Millennial League Baseball, est. 2001 - Page 34

Questdog · 10-17-2020, 11:03 AM

Sunday, September 7, 2003

Syracuse Sycamores (83-52 .615 4 GA in 1st place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (69-65 .515 4.5 GB in 3rd place in the Southern Division)

SYR: Frank Cane (27-R) (9-4 2.20 ERA 122.2 IP, 104 H, 5 HR, 26 BB, 94 SO) vs.
JAX: Del Warwick (28-L) (11-11 2.65 ERA 197 IP, 192 H, 13 HR, 52 BB, 107 SO) Gold Glove

Cane is injury prone, but awesome when healthy. He is 21-14 with a 2.80 career ERA. He is 8-1 in his last 14 starts. The loss was his last start and he only allowed 1 hit in 7 innings with no walks, but the hit was a home run and the Sycamores were shut out. They have not scored a run in his last 2 starts. We faced him in Syracuse in June and scored 5 runs on 7 hits and 1 walk with 7 strikeouts in 5.2 innings in a no decision that we won. It was the only start for Cane all season that he allowed more than 3 runs.

Warwick gave up 2 runs on 8 hits and 1 walk with 2 strikeouts in 7.2 innings last time out in a no decision that we won in 13 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
SYRACUSE
1: CF Jim Beard (25-R .264-485-2-25-.629-33 A+)
2: LF Jeff Garrigus (34-R .241-415-15-53-.712-8 A) All-Star
3: SS Frank Bates (31-R .252-496-26-73-.788-17 B) Silver Slugger/All-Star(3: 01-03)
4: RF Dave Bess (27-R .254-394-8-57-.702-4 B+)
5: C Lee Dean (30-L .228-381-4-37-.671-0 C) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 02-03)
6: 1B Dick Rothwell (26-R .240-217-3-26-.632-4 B+)
7: 3B Octavio Garcia (27-S .240-367-12-51-.721-5 B+)
8: 2B Bill Crystal (29-S .207-217-7-17-.614-16 B+)
9: P Frank Cane (27-R .143-42-1-6-.377-0 B) 3 career HR

Jeff Garrigus is 2 for 17 lifetime against Del Warwick.
I will wager that he gets two more hits today...
I would also put money on Frank Bates hitting a home run to today.

JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .287-487-3-48-.725-30 B+)
2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .234-316-1-19-.593-8 C+)
3: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .253-372-9-37-.730-25 B)
4: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .302-496-11-68-.828-17 B+)
5: 3B Ed Diskin (39-R .251-287-5-51-.668-1 C)
6: C Bert Swope (31-S .211-223-0-23-.555-1 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .246-399-9-54-.669-38 B+)
8: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .272-162-0-7-.619-12 B)
9: P Del Warwick (28-L .175-57-0-3-.348-0 C) Gold Glove

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 90 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing left to right
Attendance: 9,303

Top of the First:
Jim Beard swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit... Jeff Garrigus pops out to right. I would not mind losing my wager... Frank Bates flies out to deep center. Dave Bess flies out to deep left!

Bottom of the First:
Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and doubles down the left field line! Danny Stewart strikes out looking.... I hope we can get a better center fielder this Winter... Doty steals 3rd! Jack Washburn swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... Ray McDonald draws a walk. Ed Diskin swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to left and Doty scores! McDonald heads to 3rd and Jeff Garrigus throws the ball into the dugout for an error and McDonald scores! 2 to 0, Jays! Diskin has a knack for knocking in runs! He is only a .250 hitter, but is hitting .326 with runners in scoring position! Bert Swope swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short.

Top of the Third:
Bill Crystal, the ex-Jay, hits a home run to left. 2 to 1, Jays.

Top of the Fourth:
Frank Bates triples to right... Dave Bess grounds a hit to left and Bates scores... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Lee Dean grounds a hit up the middle and Bess beats the throw to 3rd... Dick Rothwell grounds one back to the box. P Del Warwick snags it, looks Bess back to 3rd and fires to 2nd, to start a 1-6-3 double play!! Octavio Garcia pops out to short!

Top of the Fifth:
Bill Crystal doubles high off the wall in right center... P Frank Cane bunts him to 3rd. Jim Beard pops out to 2nd. Jeff Garrigus up and I smell something rotten, but he strikes out!

Bottom of the Fifth:
With 2 outs, P Del Warwick grounds a hit to left, P Frank Cane is hurt. New Pitcher: John Boston (35-L), who is 3-2 with a 2.58 ERA in 52.1 IP with 1 start. Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Sixth:
I do not want to pinch-hit for my lefties because all the rest of their rested relievers are right-handers. So Danny Stewart is allowed to bat and he walks on 4 pitches and then steals 2nd! With 1 out, they walk Ray McDonald intentionally to face Ed Diskin, who does not mind grounding into double plays... He does not this time, however, though he pops out to right... We will pinch-hit for Bert Swope, here, though. PH Marty Eades (32-R) strikes out.... Bert could have done that.... Eades will stay in to play 3rd and Don Kern will come in to catch.

Top of the Ninth:
On the Hill: Hal Bradford (27-L), after a scoreless 8th. The Bullpen is ready, though no one else is fresh. We have been outhit, 13 to 5. 7-8-9 up for them. PH Don Czachor (32-L), the .340 lifetime hitter, who is 0 for 2 this series, lines out to 1st. Bill Crystal, who has a double and a home run this game, doubles to left... PH John Byers (20-R), a rookie who was the #12 prospect this Spring and is batting .179 with 4 RBI in 28 AB, is sent up. Call to the Bullpen: Robbie Hopley (29-R). Crystal steals 3rd.... Byers lines a 1-2 pitch to left for a hit and Crystal scores... 3 to 2, Sycamores. Byers steals 2nd... Jim Beard swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to center. Jeff Garrigus grounds out to 2nd. Well, I lost my wager, as he is 0 fir 5 today, but I have also lost the game, which is not fair.... I should at least win something! Frank Bates did not hit a home run either, so I am 0 for 3....

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Benny Martineau (32-L), their All-Star(02) and Fireman Trophy wining closer, trying for his third Save in 4 days.... 32 SV and only 2 Blown all season.... 4-5-6 up for us. Ray McDonald strikes out... Don Kern swings at the first pitch and ground out to 1st, unassisted.... Marty Eades lines a hit to left. Bart Daw takes three straight strikes....

Lost - 3 to 2

We finish the season series with Syracuse 3-5.
We were 4-4 last year and 0-8 in 2001.

We had 6 hits and made no errors
Syracuse had 15 hits and made 1 error

Del Warwick went 7 innings, allowed 11 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit.
LHP Hal Bradford (L 4-1) went 1.1 innings, allowed 1 run and 3 hits.
RHP Robbie Hopley got 2 outs and allowed 1 hit and 1 inherited runner to score.

Frank Cane went 4.2 innings, gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5.
RHP Alfredo Hernandez (W 3-3) went 2 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1.
LHP Benny Martineau (SV 33) went pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 1 hit and struck out 2.

LF Cal Doty had 2 hits with a double, stole a base and scored a run. RF Ray McDonald drew 2 walks (1 INT) and scored a run.

For Syracuse, CF Jim Beard had 3 hits. RF Dave Bess had 3 hits and an RBI. C Lee Dean had 3 hits. 2B/3B Bill Crystal, the ex-Jay went 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and his 8th home run of the season, stole a base and scored 2 runs.

The Sycamores announced that P Frank Cane had hamstring tightness and should be fine in a day or two.

Questdog · 10-17-2020, 11:05 AM

September 8, 2003

Monday Morning Report
Player of the Week - Herman Chance, 1B, Orlando (33-R .262/.350/.472) Had 10 hits with 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO, 5 R and 8 RBI in 6 G (4 GS) (2nd PoW this season)

(Slash lines are for the season, not the week)

September 2 - Buford Nolan (27-R) of Ottawa pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Syracuse. He walked 2 and struck out 6. He is now 11-9 with a 2.80 ERA in 25 starts. The Otters won, 2 to 0, and only had 4 hits themselves.
September 2 - LF Mickey Lynn (30-L) of Buffalo had 3 hits with 2 home runs and a walk, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at home versus Indianapolis. The Bombers won, 9 to 3.
September 2 - Memphis lost P Rick Potts (24-R) for the rest of the season with bone spurs on his elbow. He is 10-3 with a 2.08 ERA in 24 starts.
September 3 - Danny Belsky (30-R) of Buffalo pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Indianapolis. He did not walk a batter, but beaned one and struck out 8. At bat, he hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 10-8 with a 2.75 ERA in 28 starts. The Bombers won, 10 to 0.
September 3 - Dennis Hughes (29-R) of Providence pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Rochester. He walked 4 and struck out 7. He is now 8-6 with a 3.06 ERA and 1 SV in 9 starts (41G). The Steamrollers won, 5 to 0.
September 4 - Steve Melita (30-R) of Columbus pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus Memphis. He walked 4 and struck out 5. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 9-12 with a 3.52 ERA in 26 starts. The Explorers won, 2 to 0.
September 4 - Ottawa lost P Juan Ledesma (31-R) for the rest of the season with a fractured elbow. The 2-time All-Star is 13-12 with a 2.91 ERA in 28 starts.
September 4 - SS T.R. Hunter (26-R) of Providence went 5 for 5 with a double, scored a run and had 4 RBI at home versus Birmingham. The Steamrollers won, 6 to 5.
September 4 - Buffalo lost their 2nd All-Star for the season when SS Dave Lloyd (30-R) fractured his thumb. He was hitting .248 with 6 HR and 37 RBI in 319 AB.
September 5 - Birmingham lost P Don Young (35-R) for the rest of the season and they figure all of next season, too, with a torn rotator cuff. He is 8-7 with a 2.24 ERA in 24 starts, the most he has had in a season in the MLB. He could only manage 13 in 2001 and 12 in 2002. Also, 3B Larry Davis went hitless, ending his hitting streak at 27 games, 2 shy of the record.
September 7 - 1B Nestor Gonzalez (29-L) of Memphis had 2 hits with a home run, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at Columbus. The Mules won, 15 to 3. C Roger Beaudin (31-R) hit 2 triples, tying the MLB record. They are the 1st two triples of his MLB career.
September 8 - SS Joel McCormick (35-R) of Buffalo had 4 hits with a home run and a walk, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at home versus Louisville. P Steve Cron (29-L) pitched a 6 hit shutout and had 4 hits at bat, scored a run and had 3 RBI. The Bombers won, 18 to 0, and they are headed next to Jacksonville. Everyone in the lineup had a hit and scored a run.
September 8 - LF Ricky Perez (24-L) of Orlando had 3 hits with a home run, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at home versus Indianapolis. He also threw a runner out at home. The Juice won, 9 to 4.

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Questdog · 10-17-2020, 05:37 PM

Monday, September 8, 2003

The Buffalo Bombers are here to play a 4 game series, the last time we will play a Northern team this season. They swept Louisville in 4 games at home over the weekend and have won 6 in a row. They beat the Colonels 18 to 0 yesterday. We lost 3 of 4 games in Buffalo, May 29 - June 1, scoring only 10 total runs. They are 2nd in scoring with 4.50 runs per game (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.97). The Bombers are 4th in fewest runs allowed with 3.65 per game (Jacksonville is tied for #7 with 3.89). Their run differential is +116, 2nd best in the MLB, only 2 behind Syracuse, and ours is +12.

Buffalo Bombers (79-57 .581 5 GB tied for 2nd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (69-66 .511 4.5 GB in 3rd place in the Southern Division)

BUF: Danny Belsky (30-R) (10-8 2.75 ERA 190 IP, 156 H, 11 HR, 48 BB, 130 SO) vs.
JAX: Tommy Keyser (24-L) (2-11 5.17 ERA 15.2 IP, 19 H, 1 HR, 7 BB, 9 SO) Rookie

Belsky beat us in Buffalo, giving us 1 run on 5 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 6 strikeouts in 8 innings. He pitched a 2 hit shutout in his last start. He led the MLB with 27 HR allowed last year.

Keyser gave up 2 runs on 9 hits and 1 walk with 2 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in his 2nd win in a row.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BUFFALO
1: RF Tom Hamm (34-R .297-377-8-41-.786-21 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
2: 2B Dan Faust (33-R .319-248-1-24-.747-17 C+)
3: 1B Frank Cohen (27-R .328-424-11-62-.886-3 C+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
4: LF Mickey Lynn (30-L .274-500-37-95-.893-4 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 01,03)
5: 3B Duane Keepers (27-S .262-428-14-48-.754-19 C+)
6: C Dick Lyles (37-R .221-362-6-50-.639-0 C)
7: CF Pete Hudzik (24-R .247-198-2-15-.627-26 A+) Rookie #40 prospect
8: SS Charlie Childs (19-L .177-175-0-16-.481-3 B+) Rookie #27 prospect
9: P Danny Belsky (30-S .250-68-0-7-.599-0 C)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .267-165-0-7-.608-12 B)
2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-491-3-48-.729-31 B+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .301-498-11-68-.827-17 B+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .291-470-20-86-.848-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .250-376-9-37-.723-25 B)
6: C Don Kern (26-R .211-185-7-27-.650-10 B) Rookie
7: SS Charlie Faber (32-R .198-177-0-11-.530-6 C+)
8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .218-156-3-13-.624-0 B)
9: P Tommy Keyser (24-R .400-5-0-1-1.000-0 B+) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 88 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 7,048

Top of the First:
Tom Hamm triples off the wall in right center... Dan Faust grounds out to 3rd and Hamm scores. 1 to 0, Bombers. Frank Cohen pops out to short. Mickey Lynn grounds a hit to right. Duane Keepers takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Dick Lyles takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Pete Hudzik strikes out! 34 pitch inning...

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson flies out to deep center. Cal Doty grounds a hit to right. Ray McDonald lines out to 1st and they double Doty off base....

Top of the Second:
With 1 out, P Danny Belsky grounds a hit to left. Tom Hamm hits a home run to left... 3 to 0, Bombers.

Top of the Third:
With 1 out, Dick Lyles lines a hit to center. Pete Hudzik hits a home run to left center... 5 to 0, Bombers. Pia! A train ticket!

Bottom of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Jack Washburn doubles to center, our second hit of the game. With 2 outs, P Danny Belsky balks Washburn to 3rd. PH Mike Volkman (35-L) draws a walk. PH Dennis Brown swings at the first pitch and pokes a hit to center and Washburn scores. 5 to 1, Bombers.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Junior Danielson draws a walk. With 1 out, he steals 2nd... Ray McDonald doubles to right center and Danielson scores! 5 to 2, Bombers. Marty Eades grounds out to short and McDonald goes to 3rd. Jack Washburn swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right and McDonald scores! 5 to 3, Bombers. Washburn steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Dick Lyles throws the ball away. Don Kern gets beaned. A wild pitch scores Washburn! 5 to 4, Bombers.

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Hal Bradford (27-L). Charlie Childs beats out an infield hit. With 1 out, Tom Hamm grounds a double over the 1st base bag and Childs scores... 6 to 4, Bombers. Pia ! Make that two tickets! What? Oh, today is the last day of Daytona's (A) season. Well, just get them out of here! The weary Bullpen gets up. With 2 outs, Frank Cohen pokes a hit to left and Hamm heads home, but Cal Doty throws him out! And he is not hurt! Amazing!

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Terry Lies (24-R), who is 8-4 with 1 SV and a 3.03 ERA in 60 IP. With 1 out, Ray McDonald doubles to right center. With 2 outs, Jack Washburn gets hit by a pitch. Don Kern takes a 3-2 pitch to load the bases up with 2 outs. A wild pitch scores McDonald! 6 to 5, Bombers. SS Bart Daw (31-R) grounds out to 3rd, but Duane Keepers boots it and Washburn scores! Tie Game: 6 to 6! PH Ed Diskin (39-R), the second to last player left on the bench (Bert Swope), swings at the first pitch and lines out to 2nd....

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). 4-5-6 up for Buffalo. Mickey Lynn strikes out! PH Mitch Kahmann (24-L), a rookie batting .374 with 8 HR and 28 RBI in 147 AB, flies out to deep center. Dick Lyles takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three!

Bottom of the Ninth:
We need to win it now, because the Bullpen is not up to a long one... 9-1-2 up for us. CF Danny Stewart (32-L) swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Junior Danielson grounds a hit up the middle! He gets caught stealing by a catcher who cannot throw... Cal Doty strikes out...

Extras!

Top of the Tenth:
7-8-9 up for the Bombers. Pete Hudzik draws a walk... He will be stealing, you can be sure... Well, he does not! PH David Rodriguez (31-R), batting .230 with 1 HR and 9 RBI in 87 AB, grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!! PH Angelo Zamudio (26-L), a rookie who is 2 for 11 (.181) on the season, hits a home run to right center... 7 to 6, Bombers. His first career home run.... He only hit 5 in 840 AB in A Bal....

Bottom of the Tenth:
New Pitcher: Billy Temple (26-R), their All-Star(02) closer, who is 7-6 with 28 SB and a 3.60 ERA in 75 IP with 75 SO. He had 36 SV and a 2.40 ERA last year. 3-4-5 up for us. Ray McDonald bloops a hit to left. Marty Eades flies out to the warning track in center... Jack Washburn flies out to deep center. A wild pitch sends McDonald to 2nd. Don Kern strikes out....

Lost - 7 to 6

We had 8 hits and made 1 error
Buffalo had 13 hits and made 2 errors

Tommy Keyser went 3 innings, allowed 5 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 3 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Roger Wallace went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1.
RHP Robbie Hopley pitched 2 perfect innings.
LHP Hal Bradford went 1 inning, allowed 1 run and 3 hits.
LHP Bill Grant (L 5-8) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run, 1 walk and struck out 2.

Danny Belsky went 7 innings, gave us 4 runs (3 earned), 5 hits, 3 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 3. He balked. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run.
RHP Terry Lies (W 9-4, BS 2) went 2 innings, gave us 2 runs (1 earned), 2 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 1.
RHP Billy Temple (SV 29) went 1 scoreless inning, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1.

2B Junior Danielson had a hit and a walk and scored a run. RF Ray McDonald had 3 hits with 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with a double, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. SS Charlie Faber drew a walk in his only trip to the plate. PH Mike Volkman drew a walk. PH Dennis Brown had a hit and an RBI.

For Buffalo, RF Tom Hamm came up a single short of a Cycle. He scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI.

Questdog · 10-17-2020, 06:56 PM

Tuesday, September 9, 2003

P Tommy Keyser (24-L), RP Hal Bradford (27-L) and RP Justin Reddick (31-R) were sent to the Daytona (A) roster. P John Lombardi (29-R), RP Albert Davies (26-L) and RP Johnny Groom (25-R) were called up. Davies allowed 16 hits in 7 IP for the Jays earlier, but we are going to give him one more shot. The leash will be very short, however.

Buffalo Bombers (80-57 .584 5 GB in 2nd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (69-67 .507 5.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division)

BUF: Tim Fox (30-L) (6-2 2.14 ERA 1 SV, 80 IP, 67 H, 4 HR, 25 BB, 49 SO) All-Star vs.
JAX: Jim Baucom (22-L) (13-7 1.96 ERA 215.1 IP, 176 H, 8 HR, 42 BB, 175 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03)

Fox is making his first career start. We did not face him in relief in Buffalo.

Baucom gave up 4 runs on 9 hits, 1 home run and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in his 2nd loss in a row.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BUFFALO
1: RF Tom Hamm (34-R .300-383-9-44-.805-21 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
2: 2B Dan Faust (33-R .313-252-1-25-.738-18 C+)
3: 1B Frank Cohen (27-R .326-429-11-62-.881-3 C+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
4: LF Mickey Lynn (30-L .273-505-37-95-.889-4 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 01,03)
5: 3B Duane Keepers (27-S .262-431-14-48-.755-19 C+)
6: C Dick Lyles (37-R .221-366-6-50-.639-0 C)
7: CF Pete Hudzik (24-R .252-202-3-17-.652-26 A+) Rookie
8: SS Joel McCormick (35-R .226-243-3-19-.592-6 A)
9: P Tim Fox (30-L .167-12-0-2-.452-0 F) All-Star

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .266-169-0-7-.609-13 B)
2: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-405-9-54-.665-38 B+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .304-503-11-69-.834-17 B+)
4: 1B Marty Eades (32-R .288-475-20-86-.839-2 C) All-Star
5: C Don Kern (26-R .207-188-7-27-.647-10 B) Rookie
6: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .217-157-3-13-.620-0 B)
7: 3B Charlie Faber (32-R .198-177-0-11-.534-6 B+)
8: LF Danny Stewart (32-R .229-323-1-19-.583-9 B+)
9: P Jim Baucom (22-L .246-65-0-6-.547-0 C) All-Star(2: 02-03)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 81 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 5,569

Top of the First:
Tom Hamm draws a walk... Dan Faust grounds out to 2nd and Hamm moves up... Hamm tries to steal 3rd, but C Don Kern throws him out! Frank Cohen flies out to deep left!

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... Bart Daw strikes out... Ray McDonald takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Marty Eades grounds out to 2nd...

Top of the Second:
P Jim Baucom strikes out their 4-5-6 hitters in order!

The Bombers go 9 up, 9 down!

12 up, 12 down!

Top of the Fifth:
Mickey Lynn swings at the first pitch and lines the first hit of the game for the Bombers to right. Duane Keepers bunts him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Pete Hudzik, who hit a home run yesterday, hits a home run to left... 2 to 0, Bombers.

Meanwhile, we have 2 hits through 5 innings....

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Johnny Groom (25-R). Tom Hamm swings at an 0-2 pitch and doubles to center... Pia! Get this boy out of town! The Bullpen gets up. Dan Faust plunks one and is out, 2-3, and Hamm goes to 3rd. Frank Cohen lines a 2-2 pitch to right for a hit and Hamm scores... 3 to 0, Bombers. Call to the Pen: Albert Davies (25-L). Mickey Lynn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Duane Keepers walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with 1 out... Everyone else is tuckered out; P Davies has to finish this... Dick Lyles grounds into a force at home, 4-2. Pet Hudzik strikes out on 3 pitches!

Lost - 3 to 0

7-15 against left-handers now...

We had 4 whole hits (all singles) and made no errors
Buffalo had 6 hits and made no errors

We have hit 1 home run in our last 12 games....

Jim Baucom (L 13-8) went 8 innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 11. 114 pitches. His 3rd loss in a row.
RHP Johnny Groom got 1 out, allowed 1 run and 2 hits.
LHP Albert Davies got 2 outs, allowed 2 walks and struck out 1.

Tim Fox (W 7-2), in his first MLB start, pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 4 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 7. 120 pitches.

PH Dave Thompson had a hit.

Questdog · 10-18-2020, 06:32 PM

Wednesday, September 10, 2003

RP Johnny Groom (25-R) was booted off the roster. P Al Calice (22-R), our #1 pick in this year's B League Draft was called up. We'll see if he can get anyone out as a reliever. If he can, then maybe we will give him a start before the season is over. If he cannot, then we will send for another reliever....

Buffalo Bombers (81-57 .587 4 GB in 2nd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (69-68 .504 6.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division)

BUF: Freeman Cain (36-L) (9-8 3.75 ERA 141.2 IP, 155 H, 10 HR, 40 BB, 26 SO) vs.
JAX: Mike Marsh (22-R) (1-2 5.74 ERA 26.2 IP, 25 H, 5 HR, 17 BB, 7 SO) Rookie

Cain beat us in Buffalo with a CG, giving us 1 run on 12 hits and 2 walks with 2 strikeouts.

In his last start for Daytona (A), Marsh gave up 2 runs on 8 hits and 1 walk with 10 strikeouts in 8.1, but took a loss. His last start for the Jays was on July 22 and the less said about that, the better....

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BUFFALO
1: RF Tom Hamm (34-R .303-386-9-44-.813-21 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
2: CF Pete Hudzik (24-R .252-206-4-19-.664-26 A+) Rookie
3: LF Mickey Lynn (30-L .274-508-37-95-.889-4 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 01,03)
4: 1B Mitch Kahmann (24-L .372-148-8-28-1.001-0 C) Rookie #13 prospect
5: 3B Duane Keepers (27-S .263-433-14-48-.757-19 C+)
6: C Dick Lyles (37-R .219-370-6-50-.633-0 C)
7: 2B Jose Cuenca (31-R .227-233-3-29-.603-0 B)
8: SS Joel McCormick (35-R .224-246-3-19-.585-6 A)
9: P Freeman Cain (36-L .286-49-1-3-.633-0 F) 2 career HR

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .266-173-0-7-.607-13 B)
2: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-409-9-54-.663-38 B+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .302-506-11-69-.831-17 B+)
4: 1B Marty Eades (32-R .286-479-20-86-.833-2 C) All-Star
5: 3B Ed Diskin (39-R .250-292-5-52-.663-1 C)
6: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .214-159-3-13-.617-0 B)
7: LF Cal Doty (26-L .288-496-3-48-.726-31 B+)
8: C Bert Swope (31-S .209-225-0-23-.550-1 B)
9: P Mike Marsh (22-R .429-7-0-0-.857-0 B+)

Game Start: 12:35 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 90 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 4,834

The smallest crowd of the year...

Top of the First:
Tom Hamm grounds out to short. Pete Hudzik pops out to 2nd. Mickey Lynn beats out and infield hit. Mitch Kahmann walks on 4 pitches... Duan Keepers flies out to deep center!

