Millennial League Baseball, est. 2001

[Questdog]

Friday, July 22, 2005

P Danny Coreano (26-L) was activated from the DL and 1B Dave Thompson (29-R) was sent back to Daytona Beach (A).

We are back home to play the New Orleans Pelicans a 3 game series over the weekend. They just won 3 of 4 games at home against Rochester. We are 3-3 against them on the season and split a pair of games with them in their first visit, May 17-18. They are tied for 11th in scoring with 3.66 runs per game (Jacksonville is #7 with 4.14). The Pelicans are 13th in fewest runs allowed with 4.21 per game (Jacksonville is #2 with 3.54). Their run differential is -52, 14th in the MLB, and ours is +57, now 4th best.

New Orleans Pelicans (41-54 .432 15.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (57-39 .594 2 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

NO: Brian Ragazzo (23-L) (11-4 2.75 ERA 137.1 IP, 115 H, 6 HR, 52 BB, 96 SO) All-Star
JAX: Tommy Keyser (26-L) (4-3 1.99 ERA 49.2 IP, 42 H, 1 HR, 16 BB, 27 SO) Rookie

Ragazzo is their #1 starter. He is 2-0 in 2 starts against the Jays this season with a 2 hit shutout and 2 CG. 18 IP, 13 H, 2 HR, 4 BB, 11 SO.

Keyser pitched a CG win last time out with 2 runs allowed on 6 hits and 4 walks with 3 strikeouts.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
NEW ORLEANS
1: RF Franklin Sanchez (24-R .250-384-3-24-.619-18 A+) All-Star(04)/Gold Glove(04)
2: LF Tim Dawson (28-R .279-333-7-36-.731-3 B+)
3: 1B Jay Kegler (36-L .272-254-11-38-.817-1 C+)
4: CF Victor Ocasio (29-R .212-212-5-26-.601-9 B+)
5: 2B Chuck Corrigan (29-R .333-324-2-41-.794-1 A)
6: 3B Wes Fitzgibbons (29-R .272-327-3-29-.703-17 B+) All-Star(2: 01,03)
7: SS Jim Brister (33-S .231-212-2-17-.576-0 B)
8: C Niel Williams (29-R .212-189-3-32-.620-0 B)
9: P Brian Ragazzo (23-L .200-50-0-7-.416-0 F) All-Star

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .303-379-4-45-.770-17 A)
2: LF Cal Doty (28-L .284-296-5-31-.752-11 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .271-343-4-34-.673-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .305-354-11-61-.876-20 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Tom McDowell (28-R .239-347-15-50-.698-12 B)
6: CF Dickie Stemen (30-R .266-124-1-11-.660-0 B)
7: 3B Roger Davis (30-R .125-8-0-0-.250-0 C+)
8: C Don Kern (28-R .155-103-3-12-.572-0 B+)
9: P Tommy Keyser (26-R .118-17-0-1-.235-0 B) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 86 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 13,308

Top of the First
Franklin Sanchez grounds a hit to right... Tim Dawson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!! Jay Kegler strikes out!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4! And then gets caught stealing... Cal Doty strikes out looking... T.R. Hunter pops out to left....

Bottom of the Second
With 1 out, Tom McDowell grounds the first pitch to left for a hit. Dickie Stemen grounds a 3-2 pitch up the middle for a hit and McDowell beats the throw to 3rd! Roger Davis strikes out looking on 3 pitches........ Don Kern strikes out looking......

Bottom of the Third
With 2 outs, Cal Doty hits a 3-2 pitch over the wall in right! 1 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Fourth
Franklin Sanchez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Tim Dawson beats out an infield hit... Jay Kegler grounds a hit to right and Sanchez scores... Tie Game: 1 to 1. With 1 out, Dawson tries to steal 3rd, but C Don Kern throws him out!

Bottom of the Fifth
Don Kern beats out an infield hit and P Tommy Keyser bunts him to 2nd. Tony Weninger grounds a double over the 3rd base bag and Kern scores! 2 to 1, Jays! Cal Doty lines the first pitch to center for a double and Weninger scores! 3 to 1, Jays! With 2 outs, Ray McDonald hits a home run to left!! 5 to 1, Jays!

Top of the Eighth
Jim Brister lines a hit to right. Niel Williams doubles to right center... The Bullpen gets up. PH Jerry Rafanello (34-S), the 2-time All-Star(01,03), batting .336 with 2 HR and 13 RBI in 143 AB, grounds a hit up the middle and Brister scores... 5 to 2, Jays. Franklin Sanchez lines out to right and Williams tags up and scores. 5 to 3, Jays. Tim Dawson grounds out to 1st, 3-1 and Rafanello goes to 2nd. Jay Kegler flies out to deep left!

Bottom of the Eight
New Pitcher: Scott Van Dyke (33-R), who is 2-7 with 3 SV and a 6.44 ERA in 36.1 IP with 57 H and 6 HR and 29 BB allowed... A 2.42 WHIP! He was 7-2 with 12 SV and a 2.61 ERA in 76 IP with a 1.26 WHIP and only 2 HR allowed last year. 1B Jack Washburn (23-L) beats out an infield hit. PH Mike Volkman (37-L) doubles to left center and Washburn scores and Volkman ends up on 3rd! 6 to 3, Jays! PH Fernando Tello (23-L) is walked intentionally. He steals 2nd! Only his 2nd steal of the season! With the infield in, Tony Weninger grounds out to 2nd and the runners hold... They walk Cal Doty intentionally to load the bases up. T.R. Hunter grounds a hit through the left side and Volkman scores! 7 to 3, Jays! Ray McDonald lines out to left and the runners hold... Tom McDowell lines the first pitch to center, but Victor Ocasio makes the catch....

Won - 7 to 3

We had 15 hits and made no errors
New Orleans had 8 hits and made no errors

Tommy Keyser (W 5-3) went 8 innings, allowed 3 runs, 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3.
RHP Roger Wallace pitched a perfect inning with 2 strikeouts.

Brian Ragazzo (L 11-5) went 4.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 8 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and struck out 5.

2B Tony Weninger had 2 hits with a double and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Cal Doty hit a double and his 6th home run of the season, drew a walk (INT), scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits with his 12th home run and 2 RBI. He now leads the MLB with 63 RBI! 1B/3B Tom McDowell had 3 hits. CF Dickie Stemen had 2 hits. PH Mike Volkman hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. PH Fernando Tello was walked intentionally and stole a base.

[Questdog]

Saturday, July 23, 2005

New Orleans Pelicans (41-55 .427 16.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (58-39 .598 2 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

NO: Bill Colby (33-R) (4-5 4.44 ERA 81 IP, 76 H, 11 HR, 29 BB, 40 SO) Gold Glove
JAX: Danny Coreano (26-L) (4-5 4.15 ERA 60.2 IP, 62 H, 5 HR, 25 BB, 36 SO)

We beat Colby, the all-time loser in the MLB, in June, but only scored 3 runs on 8 hits and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts in 6 innings.

Coreano has not pitched in 18 days and only threw 1 pitch then. June 30 was his last proper start and he gave up 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in 5 innings in a loss at New Orleans.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
NEW ORLEANS
1: RF Franklin Sanchez (24-R .254-386-3-25-.627-18 A+) All-Star(04)/Gold Glove(04)
2: LF Tim Dawson (28-R .279-337-7-36-.729-3 B+)
3: 1B Jay Kegler (36-L .271-258-11-39-.812-1 C+)
4: CF Victor Ocasio (29-R .208-216-5-26-.591-9 B+)
5: 2B Chuck Corrigan (29-R .329-328-2-41-.784-1 A)
6: 3B Wes Fitzgibbons (29-R .272-331-3-29-.701-17 B+) All-Star(2: 01,03)
7: SS Jim Brister (33-S .233-215-2-17-.578-0 B)
8: C Niel Williams (29-R .215-191-3-32-.633-0 B)
9: P Bill Colby (33-R .208-24-0-3-.458-0 C) Gold Glove

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .305-383-4-46-.776-17 A)
2: CF Cal Doty (28-L .287-300-6-33-.771-11 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: RF Fernando Tello (23-L .280-286-7-46-.751-2 C)
4: LF Ray McDonald (25-L .306-359-12-63-.883-20 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .241-278-7-24-.758-15 B)
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .244-352-15-50-.705-12 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .270-348-4-35-.669-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .249-221-5-29-.709-0 B) Rookie
9: P Danny Coreano (26-L .190-21-0-0-.429-0 F)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 89 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing left to right
Attendance: 13,262

Top of the First
Franklin Sanchez strikes out looking on 3 pitches! Tim Dawson swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! Jay Kegler strikes out looking on 3 pitches!!! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger grounds one to 2nd, but Chuck Corrigan boots it! Cal Doty hits a home run to right!! 2 to 0, Jays! 3 straight games with a home run for Doty! Fernando Tello beats out an infield hit! Ray McDonald grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. He gets caught stealing... Jack Washburn strikes out...

Bottom of the Third
Tony Weninger leads off with a triple to left center! With the infield in, Cal Doty shoots a bullet through the right side for a hit and Weninger scores! 3 to 0, Jays! Fernando Tello grounds into a 4-6-3 double play, already our second GDP of the game... Ray McDonald doubles off the wall in left center! Jack Washburn hits a home run to right center, already our second home run of the game!! 5 to 0, Jays!

Bottom of the Fourth
With 2 outs, P Danny Coreano grounds a hit up the middle. That does it for P Bill Colby. New Pitcher: Jesus Torres (27-R), who is 6-6 with a 4.13 ERA in 98 IP with 14 starts. Tony Weninger grounds a hit up the middle. Cal Doty grounds one to 2nd, but Chuck Corrigan throws the ball away for a 2-base error and P Coreano scores! The second error of the day for Corrigan! 6 to 0, Jays! Fernando Tello draws a walk to load the bases up with 2 outs. Ray McDonald beats out an infield hit and Weninger scores! 7 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Sixth
Franklin Sanchez grounds a triple over the 1st base bag, the first hit of the game for the Pelicans.... Tim Dawson flies out to deep center and Sanchez tags up and scores. 7 to 1, Jays. Jay Kegler hits a home run to left... 7 to 2, Jays.

Bottom of the Sixth
Cal Doty bloops a hit over the shortstop! When you're hot, you're hot! With 2 outs, Jack Washburn grounds one to 1st, but Jay Kegler tosses the ball over the pitcher's head for a 2-base error! A wild pitch scores Doty! 8 to 2, Jays!

Bottom of the Seventh
T.R. Hunter doubles to left center! That does it for P Jesus Torres. New Pitcher: Victor Espinoza (40-R), the ex-Jay, now just a shadow of his old 3-time All-Star self. He pitched 2.1 scoreless innings against us yesterday. Bob Hutson draws a walk. P Danny Coreano bunts one foul with 2 strikes... Tony Weninger lines out to 2nd and they double Hunter off....

Top of the Eighth
With 1 out, Franklin Sanchez beats out an infield hit. Tim Dawson bloops a hit to right... The Bullpen gets up. Jay Kegler grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and the runners move up. Victor Ocasio takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 2 outs. Call to the Bullpen: Mike Hollenbeck (23-R). Chuck Corrigan draws a walk to force in a run... 8 to 3, Jays. Wes Fitzgibbons draws another walk... 8 to 4, Jays. Call to the Bullpen: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (34-L). Jim Brister grounds a hit to left and 2 runs score.... 8 to 6, Jays. Niel Williams doubles to right and another run scores... 8 to 7, Jays. PH Jerry Rafanello (34-S), the 2-time All-Star, who started the inning off with a harmless ground out, pops out to 2nd!

Top of the Ninth
Dickie Stemen (30-R) is in to play center. Cal Doty moves to left and Ray McDonald moves to right. Top of the order up for the Pelicans. Franklin Sanchez grounds a hit to right... The Bullpen gets up. We were up, 7 to 0, before the Pelicans ever had a hit... Tim Dawson strikes out! Jay Kegler beats out an infield hit... Victor Ocasio walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with 1 out.... Chuck Corrigan swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses! Wes Fitzgibbons, the 2-time All-Star, flies out to center and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 8 to 7

It was supposed to be a laugher...

We had 15 hits and made 1 error
New Orleans had 8 hits and made 3 errors

Danny Coreano (W 5-5) went 7.2 innings, allowed 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 4. He threw a WP. 107 pitches. At bat, he had 2 hits and scored a run.
RHP Mike Hollenbeck faced 2 batters, walked them both and they both scored.
LHP Bill Grant (SV 23), with the ugliest Save ever, went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. He ties the Jay record for Saves in a season (his own, last season).

