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Tuesday, May 8, Year I
Houston Astros (20-12 .625 1 GB in 2nd place in the PCL East) at
Portland Beavers (17-13 .567 in 1st place in the PCL West)
HOU: Don Panighetti (24-L 3-1 2.61 ERA) vs. POR: Lonny Tomski (27-R 0-1 3.38 ERA) Rookie
A rare sighting of a lefty! Only the 4th time we have faced one this season. We are 3-0 against lefties, but we have not faced one as good as Spaghetti Panighetti. He is 4th in the PCL with 38 SO. and has only walked 9 in 48.1 IP.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
HOUSTON
1: CF Don Mosley (29-R .246-122-4-13-.682)
2: 2B Bob Webster (22-S .167-60-1-9-.531) Rookie
3: 1B Bob Trigg (29-S .324-105-2-8-.801)
4: RF Bill Henning (29-L .269-108-0-12-.695)
5: LF Mark Saylor (24-S .232-56-0-2-.621) Rookie
6: 3B Ed Sacco (31-R .294-102-5-12-.892)
7: SS Russ Mitchell (31-R .204-113-0-12-.543)
8: C Gary Murdock (27-R .259-54-0-4-.601)
9: P Don Panighetti (24-R .143-14-0-0-.393)
PORTLAND
1: CF Jeff Schottler (24-R .255-47-1-4-.786) Rookie
2: LF Howard McNeal (30-R .292-89-4-13-.840)
3: RF Dale Ainsworth (26-L .333-114-2-18-.862)
4: 1B Jeff Austin (29-R .222-117-4-13-.613)
5: 2B Gary Long (32-R .321-106-3-13-.814)
6: 3B Randy James (32-R .277-47-1-5-.710)
7: C Dave Benya (26-S .200-15-0-0-.494)
8: SS Dave Lesley (26-R .208-101-0-9-.543)
9: P Lonny Tomski (27-L .200-5-0-0-.533)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 58 F, Partly Cloudy with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 15,774
Top of the First:
Don Mosley tries to bunt his way on and is out, 1-3. Bob Webster flies out to left. Bob Trigg grounds out to 1st, 3-1. 1-2-3!
Bottom of the First:
Jeff Schottler pops out to 1st. Howard McNeal lines out to left. Dale Ainsworth grounds a hit into right. We have matched our hit total from last game! Ainsworth steals 2nd. Jeff Austin lines a hit to left and Ainsworth scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Austin goes to 2nd on the throw to the plate. Gary Long grounds a 3-2 pitch up the middle and Austin scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! Randy James flies out to left.
Top of the Second:
With 1 out, Mark Saylor doubles and then Ed Sacco homers to left center. 433 feet. Game is tied at 2.
Top of the Third:
P Don Panighetti leads off with a hit, goes to 2nd on a bunt, to 3rd on a ground out and to home on a hit by Bob Trigg. 3 to 2, Astros.
Top of the Fourth:
Mark Saylor leads off with a walk. With 1 out, he steals 2nd, but Russ Mitchell draws a walk anyway. With 2 outs, P Don Panighetti knocks his second hit of the day and Saylor scores. 4 to 2, Astros.
Top of the Sixth:
New Pitcher: Antoine Redd (31-R). He strikes out the side, but also gives up 3 hits, though no runs score.
Lost - 4 to 2
The Los Angeles Angels won and knocked us out of First Place.
We had 6 hits and made no errors
Houston had 9 hits and made no errors
Lonny Tomski (L 0-2) went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 1.
RHP Antonio Redd pitched 2 scoreless innings (barely), allowed 3 hits and struck out 5.
LHP Jerry Wilhelm pitched 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 intentional walk and struck out 1.
Don Panighetti (W 4-1) went 7 innings, gave us 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. At bat, he went 3 for 3, scored a run and had an RBI.
RHP Phil DeNui (SV 12) pitched a perfect 9th, striking out 1.
CF Jeff Schottler hit a double. 2B Gary Long had 2 hits and an RBI. We got a new double play combo this off season. Half of it (Long) is playing great; the other half (SS Dave Lesley) is stinking it up.
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