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson lines a hit to right. Bart Daw flies out to center. Ray McDonald flies out to center. Marty Eades takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ed Diskin grounds out to 1st, unassisted....

Top of the Third:
With 1 out, Tom Hamm takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Pete Hudzik draws a walk.... Mickey Lynn grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Hamm goes to 3rd. Mitch Kahmann clears the bases with a double to left... 2 to 0, Bombers.

Top of the Fourth:
Dick Lyles draws a walk, the fourth issued by P Mike Marsh... A wild pitch moves the runner to 2nd and he goes to 3rd on a ground out. Joel McCormick pops out to 2nd. P Freeman Cain grounds out to 2nd!

Top of the Sixth:
Mitch Kahmann doubles to center.... The Bullpen gets up. The Bombers only have 3 hits and two of them are doubles by Kahmann.... We walk Duane Keepers intentionally.... And, of course, we walk Dick Lyles unintentionally to load the bases up with no outs... Jose Cuenca lines out to center and Kahmann tags up and scores. 3 to 0, Bombers. Joel McCormick lines a hit to left and the intentional walk scores... 4 to 0, Bombers. Call to the Bullpen: Roger Wallace (28-R), who is not fresh. P Freeman Cain swings away and grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and the runners move up. Tom Hamm strikes out!

Why do we stink so bad against lefties? This guy is a bum, but a lefty, so he is shutting us down...

Bottom of the Ninth:
P Freeman Cain is at 88 pitches. He has retired 11 batters in a row... Gary McKellar grounds a hit up the middle! Cal Doty doubles to right! Bert Swope grounds out to the pitcher and the runners hold... PH Charlie Faber (32-R) grounds out slowly to short and McKellar scores and Doty goes to 3rd. 4 to 1, Bombers. Junior Danielson grounds out to 1st, 3-1.

Lost - 4 to 1

We had 8 hits and made 1 error
Buffalo had 6 hits and made no errors

Mike Marsh (L 1-3) went 5.1 innings, allowed 4 runs, 4 hits, 6 walks (1 INT) and struck out 1. He threw a WP. At bat, he was 2 for 2.
RHP Roger Wallace went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2.
LHP Albert Davies went 2 scoreless innings and allowed 1 hit.

Freeman Cain (W 8-4) went 9 innings (CG), gave us 1 run, 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. He now has a career ERA against us of 1.26 in 50 IP.

RF Ray McDonald hit a double. 1B Marty Eades had a hit and a walk. LF Cal Doty had a hit and a walk.

Questdog · 10-18-2020, 08:15 PM

Thursday, September 11, 2003

Buffalo Bombers (82-57 .590 3 GB in 2nd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (69-69 .500 7.5 GB tied for 5th place in the Southern Division)

BUF: Jerry Doherty (25-L) (5-2 3.27 ERA 71.2 IP, 58 H, 4 HR, 31 BB, 50 SO) Rookie vs.
JAX: Danny Coreano (24-L) (6-5 3.04 ERA 91.2 IP, 77 H, 4 HR, 28 BB, 48 SO)

Doherty shut us out for 2.2 innings in Buffalo, but had to leave early with an injury.

Coreano pitched 6 scoreless innings with 2 hits and 5 walks with 5 strikeouts last time out in a no decision that we won, 1 to 0, in 10 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BUFFALO
1: RF Tom Hamm (34-R .300-390-9-44-.807-21 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
2: 2B Dan Faust (33-R .309-256-1-25-.727-18 C+)
3: 1B Frank Cohen (27-R .326-433-11-63-.878-3 C+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
4: LF Mickey Lynn (30-L .275-512-37-95-.889-4 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 01,03)
5: 3B Charlie Russell (26-R .333-12-0-1-.667-0 B) Rookie #55 prospect
6: CF Pete Hudzik (24-R .248-210-4-19-.655-26 A+) Rookie
7: SS Joel McCormick (35-R .224-250-3-20-.584-6 A)
8: C George Reed (32-R .204-108-2-12-.612-1 C+) ex-Jay
9: P Jerry Doherty (25-L .125-24-0-3-.327-0 D) Rookie #86 prospect

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .264-178-0-7-.601-13 B)
2: SS Bart Daw (31-R .242-413-9-54-.657-38 B+)
3: 3B Ed Diskin (39-R .247-296-5-52-.655-1 C)
4: 1B Marty Eades (32-R .286-482-20-86-.833-2 C) All-Star
5: C Don Kern (26-R .203-192-7-27-.634-10 B) Rookie
6: RF Dennis Brown (29-L .266-169-6-19-.714-1 C)
7: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-499-3-48-.729-31 B+)
8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .215-163-3-13-.614-0 B)
9: P Danny Coreano (24-L .280-25-0-2-.589-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 81 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 5,407

Top of the First:
Tom Hamm swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Dan Faust grounds out to short. Frank Cohen lines a hit to center. Mickey Lynn strikes out!

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson swings at the first pitch and grounds a double over the 3rd base bag! Bart Daw walks on 4 pitches. Ed Diskin flies out to deep center and Danielson tags up and moves to 3rd. Daw steals 2nd! Marty Eades grounds out to 3rd and Danielson scores. 1 to 0, Jays! Don Kern takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Dennie Brown bloops a hit to left and Daw heads home, but gets thrown out by Mickey Lynn....

Bottom of the Second:
Cal Doty lays down a bunt and beats it out for a hit! Gary McKellar takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Doty steals 3rd.... Why? When P Danny Coreano is going to bunt anyway? He does, but pops out to 3rd... Junior Danielson grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Doty scores. 2 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Sixth:
Tom Hamm swings at an 0-2 pitch and doubles to left... The Bullpen gets up. Dan Faust grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Hamm scores... 2 to 1, Jays. Frank Cohen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!! Mickey Lynn doubles to left center, but tries to stretch it to a triple and Cal Doty throws him out!

Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Gary McKellar swings at the first pitch and grounds one to 2nd, but Dan Faust boots it! PH Dave Thompson (27-R), swings a a 3-2 pitch and fouls out o 3rd. Junior Danielson grounds one to 3rd, but Charlie Russell boots it! Bart Daw swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left and McKellar scores! 3 to 1, Jays!

Top of the Ninth:
On the Hill: Robbie Hopley (29-R), after a scoreless 8th. The Bullpen is ready. 4-5-6 up for the Bombers. Mickey Lynn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... PH Mickey Kahmann (24-L), who is 2 for 4 with 2 doubles and a walk this series, is sent up. Call to the Bullpen: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). Kahmann swings at the first pitch and flies out to deep right. Pete Hudzik strikes out looking on 3 pitches! Joel McCormick swings at the first pitch and pops out to left and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 3 to 1

We beat a left-hander!

We finish the season series with Buffalo 2-6.
Worse than the 4-4 of last year and the same as 2001.

We had 5 whole hits and made no errors
Buffalo had 9 hits and made 2 errors

Danny Coreano (W 7-5) went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. He threw a WP.
RHP Robbie Hopley (H 4) went 1+ scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk.
LHP Bill Grant (SV 11) faced 3 batters and got them all out with 1 strikeout.

Jerry Doherty (L 5-3) went 7 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 5 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. He threw a WP. 126 pitches.

2B Junior Danielson hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. SS Bart Daw had a hit and a walk, stole a base and had an RBI. C Don Kern had a hit and a walk.

Questdog · 10-19-2020, 11:48 AM

Friday, September 12, 2003

The Birmingham Barons are here to play a 3 game series over the weekend. They just lost 3 of 4 games in Rochester, the last two in extra innings, so hopefully they have no Bullpen against us. We are 7-4 against them on the season and won a pair of games the last time they visited, July 29-30. They lead in scoring with 4.50 runs per game (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.94). They lead the MLB HR (135) and we 13th (77), but have only hit 1 in our last 14 games. The Barons are 13th in fewest runs allowed with 4.32 per game (Jacksonville is #6 with 3.88). The Barons lead in the League with 135 HR hit, but have allowed more (137), the most in the MLB. We have allowed the 3rd most with 106. Their run differential is +25 and ours is +7.

Birmingham Barons (69-72 .489 9.5 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (70-69 .504 7.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division)

BIRM: Cesar Rodriguez (29-R) (10-9 3.47 ERA 184 IP, 178 H, 15 HR, 55 BB, 120 SO) All-Star(01) vs.
JAX: Del Warwick (28-L) (11-11 2.65 ERA 204 IP, 203 H, 14 HR, 52 BB, 111 SO) Gold Glove

Rodriguez is 0-1 in 2 starts against us this season with a 4.30 ERA. 14.2 IP, 19 H, 1 HR, 4 BB, 8 SO.

Warwick gave up 2 runs on 11 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 4 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a no decision that our Bullpen lost in the 9th inning.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BIRMINGHAM
1: 3B Stan Stephens (25-R .363-565-4-54-.834-53 C+) All-Star(2: 01,03)
2: SS Ken Kelly (25-S .248-533-13-61-.668-29 B) All-Star(02)
3: 1B Jim Montgomery (32-R .235-514-26-87-.736-0 A) All-Star 8 for 23 w/3 HR vs Warwick
4: CF Sergio Acevedo (29-R .221-507-37-103-.808-26 B+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03) 113 HR in 3 seasons
5: RF Bob Marks (25-R .236-436-9-44-.688-15 A) Rookie #9 prospect
6: 2B Rick Halverson (27-L .273-293-3-29-.730-5 B) All-Star(01)
7: LF Benny Dreher (25-R .276-225-4-23-.716-11 B+) Gold Glove(2: 01-02)
8: C Bob Marcuson (32-R .189-228-1-12-.491-1 C+) All-Star(01)
9: P Cesar Rodriguez (29-R .267-60-1-5-.579-0 F) All-Star(01)

JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-502-3-48-.729-32 B+)
2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .228-325-1-19-.580-9 C+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .301-511-11-69-.829-17 B+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .284-486-20-87-.826-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .253-380-9-38-.730-26 B)
6: C Bert Swope (31-S .210-229-0-23-.549-1 B)
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .243-416-9-55-.658-39 B+)
8: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .264-182-0-8-.604-13 B)
9: P Del Warwick (28-L .186-59-0-3-.370-0 C) Gold Glove

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 80 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 7,413

Top of the First:
Stan Stephens tries to bunt his way on, but fails to get one down. He swings away and grounds out to short. Ken Kelly hits a home run to left center... 1 to 0, Barons. Jim Montgomery swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses. Sergio Acevedo hits a home run to left.... 2 to 0, Barons. Bob Marks strikes out.

Bottom of the First:
Cal Doty strikes out.... Danny Stewart pops out to 2nd. Ray McDonald lines a hit to center. Marty Eades doubles to left and McDonald scores from 1st without a throw! 2 to 1, Barons. Jack Washburn, who has hit 2 home runs off Rodriguez, flies out to right.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Cal Doty and Danny Stewart lead off with back to back line drive hits to left. Doty steals 3rd! Ray McDonald grounds one to 1st, but P Cesar Rodriguez drops the toss for an error and Doty scores! Tie Game: 2 to 2! But the next three all make outs....

Bottom of the Eighth:
Cal Doty takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, he steals 2nd! They walk Ray McDonald intentionally. We try a double steal and C Bob Marcuson throws the ball into left field for an error and Doty scores! 3 to 2, Jays! With the infield in, Marty Eades grounds a hit up the middle and McDonald scores! 4 to 2, Jays! With 2 outs, Bert Swope triples to right and Eades scores! 5 to 2, Jays! But Swope is hurt... Pinch-runner: Don Kern (26-R), who will stay in to catch. That does it for P Cesar Rodriguez. New Pitcher: Don Kneip (36-L), who is 1-4 with 1 SV and a 2.98 ERA in 93.2 IP. Bart Daw lines a hit to center and Kern scores! 6 to 2, Jays! Junior Danielson grounds one to short, but Ken Kelly boots it! PH Ed Diskin (39-R) strikes out...

Won - 6 to 2

We had 8 hits and made no errors
Birmingham had 5 hits and made 3 errors

Del Warwick (W 12-11) went 8 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks and struck out 7.
RHP Roger Wallace pitched a perfect inning (2-3-4 hitters) with 1 strikeout.

Cesar Rodriguez (L 10-10) went 7.2 innings, gave us 6 runs (5 earned), 7 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 4.

LF Cal Doty had a hit an a walk, stole 3 bases and scored 2 runs. RF Ray McDonald ha a hit and a walk (INT), stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had 2 RBI. C Bert Swope hit a triple and had an RBI.

Trudy's report on Bert Swope is an intercostal strain that she expects to sideline him for about 3 weeks.... That is about all that is left in the season.

Questdog · 10-20-2020, 03:57 PM

Saturday, September 13, 2003

C Bert Swope (31-S) was placed on the DL and C Ron Gregory (32-L) was called up from Daytona (A). Gregory hit .193 in 114 AB for New Orleans in 2001. We got him in a trade for RP Gary Adamson, who is now retired. Over the past 2 seasons, Gregory has hit .252 with 5 HR and 53 RBI in 457 AB for the Tortugas with 66 BB and 5 SB. Gregory swings from the left side, too, and will fit into Bert Swope's role of starting against right-handers who are a lot tougher on righties than lefties. He may even hit better than Bert, but he won't play the same level of defense. He is not a horrible catcher, but not so great one either. He is very self-centered and dumb as a rock..... His scouting notes say that he probably kisses himself in the mirror a lot.... Garrett Bender (29-R) hit .228 for Daytona (A) after getting sent down this year, so his bat is not tempting us to put up with his errors again...

Birmingham Barons (69-73 .486 9.5 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (71-69 .507 6.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division)

BIRM: Marty Forner (30-L) (10-6 3.51 ERA 138.1 IP, 134 H, 20 HR, 34 BB, 66 SO) Rookie
JAX: John Lombardi (29-R) (0-4 5.49 ERA 39.1 IP, 49 H, 5 HR, 14 BB, 17 SO)

Forner is a 30 old rookie, which means he stinks. But he is a lefty, which means he beats us.... We have never faced him. He is pitching with a mild abdominal strain today.

Lombardi last started for the Jays on June 26 and he was hammered. He pitched a CG win in his last start for Daytona (A), allowing 2 runs on 9 his and 5 walks with 5 strikeouts.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BIRMINGHAM
1: SS Stan Stephens (25-R .362-569-4-54-.831-54 D+) All-Star(2: 01,03)
2: RF Benny Dreher (25-R .273-227-4-23-.713-11 B) Gold Glove(2: 01-02(LF)
3: 1B Jim Montgomery (32-R .234-518-26-87-.731-0 A) All-Star
4: CF Sergio Acevedo (29-R .222-510-38-104-.814-26 B+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03)
5: LF Bob Marks (25-R .234-440-9-44-.682-15 A+) Rookie
6: 2B Rick Halverson (27-L .274-296-3-29-.730-5 B) All-Star(01)
7: C Shigeru Nagata (26-R .206-257-9-33-.604-0 C+) Rookie
8: 3B Turner Morache (24-R .317-139-3-18-.802-3 A)
9: P Marty Forner (30-L .071-42-0-1-.206-0 F) Rookie Mild abdominal strain

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .263-186-0-8-.602-13 B)
2: SS Bart Daw (31-R .243-420-9-56-.657-39 B+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .302-514-11-70-.829-18 B+)
4: 1B Marty Eades (32-R .286-490-20-89-.830-2 C) All-Star
5: C Don Kern (26-R .205-195-7-27-.638-10 B) Rookie
6: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .212-165-3-13-.611-0 B)
7: 3B Charlie Faber (32-R .199-181-0-12-.533-6 B+)
8: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-505-3-48-.729-35 B+)
9: P John Lombardi (29-S .167-12-0-1-.333-0 F)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 73 F, Overcast, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 7,705

Top of the First:
Stan Stephens takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Benny Dreher grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. He goes to 2nd on a wild pitch... Jim Montgomery swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Sergio Acevedo lines out to to left!

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson flies out to center. Bart Daw triples to right! Ray McDonald pops out to short.... Marty Eades swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to right... Wasted opportunity.... We cannot afford those against lefties... Or with P John Lombardi on the mound...

Bottom of the Sixth:
With 1 out, Junior Danielson lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit. Bart Daw grounds a hit up the middle and Danielson beats the throw to 3rd and Daw takes 2nd! Ray McDonald gets beaned with an 0-2 pitch to load the bases up with 1 out. Marty Eades lines out to center and Danielson tags up, but gets thrown out by Sergio Acevedo.... We are just cursed against lefties.... There is no other explanation....

After getting the last out of the 7th, P Marty Forner is hurt.

Top of the Eighth:
With 1 out, Jim Montgomery hits a home run to left center... 1 to 0, Barons. His fifth HR against the Jays this season, which leads all opponents.

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Robbie Hopley (29-R). With 1 out, Rick Halverson lines a hit to center. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Don Kern throws the ball away.... The Bullpen is up. Shigeru Nagata lines a hit to center and Halverson scores... 2 to 0, Barons. The next two make outs.

Bottom of the Ninth:
On the Hill: P John Holcomb (32-L), after a scoreless 8th. 3-4-5 up for us. Ray McDonald beats out an infield hit! Marty Eades strikes out.... Don Kern grounds into a 5-4-3 double play..... His 2nd GDP and the team's fourth of the day... We also had a fly ball DP, which makes 5 DP's in the game...

Lost - 2 to 0

We had 9 hits and made 1 error
Birmingham had 9 hits and made no errors

John Lombardi (L 0-5) went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 7 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out no one. He threw a WP.
RHP Robbie Hopley went 1 inning, allowed 1 unearned run, 2 hits and struck out 2.

Marty Forner (W 11-6) went 7 scoreless innings, gave us 7 hits, no walks, 1 HBP and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit.
LHP John Holcomb (SV 1) pitched 2 scoreless innings, gave us 2 hits and struck out 1.

2B Junior Danielson had 3 hits. SS Bart Daw had 2 hits with a triple. RF Ray McDonald had a hit and was hit by a pitch. 3B Charlie Faber hit a double.

For Birmingham, 3B/SS Turner Morache had 3 hits.

The Barons announced that P Marty Forner had strained his back and would be put on the DL and they think he will be okay by time the 15 days are up.

Questdog · 10-21-2020, 06:39 PM

Sunday, September 14, 2003

Birmingham Barons (70-73 .490 9.5 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (71-70 .504 7.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division)

BIRM: Paul Gaughan (34-R) (11-10 3.94 ERA 187.1 IP, 199 H, 18 HR, 43 BB, 103 SO) All-Star(2: 01-02)
JAX: Jim Baucom (22-L) (13-8 1.97 ERA 223.1 IP, 180 H, 9 HR, 43 BB, 186 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03)

Gaughan is their #1 starter. He is 0-2 in 4 starts against us this season with a 4.56 ERA. 23.2 IP, 26 H, 4 HR, 4 BB, 16 SO.

Baucom gave up 2 runs on 4 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and 11 strikeouts last time out in his 3rd loss in a row.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BIRMINGHAM
1: 3B Stan Stephens (25-R .360-572-4-54-.828-54 C+) All-Star(2: 01,03)
2: SS Ken Kelly (25-S .250-537-14-62-.676-29 B) All-Star(02)
3: 1B Jim Montgomery (32-R .234-522-27-88-.735-0 A) All-Star
4: CF Sergio Acevedo (29-R .220-513-38-104-.811-27 B+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03)
5: RF Bob Marks (25-R .236-444-9-44-.687-15 A) Rookie
6: 2B Rick Halverson (27-L .273-300-3-29-.727-6 B) All-Star(01)
7: LF Dave Jay (38-R .281-267-10-47-.828-2 A) Thumb contusion
8: C Bob Marcuson (32-R .186-231-1-12-.485-1 C+) All-Star(01)
9: P Paul Gaughan (34-R .196-56-0-5-.461-0 F) All-Star(2: 01-02)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .274-190-0-8-.621-13 B)
2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .287-508-3-48-.725-35 B+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .302-517-11-70-.829-18 B+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .285-494-20-89-.827-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .250-384-9-38-.723-26 B)
6: C Ron Gregory (32-L Season debut C+) Jay debut
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .245-424-9-56-.665-39 B+)
8: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .228-329-1-19-.579-9 C+)
9: P Jim Baucom (22-L .239-67-0-6-.532-0 C) All-Star(2: 02-03)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 74 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 12 MPH wind blowing in from left
Attendance: 7,808

Top of the First:
Stan Stephens swings at the first pitch and lines out to center. Ken Kelly grounds a hit up the middle... He steals 2nd and C Ron Gregory's first throw ever for the Jays goes into center and Kelly Takes 3rd.... Jim Montgomery flies out to left and Kelly tags up and scores. 1 to 0, Barons. Sergio Acevedo strikes out.

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson tries to bunt his way on, but is out, 2-3. Cal Doty flies out to left. Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and pops out to short...

Top of the Second:
Bob Marks and Rick Halverson lead off with back to back hits... With 1 out, Marks steals 3rd... Bob Marcuson strikes out looking! P Paul Gaughan clears the bases with a double grounded over the 3rd base bag.... 3 to 0, Barons. Stab Stephens grounds a hit up the middle and P Gaughan scores... 4 to 0, Barons.

Top of the Sixth:
New Pitcher: Al Calice (22-R), making his Major League debut. Sergio Acevedo lines a hit to left... Bob Marks takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... The Bullpen gets up. Rick Halverson lines one hard to left, but Cal Doty makes a great catch! Dave Jay grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!!

Top of the Seventh:
With 1 out, P Paul Gaughan grounds a up the middle Stan Stephens grounds a hit up the middle... The Bullpen gets back up. Ken Kelly takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 1 out. Jim Montgomery flies out to right and P Gaughan holds at 3rd. Sergio Acevedo swings at the first pitch and lines out to right!

Top of the Eighth:
Bob Marks hits a home run to left... 5 to 0, Barons.

Lost - 5 to 0

Back to back shutouts to the team that is 13th in fewest runs allowed....

We finish the season series with Birmingham 8-6.
Better than the 6-8 of last year and the 3-11 of 2001.

We had 5 whole hits and made 3 errors
Birmingham had 10 hits and made no errors

Jim Baucom (L 13-9) went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs (3 earned), 5 hits, no walks and struck out 4. 5 hits an no walk, but 4 runs allowed... His 4th loss in a row.
RHP Al Calice, in his Major League debut, went 3 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Roger Wallace went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1.

Paul Gaughan (W 12-10) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. He threw a WP. 127 pitches. At bat, he had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had 2 RBI.

2B Junior Danielson had a hit and a walk. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with a double. CF Danny Stewart had 2 hits. That is all of our base runners accounted for. They were spread out just enough so as to not assist one another. The rest of the team was 0 for 22 with no walks.

Questdog · 10-21-2020, 06:40 PM

September 15, 2003

Monday Morning Report
Player of the Week - Keith Myer, 3B, Memphis (28-L .360/.427/.548) Had 14 hits with 1 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS, 4 R and 8 RBI in 7 G (5 GS) (6th career PoW; 2nd this season)

(Slash lines are for the season, not the week)

September 10 - Terry Luckett (28-L) of Columbus pitched 12 shutout innings at Louisville, but gave up a run in the bottom of the 13th to lose, 1 to 0. He threw 155 pitches.
September 10 - CF Tom Walker (24-R) of Rochester had 3 hits with 2 doubles, stole a base, scored 3 runs, including the winning one, and had 4 RBI at home versus Birmingham. The Roosters won, 12 to 11, in 11 innings. SS Stan Stephens (25-R) went 5 for 5 with a home run, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI for the Barons.
September 10 - Richmond lost 2-time All-Star(02-03) LF Andres Borges (35-S) for the rest of the season with chronic back soreness. He was hitting .274 with 5 HR and 49 RBI in 361 AB.
September 12 - 3B Larry Davis (28-S) of Charlotte had 5 hits with 2 doubles, scored a run and had 2 RBI at Louisville. The Hornets won, 9 to 7, in 14 innings. Davis knocked in a run in the top of the 9th to tie the. Each team scored 3 runs in the 11th inning.
September 12 - Steve Cron (29-L) of Buffalo pitched a 5 hit shutout at Hartford. He walked 2 and struck out 4. It is his 3rd shutout of the season. He is now 18-6 with a 2.36 ERA in 31 starts. The Bombers won, 1 to 0.
September 14 - C Mike Moen (33-R) of Hartford had 3 hits with a walk, scored a run and had 5 RBI at home versus Buffalo. The Whalers won, 11 to 6. P Morris Thomas (33-R), did not pitch all that well, but went 2 for 2 at bat with a Grand Slam.

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Questdog · 10-22-2020, 01:12 PM

Monday, September 15, 2003

We are in New Orleans to play the Pelicans a 4 game series. They won 2 of 3 here versus Richmond over the weekend. They have the worst record in the MLB, but are almost at .500 since the All-Star break (27-28). We are 6-4 against them on the season and lost 2 of 3 the first time we visited, August 29-31. They are last in scoring with 3.50 runs per game (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.89). The Pelicans are 14th in fewest runs allowed with 4.51 per game (Jacksonville is #6 with 3.87). Their run differential is -144, now the 2nd worst in the MLB (Indianapolis), and ours is +4.

