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Sunday, September 22, Year II
Fan Appreciation Day
The final regular season home game of Year II
Because without you, our loyal fans, we are just some old guy sitting in his underwear in the dark playing a computer game....
Oakland Oaks (65-90 .419 33 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (98-57 .632 in 1st place in the PCL West)
OAK: Pete McKendrick (27-R 6-8 3.36) Rookie vs. POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 9-1 2.45)
McKendrick is pitching on short rest. We beat him both times we faced him, but he pitched 1 good game, giving us 3 runs and 6 hits in 7 IP.
Grigg is still bothered by back stiffness, but he says he can go.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
OAKLAND
1: RF Dick Hoagland (32-L .256-367-14-42-.766)
2: SS Don Wright (25-R .272-81-1-10-.660) Rookie
3: 1B Dave Russell (28-L .247-194-6-18-.663)
4: LF Norm Wynne (26-R .226-483-15-63-.732)
5: 3B Antonio Mata (28-R .251-378-6-34-.635)
6: C Luis Cid (23-L .264-277-2-21-.671) Rookie
7: CF Bob Waln (34-R .210-334-7-32-.600)
8: 2B Avery Shular (30-R .236-347-3-30-.603)
9: P Pete McKendrick (27-L .103-29-0-1-.241) Rookie
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .297-462-10-67-.796) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .295-217-2-23-.724)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .262-435-6-45-.687) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-579-23-92-.765)
5: RF Bob Draper (23-L .278-284-8-41-.752) Rookie
6: LF Woody Griesbach (24-R .268-332-9-37-.763) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .259-328-6-27-.699) Rookie
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .180-244-4-32-.513) Gold Glove
9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .175-40-0-2-.365)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 24,372
Top of the First:
Dick Hoagland lines out to right. Don Wright grounds out to short. Dave Russell swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right. Norm Wynne grounds out to short!
Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet triples to left center! Dennis Webb lines a hit to right and Bouvet scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Schottler nubs one in front of the plate and they get the force at 2nd, 2-6. Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. He steals 2nd. That is his 40th theft of the season. Bob Draper grounds out to 1st, unassisted.
Top of the Third:
With 1 out, P Pete McKendrick doubles to center... But Dick Hoagland grounds out to short and Don Wright strikes out!
Top of the Sixth:
After getting the 3rd out, P Bob Grigg comes to the dugout and says his back is hurting...
Top of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). With 2 outs, Bob Waln draws a 4 pitch walk... But Avery Shular grounds out to 1st, unassisted!
Top of the Eighth:
They go down in order, the last two striking out!
Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Rob Daigle (30-L) with a 2.45 ERA in 62.1 IP. With 1 out, PH Rollie Ferree (29-R) draws a rare walk for him. Paul Bouvet grounds a single to left. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) lines out to left. Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to right and Ferree beats the throw to the plate! 2 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Austin grounds a hit to center and the bases are loaded with 2 outs. PH Dave Lesley (27-R) grounds out to 2nd...
Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Rollie Ferree stays in to play left and Woody Griesbach moves to right. Phil Parker is in to catch. Dave Russell leads off with a 4 pitch walk... Norm Wynne grounds a 2-2 pitch to center for a hit... Antonio Mata lines out to 3rd and Omar Flores fires to 2nd to double off Dave Russell!! Luis Cid lines one to right and Woody Griesbach charges in and makes a running catch and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!
Won - 2 to 0
Sweep!
We had 7 hits and made 1 error
Oakland had 5 hits and made 1 error
Bob Grigg (W 10-1) went 6 shutout innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4.
LHP Lou Hertzberg (H 6) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Don Schmidt (SV 23) pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk.
Pete McKendrick (L 6-9) went 6.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 4 hits, no walks and struck out no one. At bat, he hit a double.
2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits with a triple and scored a run. That is 16 triples as a Beaver and 18 overall on the season. He only has 6 doubles as a Beaver. SS Eddie Thomas hit a double. PH Rollie Ferree drew a walk and scored a run.
For the Oaks, we did not get David Russell out at bat. He went 2 for 2 with 2 walks.
Pepe says Bob Grigg's back is no big deal and he ought to be 100% for his next start!
For the season, we drew 1,819,273 fans. Not a great number for a 2 time division winning club, but up from last year's 1,666,706. Boston leads Baseball with 2.8 million. This team had been a loser so long that I think there just are not that many baseball fans left. If we can keep up the winning, they will come...
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