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Saturday, June 2, 2001
Portland Beavers (21-33 .389 15.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the PCL West) at
Oakland Oaks (26-28 .481 10.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West)
POR: Ivan Sanchez (28-L 1-0 3.29) vs. OAK: Juan Tudela (28-R 1-1 7.86)
Sanchez went 8.2 innings last time out and almost had a shutout, but gave up a 2 run home run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th.
We have not faced Tudela before. He allowed 6 runs in 2 IP in his last start.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: SS Melvin Rodarte (32-L .270-200-1-21-.685)
2: 3B Tommy Thomas (30-L .235-68-1-2-.660)
3: 2B Shannon Kuchta (23-R .254-181-6-30-.668) Rookie
4: 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R .317-189-11-43-.959)
5: LF Fernando Mexicano (20-L .289-90-3-14-.778) Rookie
6: RF Franklin Felix (23-R .435-23-0-1-.913) Rookie
7: CF Jack Hinckley (25-R .261-207-0-12-.601)
8: C Craig Petitto (26-R .187-107-0-11-.510) Rookie
9: P Ivan Sanchez (28-L .500-6-0-0-1.167)
OAKLAND
1: RF Gerry Elliott (28-L .302-215-2-17-.743)
2: CF John Trent (29-R .314-220-5-21-.889)
3: LF Javy Puente (30-S .335-224-16-53-.995)
4: 1B Tim Metts (25-L .281-192-13-40-.861)
5: C Al Burrell (36-R .232-185-10-25-.703)
6: 2B Mario Rodriguez (28-R .286-189-3-18-.723)
7: SS Alexis Montoy (34-S .338-157-1-16-.818)
8: 3B Pete Schiff (29-R .156-32-1-3-.456)
9: P Juan Tudela (28-L .111-9-0-2-.222)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Oakland Coliseum
Weather: 70 F, Clear Skies, with an 11 MPH wind blowing left to right.
Attendance: 20,821
Top of the First:
Melvin Rodarte flies out to center. Tommy Thomas lines a hit to center. Shannon Kuchta flies out to right. Thomas gets caught stealing...
Bottom of the First:
Gerry Elliott swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. John Trent beats out an infield hit. Javy Puente flies out to left. Trent tries to steal 2nd, but C Craig Petitto throws him out! One of the few that he has nailed this season.
Bottom of the Second:
With 1 out, Al Burrell takes a 4 pitch walk. Mario Rodriguez grounds one down to 3rd, but Tommy Thomas makes an error on his throw to 2nd... Alexis Montoy takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and the bases are loaded with 1 out... Pete Schiff swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out! P Juan Tudela flies out to right!
Top of the Fourth:
With 1 out, Glenn Snowden hits a home run to left center! 1 to 0, Beavers!
Bottom of the Fourth:
Tim Metts lines a hit to right and Al Burrell draws a full count walk. Mario Rodriguez grounds a hit to center and the bases are loaded with no outs... Alexi Montoy lines out to right and Metts tags up, but gets thrown out at home by RF Franklin Felix! 2 out. The runners moves up to 2nd and 3rd on the throw. We walk Pete Schiff intentionally to face P Juan Tudela. He flies out to center! No runs!!
Top of the Sixth:
With 2 outs, Fernando Mexicano hits a home run to right! 2 to 0, Beavers!
Bottom of the Ninth:
For the second start in a row, P Ivan Sanchez enters the Ninth Inning carrying a shutout. Scott Plourde is in to play short and Melvin Rodarte has moved over to 3rd. Mario Rodriguez swings at the first pitch and grounds one to 2nd, but Shannon Kuchta boots. it.... PH Bobbie Duvall (33-R), batting .328 with 2 HR and 12 RBI in 58 AB, walks on 4 pitches... That puts P Sanchez at 115 pitches... Pete Schiff grounds one down to 3rd. Melvin Rodarte fields it, steps on 3rd for 1 out, fires to 2nd for out #2, and Shannon Kuchta fires to 1st for out...no, Schiff is safe at 1st... He looked out, to me! That would have been so sweet to end the game with a triple play! 2 down, though! PH Juan Rosa (31-R), batting .154 in 39 AB with 1 HR, flies out to left and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!!!
Won - 2 to 0
Our first CG shutout!
We had 9 hits and made 2 errors
Oakland had 5 hits and made no errors
Ivan Sanchez (W 2-0) went 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 5 hits, 5 walks (1 INT) and struck out 1. 123 pitches. At bat, he had a hit.
Juan Tudela (L 1-2) went 7 innings, gave us 2 runs, 8 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 3. He threw a WP.
SS Melvin Rodarte had 2 hits with a triple. 1B Glenn Snowden hits his 12th home run of the season. LF Fernando Mexicano had 3 hits with a double and his 4th home run (2nd in 2 games since coming off the DL!).
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