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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Portland Beavers (14-18 .438 7.5 GB in 7th place in the PCL West) at
Houston Astros (11-21 .344 11 GB in 8th (last) place in the PCL East)
POR: Steve Muir (26-R 2-2 4.47) vs. HOU: Troy Shepherd (28-L 0-0 2.37 1 SV)
Muir has been shelled in 3 of his last 4 starts.
Shepherd is making his 1st start of the season. He pitched in 12 games in relief with 19 IP and 6 BB and 17 SO.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: CF Jack Hinckley (25-R .258-128-0-5-.585)
2: 3B Dave Risinger (25-R .224-107-0-5-.559)
3: 1B Shannon Kuchta (23-R .283-92-4-16-.766) Rookie
4: LF Don Neumann (31-S .218-55-3-6-.738)
5: RF Bill Wilson (28-R .267-116-1-7-.639)
6: 2B Juan Rojas (22-S .222-36-0-2-.521) Rookie
7: SS Melvin Rodarte (32-L .232-112-0-8-.638)
8: C Jim Shippy (30-R .250-4-0-2-.500)
9: P Steve Muir (26-R .188-16-0-1-.423)
HOUSTON
1: LF Ed Holle (27-L .219-96-0-2-.567)
2: SS Jim Sager (22-R .307-127-4-17-.830)
3: 2B Russ Jimenez (30-R .314-121-2-16-.816)
4: RF Mike Oakley (27-L .257-105-3-19-.690)
5: 3B Bob Alsip (27-R .283-120-2-21-.757)
6: CF Greg Wertz (29-R .224-125-4-17-.645)
7: C Dalton Steele (26-L .286-84-0-9-.706)
8: 1B Tom Babcock (25-L .290-31-0-2-.808)
9: P Troy Shepherd (28-L .000-2-0-0-.000)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Minute Maid Park
Weather: 75 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 18,594
Top of the First:
Jack Hinckley swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Dave Risinger grounds out to 2nd. Shannon Kuchta grounds a hit to center. Don Neumann lines out to 1st.
Bottom of the First:
Ed Holle grounds out to 3rd. Jim Sager grounds out to short. Russ Jimenez swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left. Mike Oakley grounds out to 3rd!
Bottom of the Second:
Bob Alsip and Greg Wertz lead off with back-to-back singles. With 1 out, Tom Babcock draws a walk to load the bases up. P Troy Shepherd swings at the first pitch and flies out to center and Alsip tags up and heads home, but CF Jack Hinckley throws him out!!
Through Six innings, each team has 4 hits, but no runs.
Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Dalton Steele and Tom Babcock both draw walks. P Troy Shepherd bunts the runners up. We walk Ed Holle, a .220 hitter, intentionally to load the bases up with 2 outs for Jim Sager, a .300 hitter.... He lines one deep to left but it is caught in the corner near the wall!
Bottom of the Eighth:
Russ Jimenez singles and Mike Oakley doubles off the wall in center... Bob Alsip lines a hit to center and Jimenez scores. 1 to 0, Astros. Greg Wertz lines out to center and Oakley tags up and scores. 2 to 0, Astros. Call to the Bullpen: Dick Register (27-L). Dalton Steele flies out to deep left. 2 outs. Tom Babcock grounds a hit to right. P Tony Shepherd grounds out to the catcher.
Top of the Ninth:
With 2 outs, Bill Wilson draws a walk. PH Glenn Snowden (24-R) is sent up to save the day. He grounds out to 2nd...
Lost - 2 to 0
We had 6 hits and made no errors
Houston had 8 hits and made no errors
Steve Muir (L 2-3) went 7.1 innings, allowed 2 runs, 7 hits, 6 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit.
LHP Dick Register (27-L) got 2 outs and gave up 1 hit.
Tory Shepherd (W 1-0) went 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. 100 pitches.
3B Dave Risinger had 2 hits.
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