The Portland Beavers, est. 2001

[Questdog]

Tuesday, July 10, 2001 The All-Star Game

The All-Star Game is in Houston.

Here are the starters for both sides:
Pitcher (Age Throws W-L ERA IP H HR BB S0)
Batter (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-SB OPS)

American League
P Jackie Denison, Cleveland (26 L 10-1 1.56 115.2 IP 81 H 9 HR 27 BB 92 SO)
C General Windsor, Minnesota (31 R .338-18-60-0 1.041)
1B Phil Turpen, Seattle (31 L .318-22-63-1 .949)
2B John Klemin, Tampa Bay (31 R .309-3-37-21 .747)
3B Steve Carrillo, Detroit (27 L .383-18-66-2 1.015)
SS Ty Bridges, Kansas City (28 R .354-0-35-36 .882)
LF Mike Pasqualetti, Boston (27 L .284-10-50-30 .918)
CF Brett McDonald, Seattle (23 S .271-7-40-13 .771)
RF Ken Buchanan, Toronto (28 R .301-20-55-9 .947)

Voted in, but injured:
LF Juan Cruz, Tampa Bay (33 R .309-11-52-3 .868)
CF Tony Bennet, Kansas City (30 L .309-15-42-14 .923)

National League
P Paul McDonald, Houston (32 R 10-3 2.27 126.2 IP 104 H 9 HR 20 BB 77 SO)
C Howard Morrell, Houston (27 R .324-18-59-0 1.005)
1B Marv Helton, Pittsburgh (25 L .399-15-73-0 1.098)
2B Dave Guillory, San Francisco (25 L .287-8-49-12 .746)
3B Larry Menard, Chicago (N) (34 R .270-13-45-1 .742)
SS Dick Hedrick, Pittsburgh (26 L .360-10-59-0 .940)
LF Mike Cane, Houston (28 L .270-23-73-2 .847)
CF Gary Brown, New York (N) (27 L .284-6-25-24 .901)
RF Arturo Guerra, Chicago (N) (34 L .343-24-46-0 1.029)

Voted In, but injured:
CF Ron Vayo, Cincinnati (28 L .310-12-31-3 1.011)

The American League won 9 to 3.

RF Ken Buchanan of Toronto was the MVP.
He hit 2 home runs and had 5 RBIs.

No Portland Beavers were asked to participate.

[Questdog]

I will be out of action until after the first of the year.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

See you in 2017!

[Questdog]

Tuesday, July 10, 2001

Down on the Farm: The International League (AAA) held their All-Star Game (not the greatest scheduling idea to have it on the same night as the major league one....). The following Indianapolis Indians were selected to play: SP Billy Rueter (28 R), RP Freddy Arana (25 R) and C Paul Stewart (26 R). Rueter and Arana have already seen action with the Beavers and Stewart is the next catcher in line to get a shot. He started in the game and went 0 for 2 but had an RBI in a losing cause. Neither of our pitchers fared very well with Rueter allowing a run in his inning and Arana giving up a couple of hits and a walk in 2/3 of and inning.

[Questdog]

Thursday, July 12, 2001

CF Rich Babbin was activated from the Disabled List and RF Eddie Cabrales was sent back to Indianapolis. We also sent 1B Rick Deveney to Indianapolis and called up 1B Eric McCornack.

The Montreal Expos and their manager, Alex Zendejas (46), are in Portland to kick off the second half with a 4-game series through the weekend. All of the Beavers had three days of rest and relaxation, but two of the Expos had to play baseball over the All-Star Break: SP Doug Stone (33 L) and his batterymate, C Dwight Smith (28 R). The first time we met them, we lost 3 of 4 in Montreal. April 5-8. We had to go 15 innings before we got the one win. They are 11th in runs scored with 3.8 per game (Portland is #16 (last) with 3.5). They lead the National League in fewest runs allowed with 3.4 per game (Portland is #12 with 4.7).