Jacksonville Jays (71-71 .500 7.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) at
New Orleans Pelicans (55-87 .387 23.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Mike Marsh (22-R) (1-3 5.91 ERA 32 IP, 29 H, 5 HR, 23 BB, 8 SO) Rookie
NO: Dan Krueger (25-R) (1-1 2.41 ERA 18.2 IP, 18 H, 2 HR, 7 BB, 7 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03)

Marsh gave up 4 runs on 4 hits and 6 walks with 1 strikeout in 5.1 innings last time out in a loss. Another bad outing and we will put him on the shelf until next year.

Krueger was the #2 pick in the 2002 B Leagues Draft, the draft where we took Jim Baucom #1. We faced him in August, in his first start of the season, and only scored 2 unearned runs on 6 hits and 3 walks with 5 strikeouts in 6.2 innings in a no decision that we lost.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .285-512-3-48-.720-35 B+)
2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .232-332-1-19-.585-9 C+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .299-521-11-70-.823-18 B+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .283-498-20-89-.821-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .253-388-9-38-.728-26 B)
6: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-427-9-56-.660-39 B+)
7: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .275-193-0-8-.625-13 B)
8: C Ron Gregory (32-L .000-4-0-0-.000-0 C+)
9: P Mike Marsh (22-R .556-9-0-0-1.111-0 B+) Rookie

NEW ORLEANS
1: CF Franklin Sanchez (22-R .222-338-1-22-.537-22 B+)
2: LF Jimmy Dixon (31-L .197-132-2-10-.610-3 A)
3: RF Tim Dawson (27-R .260-442-5-44-.689-8 B+)
4: 1B Jerry Rafanello (32-S .295-312-5-34-.756-0 D) All-Star(2: 01,03) 16 for 32 w/4 2B & 3 HR vs Jax
5: C Niel Williams (27-R .225-315-5-32-.644-0 B)
6: SS Chuck Corrigan (27-R .305-442-5-52-.774-0 C+)
7: 3B Ray Teague (27-S .302-242-1-27-.740-11 D+)
8: 2B Jim Brister (31-S .242-298-2-24-.641-1 A)
9: P Dan Krueger (25-R .000-7-0-0-.000-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Weather: 81 F, Rain, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from right
Attendance: 3,465

Top of the First:
Cal Doty pops out to right. Danny Stewart plunks one and is out, 2-3. Ray McDonald draws a walk. Marty Eades drives one to deep center, but Franklin Sanchez runs it down... Will we ever score again?

Bottom of the First:
Franklin Sanchez beats out an infield hit... Jimmy Dixon swings at the first pitch and doubles to left and Sanchez scores... 1 to 0, Pelicans. The Bullpen gets up. Tim Dawson flies out to deep left and Dixon tags up and moves to 3rd. Jerry Rafanello doubles to center and Dixon scores... 2 to 0, Pelicans. Niel Williams flies out to right and Ray McDonald doubles Rafanello off 2nd!! 16 assists for him now!

Bottom of the Second:
Chuck Corrigan lines a hit to center and goes to 2nd on a passed ball.... The Bullpen is back up. Ray Teague lines a 3-2 pitch to left for a double and Corrigan scores... 3 to 0, Pelicans. Jim Brister grounds out to 2nd and Teague goes to 3rd. With the infield P Dan Krueger blisters one to the right side, but Junior Danielson makes a great stop and throws him out and Teague holds at 3rd. Franklin Sanchez lines a hit to right and Teague scores... 4 to 0, Pelicans. Jimmy Dixon doubles to right center and Sanchez scores... 5 to 0, Pelicans. Call to the Bullpen: Roger Wallace (28-R). Don Kern (26-R) is in to catch in a double switch. Tim Dawson pokes a hit to left and Dixon scores... 6 to 0, Pelicans. This is the worst offense in the League.... 8 hits in 2 innings...

Top of the Fourth:
With 1 out, Jack Washburn draws a walk and steals 2nd. Bart Daw lines a hit to left. Junior Danielson grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Washburn scores. 6 to 1, Pelicans. No shutout today!

Bottom of the Fifth:
On the Hill: Albert Davies (25-L), after a scoreless 4th. Niel Williams doubles to center... Chuck Corrigan grounds one to 1st, but Jack Washburn boots it... P Davies needs to give us some innings and then he can rest until Christmas.... Ray Teague lines out to center and Williams tags up and scores. 7 to 1, Pelicans. With 2 outs, P Dan Krueger lines a hit to center... A wild pitch moves the runners up. Franklin Sanchez draws a walk to load the bases up with 2 outs. LF Ricky Palmer (34-S) grounds out to short.

Top of the Sixth:
Ray McDonald beats out an infield hit. Marty Eades swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middles and McDonald beats the throw to 3rd. Jack Washburn strikes out.... Bart Daw grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and McDonald scores and Eades beats the throw to 3rd! 7 to 2, Pelicans. Junior Danielson pops out to right and the runners hold.... PH Dennis Brown (29-L) swings at the first pitch and flies out to deep center...

Bottom of the Sixth:
New Pitcher: Robbie Hopley (29-R). Tim Dawson lines a hit to right. Jerry Rafanello grounds a hit to right and Dawson beats the throw to 3rd and Rafanello takes 2nd... 15 hits now for the worst hitting team in the League... Niel Williams takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with no outs... Chuck Corrigan lines out to left and Dawson tags up and scores. 8 to 2, Pelicans. With 2 outs, 2B Dennis Carr (40-R) clears the bases with a double to right... 10 to 2, Pelicans.

Lost - 10 to 2

This is fun!

We had 8 hits (all singles) and made 1 error
New Orleans had 19 hits and made no errors

The most hits we have allowed this season and the 2nd most ever.

We gave up 21 to Memphis on June 17, 2001, in a 20 to 1 loss.

Mike Marsh (L 1-4) went 1.2 innings, allowed 6 runs, 7 hits, no walks and struck out no one.
RHP Roger Wallace went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1.
LHP Albert Davies went 2 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. He threw a WP.
RHP Robbie Hopley went 3 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.

Dan Krueger (W 2-1) went 7.1 innings, gave us 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit.

RF Ray McDonald had a hit and a walk and scored a run. 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits. SS Bart Daw had 2 hits and an RBI. 2B Junior Danielson had 2 hits, stole a base and had an RBI.

For New Orleans, CF Franklin Sanchez had 3 hits and a walk, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. RF Tim Dawson had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. SS Chuck Corrigan had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI.

The Pelicans had 2 players hurt during the game: 2B Jim Brister has a herniated disc and will be out 1 to 2 weeks and will go on the DL; LF Jimmy Dixon has a strained back that will bother him for about a week, but will keep playing.

Questdog · 10-22-2020, 02:27 PM

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

P Mike Marsh (22-R) and RP Albert Davies (25-L) were sent back to the Daytona (A) roster. P Marc Uhrich (28-L) and RP Dave Nini (26-L) were recalled.

Jacksonville Jays (71-72 .497 8 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) at
New Orleans Pelicans (56-87 .392 23 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Danny Coreano (24-L) (7-5 2.92 ERA 98.1 IP, 85 H, 4 HR, 29 BB, 52 SO)
NO: Terry Henry (32-R) (4-19 5.14 ERA 173.1 IP, 205 H, 18 HR, 40 BB, 93 SO)

Coreano gave up 1 run on 8 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a win.

Henry leads the MLB in losses. He is 1-2 in 2 starts against us this season with a 3.80 ERA. 21.1 IP, 28 H, 3 HR, 5 BB, 12 SO. The one win was the last time we met him and he shut us out on 9 hits and 1 walk with 7 strikeouts.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .285-516-3-48-.718-35 B+)
2: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .300-524-11-70-.823-18 B+)
3: 2B Ed Diskin (39-R .243-300-5-52-.648-1 C+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .285-502-20-89-.822-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .251-391-9-38-.724-27 B)
6: C Don Kern (26-R .197-203-7-27-.614-10 B) Rookie
7: SS Charlie Faber (32-R .201-184-0-12-.541-6 C+)
8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .214-168-3-13-.612-0 B)
9: P Danny Coreano (24-L .259-27-0-2-.546-0 F)

NEW ORLEANS
1: CF Franklin Sanchez (22-R .228-342-1-23-.550-22 B+)
2: 3B Ray Teague (27-S .305-246-1-29-.747-11 D+)
3: LF Jerry Rafanello (32-S .297-317-5-35-.760-0 D) All-Star(2: 01,03)
4: 1B Jay Kegler (35-L .273-469-23-81-.831-1 C+)
5: RF Tim Dawson (27-R .264-447-5-45-.694-8 B+)
6: 2B Chuck Corrigan (27-R .309-446-5-53-.780-0 A)
7: SS Ron Taylor (31-S .238-411-0-23-.575-23 B+)
8: C Niel Williams (27-R .229-319-5-32-.653-0 B)
9: P Terry Henry (32-R .146-48-1-2-.375-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Weather: 85 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 5,438

Top of the First:
Cal Doty beats out an infield hit. Ray McDonald strikes out... Ed Diskin doubles to right center and Doty scores from 1st! 1 to 0, Jays! No shutout! Marty Eades beats out an infield hit. Jack Washburn grounds out to 2nd, Chuck Corrigan making a tough play, and Diskin scores and Eades moves up. 2 to 0, Jays! Don Kern grounds out to short.

Bottom of the First:
Franklin Sanchez strikes out! Ray Teague swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to center... Jerry Rafanello flies out to left!! Jay Kegler strikes out looking!

Top of the Second:
Charlie Faber and Gary McKellar lead off with back to back hits! I doubt that has ever happened before! P Danny Coreano bunts them up. Cal Doty flies out to center and Faber tags up and scores. 3 to 0, Jays!

Bottom of the Fifth:
Franklin Sanchez lines a hit to right. With 1 out, Jerry Rafanello hits a home run to left... 3 to 2, Jays. His sixth home run of the season, fourth against the Jays....

Top of the Seventh:
Ed Diskin doubles to left! With 1 out, they walk Jack Washburn intentionally. Don Kern hits a home run to left center!! 6 to 2, Jays! Only our second HR in the past 19 games and both have been by Kern!

Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Franklin Sanchez beats out an infield hit. Ray Teague takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... The Bullpen gets up. With 2 outs, Jay Kegler lines a hit to center and the bases are loaded. Tim Dawson swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right and 2 runs score... 6 to 4, Jays. Call to the Bullpen: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). Chuck Corrigan grounds out to short!

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Scott Van Dyke (32-R), who is 3-10 with 10 SV and a 5.45 ERA in 69.2 IP. With 1 out, Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle. Ed Diskin doubles to right center, his third double of the day, tying the MLB mark! With the infield in, Marty Eades grounds out to 3rd and the runners hold... I was hoping he could make it to 100 RBI, but he is not knocking in very many of late... Only 4 in 15 games in September. I thought they would walk Jack Washburn to give Don Kern a chance at a Grand Slam, but they pitch to Washburn and he hits a home run to right!!! 9 to 4, Jays! 1 HR in the previous 18 games and 2 today!!

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Rudy Norwood (31-R), a rookie with a 4.31 ERA in 31.1 IP. With 1 out, Gary McKellar grounds a hit up the middle. We let P Bill Grant bat because Dave Nini is the only rested reliever in the Pen and I do not trust him to hold even a 5 run lead.... Besides, P Grant can get a Save, if he finishes the game. He grounds a hit up the middle and McKellar beats the throw to 3rd and P Grant takes 2nd! Cal Doty bloops a hit to left center, just over the shortstop, and McKellar scores! 10 to 4, Jays! Ray McDonald lines a hit to left and P Grant scores! 11 to 4, Jays! The next two make outs.

Won - 11 to 4

We had 18 hits and made no errors
New Orleans had 10 hits and made no errors

We tied our season high in hits!
Every spot in the lineup had at least 1 hit.
Starting pitcher Coreano did not, but reliever Bil Grant did!

Danny Coreano (W 8-5) went 6.2 innings, allowed 10 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 4.
LHP Bill Grant (SV 12) went 2.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 1.

Terry Henry (L 4-20) went 6.1 innings, gave us 6 runs, 11 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 3. 123 pitches.

LF Cal Doty had 3 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBI. RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits, scored a run and had and RBI. 2B Ed Diskin tied the MLB record with 3 doubles, drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with his 10th home run of the season, was walked intentionally, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBI. C Don Kern hit his 8th home run and had 3 RBI. SS Charlie Faber had 2 hits and 2 walks and scored a run. CF Gary McKellar had 2 hits and scored a run. That is everyone in the lineup getting a mention!

For New Orleans, CF Franklin Sanchez had 3 hits and scored 2 runs.

Questdog · 10-22-2020, 04:33 PM

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Jacksonville Jays (72-72 .500 7.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) at
New Orleans Pelicans (56-88 .389 23.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Del Warwick (28-L) (12-11 2.63 ERA 212 IP, 208 H, 16 HR, 54 BB, 118 SO) Gold Glove
NO: Dennis Farmer (26-R) (8-5 4.46 ERA 101 IP, 103 H, 4 HR, 52 BB, 52 SO)

Warwick gave up 2 runs on 5 hits, 2 home runs and 2 walks with 7 strikeouts in 8 innings last time out in a win.

We faced Farmer once this season and he beat Warwick with 1 run allowed on 4 hits and 5 walks with 1 strikeout in 6 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .279-197-0-9-.632-14 B)
2: RF Dennis Brown (29-L .264-174-6-19-.705-1 C)
3: 3B Ed Diskin (39-R .249-305-5-53-.669-1 C)
4: LF Ray McDonald (23-L .300-530-11-71-.821-18 B+)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .253-395-10-42-.736-27 B)
6: C Don Kern (26-R .197-208-8-30-.623-10 B) Rookie
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .246-431-9-57-.663-39 B+)
8: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .229-336-1-19-.579-9 C+)
9: P Del Warwick (28-L .177-62-0-3-.352-0 C) Gold Glove

NEW ORLEANS
1: CF Franklin Sanchez (22-R .233-347-1-23-.559-22 B+)
2: 3B Ray Teague (27-S .305-249-1-29-.749-11 D+)
3: 1B Jay Kegler (35-L .273-473-23-81-.828-1 C+)
4: RF Tim Dawson (27-R .265-449-5-47-.698-8 B+)
5: 2B Chuck Corrigan (27-R .307-450-5-53-.773-0 A)
6: C Niel Williams (27-R .229-323-5-32-.651-0 B)
7: LF Ricky Palmer (34-S .192-146-6-17-.635-2 B+)
8: SS Ron Taylor (31-S .239-414-0-23-.577-23 B+)
9: P Dennis Farmer (26-S .219-32-0-5-.500-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Weather: 81 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 4,618

Top of the First:
Junior Danielson swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Dennis Brown, 0 for 12 against Farmer, hits a home run to right! 1 to 0, Jays! Ed Diskin strikes out... Ray McDonald grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the First:
Franklin Sanchez beats out an infield hit... Ray Teague hits a home run to left... 2 to 1, Pelicans. His second home run of the season... Jay Kegler doubles to left center.... Why can all the other teams in the League keep the Pelicans from scoring much, but not us? Tim Dawson grounds out to 2nd and Kegler goes to 3rd. Chuck Corrigan pops out to right and Kegler stays put. Niel Williams grounds out to short.

Top of the Sixth:
Danny Stewart lines our third hit of the game to left center and P Del Warwick bunts him to 2nd. Junior Danielson lines a hit to right center and Stewart heads home, but Franklin Sanchez throws him out....

Top of the Seventh:
Ed Diskin grounds a hit up the middle. That does it for P Dennis Farmer. New Pitcher: Keith Casebolt (25-L), their closer, who is 5-4 with 11 SV and 3.41 ERA in 75 IP. Ray McDonald grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. PH Dave Thompson (27-R), who will stay in to play 1st, grounds a double over the 3rd base bag and McDonald heads home, but Ricky Palmer throws him out.... Back to back innings with a runner thrown out at home... Don Kern grounds one to 1st, but P Keith Casebolt drops the toss for an error. But then he picks Kern off.....

Top of the Ninth:
Top of our order up. Marty Eades has already been used as a pinch-hitter... Junior Danielson grounds a hit to left! Dennis Brown has to bat, because there are no right-handers left on the bench and he strikes out on a 3-2 pitch... Ed Diskin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play....

Lost - 2 to 1

We had 7 hits and made no errors
New Orleans had 7 hits and made 1 error

Del Warwick (L 12-12) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, no walks, 1 HBP and struck out 5.
LHP Bill Grant went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2.

Dennis Farmer (W 9-5) went 6+ innings, gave us 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 2.
LHP Keith Casebolt (SV 12) went 3 scoreless innings, gave us 2 hits and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit. Both pitchers used today by the Pelicans walks about 4.5 per 9 innings, but we did not draw a walk....

2B Junior Danielson had 2 hits and stole a base, but why he did not try to steal in the 9th inning is a mystery. RF Dennis Brown hit his 7th home run of the season. PH/1B Dave Thompson hit a double.

Westheim · 10-22-2020, 05:29 PM

Man, do the Jax Jays need offense...

I guess I'll send in my workout video. I'm a beer league first baseman, lazy loudmouth, and I steal from teammates' lunchboxes. But my workout will convince you - wait till you see me lift two kegs o' brew.

Questdog · 10-23-2020, 11:29 AM

Thursday, September 18, 2003

Jacksonville Jays (72-73 .498 8 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) at
New Orleans Pelicans (57-88 .393 23 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division)

JAX: John Lombardi (29-R) (0-5 4.75 ERA 47.1 IP, 56 H, 6 HR, 16 BB, 17 SO)
NO: Jorge Lugo (30-R) (5-16 5.22 ERA 172.1 IP, 209 H, 15 HR, 58 BB, 89 SO)

Lombardi gave up 1 run on 7 hits, 1 home run and 2 walks with no strikeouts in 8 innings last time out, but we were shut out and he took a loss.

Lugo is 1-1 in 2 starts against us this year with a 5.52 ERA. 14.2 IP, 17 H, 0 HR, 8 BB, 6 SO.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .288-521-3-50-.722-35 B+)
2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .231-338-1-19-.581-9 C+)
3: RF Dennis Brown (29-L .264-178-7-20-.718-1 C)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .285-509-20-89-.819-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .252-397-10-42-.732-27 B)
6: C Ron Gregory (32-R .000-5-0-0-.000-0 C+)
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-434-9-57-.659-39 B+)
8: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .284-201-0-9-.639-15 B)
9: P John Lombardi (29-S .143-14-0-1-.286-0 F)

NEW ORLEANS
1: SS Ron Taylor (31-S .237-417-0-23-.573-23 B+)
2: RF Tim Dawson (27-R .263-453-5-47-.692-8 B+)
3: 3B Ray Teague (27-S .308-253-2-31-.764-11 D+)
4: 1B Jay Kegler (35-L .274-475-23-81-.832-1 C+)
5: 2B Chuck Corrigan (27-R .307-453-5-53-.773-0 A)
6: LF Jerry Rafanello (32-S .298-322-6-37-.770-0 D) All-Star(2: 01,03)
7: CF Ricky Palmer (34-S .195-149-6-17-.635-2 D+)
8: C Bobby Thomas (32-S .194-170-3-15-.524-0 B+)
9: P Jorge Lugo (30-R .163-49-1-3-.405-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Weather: 82 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing left to right
Attendance: 4,861

Top of the First:
Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd. Danny Stewart draws a walk. He gets caught stealing... Dennis Brown pops out to short...

Bottom of the First:
Ron Taylor takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Tim Dawson swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right and Taylor goes to 3rd... Ray Teague grounds a hit to left and Taylor scores... 1 to 0, Pelicans. Jay Kegler swings at the first pitch and flies out to right. Chuck Corrigan swings at the first pitch and grounds into a 4-6-3 double play!!

Top of the Second:
Marty Eades grounds a hit to right. With 1 out, Ron Gregory grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Bart Daw lines a hit to left. Junior Danielson lines a hit to center and Gregory heads home, but gets thrown out by Ricky Palmer.... We are getting more runners thrown out at home than are scoring....

Bottom of the Second:
With 1 out, Ricky Palmer takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Bobby Thomas, the sub-.200 hitter, swings at the first pitch and doubles to right center and Palmer scores... 2 to 0, Pelicans. The next two make outs.

Top of the Sixth:
Cal Doty lines a hit to center. Danny Stewart takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Our 3 and 4 hitters make outs.... Jack Washburn draws a walk to load the bases up with 2 outs. Ron Gregory grounds his first hit as a Jay to center and 2 runs score!! Tie Game: 2 to 2!

Bottom of the Sixth:
With 2 outs, Ricky Palmer, the sub-.200 hitter, hits a home run to left... 3 to 2, Pelicans. The 7 and 8 hitters, both sub-.200 hitters are now 3 for 3 with a double and a home run and 2 walks... The rest of the lineup is 2 for 18....

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Keith Casebolt (25-L), their closer, who got the Save yesterday with 3 scoreless innings. 8-9-1 up for us. Junior Danielson lines a hit to center. PH Dave Thompson (27-R) bunts Danielson to 2nd.... Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit. PH Gary McKellar (33-R) swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to center and Danielson scores! Tie Game: 3 to 3! This time, we have 2 players on the bench to pinch-hit for Dennis Brown, but no one to play the outfield if he is taken out.... He grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and the runners move up. Marty Eades is walked intentionally to load the bases up with 2 outs. PH Ed Diskin (39-R) swings at the first pitch and smashes a line drive right to the 2nd baseman....

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Dave Nini (26-L). 7-8-9 up for the Pelicans, but that is where all their damage has been done today. Ricky Palmer swings at the first pitch and pops one up to 1st, but Dave Thompson drops the ball.... Bobby Thomas grounds out slowly to short and Palmer goes to 2nd. PH Franklin Sanchez (22-R), who is 7 for 13 with a walk and an RBI and 5 runs scores this series, is walked intentionally.... Dumb, when your pitcher is a wild thrower and is not inclined to induce ground balls and the on deck batter is a fast runner... Ron Taylor grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4, but Junior Danielson gets taken out by Sanchez with a rough slide.... Trudy goes out, but pronounces Danielson fit to continue. Tim Dawson lines a 3-1 pitch to right for a hit....

Lost - 4 to 3

We finish the season series with New Orleans 7-7.
We were 9-5 last season and 6-8 in 2001.

We had 11 hits (all singles) and made 1 error (that let the winning run on base)
New Orleans had 8 hits and made no errors

John Lombardi went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out no one.
RHP Roger Wallace went 2 scoreless innings and allowed 2 hits.
LHP Dave Nini (L 3-2) got 2 outs, allowed 1 unearned run, 1 hit and 1 walk (INT).

Jorge Lugo went 7+ innings, gave us 2 runs, 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 5.
LHP Keith Casebolt (W 6-4, BS 3) went 1 inning, gave us 1 run, 3 hits and 1 walk (INT). His 2nd win against the Jays this season.

LF Cal Doty had 2 hits and scored a run. CF Danny Stewart drew 2 walks and scored a run. PH/CF Gary McKellar had a hit and an RBI. 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits and a walk (INT), but no RBI again. 1B Jack Washburn drew 2 walks. C Ron Gregory had his first hit of the season and 2 RBI. 2B Junior Danielson had 2 hits and scored a run. PH Ray McDonald had a hit.

For New Orleans, RF Tim Dawson had 3 hits and a walk and the game winning RBI. CF Ricky Palmer had 2 hits with his 7th home run of the season, drew a walk and scored 3 runs and threw a runner out at the plate.

The Pelicans announced that P Jorge Lugo, injured during the game, had an elbow strain that should sideline him for about 3 weeks, which ends his season.

Down on the Farm: The Fort Wayne TinCaps beat the Evansville Triplets, 5 to 2, at home to win the American Association Championship, 4 games to 2. RF Tom Hill (25-S) was named the MVP of the series. He was 8 for 21 (.381) with 1 HR and 8 walks, scored 6 runs and had 2 RBI.

Questdog · 10-23-2020, 01:41 PM

Friday, September 19, 2003

We are back home for the final time this season to play the Charlotte Hornets a 3 game series over the weekend. Then we will spend the last two weeks of the schedule on the road. The Hornets won 2 of 3 at home versus Memphis earlier in the week. We are 6-5 against them on the year and split a pair of games the last time they visited, June 9-10. They are 4th in scoring with 4.27 runs per game (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.90). The Hornets and Jays are tied for 6th in fewest runs allowed with 3.90 per game. Their run differential is +54 and ours is +1.

Charlotte Hornets (80-66 .548 1 GB in 2nd place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (72-74 .493 9 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division)

CHAR: Bob Stephens (26-R) (14-9 2.94 ERA 187 IP, 170 H, 18 HR, 38 BB, 109 SO) All-Star
JAX: Jim Baucom (22-L) (13-9 2.05 ERA 228.1 IP, 185 H, 9 HR, 43 BB, 190 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03)

Stephens beat us in June, giving us 1 run on 4 hits and 3 walks with 6 strikeouts in 8.2 innings.

Baucom has lost 4 starts in a row. Last time out, he allowed 4 runs (3 earned) on 5 hits and no walks with 4 strikeouts in 5 innings.

