[Questdog]

Saturday, September 23, 2006

RP Norm Crone (22-L) was sent back to the Portland (AAA) roster and RP Tim Hiler (28-R) was recalled.

Charlotte Hornets (75-79 .487 27.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (102-51 .667 18 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

CHAR: Jerry Doherty (28-L) (10-14 3.75 ERA 223 IP, 216 H, 19 HR, 81 BB, 115 SO) All-Star(04)
JAX: Tommy Corris (26-R) (15-6 2.63 ERA 225.2 IP, 197 H, 17 HR, 31 BB, 144 SO) All-Star(3: 04-06)

Doherty is 1-2 in 3 starts against the Jays this season with a CG win and a 2.86 ERA. 22 IP, 21 H, 2 HR, 6 BB, 12 SO. For a team that was 12th in fewest runs allowed coming into this series, they have an awful lot of solid starting pitchers....

Corris gave up 1 run on 5 hits and 2 walks with 5 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a win over Birmingham.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
CHARLOTTE
1: CF Jimmy Allen (21-L .342-73-0-14-.944-1 B+) Rookie
2: 3B Chuck Corrigan (30-R .299-244-0-21-.727-0 A)
3: 2B Leo Toruno (32-L .266-557-17-90-.800-21 B) MVP(04)/Silver Slugger(3: 01-SS,02,04)/All-Star(4: 01-02,04-05)
4: LF Mike Cram (34-R .233-283-24-47-.870-8 B+)
5: 1B Phil Shumate (33-S .291-405-17-62-.815-0 C) All-Star(2: 04,06)
6: RF Terry Graham (27-L .271-166-8-28-.810-0 A) All-Star(04)/Gold Glove(LF)
7: SS Scott Damon (27-R .259-290-11-50-.769-2 A)
8: C Pat Kennedy (25-R .220-422-14-54-.674-0 C+)
9: P Jerry Doherty (28-L .221-68-0-7-.497-0 F) All-Star(04)

JACKSONVILLE
1: SS Brian Bowden (29-R .311-511-4-50-.768-36 A) Gold Glove(2: 02,2B-04)
2: 3B Ken Yockey (27-R .268-239-1-10-.655-15 A)
3: RF Ray McDonald (26-L .296-544-15-83-.796-23 B+) MVP/Silver Slugger/All-Star(3: 04-06)
4: 1B Tom McDowell (29-R .264-518-32-101-.840-23 B) All-Star
5: 2B Bart Daw (34-R .277-188-6-24-.750-12 A+)
6: CF Dickie Stemen (31-R .200-145-4-22-.545-0 C+)
7: LF Cal Doty (29-L .291-529-11-59-.753-27 A) Silver Slugger(04)/All-Star(3: 04-06)
8: C Don Kern (29-R .225-267-6-32-.644-3 B+)
9: P Tommy Corris (26-R .286-70-0-8-.625-0 F) All-Star(3: 04-06)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 78 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 16,651

Top of the First
Jimmy Allen strikes out on 3 pitches! Chuck Corrigan strikes out! Leo Toruno lines a 2-2 pitch to right for a hit... He steals 2nd... Mike Cram strikes out!

Bottom of the First
Brian Bowden swings at the first pitch and triples to right! His 13th triple of the season, which moves him past Leo Toruno for the MLB lead! Ken Yockey hits a home run to right!! 2 to 0, Jays! Ray McDonald strikes out looking on 3 pitches... Tom McDowell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bart Daw swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to 2nd and they double McDowell off at 1st......

Bottom of the Second
Dickie Stemen grounds the first pitch to left for a hit! Cal Doty plunks one into a force at 2nd, 2-4. Don Kern doubles to center! P Tommy Corris lines the first pitch to right for a hit and both runners score!! 4 to 0, Jays! The next two make outs.

Bottom of the Fourth
Dickie Stemen and Cal Doty lead off with back to back hits! Don Kern bloops a hit to right and the bases are loaded with no outs! P Tommy Corris grounds a 3-2 pitch to left for a hit and Stemen scores! 5 to 0, Jays! That does it for P Jerry Doherty. New Pitcher: Jim Greer (24-L), a rookie who is 5-1 with 1 SV and a 2.32 ERA in 93 IP with 1 start. Brian Bowden swings at the first pitch and grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4, and Doty scores and Kern goes to 3rd. 6 to 0, Jays! Ken Yockey swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to center and Kern tags up and beats the throw home. 7 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Fifth
With 1 out, Pat Kennedy lines the first pitch to right center for a double. With 2 outs, Jimmy Allen lines a hit to center. A wild pitch scores Kennedy... 7 to 1, Jays.

Bottom of the Fifth
With 2 outs, Dickie Stemen plunks one, but C Pat Kennedy cannot find the handle for an error. Cal Doty lines a hit to right and Stemen beats the throw to 3rd! Don Kern lines the first pitch to right for a hit and Stemen scores! 8 to 1, Jays! P Tommy Corris clears the bases with his third hit of the day, a double grounded over the 3rd base bag!! 10 to 1, Jays!

Bottom of the Sixth
Ken Yockey plunks one and C Pat Kennedy finds the handle this time, but throws the ball away at 1st for a 2 base error! Ray McDonald grounds out to 2nd and Yockey goes to 3rd. Tom McDowell flies out to deep center, but Ken Yockey still manages to get himself thrown out, yet again...... And he is hurt.... Buddy Hendricks (27-R) will go in to play 2nd and Bart Daw will move to 3rd.

Bottom of the Seventh
Bart Daw draws a walk and Dickie Stemen bloops the first pitch to right for his third hit of the game! With 1 out, Don Kern draws a walk to load the bases up. P Tommy Corris strikes out... Brian Bowden swings at the first pitch and fouls out to 3rd...

Bottom of the Eighth
New Pitcher: Jim Rutherford (37-R), who is 5-5 with a 4.65 ERA in 71.2 IP. With 2 outs, Tom McDowell hits a home run to left center! 11 to 1, Jays!

Won - 11 to 1

We had 15 hits and made no errors
Charlotte had 7 hits and made 2 errors

Tommy Corris (W 16-6) went 9 innings (CG), allowed 1 run, 7 hits, no walks and struck out 9. He threw a WP. 126 pitches. At bat, he had 3 hits with a double and 5 RBI! Who has been named the Player of the Game the most times this season for the Jays? Not Jim Baucom, with 20, but Tommy Corris with 21!

Jerry Doherty (L 10-15) went 3+ innings, gave us 7 runs, 9 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2.

SS Brian Bowden hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. 3B Ken Yockey hit his 2nd home run of the season and had 3 RBI. 1B Tom McDowell hit his 33rd home run and drew a walk. 2B/3B Bart Daw hit a double and drew a walk. CF Dickie Stemen had 3 hits and scored 2 runs. LF Cal Doty had 2 hits and scored 3 runs. C Don Kern went 3 for 3 with a double and a walk, scored 3 runs and had an RBI.

Trudy's report on Ken Yockey is a knee contusion (why not a bruised knee?), that she figures will hobble him for about a week.