Bill Colby (L 4-6) went 3.2 innings, gave us 6 runs (4 earned), 9 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 3.

2B Tony Weninger had 2 hits with a triple and scored 3 runs. CF/LF Cal Doty had 3 hits with his 7th home run of the season and 3rd in as many games, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. RF Fernando Tello had a hit and a walk. LF/RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Jack Washburn hit his 8th home run and had 2 RBI. SS T.R. Hunter had 2 hits with a double. C Bob Hutson hit a double and drew a walk.

For New Orleans, RF Franklin Sanchez had 2 hits with a triple, drew a walk and scored 2 runs. 1B Jay Kegler had 2 hits with his 12th home run.

Fun Fact: Cal Doty was named the Star of the Game by the Jays' Radio Announcers for the 3rd straight game, the first time any Jay has been so honored!

[Questdog]

Sunday, July 24, 2005

New Orleans Pelicans (41-56 .423 17.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (59-39 .602 3 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

NO: Dan Krueger (27-R) (4-12 3.23 ERA 139.1 IP, 128 H, 4 HR, 44 BB, 61 SO)
JAX: Del Warwick (30-L) (7-12 4.36 ERA 130 IP, 139 H, 14 HR, 33 BB, 77 SO) Gold Glove(02)

Kruger is 0-2 in 2 starts against the Jays this season, but pitched well both times. He set the record for strikeouts by a Jays opponent with 13 the first time we met him. 3.21 ERA, 14 IP, 14 H, 0 HR, 2 BB, 16 SO.

Warwick gave up 4 runs, on 3 hits and 5 walks with 3 strikeouts in 6 innings last time out in a loss at Hartford.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
NEW ORLEANS
1: RF Franklin Sanchez (24-R .259-390-3-25-.642-18 A+) All-Star(04)/Gold Glove(04)
2: LF Tim Dawson (28-R .279-341-7-37-.725-3 B+)
3: 1B Jay Kegler (36-L .274-263-12-40-.823-1 C+)
4: CF Victor Ocasio (29-R .205-219-5-26-.589-9 B+)
5: SS Chuck Corrigan (29-R .325-332-2-42-.777-1 B)
6: 3B Wes Fitzgibbons (29-R .269-335-3-30-.695-17 B+) All-Star(2: 01,03)
7: C Al Loughin (27-L .262-130-1-19-.678-0 C+)
8: 2B Ron Taylor (33-S .255-47-0-1-.646-1 B+)
9: P Dan Krueger (27-R .103-39-0-1-.276-0 F)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .307-388-4-46-.782-17 A)
2: CF Cal Doty (28-L .292-305-7-36-.787-11 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: RF Fernando Tello (23-L .279-290-7-46-.750-2 C)
4: LF Ray McDonald (25-L .308-364-12-64-.885-20 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .241-282-8-26-.765-15 B)
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .244-356-15-50-.703-12 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .273-352-4-35-.676-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .250-224-5-29-.715-0 B) Rookie
9: P Del Warwick (30-L .220-41-0-3-.488-0 F) Gold Glove(02)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 84 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 14,171

Top of the First
Franklin Sanchez lines a hit to right... He steals 2nd... Tim Dawson lines out to center. Jay Kegler swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short and Sanchez takes 3rd. Victor Ocasio pops out to short!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger grounds out to 3rd. Cal Doty lines a hit to right! Fernando Tello grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Ray McDonald swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short...

Bottom of the Third
P Del Warwick grounds one to 3rd, but Wes Fitzgibbons boots it! Tony Weninger lines a hit to left! Cal Doty beats out an infield hit and the bases are loaded with no outs! Fernando Tello pops out to center and the runners hold... Ray McDonald grounds a hit up the middle and 2 runs score!! 2 to 0, Jays! Jack Washburn beats out an infield hit to load the bases back up with 1 out! Tom McDowell grounds into a force at home, 6-2... T.R. Hunter grounds out to short...

Bottom of the Fourth
With 1 out, P Del Warwick beats out an infield hit, goes to 2nd on a wild pitch and to 3rd on a ground out. Cal Doty grounds a double over the 3rd base bag and P Warwick scores! 3 to 0, Jays! Fernando Tello doubles to right and Doty scores! 4 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Fifth
Wes Fitzgibbons doubles to right center and goes to 3rd on a ground out. Ron Taylor strikes out on 3 pitches! P Dan Krueger grounds the first pitch to right for a hit and Fitzgibbons scores... 4 to 1, Jays.

Bottom of the Fifth
With 1 out, Tom McDowell hits a home run to left center! 5 to 1, Jays!

Top of the Sixth
Tim Dawson and Jay Kegler lead off with back to back walks... I wish I knew where P Del Warwick's control went off to, so I could send Pia to fetch it.... The Bullpen gets up. Victor Ocasio grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4, and Dawson goes to 3rd. Chuck Corrigan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play!!

Top of the Seventh
Dickie Stemen is in to play center. Cal Doty moves to left and Ray McDonald moves to right. With 1 out, Al Loughin swings at a 3-2 pitch and beats out an infield hit. With 2 outs, PH Jerry Rafanello (34-S), the 2-time All-Star who is 1 for 3 with an RBI this series, lines a hit to left center... The Bullpen gets up. Franklin Sanchez hits a home run to left... 5 to 4, Jays.

Bottom of the Eighth
On the Hill: Scott Van Dyke (33-R), after a perfect 7th. Bob Hutson grounds a hit to right. PH Mike Volkman (37-L) grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Hutson goes to 2nd. Tony Weninger grounds the first pitch up the middle for a hit and Hutson scores! 6 to 4, Jays! Cal Doty doubles to center and Weninger scores! 7 to 4, Jays! The next two make outs.

Won - 7 to 4

Sweep!

We had 14 hits and made no errors
New Orleans had 8 hits and made 1 error

Del Warwick (W 8-12) went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 6. 108 pitches. At bat, he had 2 hits and scored 2 runs.
LHP Albert Davies (H 3) pitched a perfect inning and struck out 1.
RHP Bob Craig (SV 3) pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2.

Dan Krueger (L 4-13) went 4.1 innings, gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 9 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out no one. He threw a WP. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. 13 K's one game and none in another!

2B Tony Weninger had 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. CF/LF Cal Doty had 4 hits with 2 doubles, scored a run and had 2 RBI. RF Fernando Tello hit a double and had an RBI. LF/RF Ray McDonald had a hit and 2 RBI. 3B Tom McDowell hit his 16th home run of the season and drew a walk. C Bob Hutson had 2 hits and scored a run.

For New Orleans, RF Franklin Sanchez had 2 hits with his 4th home run and 3 RBI.

The Pelicans announced that P Victor Espinoza (40-R), injured during the game, needs surgery on his elbow and is out for the year. He had already announced that he was retiring after this season, so I guess we just witnessed his last game. Why were they pitching a 40 year old in his 3rd straight game, anyway?

Fun Fact: Cal Doty did not hit a home run for the 4th straight game, but he had 4 hits and was named the Star of the Game for the 4th time in a row!

[Questdog]

July 25, 2005

Monday Morning Report
Player of the Week - Cal Doty, CF, Jacksonville (28-L .300/.358/.448) Had 14 hits with 3 2B, 3 HR, 4 BB, 1 SO, 1 SB, 0 CS, 8 R and 10 RBI in 7 G

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

July 18 - Mike Gallegos (31-R) of Memphis pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Buffalo. He walked 5 and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. It is the 1st shutout of his career. He is now 1-5 with a 4.45 ERA in 10 starts. The Mules won, 5 to 0.
July 19 - Juan Ledesma (33-R) of Ottawa pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Louisville. He walked 2 and struck out 6. It is his 3rd shutout of the season and 15th of his career. He is now 13-6 with an MLB leading 1.80 ERA in 22 starts. The Otters won, 2 to 0.
July 19 - CF Steve Gress (34-L) of Memphis went 4 for 4 with a double and 2 home runs, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had 6 RBI at home versus Buffalo. The Mules won, 10 to 1.
July 20 - Larry Bowling (27-R) of Providence pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus Charlotte. He walked 1 and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit and a walk and 2 RBI. It is his 3rd shutout of the season and 14th of his career. He is now 10-7 with a 2.03 ERA in 22 starts. The Steamrollers won, 5 to 0.
July 20 - Mike Marsh (24-R) of Memphis, the ex-Jay, pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Buffalo. He walked 1 and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. It is his 2nd shutout of the season (1st with the Mules) and 6th of his career. He is now 13-5 with a 2.56 ERA in 19 starts. The Mules won, 4 to 0.
July 21 - CF Victor Ocasio (29-R) of New Orleans went 2 for 2 with a triple and a home run, drew 2 walks, scored 2 runs and had 7 RBI at home versus Rochester. The Pelicans won, 10 to 9.
July 22 - Hartford lost 3-time All-Star and 2003 Silver Slugger CF Mike Fox (26-L) for the rest of the season with a broken bone in his elbow. He was hitting .247/.305/.406 in 377 AB with 10 HR and 32 RBI and 21 SB.
July 24 - Terry Luckett (30-L) of Columbus pitched a 5 hit shutout at Buffalo. he walked 1 and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. It is his 2nd shutout of the season and the 15th of his career. He is now 7-10 with a 3.25 ERA in 22 starts. The worst season ERA of his career was 2.69 when he went 19-10 in 2002. Last year, he was 22-6 with a 1.99 ERA. The Explorers won, 4 to 0.
July 24 - Orlando lost 2-time All-Star(04-05) LF Ricky Perez (25-L) for 5 weeks with a pulled ab. He is batting .305/.377/.534 in 367 AB with 21 HR and 52 RBI and 14 SB.

[Questdog]

Monday, July 25, 2005

The Charlotte Hornets are in for a short 2 game set. They won 2 of 3 at Richmond over the weekend, giving us a hand, and I hope they continue being nice to us. We are 7-2 against them on the season and split a pair of games the last time they visited, June 27-28. They are 4th in scoring with 4.32 runs per game (Jacksonville is #7 with 4.23). The Hornets are 14th in fewest runs allowed with 4.44 per game (Jacksonville is still #2, by a hair, with 3.58). Their run differential is -12, 8th in the MLB, and ours is +65, up to #3.

Charlotte Hornets (49-50 .495 11 GB in 6th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (60-39 .606 4 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

CHAR: Jerry Doherty (27-L) (8-11 3.99 ERA 137.2 IP, 126 H, 12 HR, 55 BB, 85 SO) All-Star(04)
JAX: Ernesto Noyola (26-R) (7-2 3.51 ERA 82 IP, 74 H, 7 HR, 23 BB, 48 SO)

In his last 4 starts, Doherty has pitched 2 shutouts and allowed 10 runs on 16 hits and 9 walks in 10.1 innings in the other two. He is 0-2 in 2 starts against the Jays this season with a 6.28 ERA. 14.1 IP, 14 H, 1 HR, 8 BB, 12 SO.

Noyola gave up 5 runs on 5 hits, 2 home runs and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts in 4 innings last time out in a loss at Hartford.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
CHARLOTTE
1: 3B Larry Davis (30-S .293-368-2-36-.717-11 B) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(01)
2: 1B Marty Derringer (27-R .284-342-10-46-.737-15 A)
3: 2B Terry Wolf (33-L .296-365-16-60-.858-2 B) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(4: 02-05)
4: LF Terry Graham (25-L .283-244-11-45-.816-1 A) All-Star(04)
5: RF Scott Damon (26-R .235-353-3-32-.630-2 A)
6: SS Bruce McArthur (28-L .241-303-4-26-.680-0 B) Gold Glove(3: 02-04,1B)
7: CF Bobby Raker (25-R .196-230-3-23-.516-3 B)
8: C Mike Tyra (29-R .162-167-3-12-.552-0 B)
9: P Jerry Doherty (27-L .205-44-0-3-.495-0 D) All-Star(04)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .308-393-4-47-.782-17 A)
2: LF Cal Doty (28-L .300-310-7-38-.806-11 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .270-356-4-35-.668-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: LF Ray McDonald (25-L .306-369-12-66-.879-20 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Tom McDowell (28-R .245-359-16-51-.713-12 B)
6: CF Dickie Stemen (30-R .271-129-1-11-.665-0 B)
7: 3B Roger Davis (30-R .100-10-0-0-.200-0 C+)
8: C Don Kern (28-R .160-106-3-12-.575-0 B+)
9: P Ernesto Noyola (26-R .207-29-0-3-.440-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 88 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 12,382

Top of the First
Larry Davis grounds a hit to left... Marty Derringer lines out to the pitcher. Terry Wolf flies out to deep left. Davis tries to steal 2nd, but C Don Kern throws him out!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger grounds out to short. Cal Doty dinks the first pitch to center for a hit! T.R. Hunter grounds into a 4-6-3 double play........... 16 of them for him on the season......