Batting Order: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
CHARLOTTE
1: SS Harold Evans (24-R .274-347-0-27-.677-13 A)
2: CF Scott Damon (24-R .252-401-10-48-.702-7 B)
3: 3B Larry Davis (28-S .350-546-4-72-.845-15 B) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(01)
4: LF John Hartz (38-R .259-293-4-31-.733-14 C) All-Star(2: 01-02)
5: RF Tom Morris (29-R .186-247-3-21-.566-0 B)
6: 1B Bruce McArthur (26-L .262-447-8-43-.711-0 A+) Gold Glove
7: 2B Marty Derringer (25-R .254-422-6-52-.663-15 A)
8: C Alex Martinez (29-R .208-236-2-21-.526-3 B+)
9: P Bob Stephens (26-R .203-59-0-4-.467-1 D) All-Star 5 career SB

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .288-205-0-9-.646-15 B)
2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-526-3-50-.723-35 B+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .300-534-11-71-.819-18 B+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .287-513-20-89-.821-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .251-399-10-42-.732-27 B)
6: C Don Kern (26-R .199-211-8-30-.624-10 B) Rookie
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .245-437-9-57-.659-39 B+)
8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .224-174-3-14-.624-0 B)
9: P Jim Baucom (22-L .235-68-0-6-.524-0 C) All-Star(2: 02-03)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 82 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 7,826

Top of the First:
Harold Evans swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Scott Damon grounds a double over the 3rd base bag... Larry Davis lines a hit to left and Damon scores... 1 to 0, Hornets. John Hartz grounds into a 4-6-3 double play!!

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson, who has a 10 game hitting streak going, pops out to 2nd. Cal Doty walks on 4 pitches. Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and pops out to 2nd... Doty steals 2nd! Marty Eades grounds out to 2nd and leaves another RBI on the bases...

Top of the Second:
With 2 outs, Marty Derringer grounds a double over the 1st base bag... Alex Martinez grounds a hit to left and Derringer scores... 2 to 0, Hornets. Do you remember when Jim Baucom was a really good pitcher? It seems like such a long time ago....

Top of the Third:
Harold Evans swings at the first pitch and grounds a double over the 3rd base bag and then goes to 3rd on a ground out... 3 innings and 3 doubles for the Hornets... And 5 hits already... Larry Davis strikes out on 3 pitches! His 21st strikeout of the season! John Hartz swings at an 0-2 pitch and lines a hit to right and Evans scores... 3 to 0, Hornets.

Through 3 innings, they have 6 hits and we have none....

Nor none through 4 innings...

We go down in order in the 5th....

And in the 6th...

Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Ray McDonald triples to right center for our first hit of the day! Marty Eades pops out to short.... Jack Washburn lines out to center.... I cannot wait for this season to be over... We were riding high there for a while, but we are not hitting at all anymore... And not hitting is not fun...

Lost - 3 to 0

We had 1 whole hit and made no errors
Charlotte had 10 hits and made 1 error

Jim Baucom (L 13-10) went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, no walks and struck out 6.
RHP Al Calice went 3 scoreless innings, allowed 3 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2.

Bob Stephens (W 15-9) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 1 hit, 2 walks and struck out 2. 101 pitches. He has now pitched 41 innings against the Jays in his career and given us 14 hits... 0.88 ERA.

LF Cal Doty drew 2 walks and stole a base. RF Ray McDonald hit a triple.

Beating the Bushes: The Corpus Christi Hooks of the Texas League (B) won at home, 4-2, versus the Asheville Tourists of the Southern League to win the Dixie Cup, in 7 games. LF Floyd Wildsmith (20-L) was named the MVP of the series. He was 10 for 28 (.357) with 2 2B and 1 3B, scored 4 runs and had 3 RBI. He also stole 3 bases.

Down on the Farm: The following players, who had time with the Jays, have announced their retirement following the close of Daytona's season: P Spencer Shuff (35-R), RP Tug Jackson (35-R), 1B Ismael Gonzales (35-R), 3B Brian Porter (36-S) and CF Frank Wendell (35-R).

Questdog · 10-23-2020, 03:59 PM

Saturday, September 20, 2003

Charlotte Hornets (81-66 .551 0 GA tied for 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (72-75 .490 9 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division)

CHAR: Ron Simon (30-R) (10-10 4.16 ERA 192.2 IP, 182 H, 25 HR, 38 BB, 133 SO) All-Star(02)
JAX: Marc Uhrich (28-L) (0-1 8.71 ERA 10.1 IP, 14 H, 1 HR, 3 BB, 3 SO)

Simon is 1-0 in 2 starts against us this season with a 3.86 ERA. 14 IP, 10 H, 1 HR, 1 BB, 9 SO.

Uhrich last pitched on August 24, nearly a month ago. He gave up 5 runs on 10 hits and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts in 5.1 innings in a no decision that we won. We have unfortunate timing in that Dale Gilchrist is ready to pitch, but still needs to serve one more day on the DL....

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
CHARLOTTE
1: SS Harold Evans (24-R .273-352-0-27-.677-13 A)
2: 1B Bruce McArthur (26-L .259-451-8-43-.705-0 A+) Gold Glove
3: 3B Larry Davis (28-S .351-550-4-73-.846-15 B) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(01)
4: LF Terry Graham (24-L .232-168-4-22-.656-0 A+)
5: CF Scott Damon (24-R .252-405-10-48-.703-7 B)
6: 2B Marty Derringer (25-R .254-425-6-52-.667-15 A)
7: RF Gabe Valdez (31-R .235-447-8-48-.613-0 A)
8: C Alex Martinez (29-R .212-240-2-22-.533-3 B+)
9: P Ron Simon (30-R .138-65-0-3-.349-0 C) All-Star(02)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .282-209-0-9-.634-15 B)
2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .288-528-3-50-.722-36 B+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .299-538-11-71-.820-18 B+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .285-516-20-89-.817-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .249-402-10-42-.727-27 B)
6: C Don Kern (26-R .196-214-8-30-.616-10 B) Rookie
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .243-440-9-57-.655-39 B+)
8: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .229-341-1-19-.580-9 C+)
9: P Marc Uhrich (28-L .333-3-0-1-.667-0 D)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 86 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right
Attendance: 7,022

Top of the First:
Harold Evans swings at the first pitch and doubles to right... Bruce McArthur grounds out to 2nd and Evans goes to 3rd. Larry Davis lines out to deep right and Evans tags up and scores. 1 to 0, Hornets. Terry Graham grounds out to 1st, unassisted.

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson grounds out to short. Cal Doty hits a home run to right! Tie Game: 1 to 1! Ray McDonald draws a walk. Marty Eades grounds into a 6-4-3 double play....

Top of the Third:
Alex Martinez, who thinks he can hit when he plays us, grounds one to 2nd, but Junior Danielson boots it. Martinez steals 2nd and P Ron Simon bunts him to 3rd. With the infield in, Harold Evans grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Martinez stays put. Bruce McArthur pops out to left!

Top of the Fourth:
Larry Davis grounds a double over the 3rd base bag... But the next three make outs!

Bottom of the Fifth:
Bart Daw grounds a hit up the middle and goes to 2nd on a ground out. So we have a runner at 2nd with 1 out. Then we get two straight singles! But no runs, because Daw had been caught stealing 3rd....

Bottom of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Mike Penafiel (32-R), who is 4-1 with 5 SV and a 3.21 ERA in 70 IP. With 1 out, Bart Daw grounds one to 3rd, but Tom Morris (29-R) makes a bad throw for an error! Danny Stewart lines a hit to center and Daw gets caught in a rundown between 2nd and 3rd, but somehow manages to make it to 3rd safe! PH Mike Volkman (35-L) flies out to deep center and Daw tags up, but gets thrown out at home by Harold Evans, who is now in center....

Top of the Ninth:
On the Hill: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L) after a perfect 8th. 6-7-8 up for the Hornets. Tom Morris strikes out! Marty Derringer grounds out to short. Gabe Valdez lines out to short! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Miguel Tejeda (25-R), their closer, who is 6-10 with 27 SV and a 3.21 ERA in 92.2 IP. 4 of the Saves and 1 of the losses are against us. 6-7-8 up for us. Don Kern grounds out to short. Bart Daw grounds out to 3rd. Danny Stewart flies out to deep center...

Extras!
We are 12-10 in extra innings this season.

Top of the Tenth:
8-9-1 up for Charlotte. With 1 out, RF Danny Pakan (27-L), batting .417 with 4 2B and 1 3B in 48 AB, lines a hit to right... Harold Evans grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. PH Jim Sabin (35-R), batting .231 with 5 RBI in 39 AB, lines a hit to left and Evans beats the throw to 3rd... The Bullpen gets up. Larry Davis, the .350 hitter, grounds out to short!

Bottom of the Tenth:
9-1-2 up for us. PH Dennis Brown (29-L) beats out an infield hit! Junior Danielson bunts him to 2nd. A wild pitch sends Brown to 3rd! Cal Doty takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ray McDonald flies out to left and Brown tags up and heads home... and he is NOT thrown out and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!!

Won - 2 to 1

We had 8 hits and made 1 error
Charlotte had 6 hits and made 3 errors

Marc Uhrich went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit.
LHP Bill Grant (W 6-8) pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2.

Ron Simon went 6 innings, gave us 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 4.
RHP Miguel Tejeda (L 6-11) went 1.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 1hit and 1 walk. He threw a WP.

LF Cal Doty had 2 hits with his 4th home run of the season and drew a walk. PH Dennis Brown had a hit and scored the winning run.

The Hornets announced that CF Scott Damon, injured during the game, had a fractured knee and it was iffy whether he would be ready by Spring Training next year or not.

Questdog · 10-23-2020, 08:20 PM

Sunday, September 21, 2003

Fan Appreciation Day!
The final home game of the year.

P Dale Gilchrist (25-R) was activated from the DL and P John Lombardi (29-R) was sent to the Daytona (A) roster, but asked to hang around with the team, just in case he is needed.

Charlotte Hornets (81-67 .547 0 GA tied for 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (73-75 .493 8 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division)

CHAR: Frank Lytle (29-R) (0-3 5.02 ERA 52 IP, 53 H, 8 HR, 30 BB, 47 SO)
JAX: Dale Gilchrist (25-R) (9-8 2.39 ERA 143 IP, 111 H, 7 HR, 50 BB, 74 SO)

Lytle was 2-9 with a 4.44 ERA in 16 starts and 95.1 IP last year. He is 1-1 in 2 starts in his career against the Jays with a 3.38 ERA. 10.2 IP, 6 H, 1 HR, 9 BB, 10 SO. We have only faced him in relief this season and scored 2 runs on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts in 2 innings.

Gilchrist last started on September 5 and went 3 scoreless innings before getting hurt.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
CHARLOTTE
1: LF Harold Evans (24-R .272-357-0-27-.676-13 A)
2: 2B Bruce McArthur (26-L .257-455-8-43-.699-0 A) Gold Glove(1B)
3: 3B Larry Davis (28-S .350-554-4-74-.845-15 B) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(01)
4: RF Terry Graham (24-L .227-172-4-22-.642-0 A)
5: 1B Tom Barker (31-L .252-159-8-32-.809-1 C)
6: SS Marty Derringer (25-R .255-428-6-52-.671-15 B+)
7: C Larry Griffin (31-S .257-261-7-38-.724-1 C+) All-Star(02)
8: CF Gabe Valdez (31-R .233-450-8-48-.610-0 B)
9: P Frank Lytle (29-L .167-12-0-1-.333-0 F)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .282-213-0-9-.632-15 B)
2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-532-4-51-.731-36 B+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .298-541-11-72-.817-18 B+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .283-520-20-89-.811-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .246-406-10-42-.720-27 B)
6: C Don Kern (26-R .197-218-8-30-.614-10 B) Rookie
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .243-444-9-57-.653-39 B+)
8: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .229-345-1-19-.579-9 C+)
9: P Dale Gilchrist (25-R .231-52-0-5-.491-0 C+)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 76 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 6,744

We finish the season with 583,406 in paid attendance.
Up form 530,869 last year and 489,729 in 2001.
We have outdrawn only New Orleans. They have 7 more home dates left to catch us, but that does not seem likely.

Top of the First:
Harold Evans grounds out to short. Bruce McArthur grounds out to 2nd. Larry Davis takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Terry Graham swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to left!

Bottom of the First:
Junior Danielson tries to bunt his way on, but is out, 1-3. Cal Doty walks on 4 pitches. Ray McDonald lines out to left. Doty steals 2nd! Marty Eades grounds out to 3rd, leaving yet another RBI on the bases. Our offensive woes are mostly caused by him not hitting with runners in scoring position and Ray McDonald not hitting at any time.... And also by our base runners getting thrown out all the time and not stealing when it is called for and trying to steal when it is not....

Bottom of the Third:
Danny Stewart takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and P Dale Gilchrist bunts him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and grounds our first hit of the game up the middle and Stewart scores! 1 to 0, Jays!

Bottom of the Fourth:
P Frank Lytle strikes out the side in order....

Top of the Fifth:
With 1 out, P Frank Lytle hits a home run to right... Tie Game: 1 to 1. His second career home run.

Through 5 innings, P Frank Lytle has given us 2 hits and stuck out 7....

Bottom of the Seventh:
Jack Washburn pokes our third hit of the game to right and steals 2nd. With 1 out, he steals 3rd. Bart Daw walks on 4 pitches. Danny Stewart grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.............................................. ........................

Bottom of the Eighth:
PH Mike Volkman (35-L) grounds one to 3rd, but Larry Davis throws the ball away for a 2 base error! With 1 out, Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and doubles to right and Volkman scores! 2 to 1, Jays! They walk Ray McDonald intentionally. Oh! Please, make them pay, Marty! Do you remember what an RBI was? He does not... He pops one up to shallow left, but Harold Evans muffs it and the bases are loaded with 1 out! Jack Washburn swings at the first pitch and pops out to right and the runners hold... Don Kern grounds out to short....

Top of the Ninth;
New Pitcher: Roger Wallace (28-R). Charlie Faber (32-R) is in to play 3rd and the Bullpen is warmed up. 6-7-8 up for the Hornets. Marty Derringer swings at a 3-0 pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Larry Griffin strikes out! PH John Hartz (38-R), the 2-time All-Star(01-02), who is 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI this series, lines a hit to left... PH Danny Pakan (27-L), the .429 hitter, who is 1 for 1 this series, swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to right center and Hartz scores... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Harold Evans flies out to center.

Bottom of the Ninth;
New Pitcher: Miguel Tejeda (25-R), their closer, who took the loss in extra innings yesterday by giving us a run in 1.2 innings. 7-8-9 up for us. Bart Daw takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. He steals 2nd! Danny Stewart grounds a hit up the middle and Daw heads home and THIS time he is thrown out by Terry Graham, who is hurt.... Harold Evans moves to center and Tom Morris (29-R) is in to play left. PH Dennis Brown (29-L), who scored the winning run yesterday, can knock in the winning run today. But they walk him intentionally. Junior Danielson grounds a hit to left and Stewart heads home and he is SAFE and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!!

Won - 3 to 2

We finish the season series with Charlotte 8-6.
Better than the 3-11 of last year and the 7-7 of 2001.

We had 6 hits and made no errors
Charlotte had 7 hits and made 3 errors

Dale Gilchrist went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 4. 122 pitches.
RHP Roger Wallace (W 5-5, BS 4) went 1 inning, allowed 1 run, 2 hits and struck out 1.

Frank Lytle went 8 innings, have us 2 runs (1 earned), 4 hits, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 8. At bat, he hit a home run.
RHP Miguel Tejeda (L 6-12) got 1 out, gave us 1 run, 2 hits and 2 walk (1 INT).

LF Cal Doty had 2 hits with a double and a walk, stole a base and had 2 RBI. SS Bart Daw had a hit and 2 walks and stole his 40th base of the season. CF Danny Stewart had a hit and a walk and scored 2 runs, including the game winner. PH Dennis Brown was walked intentionally.

The Hornets announce that RF Terry Graham had a mild hamstring strain and should be fine in a day or two.

Questdog · 10-23-2020, 08:21 PM

September 22, 2003

Monday Morning Report
Player of the Week - Tom Spiess, RF, Providence (26-L .215/.306/.398) Had 10 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO, 2 SB, 1 CS, 7 R and 14 RBI (!!) in 7 G

(Slash lines are for the season, not the week)

September 15 - RF Ed Yeager (28-L) of Ottawa had 2 hits with a home run and 5 RBI at Columbus. The Otters won, 13 to 3.
September 15 - C Alex Martinez (29-R) of Charlotte had 3 hits with a home run, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at home versus Memphis. The Hornets won, 8 to 5.
September 16 - Rookie Angel Gomez (23-R) of Hartford pitched a 2 hit shutout at home versus Providence. He did not walk a batter and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. It his his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 8-12 with a 4.34 ERA in 26 starts (34 G). The Whalers won, 5 to 0.
September 16 - CF Mike Cram (31-R) of Indianapolis had 4 hits with a double, scored a run and had 5 RBI at home versus Rochester. The Arrows won, 10 to 4.
September 17 - LF/CF Barry Magee (31-L) of Orlando went 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and a walk, scored 3 runs and had 5 RBI at home versus Louisville. The Juice won, 12 to 2.
September 18 - John Wilson (28-R) of Louisville pitched a 4 hit shutout at Orlando. He walked 3 and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit. He is now 9-11 with a 4.10 ERA in 26 starts. The Colonels won, 2 to 0.
September 19 - Rookie Jerry Doherty (25-L) of Buffalo pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Indianapolis. He walked 3 and struck out 9. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 6-3 with a 2.87 ERA in 13 starts. The Bombers won, 6 to 0.
September 19 - Charlie Foltz (29-R) of Memphis pitched a 5 hit shutout at Richmond. He did not walk a batter and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit. He is now 13-12 with a 3.72 ERA in 28 starts. The Mules won, 8 to 0.
September 20 - 1B Herman Chance (33-R) of Orlando had 2 hits with a home run and 5 RBI at New Orleans. The Juice won, 5 to 3.

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Questdog · 10-24-2020, 11:31 AM

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

We are in Memphis to play a short 2 game set. The Mules won 2 of 3 in Richmond over the weekend. We are 6-6 against them on the season and split a pair of games the last time we visited, May 5-6. They are 6th in scoring with 4.07 runs per game (Jacksonville is #9 with 3.86). The Mules are 9th in fewest runs allowed with 4.01 per game (Jacksonville is #6 with 3.86). Their run differential is +8 and ours is 0.

Jacksonville Jays (74-75 .497 8.5 GB in 6th place in the Southern Division) at
Memphis Mules (74-76 .493 9 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Del Warwick (28-L) (12-12 2.63 ERA 219 IP, 213 H, 17 HR, 54 BB, 123 SO) Gold Glove
MEM: Dave Gray (34-R) (8-14 4.08 ERA 194.1 IP, 175 H, 9 HR, 68 BB, 97 SO)

Warwick gave up 2 runs on 5 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 5 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a loss.

With Rick Potts in the DL, Gray is their #1 starter. We beat him in April, scoring 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in 8 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .292-535-4-53-.737-37 B+)
2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .230-348-1-19-.581-9 C+)
3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .296-544-11-72-.813-18 B+)
4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .281-524-20-89-.805-2 C) All-Star
5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .246-410-10-42-.718-29 B)
6: C Ron Gregory (32-L .111-9-0-2-.222-0 C+)
7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-446-9-57-.658-40 B+)
8: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .280-218-0-10-.626-15 B)
9: P Del Warwick (28-L .175-63-0-3-.346-0 C) Gold Glove

MEMPHIS
1: SS Tony Weninger (22-R .190-116-0-5-.470-2 B+) Rookie #17 prospect
2: 3B Keith Meyer (28-L .361-571-22-82-.978-29-C+) MVP(01)/Silver Slugger(2: 01(2B),02(3B)/All-Star(3: 01-02)
3: 2B Leo Toruno (29-L .225-493-16-70-.706-14 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01(SS),02(2B)/All-Star(2; 01-02)
4: 1B Nestor Gonzalez (29-L .257-549-28-99-.781-1 A) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03)
5: C Roger Beaudin (31-R .265-452-11-54-.740-6 D+) All-Star
6: RF Ron Alario (33-R .283-371-4-46-.711-6 A+) Gold Glove
7: CF Steve Gress (32-L .222-573-5-36-.603-25 B) All-Star(01)
8: LF Fred Heff (22-R .211-209-1-15-.578-4 B)
9: P Dave Gray (34-R .095-63-1-2-.268-0 D)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: RFK Stadium
Weather: 80 F, Clear Skies, with a 10 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 8,049

Top of the First:
Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and drives one to deep right, but Ron Alario makes a running catch... Danny Stewart lines out to center. Ray McDonald strikes out looking.... What has happened to Ray? He has not hit much in a month and is 0 for his last 7 with 4 strikeouts....

Bottom of the First:
Tony Weninger takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... No surprise that we do not get the sub-.200 hitter out... Keith Meyer, the .360 hitter, lines a 3-2 pitch to center, but Danny Stewart makes a sliding catch! Leo Toruno lines one to center and Danny Stewart makes a diving catch! Nestor Gonzalez lines one to center and Stewart makes another diving catch!!! Three great catches in a row!!!

Top of the Second:
Marty Eades doubles to right center. Jack Washburn lines a hit to right center and Eades beats the throw home! 1 to 0, Jays! Washburn tries to steal, but they have a pitchout on and he is out and tagged hard and hurt... Trudy goes out and comes back to the dugout with him, but says he can keep playing!

Bottom of the Second:
With 1 out, Ron Alario grounds a hit to left. With 2 outs, Fred Heff grounds a hit to left. P Dave Gray lines a hit to center and Alario scores... Tie Game: 1 to 1. P Gray is a career .089 hitter who has struck out in more than half of his at bats....

Top of the Third:
Junior Danielson grounds a hit to left and P Del Warwick bunts him to 2nd. Cal Doty grounds one to 1st, but Nestor Gonzalez boots it! Only his 6th error of the season! Danny Stewart pops out to 3rd... Ray McDonald clears the bases with a double to right center!! 3 to 1, Jays! Marty Eades, with a runner in scoring position, grounds a hit up the middle! But McDonald gets thrown out at home by Steve Gress..... Still no RBI.... This is the 10th game in a row without one and he only has 6 since August 18, 24 games ago....

Bottom of the Fourth:
Roger Beaudin draws a walk. Ron Alario grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and then steals 2nd. Steve Gress beats out an infield hit. He tries to steal, but Ron Gregory throws him out! Fred Heff pops out to left!

Top of the Fifth:
Junior Danielson swings at the first pitch and pokes a hit over the 2nd baseman and P Del Warwick bunts him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Danny Stewart lines a hit to center and Danielson scores and Stewart takes 2nd on the throw home! 4 to 1, Jays! Ray McDonald grounds a hit to right and Stewart scores! 5 to 1, Jays!

Bottom of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Tony Weninger, the sub-.200 hitter, draws a walk on 4 pitches, his second free pass of the game. Keith Meyer grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Leo Toruno hits a home run to left... 5 to 3, Jays.

Top of the Sixth:
On the Hill: Al Moser (36-R), after getting the final out of the 5th. Ron Gregory doubles to center! They walk Bart Daw intentionally. With 1 out, P Del Warwick bunts into a 1-5-3 double play....

Top of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Jim Lucas (24-R), their rookie closer, who is 6-6 with 4 SV and a 5.09 ERA in 53 IP with 1 start. The Mules have about a baker's dozen closers on the DL. Actually, I think it is 3, but that is from memory. It might be two, because I see one of their closers is on the roster now, but demoted from the role. Cal Doty triples to right center! Danny Stewart strikes out on 3 pitches... The walk Ray McDonald intentionally. Marty Eades swings at a 3-2 pitch and tries to ground a double over the 3rd base bag, but Keith Meyer makes a diving stop and throws him out.... McDonald goes to 2nd. Jack Washburn grounds out to 2nd..................

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). Don Kern (26-R) stays in to catch. Nestor Gonzalez hits a home run to left... 5 to 4, Jays.

Bottom of the Ninth:
Gary McKellar (33-R) stays in to play center. 8-9-1 up for the Mules. The Bullpen is warmed up. Fred Heff grounds out to the pitcher. PH Dave Stacy (28-R), batting .262 with 2 HR and 5 RBI in 42 AB, grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Tony Weninger, the sub-.200 hitting rookie, draws his third walk of the game.... Now we have to face a former MVP and current MVP candidate in Keith Meyer.... He is 8 for 13 (.615) with a HR versus Grant in his career..... He is 0 for 4 against Dave Nini, who is warm in the Pen, but I am too chicken to make that move.... So P Grant does the sensible thing and beans Meyer! Leo Toruno, who is 1 for 8 against P Grant, pokes one over the shortstop, but Bart Daw manages to run it down and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 5 to 4

We had 10 hits and made no errors
Memphis had 7 hits and made 2 errors

Del Warwick (W 13-12) went 7 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks and struck out 2. 110 pitches. He has tied Jim Baucom for the team lead in Wins.
LHP Bill Grant (SV 13) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run, 1 walk and 1 HBP.

Dave Gray (L 8-15) went 4.2 innings, gave us 5 runs (3 earned), 8 hits, no walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI.

LF Cal Doty hit a triple and scored a run. CF Danny Stewart had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits with a double and a walk (INT) and 3 RBI. I home this means his slump is over! 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits with a double and scored a run, but no RBI again. C Ron Gregory hit a double. 2B Junior Danielson had 2 hits and a walk and scored 2 runs.

For Memphis, SS Tony Weninger, a .186 hitter, got 3 walks from our frightened pitchers....

