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Tuesday, April 17, Year I

Oakland Oaks (8-6 .571 0.5 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (6-7 .462 2 GB tied for 4th place in the PCL West)

OAK: Ed Alvarado (27-R 2-1 3.09 ERA) vs. POR: Tom Horn (24-L 0-1 2.25 ERA in AAA) Major League Debut

If we only scored 3 runs off the bum yesterday, how are we going to score any off their ace today? He beat us on Opening Day, 8 to 3, going 8.1 innings. He is going on short rest, so maybe we have a little hope.

Today we run out the 4th pitcher already to make his first Major League start for us this season. Hopefully, he fares better than the other three...

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
OAKLAND
1: SS Henry Rangel (27-R .277-65-0-7-.611)
2: LF Dave Schoenfeld (28-R .380-50-0-6-.836)
3: RF Tom Short (29-L .231-52-1-3-.676)
4: 2B Felix Salazar (32-R .267-45-2-5-.810)
5: 1B Farley Ross (34-L .175-40-2-5-.642)
6: 3B Antonio Mata (26-R .217-46-2-7-.620)
7: CF Roger Crandall (27-L .333-39-0-0-.922) Rookie
8: C Don Stokes (39-R .439-41-3-11-1.256)
9: P Ed Alvarado (27-R .000-8-0-0-.000)

PORTLAND
1: CF Perry Templet (22-L .462-52-1-7-1.068) Rookie
2: C Dennis Webb (24-L .326-43-0-4-.811)
3: RF Dale Ainsworth (26-L .377-53-0-9-.836)
4: 1B Jeff Austin (29-R .204-49-1-7-.556)
5: LF Howard McNeal (30-R .269-52-1-6-.687)
6: 3B Glenn Pearce (38-R .267-45-0-2-.635)
7: 2B Manuel Jimenez (29-R) Season debut
8: SS Dave Lesley (26-R .188-48-0-4-.470)
9: P Tom Horn (24-L) Major League debut

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof closed
Attendance: 13,619

Top of the First:
Henry Rangel grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Schoenfeld lines an 0-2 pitch into right for a hit. Tom Short lines out to 3rd. Felix Salazar flies out to deep right, near the foul line.

Bottom of the First:

Perry Templet swings at the first pitch, as he is wont to do, and grounds a hit into right. He now has an 11 game hitting streak. Dennis Webb, with Perry Templet on the move, takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three, but Templet makes it to 2nd with a stolen base. Dale Ainsworth strikes out. Jeff Austin flies out to deep right.

Bottom of the Second:

Howard McNeal leads off with a double to left and Glenn Pearce follows with a single up the middle to score him. 1 to 0, Beavers! That is all we get, though.

Bottom of the Third:
Dennis Webb leads off with a double to center and with 2 outs, Howard McNeal singles him home! 2 to 0, Beavers!

Top of the Sixth:

Dave Schoenfeld leads off with a hit and goes to 3rd on a hit by Tom Short. Felix Salazar lines out to deep left and Schoenfeld scores. 2 to 1, Beavers. We decide to leave Horn in to face one more batter, since Farley Ross bats from the left side. He strikes out! 2 outs. We give him once more batter, then.... Antonio Mata triples to left center, tying the game at 2... Roger Crandall is a lefty, so we will give him just one more.... He strikes out!

Top of the Eighth:
On the Hill: Antoine Redd (30-R), beginning his 2nd inning of work. Dave Schoenfeld and Tom Short lead off with back-to-back singles and Felix Salazar walks to load the bases up with no outs... The infield is brought in. Farley Ross grounds one to 2nd and we get the force at home, 4-2. 1 out. Infield still in. Antonio Mata grounds one to 3rd and we get a 5-2-3 double play!!! No runs!!!

Top of the Ninth:
Antoine Redd still in there. PH Dave Russell (26-L), who is 6 for 15 (.400) with a home run on the season, works the count full and then takes ball 4... PH Roger Murphy (26-L) is announced and we make a Call to the Bullpen: Jerry Wilhelm (32-L). They leave Murphy in there and he flies out to the base of the wall in center. Whew! PH Jackie Roberts (31-R) is announced and we make another Call to the Bullpen: Don Schmidt (26-R). Joe Harrison (35-R) comes in to play 1st in a double switch. They leave Roberts in and he draws a walk... Henry Rangel pops out to 1st! 2 down. Dave Schoenfeld grounds out to short!

Bottom of the Ninth:

New Pitcher: Darryl Amar (26-R). He is not their closer, who is rested and sitting in the Bullpen. Amar was claimed off waivers a week ago from New York. Howard McNeal drives one into left center in a bid for a hit, but Dave Schoenfeld, who is now in center and not known for his range, makes a great running catch... Glenn Pearce lines out to short. Joe Harrison hits one well to right, but it is caught at the warning track.

Extras!

Our first extra inning game this season.

Top of the Tenth:
Felix Salazar gets a 1 out hit, but that is all they get.

Bottom of the Tenth:
New Pitcher: Tomas Cavazos (24-R), their closer. 1 unearned run in 7 innings. 5 H, 1 BB and 7 K. One of the best in the League. We go down in order.

Top of the Eleventh:
They go down in order.

Bottom of the Eleventh:
After the first two make outs, I let P Don Schmidt make the third out.

Top of the Twelfth:
Top of their order. With 2 outs, Tom Short draws an walk and Felix Salazar follows with a single, but Farley Ross strikes out!

Bottom of the Twelfth:

New Pitcher: Jerry Parra (36-R). Still throws hard and has a great slider. Howard McNeal leads off by taking a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. He steals 2nd, standing up! Glenn Pearce grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and McNeal moves over to 3rd. The winning run is 90 feet away with 1 out. All we need now is a fly ball... The infield is in. Joe Harrison pokes one over the drawn in defenders for a hit and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!!!

Won - 3 to 2 in 12 innings

We had 7 whole hits and made no errors
Oakland had 10 hits and made no errors

Tom Horn went 6 innings, allowed 2 runs, 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2 in his Major League debut.
RHP Antoine Redd went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1 and got out of a bases loaded, no out jam unscathed.
LHP Jerry Wilhelm faced 1 batter and retired him.
RHP Don Schmidt (W 1-0) went 3.2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2.

Ed Alvarado went 5 innings, gave us 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4.
RHP Jerry Parra (L 0-1) got 1 out and gave us 1 run, 1 hit and 1 walk.

C Dennis Webb hit a double and scored a run. LF Howard McNeal had 2 hits with a double and a walk, scored 2 runs, including the winning one, and had an RBI. He also stole 2 bases. 1B Joe Harrison had the game winning hit. SS Dave Lesley hit a double and drew a walk.

For the Oaks, LF/CF Dave Schoenfeld had 3 hits and a walk and scored a run.
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