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Old 07-12-2019, 11:34 PM   #643
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Wednesday, July 2, Year III

Portland Beavers (55-26 .679 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
San Diego Padres (44-33 .571 9 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West)

POR: Angel Gaspar (24-R 8-2 1.92) vs. SD: Jim Stroughter (33-R 2-6 5.42)

Gaspar has had 5 straight starts of allowing 2 or fewer runs, allowing 5 total runs.

Stroughter won 33 games for the Pirates in Years I and II. We have faced him twice and he pitched well both times, but had no decisions.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 3B Omar Flores (22-L .349-269-2-35-.892)
2: CF Jeff Schottler (26-R .307-303-6-37-.799)
3: RF Woody Griesbach (25-R .303-218-7-31-.831)
4: 1B Damien Carr (29-L .286-140-4-21-.814) 2 time All-Star
5: LF Tony Casarez (21-L .300-293-12-52-.849)
6: 2B Pablo Mateo (25-R .259-189-6-24-.737) Silver Slugger Gold Glove
7: C Dennis Webb (27-L .293-82-0-4-.814)
8: SS Dave Lesley (28-R .302-268-3-29-.766)
9: P Angel Gaspar (24-R .250-44-0-6-.494)

SAN DIEGO
1: CF Hal Baumgardner (28-R .238-248-2-24-.634) All-Star
2: RF Tom Borden (31-L .207-135-2-14-.655)
3: 1B Ernesto Najarro (24-L .294-255-8-44-.781)
4: 2B Roger Rojas (26-R .319-307-9-59-.892)
5: 3B Mike Fahy (32-L .291-309-8-45-.768) All-Star (Yr I)
6: LF Ichiro Kato (32-L .188-48-3-10-.632)
7: C John Pauley (27-R .164-140-0-14-.455)
8: SS Frank Birch (34-L .277-224-0-29-.666)
9: P Jim Stroughter (33-R .250-32-0-4-.544)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium
Weather: 69 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to left.
Attendance: 25,492

Top of the First:

Omar Flores lines a hit to right. He steals 2nd. Jeff Schottler grounds out to short. Flores gets caught stealing 3rd. Woody Griesbach grounds out to the pitcher...

Bottom of the First:
Hal Baumgardner pops out to 3rd. Tom Borden grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Ernesto Najarro grounds out to 2nd! 1-2-3!

Top of the Second:
With 1 out, Tony Casarez swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit. Pablo Mateo doubles down the left field line and Casarez scores from 1st! 1 to 0, Beavers! The next two make outs, though.

Bottom of the Third:

With 1 out, Tom Borden, the ex-Beaver who cannot hit a lick, triples to right... Ernesto Najarro lines a hit to center and Borden scores to tie the game at 1 all.

Bottom of the Fifth:
Hal Baumgardner leads off with a hit and then Tom Borden doubles to center and Baumgardner scores... 2 to 1, Padres. Ernesto Najarro flies out to right and Borden tags up and beats the throw to 3rd. Roger Rojas loops their 9th hit of the game to left and Borden scores... 3 to 1, Padres. The Bullpen is up. Mike Fahy hits a home run to left center.... 5 to 1, Padres.

Bottom of the Sixth:
New Pitcher: Dave Perez (25-L). Frank Birch takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... P Jim Stroughter bunts him to 2nd. Hal Baumgardner grounds a hit to center and Birch stops at 3rd. Tom Borden grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Birch scores. 6 to 1, Padres.

Top of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Pablo Mateo lines a hit to right. Dennis Webb grounds a double over the 1st base bag. Dave Lesley grounds a hit to left and both runners score! 6 to 3, Padres. PH Gordon Saunderson (28-L) grounds a hit to center and Lesley beats the throw to 3rd. Omar Flores draws a walk to load the bases up with 1 out. Jeff Schottler grounds into a force at home, 6-2. Woody Griesbach strikes out looking....

Lost - 6 to 3

We had 7 hits and made no errors
San Diego had 13 hits and made 1 error

Angel Gaspar (L 8-3) went 5 innings, allowed 5 runs, 10 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 3. He threw a WP.
LHP Dave Perez went 1 inning, allowed 1 run, 2 hits and 1 walk.
RHP Don Schmidt went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 2.

Jim Stroughter (W 3-6) went 8 innings, gave us 3 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 4.
Dale Bradley (SV 12) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout.

LF Tony Casarez had a hit and 2 walks and scored a run. 2B Pablo Mateo had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. C Dennis Webb hit a double and scored a run. SS Dave Lesley had a hit and 2 RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit.

For the Padres, LF Ichiro Kato had 3 hits.
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