10-17-2020, 11:03 AM	#661
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Sunday, September 7, 2003 Syracuse Sycamores (83-52 .615 4 GA in 1st place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (69-65 .515 4.5 GB in 3rd place in the Southern Division) SYR: Frank Cane (27-R) (9-4 2.20 ERA 122.2 IP, 104 H, 5 HR, 26 BB, 94 SO) vs. JAX: Del Warwick (28-L) (11-11 2.65 ERA 197 IP, 192 H, 13 HR, 52 BB, 107 SO) Gold Glove Cane is injury prone, but awesome when healthy. He is 21-14 with a 2.80 career ERA. He is 8-1 in his last 14 starts. The loss was his last start and he only allowed 1 hit in 7 innings with no walks, but the hit was a home run and the Sycamores were shut out. They have not scored a run in his last 2 starts. We faced him in Syracuse in June and scored 5 runs on 7 hits and 1 walk with 7 strikeouts in 5.2 innings in a no decision that we won. It was the only start for Cane all season that he allowed more than 3 runs. Warwick gave up 2 runs on 8 hits and 1 walk with 2 strikeouts in 7.2 innings last time out in a no decision that we won in 13 innings. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) SYRACUSE 1: CF Jim Beard (25-R .264-485-2-25-.629-33 A+) 2: LF Jeff Garrigus (34-R .241-415-15-53-.712-8 A) All-Star 3: SS Frank Bates (31-R .252-496-26-73-.788-17 B) Silver Slugger/All-Star(3: 01-03) 4: RF Dave Bess (27-R .254-394-8-57-.702-4 B+) 5: C Lee Dean (30-L .228-381-4-37-.671-0 C) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 02-03) 6: 1B Dick Rothwell (26-R .240-217-3-26-.632-4 B+) 7: 3B Octavio Garcia (27-S .240-367-12-51-.721-5 B+) 8: 2B Bill Crystal (29-S .207-217-7-17-.614-16 B+) 9: P Frank Cane (27-R .143-42-1-6-.377-0 B) 3 career HR Jeff Garrigus is 2 for 17 lifetime against Del Warwick. I will wager that he gets two more hits today... I would also put money on Frank Bates hitting a home run to today. JACKSONVILLE 1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .287-487-3-48-.725-30 B+) 2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .234-316-1-19-.593-8 C+) 3: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .253-372-9-37-.730-25 B) 4: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .302-496-11-68-.828-17 B+) 5: 3B Ed Diskin (39-R .251-287-5-51-.668-1 C) 6: C Bert Swope (31-S .211-223-0-23-.555-1 B) 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .246-399-9-54-.669-38 B+) 8: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .272-162-0-7-.619-12 B) 9: P Del Warwick (28-L .175-57-0-3-.348-0 C) Gold Glove Game Start: 2:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 90 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing left to right Attendance: 9,303 Top of the First: Jim Beard swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit... Jeff Garrigus pops out to right. I would not mind losing my wager... Frank Bates flies out to deep center. Dave Bess flies out to deep left! Bottom of the First: Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and doubles down the left field line! Danny Stewart strikes out looking.... I hope we can get a better center fielder this Winter... Doty steals 3rd! Jack Washburn swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... Ray McDonald draws a walk. Ed Diskin swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to left and Doty scores! McDonald heads to 3rd and Jeff Garrigus throws the ball into the dugout for an error and McDonald scores! 2 to 0, Jays! Diskin has a knack for knocking in runs! He is only a .250 hitter, but is hitting .326 with runners in scoring position! Bert Swope swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Top of the Third: Bill Crystal, the ex-Jay, hits a home run to left. 2 to 1, Jays. Top of the Fourth: Frank Bates triples to right... Dave Bess grounds a hit to left and Bates scores... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Lee Dean grounds a hit up the middle and Bess beats the throw to 3rd... Dick Rothwell grounds one back to the box. P Del Warwick snags it, looks Bess back to 3rd and fires to 2nd, to start a 1-6-3 double play!! Octavio Garcia pops out to short! Top of the Fifth: Bill Crystal doubles high off the wall in right center... P Frank Cane bunts him to 3rd. Jim Beard pops out to 2nd. Jeff Garrigus up and I smell something rotten, but he strikes out! Bottom of the Fifth: With 2 outs, P Del Warwick grounds a hit to left, P Frank Cane is hurt. New Pitcher: John Boston (35-L), who is 3-2 with a 2.58 ERA in 52.1 IP with 1 start. Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Sixth: I do not want to pinch-hit for my lefties because all the rest of their rested relievers are right-handers. So Danny Stewart is allowed to bat and he walks on 4 pitches and then steals 2nd! With 1 out, they walk Ray McDonald intentionally to face Ed Diskin, who does not mind grounding into double plays... He does not this time, however, though he pops out to right... We will pinch-hit for Bert Swope, here, though. PH Marty Eades (32-R) strikes out.... Bert could have done that.... Eades will stay in to play 3rd and Don Kern will come in to catch. Top of the Ninth: On the Hill: Hal Bradford (27-L), after a scoreless 8th. The Bullpen is ready, though no one else is fresh. We have been outhit, 13 to 5. 7-8-9 up for them. PH Don Czachor (32-L), the .340 lifetime hitter, who is 0 for 2 this series, lines out to 1st. Bill Crystal, who has a double and a home run this game, doubles to left... PH John Byers (20-R), a rookie who was the #12 prospect this Spring and is batting .179 with 4 RBI in 28 AB, is sent up. Call to the Bullpen: Robbie Hopley (29-R). Crystal steals 3rd.... Byers lines a 1-2 pitch to left for a hit and Crystal scores... 3 to 2, Sycamores. Byers steals 2nd... Jim Beard swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to center. Jeff Garrigus grounds out to 2nd. Well, I lost my wager, as he is 0 fir 5 today, but I have also lost the game, which is not fair.... I should at least win something! Frank Bates did not hit a home run either, so I am 0 for 3.... Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Benny Martineau (32-L), their All-Star(02) and Fireman Trophy wining closer, trying for his third Save in 4 days.... 32 SV and only 2 Blown all season.... 4-5-6 up for us. Ray McDonald strikes out... Don Kern swings at the first pitch and ground out to 1st, unassisted.... Marty Eades lines a hit to left. Bart Daw takes three straight strikes.... Lost - 3 to 2 We finish the season series with Syracuse 3-5. We were 4-4 last year and 0-8 in 2001. We had 6 hits and made no errors Syracuse had 15 hits and made 1 error Del Warwick went 7 innings, allowed 11 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit. LHP Hal Bradford (L 4-1) went 1.1 innings, allowed 1 run and 3 hits. RHP Robbie Hopley got 2 outs and allowed 1 hit and 1 inherited runner to score. Frank Cane went 4.2 innings, gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. RHP Alfredo Hernandez (W 3-3) went 2 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1. LHP Benny Martineau (SV 33) went pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 1 hit and struck out 2. LF Cal Doty had 2 hits with a double, stole a base and scored a run. RF Ray McDonald drew 2 walks (1 INT) and scored a run. For Syracuse, CF Jim Beard had 3 hits. RF Dave Bess had 3 hits and an RBI. C Lee Dean had 3 hits. 2B/3B Bill Crystal, the ex-Jay went 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and his 8th home run of the season, stole a base and scored 2 runs. The Sycamores announced that P Frank Cane had hamstring tightness and should be fine in a day or two. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:09 AM.

10-17-2020, 05:37 PM	#663
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, September 8, 2003 The Buffalo Bombers are here to play a 4 game series, the last time we will play a Northern team this season. They swept Louisville in 4 games at home over the weekend and have won 6 in a row. They beat the Colonels 18 to 0 yesterday. We lost 3 of 4 games in Buffalo, May 29 - June 1, scoring only 10 total runs. They are 2nd in scoring with 4.50 runs per game (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.97). The Bombers are 4th in fewest runs allowed with 3.65 per game (Jacksonville is tied for #7 with 3.89). Their run differential is +116, 2nd best in the MLB, only 2 behind Syracuse, and ours is +12. Buffalo Bombers (79-57 .581 5 GB tied for 2nd place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (69-66 .511 4.5 GB in 3rd place in the Southern Division) BUF: Danny Belsky (30-R) (10-8 2.75 ERA 190 IP, 156 H, 11 HR, 48 BB, 130 SO) vs. JAX: Tommy Keyser (24-L) (2-11 5.17 ERA 15.2 IP, 19 H, 1 HR, 7 BB, 9 SO) Rookie Belsky beat us in Buffalo, giving us 1 run on 5 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 6 strikeouts in 8 innings. He pitched a 2 hit shutout in his last start. He led the MLB with 27 HR allowed last year. Keyser gave up 2 runs on 9 hits and 1 walk with 2 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in his 2nd win in a row. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) BUFFALO 1: RF Tom Hamm (34-R .297-377-8-41-.786-21 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02) 2: 2B Dan Faust (33-R .319-248-1-24-.747-17 C+) 3: 1B Frank Cohen (27-R .328-424-11-62-.886-3 C+) All-Star(2: 01-02) 4: LF Mickey Lynn (30-L .274-500-37-95-.893-4 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 01,03) 5: 3B Duane Keepers (27-S .262-428-14-48-.754-19 C+) 6: C Dick Lyles (37-R .221-362-6-50-.639-0 C) 7: CF Pete Hudzik (24-R .247-198-2-15-.627-26 A+) Rookie #40 prospect 8: SS Charlie Childs (19-L .177-175-0-16-.481-3 B+) Rookie #27 prospect 9: P Danny Belsky (30-S .250-68-0-7-.599-0 C) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .267-165-0-7-.608-12 B) 2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-491-3-48-.729-31 B+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .301-498-11-68-.827-17 B+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .291-470-20-86-.848-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .250-376-9-37-.723-25 B) 6: C Don Kern (26-R .211-185-7-27-.650-10 B) Rookie 7: SS Charlie Faber (32-R .198-177-0-11-.530-6 C+) 8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .218-156-3-13-.624-0 B) 9: P Tommy Keyser (24-R .400-5-0-1-1.000-0 B+) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 88 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to center Attendance: 7,048 Top of the First: Tom Hamm triples off the wall in right center... Dan Faust grounds out to 3rd and Hamm scores. 1 to 0, Bombers. Frank Cohen pops out to short. Mickey Lynn grounds a hit to right. Duane Keepers takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Dick Lyles takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Pete Hudzik strikes out! 34 pitch inning... Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson flies out to deep center. Cal Doty grounds a hit to right. Ray McDonald lines out to 1st and they double Doty off base.... Top of the Second: With 1 out, P Danny Belsky grounds a hit to left. Tom Hamm hits a home run to left... 3 to 0, Bombers. Top of the Third: With 1 out, Dick Lyles lines a hit to center. Pete Hudzik hits a home run to left center... 5 to 0, Bombers. Pia! A train ticket! Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, Jack Washburn doubles to center, our second hit of the game. With 2 outs, P Danny Belsky balks Washburn to 3rd. PH Mike Volkman (35-L) draws a walk. PH Dennis Brown swings at the first pitch and pokes a hit to center and Washburn scores. 5 to 1, Bombers. Bottom of the Sixth: Junior Danielson draws a walk. With 1 out, he steals 2nd... Ray McDonald doubles to right center and Danielson scores! 5 to 2, Bombers. Marty Eades grounds out to short and McDonald goes to 3rd. Jack Washburn swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right and McDonald scores! 5 to 3, Bombers. Washburn steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Dick Lyles throws the ball away. Don Kern gets beaned. A wild pitch scores Washburn! 5 to 4, Bombers. Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Hal Bradford (27-L). Charlie Childs beats out an infield hit. With 1 out, Tom Hamm grounds a double over the 1st base bag and Childs scores... 6 to 4, Bombers. Pia ! Make that two tickets! What? Oh, today is the last day of Daytona's (A) season. Well, just get them out of here! The weary Bullpen gets up. With 2 outs, Frank Cohen pokes a hit to left and Hamm heads home, but Cal Doty throws him out! And he is not hurt! Amazing! Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Terry Lies (24-R), who is 8-4 with 1 SV and a 3.03 ERA in 60 IP. With 1 out, Ray McDonald doubles to right center. With 2 outs, Jack Washburn gets hit by a pitch. Don Kern takes a 3-2 pitch to load the bases up with 2 outs. A wild pitch scores McDonald! 6 to 5, Bombers. SS Bart Daw (31-R) grounds out to 3rd, but Duane Keepers boots it and Washburn scores! Tie Game: 6 to 6! PH Ed Diskin (39-R), the second to last player left on the bench (Bert Swope), swings at the first pitch and lines out to 2nd.... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). 4-5-6 up for Buffalo. Mickey Lynn strikes out! PH Mitch Kahmann (24-L), a rookie batting .374 with 8 HR and 28 RBI in 147 AB, flies out to deep center. Dick Lyles takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three! Bottom of the Ninth: We need to win it now, because the Bullpen is not up to a long one... 9-1-2 up for us. CF Danny Stewart (32-L) swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Junior Danielson grounds a hit up the middle! He gets caught stealing by a catcher who cannot throw... Cal Doty strikes out... Extras! Top of the Tenth: 7-8-9 up for the Bombers. Pete Hudzik draws a walk... He will be stealing, you can be sure... Well, he does not! PH David Rodriguez (31-R), batting .230 with 1 HR and 9 RBI in 87 AB, grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!! PH Angelo Zamudio (26-L), a rookie who is 2 for 11 (.181) on the season, hits a home run to right center... 7 to 6, Bombers. His first career home run.... He only hit 5 in 840 AB in A Bal.... Bottom of the Tenth: New Pitcher: Billy Temple (26-R), their All-Star(02) closer, who is 7-6 with 28 SB and a 3.60 ERA in 75 IP with 75 SO. He had 36 SV and a 2.40 ERA last year. 3-4-5 up for us. Ray McDonald bloops a hit to left. Marty Eades flies out to the warning track in center... Jack Washburn flies out to deep center. A wild pitch sends McDonald to 2nd. Don Kern strikes out.... Lost - 7 to 6 We had 8 hits and made 1 error Buffalo had 13 hits and made 2 errors Tommy Keyser went 3 innings, allowed 5 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 3 walks and struck out 2. RHP Roger Wallace went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. RHP Robbie Hopley pitched 2 perfect innings. LHP Hal Bradford went 1 inning, allowed 1 run and 3 hits. LHP Bill Grant (L 5-8) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. Danny Belsky went 7 innings, gave us 4 runs (3 earned), 5 hits, 3 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 3. He balked. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. RHP Terry Lies (W 9-4, BS 2) went 2 innings, gave us 2 runs (1 earned), 2 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 1. RHP Billy Temple (SV 29) went 1 scoreless inning, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1. 2B Junior Danielson had a hit and a walk and scored a run. RF Ray McDonald had 3 hits with 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with a double, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. SS Charlie Faber drew a walk in his only trip to the plate. PH Mike Volkman drew a walk. PH Dennis Brown had a hit and an RBI. For Buffalo, RF Tom Hamm came up a single short of a Cycle. He scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:09 AM.

10-17-2020, 06:56 PM	#664
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, September 9, 2003 P Tommy Keyser (24-L), RP Hal Bradford (27-L) and RP Justin Reddick (31-R) were sent to the Daytona (A) roster. P John Lombardi (29-R), RP Albert Davies (26-L) and RP Johnny Groom (25-R) were called up. Davies allowed 16 hits in 7 IP for the Jays earlier, but we are going to give him one more shot. The leash will be very short, however. Buffalo Bombers (80-57 .584 5 GB in 2nd place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (69-67 .507 5.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division) BUF: Tim Fox (30-L) (6-2 2.14 ERA 1 SV, 80 IP, 67 H, 4 HR, 25 BB, 49 SO) All-Star vs. JAX: Jim Baucom (22-L) (13-7 1.96 ERA 215.1 IP, 176 H, 8 HR, 42 BB, 175 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03) Fox is making his first career start. We did not face him in relief in Buffalo. Baucom gave up 4 runs on 9 hits, 1 home run and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in his 2nd loss in a row. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) BUFFALO 1: RF Tom Hamm (34-R .300-383-9-44-.805-21 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02) 2: 2B Dan Faust (33-R .313-252-1-25-.738-18 C+) 3: 1B Frank Cohen (27-R .326-429-11-62-.881-3 C+) All-Star(2: 01-02) 4: LF Mickey Lynn (30-L .273-505-37-95-.889-4 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 01,03) 5: 3B Duane Keepers (27-S .262-431-14-48-.755-19 C+) 6: C Dick Lyles (37-R .221-366-6-50-.639-0 C) 7: CF Pete Hudzik (24-R .252-202-3-17-.652-26 A+) Rookie 8: SS Joel McCormick (35-R .226-243-3-19-.592-6 A) 9: P Tim Fox (30-L .167-12-0-2-.452-0 F) All-Star JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .266-169-0-7-.609-13 B) 2: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-405-9-54-.665-38 B+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .304-503-11-69-.834-17 B+) 4: 1B Marty Eades (32-R .288-475-20-86-.839-2 C) All-Star 5: C Don Kern (26-R .207-188-7-27-.647-10 B) Rookie 6: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .217-157-3-13-.620-0 B) 7: 3B Charlie Faber (32-R .198-177-0-11-.534-6 B+) 8: LF Danny Stewart (32-R .229-323-1-19-.583-9 B+) 9: P Jim Baucom (22-L .246-65-0-6-.547-0 C) All-Star(2: 02-03) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 81 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 5,569 Top of the First: Tom Hamm draws a walk... Dan Faust grounds out to 2nd and Hamm moves up... Hamm tries to steal 3rd, but C Don Kern throws him out! Frank Cohen flies out to deep left! Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... Bart Daw strikes out... Ray McDonald takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Marty Eades grounds out to 2nd... Top of the Second: P Jim Baucom strikes out their 4-5-6 hitters in order! The Bombers go 9 up, 9 down! 12 up, 12 down! Top of the Fifth: Mickey Lynn swings at the first pitch and lines the first hit of the game for the Bombers to right. Duane Keepers bunts him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Pete Hudzik, who hit a home run yesterday, hits a home run to left... 2 to 0, Bombers. Meanwhile, we have 2 hits through 5 innings.... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Johnny Groom (25-R). Tom Hamm swings at an 0-2 pitch and doubles to center... Pia! Get this boy out of town! The Bullpen gets up. Dan Faust plunks one and is out, 2-3, and Hamm goes to 3rd. Frank Cohen lines a 2-2 pitch to right for a hit and Hamm scores... 3 to 0, Bombers. Call to the Pen: Albert Davies (25-L). Mickey Lynn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Duane Keepers walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with 1 out... Everyone else is tuckered out; P Davies has to finish this... Dick Lyles grounds into a force at home, 4-2. Pet Hudzik strikes out on 3 pitches! Lost - 3 to 0 7-15 against left-handers now... We had 4 whole hits (all singles) and made no errors Buffalo had 6 hits and made no errors We have hit 1 home run in our last 12 games.... Jim Baucom (L 13-8) went 8 innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 11. 114 pitches. His 3rd loss in a row. RHP Johnny Groom got 1 out, allowed 1 run and 2 hits. LHP Albert Davies got 2 outs, allowed 2 walks and struck out 1. Tim Fox (W 7-2), in his first MLB start, pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 4 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 7. 120 pitches. PH Dave Thompson had a hit. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:08 AM.

10-18-2020, 06:32 PM	#665
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Wednesday, September 10, 2003 RP Johnny Groom (25-R) was booted off the roster. P Al Calice (22-R), our #1 pick in this year's B League Draft was called up. We'll see if he can get anyone out as a reliever. If he can, then maybe we will give him a start before the season is over. If he cannot, then we will send for another reliever.... Buffalo Bombers (81-57 .587 4 GB in 2nd place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (69-68 .504 6.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) BUF: Freeman Cain (36-L) (9-8 3.75 ERA 141.2 IP, 155 H, 10 HR, 40 BB, 26 SO) vs. JAX: Mike Marsh (22-R) (1-2 5.74 ERA 26.2 IP, 25 H, 5 HR, 17 BB, 7 SO) Rookie Cain beat us in Buffalo with a CG, giving us 1 run on 12 hits and 2 walks with 2 strikeouts. In his last start for Daytona (A), Marsh gave up 2 runs on 8 hits and 1 walk with 10 strikeouts in 8.1, but took a loss. His last start for the Jays was on July 22 and the less said about that, the better.... Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) BUFFALO 1: RF Tom Hamm (34-R .303-386-9-44-.813-21 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02) 2: CF Pete Hudzik (24-R .252-206-4-19-.664-26 A+) Rookie 3: LF Mickey Lynn (30-L .274-508-37-95-.889-4 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 01,03) 4: 1B Mitch Kahmann (24-L .372-148-8-28-1.001-0 C) Rookie #13 prospect 5: 3B Duane Keepers (27-S .263-433-14-48-.757-19 C+) 6: C Dick Lyles (37-R .219-370-6-50-.633-0 C) 7: 2B Jose Cuenca (31-R .227-233-3-29-.603-0 B) 8: SS Joel McCormick (35-R .224-246-3-19-.585-6 A) 9: P Freeman Cain (36-L .286-49-1-3-.633-0 F) 2 career HR JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .266-173-0-7-.607-13 B) 2: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-409-9-54-.663-38 B+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .302-506-11-69-.831-17 B+) 4: 1B Marty Eades (32-R .286-479-20-86-.833-2 C) All-Star 5: 3B Ed Diskin (39-R .250-292-5-52-.663-1 C) 6: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .214-159-3-13-.617-0 B) 7: LF Cal Doty (26-L .288-496-3-48-.726-31 B+) 8: C Bert Swope (31-S .209-225-0-23-.550-1 B) 9: P Mike Marsh (22-R .429-7-0-0-.857-0 B+) Game Start: 12:35 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 90 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to center Attendance: 4,834 The smallest crowd of the year... Top of the First: Tom Hamm grounds out to short. Pete Hudzik pops out to 2nd. Mickey Lynn beats out and infield hit. Mitch Kahmann walks on 4 pitches... Duan Keepers flies out to deep center! Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson lines a hit to right. Bart Daw flies out to center. Ray McDonald flies out to center. Marty Eades takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ed Diskin grounds out to 1st, unassisted.... Top of the Third: With 1 out, Tom Hamm takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Pete Hudzik draws a walk.... Mickey Lynn grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Hamm goes to 3rd. Mitch Kahmann clears the bases with a double to left... 2 to 0, Bombers. Top of the Fourth: Dick Lyles draws a walk, the fourth issued by P Mike Marsh... A wild pitch moves the runner to 2nd and he goes to 3rd on a ground out. Joel McCormick pops out to 2nd. P Freeman Cain grounds out to 2nd! Top of the Sixth: Mitch Kahmann doubles to center.... The Bullpen gets up. The Bombers only have 3 hits and two of them are doubles by Kahmann.... We walk Duane Keepers intentionally.... And, of course, we walk Dick Lyles unintentionally to load the bases up with no outs... Jose Cuenca lines out to center and Kahmann tags up and scores. 3 to 0, Bombers. Joel McCormick lines a hit to left and the intentional walk scores... 4 to 0, Bombers. Call to the Bullpen: Roger Wallace (28-R), who is not fresh. P Freeman Cain swings away and grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and the runners move up. Tom Hamm strikes out! Why do we stink so bad against lefties? This guy is a bum, but a lefty, so he is shutting us down... Bottom of the Ninth: P Freeman Cain is at 88 pitches. He has retired 11 batters in a row... Gary McKellar grounds a hit up the middle! Cal Doty doubles to right! Bert Swope grounds out to the pitcher and the runners hold... PH Charlie Faber (32-R) grounds out slowly to short and McKellar scores and Doty goes to 3rd. 4 to 1, Bombers. Junior Danielson grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Lost - 4 to 1 We had 8 hits and made 1 error Buffalo had 6 hits and made no errors Mike Marsh (L 1-3) went 5.1 innings, allowed 4 runs, 4 hits, 6 walks (1 INT) and struck out 1. He threw a WP. At bat, he was 2 for 2. RHP Roger Wallace went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. LHP Albert Davies went 2 scoreless innings and allowed 1 hit. Freeman Cain (W 8-4) went 9 innings (CG), gave us 1 run, 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. He now has a career ERA against us of 1.26 in 50 IP. RF Ray McDonald hit a double. 1B Marty Eades had a hit and a walk. LF Cal Doty had a hit and a walk. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:08 AM.

