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Old 05-15-2019, 04:58 PM   #356
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Monday, May 27, Year II

Milwaukee Brewers (22-23 .489 6.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL East) at
Portland Beavers (27-20 .574 2 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West)

MIL: Charlie Gibson (29-R Season debut) vs. POR: Frank Martin (27-R 6-2 2.78)

Gibson was 9-10 with a 3.44 ERA last year in 30 starts. He was 3-4 with a 2.38 ERA in 10 starts for Toronto (AAA) this season.

Martin is 4-0 in his last 5 starts, but he has not faced Milwaukee.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
MILWAUKEE
1: 3B Bill Valdez (30-R .339-174-0-14-.799)
2: 2B Tom Harriger (25-R .253-174-3-21-.681) All-Star
3: RF Larry Reichler (24-L .239-155-4-20-.706) Silver Slugger 2 for 5 with a HR vs Martin
4: 1B Don Duggan (26-L .313-147-6-21-.836) 1 for 1
5: CF Gene Belt (25-R .300-80-1-13-.792)
6: LF Pedro Perez (37-L .348-138-5-18-.953) All-Star
7: C Bob Coyne (37-L .270-115-3-17-.850) All-Star
8: SS Dave Glinsky (34-L .156-122-1-9-.489)
9: P Charlie Gibson (29-L Season debut)

PORTLAND
1: RF Tom Borden (30-L .333-36-0-0-.718) Gold Glove
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .246-57-0-2-.606)
3: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .318-66-2-8-.885) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .223-166-5-18-.665)
5: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .267-86-1-3-.668)
6: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .231-78-1-4-.576) Rookie
7: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .178-135-3-11-.532) WS MVP
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .193-119-4-20-.573) Gold Glove
9: P Frank Martin (27-S .000-19-0-0-.095)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 68 F, Overcast, with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 15,678

Top of the First:
Bill Valdez flies out to deep center. Tom Harriger fouls out to 1st. Larry Reichler doubles to center. Don Duggan swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd!

Bottom of the First:

Tom Borden pops out to short. Dennis Webb grounds out to 2nd. Omar Flores doubles to left. Jeff Austin grounds out to 2nd. Deja vu, all over again....

Bottom of the Fourth:
We get our second hit of the day when Dave Lesley doubles to right center with 1 out, but he gets doubled off base when Tony Casarez flies out to left...

Top of the Sixth:
With 2 outs, Larry Reichler homers to left.... 1 to 0, Brewers. Don Duggan follows with a 444 foot blast to center... 2 to 0, Brewers.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Tom Borden leads off with a 4 pitch walk and makes it to 3rd on a single to right by Dennis Webb, but hurts himself sliding.... Pinch-runner: Barry Tucker (29-L), who will stay in to play right. Omar Flores draws a walk to load the bases up with no outs. Jeff Austin flies out to center and Tucker scores without a throw. 2 to 1, Brewers. Dave Lesley flies out to right... If we only get the 1 run with the bases loaded and nobody out....well, I will figure that's just because we stink...it would be insanity, at this point, to expect more.... Tony Casarez grounds one to short, but Dave Glinsky boots it to load the bases back up for Jeff Schottler. He grounds out to 3rd....hard, but out...

Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) doubles to right. Barry Tucker grounds one to short and Glinsky boots another one! 1st and 3rd, 1 out. New Pitcher: Randy Canon (23-R). Full count to Dennis Webb and, with Tucker on the move, he grounds out to 2nd and Saunderson scores to tie the game at 2! Omar Flores flies out to right.

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Gordon Saunderson stays in the game to play right, the third player to be stationed there this game. With 2 outs, Tom Harriger grounds a hit past SS Eddie Thomas. Larry Reichler swings at a 3-1 pitch and pops out to short!

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Steve Hendricks (35-R). 5.68 ERA, but he has pitched a scoreless inning against us in this series. Jeff Austin gets us off to a good start with a strikeout... Dave Lesley grounds a hit to left center. Tony Casarez beats out an infield hit! Jeff Schottler swings at the first pitch and flies out to left.... That brings up Eddie Thomas and his .189 batting average... Hate to, but we pinch-hit with Larry Sinchak (31-R). He works the count full and then drives one to deep center, but it is caught....

Top of the Ninth:

Dave Lesley moves over to short and Tony Socorro (29-R) is in to play 2nd. We only have CF Rollie Ferree (28-R) and C Tod Schreck (31-R) left on the bench. Don Duggan leads off with a hit to right... Don Schmidt has pitched 12 scoreless innings in a row. It cannot go on forever, I guess... Gene Belt doubles to right and Duggan stops at 3rd. Call to the Bullpen: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). Pedro Perez flies out to right and Duggan holds at 3rd. 1 out. We walk a lefty intentionally... Bob Coyne is sent to 1st... ARGHHHH! PH Diego Cordova (29-R) is sent up. He's that backup catcher that hurt us before... Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Cordova strike out! 2 down. PH Jim Blinderman (25-L), 1 for 11 on the season (.091).... Reyna stinks against lefties, though.... There is no one else available in the pen... well, expect starter, Lonny Tomski, but he is not warmed up, anyway, and is no better against lefties than Reyna.... Blinderman swings at a 1-1 pitch and clears the bases with a double to left.... 5 to 2, Brewers.... I want my mommy...

Bottom of the Ninth:
The game fittingly ends with Rollie Ferree getting doubled off 2nd base on a 1 out fly ball to center.... down 3 runs and you take risks.... why have none of these players any brains?

Lost - 5 to 2

We had 7 hits and made no errors
Milwaukee had 9 hits and made 2 errors

Frank Martin went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Don Schmidt (L 5-2) went 1 inning, allowed 2 runs and 3 hits.
LHP Mitch Dowdell faced 2 batters and retired one, allowed a run and a walk (INT).
RHP Jorge Reyna faced 3 batters and got 2 outs, allowed THE hit and struck out 1.

Charlie Gibson went 6.1 innings, gave us 2 runs (1 earned), 4 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. At bat, he hit a double.
RHP Steve Hendricks (W 3-2) went 1 scoreless inning, gave us 2 hits and struck out 1.
LHP George Thomas (SV 11) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 1 hit. Now, 5 of his saves are against us.... The rest of the League has been ripping him apart....

PR/RF Barry Tucker scored a run. 3B Omar Flores hit a double and drew a walk. 2B/SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double. PH/RF Gordon Saunderson hit a double and scored a run. PH Rollie Ferree had a hit, but pulled a boner...

Pepe says Tom Borden has blurred vision and, in his experience, it will take him 5 days to a week to have it clear up and for the headache to go away.
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