Top of the Third
Mike Tyra leads off with a walk and P Jerry Doherty bunts him to 2nd. Larry Davis beats out an infield hit... Marty Derringer grounds a hit to left and Tyra scores... 1 to 0, Hornets. Terry Wolf lines the first pitch to right for a hit and Davis heads home, but Ray McDonald throws him out! Terry Graham grounds an inning ending ball to short, but T.R. Hunter boots it and the bases are loaded... Scott Damon strikes out looking!

Bottom of the Third
With 1 out, P Ernesto Noyola lines a hit to center. Tony Weninger lines a hit to center and P Noyola beats the throw to 3rd! Cal Doty plunks one and they get the force at 2nd, 2-4, and P Noyola stays put at 3rd... T.R. Hunter lines one hard to deep center, but Bobby Raker runs it down.....

Top of the Sixth
Terry Graham triples off the wall in center... The Bullpen gets up. Scott Damon triples off the wall in center.... 2 to 0, Hornets. We walk Bruce McArthur intentionally.... Bobby Raker bloops an 0-2 pitch to right for a hit and Damon scores... 3 to 0, Hornets. Call to the Bullpen: Bob Craig (27-R). With 1 out, P Jerry Doherty bunts the runners up. Larry Davis grounds out to 1st, unassisted!

Through 6 innings, we have 9 hits, but no runs....

We had 9 hits through 6 innings and then the went down in order in the 7th, 8th and 9th....

Lost - 3 to 0

We had 9 hits (all singles) and made 1 error
Charlotte had 10 hits and made no errors

We end our streak of consecutive games with a home run at 8, tying the team record....

Ernesto Noyola (L 7-3) went 5+ innings, allowed 3 runs, 9 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit.
RHP Bob Craig went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2.
RHP Roger Wallace went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2.

Jerry Doherty (W 9-11) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), gave us 9 hits, no walks and struck out 4. 115 pitches. It is his 3rd shutout of the season and 9th of his career.

2B Tony Weninger had 2 hits. 1B Tom McDowell had 3 hits.

[Questdog]

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

The game was rained out yesterday and we both had off days scheduled for today, so the Hornets stuck around to play the game today. We scheduled it early, so they could get away quicker. Editor's Note: I did this manually, as OOTP rescheduled the game in Charlotte. By the way, it is fine to reschedule games during the season manually and it causes no problems, but any edits you make will carry over to next season, so you need to import a new schedule in the preseason.

Charlotte Hornets (50-50 .500 10 GB in 6th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (60-40 .600 2.5 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

CHAR: Charlie Foltz (31-R) (5-4 3.05 ERA 150.2 IP, 123 H, 11 HR, 61 BB, 94 SO) All-Star(2: 01,05)
JAX: Al Calice (24-R) (8-7 4.23 ERA 127.2 IP, 138 H, 11 HR, 43 BB, 85 SO)

Thanks to the rainout, we have to face Foltz, their #1 starter, instead of their #5... He beat us with a CG in the 2nd game of the season, giving us 1 run on 8 hits and 1 walk with 8 strikeouts.

Calice gave up 4 runs on 8 hits, 1 home run and 2 walks with 5 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out, but managed to pick up a win at Hartford.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
CHARLOTTE
1: 3B Larry Davis (30-S .296-372-2-36-.721-11 B) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(01)
2: 1B Marty Derringer (27-R .285-347-10-47-.737-15 A)
3: 2B Terry Wolf (33-L .295-370-16-60-.853-2 B) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(4: 02-05)
4: LF Terry Graham (25-L .282-248-11-45-.819-1 A) All-Star(04)
5: RF Scott Damon (26-R .235-357-3-33-.634-2 A)
6: SS Bruce McArthur (28-L .245-306-4-26-.689-0 B) Gold Glove(3: 02-04,1B)
7: CF Gabe Valdez (33-R .228-79-2-10-.661-0 B)
8: C Alex Martinez (30-R .287-171-1-11-.722-1 B+)
9: P Charlie Foltz (31-R .196-51-1-2-.471-0 F) All-Star(2: 01,05)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .310-397-4-47-.784-17 A)
2: CF Cal Doty (28-L .299-314-7-38-.802-11 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: LF Fernando Tello (23-L .279-294-7-47-.750-2 C)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .303-373-12-66-.869-20 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .241-286-8-26-.761-15 B)
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .251-363-16-51-.721-12 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .267-360-4-35-.661-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .254-228-5-29-.720-0 B) Rookie
9: P Al Calice (24-L .075-40-0-3-.175-0 F)

Game Start: 1:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 93 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing left to right
Attendance: 11,265

Top of the First
Larry Davis swings at the first pitch and beats out an infield hit... Marty Derringer swings at the first pitch and flies out to center. Terry Wolf takes a pitch for a strike and then fouls out to 1st. Davis takes off for 2nd on the first pitch to Terry Graham and C Bob Hutson throws him out!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger works the count full and then takes ball 4! Cal Doty lines out to 3rd. With Weninger running, Fernando Tello swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses and C Alex Martinez throws Weninger out for a double play.......

Bottom of the Second
With 1 out, Jack Washburn walks on 4 pitches. He takes off for 2nd and they have a pitchout on, but C Alex Martinez throws the ball away for an error and Washburn goes to 3rd! Tom McDowell strikes out looking........ T.R. Hunter grounds out to 3rd...

Top of the Fourth
Marty Derringer walks on 4 pitches... With 1 out, he steals 2nd. Terry Graham lines a hit to right and Derringer scores... 1 to 0, Hornets. Graham now has an 18 game hitting streak going. The next two fly out.

Bottom of the Fifth
T.R. Hunter and Bob Hutson double our hit total with back to back singles! P Al Calice bunts them up. Tony Weninger hits a home run to left!!! 3 to 1, Jays!

Bottom of the Sixth
Ray McDonald lines a hit to right and steals 2nd! They walk Jack Washburn intentionally with the count at 3-1. Tom McDowell lines one hard to deep left, but Terry Graham runs it down on the warning track... McDonald tags up and scoots over to 3rd. T.R Hunter flies out to deep center, but McDonald stays put............... Bob Hutson lines a bullet to right, but Scott Damon makes a sliding catch..... They have a pretty awesome defensive outfield....

Top of the Seventh
Terry Graham beats out an infield hit... The Bullpen gets up. Scott Damon doubles to left center and Graham scores... 3 to 2, Jays. Bruce McArthur flies out to deep center and Damon tags up and goes to 3rd. PH Danny Pakan (29-L), batting .365 with 17 RBI in 148 AB is sent up. He is batting .478 against lefties, so we leave Calice in there... Pakan is a career .360 hitter and plays solid defense, but can't get off the bench for the Hornets.... With the infield in, he grounds out to short and Damon stays at 3rd! Alex Martinez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... PH Lindy Elson (25-R), a rookie batting .252 with 10 HR and 28 RBI in 163 AB, sends the first pitch to deep left, but Fernando Tello catches it on the warning track!

Bottom of the Seventh
New Pitcher: Miguel Tejeda (27-R), their closer, who is 3-5 with 19 SV and a 3.10 ERA in 61 IP. Danny Pakan stays in to play right. PH Mike Volkman (37-L) grounds out to 3rd and P Tejeda is hurt. New Pitcher: Mike Penafiel (34-R), who is 3-2 with 1 SV and a 5.13 ERA in 52.2 IP. With 2 outs, Cal Doty draws a walk. Fernando Tello doubles to center and Doty scores! 4 to 2, Jays!

Top of the Ninth
On the Hill: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (34-L), after a perfect 8th. 4-5-6 up for the Hornets. Terry Graham breaks his bat, but muscles the ball over the 2nd baseman into right center for a hit... The Bullpen gets up. Scott Damon strikes out! PH Carter Bates (36-R), batting .289 with 1 HR and 6 RBI in 90 AB, swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to left! Danny Pakan, the fellow hitting .478 against lefties, grounds an 0-2 pitch to 2nd and Tony Weninger takes it to the bag himself and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays! P Bill Grant sets a new Jay record with his 24th Save!

Won - 4 to 2

We had 9 hits and made no errors
Charlotte had 7 hits and made 1 error

Al Calice (W 9-7) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 6 hits, 3 walks and struck out 2. He now leads the team in wins.
LHP Bill Grant (SV 24) pitched 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. It was a crime that he was not named to the All-Star team... He is tied for 2nd in the MLB in Saves and has a 1.61 ERA now, 3rd best among closers. Only Barry Martineau of Syracuse has a better Save %.

Charlie Foltz (L 5-5) went 6 innings, gave us 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit.

2B Tony Weninger had 2 hits with his 3rd home run as a Jay and 5th overall on the season, drew a walk and had 3 RBI. Cal Doty has been the talk of the town of late with his hot hitting, but he was hitless today and Weninger now has 6 straight multi-hit games! LF Fernando Tello hit a double and had an RBI. He now has 22 2B in 298 AB. 1B Jack Washburn hit a double, drew 2 walks (1 INT) and stole a base. SS T.R. Hunter had 2 hits and scored a run.

For Charlotte, LF Terry Graham had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI.

The Hornets announced that RP Miguel Tejeda had a strained hamstring and they expected him to miss about 5 weeks.

[Questdog]

Thursday, July 28, 2005

The Buffalo Bombers are here to play 4 games through the weekend and finish up our season series with them. They split a pair of games in Providence on Monday and Tuesday. We won 3 of 4 games in Buffalo, May 9-12. Their previously potent offense is now 13th in scoring with 3.57 runs per game, despite the fact that they play in the best hitter's park in the MLB and have played 58 of their 99 games at home (Jacksonville is #7 with 4.19). The Bombers are 7th in fewest runs allowed with 3.78, despite the fact that they play in the best hitter's park in the MLB and have played 58 of their 99 games at home (Jacksonville is #2 with 3.55). Other than their ace, Steve Cron, their rotation is nothing to brag about, but their Bullpen is 2nd in the MLB in ERA (2.61). Ours is 4th at 2.64. Their run differential is -21, 11th in the MLB, and ours is +64, 3rd best.

Buffalo Bombers (51-48 .515 9.5 GB in 3rd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (61-40 .604 3 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

BUF: Brian Sheets (31-R) (3-3 4.52 ERA 69.2 IP, 73 H, 8 HR, 26 BB, 52 SO) Rookie
JAX: Tommy Keyser (26-L) (5-3 2.18 ERA 57.2 IP, 50 H, 1 HR, 18 BB, 30 SO) Rookie

We have never faced Sheets before.

Keyser, who has won 4 of his last 5 starts, gave up 3 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in 8 innings last time out in a win versus New Orleans.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BUFFALO
1: CF Pete Hudzik (26-R .218-344-3-24-.561-31 A+)
2: LF Tom Hamm (35-R .311-222-4-24-.808-7 C+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
3: 1B Frank Cohen (29-R .273-264-5-29-.726-2 B) All-Star(3: 01-02,04)
4: 3B Tom Morris (31-R .229-153-2-11-.685-0 B) Trade from Charlotte May 16
5: 2B Dave Lloyd (32-R .245-282-7-25-.691-1 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
6: C Ron Harder (31-R .215-233-1-9-.543-0 B)
7: RF Duane Keepers (29-S .276-145-2-19-.726-0 B+)
8: SS Joel McCormick (36-R .206-238-5-20-.591-2 B+)
9: P Brian Sheets (31-R .130-23-0-3-.341-0 F) Rookie

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .312-400-5-50-.797-17 A)
2: CF Cal Doty (28-L .297-317-7-38-.797-11 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: LF Fernando Tello (23-L .279-298-7-48-.750-2 C)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .302-377-12-66-.866-21 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .243-288-8-26-.770-16 B)
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .251-367-16-51-.719-12 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .269-364-4-35-.665-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .254-232-5-29-.716-0 B) Rookie
9: P Tommy Keyser (26-R .105-19-0-1-.211-0 B) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 84 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 10,992

Top of the First
Pete Hudzik pops out to center. Tom Hamm grounds out to 3rd. Frank Cohen takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Tom Morris grounds out to 2nd!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger walks on 4 pitches! Cal Doty flies out to deep left. Fernando Tello grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Ray McDonald lines the first pitch to right for a hit. Jack Washburn clears the bases with a double off the wall in center!! 2 to 0, Jays! Tom McDowell pops out to short...