10-18-2020, 08:15 PM	#666
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Thursday, September 11, 2003 Buffalo Bombers (82-57 .590 3 GB in 2nd place in the Northern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (69-69 .500 7.5 GB tied for 5th place in the Southern Division) BUF: Jerry Doherty (25-L) (5-2 3.27 ERA 71.2 IP, 58 H, 4 HR, 31 BB, 50 SO) Rookie vs. JAX: Danny Coreano (24-L) (6-5 3.04 ERA 91.2 IP, 77 H, 4 HR, 28 BB, 48 SO) Doherty shut us out for 2.2 innings in Buffalo, but had to leave early with an injury. Coreano pitched 6 scoreless innings with 2 hits and 5 walks with 5 strikeouts last time out in a no decision that we won, 1 to 0, in 10 innings. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) BUFFALO 1: RF Tom Hamm (34-R .300-390-9-44-.807-21 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02) 2: 2B Dan Faust (33-R .309-256-1-25-.727-18 C+) 3: 1B Frank Cohen (27-R .326-433-11-63-.878-3 C+) All-Star(2: 01-02) 4: LF Mickey Lynn (30-L .275-512-37-95-.889-4 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01-02)/All-Star(2: 01,03) 5: 3B Charlie Russell (26-R .333-12-0-1-.667-0 B) Rookie #55 prospect 6: CF Pete Hudzik (24-R .248-210-4-19-.655-26 A+) Rookie 7: SS Joel McCormick (35-R .224-250-3-20-.584-6 A) 8: C George Reed (32-R .204-108-2-12-.612-1 C+) ex-Jay 9: P Jerry Doherty (25-L .125-24-0-3-.327-0 D) Rookie #86 prospect JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .264-178-0-7-.601-13 B) 2: SS Bart Daw (31-R .242-413-9-54-.657-38 B+) 3: 3B Ed Diskin (39-R .247-296-5-52-.655-1 C) 4: 1B Marty Eades (32-R .286-482-20-86-.833-2 C) All-Star 5: C Don Kern (26-R .203-192-7-27-.634-10 B) Rookie 6: RF Dennis Brown (29-L .266-169-6-19-.714-1 C) 7: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-499-3-48-.729-31 B+) 8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .215-163-3-13-.614-0 B) 9: P Danny Coreano (24-L .280-25-0-2-.589-0 F) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 81 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 5,407 Top of the First: Tom Hamm swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Dan Faust grounds out to short. Frank Cohen lines a hit to center. Mickey Lynn strikes out! Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson swings at the first pitch and grounds a double over the 3rd base bag! Bart Daw walks on 4 pitches. Ed Diskin flies out to deep center and Danielson tags up and moves to 3rd. Daw steals 2nd! Marty Eades grounds out to 3rd and Danielson scores. 1 to 0, Jays! Don Kern takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Dennie Brown bloops a hit to left and Daw heads home, but gets thrown out by Mickey Lynn.... Bottom of the Second: Cal Doty lays down a bunt and beats it out for a hit! Gary McKellar takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Doty steals 3rd.... Why? When P Danny Coreano is going to bunt anyway? He does, but pops out to 3rd... Junior Danielson grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Doty scores. 2 to 0, Jays! Top of the Sixth: Tom Hamm swings at an 0-2 pitch and doubles to left... The Bullpen gets up. Dan Faust grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Hamm scores... 2 to 1, Jays. Frank Cohen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!! Mickey Lynn doubles to left center, but tries to stretch it to a triple and Cal Doty throws him out! Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Gary McKellar swings at the first pitch and grounds one to 2nd, but Dan Faust boots it! PH Dave Thompson (27-R), swings a a 3-2 pitch and fouls out o 3rd. Junior Danielson grounds one to 3rd, but Charlie Russell boots it! Bart Daw swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left and McKellar scores! 3 to 1, Jays! Top of the Ninth: On the Hill: Robbie Hopley (29-R), after a scoreless 8th. The Bullpen is ready. 4-5-6 up for the Bombers. Mickey Lynn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... PH Mickey Kahmann (24-L), who is 2 for 4 with 2 doubles and a walk this series, is sent up. Call to the Bullpen: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). Kahmann swings at the first pitch and flies out to deep right. Pete Hudzik strikes out looking on 3 pitches! Joel McCormick swings at the first pitch and pops out to left and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays! Won - 3 to 1 We beat a left-hander! We finish the season series with Buffalo 2-6. Worse than the 4-4 of last year and the same as 2001. We had 5 whole hits and made no errors Buffalo had 9 hits and made 2 errors Danny Coreano (W 7-5) went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. He threw a WP. RHP Robbie Hopley (H 4) went 1+ scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk. LHP Bill Grant (SV 11) faced 3 batters and got them all out with 1 strikeout. Jerry Doherty (L 5-3) went 7 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 5 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. He threw a WP. 126 pitches. 2B Junior Danielson hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. SS Bart Daw had a hit and a walk, stole a base and had an RBI. C Don Kern had a hit and a walk. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:08 AM.

10-17-2020, 11:05 AM	#662
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	September 8, 2003 Monday Morning Report Player of the Week - Herman Chance, 1B, Orlando (33-R .262/.350/.472) Had 10 hits with 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO, 5 R and 8 RBI in 6 G (4 GS) (2nd PoW this season) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) September 2 - Buford Nolan (27-R) of Ottawa pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Syracuse. He walked 2 and struck out 6. He is now 11-9 with a 2.80 ERA in 25 starts. The Otters won, 2 to 0, and only had 4 hits themselves. September 2 - LF Mickey Lynn (30-L) of Buffalo had 3 hits with 2 home runs and a walk, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at home versus Indianapolis. The Bombers won, 9 to 3. September 2 - Memphis lost P Rick Potts (24-R) for the rest of the season with bone spurs on his elbow. He is 10-3 with a 2.08 ERA in 24 starts. September 3 - Danny Belsky (30-R) of Buffalo pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Indianapolis. He did not walk a batter, but beaned one and struck out 8. At bat, he hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 10-8 with a 2.75 ERA in 28 starts. The Bombers won, 10 to 0. September 3 - Dennis Hughes (29-R) of Providence pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Rochester. He walked 4 and struck out 7. He is now 8-6 with a 3.06 ERA and 1 SV in 9 starts (41G). The Steamrollers won, 5 to 0. September 4 - Steve Melita (30-R) of Columbus pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus Memphis. He walked 4 and struck out 5. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 9-12 with a 3.52 ERA in 26 starts. The Explorers won, 2 to 0. September 4 - Ottawa lost P Juan Ledesma (31-R) for the rest of the season with a fractured elbow. The 2-time All-Star is 13-12 with a 2.91 ERA in 28 starts. September 4 - SS T.R. Hunter (26-R) of Providence went 5 for 5 with a double, scored a run and had 4 RBI at home versus Birmingham. The Steamrollers won, 6 to 5. September 4 - Buffalo lost their 2nd All-Star for the season when SS Dave Lloyd (30-R) fractured his thumb. He was hitting .248 with 6 HR and 37 RBI in 319 AB. September 5 - Birmingham lost P Don Young (35-R) for the rest of the season and they figure all of next season, too, with a torn rotator cuff. He is 8-7 with a 2.24 ERA in 24 starts, the most he has had in a season in the MLB. He could only manage 13 in 2001 and 12 in 2002. Also, 3B Larry Davis went hitless, ending his hitting streak at 27 games, 2 shy of the record. September 7 - 1B Nestor Gonzalez (29-L) of Memphis had 2 hits with a home run, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at Columbus. The Mules won, 15 to 3. C Roger Beaudin (31-R) hit 2 triples, tying the MLB record. They are the 1st two triples of his MLB career. September 8 - SS Joel McCormick (35-R) of Buffalo had 4 hits with a home run and a walk, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at home versus Louisville. P Steve Cron (29-L) pitched a 6 hit shutout and had 4 hits at bat, scored a run and had 3 RBI. The Bombers won, 18 to 0, and they are headed next to Jacksonville. Everyone in the lineup had a hit and scored a run. September 8 - LF Ricky Perez (24-L) of Orlando had 3 hits with a home run, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at home versus Indianapolis. He also threw a runner out at home. The Juice won, 9 to 4.

10-19-2020, 11:48 AM	#667
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, September 12, 2003 The Birmingham Barons are here to play a 3 game series over the weekend. They just lost 3 of 4 games in Rochester, the last two in extra innings, so hopefully they have no Bullpen against us. We are 7-4 against them on the season and won a pair of games the last time they visited, July 29-30. They lead in scoring with 4.50 runs per game (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.94). They lead the MLB HR (135) and we 13th (77), but have only hit 1 in our last 14 games. The Barons are 13th in fewest runs allowed with 4.32 per game (Jacksonville is #6 with 3.88). The Barons lead in the League with 135 HR hit, but have allowed more (137), the most in the MLB. We have allowed the 3rd most with 106. Their run differential is +25 and ours is +7. Birmingham Barons (69-72 .489 9.5 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (70-69 .504 7.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division) BIRM: Cesar Rodriguez (29-R) (10-9 3.47 ERA 184 IP, 178 H, 15 HR, 55 BB, 120 SO) All-Star(01) vs. JAX: Del Warwick (28-L) (11-11 2.65 ERA 204 IP, 203 H, 14 HR, 52 BB, 111 SO) Gold Glove Rodriguez is 0-1 in 2 starts against us this season with a 4.30 ERA. 14.2 IP, 19 H, 1 HR, 4 BB, 8 SO. Warwick gave up 2 runs on 11 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 4 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a no decision that our Bullpen lost in the 9th inning. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) BIRMINGHAM 1: 3B Stan Stephens (25-R .363-565-4-54-.834-53 C+) All-Star(2: 01,03) 2: SS Ken Kelly (25-S .248-533-13-61-.668-29 B) All-Star(02) 3: 1B Jim Montgomery (32-R .235-514-26-87-.736-0 A) All-Star 8 for 23 w/3 HR vs Warwick 4: CF Sergio Acevedo (29-R .221-507-37-103-.808-26 B+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03) 113 HR in 3 seasons 5: RF Bob Marks (25-R .236-436-9-44-.688-15 A) Rookie #9 prospect 6: 2B Rick Halverson (27-L .273-293-3-29-.730-5 B) All-Star(01) 7: LF Benny Dreher (25-R .276-225-4-23-.716-11 B+) Gold Glove(2: 01-02) 8: C Bob Marcuson (32-R .189-228-1-12-.491-1 C+) All-Star(01) 9: P Cesar Rodriguez (29-R .267-60-1-5-.579-0 F) All-Star(01) JACKSONVILLE 1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-502-3-48-.729-32 B+) 2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .228-325-1-19-.580-9 C+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .301-511-11-69-.829-17 B+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .284-486-20-87-.826-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .253-380-9-38-.730-26 B) 6: C Bert Swope (31-S .210-229-0-23-.549-1 B) 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .243-416-9-55-.658-39 B+) 8: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .264-182-0-8-.604-13 B) 9: P Del Warwick (28-L .186-59-0-3-.370-0 C) Gold Glove Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 80 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to center Attendance: 7,413 Top of the First: Stan Stephens tries to bunt his way on, but fails to get one down. He swings away and grounds out to short. Ken Kelly hits a home run to left center... 1 to 0, Barons. Jim Montgomery swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses. Sergio Acevedo hits a home run to left.... 2 to 0, Barons. Bob Marks strikes out. Bottom of the First: Cal Doty strikes out.... Danny Stewart pops out to 2nd. Ray McDonald lines a hit to center. Marty Eades doubles to left and McDonald scores from 1st without a throw! 2 to 1, Barons. Jack Washburn, who has hit 2 home runs off Rodriguez, flies out to right. Bottom of the Sixth: Cal Doty and Danny Stewart lead off with back to back line drive hits to left. Doty steals 3rd! Ray McDonald grounds one to 1st, but P Cesar Rodriguez drops the toss for an error and Doty scores! Tie Game: 2 to 2! But the next three all make outs.... Bottom of the Eighth: Cal Doty takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, he steals 2nd! They walk Ray McDonald intentionally. We try a double steal and C Bob Marcuson throws the ball into left field for an error and Doty scores! 3 to 2, Jays! With the infield in, Marty Eades grounds a hit up the middle and McDonald scores! 4 to 2, Jays! With 2 outs, Bert Swope triples to right and Eades scores! 5 to 2, Jays! But Swope is hurt... Pinch-runner: Don Kern (26-R), who will stay in to catch. That does it for P Cesar Rodriguez. New Pitcher: Don Kneip (36-L), who is 1-4 with 1 SV and a 2.98 ERA in 93.2 IP. Bart Daw lines a hit to center and Kern scores! 6 to 2, Jays! Junior Danielson grounds one to short, but Ken Kelly boots it! PH Ed Diskin (39-R) strikes out... Won - 6 to 2 We had 8 hits and made no errors Birmingham had 5 hits and made 3 errors Del Warwick (W 12-11) went 8 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks and struck out 7. RHP Roger Wallace pitched a perfect inning (2-3-4 hitters) with 1 strikeout. Cesar Rodriguez (L 10-10) went 7.2 innings, gave us 6 runs (5 earned), 7 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 4. LF Cal Doty had a hit an a walk, stole 3 bases and scored 2 runs. RF Ray McDonald ha a hit and a walk (INT), stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had 2 RBI. C Bert Swope hit a triple and had an RBI. Trudy's report on Bert Swope is an intercostal strain that she expects to sideline him for about 3 weeks.... That is about all that is left in the season. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:07 AM.

10-20-2020, 03:57 PM	#668
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, September 13, 2003 C Bert Swope (31-S) was placed on the DL and C Ron Gregory (32-L) was called up from Daytona (A). Gregory hit .193 in 114 AB for New Orleans in 2001. We got him in a trade for RP Gary Adamson, who is now retired. Over the past 2 seasons, Gregory has hit .252 with 5 HR and 53 RBI in 457 AB for the Tortugas with 66 BB and 5 SB. Gregory swings from the left side, too, and will fit into Bert Swope's role of starting against right-handers who are a lot tougher on righties than lefties. He may even hit better than Bert, but he won't play the same level of defense. He is not a horrible catcher, but not so great one either. He is very self-centered and dumb as a rock..... His scouting notes say that he probably kisses himself in the mirror a lot.... Garrett Bender (29-R) hit .228 for Daytona (A) after getting sent down this year, so his bat is not tempting us to put up with his errors again... Birmingham Barons (69-73 .486 9.5 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (71-69 .507 6.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division) BIRM: Marty Forner (30-L) (10-6 3.51 ERA 138.1 IP, 134 H, 20 HR, 34 BB, 66 SO) Rookie JAX: John Lombardi (29-R) (0-4 5.49 ERA 39.1 IP, 49 H, 5 HR, 14 BB, 17 SO) Forner is a 30 old rookie, which means he stinks. But he is a lefty, which means he beats us.... We have never faced him. He is pitching with a mild abdominal strain today. Lombardi last started for the Jays on June 26 and he was hammered. He pitched a CG win in his last start for Daytona (A), allowing 2 runs on 9 his and 5 walks with 5 strikeouts. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) BIRMINGHAM 1: SS Stan Stephens (25-R .362-569-4-54-.831-54 D+) All-Star(2: 01,03) 2: RF Benny Dreher (25-R .273-227-4-23-.713-11 B) Gold Glove(2: 01-02(LF) 3: 1B Jim Montgomery (32-R .234-518-26-87-.731-0 A) All-Star 4: CF Sergio Acevedo (29-R .222-510-38-104-.814-26 B+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03) 5: LF Bob Marks (25-R .234-440-9-44-.682-15 A+) Rookie 6: 2B Rick Halverson (27-L .274-296-3-29-.730-5 B) All-Star(01) 7: C Shigeru Nagata (26-R .206-257-9-33-.604-0 C+) Rookie 8: 3B Turner Morache (24-R .317-139-3-18-.802-3 A) 9: P Marty Forner (30-L .071-42-0-1-.206-0 F) Rookie Mild abdominal strain JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .263-186-0-8-.602-13 B) 2: SS Bart Daw (31-R .243-420-9-56-.657-39 B+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .302-514-11-70-.829-18 B+) 4: 1B Marty Eades (32-R .286-490-20-89-.830-2 C) All-Star 5: C Don Kern (26-R .205-195-7-27-.638-10 B) Rookie 6: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .212-165-3-13-.611-0 B) 7: 3B Charlie Faber (32-R .199-181-0-12-.533-6 B+) 8: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-505-3-48-.729-35 B+) 9: P John Lombardi (29-S .167-12-0-1-.333-0 F) Game Start: 2:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 73 F, Overcast, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 7,705 Top of the First: Stan Stephens takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Benny Dreher grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. He goes to 2nd on a wild pitch... Jim Montgomery swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Sergio Acevedo lines out to to left! Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson flies out to center. Bart Daw triples to right! Ray McDonald pops out to short.... Marty Eades swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to right... Wasted opportunity.... We cannot afford those against lefties... Or with P John Lombardi on the mound... Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Junior Danielson lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit. Bart Daw grounds a hit up the middle and Danielson beats the throw to 3rd and Daw takes 2nd! Ray McDonald gets beaned with an 0-2 pitch to load the bases up with 1 out. Marty Eades lines out to center and Danielson tags up, but gets thrown out by Sergio Acevedo.... We are just cursed against lefties.... There is no other explanation.... After getting the last out of the 7th, P Marty Forner is hurt. Top of the Eighth: With 1 out, Jim Montgomery hits a home run to left center... 1 to 0, Barons. His fifth HR against the Jays this season, which leads all opponents. Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Robbie Hopley (29-R). With 1 out, Rick Halverson lines a hit to center. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Don Kern throws the ball away.... The Bullpen is up. Shigeru Nagata lines a hit to center and Halverson scores... 2 to 0, Barons. The next two make outs. Bottom of the Ninth: On the Hill: P John Holcomb (32-L), after a scoreless 8th. 3-4-5 up for us. Ray McDonald beats out an infield hit! Marty Eades strikes out.... Don Kern grounds into a 5-4-3 double play..... His 2nd GDP and the team's fourth of the day... We also had a fly ball DP, which makes 5 DP's in the game... Lost - 2 to 0 We had 9 hits and made 1 error Birmingham had 9 hits and made no errors John Lombardi (L 0-5) went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 7 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out no one. He threw a WP. RHP Robbie Hopley went 1 inning, allowed 1 unearned run, 2 hits and struck out 2. Marty Forner (W 11-6) went 7 scoreless innings, gave us 7 hits, no walks, 1 HBP and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit. LHP John Holcomb (SV 1) pitched 2 scoreless innings, gave us 2 hits and struck out 1. 2B Junior Danielson had 3 hits. SS Bart Daw had 2 hits with a triple. RF Ray McDonald had a hit and was hit by a pitch. 3B Charlie Faber hit a double. For Birmingham, 3B/SS Turner Morache had 3 hits. The Barons announced that P Marty Forner had strained his back and would be put on the DL and they think he will be okay by time the 15 days are up. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:07 AM.

10-21-2020, 06:39 PM	#669
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Sunday, September 14, 2003 Birmingham Barons (70-73 .490 9.5 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (71-70 .504 7.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) BIRM: Paul Gaughan (34-R) (11-10 3.94 ERA 187.1 IP, 199 H, 18 HR, 43 BB, 103 SO) All-Star(2: 01-02) JAX: Jim Baucom (22-L) (13-8 1.97 ERA 223.1 IP, 180 H, 9 HR, 43 BB, 186 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03) Gaughan is their #1 starter. He is 0-2 in 4 starts against us this season with a 4.56 ERA. 23.2 IP, 26 H, 4 HR, 4 BB, 16 SO. Baucom gave up 2 runs on 4 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and 11 strikeouts last time out in his 3rd loss in a row. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) BIRMINGHAM 1: 3B Stan Stephens (25-R .360-572-4-54-.828-54 C+) All-Star(2: 01,03) 2: SS Ken Kelly (25-S .250-537-14-62-.676-29 B) All-Star(02) 3: 1B Jim Montgomery (32-R .234-522-27-88-.735-0 A) All-Star 4: CF Sergio Acevedo (29-R .220-513-38-104-.811-27 B+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03) 5: RF Bob Marks (25-R .236-444-9-44-.687-15 A) Rookie 6: 2B Rick Halverson (27-L .273-300-3-29-.727-6 B) All-Star(01) 7: LF Dave Jay (38-R .281-267-10-47-.828-2 A) Thumb contusion 8: C Bob Marcuson (32-R .186-231-1-12-.485-1 C+) All-Star(01) 9: P Paul Gaughan (34-R .196-56-0-5-.461-0 F) All-Star(2: 01-02) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .274-190-0-8-.621-13 B) 2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .287-508-3-48-.725-35 B+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .302-517-11-70-.829-18 B+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .285-494-20-89-.827-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .250-384-9-38-.723-26 B) 6: C Ron Gregory (32-L Season debut C+) Jay debut 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .245-424-9-56-.665-39 B+) 8: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .228-329-1-19-.579-9 C+) 9: P Jim Baucom (22-L .239-67-0-6-.532-0 C) All-Star(2: 02-03) Game Start: 2:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 74 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 12 MPH wind blowing in from left Attendance: 7,808 Top of the First: Stan Stephens swings at the first pitch and lines out to center. Ken Kelly grounds a hit up the middle... He steals 2nd and C Ron Gregory's first throw ever for the Jays goes into center and Kelly Takes 3rd.... Jim Montgomery flies out to left and Kelly tags up and scores. 1 to 0, Barons. Sergio Acevedo strikes out. Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson tries to bunt his way on, but is out, 2-3. Cal Doty flies out to left. Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and pops out to short... Top of the Second: Bob Marks and Rick Halverson lead off with back to back hits... With 1 out, Marks steals 3rd... Bob Marcuson strikes out looking! P Paul Gaughan clears the bases with a double grounded over the 3rd base bag.... 3 to 0, Barons. Stab Stephens grounds a hit up the middle and P Gaughan scores... 4 to 0, Barons. Top of the Sixth: New Pitcher: Al Calice (22-R), making his Major League debut. Sergio Acevedo lines a hit to left... Bob Marks takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... The Bullpen gets up. Rick Halverson lines one hard to left, but Cal Doty makes a great catch! Dave Jay grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!! Top of the Seventh: With 1 out, P Paul Gaughan grounds a up the middle Stan Stephens grounds a hit up the middle... The Bullpen gets back up. Ken Kelly takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 1 out. Jim Montgomery flies out to right and P Gaughan holds at 3rd. Sergio Acevedo swings at the first pitch and lines out to right! Top of the Eighth: Bob Marks hits a home run to left... 5 to 0, Barons. Lost - 5 to 0 Back to back shutouts to the team that is 13th in fewest runs allowed.... We finish the season series with Birmingham 8-6. Better than the 6-8 of last year and the 3-11 of 2001. We had 5 whole hits and made 3 errors Birmingham had 10 hits and made no errors Jim Baucom (L 13-9) went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs (3 earned), 5 hits, no walks and struck out 4. 5 hits an no walk, but 4 runs allowed... His 4th loss in a row. RHP Al Calice, in his Major League debut, went 3 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 2. RHP Roger Wallace went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. Paul Gaughan (W 12-10) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. He threw a WP. 127 pitches. At bat, he had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had 2 RBI. 2B Junior Danielson had a hit and a walk. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with a double. CF Danny Stewart had 2 hits. That is all of our base runners accounted for. They were spread out just enough so as to not assist one another. The rest of the team was 0 for 22 with no walks. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:07 AM.

10-21-2020, 06:40 PM	#670
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	September 15, 2003 Monday Morning Report Player of the Week - Keith Myer, 3B, Memphis (28-L .360/.427/.548) Had 14 hits with 1 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS, 4 R and 8 RBI in 7 G (5 GS) (6th career PoW; 2nd this season) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) September 10 - Terry Luckett (28-L) of Columbus pitched 12 shutout innings at Louisville, but gave up a run in the bottom of the 13th to lose, 1 to 0. He threw 155 pitches. September 10 - CF Tom Walker (24-R) of Rochester had 3 hits with 2 doubles, stole a base, scored 3 runs, including the winning one, and had 4 RBI at home versus Birmingham. The Roosters won, 12 to 11, in 11 innings. SS Stan Stephens (25-R) went 5 for 5 with a home run, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI for the Barons. September 10 - Richmond lost 2-time All-Star(02-03) LF Andres Borges (35-S) for the rest of the season with chronic back soreness. He was hitting .274 with 5 HR and 49 RBI in 361 AB. September 12 - 3B Larry Davis (28-S) of Charlotte had 5 hits with 2 doubles, scored a run and had 2 RBI at Louisville. The Hornets won, 9 to 7, in 14 innings. Davis knocked in a run in the top of the 9th to tie the. Each team scored 3 runs in the 11th inning. September 12 - Steve Cron (29-L) of Buffalo pitched a 5 hit shutout at Hartford. He walked 2 and struck out 4. It is his 3rd shutout of the season. He is now 18-6 with a 2.36 ERA in 31 starts. The Bombers won, 1 to 0. September 14 - C Mike Moen (33-R) of Hartford had 3 hits with a walk, scored a run and had 5 RBI at home versus Buffalo. The Whalers won, 11 to 6. P Morris Thomas (33-R), did not pitch all that well, but went 2 for 2 at bat with a Grand Slam.

