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Saturday, April 7, 2001
Portland Beavers (1-3 .250 3 GB tied for 5th place in the PCL West) at
Kansas City Royals (2-2 .500 1 GB tied for 3rd place in the PCL East)
POR: Duane Howard (29-R Season debut) vs. KC: Graham Pethel (24-R Season debut)
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Melvin Rodarte (31-L .333-18-0-2-.722)
2: SS Dave Risinger (25-R .222-18-0-1-.444)
3: LF Jerry Grant (30-L .091-11-0-0-.258)
4: 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R .250-16-0-1-.607)
5: 3B Fernando Mexicano (20-L .353-17-1-2-.941) Rookie
6: RF Bill Wilson (28-R .313-16-0-1-.728)
7: CF Jack Hinckley (25-R .353-17-0-1-.742)
8: C Craig Petitto (26-R .091-11-0-0-.322) Rookie
9: P Duane Howard (29-R Season debut)
KANSAS CITY
1: SS Dennis Sabin (29-R .176-17-0-1-.399)
2: 3B Gilberto Perez (30-L .385-13-0-2-.962)
3: LF Ken Manning (22-R .294-17-1-3-.804)
4: CF Larry Laramie (27-L .176-17-1-1-.575)
5: 1B Mickey Woods (34-R Season debut)
6: RF Sergio de Santiago (26-L .286-14-0-0-.769) Rookie
7: 2B Dick Ohrn (24-R .267-15-1-2-.820)
8: C Steve Pierce (23-R Major League debut) Rookie
9: P Graham Pethel (24-S Season debut)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium
Weather: 57 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 10 MPH wind blowing in from center.
Attendance: 15,129
Top of the First:
Melvin Rodarte lines a double to left. Dave Risinger grounds out to short and Rodarte takes 3rd. Jerry Grant lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit and Rodarte scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Glenn Snowden lines a 3-2 pitch over the center fielder's head for a double and Grant scores from 1st without a throw! 2 to 0, Beavers! Fernando Mexicano pops out to shallow center. 2 outs. Bill Wilson grounds out to 3rd.
Bottom of the First:
Dennis Sabin grounds out to the pitcher. Gilberto Perez lines out to left. Ken Manning strikes out! 1-2-3!
Bottom of the Second:
Larry Laramie draws a walk and Mickey Woods, in his first AB of the season, lines an 0-2 pitch to center for a hit. But the next 3 all make outs!
Bottom of the Third:
P Graham Pethel leads off with a double to center. Dennis Sabin beats out an infield hit. Gilberto Perez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play, but Pethel scores. 2 to 1, Beavers. Ken Manning doubles down the left field line. Larry Laramie pops out to shallow center!
Bottom of the Fourth:
With 1 out, Sergio de Santiago lays down a bunt and P Duane Howard throws the ball away for a 2 base error... Dick Ohrn follows with a double to left and the game is tied at 2 all. The next 2 make outs.
Top of the Sixth:
We go down in order for the fourth straight inning....
Bottom of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: David Fuentes (24-R). With 1 out, Dennis Sabin doubles to right center. Gilberto Perez grounds one back to the box, but Fuentes cannot find the handle and runners are at 1st and 3rd with 1 out. Ken Manning flies out to right and Sabin beats the throw to the plate. 3 to 2, Royals.
Bottom of the Eighth:
With 1 out, Dick Ohrn doubles to center. Steve Pierce takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, Dennis Sabin lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit and Ohrn scores. 4 to 2, Royals. Call to the Bullpen: Dick Register (27-L). Gilberto Perez flies out to center.
Lost - 4 to 2
We had 6 hits and made 2 errors
Kansas City had 9 hits and made no errors
Duane Howard went 6 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 6 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 3. At bat, he drew a walk.
RHP David Fuentes (L 0-1) went 1.2 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 3 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2.
LHP Dick Register faced 1 batter and retired him.
Graham Pethel (W 1-0) went 8 innings, gave us 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run.
RHP Danny Mathies (SV 1) pitched a perfect 9th.
2B Melvin Rodarte had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. LF Jerry Grant had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Glenn Snowden hit a double and had an RBI.
For the Royals, SS Dennis Sabin had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI.
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