[Questdog]

Monday, May 13, Year II

I always have wondered why Friday the 13th is unlucky, but Monday the 13th is ignored. Seems like it ought to be a double whammy, to me.

We are in Milwaukee to face the Brewers for the first time this season. Last year, we lost the season series, 5-7. They lost 2 of 3 in Los Angeles over the weekend. They are 4th in the PCL in scoring with 4.42 runs per game (Portland is tied for 8th with 3.77). They are 9th in fewest runs allowed with 4.30 per game (Portland is back to #1 with 3.09).

Portland Beavers (23-12 .657 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
Milwaukee Brewers (14-19 .424 7.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL East)

POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 2-1 2.45) Rookie vs. MIL: Ray Bankston (31-L 3-3 4.42)

Bankston is their #1 starter and currently leads the PCL in strikeouts. He was 3-0 against us last year.

Hagans has not won in his last 3 starts (0-1).

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .273-44-0-7-.724) NL MVP Gold Glove
2: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .218-87-4-19-.634) Gold Glove
3: C Dave Benya (27-S .317-63-2-12-.876)
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .228-123-5-17-.704)
5: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .313-32-0-2-.677)
6: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .212-66-2-5-.622) Rookie
7: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .174-121-3-9-.536) WS MVP
8: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .238-42-0-1-.557) Rookie
9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .364-11-0-0-.909) Rookie

MILWAUKEE
1: 3B Bill Valdez (30-R .323-130-0-8-.770)
2: 2B Tom Harriger (25-R .248-129-2-12-.671) All-Star
3: RF Larry Reichler (24-L .248-117-3-15-.702) Silver Slugger
4: 1B Don Duggan (26-L .313-112-5-16-.856)
5: CF Gene Belt (25-R .333-36-1-7-.970)
6: LF Pedro Perez (37-L .390-100-4-12-1.059) All-Star Free Agent from NY
7: C Bob Coyne (36-L .310-84-2-12-.958) All-Star
8: SS Dave Glinsky (34-L .144-90-1-9-.442) Free Agent from Denver
9: P Ray Bankston (31-R .250-20-0-3-.600)

That's a pretty scary looking lineup...

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Milwaukee County Stadium
Weather: 59 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 13 MPH wind blowing right to left.
Attendance: 19,527

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet grounds out to short. Eddie Thomas strikes out. He cannot even hit lefties anymore... Dave Benya grounds a hit to left. Jeff Austin strikes out.

Bottom of the First:
Bill Valdez leads off by taking a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Tom Harriger strikes out! Larry Reichler lines out to left. Don Duggan grounds a hit to right and Valdez beats the throw to 3rd. Gene Belt strikes out!

Top of the Second:
Larry Sinchak leads us off with a double down the right field line. But the three young outfielders come up empty yet again...

Bottom of the Second:
Pedro Perez strikes out! Bob Coyne takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and Brian Hagans calls the trainer out.... dern, dern, dernnit! If he is out for the year, we are hurting... New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). Dave Glinsky grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and Coyne goes to 2nd. P Ray Bankston grounds a hit up the middle and Coyne scores.... 1 to 0, Brewers. Bill Valdez strikes out.

Top of the Fourth:
With 1 out, Jeff Austin doubles to center and Larry Sinchak singles him home! 1 to 1. But now we are to the young outfielder section of the lineup, so nothing else good happens...

Bottom of the Sixth:
Tom Harriger leads off with a hit. With 1 out, Don Duggan singles and Harriger goes to 3rd. Bullpen is up. Gene Belt doubles and Harriger scores. 2 to 1, Brewers. Two lefties coming up, so we leave Dowdell in there, who says he is not gassed yet. Pedro Perez beats out an infield hit and Duggan scores. 3 to 1, Brewers. Perez gets caught stealing and Bob Coyne grounds out to short.

Top of the Seventh:
Woody Griesbach leads off with a walk and Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to right and Griesbach makes it to 3rd. Tony Casarez flies out to left and Griesbach scores without a throw. 3 to 2, Brewers. PH Tod Schreck (31-R) grounds out to 3rd and Schottler goes to 2nd. Paul Bouvet, our superstar, pops out to 2nd...

Bottom of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Barry Chapman (27-R). Dave Glinsky, the .144 hitter, doubles to left center... Chapman used to be worth something... P Ray Bankston bunts Glinsky to 3rd, but Chapman fields the ball and makes a bad throw and Bankston is safe... Bill Valdez, who has struck out every time up today, lines a hit to center... 4 to 2, Brewers. Tom Harriger flies out to right and Woody Griesbach doubles Bankston off of 2nd! Larry Reichler flies out to deep center.

Top of the Eighth:
Jeff Austin ends the inning by getting picked off at 1st...

Top of the Ninth:
With 1 out, Woody Griesbach grounds a hit to center. New Pitcher: George Thomas (33-L), their closer. Why he is still their closer, is a mystery. Last year, he was 3-9 with 21 SV and a 4.65 ERA. This year, he is 1-2 with 5 SV and a 6.23 ERA. He had a win and a save against us last year and no losses and we are at the young outfielders section of the lineup, so he is probably safe... Jeff Schottler flies out to center. PH Dave Lesley (27-R) doubles to left, but now who can we hit for the pitcher? 5 lefties on the bench and no righties.... We go with Omar Flores (21-L), who hit .250 against lefties in the minors... He grounds out to 2nd...

Lost - 4 to 2

We had 9 hits and made 1 error
Milwaukee had 8 hits and made no errors

Brian Hagans went 1.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, 2 walks and struck out 3.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (L 0-1) went 4.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits and struck out 3. At bat, he was 1 for 2.
RHP Barry Chapman went 2 innings, allowed 1 run and 2 hits.

Ray Bankston (W 4-3) went 8.1 innings, gave us 2 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI.
LHP George Thomas (SV 6) faced 3 batter and got 2 out and gave us 1 hit.

C Dave Benya had 2 hits and threw out the only runner who tried to steal. 1B Jeff Austin hit a double and scored a run. 3B Larry Sinchak had 2 hits with a double, stole a base and had an RBI. PH Dave Lesley hit a double.

Pepe's report on Brian Hagans is that he just has some tightness in his back and should be fine to make his next start. That is good news, but I do not like the implications to his manliness...