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Old 05-02-2021, 06:16 PM   #1638
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Jacksonville Jays (98-51 .658 10.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Charlotte Hornets (68-80 .459 29.5 GB tied for 6th place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Al Calice (26-R) (12-11 3.09 ERA 227.1 IP, 206 H, 13 HR, 53 BB, 164 SO) All-Star(06)
CHAR: Angel Gomez (27-R) (7-12 3.99 ERA 198.2 IP, 193 H, 19 HR, 54 BB, 108 SO)

Calice gave up 2 runs on 7 hits, 1 home run and 2 walks with 7 strikeouts in 8 innings last time out at Birmingham, but we were shut out and he took another tough loss, his 3rd loss in a row.

Gomez was 14-9 with a 4.02 ERA in 221.2 IP last year. He is 2-8 in 12 starts against the Jays in his career with 2 shutouts and a 5.11 ERA. 74 IP, 82 H, 8 HR, 23 BB, 43 SO.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 3B Wes Fitzgibbons (31-R .289-197-3-21-.760-7 B+) All-Star(2: 01,03)
2: LF Fernando Tello (25-L .301-425-6-52-.784-4 C)
3: CF Tom Walker (28-R .302-547-16-60-.872-33 B) Silver Slugger(2: 05-06)/All-Star(4: 04-07)
4: RF Dave Bess (31-R .283-519-26-100-.847-5 B+) All-Star(2: 06-07)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (25-L .254-468-21-89-.824-40 B) All-Star
6: C Bob Hutson (25-L .274-310-4-28-.725-0 B) RoY(05)
7: SS Brian Bowden (30-R .304-570-5-59-.692-33 A) All-Star(2: 06-07)/Gold Glove(3: 02,06;2B-04)
8: 2B Chuck Corrigan (31-R .242-153-1-15-.616-0 B+)
9: P Al Calice (26-L .068-73-0-2-.163-0 F) All-Star(06)

CHARLOTTE
1: RF Sam Kowalski (24-R .238-302-1-25-.605-15 C+)
2: CF Jimmy Allen (22-L .218-229-5-24-.646-11 B+)
3: 1B Frank Cohen (31-R .313-483-14-66-.852-3 B) Silver Slugger/All-Star(5: 01-02,04,06-07)
4: 2B Leo Toruno (33-L .244-365-15-51-.809-11 B) MVP(04)/Silver Slugger(3: 02,04;SS-01)/All-Star(5: 01-02,04-05,07)
5: LF Ken Johnson (30-L .225-227-4-17-.635-0 F-)
6: 3B Lindy Elson (27-R .232-379-23-58-.748-18 A) Gold Glove
7: SS Buddy Hollinger (23-R .257-382-2-36-.676-15 B+)
8: C Doug Bowers (32-R .236-161-5-21-.733-0 C)
9: P Angel Gomez (27-R .231-65-0-5-.546-0 F)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Charlotte Municipal Stadium
Weather: 75 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing left to right
Attendance: 8,155

Top of the First
Wes Fitzgibbons lines out to deep left, where the most incompetent outfielder in the MLB makes the catch.... Fernando Tello swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Tom Walker grounds a hit up the middle! And then gets thrown out stealing.........

Bottom of the First
Sam Kowalski grounds out to short. Jimmy Allen swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Frank Cohen grounds out to 3rd! 1-2-3!

Top of the Second

With 2 outs, Bob Hutson grounds a 1-2 pitch up the middle for a hit and goes to 2nd on a wild pitch. Brian Bowden triples to right center and Hutson scores! 1 to 0, Jays! The first triple of the year for Bowden, who led the MLB with 13 last year! Chuck Corrigan flies out to deep right...

The Hornets go 9 up, 9 down!

Top of the Fourth
Dave Bess and Jack Washburn lead off with back to back hits and we have runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs! Bob Hutson plunks one and is out, 2-3, and the runners hold..... Brian Bowden takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up. Chuck Corrigan strikes out on 3 pitches.................... P Al Calice strikes out...

The Hornets go 12 up, 12 down!

15 up, 15 down!

Bottom of the Sixth

Buddy Hollinger grounds a double over the 3rd base bag........ The Bullpen gets up. But the next three all make outs!

Top of the Seventh
PH Dave Estey (25-L) walks on 4 pitches. Pinch-Runner: Buddy Hendricks (28-R), who will stay in to play 2nd. P Al Calice bunts one foul with 2 strikes... Wes Fitzgibbons grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Hendricks comes back to the dugout limping, but Trudy pronounces him fit to play! Fernando Tello hits a home run to right!! 3 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Ninth

New Pitcher: Jesus Cancel (20-R), a rookie who pitched a scoreless inning yesterday with 2 strikeouts. Brian Bowden beats out an infield hit and steals 2nd! But the next three all make outs.....

Won - 3 to 0

Sweep!

We finish the season series with Charlotte 11-3.
The best record we have against anyone in the South.
We split with them last year.

We had 9 hits and made 1 error
Charlotte had 3 hits and made no errors

Al Calice (W 13-11) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 3 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5. 118 pitches. It is his 2nd shutout of the season and 8th of his career!

Angel Gomez (L 7-13) went 8 innings, gave us 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 5. He threw a WP.

LF Fernando Tello had 3 hits with his 7th home run of the season and 2 RBI. CF Tom Walker had a hit and a walk. SS Brian Bowden had 2 hits with a triple and a walk and an RBI. PH Dave Estey drew a walk.
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