Bottom of the Fourth
With 1 out, T.R. Hunter walks on 4 pitches. Bob Hutson pops one up to short, but Joel McCormick flubs it for an error! P Tommy Keyser bunts the runners up. Tony Weninger beats out an infield hit and Hunter scores! 3 to 0, Jays! Cal Doty grounds one over the 1st base bag and clears the bases with a double and ends up on 3rd!! 5 to 0, Jays! That does it for P Brian Sheets. New Pitcher: Tim Fox (32-L), who is 1-0 with 1 SV and a 1.90 ERA in 47.1 IP. He does not seem especially tough to left-handers, so Fernando Tello is allowed to bat and he lines a hit to right and Doty scores! 6 to 0, Jays!

Top of the Seventh
Tom Morris and Dave Lloyd lead off with back to back hits. The Bullpen is up. But the next three all make outs!

Top of the Eighth
PH Charlie Russell (28-R), batting .245 with 2 HR and 4 RBI in 54 AB, grounds one to short, but T.R. Hunter throws it away for a 2 base error... The Bullpen gets up. Pete Hudzik pops one up to shallow center that everyone stands around and watches drop for a hit... Tom Hamm pops out to 2nd for what should have been the third out, but is only the first... Frank Cohen grounds into a 1-6-3 double play!!

Won - 6 to 0

We had 10 hits and made 1 error
Buffalo had 5 hits (all singles) and made 2 errors

Tommy Keyser (W 6-3) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 6. 125 pitches. At bat, he drew a walk. The first shutout of his career!

Brian Sheets (L 3-4) went 3.2 innings, gave us 6 runs (2 earned), 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1.

2B Tony Weninger had a hit and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. CF/LF Cal Doty hit a double, drew a walk, scored a run and had 2 RBI. LF Fernando Tello had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits and scored a run. 1B Jack Washburn hit a double and had 2 RBI. 3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits. SS T.R. Hunter had a hit and a walk and scored a run.

[Questdog]

Friday, July 29, 2005

Buffalo Bombers (51-49 .510 10.5 GB in 3rd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (62-40 .608 3 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

BUF: Carlos Martinez (37-R) (2-12 5.04 ERA 109 IP, 118 H, 17 HR, 33 BB, 43 SO) Rookie
JAX: Del Warwick (30-L) (8-12 4.40 ERA 137 IP, 146 H, 15 HR, 36 BB, 83 SO) Gold Glove(02)

Martinez was 2-6 with a 4.63 ERA in 10 starts last year and 3-4 with a 5.27 ERA in 11 starts in 2003. We have never faced him.

Warwick gave up 4 runs on 7 hits, 1 home run and 3 walks with 6 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a win against New Orleans.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BUFFALO
1: CF Pete Hudzik (26-R .221-348-3-24-.565-32 A+)
2: SS Charlie Childs (21-L .263-308-2-31-.661-18 A)
3: 1B Frank Cohen (29-R .270-267-5-29-.720-2 B) All-Star(3: 01-02,04)
4: RF Ivan Moreno (33-L .245-143-8-26-.803-0 C) Silver Slugger(02)/All-Star(3: 02-04)
5: 3B Tom Morris (31-R .231-156-2-11-.689-0 B)
6: LF Duane Keepers (29-S .275-149-2-19-.720-0 B+)
7: 2B Joel McCormick (36-R .203-241-5-20-.584-2 B+)
8: C Dick Lyles (39-R .158-76-1-11-.503-0 D-)
9: P Carlos Martinez (37-R .161-31-0-0-.413-0 F)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .312-404-5-51-.795-17 A)
2: CF Cal Doty (28-L .296-321-7-40-.798-11 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: LF Fernando Tello (23-L .281-302-7-49-.754-2 C)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .304-382-12-66-.865-21 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .243-292-8-28-.770-16 B)
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .253-371-16-51-.721-12 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .270-367-4-35-.667-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .250-236-5-29-.705-0 B) Rookie
9: P Del Warwick (30-L .250-44-0-3-.545-0 F) Gold Glove(02)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 94 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing left to right
Attendance: 14,153

Top of the First
Pete Hudzik pops out to left. Charlie Childs flies out to deep left. Frank Cohen swings at the first pitch and pops out to center! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger grounds out to short. Cal Doty grounds a double over the 1st base bag! And then gets caught stealing 3rd by the second worst throwing catcher in the MLB... Fernando Tello swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short...

Bottom of the Fifth
Tom McDowell grounds one to 3rd, but Tom Morris throws the ball away for a 2 base error! T.R. Hunter lines a hit to right and McDowell scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Bob Hutson lines a hit to center. P Del Warwick swings away for some reason and almost grounds a hit through the left side, but Tom Morris, who made the error to start the inning, makes a great stop and throws him out at 1st and the runners move up, just like if he had bunted... With the infield in, Tony Weninger grounds another one to 3rd and Tom Morris makes the play and the runners hold... Cal Doty puts a charge into one to deep center, but Pete Hudzik runs it down on the warning track...

Top of the Sixth
With 2 outs, Charlie Childs draws a walk. Frank Cohen pokes an 0-2 pitch to left for a hit... Ivan Moreno lines a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Childs scores... Tie Game: 1 to 1.

Top of the Seventh
With 1 out, Joel McCormick hits the first pitch over the wall in right for a home run... 2 to 1, Bombers.

Bottom of the Ninth
New Pitcher: Billy Temple (28-R), their 3-time All-Star(02,04-05) closer, who is 9-2 with 23 SV and a 1.28 ERA in 56.1 IP with an 0.89 WHIP. 3-4-5 up for us. Fernando Tello swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd... Ray McDonald flies out to deep center... Jack Washburn strikes out....

Lost - 2 to 1

A bum pitcher shuts us down...

We had 5 whole hits and made no errors
Buffalo had 5 hits and made 1 error

Del Warwick (L 8-13) went 8 innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 6. 119 pitches.
LHP Albert Davies went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit.

Carlos Martinez (W 3-12) went 8 innings, gave us 1 unearned run, 5 hits, no walks and struck out 1. 78 pitches.
RHP Billy Temple (SV 24) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout.

Cal Doty hit a double, but then got caught stealing 3rd. C Bob Hutson had 2 hits.

For Buffalo, 2B Joel McCormick had 2 hits with his 6th home run of the season.

[Questdog]

Saturday, July 30, 2005

Buffalo Bombers (52-49 .515 9.5 GB in 3rd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (62-41 .602 3 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

BUF: Steve Cron (31-L) (12-7 2.55 ERA 176.2 IP, 168 H, 3 HR, 35 BB, 62 SO) All-Star(04)
JAX: Ernesto Noyola (26-R) (7-3 3.62 ERA 87 IP, 83 H, 7 HR, 25 BB, 54 SO)

Cron held us to 2 runs in 9 innings on 6 hits, 5 walks and 6 strikeouts in May, but had a no decision in a game we lost in 10 innings.

Noyola gave up 3 runs on 9 hits and 2 walks with 6 strikeouts in 5 innings last time out in his 2nd straight loss.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BUFFALO
1: CF Pete Hudzik (26-R .219-352-3-24-.559-32 A+)
2: SS Charlie Childs (21-L .260-311-2-31-.657-18 A)
3: RF Ivan Moreno (33-L .247-146-8-27-.804-0 C) Silver Slugger(02)/All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: LF Mickey Lynn (32-L .214-313-20-55-.751-3 B) Silver Slugger (3: 01-03)/All-Star(2: 01,03)
5: 3B Tom Morris (31-R .225-160-2-11-.672-0 B)
6: 1B Dan Faust (35-R .427-89-1-11-1.042-4 A)
7: 2B Dave Lloyd (32-R .245-286-7-25-.689-1 B+) All-Star(2: 01-02)
8: C Ron Harder (31-R .211-237-1-9-.534-0 B)
9: P Steve Cron (31-L .241-58-0-3-.496-0 C) All-Star(04)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .309-408-5-51-.788-17 A)
2: LF Cal Doty (28-L .295-325-7-40-.798-11 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .270-370-4-36-.667-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .303-386-12-66-.861-22 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Tom McDowell (28-R .251-374-16-51-.716-12 B)
6: CF Dickie Stemen (30-R .271-133-1-11-.665-0 B)
7: 3B Roger Davis (30-R .143-14-0-0-.286-0 C+)
8: C Don Kern (28-R .156-109-3-12-.560-0 B+)
9: P Ernesto Noyola (26-R .226-31-0-3-.476-0 F)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 82 F, Overcast, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 12,777

Top of the First
Pete Hudzik flies out down the right field line. Charlie Childs draws a walk... Ivan "the Terrible" Moreno strikes out on 3 pitches! Mickey Lynn swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger draws a walk! Cal Doty fouls out to 3rd. Weninger tries to steal, but C Ron Harder throws him out... T.R. Hunter triples to center.... Weninger took a run off the board.... Ray McDonald grounds out to short....

Bottom of the Second
Tom McDowell grounds a hit up the middle (which means Weninger took 2 runs off the board) and steals 2nd! But the next three all make outs...

Bottom of the Third
With 1 out, Tony Weninger grounds a hit up the middle and Pete Hudzik muffs the scoop for an error. Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd and Weninger goes to 3rd. T.R. Hunter lines the first pitch to left center for a double and Weninger scores! 1 to 0, Jays! Ray McDonald grounds the first pitch to right for a hit and Hunter scores! 2 to 0, Jays! A wild pitch sends McDonald to 2nd. Tom McDowell grounds one to short, but Charlie Childs throws the ball in the dirt and it skips past the 1st baseman for a 2 base error and McDonald scores! 3 to 0, Jays! We can't score much off the Bum, but we get runs off the All-Star!

Top of the Fifth
Tom Morris lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a double (the first hit of the game for the Bombers) and goes to 3rd on a ground out. Dave Lloyd lines out to deep right and Morris tags up and scores. 3 to 1, Jays.

Top of the Eighth
With three lefties coming up, the Bullpen (Bill Grant) is warmed up and ready. With 1 out, Charlie Childs grounds the first pitch to left for a hit... Call to the Bullpen: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (34-L). Ivan Moreno lines a 3-2 pitch to right for a double and Childs scores... 3 to 2, Jays. PH Frank Cohen (29-R), their 3-time All-Star 1st baseman, who is 1 for 7 with a walk this series, swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to center. Tom Morris flies out to center!

Top of the Ninth
6-7-8 up for the Bombers. Dan Faust, the .427 hitter, swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short! Dave Lloyd grounds out to short! Ron Harder grounds out to short and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 3 to 2

We had 7 hits and made no errors
Buffalo had 7 hits and made 3 errors

Ernesto Noyola (W 8-3) went 7.1 innings, allowed 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. At bat, he drew a walk.
LHP Bill Grant (SV 25) went 1.2 scoreless innings and allowed 1 hit.

Steve Cron (L 12-8) went 6 innings, gave us 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out no one. He threw a WP.

2B Tony Weninger had a hit and a walk and scored a run. SS T.R. Hunter had 3 hits with a double and a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI.

The Bombers announced that RP Gene Hildebrand (35-L), injured during the game, had bad back tightness and should be fine in 2 or 3 days.

[Questdog]

Sunday, July 31, 2005

Buffalo Bombers (52-50 .510 10.5 GB in 3rd place in the Northern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (63-41 .606 3 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

BUF: Doug Jones (28-R) (3-7 4.59 ERA 82.1 IP, 79 H, 11 HR, 33 BB, 44 SO)
JAX: Danny Coreano (26-L) (5-5 4.35 ERA 68.1 IP, 66 H, 6 HR, 29 BB, 40 SO)

Jones was 9-7 with a 5.33 ERA in 128.1 innings last year in his first substantial season in the MLB. We have faced him once before and he beat us with a CG, giving us 2 runs (1 earned) on 7 hits and 2 walks with 7 strikeouts.