10-22-2020, 01:12 PM	#671
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, September 15, 2003 We are in New Orleans to play the Pelicans a 4 game series. They won 2 of 3 here versus Richmond over the weekend. They have the worst record in the MLB, but are almost at .500 since the All-Star break (27-28). We are 6-4 against them on the season and lost 2 of 3 the first time we visited, August 29-31. They are last in scoring with 3.50 runs per game (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.89). The Pelicans are 14th in fewest runs allowed with 4.51 per game (Jacksonville is #6 with 3.87). Their run differential is -144, now the 2nd worst in the MLB (Indianapolis), and ours is +4. Jacksonville Jays (71-71 .500 7.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) at New Orleans Pelicans (55-87 .387 23.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division) JAX: Mike Marsh (22-R) (1-3 5.91 ERA 32 IP, 29 H, 5 HR, 23 BB, 8 SO) Rookie NO: Dan Krueger (25-R) (1-1 2.41 ERA 18.2 IP, 18 H, 2 HR, 7 BB, 7 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03) Marsh gave up 4 runs on 4 hits and 6 walks with 1 strikeout in 5.1 innings last time out in a loss. Another bad outing and we will put him on the shelf until next year. Krueger was the #2 pick in the 2002 B Leagues Draft, the draft where we took Jim Baucom #1. We faced him in August, in his first start of the season, and only scored 2 unearned runs on 6 hits and 3 walks with 5 strikeouts in 6.2 innings in a no decision that we lost. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) JACKSONVILLE 1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .285-512-3-48-.720-35 B+) 2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .232-332-1-19-.585-9 C+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .299-521-11-70-.823-18 B+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .283-498-20-89-.821-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .253-388-9-38-.728-26 B) 6: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-427-9-56-.660-39 B+) 7: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .275-193-0-8-.625-13 B) 8: C Ron Gregory (32-L .000-4-0-0-.000-0 C+) 9: P Mike Marsh (22-R .556-9-0-0-1.111-0 B+) Rookie NEW ORLEANS 1: CF Franklin Sanchez (22-R .222-338-1-22-.537-22 B+) 2: LF Jimmy Dixon (31-L .197-132-2-10-.610-3 A) 3: RF Tim Dawson (27-R .260-442-5-44-.689-8 B+) 4: 1B Jerry Rafanello (32-S .295-312-5-34-.756-0 D) All-Star(2: 01,03) 16 for 32 w/4 2B & 3 HR vs Jax 5: C Niel Williams (27-R .225-315-5-32-.644-0 B) 6: SS Chuck Corrigan (27-R .305-442-5-52-.774-0 C+) 7: 3B Ray Teague (27-S .302-242-1-27-.740-11 D+) 8: 2B Jim Brister (31-S .242-298-2-24-.641-1 A) 9: P Dan Krueger (25-R .000-7-0-0-.000-0 F) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Crosley Field Weather: 81 F, Rain, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 3,465 Top of the First: Cal Doty pops out to right. Danny Stewart plunks one and is out, 2-3. Ray McDonald draws a walk. Marty Eades drives one to deep center, but Franklin Sanchez runs it down... Will we ever score again? Bottom of the First: Franklin Sanchez beats out an infield hit... Jimmy Dixon swings at the first pitch and doubles to left and Sanchez scores... 1 to 0, Pelicans. The Bullpen gets up. Tim Dawson flies out to deep left and Dixon tags up and moves to 3rd. Jerry Rafanello doubles to center and Dixon scores... 2 to 0, Pelicans. Niel Williams flies out to right and Ray McDonald doubles Rafanello off 2nd!! 16 assists for him now! Bottom of the Second: Chuck Corrigan lines a hit to center and goes to 2nd on a passed ball.... The Bullpen is back up. Ray Teague lines a 3-2 pitch to left for a double and Corrigan scores... 3 to 0, Pelicans. Jim Brister grounds out to 2nd and Teague goes to 3rd. With the infield P Dan Krueger blisters one to the right side, but Junior Danielson makes a great stop and throws him out and Teague holds at 3rd. Franklin Sanchez lines a hit to right and Teague scores... 4 to 0, Pelicans. Jimmy Dixon doubles to right center and Sanchez scores... 5 to 0, Pelicans. Call to the Bullpen: Roger Wallace (28-R). Don Kern (26-R) is in to catch in a double switch. Tim Dawson pokes a hit to left and Dixon scores... 6 to 0, Pelicans. This is the worst offense in the League.... 8 hits in 2 innings... Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, Jack Washburn draws a walk and steals 2nd. Bart Daw lines a hit to left. Junior Danielson grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Washburn scores. 6 to 1, Pelicans. No shutout today! Bottom of the Fifth: On the Hill: Albert Davies (25-L), after a scoreless 4th. Niel Williams doubles to center... Chuck Corrigan grounds one to 1st, but Jack Washburn boots it... P Davies needs to give us some innings and then he can rest until Christmas.... Ray Teague lines out to center and Williams tags up and scores. 7 to 1, Pelicans. With 2 outs, P Dan Krueger lines a hit to center... A wild pitch moves the runners up. Franklin Sanchez draws a walk to load the bases up with 2 outs. LF Ricky Palmer (34-S) grounds out to short. Top of the Sixth: Ray McDonald beats out an infield hit. Marty Eades swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middles and McDonald beats the throw to 3rd. Jack Washburn strikes out.... Bart Daw grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and McDonald scores and Eades beats the throw to 3rd! 7 to 2, Pelicans. Junior Danielson pops out to right and the runners hold.... PH Dennis Brown (29-L) swings at the first pitch and flies out to deep center... Bottom of the Sixth: New Pitcher: Robbie Hopley (29-R). Tim Dawson lines a hit to right. Jerry Rafanello grounds a hit to right and Dawson beats the throw to 3rd and Rafanello takes 2nd... 15 hits now for the worst hitting team in the League... Niel Williams takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with no outs... Chuck Corrigan lines out to left and Dawson tags up and scores. 8 to 2, Pelicans. With 2 outs, 2B Dennis Carr (40-R) clears the bases with a double to right... 10 to 2, Pelicans. Lost - 10 to 2 This is fun! We had 8 hits (all singles) and made 1 error New Orleans had 19 hits and made no errors The most hits we have allowed this season and the 2nd most ever. We gave up 21 to Memphis on June 17, 2001, in a 20 to 1 loss. Mike Marsh (L 1-4) went 1.2 innings, allowed 6 runs, 7 hits, no walks and struck out no one. RHP Roger Wallace went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. LHP Albert Davies went 2 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. He threw a WP. RHP Robbie Hopley went 3 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. Dan Krueger (W 2-1) went 7.1 innings, gave us 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit. RF Ray McDonald had a hit and a walk and scored a run. 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits. SS Bart Daw had 2 hits and an RBI. 2B Junior Danielson had 2 hits, stole a base and had an RBI. For New Orleans, CF Franklin Sanchez had 3 hits and a walk, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. RF Tim Dawson had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. SS Chuck Corrigan had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. The Pelicans had 2 players hurt during the game: 2B Jim Brister has a herniated disc and will be out 1 to 2 weeks and will go on the DL; LF Jimmy Dixon has a strained back that will bother him for about a week, but will keep playing. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:06 AM.

10-22-2020, 02:27 PM	#672
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, September 16, 2003 P Mike Marsh (22-R) and RP Albert Davies (25-L) were sent back to the Daytona (A) roster. P Marc Uhrich (28-L) and RP Dave Nini (26-L) were recalled. Jacksonville Jays (71-72 .497 8 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) at New Orleans Pelicans (56-87 .392 23 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division) JAX: Danny Coreano (24-L) (7-5 2.92 ERA 98.1 IP, 85 H, 4 HR, 29 BB, 52 SO) NO: Terry Henry (32-R) (4-19 5.14 ERA 173.1 IP, 205 H, 18 HR, 40 BB, 93 SO) Coreano gave up 1 run on 8 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a win. Henry leads the MLB in losses. He is 1-2 in 2 starts against us this season with a 3.80 ERA. 21.1 IP, 28 H, 3 HR, 5 BB, 12 SO. The one win was the last time we met him and he shut us out on 9 hits and 1 walk with 7 strikeouts. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) JACKSONVILLE 1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .285-516-3-48-.718-35 B+) 2: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .300-524-11-70-.823-18 B+) 3: 2B Ed Diskin (39-R .243-300-5-52-.648-1 C+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .285-502-20-89-.822-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .251-391-9-38-.724-27 B) 6: C Don Kern (26-R .197-203-7-27-.614-10 B) Rookie 7: SS Charlie Faber (32-R .201-184-0-12-.541-6 C+) 8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .214-168-3-13-.612-0 B) 9: P Danny Coreano (24-L .259-27-0-2-.546-0 F) NEW ORLEANS 1: CF Franklin Sanchez (22-R .228-342-1-23-.550-22 B+) 2: 3B Ray Teague (27-S .305-246-1-29-.747-11 D+) 3: LF Jerry Rafanello (32-S .297-317-5-35-.760-0 D) All-Star(2: 01,03) 4: 1B Jay Kegler (35-L .273-469-23-81-.831-1 C+) 5: RF Tim Dawson (27-R .264-447-5-45-.694-8 B+) 6: 2B Chuck Corrigan (27-R .309-446-5-53-.780-0 A) 7: SS Ron Taylor (31-S .238-411-0-23-.575-23 B+) 8: C Niel Williams (27-R .229-319-5-32-.653-0 B) 9: P Terry Henry (32-R .146-48-1-2-.375-0 F) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Crosley Field Weather: 85 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 5,438 Top of the First: Cal Doty beats out an infield hit. Ray McDonald strikes out... Ed Diskin doubles to right center and Doty scores from 1st! 1 to 0, Jays! No shutout! Marty Eades beats out an infield hit. Jack Washburn grounds out to 2nd, Chuck Corrigan making a tough play, and Diskin scores and Eades moves up. 2 to 0, Jays! Don Kern grounds out to short. Bottom of the First: Franklin Sanchez strikes out! Ray Teague swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to center... Jerry Rafanello flies out to left!! Jay Kegler strikes out looking! Top of the Second: Charlie Faber and Gary McKellar lead off with back to back hits! I doubt that has ever happened before! P Danny Coreano bunts them up. Cal Doty flies out to center and Faber tags up and scores. 3 to 0, Jays! Bottom of the Fifth: Franklin Sanchez lines a hit to right. With 1 out, Jerry Rafanello hits a home run to left... 3 to 2, Jays. His sixth home run of the season, fourth against the Jays.... Top of the Seventh: Ed Diskin doubles to left! With 1 out, they walk Jack Washburn intentionally. Don Kern hits a home run to left center!! 6 to 2, Jays! Only our second HR in the past 19 games and both have been by Kern! Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Franklin Sanchez beats out an infield hit. Ray Teague takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... The Bullpen gets up. With 2 outs, Jay Kegler lines a hit to center and the bases are loaded. Tim Dawson swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right and 2 runs score... 6 to 4, Jays. Call to the Bullpen: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). Chuck Corrigan grounds out to short! Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Scott Van Dyke (32-R), who is 3-10 with 10 SV and a 5.45 ERA in 69.2 IP. With 1 out, Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit up the middle. Ed Diskin doubles to right center, his third double of the day, tying the MLB mark! With the infield in, Marty Eades grounds out to 3rd and the runners hold... I was hoping he could make it to 100 RBI, but he is not knocking in very many of late... Only 4 in 15 games in September. I thought they would walk Jack Washburn to give Don Kern a chance at a Grand Slam, but they pitch to Washburn and he hits a home run to right!!! 9 to 4, Jays! 1 HR in the previous 18 games and 2 today!! Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Rudy Norwood (31-R), a rookie with a 4.31 ERA in 31.1 IP. With 1 out, Gary McKellar grounds a hit up the middle. We let P Bill Grant bat because Dave Nini is the only rested reliever in the Pen and I do not trust him to hold even a 5 run lead.... Besides, P Grant can get a Save, if he finishes the game. He grounds a hit up the middle and McKellar beats the throw to 3rd and P Grant takes 2nd! Cal Doty bloops a hit to left center, just over the shortstop, and McKellar scores! 10 to 4, Jays! Ray McDonald lines a hit to left and P Grant scores! 11 to 4, Jays! The next two make outs. Won - 11 to 4 We had 18 hits and made no errors New Orleans had 10 hits and made no errors We tied our season high in hits! Every spot in the lineup had at least 1 hit. Starting pitcher Coreano did not, but reliever Bil Grant did! Danny Coreano (W 8-5) went 6.2 innings, allowed 10 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 4. LHP Bill Grant (SV 12) went 2.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 1. Terry Henry (L 4-20) went 6.1 innings, gave us 6 runs, 11 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 3. 123 pitches. LF Cal Doty had 3 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBI. RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits, scored a run and had and RBI. 2B Ed Diskin tied the MLB record with 3 doubles, drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits with his 10th home run of the season, was walked intentionally, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBI. C Don Kern hit his 8th home run and had 3 RBI. SS Charlie Faber had 2 hits and 2 walks and scored a run. CF Gary McKellar had 2 hits and scored a run. That is everyone in the lineup getting a mention! For New Orleans, CF Franklin Sanchez had 3 hits and scored 2 runs. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:06 AM.

10-22-2020, 04:33 PM	#673
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Wednesday, September 17, 2003 Jacksonville Jays (72-72 .500 7.5 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) at New Orleans Pelicans (56-88 .389 23.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division) JAX: Del Warwick (28-L) (12-11 2.63 ERA 212 IP, 208 H, 16 HR, 54 BB, 118 SO) Gold Glove NO: Dennis Farmer (26-R) (8-5 4.46 ERA 101 IP, 103 H, 4 HR, 52 BB, 52 SO) Warwick gave up 2 runs on 5 hits, 2 home runs and 2 walks with 7 strikeouts in 8 innings last time out in a win. We faced Farmer once this season and he beat Warwick with 1 run allowed on 4 hits and 5 walks with 1 strikeout in 6 innings. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .279-197-0-9-.632-14 B) 2: RF Dennis Brown (29-L .264-174-6-19-.705-1 C) 3: 3B Ed Diskin (39-R .249-305-5-53-.669-1 C) 4: LF Ray McDonald (23-L .300-530-11-71-.821-18 B+) 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .253-395-10-42-.736-27 B) 6: C Don Kern (26-R .197-208-8-30-.623-10 B) Rookie 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .246-431-9-57-.663-39 B+) 8: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .229-336-1-19-.579-9 C+) 9: P Del Warwick (28-L .177-62-0-3-.352-0 C) Gold Glove NEW ORLEANS 1: CF Franklin Sanchez (22-R .233-347-1-23-.559-22 B+) 2: 3B Ray Teague (27-S .305-249-1-29-.749-11 D+) 3: 1B Jay Kegler (35-L .273-473-23-81-.828-1 C+) 4: RF Tim Dawson (27-R .265-449-5-47-.698-8 B+) 5: 2B Chuck Corrigan (27-R .307-450-5-53-.773-0 A) 6: C Niel Williams (27-R .229-323-5-32-.651-0 B) 7: LF Ricky Palmer (34-S .192-146-6-17-.635-2 B+) 8: SS Ron Taylor (31-S .239-414-0-23-.577-23 B+) 9: P Dennis Farmer (26-S .219-32-0-5-.500-0 F) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Crosley Field Weather: 81 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 4,618 Top of the First: Junior Danielson swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Dennis Brown, 0 for 12 against Farmer, hits a home run to right! 1 to 0, Jays! Ed Diskin strikes out... Ray McDonald grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the First: Franklin Sanchez beats out an infield hit... Ray Teague hits a home run to left... 2 to 1, Pelicans. His second home run of the season... Jay Kegler doubles to left center.... Why can all the other teams in the League keep the Pelicans from scoring much, but not us? Tim Dawson grounds out to 2nd and Kegler goes to 3rd. Chuck Corrigan pops out to right and Kegler stays put. Niel Williams grounds out to short. Top of the Sixth: Danny Stewart lines our third hit of the game to left center and P Del Warwick bunts him to 2nd. Junior Danielson lines a hit to right center and Stewart heads home, but Franklin Sanchez throws him out.... Top of the Seventh: Ed Diskin grounds a hit up the middle. That does it for P Dennis Farmer. New Pitcher: Keith Casebolt (25-L), their closer, who is 5-4 with 11 SV and 3.41 ERA in 75 IP. Ray McDonald grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. PH Dave Thompson (27-R), who will stay in to play 1st, grounds a double over the 3rd base bag and McDonald heads home, but Ricky Palmer throws him out.... Back to back innings with a runner thrown out at home... Don Kern grounds one to 1st, but P Keith Casebolt drops the toss for an error. But then he picks Kern off..... Top of the Ninth: Top of our order up. Marty Eades has already been used as a pinch-hitter... Junior Danielson grounds a hit to left! Dennis Brown has to bat, because there are no right-handers left on the bench and he strikes out on a 3-2 pitch... Ed Diskin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.... Lost - 2 to 1 We had 7 hits and made no errors New Orleans had 7 hits and made 1 error Del Warwick (L 12-12) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, no walks, 1 HBP and struck out 5. LHP Bill Grant went 1 scoreless inning, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2. Dennis Farmer (W 9-5) went 6+ innings, gave us 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 2. LHP Keith Casebolt (SV 12) went 3 scoreless innings, gave us 2 hits and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit. Both pitchers used today by the Pelicans walks about 4.5 per 9 innings, but we did not draw a walk.... 2B Junior Danielson had 2 hits and stole a base, but why he did not try to steal in the 9th inning is a mystery. RF Dennis Brown hit his 7th home run of the season. PH/1B Dave Thompson hit a double. Last edited by Questdog; 10-23-2020 at 10:06 AM.

10-22-2020, 05:29 PM	#674
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10-23-2020, 11:29 AM	#675
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Thursday, September 18, 2003 Jacksonville Jays (72-73 .498 8 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) at New Orleans Pelicans (57-88 .393 23 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division) JAX: John Lombardi (29-R) (0-5 4.75 ERA 47.1 IP, 56 H, 6 HR, 16 BB, 17 SO) NO: Jorge Lugo (30-R) (5-16 5.22 ERA 172.1 IP, 209 H, 15 HR, 58 BB, 89 SO) Lombardi gave up 1 run on 7 hits, 1 home run and 2 walks with no strikeouts in 8 innings last time out, but we were shut out and he took a loss. Lugo is 1-1 in 2 starts against us this year with a 5.52 ERA. 14.2 IP, 17 H, 0 HR, 8 BB, 6 SO. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) JACKSONVILLE 1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .288-521-3-50-.722-35 B+) 2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .231-338-1-19-.581-9 C+) 3: RF Dennis Brown (29-L .264-178-7-20-.718-1 C) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .285-509-20-89-.819-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .252-397-10-42-.732-27 B) 6: C Ron Gregory (32-R .000-5-0-0-.000-0 C+) 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-434-9-57-.659-39 B+) 8: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .284-201-0-9-.639-15 B) 9: P John Lombardi (29-S .143-14-0-1-.286-0 F) NEW ORLEANS 1: SS Ron Taylor (31-S .237-417-0-23-.573-23 B+) 2: RF Tim Dawson (27-R .263-453-5-47-.692-8 B+) 3: 3B Ray Teague (27-S .308-253-2-31-.764-11 D+) 4: 1B Jay Kegler (35-L .274-475-23-81-.832-1 C+) 5: 2B Chuck Corrigan (27-R .307-453-5-53-.773-0 A) 6: LF Jerry Rafanello (32-S .298-322-6-37-.770-0 D) All-Star(2: 01,03) 7: CF Ricky Palmer (34-S .195-149-6-17-.635-2 D+) 8: C Bobby Thomas (32-S .194-170-3-15-.524-0 B+) 9: P Jorge Lugo (30-R .163-49-1-3-.405-0 F) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Crosley Field Weather: 82 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing left to right Attendance: 4,861 Top of the First: Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd. Danny Stewart draws a walk. He gets caught stealing... Dennis Brown pops out to short... Bottom of the First: Ron Taylor takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Tim Dawson swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right and Taylor goes to 3rd... Ray Teague grounds a hit to left and Taylor scores... 1 to 0, Pelicans. Jay Kegler swings at the first pitch and flies out to right. Chuck Corrigan swings at the first pitch and grounds into a 4-6-3 double play!! Top of the Second: Marty Eades grounds a hit to right. With 1 out, Ron Gregory grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Bart Daw lines a hit to left. Junior Danielson lines a hit to center and Gregory heads home, but gets thrown out by Ricky Palmer.... We are getting more runners thrown out at home than are scoring.... Bottom of the Second: With 1 out, Ricky Palmer takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Bobby Thomas, the sub-.200 hitter, swings at the first pitch and doubles to right center and Palmer scores... 2 to 0, Pelicans. The next two make outs. Top of the Sixth: Cal Doty lines a hit to center. Danny Stewart takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Our 3 and 4 hitters make outs.... Jack Washburn draws a walk to load the bases up with 2 outs. Ron Gregory grounds his first hit as a Jay to center and 2 runs score!! Tie Game: 2 to 2! Bottom of the Sixth: With 2 outs, Ricky Palmer, the sub-.200 hitter, hits a home run to left... 3 to 2, Pelicans. The 7 and 8 hitters, both sub-.200 hitters are now 3 for 3 with a double and a home run and 2 walks... The rest of the lineup is 2 for 18.... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Keith Casebolt (25-L), their closer, who got the Save yesterday with 3 scoreless innings. 8-9-1 up for us. Junior Danielson lines a hit to center. PH Dave Thompson (27-R) bunts Danielson to 2nd.... Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit. PH Gary McKellar (33-R) swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to center and Danielson scores! Tie Game: 3 to 3! This time, we have 2 players on the bench to pinch-hit for Dennis Brown, but no one to play the outfield if he is taken out.... He grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and the runners move up. Marty Eades is walked intentionally to load the bases up with 2 outs. PH Ed Diskin (39-R) swings at the first pitch and smashes a line drive right to the 2nd baseman.... Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Dave Nini (26-L). 7-8-9 up for the Pelicans, but that is where all their damage has been done today. Ricky Palmer swings at the first pitch and pops one up to 1st, but Dave Thompson drops the ball.... Bobby Thomas grounds out slowly to short and Palmer goes to 2nd. PH Franklin Sanchez (22-R), who is 7 for 13 with a walk and an RBI and 5 runs scores this series, is walked intentionally.... Dumb, when your pitcher is a wild thrower and is not inclined to induce ground balls and the on deck batter is a fast runner... Ron Taylor grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4, but Junior Danielson gets taken out by Sanchez with a rough slide.... Trudy goes out, but pronounces Danielson fit to continue. Tim Dawson lines a 3-1 pitch to right for a hit.... Lost - 4 to 3 We finish the season series with New Orleans 7-7. We were 9-5 last season and 6-8 in 2001. We had 11 hits (all singles) and made 1 error (that let the winning run on base) New Orleans had 8 hits and made no errors John Lombardi went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out no one. RHP Roger Wallace went 2 scoreless innings and allowed 2 hits. LHP Dave Nini (L 3-2) got 2 outs, allowed 1 unearned run, 1 hit and 1 walk (INT). Jorge Lugo went 7+ innings, gave us 2 runs, 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 5. LHP Keith Casebolt (W 6-4, BS 3) went 1 inning, gave us 1 run, 3 hits and 1 walk (INT). His 2nd win against the Jays this season. LF Cal Doty had 2 hits and scored a run. CF Danny Stewart drew 2 walks and scored a run. PH/CF Gary McKellar had a hit and an RBI. 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits and a walk (INT), but no RBI again. 1B Jack Washburn drew 2 walks. C Ron Gregory had his first hit of the season and 2 RBI. 2B Junior Danielson had 2 hits and scored a run. PH Ray McDonald had a hit. For New Orleans, RF Tim Dawson had 3 hits and a walk and the game winning RBI. CF Ricky Palmer had 2 hits with his 7th home run of the season, drew a walk and scored 3 runs and threw a runner out at the plate. The Pelicans announced that P Jorge Lugo, injured during the game, had an elbow strain that should sideline him for about 3 weeks, which ends his season. Down on the Farm: The Fort Wayne TinCaps beat the Evansville Triplets, 5 to 2, at home to win the American Association Championship, 4 games to 2. RF Tom Hill (25-S) was named the MVP of the series. He was 8 for 21 (.381) with 1 HR and 8 walks, scored 6 runs and had 2 RBI. Last edited by Questdog; 11-25-2020 at 04:26 PM.