Montreal Expos (49-39 .557 5.5 GB in 3rd place in the NL East) at
Portland Beavers (31-55 .360 24.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Doug Stone, Mtl (33 L 9-1 1.65 7.0-0.5-2.0-5.6 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Angel Rodriguez, Por (23 R 3-0 3.14 5.3-1.9-4.7-6.0)

On April 8, Stone beat us, 7 to 2, in Montreal. He gave us 1 run, 6 hits, 3 walks and struck out 4 in 5 innings. He leads the league in ERA.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
MONTREAL
1: CF Mario Ochoa (26 L .172-1-1-.454 in 58 AB)
2: 2B Oscar Quinones (28 R .272-7-37-.689 in 356 AB)
3: C Dwight Smith (28 R .317-24-52-.994 in 300 AB)
4: RF Terry Hall (28 R .226-6-26-.677 in 230 AB)
5: SS Paul Cook (26 L .246-18-43-.771 in 285 AB)
6: 3B Bob Waligora (31 R .111-1-5-.325 in 54 AB)
7: LF Ray Barnard (24 L .273-7-29-.766 in 238 AB)
8: 1B Andres Espino (24 R Major League Debut .336-0-23-.815 in AA)
9: P Doug Stone (33 L .098-0-2-.241 in 41 AB)

PORTLAND
1: SS Rick Ferrell (26 R .208-1-8-.524 in 125 AB)
2: LF Jerry Alston (28 L .301-0-7-.746 in 133 AB)
3: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .320-8-31-.849 in 250 AB)
4: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .282-1-6-.654 in 124 AB)
5: C Ron Charles (30 R .259-3-15-.670 in 112 AB)
6: 1B Jim Eighmy (27 R .240-4-10-.748 in 104 AB)
7: CF Vicente Saavedra (26 R .138-0-1-.380 in 29 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .193-0-5-.555 in 57 AB)
9: P Angel Rodriguez (23 R .333-1-3-.917 in 12 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 69 deg. Clear Skies with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to left.

Mario Ochoa swings at the first pitch of the game and grounds out to 2nd. Oscar Quinones grounds out to 3rd. 2 outs. All-Star catcher Dwight Smith strikes out! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the 1st: Rick Ferrell draws a walk to get us started. Jerry Alston grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and Ferrell moves up to 2nd. Lebron Williams grounds a hit through the right side, but Ferrell stops at 3rd. That is not good; we might not get a better chance to score in the whole game. Joe Hartin works the count full and then bounces a slow one down to 3rd and he is thrown out, but Ferrell scores and Williams goes to 2nd. 1 to 0, Beavers! 2 outs. Ron Charles flies out to center.

Top of the 2nd: With 1 out, Paul Cook crushes one to right for a home run. 465 ft. Tie game, 1 to 1.

Top of the 4th: Paul Cook leads off with a double and with 1 out, another double by Ray Barnard scores a run. 2 to 1, Expos.

Top of the 7th: Ray Barnard leads off with a walk. Andres Espino bunts him over and PH Ted Triebold sends him to 3rd with a single. The Bullpen is activated. Mario Ochoa lines a hit to right and Barnard scores. 3 to 1, Expos. Oscar Quinones homers to left. 6 to 1, Expos.

Lost - 8 to 2

We had 10 hits and made no errors.
The Expos had 9 hits and made no errors.

Angel Rodriguez (L 3-1) went 6.1 innings, allowed 6 runs, 7 hits, 1 HBP, 2 walks and struck out 6. 6 good innings and then we let him hit with runners on base....
RHP Bruce Byrd went 1.2 hitless innings with a strikeout.
RHP Larry Castillo went 1 inning, allowed 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.

Doug Stone (W 10-1) went 6 innings, gave us 1 run, 7 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 7.

LF Jerry Alston had 2 hits and scored a run. RF Lebron Williams had 3 hits and a walk, but no runs or RBIs. 1B Jim Eighmy had 2 hits. PH Frank Wiginton drew a bases-loaded walk.

For the Expos, 2B Oscar Quinones had 2 hits with his 8th home run of the season and had 3 RBIs. SS Paul Cook hit a double and his 19th home run of the year and scored twice.

[Questdog]

Friday, July 13, 2001

Montreal Expos (50-39 .562 5.5 GB in 3rd place in the NL East) at
Portland Beavers (31-56 .356 25.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Manny Fernandez, Mtl (28 R 9-6 3.22 8.1-0.8-2.1-5.6 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Alan Gross, Por (27 L 3-4 3.75 8.8-1.0-3.1-6.7)

On April 7, Fernandez beat us, 8 to 1, in Montreal. He gave us 1 unearned run, walked 3 and struck out 6 in a complete game 4-hitter.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
MONTREAL
1: LF Bradley Hibbert (27 L .306-4-28-.768 in 193 AB)
2: 3B Bob Waligora (31 R .103-1-5-.303 in 58 AB)
3: C Dwight Smith (28 R .316-24-54-.993 in 304 AB)
4: RF Terry Hall (28 R .221-6-26-.663 in 235 AB)
5: 2B Oscar Quinones (28 R .274-8-40-.699 in 361 AB)
6: SS Paul Cook (26 L .249-19-44-.788 in 289 AB)
7: 1B Darrell Ehrlich (31 L .230-6-25-.680 in 217 AB)
8: CF Mario Ochoa (26 L .177-1-2-.469 in 62 AB)
9: P Manny Fernandez (28 R .267-0-1-.587 in 45 AB)