Coreano gave up 5 runs on 4 hits, 1 home run and 4 walks with 4 strikeouts in 7.2 innings last time out, but still got a win against New Orleans.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
BUFFALO
1: 2B Dan Faust (35-R .409-93-1-11-1.001-4 C+)
2: CF Tom Hamm (35-R .305-226-4-24-.795-7 D) All-Star(2: 01-02)
3: 1B Frank Cohen (29-R .268-272-5-29-.714-2 B) All-Star(3: 01-02,04)
4: 3B Tom Morris (31-R .226-164-2-11-.675-0 B)
5: LF Mickey Lynn (32-L .215-316-20-55-.750-3 B) Silver Slugger(3: 01-03)/All-Star(2: 01,03)
6: C Ron Harder (31-R .216-241-1-9-.542-0 B)
7: RF Duane Keepers (29-S .273-154-2-19-.710-0 B+)
8: SS Joel McCormick (37-R .208-245-6-21-.603-2 B+)
9: P Doug Jones (28-R .292-24-0-1-.721-0 F) .329 career BA w/HR

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .309-411-5-51-.788-17 A)
2: LF Danny Rosas (26-L .250-84-2-9-.739-4 B+)
3: CF Cal Doty (28-L .293-328-7-40-.793-11 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .305-390-12-67-.862-22 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .240-296-8-28-.760-16 B)
6: 3B Fernando Tello (23-L .278-306-7-49-.744-2 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .275-374-4-37-.683-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .255-239-5-29-.712-0 B) Rookie
9: P Danny Coreano (26-L .240-25-0-0-.520-0 F)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 93 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to right
Attendance: 12,763

Top of the First
Dan Faust pops out to left. Tom Hamm lines the first pitch to left for a hit... Frank Cohen hits a home run to left... 2 to 0, Bombers. Tom Morris lines an 0-2 pitch over the center fielder's head for a double... Mickey Lynn grounds the first pitch to right for a hit.. The Bullpen gets up. P Danny Coreano picks Lynn off at 1st! Ron Harder swings at the first pitch and lines out to short, T.R. Hunter making an incredible catch!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger grounds a 2-2 pitch to left for a hit! Danny Rosas flies out to deep center. P Doug Jones balks Weninger to 2nd! Cal Doty grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and Weninger goes to 3rd. Ray McDonald flies out to left....

Bottom of the Second
Jack Washburn doubles off the wall in center! Fernando Tello grounds out to the pitcher and Washburn goes to 3rd. T.R. Hunter strikes out.... Bob Hutson draws a walk. P Danny Coreano swings at the first pitch and pops out to short...

Bottom of the Third
Tony Weninger grounds a hit up the middle! With 1 out, Cal Doty grounds a hit to left. Ray McDonald lines a hit to center and Weninger scores! 2 to 1, Bombers. Jack Washburn grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Doty takes out SS Joel McCormick with a hard slide and McCormick is hurt. Jose Cuenca (32-R) is in to play short. Fernando Tello strikes out....

Top of the Fourth
Tom Morris lines the first pitch to left center for a hit. With 1 out, Ron Harder lines a hit to right center and Morris beats the throw to 3rd... Duane Keepers swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd and Harder goes to 2nd and Morris stays put at 3rd. A very nice stop by Fernando Tello! We walk Jose Cuenca, who is batting .183, intentionally to load the bases up for the career .329 hitting pitcher..... Oh, Manny! Don't you even look at the printouts Stacy the Statistician makes for you? A wild pitch scores Morris... 3 to 1, Bombers. P Doug Jones pokes a hit to left and both runners score... 5 to 1, Bombers. I wish I could fire Manny.....

Top of the Sixth
On the Hill: Roger Wallace (30-R), after a scoreless 5th. With 1 out, Duane Keepers hits the first pitch for a home run to right center... 6 to 1, Bombers.

Top of the Seventh
Tom Hamm bloops a hit to right center and goes to 2nd on a wild pitch. The Bullpen gets up. With 2 outs, Mickey Lynn takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ron Harder lines one harder to center, but Cal Doty makes a diving catch!

Lost - 6 to 1

Another bum pitcher stifles our offense....

We finish the season series with Buffalo 5-3.
We were 6-2 last year.

We had 10 hits and made no errors
Buffalo had 12 hits and made no errors

Danny Coreano (L 5-6) went 4 innings, allowed 5 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 1. He threw a WP.
RHP Roger Wallace went 3 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 1. He threw a WP.
RHP Mike Hollenbeck went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2.

Doug Jones (W 4-7) went 9 innings (CG), gave us 1 run, 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. He balked. 121 pitches. At bat, he had a hit and 2 RBI.

2B Tony Weninger had 3 hits and scored our only run. RF Ray McDonald had a hit and a walk and had our only RBI. 1B Jack Washburn hit a double. C Bob Hutson had a hit and a walk. PH Mike Volkman had a hit. PH Dickie Stemen had a hit. PH Tom McDowell had a hit.

For Buffalo, 1B Frank Cohen had 2 hits with his 6th home run of the season and 2 RBI. 3B Tom Morris had 3 hits with a double and scored a run. RF Duane Keepers hit his 3rd home run.

The Bombers announced that SS Joel McCormick has a strained oblique that they figure will bother him for about a month. They will put him on the DL.

[Questdog]

August 1, 2005

Monday Morning Report
Player of the Week - Ray Dallas, 1B/3B, Hartford (23-R .289/.318/.426) Had 10 hits with 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 1 BB, 0 SO, 6 R and 6 RBI in 6 G (5 GS)

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

July 25 - LF Ron LeMaster (27-L) of Rochester had 3 hits with a triple and a home run, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at Columbus. The Roosters won, 10 to 5.
July 26 - Rookie Mike Menefee (25-L) of Richmond pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus New Orleans. He walked 6 and struck out 8. It is his 2nd shutout of the season and 3rd of his career. He is now 13-4 with a 3.03 ERA in 19 starts (20 G). The Robins won, 1 to 0.
July 27 - Robin Morris (31-R) of Memphis pitched a 5 hit shutout at Louisville. He walked 1 and struck out 4. It is his 2nd shutout of the season and 7th of his career. He is now 7-12 with a 3.10 ERA in 22 starts. The Mules won, 4 to 0.
July 27 - RF Ed Yeager (30-L) of Ottawa had 4 hits with a home run and 5 RBI at Hartford. The Otters won, 10 to 5. Yeager hit 2 HR in the game before. He now has 12 HR on the season, with 6 of them coming in the last 7 games.
July 27 - 1B Wilson Partida (28-R) of Birmingham had 3 hits with a home run and a walk, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI at home versus Orlando. The Barons won, 10 to 1. CF Sergio Acevedo hit another home run and had 4 RBI. He is now leading the MLB with 24 HR and 69 RBI, but is only batting .183.
July 28 - Larry Thornton (25-L) of Rochester pitched a 2 hit shutout at Orlando. He walked 3 and struck out 8. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run. It is his 4th shutout of the season and his career. He is now 14-4 with a 2.17 ERA in 22 starts. The Roosters won, 5 to 0.
July 29 - Yui Ogawa (30-L) of Indianapolis pitched a 4 hit shutout at Richmond. He walked 4 and struck out 7. At bat, he had 3 hits with a double and scored 2 runs. It is his 2nd shutout of the season and 11th of his career. He is now 6-10 with a 3.88 ERA in 23 starts. The Arrows won, 9 to 0.
July 29 - LF Benny Dreher (27-R) of Birmingham had 5 hits with a double and scored 2 runs at home versus Columbus. The Barons won, 8 to 7, in 11 innings. Each team had 16 hits.

[Questdog]

Monthly Awards for July, 2005
Player of the Month: Cal Doty, cf, Jacksonville (28-L) .353/.417/.549 102 AB, 9 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 11 BB, 9 SO, 5 SB, 4 CS, 16 R, 21 RBI in 26 G (2nd career PoM)
Pitcher of the Month: Larry Bowling, rhp, Providence (27-R) 6-0 0.18 ERA 6 GS, 2 ShO, 49 IP, 30 H, 0 HR, 10 BB, 35 SO (1 run allowed in the whole month!)
Rookie of the Month: Tommy Keyser, lhp, Jacksonville (26-L) 4-1 1.66 ERA 5 GS, 1 ShO, 38 IP, 31 H, 0 HR, 10 BB, 17 SO)

Monthly Awards for June, 2005
Player of the Month: Gil Weaver, rf, Orlando (27-L) .400/.461/.733 90 AB, 8 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 10 BB, 19 SO, 2 SB, 2 CS, 19 R, 13 RBI in 25 G (24 GS)
Pitcher of the Month: Larry Thornton, lhp, Rochester (25-L) 6-0 1.44 ERA 6 GS, 1 ShO, 50 IP, 34 H, 2 HR, 11 BB, 34 SO
Rookie of the Month: Willie Rodriguez, rhp, Syracuse (22-R) 3-1 3.18 ERA 4 GS, 1 ShO, 28.1 IP, 30 H, 1 HR, 6 BB, 21 SO)

Monthly Awards for May, 2005
Player of the Month: Mike Sammon, 1b, Richmond (26-R) .421/.462/.603 121 AB, 8 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 9 BB, 6 SO, 2 SB, 2 CS, 23 R, 22 RBI in 28 G (27 GS) (2nd career PoM)
Pitcher of the Month: Frank Cane, rhp, Syracuse (29-R) 5-0 1.88 ERA 6 GS, 1 ShO, 43 IP, 29 H, 3 HR, 6 BB, 27 SO
Rookie of the Month: Mike Menefee, lhp, Richmond (25-L) 4-1 3.30 ERA 6 GS, 1 ShO, 43.2 IP, 37 H, 3 HR, 24 BB, 26 SO) (2nd straight RoM)

Monthly Awards for April, 2005
Player of the Month: Andres Borges, rf, Richmond (37-S) .370/.423/.590 100 AB, 7 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 10 BB, 6 SO, 0 SB, 1 CS, 18 R, 17 RBI in 23 G (5 HR all of last season; career high is 11)
Pitcher of the Month: Jim Baucom, lhp, Jacksonville (23-L) 5-0 1.26 ERA 6 GS, 1 ShO, 50 IP, 35 H, 2 HR, 6 BB, 43 SO (5th career PoM)
Rookie of the Month: Mike Menefee, lhp, Richmond (25-L) 3-0 2.16 ERA 4 G, 3 GS, 0 ShO, 25 IP, 20 H, 1 HR, 12 BB, 18 SO)

[ayaghmour2]

You might want to find a way to get that Bowling fellow. What a month!

[Questdog]

Monday, August 1, 2005

We made a couple of changes to start the new month. C Don Kern (28-R) and CF Gary McKellar (35-R) were sent to Daytona Beach (A). I did not expect Kern to hit a lot, but I thought he would be passable with his good defense and drawing some walks. But his defense has not been all that great this year and his hitting is nonexistent. He was kept out of Spring Training over Bert Swope (33-S), because Swope has never hit lefties a lick and we need a platoon partner with Bob Hutson who can hit lefties. Well, Swope is hitting lefties for Daytona Beach. Actually, he is hitting everybody. .338/.420/.409 in 154 AB with 0 HR and 19 RBI. He's 11 for 23 (.478) against lefties, so we will give him one more shot to hit lefties up here. He cannot hit much worse than Kern has... McKellar is going down just because we are not using him much; he has done fine when we have called on him. But we need to make room for RF Tommy Adams (23-L). He's hitting .326/.401/.454 in 337 AB with 5 HR and 19 SB for the Admirals. He does not have the power that Fernando Tello has, but he plays better defense and will get on base more (hopefully). It will also allow us to move Cal Doty back to the #3 hole against righties. And Adams should not ground into all the double plays that Tello has....

We are in Birmingham to play the Barons a 3 game series. They split 4 games at home with Columbus over the weekend. We are 3-4 against them on the season and split 4 games with them in our first visit, April 21-24. They lead the MLB in scoring with 4.63 runs per game (Jacksonville is #7 with 4.13). The Barons are 10th in fewest runs allowed with 4.06 per game (Jacksonville is #2 with 3.51). Their starters are doing well with a 3.45 ERA, 4th best in the MLB, but their Bullpen is at 4.03, 13th best. Our starters are at 3.53, 8th best, and our Bullpen is at 2.60, 3rd best. Their run differential is +59, 5th in the MLB, and ours is +65, 3rd best. Ottawa is 1st at +125 and then there are 4 teams bunched at +59 to +67.

