirey (33-L .230-261-3-15-.604-2 A) Gold Glove(3: 01,03-04)
9: P Ron Vanderpool (32-R .059-34-0-0-.147-0 F)
This lineup is 13 for 32 (.406) against Al Calice.
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .301-355-4-44-.769-17 A)
2: CF Cal Doty (28-L .276-272-4-25-.724-10 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: LF Fernando Tello (23-L .288-264-6-43-.756-1 C)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .310-332-9-56-.872-20 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .235-255-5-21-.734-15 B)
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .238-324-15-49-.712-10 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .270-322-4-30-.675-5 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .254-205-4-27-.716-0 B) Rookie
9: P Al Calice (24-L .059-34-0-2-.147-0 F)
Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 86 F, Overcast, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to left
Attendance: 12,337
Top of the First
Steve Shauer strikes out! Bob Cline flies out to deep left. Gabriel Beltran strikes out looking on 3 pitches, never taking the bat off his shoulder 1-2-3!
Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger strikes out looking on 3 pitches.... Cal Doty pops out to short... Fernando Tello grounds out to 2nd...
Bottom of the Second
Ray McDonald draws a walk. Jack Washburn grounds a hit to right and McDonald beats the throw to 3rd! Tom McDowell lines out to deep left and McDonald trots home. 1 to 0, Jays! The next two make outs.
Bottom of the Fourth
It starts to rain... With 1 out, Ray McDonald beats out an infield hit. Jack Washburn lines a 3-2 pitch to right center for a double and McDonald scores and Washburn ends up on 3rd! 2 to 0, Jays! With the infield in, Tom McDowell swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short... T.R. Hunter lines a hit to right and Washburn scores! 3 to 0, Jays!
It stops raining in the bottom of the 5th!
Bottom of the Sixth
Fernando Tello draws a walk. With 1 out, Jack Washburn grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Tom McDowell beats out an infield hit. T.R. Hunter comes through with another 2-out hit and Washburn scores, but Steve Shauer throws McDowell out at home.... 4 to 0, Jays!
Won - 4 to 0
We had 7 hits and made no errors
Columbus had 2 hits and made no errors
Al Calice (W 7-7) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 2 hits, 3 walks and struck out 9. 119 pitches. It is his 2nd shutout of the season and of his career! Game Score of 89, the highest of any Jay this season!
Ron Vanderpool (L 4-5) went 8 innings (CG), gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5. He balked. 108 pitches.
RF Ray McDonald had a hit and a walk and scored 2 runs. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. SS T.R. Hunter had 2 hits and 2 RBI.
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