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Thursday, July 21, 2005

RP Mickel Cannady (24-R) and RP Robbie Hopley (31-R) were sent to Daytona Beach (A). RP Mike Hollenbeck (23-R) and RP Roger Wallace (30-R) were recalled.

Jacksonville Jays (56-39 .589 2 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Hartford Whalers (36-57 .387 19.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the Northern Division)

JAX: Al Calice (24-R) (7-7 4.18 ERA 120.2 IP, 130 H, 10 HR, 41 BB, 80 SO)
HART: Jimmy Thompson (28-R) (5-9 5.47 ERA 102 IP, 109 H, 10 HR, 45 BB, 41 SO)

Calice pitched a 2 hit shutout with 3 walks and 9 strikeouts versus Columbus last time out.

Thompson was 3-16 with a 5.03 ERA in 193.1 IP last year and 5-12 with a 6.59 ERA in 113.2 IP in 2003. He is 0-1 in 3 starts against the Jays in his career with a 4.34 ERA. 18.2 IP, 21 H, 0 HR, 12 BB, 10 SO.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .299-374-4-45-.764-17 A)
2: CF Cal Doty (28-L .280-293-4-29-.732-11 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: RF Fernando Tello (23-L .277-282-7-44-.740-1 C)
4: LF Ray McDonald (25-L .309-350-11-61-.884-20 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .243-272-7-24-.764-15 B)
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .239-343-15-50-.701-11 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .271-339-4-34-.675-5 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Don Kern (28-R .160-100-3-12-.582-0 B+)
9: P Al Calice (24-L .054-37-0-2-.135-0 F)

HARTFORD
1: CF Mike Fox (26-L .247-372-10-32-.713-21 B) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(3: 03-05)
2: LF Joel Yost (26-L .274-266-10-38-.784-20 B)
3: 1B Ray Dallas (23-R .283-350-4-53-.710-1 B+)
4: RF Robbie McFarland (27-L .299-281-11-41-.836-0 B) All-Star(2: 03,05)
5: 3B Roberto Lopez (29-L .252-206-4-29-.646-1 C+)
6: C Chris Leppla (30-R .205-268-7-29-.609-0 B+)
7: 2B Glenn Benoit (23-R .190-63-2-3-.631-1 B+) Rookie
8: SS Dana Wagner (26-R .284-289-0-29-.668-1 A)
9: P Jimmy Thompson (28-L .235-34-0-1-.492-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Weather: 69 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 5,802

Top of the First
Tony Weninger pokes a 3-2 pitch and beats out an infield hit! Cal Doty takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4! Fernando Tello lines a hit to center and Weninger heads home, but Mike Fox throws him out.... Ray McDonald lines the first pitch to center and Mike Fox makes a diving catch.... Jack Washburn flies out to deep right.............................. Pia, do you have any Tums? Well, start carrying them, please...

Bottom of the First
Mike Fox swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! Joel Yost grounds the first pitch up the middle for a hit... C Don Kern picks Yost off at 1st! Ray Dallas pops out to 2nd!

Top of the Second
With 1 out, T.R. Hunter lines a hit to center and steals 2nd! With 2 outs, a wild pitch sends him to 3rd. P Al Calice grounds a hit to right and Hunter scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Tony Weninger grounds a hit to left. Cal Doty takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 2 outs. Fernando Tello draws a walk to force in a run! 2 to 0, Jays! Ray McDonald grounds out to 2nd....

Top of the Fourth
With 1 out, Tony Weninger lines a hit to left center. Cal Doty hits a home run to right center!! 4 to 0, Jays!

Bottom of the Fourth

With 1 out, Robbie McFarland lines a hit to right. Roberto Lopez doubles to center... Chris Leppla bloops a hit to right and McFarland scores... 4 to 1, Jays. Glenn Benoit grounds a hit up the middle and Lopez scores... 4 to 2, Jays. The Bullpen gets up. With 2 outs, PH Roy Zimdahl (34-R), who is 1 for 3 with a run scored this series, takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up... Mike Fox swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted!

Top of the Sixth
On the Hill: Bob Wood (32-R), the 32 year old rookie, after a scoreless 5th. With 1 out, Cal Doty grounds a hit up the middle. Fernando Tello grounds a double over the 3rd base bag and Doty scores! 5 to 2, Jays! The next two make outs.

Bottom of the Seventh
With 2 outs, Mike Fox pokes a hit to center. Joel Yost hits a home run to right center... 5 to 4, Jays.

Bottom of the Ninth
On the Hill: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (34-L), after a perfect 8th. Dickie Stemen (30-R) is in to play center. Cal Doty moves to left and Ray McDonald moves to right. 7-8-9 up for the Whalers. Glenn Benoit strikes out! PH Vinny Puga (28-R), 2 for 11 with 2 walks, 3 runs and an RBI this series, grounds out to short! PH Mike Moen (34-R), the Silver Slugger and 4-time All-Star, who cannot play defense anymore and is 1 for 4 with a walk this series, grounds a 2-2 pitch to right for a hit.... Mike Fox strikes out looking and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 5 to 4

We finish the season series with Hartford 5-3.
We were 6-2 last year.
They and Orlando are the only two teams we have never lost a season series to.
We were 4-4 in 2001, the year we lost 108 games, but have won the series every year since.

We had 10 hits and made no errors
Hartford had 9 hits and made no errors

Al Calice (W 8-7) went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 5. 119 pitches. At bat, he had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI.
LHP Bill Grant (SV 22) pitched 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 3.

Jimmy Thompson (L 5-10) went 4 innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 3. He threw a WP. 91 pitches.

2B Tony Weninger had 3 hits and scored a run. CF/LF Cal Doty had 2 hits with his 5th home run of the season, drew 2 walks, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. RF Fernando Tello had 2 hits with a double and a walk and had 2 RBI.

For Hartford, LF Joel Yost had 2 hits with his 11th home run and had 2 RBI.
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