Jacksonville Jays (63-42 .600 2 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Birmingham Barons (58-46 .558 4.5 GB in 3rd place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Al Calice (24-R) (9-7 4.14 ERA 134.2 IP, 144 H, 11 HR, 46 BB, 87 SO)
BIRM: Juan Estrada (31-L) (7-9 2.41 ERA 164 IP, 138 H, 8 HR, 40 BB, 103 SO) All-Star

Calice gave up 2 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks with 2 strikeouts in 7 innings last time out in a win over Charlotte, his 3rd win in a row.

Estrada is their #1 starter. He is 1-1 in 2 starts against the Jays this season with a 3 hit shutout. 1.20 ERA, 15 IP, 10 H, 0 HR, 3 BB, 13 SO. He is 5th in the MLB in ERA pitching for the team with the most runs scored in the League, but he has a losing record.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .312-416-5-51-.793-17 A)
2: LF Cal Doty (28-L .292-332-7-40-.789-11 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .272-378-4-37-.676-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .305-393-12-68-.862-22 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Tom McDowell (28-R .253-379-16-51-.717-13 B)
6: CF Dickie Stemen (30-R .270-137-1-11-.661-0 B)
7: 3B Roger Davis (30-R .118-17-0-0-.235-0 C+)
8: C Bert Swope (33-S Season debut B)
9: P Al Calice (24-L .073-41-0-3-.171-0 F)

BIRMINGHAM
1: 3B Stan Stephens (27-R .350-428-4-35-.862-33 C+) All-Star(3: 01,03,05) Thumb contusion
2: LF Benny Dreher (27-R .287-418-7-48-.747-23 B+) Gold Glove(2: 01-02)
3: 1B Wilson Partida (28-R .287-293-10-59-.814-15 B)
4: CF Sergio Acevedo (31-R .182-395-24-71-.668-13 B+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03)
5: SS Ken Kelly (27-S .204-382-8-26-.591-11 B) All-Star(02)
6: RF Bob Marks (27-R .277-372-11-48-.811-22 B+) RoY(03)/All-Star(2: 04-05)
7: 2B Rick Halverson (29-L .287-317-11-54-.794-3 B) All-Star(01)
8: C Antonio Barajas (27-R .233-202-4-33-.634-0 B)
9: P Juan Estrada (31-L .135-52-1-4-.327-0 C) All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Weather: 76 F, Overcast, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from left
Attendance: 10,620

Top of the First
Tony Weninger grounds out to 3rd. Cal Doty grounds out to 2nd. T.R. Hunter bloops a hit to right! Ray McDonald swings at the first pitch and pops out to 1st...

Bottom of the First
Stan Stephens grounds one to 3rd, but Roger Davis throws it away for a 2 base error.... I cannot wait for Charlie Faber to come back! Benny Dreher swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Stephens goes to 3rd. Wilson Partida pops out to right and Stephens holds! Sergio Acevedo pops out to center!

It starts to rain in the top of the 4th... With 2 outs, it gets heavy and the umps stop play for an hour and 4 minutes....

Bottom of the Fourth
Has the hour layoff put P Al Calice out of sorts? He says he is good to go, but Wilson Partida launches his 1st pitch over the left field wall for a home run... 1 to 0, Barons. The next three make outs, though!

Top of the Seventh
Turner Morache (26-R) is into play 3rd and Stan Stephens moves to left, because Benny Dreher hurt himself beating out an infield hit last inning. Tom McDowell grounds a hit to left. Dickie Stemen grounds one to 1st, but Wilson Partida boots it! Roger Davis swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a 4-6-3 double play and McDowell goes to 3rd.... How long until Charlie Faber is back, Trudy? You say 3 days now, but in a day or two, you will change it to 'who knows?'.... Bert Swope grounds one to 2nd, but Rick Halverson boots it and McDowell scores! Tie Game: 1 to 1!

Top of the Eighth
Tony Weninger grounds the first pitch to right for a hit! Cal Doty bounces one back to the box, but P Juan Estrada makes a bad toss to 1st for an error! With 1 out, Ray McDonald draws a walk to load the bases up! Tom McDowell lines a hit to right center and Weninger scores and Doty heads home, but Bob Marks throws him out... 2 to 1, Jays!

Bottom of the Ninth
New Pitcher: 2-time All-Star Bill Grant (34-L). 3-4-5 up for the Barons.... Wilson Partida lines out hard to center! Sergio Acevedo strikes out! Ken Kelly flies out to left and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 2 to 1

We had 8 hits (all singles) and made 1 error
Birmingham had 6 hits and made 5 errors

The 5 errors ties the record for a Jay opponent.
It had been done 3 times before.
The most we have ever made is 4, which we did twice (2001,03)

Al Calice (W 10-7) went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 6 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 4.
LHP Bill Grant (SV 26) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout.

Juan Estrada (L 7-10) lowers his 5th best ERA, but takes another loss. He went 8 innings, gave us 2 unearned runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4.

SS T.R. Hunter had 2 hits. 1B Tom McDowell had 2 hits, scored a run and had our only RBI. C Bert Swope, in his season debut, had a hit against a tough lefty, but got caught trying to steal 2nd.

For Birmingham, 1B Wilson Partida hit his 11th home run of the season.

The Barons announced that LF Benny Dreher fractured his ankle and is out for the rest of the season.

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by ayaghmour2

You might want to find a way to get that Bowling fellow. What a month!

Eh, we already have Baucom!

Again.

At some point.

Probably.

[Questdog]

Tuesday, August 2, 2005

Jacksonville Jays (64-42 .604 3 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Birmingham Barons (58-47 .552 5.5 GB in 3rd place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Tommy Keyser (26-L) (6-3 1.89 ERA 66.2 IP, 55 H, 1 HR, 20 BB, 36 SO) Rookie
BIRM: Herman Varey (27-R) (5-6 4.00 ERA 101.1 IP, 108 H, 9 HR, 42 BB, 41 SO)

Keyser pitched a 5 hit shutout last time out versus Buffalo with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts.

We faced Varey in June and he gave us 3 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks with 3 strikeouts in 6.2 IP in a no decision that we lost. That was the game that got Roger Wallace sent to Daytona Beach.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .312-420-5-51-.790-17 A)
2: LF Tommy Adams (23-L Season debut B) Rookie
3: CF Cal Doty (28-L .289-336-7-40-.780-11 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .303-396-12-68-.858-22 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .239-301-8-28-.758-16 B)
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .256-383-16-52-.720-13 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .275-382-4-37-.679-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .256-242-5-29-.714-0 B) Rookie
9: P Tommy Keyser (26-L .100-20-0-1-.243-0 B) Rookie

BIRMINGHAM
1: 3B Stan Stephens (27-R .347-432-4-35-.854-33 C+) All-Star(3: 01,03,05)
2: LF Bob Marks (27-R .277-375-11-48-.810-22 A) RoY(03)/All-Star(2: 04-05)
3: 1B Jim Montgomery (34-R .184-76-2-12-.567-0 A) All-Star(03)
4: 2B Rick Halverson (29-L .287-320-11-54-.793-3 B) All-Star(01)
5: SS Turner Morache (26-R .283-113-0-8-.710-0 C+)
6: CF Ken Kelly (27-S .202-386-8-26-.585-11 C) All-Star(02)
7: RF Keith Holliday (33-L .400-5-0-1-.971-0 D)
8: C Rod Sevener (23-R .286-14-1-2-.857-0 B) Rookie
9: P Herman Varey (27-R .147-34-0-1-.348-0 D+)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Weather: 80 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 4 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 9,888

Top of the First
Tony Weninger bloops a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit! Tommy Adams, in his season debut, swings at a 3-2 pitch with Weninger running and grounds out to the pitcher and Weninger moves to 2nd. Cal Doty pokes a hit to center! With Doty running, Ray McDonald swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses and rookie C Rod Sevener throws out Doty for a double play...............

Bottom of the First
Stan Stephens pops out to center. Bob Marks strikes out! Jim Montgomery swings at the first pitch and fouls out to the catcher! 1-2-3!

Top of the Second
With 1 out, Tom McDowell doubles to right center! T.R. Hunter plunks one and beats it out for a hit! He gets thrown out trying to steal.... We are running ourselves out of every inning.... Bob Hutson grounds out to 1st, unassisted....

Through 5 innings, we are being shut down by another bum pitcher.... I am so tired of this!

Top of the Sixth
Tony Weninger doubles to left center and goes to 3rd on a ground out. With the infield in, Cal Doty grounds a bullet through the right side for a hit and Weninger scores! 1 to 0, Jays! With 2 outs, Jack Washburn lines a hit to center and Doty goes to 3rd. Tom McDowell strikes out....

In the bottom of the 6th, Stan Stephens hits a 2-out triple, but Bob Marks strikes out! I keep waiting for P Tommy Keyser to get an ERA correction, but it has yet to come! I am pretty sure he is not as good as he has been pitching, though....

Bottom of the Ninth
P Tommy Keyser is at 103 pitches. 9-1-2 up for the Barons. The Bullpen is primed and ready. PH Sergio Acevedo (31-R), who was 0 for 4 yesterday with 2 strikeouts, but has 9 HR in 96 AB against lefties, flies out down the left field line! Stan Stephens, who tripled last time up, doubles to right.... Bob Marks grounds out to 3rd! A wild pitch sends Stephens to 3rd... Jim Montgomery grounds out to the pitcher and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 1 to 0

Back to back shutouts for P Tommy Keyser!!

We had 9 hits and made no errors
Birmingham had 4 hits and made no errors

Do you remember when we hit a home run in 8 straight just a week or so ago?
We have now gone 6 straight without one...
The team record is 14, set by the wonderful 2001 Jays.

Tommy Keyser (W 7-3) pitched 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5. He threw a WP. 115 pitches. It is his 2nd shutout in a row and the 2nd of his career!

Herman Varey (L 5-7) went 6 innings, gave us 1 run, 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4.

2B Tony Weninger had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored the only run of the game. LF Tommy Adams, in his season debut, went 0 for 4, but made a diving catch at the warning track in left. CF Cal Doty had 2 hits and the only RBI of the game. 1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits. 3B Tom McDowell hit a double. C Bob Hutson hit a double off a left, the first hit off a left in his career (now 1 for 12).

[Questdog]

Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Jacksonville Jays (65-42 .607 3 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division) at
Birmingham Barons (58-48 .547 6.5 GB in 3rd place in the Southern Division)

JAX: Del Warwick (30-L) (8-13 4.28 ERA 145 IP, 150 H, 16 HR, 38 BB, 89 SO) Gold Glove(02)
BIRM: Paul Gaughan (36-R) (10-10 3.20 ERA 169 IP, 155 H, 16 HR, 36 BB, 103 SO) All-Star(2: 01-02)

Warwick gave up 2 runs on 4 hits, 1 home run and 2 walks with 6 strikeouts in 8 innings last time out, but still took a loss to Buffalo.

We beat Gaughan in April, scoring 5 runs on 9 hits, 2 home runs and 5 walks with 8 strikeouts in 7.2 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
JACKSONVILLE
1: LF Tommy Adams (23-L .000-4-0-0-.000-0 B) Rookie
2: CF Dickie Stemen (30-R .271-140-1-11-.661-0 B)
3: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .243-305-8-28-.761-16 B)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .301-399-12-68-.853-22 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: C Bob Hutson (22-L .256-246-5-29-.715-0 B) Rookie
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .256-387-16-52-.720-13 C+)
7: 2B Roger Davis (30-R .143-21-0-0-.286-0 B)
8: SS Bart Daw (33-R .195-190-2-24-.572-10 B+)
9: P Del Warwick (30-L .244-45-0-3-.533-0 F) Gold Glove(02)

BIRMINGHAM
1: LF Stan Stephens (27-R .349-436-4-35-.862-33 D-) All-Star(3: 01,03,05)
2: RF Ken Kelly (27-S .201-389-8-26-.581-11 B) All-Star(02)
3: 1B Wilson Partida (28-R .286-297-11-60-.820-15 B)
4: CF Sergio Acevedo (31-R .180-400-24-71-.660-13 B+) Silver Slugger(01)/All-Star(3: 01-03)
5: 2B Rick Halverson (29-L .285-323-11-54-.786-3 B) All-Star(01)
6: 3B Gerald Young (32-R .226-62-3-13-.782-0 B)
7: C Antonio Barajas (27-R .234-205-4-33-.635-0 B)
8: SS Turner Morache (26-R .284-116-0-8-.717-0 C+)
9: P Paul Gaughan (36-R .228-57-0-6-.487-0 F) All-Star(2: 01-02)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Weather: 91 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from left
Attendance: 10,432

Top of the First
Tommy Adams grounds his first hit of the year to right! Dickie Stemen lines out hard to center. Jack Washburn lines a 3-2 pitch to center for a hit! Ray McDonald fouls out to 3rd..... Bob Hutson draws a walk to load the bases up with 2 outs. Tom McDowell grounds an 0-2 pitch up the middle for a hit and 2 runs score and he takes 2nd on the throw home!! 2 to 0, Jays! Roger Davis grounds out to 3rd...

