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Tuesday, May 29, 2001
Portland Beavers (21-29 .420 11.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the PCL West) at
Minnesota Twins (27-24 .529 4.5 GB in 2nd place in the PCL East)
POR: Johnny Cox (28-L 1-2 5.87) vs. MIN: Jorge Vela (31-L 5-2 3.03)
Cox gave up 6 runs in 3.1 IP at Coors last time out.
Vela has been shelled in his last 2 starts after starting the season 5-1 with a 2.01 ERA.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: CF Jack Hinckley (25-R .260-192-0-11-.590)
2: 3B Dave Risinger (25-R .229-144-0-7-.564)
3: 2B Shannon Kuchta (23-R .257-167-6-29-.682) Rookie
4: 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R .331-178-11-43-.987)
5: LF Don Neumann (31-S .231-121-5-14-.706)
6: SS Melvin Rodarte (32-L .275-182-1-19-.708)
7: RF Ricky Duarte (28-R .195-41-1-5-.602) Rookie
8: C Jim Shippy (30-R .167-18-0-3-.380)
9: P John Cox (28-L .000-6-0-0-.000)
MINNESOTA
1: 3B Larry Murphy (21-R .261-199-1-23-.752)
2: CF Marco Manga (21-L .268-205-7-25-.837)
3: 2B Dave Macnaughton (28-R .266-222-5-27-.697)
4: LF Phil Brown (27-R .328-201-12-33-.968)
5: 1B Rick Woodell (30-L .266-154-5-23-.797)
6: RF Larry Kelm (26-R .196-158-1-15-.523)
7: SS Dick Henry (23-S .237-190-1-15-.564)
8: C Kevin Browning (30-R .200-45-0-4-.502)
9: P Jorge Vela (31-L .136-22-0-3-.356)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Target Field
Weather: 78 F, Clear Skies, with an 11 MPH wind blowing out to right.
Attendance: 19,890
Top of the First:
Jack Hinckley flies out to center. Dave Risinger grounds out to the pitcher. Shannon Kuchta grounds out to short...
Bottom of the First:
Larry Murphy swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to deep left. Marco Manga strikes out! Dave Macnaughton grounds a hit to left. Phil Brown swings at an 0-2 pitch and hits a home run to left... 2 to 0, Twins. Rick Woodell swings at the first pitch and flies out to center.
Top of the Second:
With 1 out, Don Neumann singles and steals 2nd. Melvin Rodarte grounds a hit to right and Neumann scores without a throw! 2 to 1, Twins. Rodarte steals 2nd and 3rd on consecutive pitches! Ricky Duarte beats out an infield hit and Rodarte scores to tie the game! 2 to 2. With 2 outs, P John Cox doubles to left center! Jack Hinckley flies out to right...
Top of the Third:
Dave Risinger lines a hit to right center and then steals 2nd. With 1 out and Glenn Snowden at the plate, Risinger steals 3rd. Not so smart, that one, but he made it. Snowden pops out to shallow right and Risinger holds. 2 outs. A wild pitch scores Risinger! 3 to 2, Beavers! Good thing he stole the base!
Bottom of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Dick Henry doubles to left. With 2 outs, P Jorge Vela swings at an 0-2 pitch and doubles to left and Henry scores to tie the game... 3 to 3.
Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Dick Henry singles and Kevin Browning scores him with a double to right center... 4 to 3, Twins. Call to the Bullpen: Garry Ayers (28-R). He gets the next two out.
Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Joe Sarette (28-R), their closer with a 3.93 ERA and 32 SO in 18.1 IP. We go down in order...
Lost - 4 to 3
We had 6 hits and made no errors
Minnesota had 8 hits and made 1 error
John Cox (L 1-3) went 6.1 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 4. At bat, he hit a double.
RHP Garry Ayers went 1.2 perfect innings with 2 strikeouts.
Jorge Vela (W 6-2) went 7 innings, gave us 3 runs, 6 hits, 3 walks and struck out 1. He threw a WP. At bat, he hit a double and had an RBI.
Joe Sarette (SV 2) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout.
3B Dave Risinger had a hit and 2 walks, stole 2 bases and scored a run. 1B Glenn Snowden hit a triple.
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