PORTLAND
1: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .283-4-36-.804 in 244 AB)
2: CF Jerry Alston (28 L .304-0-7-.748 in 138 AB)
3: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .281-1-7-.654 in 128 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .327-8-31-.861 in 254 AB)
5: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S First M.L. Start .000-0-0-.000 in 1 AB .320-6-33-.893 in 169 AB in AA/AAA)
6: C Ron Charles (30 R .252-3-15-.653 in 115 AB)
7: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .180-0-9-.463 in 172 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .200-0-5-.571 in 60 AB)
9: P Alan Gross (27 L .333-0-3-.813 in 33 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 63 deg. Clear Skies with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to center.

Bradley Hibbert flies out to center, where Jerry Alston makes a great catch! Bob Waligora grounds out to 3rd. Dwight Smith strikes out! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the 1st: Frank Wiginton draws a walk. Jerry Alston grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Hartin grounds out to 2nd, Oscar Quinones making a great diving stop.

Bottom of the 3rd: Randy Penn leads off with a liner into center for a hit and then Ivan Lopez triples over the center fielder's head! 1 to 0, Beavers! With 2 outs, Jerry Alston beats out an infield hit and Lopez scores! 2 to 0, Beavers!

Top of the 7th: Terry Hall leads off with a walk and then Oscar Quinones triples. 2 to 1, Beavers. Bullpen is up. With 1 out, PH Ted Triebold beats out an infield hit and Quinones scores to tied the game at 2. The Expos send up 3 straight pinch-hitters, but then let the pitcher hit with 2 outs and a runner in scoring position.... When the Expos take the field in the bottom half of the 7th, they empty their bench....

Top of the 9th: Still 2 all. On the Hill: RHP Ron Beckman, beginning his 2nd inning of work. Terry Hall strikes out. Oscar Quinones lines a hit to left. 1B Andres Espino flies out to right. CF Ray Barnard draws a walk. SS Dale Stiles flies out to right!

Bottom of the 9th: New pitcher: RHP Jim Roussell, their closer. 2.61 ERA and 28 SV. With 1 out, Lebron Williams doubles to right! Eric McCornack grounds a single to left and Williams stops at 3rd. Why? You can't score on a ground ball single? Pinch-Hitter: LHB Rich Babbin. He pops out to short.... 2 outs. Pinch-Hitter: RHB Jim Eighmy. Full count and he grounds a hit up the middle and THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 3 to 2

We had 8 hits and made no errors.
The Expos had 6 hits and made no errors.

Alan Gross went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 8. He seems to be our staff ace right now.
RHP Ron Beckman (W 2-6) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 1.

Manny Fernandez went 8 innings, gave us 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6.
RHP Jim Roussell (L 1-6) went 2/3 of an inning, gave us 1 run and 3 hits.

LF Frank Wiginton hit a double and drew a walk. CF Jerry Alston had 2 hits with a double, stole a base and had an RBI. RF Lebron Williams hit a double and scored the winning run. 1B Eric McCornack went 1 for 4 with his first major league hit. C Ron Charles was 0 for 3 with 3 strikeouts. PH Jim Eighmy had THE hit and THE RBI. SS Ivan Lopez hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI.

For the Expos, 2B Oscar Quinones had 3 hits with a triple, scored a run and had an RBI and made two diving stops of ground balls for outs.

[Questdog]

Saturday, July 14, 2001

Montreal Expos (50-40 .556 6 GB in 3rd place in the NL East) at
Portland Beavers (32-56 .364 25.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Steve Lowenstein, Mtl (33 R 8-4 3.26 8.2-0.4-2.2-5.2 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Tony Ricketts, Por (26 R 3-9 4.09 8.8-1.4-1.7-5.4)

On April 5, Lowenstein beat us, 3 to 1, in Montreal. He gave us 1 run, 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1 in 8 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
MONTREAL
1: CF Mario Ochoa (26 L .172-1-2-.455 in 64 AB)
2: 2B Oscar Quinones (28 R .279-8-41-.713 in 365 AB)
3: C Dwight Smith (28 R .312-24-54-.980 in 308 AB)
4: RF Terry Hall (28 R .218-6-26-.658 in 238 AB)
5: SS Paul Cook (26 L .248-19-44-.787 in 290 AB)
6: LF Bradley Hibbert (27 L .305-4-28-.763 in 197 AB)
7: 3B Bob Waligora (31 R .113-1-5-.315 in 62 AB)
8: 1B Darrell Ehrlich (31 L .228-6-25-.675 in 219 AB)
9: P Steve Lowenstein (33 S .073-0-1-.168 in 41 AB)

