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Monday, April 15, Year II

The first place and scorching hot San Diego Padres are in town to play us a 3 game series. They swept Seattle in 3 games at home over the weekend and have won 7 in a row. We won the season series last year, 13-5. They are 8th in the PCL in scoring with 3.50 runs per game (Portland is still #2 with 4.30). They are 2nd in fewest runs allowed with 2.60 per game (Portland is up to #4 with 2.90).

San Diego Padres (9-1 .900 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (7-3 .700 2 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West)

SD: Javier Reyna (32-R 2-0 1.59) vs. POR: Ron Wolf (28-R 1-1 4.40) All-Star

We were 2-2 against Reyna last season, but only once did he give us more than 2 runs and only gave us 7 total in 4 starts. He pitched a shutout against us. He is no relation to our own Jorge Reyna. Jorge is from Puerto Rico and Javier is from Venezuela.

Wolf has the flu....

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN DIEGO
1: CF Hal Baumgardner (27-R .455-11-1-1-1.227)
2: LF David Shropshire (30-L .258-31-1-6-.720)
3: 2B Roger Rojas (25-R .297-37-2-4-.784)
4: RF Bob Welch (36-R .368-19-1-3-1.084) Trade from Baltimore
5: 3B Mike Fahy (31-L .297-37-0-3-.685) All-Star
6: C Lee Dukes (33-R .267-30-1-5-.657)
7: 1B Otis Smith (33-L .188-16-0-3-.627)
8: SS Lute Campbell (28-R .147-34-0-0-.371) Rookie
9: P Javier Reyna (32-R .000-5-0-0-.000)

PORTLAND
1: RF Dale Ainsworth (27-L .231-39-0-1-.626) Gold Glove
2: C Dennis Webb (25-L .278-36-0-2-.686)
3: CF Perry Templet (23-L .378-37-0-8-.877) PCLCS MVP
4: 3B Randy James (33-R .229-35-0-2-.614)
5: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .237-38-3-7-.812)
6: 2B Gary Long (33-R .350-40-1-8-.916) Gold Glove
7: LF Jeff Schottler (25-R .211-38-1-2-.671) WS MVP
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .357-28-3-8-1.098) Gold Glove
9: P Ron Wolf (28-R .000-4-0-0-.000) All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 18,119

Top of the First:
Hal Baumgardner swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. David Shropshire flies out to left. Roger Rojas walks on 4 pitches. He steals 2nd. C Dennis Webb has not thrown a base thief out at 2nd yet this season... Full count to Bob Welch and he swings and flies out to shallow left!

Bottom of the First:
Dale Ainsworth lines a double to left. Dennis Webb grounds out to short and Ainsworth goes to 3rd. Perry Templet lines out to 2rd and Mike Fahy steps on the bag to double off Ainsworth....

Top of the Third:
P Javier Reyna leads off with a single and Hal Baumgardner follows with another. With 1 out, P Ron Wolf balks and then Reyna scores on a ground out by Roger Rojas. 1 to 0, Padres. Then Baumgardner scores on a wild pitch... 2 to 0, Padres.

Bottom of the Third:
P Ron Wolf reaches on an error by 3B Mike Fahy, but gets doubled off 1st when Dale Ainsworth lines out to center... Dennis Webb gets beaned and writhes on the ground in pain.... Phil Parker makes his season debut as a pinch-runner and will stay in to catch. Perry Templet grounds out to 1st, unassisted.

Bottom of the Fifth:
Jeff Schottler leads off with a single to center and Eddie Thomas reaches on an error by P Javier Reyna when he drops a throw at 1st. We pinch-hit for P Ron Wolf, since he has the flu and since we could use some runs... PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) pops out to 3rd. Well, just because he has the flu, then... Dale Ainsworth grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. We send up Tom Borden (30-L) to hit for C Phil Parker. He grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Yep, no runs for us today...

Bottom of the Sixth:
Perry Templet leads off with a grounder to left for a hit. With 1 out, Jeff Austin takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Gary Long lines a single to left center and Templet scores! 2 to 1, Padres. We pull off a double steal! Jeff Schottler grounds out to 2nd and Austin scores to tie the game at 2. Eddie Thomas is up and I consider pinch-hitting for him, but decide to keep his defense in the game. He homers to left center!!!!! 4 to 2, Beavers!!!! 4 home runs on the season in 11 games!!! He hit 4 all of last season between Brooklyn and Portland!! C Tod Schreck strikes out.

Top of the Seventh:
On the Hill: Don Schmidt (27-R), beginning his second inning of work. After getting the third out, he goes to Pepe in the dugout and complains of pain in his leg....

Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, PH Woody Griesbach (24-R), in only his second AB of the season, homers to left!!! 5 to 2, Beavers! That sends Javier Reyna to the clubhouse. New Pitcher: Danny Gilmore (29-R). He gets the next two out.

Won - 7 to 3

We had 10 hits and made no errors
San Diego had 7 hits and made 2 errors

Here I am jinxing us:
The Padres made 2 errors today; we have made 2 errors total on the season!

Ron Wolf went 5 innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. He threw a WP and balked.
RHP Don Schmidt (W 1-0) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 3.
LHP Lou Hertzberg (SV 1 ) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.

Javier Reyna (L 2-1) went 6.1 innings, gave us 5 runs, 8 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks, 1 HB and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run.

RF Dale Ainsworth hit a double and scored a run. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) hit a home run. 1B Jeff Austin had a hit and a walk, stole a base and scored 2 runs. 2B Gary Long went 4 for 4 with a double, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. SS Eddie Thomas hit his 4th home run of the season and had 3 RBI. He now leads the team outright in HR and RBI!

Pepe's report (I am tired of getting constant reports from Pepe) on C Dennis Webb, who got beaned, is that he just has a bad bruise on his knee and it will be tender for a couple of weeks, but he can probably play on it. P Don Schmidt has maybe a mild muscle strain in his calf, maybe he is just a hypochondriac. Either way, it should be gone in a few days. So far, we have avoided any serious injuries this season, but we are getting plenty of little dings. Counting, P Ron Wolf's flu, we have 4 pitchers now that are less than 100%, but none serious enough to warrant a trip to the DL.