Bottom of the First
Stan Stephens doubles to left... He steals 3rd... Ken Kelly pops out to 2nd! Wilson Partida hits a home run to right.... Tie Game: 2 to 2. Sergio Acevedo strikes out looking. Rick Halverson lines out to the pitcher.

Top of the Fourth
Bart Daw lines a hit to left and P Del Warwick bunts him to 2nd. Tommy Adams grounds his third hit of the game up the middle and Daw scores! 3 to 2, Jays!

Bottom of the Fifth
With 2 out, P Paul Gaughan lines a hit to center... Stan Stephens and Ken Kelly both draw walks to load the bases up... Wilson Partida grounds a hit up the middle and 2 runs score... 4 to 3, Barons.

Top of the Sixth
With 1 out, Bart Daw takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. PH Cal Doty (28-L) is sent up. Daw steals 2nd! Doty pops out to 3rd... Tommy Adams lines his fourth hit of the game to center and Daw scores! Tie Game: 4 to 4!

Bottom of the Seventh
On the Hill: All-Star Albert Davies (28-L), after a perfect 6th. With 2 outs, Wilson Partida hits his second home run of the game to left center... 5 to 4, Barons.

Top of the Eighth
On the Hill: Tony Horch (34-R), after a perfect 7th. With 1 out, Bart Daw draws a walk. PH Mike Volkman (37-L) is sent up. They make a pitching change. New Pitcher: Arvel Ivey (36-L), who pitched 3 scoreless innings yesterday. We pull Volkman down and send up Tony Weninger (24-R), who fouls out to 1st.... Tommy Adams is allowed to face the lefty because he is 4 for 4 today and he lines the first pitch to right center for a hit and Daw goes to 3rd! Adams ties the team record for hits! Dickie Stemen grounds one to short, but Turner Morache boots it and Daw scores! Tie Game: 5 to 5! We do not pinch-hit for Jack Washburn, because then we would have to have a stinky fielder come in to play 1st or 3rd, and he walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up! Ray McDonald, who is not hot at all, grounds out to 1st, unassisted....

Bottom of the Eighth
New Pitcher: Bob Craig (27-R). Rick Halverson lines a 1-2 pitch to left for a hit... And P Craig calls out Trudy the Trainer.... New Pitcher: Mike Hollenbeck (23-R). Gerald Young bunts Halverson to 2nd. Antonio Barajas hits a home run to left.... 7 to 5, Barons.

Top of the Ninth
New Pitcher: Wayne Hagan (30-R), their closer, who pitched a scoreless inning on Monday. 5-6-7 up for us. Bob Hutson lines a hit to left and Stan Stephens muffs the pickup for an error! Tom McDowell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Roger Davis, in what we hope is his last at bat as a Jay, grounds into a force at 3rd, unassisted. That is at least something you do not see every day! Bart Daw fouls out to the catcher.... PH Fernando Tello (23-L) lines a hit to right and the bases are loaded with 2 outs. Can Tommy Adams get 6 hits in a game? He strikes out on 3 pitches........................................... ....................................

Lost - 7 to 5

We had 12 hits (all singles) and made no errors
Birmingham had 12 hits and made 3 errors

Del Warwick went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 5. 96 pitches.
LHP Albert Davies went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3.
RHP Bob Craig (L 2-1) faced 1 batter and gave up a hit and a run.
RHP Mike Hollenbeck went 1 inning, allowed 1 run, 3 hits and 1 home run.

Paul Gaughan went 6 innings, gave us 4 runs, 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. 109 pitches.
LHP Arvel Ivey (W 3-1, BS 1) got 2 outs, gave us 1 hit and 1 walk.
RHP Wayne Hagan (SV 14) pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.

LF Tommy Adams had 5 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBI and struck out on 3 pitches with 2 the bases loaded with 2 outs in the 9th.... 1B Jack Washburn had a hit and a walk and scored a run. C Bob Hutson had a hit and a walk. 3B Tom McDowell had a hit and a walk and 2 RBI. SS Bart Daw had a hit and 2 walks, stole a base and scored 3 runs. PH Fernando Tello had a hit.

For the Barons, 1B Wilson Partida had 3 hits with 2 home runs and 5 RBI. He now has 13 HR on the season. C Antonio Barajas had 2 hits with his 5th home run and 2 RBI.

Trudy's report on Bob Craig is back tightness and she says he needs two weeks of rest.... But she has cleared Charlie Faber to play!

[Questdog]

Friday, August 5, 2005

RP Bob Craig (27-R) was put on the DL and 2B Roger Davis (30-R) was sent back to Daytona Beach (A). RP Robbie Hopley (31-R) was recalled and 2B Charlie Faber (34-R) was activated from the DL.

We are back home to play the Orlando Juice at 3 game series over the weekend. They just swept the Hornets in 3 games at Charlotte and have won 6 in a row. We are 3-3 against them on the season and split a pair of games the first time they visited, June 7-8. They have passed us and are now 7th in scoring with 4.13 runs per game (Jacksonville is #8 with 4.09). We have both scored 442 runs, but we have played one more game. The Juice are 11th in fewest runs allowed with 4.11 per game (Jacksonville is #2 with 3.49). Their run differential is +2, 6th best in the MLB, and ours is +65, 4th best.

Orlando Juice (57-50 .533 7.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (65-43 .602 2 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

ORL: Clark Davis (27-R) (4-5 4.38 ERA 84.1 IP, 97 H, 9 HR, 26 BB, 59 SO) All-Star(04)
JAX: Ernesto Noyola (26-R) (8-3 3.53 ERA 94.1 IP, 89 H, 7 HR, 26 BB, 57 SO)

Davis is their #1 starter. He missed the 1st 2 months of the season. We beat him in June, in his 3rd start of the year, scoring 6 runs on 6 hits, 1 home run and 2 walks with 1 strikeout in 2.2 innings.

Noyola gave up 2 runs on 6 hits and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts in 7.1 innings last time out in a win over Buffalo.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
ORLANDO
1: 2B Tom Howard (29-R .246-410-11-40-.680-17 B+) All-Star(04)
2: SS Danny Hutchinson (26-R .290-383-2-43-.677-10 B+) All-Star(02)
3: RF Gil Weaver (27-L .331-350-17-47-.963-3 C) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(4: 01-03,05)
4: 1B Herman Chance (35-R .248-314-17-49-.750-2 C+) All-Star(2: 03-04)
5: CF Pete Thompson (25-L .250-304-6-39-.714-7 B)
6: LF Barry Magee (33-L .237-135-5-19-.740-2 B+)
7: 3B Joe Jones (29-R .209-196-5-23-.670-2 B+)
8: C Dennis Blaser (27-L .236-174-6-30-.719-0 B) Rookie
9: P Clark Davis (27-R .185-27-0-1-.444-0 C) All-Star(04)

JACKSONVILLE
1: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .314-424-5-51-.796-17 A)
2: LF Tommy Adams (23-L .500-10-0-2-1.000-0 B) Rookie
3: CF Cal Doty (28-L .290-341-7-41-.780-11 C+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .300-404-12-68-.847-22 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Jack Washburn (23-L .243-309-8-28-.760-16 B)
6: 3B Tom McDowell (28-R .256-391-16-54-.719-13 C+)
7: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .275-386-4-37-.678-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
8: C Bob Hutson (22-L .256-250-5-29-.714-0 B) Rookie
9: P Ernesto Noyola (26-R .212-33-0-3-.469-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 77 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 11 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 14,533

Top of the First
Tom Howard takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Danny Hutchinson dribbles an 0-2 pitch down the 3rd base line and beats it out for an infield hit... Gil Weaver, leading the MLB in OPS, strikes out! Howard tries to steal 3rd and C Bob Hutson throws him out! Herman Chance grounds a hit up the middle and Hutchinson beats the throw to 3rd... Pete Thompson grounds out to 1st, unassisted!

Bottom of the First
Tony Weninger chops a grounder through the right side for a hit! Tommy Adams grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, but Weninger slides in hard to break up the double play! But he calls out Trudy the Trainer.... But she brings him back to the dugout and says he is fine! Cal Doty strikes out... Adams tries to steal 2nd, but they have a pitchout on and he is a dead duck...

Top of the Second
With 2 outs, Dennis Blaser lines a hit to right. P Clark Davis, a career .100 hitter, doubles to center and Blaser scores... 1 to 0, Juice.

Top of the Third
Danny Hutchinson triples off the wall in right center... Gil Weaver flies out to deep left and Hutchinson tags up and scores. 2 to 0, Juice. Herman Chance pokes a hit over the shortstop. Pete Thompson doubles to right center for their seventh hit already.... The Bullpen gets up. Barry Magee grounds hit #8 up the middle and both runners score and Magee ends up on 2nd... 4 to 0, Juice. Joe Jones draws a walk... Call to the Bullpen: Roger Wallace (30-R). He gets the next two out.

Top of the Fourth
Tom Howard doubles off the wall in center... The Bullpen gets back up. With 1 out, Gil Weaver grounds a hit to right. Herman Chance flies out to deep center and Howard tags up and scores. 5 to 0, Juice.

Bottom of the Fifth
Jack Washburn walks on 4 pitches. Tom McDowell lines a double to right! T.R. Hunter lines a hit to right and Washburn scores! 5 to 1, Juice. Bob Hutson grounds a hit up the middle and McDowell scores! 5 to 2, Juice. The next three, including PH Mike Volkman (37-L) all make outs...

Top of the Eighth
New Pitcher: All-Star Albert Davies (28-L). With 1 out, Joe Jones gets beaned with a 2-2 pitch... Dennis Blaser lines the first pitch off the wall in center for a double... They are wearing that poor wall out today... The Bullpen gets up. A wild pitch scores Jones... 6 to 2, Juice. P Clark Davis, the .100 hitter, lines his 2nd hit of the day to left and Blaser scores... 7 to 2, Juice. Tom Howard grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!!

Top of the Ninth
New Pitcher: Mike Hollenbeck (23-R). Danny Hutchinson grounds a 3-2 pitch up the middle for a hit... With 1 out, Herman Chance grounds another 3-2 pitch up the middle for a hit... Pete Thompson doubles to center and Hutchinson scores... 8 to 2, Juice. Pia! A train ticket! Barry Magee pops out to right and both runner advance... 9 to 2, Juice.

Lost - 9 to 2

We had 8 hits and made no errors
Orlando had 15 hits and made no errors

Ernesto Noyola (L 8-4) went 2.1 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1.
RHP Roger Wallace went 2.2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits and struck out 3.
RHP Robbie Hopley pitched 2 perfect innings and struck out 2.
LHP Albert Davies went 1 inning, allowed 2 runs, 2 hits and struck out 1.
RHP Mike Hollenbeck went 1 inning, allowed 2 run, 3 hits and struck out 1.

Clark Davis (W 5-5) went 9 innings (CG), gave us 8 hits, 2 runs (1 earned), 1 walk and struck out 7. 121 pitches. At bat, he had 2 hits with a double and 2 RBI.

1B Jack Washburn had 2 hits and a walk, stole a base and scored a run. 3B Tom McDowell hit a double and scored a run.

For Orlando, SS Danny Hutchinson had 3 hits with a triple and scored 2 runs. 1B Herman Chance had 3 hits, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. LF Barry Magee had a hit and 3 RBI.

Around the League: Larry Bowling (27-R) of Providence, the pitcher who only gave up 1 run in all of July, made his first start of August today and gave up 4 runs in 5.1 innings and took a loss.

[Questdog]

Saturday, August 6, 2005

RP Mike Hollenbeck (23-R) was sent back to Daytona Beach (A) and RP Mickel Cannady (24-R) was recalled.

