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Thursday, May 17, Year I
Portland Beavers (21-17 .553 1 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) at
San Francisco Seals (20-18 .526 2 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West)
POR: Tom Horn (24-L 1-2 3.16 ERA) Rookie vs. SF: Bill Dixon (33-R 1-2 3.09 ERA)
Dixon is their #3 starter and a pretty good one. Only 6 BB in 43.2 IP.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: RF Gordon Saunderson (26-L .258-31-0-1-.684) Rookie
2: CF Perry Templet (23-L .299-134-1-8-.755) Rookie
3: 2B Gary Long (32-R .313-134-3-14-.796)
4: 1B Jeff Austin (29-R .245-143-5-18-.661)
5: LF Howard McNeal (30-R .279-111-5-15-.807)
6: 3B Randy James (32-R .280-75-3-9-.777)
7: C Dennis Webb (24-L .264-106-0-7-.662)
8: SS Dave Lesley (26-R .220-118-0-10-.578)
9: P Tom Horn (24-L .000-7-0-0-.000) Rookie
SAN FRANCISCO
1: 2B Britt Abrams (31-R .250-40-0-1-.602)
2: 3B Chris Greenwald (27-S .273-161-3-19-.665)
3: LF Gary Halbert (28-R .222-153-8-24-.721)
4: 1B Marcos Barron (32-R .236-123-2-4-.607)
5: RF Terry Van Doren (29-L .178-90-4-8-.654)
6: C Chip Carpenter (28-R .275-109-5-15-.819)
7: CF Ron Chestnut (30-L .287-150-8-24-.910)
8: SS Javy Vasquez (21-R .264-72-1-6-.745) Rookie #3 Prospect
9: P Bill Dixon (33-R .200-15-0-0-.400)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Candlestick Park
Weather: 63 F, Clear Skies with a 20 MPH wind blowing right to left.
Attendance: 28,091
Top of the First:
Gordon Saunderson grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Perry Templet swings at the first pitch, as he is wont to do, and grounds out to 2nd. Gary Long grounds a double down the left field line. He is hitting tons better than we expected! Jeff Austin lines out hard to left.
Bottom of the First:
Britt Abrams beats out an infield hit. Chris Greenwald doubles to right center. Gary Halbert takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with nobody out. Marcos Barron strikes out. Terry Van Doren swings at the first pitch and bloops a hit to center and two runs score. 2 to 0, Seals. Chip Carpenter grounds into a 4-6-3 double play!
Through 5 innings, that 1st inning double by Gary Long is the only base runner we have had.
Bottom of the Fifth:
Javy Vasquez leads off with a hit and gets bunted over to 2nd. With 2 outs, Chris Greenwald singles him home. 3 to 0, Seals.
Top of the Seventh:
Gary Long leads off with another double and Jeff Austin follows with a home run! 3 to 2, Seals.
Top of the Ninth:
Starter Bill Dixon is still in the game. Jeff Austin grounds out to the pitcher. Howard McNeal bloops a 1-2 pitch over the second baseman's head for a hit. Randy James flies out to center. New Pitcher: Buddy Werner (35-L). We pull down Dennis Webb and send up rookie Jeff Schottler (24-R). He grounds out to 3rd....
Lost - 3 to 2
Four straight games of scoring 2 or fewer runs....
We had 6 hits and made no errors
San Francisco had 9 hits and made no errors
Tom Horn (L 1-3) went 5 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3.
LHP Jerry Wilhelm went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 1.
RHP Barry Chapman went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1.
RHP Don Schmidt went 1 perfect inning.
Bill Dixon (W 2-2) went 8.2 innings, gave us 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3.
LHP Buddy Werner (SV 2) faced 1 batter and retired him.
2B Gary Long hit 2 doubles and scored a run. 1B Jeff Austin hit his 6th home run of the season and had 2 RBI. LF Howard McNeal had 2 hits.
For the Seals, 3B Chris Greenwald had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI.
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