PORTLAND
1: RF Jerry Alston (28 L .310-0-8-.761 in 142 AB)
2: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .183-0-9-.467 in 175 AB)
3: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .283-4-36-.809 in 247 AB)
4: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .266-7-35-.787 in 207 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .273-1-7-.635 in 132 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .200-0-0-.400 in 5 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .246-3-15-.637 in 118 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .206-0-6-.607 in 63 AB)
9: P Tony Ricketts (26 R .111-0-1-.284 in 27 AB)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Weather: 78 deg. Clear Skies with an 8 MPH wind blowing right to left.

Mario Ochoa strikes out! Oscar Quinones flies out to center. Dwight Smith grounds out to 1st! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the 1st: Jerry Alston lines out to right. Randy Penn grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Frank Wiginton grounds a hit to left. Rich Babbin grounds out to 2nd.

Top of the 3rd: Darrel Ehrlich leads off with a walk, P Steve Lowenstein bunts him over to 2nd and Mario Ochoa singles to score the run. 1 to 0, Expos. Oscar Quinones singles to right and Ochoa goes to 3rd. Dwight Smith strikes out looking! 2 outs. 2-2 pitch to Terry Hall and he lines hit up the middle. 2 to 0, Expos.

Bottom of the 6th: Jerry Alston leads off with a double. With 1 out, Frank Wiginton beats out and infield hit to put runners at 1st and 3rd. Rich Babbin strikes out. 2 down. Joe Hartin lines a hit to left! 2 to 1, Expos.

Bottom of the 7th: New pitcher: RHP Jim Harmon. With 1 out, Ivan Lopez beats out an infield hit and goes to 2nd when PH Lebron Williams grounds out. Jerry Alston draws and walk. Randy Penn lines a hit to left center and Lopez scores! Tied at 2!

Top of the 8th: New Pitcher: LHP Pedro Huerta. He strikes out the side, 1-2-3!

Top of the 9th: Dwight Smith strikes out! Terry Hall strikes out! Pinch-hitter: RHB Robbie Gray. 1-2 pitch and he grounds out to short!

Bottom of the 9th: On the hill: LHP Robby Hermosillo. Our bench is empty, except for C Rich Nolan. We go down in order.

Extras!

Top of the 10th: Pinch-hitter: RHB Ted Triebold. He walks and then steals 2nd. After which, Bob Waligora is walked intentionally. Hmmm.... Darrell Ehrlich bunts the runners up to 2nd and 3rd. RF Ray Barnard is walked intentionally. Double Hmmm.... Triple Hmmm....when Mario Ochoa walks on 4 pitches.... 3 to 2, Expos. Stupid idiots.... Call to the Bullpen: RHP Larry Castillo. Full count to Oscar Quinones and he walks.... 4 to 2, Expos. I HATE intentional walks!!! Now Dwight Smith is up. He is 2nd in the league in home runs. He has done nothing this series, but a Grand Slam would not be a surprise.... He grounds into a 5-2-3 double play!

Bottom of the 10th: New pitcher: Jim Roussell, their closer. Randy Penn leads off with a grounder up the middle for a hit. Pinch-Hitter: LHB Rich Nolan. He lines a 3-1 pitch to right for a hit. CF Vicente Saavedra is up. He strikes out. He grounds into an unassisted force a t 3rd. 2 outs. 1B Jim Eighmy grounds out to 3rd. Ballgame. I HATE intentional walks....

Lost - 4 to 2 in 10 innings

We had 10 hits and made no errors.
The Expos had 5 hits and made no errors.

Tony Ricketts went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, no walks and struck out 7.
LHP Pedro Huerta went 2.1 innings, allowed 2 runs, no hits, 4 walks (2 INT) and struck out 5 (in a row). I HATE intentional walks....
RHP Larry Castillo went 2/3 of an inning and allowed a walk with the bases loaded.

Steve Lowenstein went 6 innings, gave us 1 run, 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6.
LHP Robby Hermosillo (W 2-3) went 2 hitless innings, gave us a walk and struck out 4.
RHP Jim Roussell (SV 29) went 1 inning, gave us 2 hits and struck out 1.

RF Jerry Alston had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored a run. 2B Randy Penn had 2 hits with a double and an RBI. LF Frank Wiginton had 2 hits. PH Rich Nolan had a hit.

