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Wednesday, April 3, Year II

The PCL West has started the season 6-0 against the PCL East, so we are in a 6 way tie for first and last place!

Denver Bears (0-1 .000 tied for 1st (last) place the PCL East) at
Portland Beavers (1-0 1.000 tied for 1st (last) place in the PCL West)

DEN: Danny Adame (31-R 14-11 3.26 last year) vs. POR: Terry Melton (27-R 11-5 2.25 last year) All-Star

We were 2-0 against Adame last season, but he went 8 innings both times and pitched well. He had an 0.90 ERA this Spring, but missed 2 weeks with a shoulder issue.

Melton was not good after coming back from the DL with back issues last year, but was sharp this Spring: 2.12 ERA 17 IP 12 H 0 HR 3 BB 10 SO. The chances are very slim that he will make it through this season without missing time to back troubles.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
DENVER
1: 1B Luis Castillo (22-L .250-4-0-1-1.000)
2: SS Greg Werner (27-R .250-4-0-1-.500)
3: RF Yasuji Urata (25-L .250-4-0-0-.500)
4: 3B Ivan Gallegas (34-R .000-4-0-0-.000) All-Star
5: C Bob Pritchett (32-L .000-4-0-0-.000) Gold Glove
6: LF John Dobosh (29-R .333-3-0-0-.333)
7: 2B Rob Douma (28-R .667-3-0-0-1.333) All-Star
8: CF Mike Carpenter (31-R 1.000-2-0-0-1.000)
9: P Danny Adame (31-S Season debut)

PORTLAND
1: RF Dale Ainsworth (27-L .000-4-0-0-.000) Gold Glove
2: C Dennis Webb (25-L Season debut)
3: CF Perry Templet (23-L .667-3-0-2-1.333) PCLCS MVP
4: 3B Randy James (33-R .500-2-0-0-1.250)
5: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .333-3-0-1-.917)
6: 2B Gary Long (33-R .250-4-0-1-.750) Gold Glove
7: LF Jeff Schottler (25-R .500-4-0-0-1.500) WS MVP
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .000-4-0-0-.000) Gold Glove
9: P Terry Melton (27-R Season debut) All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 17,588

Top of the First:
Luis Castillo lines a 2-2 pitch to left for a hit. Greg Werner flies out to left. Castillo steals 2nd and 3rd on consecutive pitches... Yasuji Urata flies out to right, just short of the warning track, and Castillo trots home. 1 to 0, Bears. Ivan Gallegas draws a walk. Bob Pritchett grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the First:
Dale Ainsworth works the count full and then flies out to left. Dennis Webb, in his first AB of the year, grounds a hit up the middle. Perry Templet strikes out... Webb steals 2nd! Randy James grounds out to 2nd.

Top of the Second:
With 2 outs, Mike Carpenter reaches on a 2 base error by Gold Glove SS Eddie Thomas.... P Danny Adame then grounds a hit to center and Carpenter scores... 2 to 0, Bears.

Bottom of the Second:
With 1 out, Gary Long crushes one to right center for our first home run of the season! 432 feet! 2 to 1, Bears.

Bottom of the Third:

With 1 out, Dale Ainsworth beats out an infield hit and goes to 3rd when Dennis Webb grounds a single up the middle. Perry Templet flies out to left and Ainsworth tags up, but gets thrown out at the plate by LF John Dobosh, who has an excellent arm...

Top of the Fourth:
Dobosh leads off the next inning with a hit and scores on a triple by Rob Douma... 3 to 1, Bears. The Bullpen is up. Mike Carpenter grounds a hit to right and Douma scores. 4 to 1, Bears. P Danny Adame bunts Carpenter to 2nd and we finally have an out... Luis Castillo grounds a hit to right and Carpenter scores... 5 to 1, Bears. Call to the Bullpen: Brian Hagans (26-R). Greg Werner lines a hit to left. Yasuji Urata lines out to 2nd and we double Castillo off at 2nd to end the inning.

Bottom of the Fifth:
Jeff Schottler leads off with a hit and PH Tom Borden (30-L), batting for SS Eddie Thomas and making his Beaver debut, lines a single to right center. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L), making his season debut, then blasts his first career home run to right!!! 3 runs score! 5 to 4, Bears. The top of our order comes up and goes down 1-2-3....

Top of the Sixth:
New Pitcher: Jorge Reyna (32-R), making his first appearance in a game in 3 years. Dave Lesley (27-R) is in to play short. Rob Douma leads off by lining a hit to center. With 1 out, he steals 2nd and 3rd.... With 2 outs, we walk Luis Castillo intentionally to get to Greg Werner, who grounds a 3-2 pitch through the hole on the left side to score Douma. 6 to 4, Bears. Yasuji Urata strikes out.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Gary Long hits a 2 out triple, but Jeff Schottler grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Seventh:
Dave Lesley, in his first AB of the season, grounds a hit up the middle. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R), in his Beaver debut, grounds a ball to 3rd, but Ivan Gallegas boots it! Dale Ainsworth swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Runners on the corners with 1 out. Dennis Webb lines his third hit of the day to left and Lesley scores! 6 to 5, Bears. New Pitcher: Dave Doss (25-R). He had a 9.78 ERA last season. Perry Templet swings at a 3-1 pitch and grounds out to 3rd and the runners move up. 2 outs. Randy James flies out to center...

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Gary Guise (27-R), their closer. 32 SV, but 11 losses and a 3.58 ERA last year. He had 3 saves against us and no losses... Dave Lesley strikes out. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R), making his season debut, grounds out to 3rd. Dale Ainsworth drives one to straight away center and misses tying the game up with a home run by a few inches.... The ball hits off the very top of the wall and Ainsworth has a double. We need Dennis Webb to get his fourth hit of the day, but he flies out to right...

Lost - 6 to 5

We had 11 hits and made 1 error
Denver had 10 hits and made 1 error

Terry Melton (L 0-1) went 3.1 innings, allowed 5 runs (4 earned), 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.
RHP Brian Hagans went 1.2 scoreless innings and allowed 1 hit.
RHP Jorge Reyna, in his 1st game in 3 years, went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 3.
RHP Don Schmidt went 2 perfect innings and struck out 3.

Danny Adame (W 1-0) went 6.1 innings, gave us 5 runs, 10 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 1.
RHP Gary Guise (SV 1) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 1 hit and struck out 1.

RF Dale Ainsworth had 2 hits with a double. C Dennis Webb had 3 hits and an RBI. 2B Gary Long hit a triple and a home run. PH Tom Borden had a hit and scored a run. PH Gordon Saunderson hit a 3 run home run.
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