10-23-2020, 01:41 PM	#676
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, September 19, 2003 We are back home for the final time this season to play the Charlotte Hornets a 3 game series over the weekend. Then we will spend the last two weeks of the schedule on the road. The Hornets won 2 of 3 at home versus Memphis earlier in the week. We are 6-5 against them on the year and split a pair of games the last time they visited, June 9-10. They are 4th in scoring with 4.27 runs per game (Jacksonville is #8 with 3.90). The Hornets and Jays are tied for 6th in fewest runs allowed with 3.90 per game. Their run differential is +54 and ours is +1. Charlotte Hornets (80-66 .548 1 GB in 2nd place in the Southern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (72-74 .493 9 GB in 5th place in the Southern Division) CHAR: Bob Stephens (26-R) (14-9 2.94 ERA 187 IP, 170 H, 18 HR, 38 BB, 109 SO) All-Star JAX: Jim Baucom (22-L) (13-9 2.05 ERA 228.1 IP, 185 H, 9 HR, 43 BB, 190 SO) All-Star(2: 02-03) Stephens beat us in June, giving us 1 run on 4 hits and 3 walks with 6 strikeouts in 8.2 innings. Baucom has lost 4 starts in a row. Last time out, he allowed 4 runs (3 earned) on 5 hits and no walks with 4 strikeouts in 5 innings. Batting Order: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) CHARLOTTE 1: SS Harold Evans (24-R .274-347-0-27-.677-13 A) 2: CF Scott Damon (24-R .252-401-10-48-.702-7 B) 3: 3B Larry Davis (28-S .350-546-4-72-.845-15 B) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(01) 4: LF John Hartz (38-R .259-293-4-31-.733-14 C) All-Star(2: 01-02) 5: RF Tom Morris (29-R .186-247-3-21-.566-0 B) 6: 1B Bruce McArthur (26-L .262-447-8-43-.711-0 A+) Gold Glove 7: 2B Marty Derringer (25-R .254-422-6-52-.663-15 A) 8: C Alex Martinez (29-R .208-236-2-21-.526-3 B+) 9: P Bob Stephens (26-R .203-59-0-4-.467-1 D) All-Star 5 career SB JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .288-205-0-9-.646-15 B) 2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-526-3-50-.723-35 B+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .300-534-11-71-.819-18 B+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .287-513-20-89-.821-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .251-399-10-42-.732-27 B) 6: C Don Kern (26-R .199-211-8-30-.624-10 B) Rookie 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .245-437-9-57-.659-39 B+) 8: CF Gary McKellar (33-R .224-174-3-14-.624-0 B) 9: P Jim Baucom (22-L .235-68-0-6-.524-0 C) All-Star(2: 02-03) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 82 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 7,826 Top of the First: Harold Evans swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Scott Damon grounds a double over the 3rd base bag... Larry Davis lines a hit to left and Damon scores... 1 to 0, Hornets. John Hartz grounds into a 4-6-3 double play!! Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson, who has a 10 game hitting streak going, pops out to 2nd. Cal Doty walks on 4 pitches. Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and pops out to 2nd... Doty steals 2nd! Marty Eades grounds out to 2nd and leaves another RBI on the bases... Top of the Second: With 2 outs, Marty Derringer grounds a double over the 1st base bag... Alex Martinez grounds a hit to left and Derringer scores... 2 to 0, Hornets. Do you remember when Jim Baucom was a really good pitcher? It seems like such a long time ago.... Top of the Third: Harold Evans swings at the first pitch and grounds a double over the 3rd base bag and then goes to 3rd on a ground out... 3 innings and 3 doubles for the Hornets... And 5 hits already... Larry Davis strikes out on 3 pitches! His 21st strikeout of the season! John Hartz swings at an 0-2 pitch and lines a hit to right and Evans scores... 3 to 0, Hornets. Through 3 innings, they have 6 hits and we have none.... Nor none through 4 innings... We go down in order in the 5th.... And in the 6th... Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Ray McDonald triples to right center for our first hit of the day! Marty Eades pops out to short.... Jack Washburn lines out to center.... I cannot wait for this season to be over... We were riding high there for a while, but we are not hitting at all anymore... And not hitting is not fun... Lost - 3 to 0 We had 1 whole hit and made no errors Charlotte had 10 hits and made 1 error Jim Baucom (L 13-10) went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, no walks and struck out 6. RHP Al Calice went 3 scoreless innings, allowed 3 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. Bob Stephens (W 15-9) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 1 hit, 2 walks and struck out 2. 101 pitches. He has now pitched 41 innings against the Jays in his career and given us 14 hits... 0.88 ERA. LF Cal Doty drew 2 walks and stole a base. RF Ray McDonald hit a triple. Beating the Bushes: The Corpus Christi Hooks of the Texas League (B) won at home, 4-2, versus the Asheville Tourists of the Southern League to win the Dixie Cup, in 7 games. LF Floyd Wildsmith (20-L) was named the MVP of the series. He was 10 for 28 (.357) with 2 2B and 1 3B, scored 4 runs and had 3 RBI. He also stole 3 bases. Down on the Farm: The following players, who had time with the Jays, have announced their retirement following the close of Daytona's season: P Spencer Shuff (35-R), RP Tug Jackson (35-R), 1B Ismael Gonzales (35-R), 3B Brian Porter (36-S) and CF Frank Wendell (35-R).

10-23-2020, 03:59 PM	#677
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, September 20, 2003 Charlotte Hornets (81-66 .551 0 GA tied for 1st place in the Southern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (72-75 .490 9 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) CHAR: Ron Simon (30-R) (10-10 4.16 ERA 192.2 IP, 182 H, 25 HR, 38 BB, 133 SO) All-Star(02) JAX: Marc Uhrich (28-L) (0-1 8.71 ERA 10.1 IP, 14 H, 1 HR, 3 BB, 3 SO) Simon is 1-0 in 2 starts against us this season with a 3.86 ERA. 14 IP, 10 H, 1 HR, 1 BB, 9 SO. Uhrich last pitched on August 24, nearly a month ago. He gave up 5 runs on 10 hits and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts in 5.1 innings in a no decision that we won. We have unfortunate timing in that Dale Gilchrist is ready to pitch, but still needs to serve one more day on the DL.... Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) CHARLOTTE 1: SS Harold Evans (24-R .273-352-0-27-.677-13 A) 2: 1B Bruce McArthur (26-L .259-451-8-43-.705-0 A+) Gold Glove 3: 3B Larry Davis (28-S .351-550-4-73-.846-15 B) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(01) 4: LF Terry Graham (24-L .232-168-4-22-.656-0 A+) 5: CF Scott Damon (24-R .252-405-10-48-.703-7 B) 6: 2B Marty Derringer (25-R .254-425-6-52-.667-15 A) 7: RF Gabe Valdez (31-R .235-447-8-48-.613-0 A) 8: C Alex Martinez (29-R .212-240-2-22-.533-3 B+) 9: P Ron Simon (30-R .138-65-0-3-.349-0 C) All-Star(02) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .282-209-0-9-.634-15 B) 2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .288-528-3-50-.722-36 B+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .299-538-11-71-.820-18 B+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .285-516-20-89-.817-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .249-402-10-42-.727-27 B) 6: C Don Kern (26-R .196-214-8-30-.616-10 B) Rookie 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .243-440-9-57-.655-39 B+) 8: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .229-341-1-19-.580-9 C+) 9: P Marc Uhrich (28-L .333-3-0-1-.667-0 D) Game Start: 2:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 86 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right Attendance: 7,022 Top of the First: Harold Evans swings at the first pitch and doubles to right... Bruce McArthur grounds out to 2nd and Evans goes to 3rd. Larry Davis lines out to deep right and Evans tags up and scores. 1 to 0, Hornets. Terry Graham grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson grounds out to short. Cal Doty hits a home run to right! Tie Game: 1 to 1! Ray McDonald draws a walk. Marty Eades grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.... Top of the Third: Alex Martinez, who thinks he can hit when he plays us, grounds one to 2nd, but Junior Danielson boots it. Martinez steals 2nd and P Ron Simon bunts him to 3rd. With the infield in, Harold Evans grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Martinez stays put. Bruce McArthur pops out to left! Top of the Fourth: Larry Davis grounds a double over the 3rd base bag... But the next three make outs! Bottom of the Fifth: Bart Daw grounds a hit up the middle and goes to 2nd on a ground out. So we have a runner at 2nd with 1 out. Then we get two straight singles! But no runs, because Daw had been caught stealing 3rd.... Bottom of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Mike Penafiel (32-R), who is 4-1 with 5 SV and a 3.21 ERA in 70 IP. With 1 out, Bart Daw grounds one to 3rd, but Tom Morris (29-R) makes a bad throw for an error! Danny Stewart lines a hit to center and Daw gets caught in a rundown between 2nd and 3rd, but somehow manages to make it to 3rd safe! PH Mike Volkman (35-L) flies out to deep center and Daw tags up, but gets thrown out at home by Harold Evans, who is now in center.... Top of the Ninth: On the Hill: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L) after a perfect 8th. 6-7-8 up for the Hornets. Tom Morris strikes out! Marty Derringer grounds out to short. Gabe Valdez lines out to short! 1-2-3! Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Miguel Tejeda (25-R), their closer, who is 6-10 with 27 SV and a 3.21 ERA in 92.2 IP. 4 of the Saves and 1 of the losses are against us. 6-7-8 up for us. Don Kern grounds out to short. Bart Daw grounds out to 3rd. Danny Stewart flies out to deep center... Extras! We are 12-10 in extra innings this season. Top of the Tenth: 8-9-1 up for Charlotte. With 1 out, RF Danny Pakan (27-L), batting .417 with 4 2B and 1 3B in 48 AB, lines a hit to right... Harold Evans grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. PH Jim Sabin (35-R), batting .231 with 5 RBI in 39 AB, lines a hit to left and Evans beats the throw to 3rd... The Bullpen gets up. Larry Davis, the .350 hitter, grounds out to short! Bottom of the Tenth: 9-1-2 up for us. PH Dennis Brown (29-L) beats out an infield hit! Junior Danielson bunts him to 2nd. A wild pitch sends Brown to 3rd! Cal Doty takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ray McDonald flies out to left and Brown tags up and heads home... and he is NOT thrown out and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!! Won - 2 to 1 We had 8 hits and made 1 error Charlotte had 6 hits and made 3 errors Marc Uhrich went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit. LHP Bill Grant (W 6-8) pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2. Ron Simon went 6 innings, gave us 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 4. RHP Miguel Tejeda (L 6-11) went 1.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 1hit and 1 walk. He threw a WP. LF Cal Doty had 2 hits with his 4th home run of the season and drew a walk. PH Dennis Brown had a hit and scored the winning run. The Hornets announced that CF Scott Damon, injured during the game, had a fractured knee and it was iffy whether he would be ready by Spring Training next year or not.

10-23-2020, 08:20 PM	#678
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Sunday, September 21, 2003 Fan Appreciation Day! The final home game of the year. P Dale Gilchrist (25-R) was activated from the DL and P John Lombardi (29-R) was sent to the Daytona (A) roster, but asked to hang around with the team, just in case he is needed. Charlotte Hornets (81-67 .547 0 GA tied for 1st place in the Southern Division) at Jacksonville Jays (73-75 .493 8 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) CHAR: Frank Lytle (29-R) (0-3 5.02 ERA 52 IP, 53 H, 8 HR, 30 BB, 47 SO) JAX: Dale Gilchrist (25-R) (9-8 2.39 ERA 143 IP, 111 H, 7 HR, 50 BB, 74 SO) Lytle was 2-9 with a 4.44 ERA in 16 starts and 95.1 IP last year. He is 1-1 in 2 starts in his career against the Jays with a 3.38 ERA. 10.2 IP, 6 H, 1 HR, 9 BB, 10 SO. We have only faced him in relief this season and scored 2 runs on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts in 2 innings. Gilchrist last started on September 5 and went 3 scoreless innings before getting hurt. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) CHARLOTTE 1: LF Harold Evans (24-R .272-357-0-27-.676-13 A) 2: 2B Bruce McArthur (26-L .257-455-8-43-.699-0 A) Gold Glove(1B) 3: 3B Larry Davis (28-S .350-554-4-74-.845-15 B) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(01) 4: RF Terry Graham (24-L .227-172-4-22-.642-0 A) 5: 1B Tom Barker (31-L .252-159-8-32-.809-1 C) 6: SS Marty Derringer (25-R .255-428-6-52-.671-15 B+) 7: C Larry Griffin (31-S .257-261-7-38-.724-1 C+) All-Star(02) 8: CF Gabe Valdez (31-R .233-450-8-48-.610-0 B) 9: P Frank Lytle (29-L .167-12-0-1-.333-0 F) JACKSONVILLE 1: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .282-213-0-9-.632-15 B) 2: LF Cal Doty (26-L .289-532-4-51-.731-36 B+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .298-541-11-72-.817-18 B+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .283-520-20-89-.811-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .246-406-10-42-.720-27 B) 6: C Don Kern (26-R .197-218-8-30-.614-10 B) Rookie 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .243-444-9-57-.653-39 B+) 8: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .229-345-1-19-.579-9 C+) 9: P Dale Gilchrist (25-R .231-52-0-5-.491-0 C+) Game Start: 2:05 PM Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium Weather: 76 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to center Attendance: 6,744 We finish the season with 583,406 in paid attendance. Up form 530,869 last year and 489,729 in 2001. We have outdrawn only New Orleans. They have 7 more home dates left to catch us, but that does not seem likely. Top of the First: Harold Evans grounds out to short. Bruce McArthur grounds out to 2nd. Larry Davis takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Terry Graham swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to left! Bottom of the First: Junior Danielson tries to bunt his way on, but is out, 1-3. Cal Doty walks on 4 pitches. Ray McDonald lines out to left. Doty steals 2nd! Marty Eades grounds out to 3rd, leaving yet another RBI on the bases. Our offensive woes are mostly caused by him not hitting with runners in scoring position and Ray McDonald not hitting at any time.... And also by our base runners getting thrown out all the time and not stealing when it is called for and trying to steal when it is not.... Bottom of the Third: Danny Stewart takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and P Dale Gilchrist bunts him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and grounds our first hit of the game up the middle and Stewart scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Bottom of the Fourth: P Frank Lytle strikes out the side in order.... Top of the Fifth: With 1 out, P Frank Lytle hits a home run to right... Tie Game: 1 to 1. His second career home run. Through 5 innings, P Frank Lytle has given us 2 hits and stuck out 7.... Bottom of the Seventh: Jack Washburn pokes our third hit of the game to right and steals 2nd. With 1 out, he steals 3rd. Bart Daw walks on 4 pitches. Danny Stewart grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.............................................. ........................ Bottom of the Eighth: PH Mike Volkman (35-L) grounds one to 3rd, but Larry Davis throws the ball away for a 2 base error! With 1 out, Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and doubles to right and Volkman scores! 2 to 1, Jays! They walk Ray McDonald intentionally. Oh! Please, make them pay, Marty! Do you remember what an RBI was? He does not... He pops one up to shallow left, but Harold Evans muffs it and the bases are loaded with 1 out! Jack Washburn swings at the first pitch and pops out to right and the runners hold... Don Kern grounds out to short.... Top of the Ninth; New Pitcher: Roger Wallace (28-R). Charlie Faber (32-R) is in to play 3rd and the Bullpen is warmed up. 6-7-8 up for the Hornets. Marty Derringer swings at a 3-0 pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Larry Griffin strikes out! PH John Hartz (38-R), the 2-time All-Star(01-02), who is 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI this series, lines a hit to left... PH Danny Pakan (27-L), the .429 hitter, who is 1 for 1 this series, swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to right center and Hartz scores... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Harold Evans flies out to center. Bottom of the Ninth; New Pitcher: Miguel Tejeda (25-R), their closer, who took the loss in extra innings yesterday by giving us a run in 1.2 innings. 7-8-9 up for us. Bart Daw takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. He steals 2nd! Danny Stewart grounds a hit up the middle and Daw heads home and THIS time he is thrown out by Terry Graham, who is hurt.... Harold Evans moves to center and Tom Morris (29-R) is in to play left. PH Dennis Brown (29-L), who scored the winning run yesterday, can knock in the winning run today. But they walk him intentionally. Junior Danielson grounds a hit to left and Stewart heads home and he is SAFE and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!! Won - 3 to 2 We finish the season series with Charlotte 8-6. Better than the 3-11 of last year and the 7-7 of 2001. We had 6 hits and made no errors Charlotte had 7 hits and made 3 errors Dale Gilchrist went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks, 1 HBP and struck out 4. 122 pitches. RHP Roger Wallace (W 5-5, BS 4) went 1 inning, allowed 1 run, 2 hits and struck out 1. Frank Lytle went 8 innings, have us 2 runs (1 earned), 4 hits, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 8. At bat, he hit a home run. RHP Miguel Tejeda (L 6-12) got 1 out, gave us 1 run, 2 hits and 2 walk (1 INT). LF Cal Doty had 2 hits with a double and a walk, stole a base and had 2 RBI. SS Bart Daw had a hit and 2 walks and stole his 40th base of the season. CF Danny Stewart had a hit and a walk and scored 2 runs, including the game winner. PH Dennis Brown was walked intentionally. The Hornets announce that RF Terry Graham had a mild hamstring strain and should be fine in a day or two.

10-23-2020, 08:21 PM	#679
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	September 22, 2003 Monday Morning Report Player of the Week - Tom Spiess, RF, Providence (26-L .215/.306/.398) Had 10 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO, 2 SB, 1 CS, 7 R and 14 RBI (!!) in 7 G (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) September 15 - RF Ed Yeager (28-L) of Ottawa had 2 hits with a home run and 5 RBI at Columbus. The Otters won, 13 to 3. September 15 - C Alex Martinez (29-R) of Charlotte had 3 hits with a home run, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at home versus Memphis. The Hornets won, 8 to 5. September 16 - Rookie Angel Gomez (23-R) of Hartford pitched a 2 hit shutout at home versus Providence. He did not walk a batter and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. It his his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 8-12 with a 4.34 ERA in 26 starts (34 G). The Whalers won, 5 to 0. September 16 - CF Mike Cram (31-R) of Indianapolis had 4 hits with a double, scored a run and had 5 RBI at home versus Rochester. The Arrows won, 10 to 4. September 17 - LF/CF Barry Magee (31-L) of Orlando went 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and a walk, scored 3 runs and had 5 RBI at home versus Louisville. The Juice won, 12 to 2. September 18 - John Wilson (28-R) of Louisville pitched a 4 hit shutout at Orlando. He walked 3 and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit. He is now 9-11 with a 4.10 ERA in 26 starts. The Colonels won, 2 to 0. September 19 - Rookie Jerry Doherty (25-L) of Buffalo pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Indianapolis. He walked 3 and struck out 9. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 6-3 with a 2.87 ERA in 13 starts. The Bombers won, 6 to 0. September 19 - Charlie Foltz (29-R) of Memphis pitched a 5 hit shutout at Richmond. He did not walk a batter and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit. He is now 13-12 with a 3.72 ERA in 28 starts. The Mules won, 8 to 0. September 20 - 1B Herman Chance (33-R) of Orlando had 2 hits with a home run and 5 RBI at New Orleans. The Juice won, 5 to 3.

10-24-2020, 11:31 AM	#680
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, September 23, 2003 We are in Memphis to play a short 2 game set. The Mules won 2 of 3 in Richmond over the weekend. We are 6-6 against them on the season and split a pair of games the last time we visited, May 5-6. They are 6th in scoring with 4.07 runs per game (Jacksonville is #9 with 3.86). The Mules are 9th in fewest runs allowed with 4.01 per game (Jacksonville is #6 with 3.86). Their run differential is +8 and ours is 0. Jacksonville Jays (74-75 .497 8.5 GB in 6th place in the Southern Division) at Memphis Mules (74-76 .493 9 GB in 7th place in the Southern Division) JAX: Del Warwick (28-L) (12-12 2.63 ERA 219 IP, 213 H, 17 HR, 54 BB, 123 SO) Gold Glove MEM: Dave Gray (34-R) (8-14 4.08 ERA 194.1 IP, 175 H, 9 HR, 68 BB, 97 SO) Warwick gave up 2 runs on 5 hits, 1 home run and no walks with 5 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a loss. With Rick Potts in the DL, Gray is their #1 starter. We beat him in April, scoring 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in 8 innings. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF) JACKSONVILLE 1: LF Cal Doty (26-L .292-535-4-53-.737-37 B+) 2: CF Danny Stewart (32-L .230-348-1-19-.581-9 C+) 3: RF Ray McDonald (23-L .296-544-11-72-.813-18 B+) 4: 3B Marty Eades (32-R .281-524-20-89-.805-2 C) All-Star 5: 1B Jack Washburn (21-L .246-410-10-42-.718-29 B) 6: C Ron Gregory (32-L .111-9-0-2-.222-0 C+) 7: SS Bart Daw (31-R .244-446-9-57-.658-40 B+) 8: 2B Junior Danielson (32-R .280-218-0-10-.626-15 B) 9: P Del Warwick (28-L .175-63-0-3-.346-0 C) Gold Glove MEMPHIS 1: SS Tony Weninger (22-R .190-116-0-5-.470-2 B+) Rookie #17 prospect 2: 3B Keith Meyer (28-L .361-571-22-82-.978-29-C+) MVP(01)/Silver Slugger(2: 01(2B),02(3B)/All-Star(3: 01-02) 3: 2B Leo Toruno (29-L .225-493-16-70-.706-14 B) Silver Slugger(2: 01(SS),02(2B)/All-Star(2; 01-02) 4: 1B Nestor Gonzalez (29-L .257-549-28-99-.781-1 A) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03) 5: C Roger Beaudin (31-R .265-452-11-54-.740-6 D+) All-Star 6: RF Ron Alario (33-R .283-371-4-46-.711-6 A+) Gold Glove 7: CF Steve Gress (32-L .222-573-5-36-.603-25 B) All-Star(01) 8: LF Fred Heff (22-R .211-209-1-15-.578-4 B) 9: P Dave Gray (34-R .095-63-1-2-.268-0 D) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: RFK Stadium Weather: 80 F, Clear Skies, with a 10 MPH wind blowing out to right Attendance: 8,049 Top of the First: Cal Doty swings at the first pitch and drives one to deep right, but Ron Alario makes a running catch... Danny Stewart lines out to center. Ray McDonald strikes out looking.... What has happened to Ray? He has not hit much in a month and is 0 for his last 7 with 4 strikeouts.... Bottom of the First: Tony Weninger takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... No surprise that we do not get the sub-.200 hitter out... Keith Meyer, the .360 hitter, lines a 3-2 pitch to center, but Danny Stewart makes a sliding catch! Leo Toruno lines one to center and Danny Stewart makes a diving catch! Nestor Gonzalez lines one to center and Stewart makes another diving catch!!! Three great catches in a row!!! Top of the Second: Marty Eades doubles to right center. Jack Washburn lines a hit to right center and Eades beats the throw home! 1 to 0, Jays! Washburn tries to steal, but they have a pitchout on and he is out and tagged hard and hurt... Trudy goes out and comes back to the dugout with him, but says he can keep playing! Bottom of the Second: With 1 out, Ron Alario grounds a hit to left. With 2 outs, Fred Heff grounds a hit to left. P Dave Gray lines a hit to center and Alario scores... Tie Game: 1 to 1. P Gray is a career .089 hitter who has struck out in more than half of his at bats.... Top of the Third: Junior Danielson grounds a hit to left and P Del Warwick bunts him to 2nd. Cal Doty grounds one to 1st, but Nestor Gonzalez boots it! Only his 6th error of the season! Danny Stewart pops out to 3rd... Ray McDonald clears the bases with a double to right center!! 3 to 1, Jays! Marty Eades, with a runner in scoring position, grounds a hit up the middle! But McDonald gets thrown out at home by Steve Gress..... Still no RBI.... This is the 10th game in a row without one and he only has 6 since August 18, 24 games ago.... Bottom of the Fourth: Roger Beaudin draws a walk. Ron Alario grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and then steals 2nd. Steve Gress beats out an infield hit. He tries to steal, but Ron Gregory throws him out! Fred Heff pops out to left! Top of the Fifth: Junior Danielson swings at the first pitch and pokes a hit over the 2nd baseman and P Del Warwick bunts him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Danny Stewart lines a hit to center and Danielson scores and Stewart takes 2nd on the throw home! 4 to 1, Jays! Ray McDonald grounds a hit to right and Stewart scores! 5 to 1, Jays! Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, Tony Weninger, the sub-.200 hitter, draws a walk on 4 pitches, his second free pass of the game. Keith Meyer grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Leo Toruno hits a home run to left... 5 to 3, Jays. Top of the Sixth: On the Hill: Al Moser (36-R), after getting the final out of the 5th. Ron Gregory doubles to center! They walk Bart Daw intentionally. With 1 out, P Del Warwick bunts into a 1-5-3 double play.... Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Jim Lucas (24-R), their rookie closer, who is 6-6 with 4 SV and a 5.09 ERA in 53 IP with 1 start. The Mules have about a baker's dozen closers on the DL. Actually, I think it is 3, but that is from memory. It might be two, because I see one of their closers is on the roster now, but demoted from the role. Cal Doty triples to right center! Danny Stewart strikes out on 3 pitches... The walk Ray McDonald intentionally. Marty Eades swings at a 3-2 pitch and tries to ground a double over the 3rd base bag, but Keith Meyer makes a diving stop and throws him out.... McDonald goes to 2nd. Jack Washburn grounds out to 2nd.................. Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (33-L). Don Kern (26-R) stays in to catch. Nestor Gonzalez hits a home run to left... 5 to 4, Jays. Bottom of the Ninth: Gary McKellar (33-R) stays in to play center. 8-9-1 up for the Mules. The Bullpen is warmed up. Fred Heff grounds out to the pitcher. PH Dave Stacy (28-R), batting .262 with 2 HR and 5 RBI in 42 AB, grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Tony Weninger, the sub-.200 hitting rookie, draws his third walk of the game.... Now we have to face a former MVP and current MVP candidate in Keith Meyer.... He is 8 for 13 (.615) with a HR versus Grant in his career..... He is 0 for 4 against Dave Nini, who is warm in the Pen, but I am too chicken to make that move.... So P Grant does the sensible thing and beans Meyer! Leo Toruno, who is 1 for 8 against P Grant, pokes one over the shortstop, but Bart Daw manages to run it down and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays! Won - 5 to 4 We had 10 hits and made no errors Memphis had 7 hits and made 2 errors Del Warwick (W 13-12) went 7 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks and struck out 2. 110 pitches. He has tied Jim Baucom for the team lead in Wins. LHP Bill Grant (SV 13) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, a home run, 1 walk and 1 HBP. Dave Gray (L 8-15) went 4.2 innings, gave us 5 runs (3 earned), 8 hits, no walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. LF Cal Doty hit a triple and scored a run. CF Danny Stewart had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits with a double and a walk (INT) and 3 RBI. I home this means his slump is over! 3B Marty Eades had 2 hits with a double and scored a run, but no RBI again. C Ron Gregory hit a double. 2B Junior Danielson had 2 hits and a walk and scored 2 runs. For Memphis, SS Tony Weninger, a .186 hitter, got 3 walks from our frightened pitchers....