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Friday, September 23, 2005
Birmingham Barons (87-65 .572 11.5 GB in 2nd place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (99-54 .647 11.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)
BIRM: Herman Varey (27-R) (8-10 3.81 ERA 160.2 IP, 167 H, 12 HR, 65 BB, 76 SO)
JAX: Tommy Keyser (26-L) (11-4 2.68 ERA 134.1 IP, 113 H, 9 HR, 38 BB, 85 SO) Rookie
Varey is 0-1 with a 2.84 ERA in 2 starts against the Jays this season. 12.2 IP, 15 H, 0 HR, 4 BB, 7 SO.
Keyser gave up 4 runs on 6 hits, 2 home runs and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a no decision at Orlando that we won with a run in the top of the 9th.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BIRMINGHAM
1: 1B Stan Stephens (27-R .324-632-4-44-.789-42 B+) All-Star(3: 01,03,05)
2: CF Bob Marks (27-R .281-463-16-63-.828-24 C+) RoY(03)/All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: 2B Wilson Partida (29-R .285-449-22-93-.847-22 C)
4: LF Ken Johnson (28-L .296-142-15-36-1.082-0 F)
5: RF Ken Kelly (27-S .216-555-10-35-.610-19 B) All-Star(02)
6: SS Rick Halverson (29-L .275-501-15-80-.755-4 C) All-Star(01)
7: 3B Gerald Young (32-R .208-96-3-20-.702-0 B)
8: C Antonio Barajas (27-R .261-303-7-50-.710-0 B)
9: P Herman Varey (27-R .176-51-0-1-.388-0 D+)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .298-598-6-67-.753-18 A)
2: LF Tommy Adams (23-L .329-158-3-21-.835-5 B) Rookie
3: CF Cal Doty (28-L .301-512-13-63-.806-20 C+) Silver Slugger/All-Star(2: 04-05)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .323-585-19-109-.876-30 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .259-375-13-42-.834-23 B)
6: 3B Fernando Tello (23-L .275-408-9-70-.720-2 C+)
7: SS Bart Daw (33-R .229-279-4-44-.663-15 B+)
8: C Bob Hutson (23-L .254-362-8-51-.723-0 B) Rookie
9: P Tommy Keyser (26-L .159-44-0-4-.337-0 B) Rookie
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 81 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to left
Attendance: 14,312
Top of the First
Stan Stephens flies out to center. Bob Marks lines a hit to right. Wilson Partida swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to left. Marks steals 2nd. Ken Johnson pops out to right!
Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to right center! Tommy Adams takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Cal Doty grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and the runners move up. Ray McDonald lines out to left and Weninger tags up and scores. 1 to 0, Jays! Jack Washburn strikes out.
Top of the Second
With 1 out, Rick Halverson lines a 3-2 pitch to left center for a double, but is hurt. Pinch-runner: Jim Montgomery (34-R). Gerald Young grounds a double over the 1st base bag and Montgomery scores... Tie Game: 1 to 1. The next two make outs.
Bottom of the Third
With 1 out, Cal Doty grounds a hit up the middle. Ray McDonald grounds a 3-2 pitch over the 1st base bag for a double and Doty scores! 2 to 1, Jays! Jack Washburn flies out to deep center and McDonald tags up and goes to 3rd. Fernando Tello grounds one to 2nd, but Wilson Partida boots it and McDonald scores! 3 to 1, Jays!
Top of the Seventh
1B Jim Montgomery leads off with a walk. The Bullpen gets up. Gerald Young hits one 521 ft. to center.... Tie Game: 3 to 3.
Top of the Ninth
New Pitcher: All-Star Albert Davies (28-L), the only fresh arm left in the Pen. 7-8-9 up for the Barons. Gerald Young, who hit one 521 ft. last time up, gets beaned... This is not the time for that... PH Ward Benoit (30-R), the rookie who was 0 for 1 yesterday, grounds a hit to center... PH Turner Morache (26-R), who was 2 for 5 with a home run yesterday, fails to lay down a bunt and ends up striking out! Stan Stephens lines a hit to center and the bases are loaded with 1 out. Bob Marks strikes out! Wilson Partida grounds out to 3rd!!!
Bottom of the Ninth
On the Mound: Wayne Hagan (30-R), their beleaguered closer, who took the loss yesterday. He pitched a scoreless 8th. Top of our order up. Tony Weninger pops out to center. Tommy Adams pops out to left... Cal Doty lines a hit to right. Ray McDonald pops out to 2nd....
Extras!
For the second day in a row!
Top of the Tenth
4-5-6 up for Birmingham. Ken Johnson hits a 3-2 pitch to left center for a home run.... 4 to 3, Barons. He now has 16 HR in 147 AB... The next three all make outs.
Bottom of the Tenth
New Pitcher: Arvel Ivey (36-L), who pitched a scoreless inning yesterday. Jack Washburn lines one hard to right, but Ken Kelly catches it on the warning track. PH Tom McDowell (28-R) pops out to 2nd... Bart Daw flies out to right...
Lost - 4 to 3
We had 11 hits and made 1 error
Birmingham had 11 hits and made 1 error
Tommy Keyser went 7.2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 6. He threw a WP.
RHP Roger Wallace faced 1 batter and struck him out.
LHP Albert Davies (L 6-3) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 1 home run, 2 HBP and struck out 2.
Herman Varey went 5.2 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.
RHP Wayne Hagan (W 10-8) went 2 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit and 1 walk.
LHP Arvel Ivey (SV 2) pitched a perfect inning.
2B Tony Weninger had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. CF Cal Doty had 2 hits and scored a run. RF Ray McDonald had 3 hits with a double, scored a run, had 2 RBI and doubled a runner off 2nd. SS Bart Daw had a hit and a walk. C Bob Hutson had 2 hits.
For Birmingham, 3B Gerald Young hit a double and his 4th home run of the season and had 3 RBI. LF Ken Johnson hit his 16th home run.
The Barons announced that SS Rick Halverson had a stiff back that they figured to bother him for 2 or 3 days. RP Mike Rizzo (37-L), also injured during the game, had a strained elbow and hos season was done.
Around the League: Ottawa won at home, 4 to 0, over Columbus, behind the 2 hit pitching of Bill Cortright (38-R), to clinch the Northern Division Championship. This is the first season it was not won by the Syracuse Sycamores.
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