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Thursday, June 6, 2002

We are in Utah to play the Bees a 4 game series through the weekend. They just won a pair of game from San Antonio here by identical scores of 4 to 3. They lost their closer in yesterday's game, however. Jim Nash (37-L), who has 12 SV and a 2.25 ERA is expected to miss 5 weeks with bone spurs in his elbow. Their ace, Bill Wertz (31-R), who won 25 games last season, pitched yesterday and we should miss him in this series, too. This is our first meeting this season with the Bees and we were 3-5 against them last year. They are 11th in scoring in the PCL with 3.93 runs per game (Portland is still last with 3.37). They now have the 2nd worst BA in the PCL (.236), but are still a good bit better than our .228. The Bees are 12th in fewest runs allowed with 4.48 per game (Portland is back to 8th with 4.05). Their pitchers are allowing the opposition to bat .276, the worst in the PCL. Ours are at .236, the 2nd best. Their run differential is -32 and ours is -40.

Portland Beavers (24-35 .407 15.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at
Salt Lake City Bees (28-30 .483 16.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL East)

POR: Steve Muir (27-R 4-4 2.25) Gold Glove vs. SLC: Bob Gordon (33-R 2-3 6.48)

Muir is 0-2 in his last 3 starts, but he set the Beaver record with 10 SO in his last outing, a no decision.

Gordon was 1-1 against us last year, with 1 great game and 1 lousy one.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 3B Rick Woodell (31-L .224-116-3-12-.638)
2: CF Jack Hinckley (26-R .235-85-1-4-.572)
3: LF Fernando Martinez (27-L .227-22-1-4-.701) Gold Glove
4: 1B Glenn Snowden (25-R .257-210-15-37-.871) All-Star/Gold Glove
5: RF Fernando Mexicano (21-L .270-211-13-36-.837)
6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (24-R .242-219-4-18-.661)
7: C Jim Shippy (31-R .281-96-2-11-.764)
8: SS Juan Rojas (23-S .220-82-1-3-.525)
9: P Steve Muir (27-R .071-28-0-2-.143) Gold Glove

SALT LAKE CITY
1: 1B Frankie Clontz (27-L .253-198-6-15-.745)
2: CF Miguel Aguilar (32-L .237-177-1-23-.623)
3: LF Steve Rizkallah (31-R .280-218-8-27-.783) All-Star
4: 3B Jeff Galka (33-R .235-217-11-29-.710)
5: RF John Polanski (31-L .198-202-7-21-.607) Hit .305 last year
6: C Joe Moyers (33-R .180-161-1-12-.496)
7: 2B Ernie Brush (33-S .217-115-1-13-.567)
8: SS Melvin Rodarte (33-L .296-196-3-23-.799) ex-Beaver .596 OPS for us
9: P Bob Gordon (33-R .333-12-0-2-.762)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Derks Field
Weather: 69 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right
Attendance: 23,929

Top of the First:
Rick Woodell swings at the first pitch and flies out to deep right. Jack Hinckley strikes out on 3 pitches... Fernando Martinez fouls out to 3rd...

Bottom of the First:
Frankie Clontz grounds a hit to left. He gets thrown out trying to steal! Miguel Aguilar takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three! Steve Rizkallah flies out to right!

Top of the Second:
Glenn Snowden bloops a hit to right and Fernando Mexicano hits a home run to right center!! 2 to 0, Beavers!

Top of the Fourth:
Fernando Martinez lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit and then gets balked to 2nd. With 1 out, Fernando Mexicano doubles down the right field line and Martinez scores! 3 to 0, Beavers! Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to center and Mexicano scores! 4 to 0, Beavers! Jim Shippy swings at a 3-2 pitch and triples down the right field line! 5 to 0, Beavers! A little magic still left! That does it for P Bob Gordon. New Pitcher: Ruben Flores (27-R) with a 3.42 ERA in 23.2 IP. Juan Rojas swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd, but Shippy scores! 6 to 0, Beavers!

Won - 6 to 0

We had 8 hits and made no errors
Salt Lake City had 6 hits and made no errors

Steve Muir (W 5-4) went 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 6 hits (2 in the 9th), 2 walks and struck out 5. 123 pitches.

Bob Gordon (L 2-4) went 3.1 innings, gave us 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 3. He balked.

1B Glenn Snowden had a hit and a walk and scored a run. RF Fernando Mexicano hit a double and his 14th home run of the season, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. C Jim Shippy hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI.
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