Orlando Juice (58-50 .537 6.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (65-44 .596 1 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

ORL: Don Miller (34-L) (6-1 2.90 ERA 87 IP, 80 H, 4 HR, 22 BB, 52 SO) Rookie
JAX: Al Calice (24-R) (10-7 3.97 ERA 142.2 IP, 150 H, 12 HR, 46 BB, 91 SO)

We faced Miller, the 34 year old rookie, in April and he pitched 9 innings and gave us 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits, 1 home run and 5 walks with 7 strikeouts in a no decision that we won in 11 innings.

Calice gave up 1 run on 6 hits and no walks with 4 strikeouts in 8 innings last time out in a win at Birmingham, his 4th win in a row.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
ORLANDO
1: 3B Ernie Patterson (24-R .257-385-1-30-.601-18 A+) All-Star(02)/Gold Glove(4: 01-04)
2: 2B Tom Howard (29-R .246-414-11-40-.683-17 B+) All-Star(04)
3: RF Gil Weaver (27-L .331-354-17-48-.957-3 C) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(4: 01-03,05)
4: CF Pete Thompson (25-L .252-309-6-40-.721-7 B)
5: LF Barry Magee (33-L .237-139-5-22-.731-2 B+)
6: SS Danny Hutchinson (26-R .294-388-2-43-.689-10 B+) All-Star(02)
7: 1B Joe Jones (29-R .207-198-5-23-.670-2 A+)
8: C Dennis Blaser (27-L .242-178-6-30-.730-0 B) Rookie
9: P Don Miller (34-S .107-28-0-2-.214-0 D+) Rookie

JACKSONVILLE
1: 3B Charlie Faber (34-R .235-132-0-4-.600-2 B+)
2: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .313-428-5-51-.793-17 A)
3: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .274-390-4-38-.676-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .299-408-12-68-.844-22 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Tom McDowell (28-R .256-395-16-54-.720-13 B)
6: CF Dickie Stemen (30-R .269-145-1-11-.652-0 B)
7: LF Cal Doty (28-L .287-345-7-41-.772-11 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
8: C Bert Swope (33-S .250-4-0-0-.500-0 B)
9: P Al Calice (24-L .068-44-0-3-.159-0 F)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 93 F, Clear Skies, with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 14,239

Top of the First
Ernie Patterson grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Tom Howard strikes out! Gil Weaver pops out to 2nd! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the First
Charlie Faber, the greatest leadoff hitter ever, doubles over the center fielder's head! Welcome back, Charlie! Tony Weninger bloops a hit over the 2nd baseman! Faber only made it to 3rd, because he had to make sure the ball was not caught. T.R. Hunter grounds into a 5-4-3 double play and Faber scores...... 1 to 0, Jays! Ray McDonald lines a hit to center! He steals 2nd! That is his 23rd steal of the season, tying his career high! Tom McDowell lines a hit to left and McDonald scores! 2 to 0, Jays! McDowell steals 2nd! Dickie Stemen flies out to center.

Top of th Second
Pete Thompson draws a walk... Barry Magee hits one 514 ft. to right center.... Tie Game: 2 to 2.

Top of the Third
With 1 out, Ernie Patterson grounds one to 3rd, but Charlie Faber boots it... We will chalk that one up to rustiness. Patterson steals 2nd. With 2 outs, Gil Weaver lines a hit to center and Patterson heads home, but Cal Doty throws him out! And is not hurt!

Bottom of the Fifth
P Al Calice leads off with a walk! Charlie Faber grounds a hit to right and P Calice beats the throw to 3rd! Tony Weninger grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and P Calice scores and Faber beats the throw to 3rd! 3 to 2, Jays! T.R. Hunter lines out to deep right and Faber tags up and scores. 4 to 2, Jays! The next two make outs...

Bottom of the Eighth
New Pitcher: Bob Carroll (29-R), who is 5-5 with 2 SV and a 5.19 ERA in 50.1 IP. He was 11-5 with 5 SV and a 3.34 ERA in 126.2 IP with 11 starts last year. Dickie Stemen is allowed to hit to keep his glove in the game and hr grounds a double over the 3rd base bag! They walk Cal Doty intentionally. Bert Swope grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Stemen goes to 3rd. PH Mike Volkman (37-L) lines a hit to right and Stemen scores! 5 to 2, Jays! PH Jack Washburn (23-L), who will stay in to play 1st and send Tom McDowell over to 3rd, grounds into a 3-6-3 double play.......... Charlie Faber could have done that....

The Juice load the bases up with 2 outs in the top of the 9th off P Bill Grant, but Joe Jones grounds out to 3rd and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Jays!

Won - 5 to 2

We had 12 hits and made 1 error
Orlando had 4 hits and made no errors

Al Calice (W 11-7) went 8 innings, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 9. At bat, he drew a walk and scored a run. 5 wins in a row!
LHP Bill Grant (SV 27) pitched a scoreless 9th (barely), allowed 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 HBP and struck out 1.

Don Miller (L 6-2) went 7 innings, gave us 4 runs, 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4.

3B Charlie Faber, in his first game in almost a month, had 2 hits with a double and scored 2 runs. 2B Tony Weninger had 2 hits and a walk and had an RBI. SS T.R. Hunter had 2 hits and an RBI. CF Dickie Stemen had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. PH Mike Volkman had a hit and an RBI.

For Orlando, LF Barry Magee hit his 6th home run of the season, drew a walk and had 2 RBI.

The Juice had 2 players injured during the game. They announced that C Dennis Blaser had a strained back and would probably miss 3 weeks and CF Pete Thompson had a strained hamstring and would likely miss 4 to 5 weeks.

[Questdog]

Sunday, August 7, 2005

Orlando Juice (58-51 .532 7.5 GB in 4th place in the Southern Division) at
Jacksonville Jays (66-44 .600 2 GA in 1st place in the Southern Division)

ORL: Antonio Perez (30-L) (12-5 3.47 ERA 163.1 IP, 153 H, 13 HR, 42 BB, 81 SO) All-Star
JAX: Tommy Keyser (26-L) (7-3 1.67 ERA 75.2 IP, 59 H, 1 HR, 22 BB, 41 SO) Rookie

Perez is 2-0 in 2 starts against the Jays this season with a CG and a 1.06 ERA. 17 IP, 11 H, 1 HR, 3 BB, 3 SO. In 10 starts against us in his career, we have never tagged him with a loss....

Keyser has pitched 2 shutouts in a row and won his last 4 starts. Last time out, it was a 4 hit shutout with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts at Birmingham, the top scoring team in the MLB.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS-SB DEF)
ORLANDO
1: 3B Ernie Patterson (24-R .254-389-1-30-.595-19 A+) All-Star(02)/Gold Glove(4: 01-04)
2: SS Danny Hutchinson (26-R .292-391-2-43-.686-10 B+) All-Star(02)
3: RF Gil Weaver (27-L .330-358-17-48-.952-3 C) Silver Slugger(03)/All-Star(4: 01-03,05)
4: 2B Tom Howard (29-R .244-418-11-40-.676-17 B+) All-Star(04)
5: 1B Herman Chance (35-R .254-319-17-50-.756-2 C+) All-Star(2: 03-04)
6: CF Barry Magee (33-L .239-142-6-24-.755-2 C)
7: LF Mike Glantz (34-R .273-22-0-0-.606-0 C+)
8: C Ricky Tejada (31-L .111-9-0-1-.472-0 C+)
9: P Antonio Perez (30-S .212-52-0-4-.472-0 F) All-Star

JACKSONVILLE
1: 3B Charlie Faber (34-R .243-136-0-4-.619-2 B+)
2: 2B Tony Weninger (24-R .316-431-5-52-.798-17 A)
3: SS T.R. Hunter (28-R .277-393-4-39-.680-6 B+) All-Star(3: 02-04)
4: RF Ray McDonald (25-L .299-412-12-68-.841-23 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
5: 1B Tom McDowell (28-R .256-399-16-55-.718-14 B)
6: CF Dickie Stemen (30-R .275-149-1-11-.668-0 B)
7: LF Cal Doty (28-L .284-348-7-41-.767-11 B+) All-Star(2: 04-05)
8: C Bert Swope (33-S .250-8-0-0-.500-0 B)
9: P Tommy Keyser (26-R .083-24-0-1-.203-0 B) Rookie

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Weather: 77 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to center
Attendance: 14,824

The largest regular season crowd of all-time, outside of the home opener!

Top of the First
Ernie Patterson tries to bunt his way on, but P Tommy Keyser makes the play, 1-3! Danny Hutchinson lines a double off the wall in right... Gil Weaver strikes out on 3 pitches! Tom Howard hits one deep down the right field line that is a no doubt home run, if it stays fair......foul ball! He hits the next pitch fair, to deep center, but Dickie Stemen runs it down!

Bottom of the First
Charlie Faber, the greatest leadoff hitter ever, grounds a hit to right! Tony Weninger grounds a hit up the middle and Faber beats the throw to 3rd! T.R. Hunter strikes out.... Ray McDonald lines out to center and Faber stays put at 3rd.... Tom McDowell grounds out to 3rd.... A runner on 3rd with no outs and no runs.... That was our chance right there and we blew it....

Bottom of the Second
With 2 outs, Bert Swope pokes a hit to left center. P Tommy Keyser lines a hit to right center. I was wrong and the 1st inning was not the last chance we would have this game! Charlie Faber walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with 2 outs. Tony Weninger grounds the first pitch up the middle for a hit and 2 runs score!! 2 to 0, Jays! Sometimes, it is good to be wrong!

Top of the Fourth
P Tommy Keyser strikes out the side in order! Their 2-3-4 hitters!

Bottom of the Fourth
Cal Doty hits a home run to right! 3 to 0, Jays! Our first home run in 10 games!

Top of the Seventh
Gil Weaver and Tom Howard lead off with back to back hits... The Bullpen gets up. Herman Chance grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4, and Weaver goes to 3rd. Barry Magee grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Chance goes to 2nd, but Weaver holds at 3rd! Mike Glantz lines the first pitch to center for a double and both runners score... 3 to 2, Jays.

Bottom of the Seventh
PH Bart Daw (33-R), the only righty we have on the bench, grounds out to 3rd. Charlie Faber doubles down the right field line! With 2 outs, T.R. Hunter doubles down the left field line and Faber scores! 4 to 2, Jays! Ray McDonald doubles to center and Hunter scores! 5 to 2, Jays! Now THAT is using the whole field! That does it for P Antonio Perez. New Pitcher: Rick Delaney (26-R), a rookie, who is 0-2 with 2 SV and a 4.67 ERA in 27 IP. Tom McDowell pokes a hit over the 2nd baseman and McDonald scores! 6 to 2, Jays! Can we pin our first loss ever on P Perez? Dickie Stemen grounds a hit to left and McDowell beats the throw to 3rd! Cal Doty lines a hit to left center and McDowell scores! 7 to 2, Jays!

Top of the Eighth
New Pitcher: Roger Wallace (30-R). Bob Hutson (22-L) is in to catch in a double switch. With 1 out, Ernie Patterson gets beaned. Danny Hutchinson doubles to right center and Patterson scores and Hutchinson ends up on 3rd... 7 to 3, Jays. The Bullpen hops up. Gil Weaver pops out to short! Tom Howard lines out to short!

Bottom of the Eighth
New Pitcher: Bob Carroll (29-R), who gave us a run in an inning yesterday. Bob Hutson grounds a hit to left. PH Jack Washburn (23-L), who will stay in to play 1st and send Tom McDowell over to 3rd, doubles to left center! With the infield in, Tony Weninger still manages to beat out an infield hit and Hutson scores! 8 to 3, Jays! T.R. Hunter grounds into a 3-6-1 double play and Washburn scores.... His GDP are becoming a major pain in the arse... 9 to 3, Jays!

Won - 9 to 3

We had 18 hits and made no errors
Orlando had 5 hits (3 doubles) and made no errors

Tommy Keyser (W 8-3) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. 5 wins in a row!
RHP Roger Wallace went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 1 hit, 1 HBP and struck out 3.

Antonio Perez (L 12-6) went 6.2 innings, gave us 6 runs, 11 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3.

3B Charlie Faber had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored a run. PH/1B Jack Washburn hit a double and scored a run. 2B Tony Weninger had 3 hits and 3 RBI. SS T.R. Hunter had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Ray McDonald had 2 hits with a double, was hit by a pitch, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B/3B Tom McDowell had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Cal Doty had 2 hits with hit 8th home run of the season and 2 RBI. C Bob Hutson had a hit and scored a run in his only at bat.