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Wednesday, April 25, 2001

Sacramento Solons (9-11 .450 4.5 GB tied for 5th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (11-9 .550 2.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL West)

SAC: David Jimenes (35-R 1-0 4.50) vs. POR: Bobby Johnson (22-R 2-1 1.45) Rookie

Jimenes went 8 innings and only allowed 2 runs in his last start for his first win of the season, though he did walk 6 in the game. He had only walked 1 total in his first 2 starts.

Johnson has allowed only 2 earned runs combined in his last 3 starts. He is now 3rd in the PCL in ERA.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SACRAMENTO
1: CF Harvey Turner (23-L .296-27-0-2-.663) Rookie
2: 1B Dale Cave (28-R .226-62-1-6-.611)
3: RF Dennis Rayner (26-R .280-75-1-12-.726)
4: 2B Jim Holberton (23-L .274-73-5-15-.882)
5: LF Les Olds (28-R .222-72-1-5-.650)
6: 3B Larry Pierce (28-L .292-72-0-3-.668)
7: SS Jose de Haro (23-R .000-1-0-0-.000) 1st ML Start
8: C Bill Ambrose (32-R .273-11-0-2-.636)
9: P David Jimenes (35-R .600-5-0-1-1.267)

PORTLAND
1: CF Jack Hinckley (25-R .274-84-0-4-.612)
2: RF Bill Wilson (28-R .270-74-0-2-.622)
3: 3B Melvin Rodarte (31-L .233-73-0-6-.615)
4: 1B Glenn Snowden (24-R .274-73-2-12-.773)
5: LF Fernando Mexicano (20-L .278-79-2-13-.748) Rookie
6: 2B Shannon Kuchta (23-R .298-47-3-12-.890) Rookie
7: SS Dave Risinger (25-R .236-72-0-4-.618)
8: C Craig Petitto (26-R .180-50-0-7-.488) Rookie
9: P Bobby Johnson (22-R .200-10-0-0-.400) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Multnomah County Stadium
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 9,647

Top of the First:
Harvey Turner tries to bunt his way on, but 3B Melvin Rodarte makes the play! Dale Cave grounds out to the pitcher. Dennis Rayner grounds out to 3rd! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the First:
Jack Hinckley swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to 3rd. Bill Wilson grounds out to 3rd. Melvin Rodarte swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to left center. He steals 2nd. Glenn Snowden draws a walk. Fernando Mexicano swings at the first pitch and flies out to center.

Top of the Fourth:
Harvey Turner again tries to bunt his way on and this time he succeeds and has the first hit of the game for the Solons... He steals 2nd. Dale Cave grounds their second hit up the middle and Turner scores... 1 to 0, Solons. Cave steals 2nd. Dennis Rayner grounds out to 2nd, and Cave goes to 3rd. With the infield in, Jim Holberton grounds a hit to right and Cave scores. 2 to 0, Solons.

Top of the Fifth:
Bill Ambrose leads off with a hit. P David Jimenes lays down a bunt, but 1B Glenn Snowden makes a bad throw to the pitcher covering for an error... But the next three make outs!

Bottom of the Seventh:
Glenn Snowden leads off with a walk and Fernando Mexicano lines a hit to center. Shannon Kuchta swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to right and the bases are loaded with no outs, but our only 3 hitters are on the bases... Dave Risinger strikes out... PH Jerry Grant (30-L) swings at the first pitch and flies out to deep left and Snowden tags up and scores. 2 to 1, Solons. PH Doug Dietz (30-L) flies out to right...

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Bobby Weatherford (30-R). Glenn Oswell is in to catch. Dave Cave and Dennis Rayner lead off with back-to-back hits... Call to the Bullpen: Dick Register (27-L). Jim Holberton grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6, and Cave goes to 3rd. Call to the Bullpen: David Fuentes (24-R). Holberton steals 2nd. Les Olds lines out to center and Cave tags up and scores. 3 to 1, Solons. Larry Pierce grounds a hit to right and Holberton stops at 3rd. Jose de Haro grounds out to 2nd.

Lost - 3 to 1

We had 6 hits and made 1 error
Sacramento had 9 hits and made no errors

Bobby Johnson (L 2-2) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 6 hits, no walks and struck out 7.
RHP Bobby Weatherford faced 2 batters and gave up 1 run and 2 hits.
LHP Dick Register faced 1 batter and got him out.
RHP David Fuentes went 1.2 scoreless innings and allowed 1 hit.

David Jimenes (W 2-0) went 8 innings, gave us 1 run, 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5.
RHP Duane Rokita (SV 6) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 1 hit and struck out 1.

1B Glenn Snowden drew 2 walks and scored our only run. He is on pace to hit .267 with 16 HR after hitting .338 with 42 HR last year as a 23 year old... 2B Shannon Kuchta had 2 hits. PH Jerry Grant had a SF.

For the Solons, 3B Larry Pierce had 3 hits.
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