[Questdog]

Sunday, July 15, 2001

Montreal Expos (51-40 .560 6 GB in 3rd place in the NL East) at
Portland Beavers (32-57 .360 25.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Bob Adair, Mtl (29 L 8-5 2.87 7.7-0.7-2.5-4.9 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Pete Reilly, Por (27 R 5-3 3.82 8.9-1.4-5.4-4.7)

Adair was the starter when we won our only game in Montreal, 3 to 2, in 15 innings. He gave us 1 run, 7 hits, no walks and struck out 3 in 7 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
MONTREAL
1: CF Mario Ochoa (26 L .176-1-4-.468 in 68 AB)
2: 2B Oscar Quinones (28 R .279-8-42-.712 in 369 AB)
3: C Dwight Smith (28 R .307-24-54-.965 in 313 AB)
4: RF Terry Hall (28 R .219-6-27-.656 in 242 AB)
5: SS Paul Cook (26 L .249-19-44-.786 in 293 AB)
6: LF Bradley Hibbert (27 L .300-4-28-.752 in 200 AB)
7: 3B Bob Waligora (31 R .108-1-5-.313 in 65 AB)
8: 1B Darrell Ehrlich (31 L .230-6-25-.674 in 222 AB)
9: P Bob Adair (29 L .065-0-2-.223 in 31 AB)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Rick Ferrell (26 R .198-1-8-.506 in 131 AB)
2: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .287-4-36-.811 in 251 AB)
3: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .323-8-31-.853 in 260 AB)
4: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .272-1-8-.636 in 136 AB)
5: C Ron Charles (30 R .238-3-15-.617 in 122 AB)
6: 1B Jim Eighmy (27 R .257-4-11-.782 in 109 AB)
7: CF Vicente Saavedra (26 R .152-0-1-.395 in 33 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .209-0-6-.601 in 67 AB)
9: P Pete Reilly (27 R .261-0-4-.565 in 23 AB)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Weather: 67 deg. Overcast with an 8 MPH wind blowing left to right.

Mario Ochoa tries to bunt his way on, but is thrown out, 1-3. Oscar Quinones walks on 4 pitches. Dwight Smith grounds a 3-2 pitch into left for a hit. Terry Hall strikes out on 3 pitches! 2 outs. Paul Cook flies out to center.

Bottom of the 1st: Rick Ferrell mimics Mario Ochoa with the same result, 1-3. Frank Wiginton grounds out to short on a 3-2 pitch. Lebron Williams grounds out to 1st.

Bottom of the 2nd: With 1 out, Ron Charles walks and goes to 2nd on a passed ball. Jim Eighmy grounds a hit up the middle, but Charles is thrown out at the plate.

Top of the 3rd: With 1 out, Mario Ochoa, Oscar Quinones and Dwight Smith all single and the Expos score the first run of the game.

Bottom of the 3rd: With 2 outs, Frank Wiginton hits a home run to left! 1 to 1.

Top of the 6th: With 2 outs, Paul Cook homers to right. 445 ft. 2 to 1, Expos.

Bottom of the 6th: Frank Wiginton leads off with a bunt single and goes to 2nd on a passed ball. Lebron Williams singles to left to put runners at 1st and 3rd with no outs. New pitcher: RHP Gary Gaertner. Joe Hartin strikes out. Ron Charles lines out to left and Wiginton tags up and beats the throw home! Tie game! 2 to 2.

Top of the 8th: New pitcher: RHP Ron Beckman. Mario Ochoa, hitting .183 with 1 home run in 71 at bats, leads off with a home run to right.... 3 to 2, Expos.

Bottom of the 9th: New pitcher: RHP Jeff Trousil, not their closer. 3.72 ERA with 2 SV in 19.1 IP. 21 H and 12 BB and 17 SO. We go down in order....

Lost - 3 to 2

We had 6 hits and made 1 error.
The Expos had 7 hits and made 1 error.

Pete Reilly went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk (nice! walks have been his bugaboo so far) and struck out 7.
RHP Ron Beckman (L 2-7) went 1.2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Mike Meyer faced 1 batter and retired him.

Bob Adair went 5 innings, gave us 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 3. He threw a WP.
RHP Gary Gaertner (W 3-3) went 2 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit, 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Jeff Trousil (SV 3) went 1 perfect inning and struck out 2.

LF Frank Wiginton had 2 hits with his 5th home run of the season, drew a walk and scored both of our runs. C Ron Charles had 2 walks and a SF. PH Jerry Alston had a hit.

For the Expos, CF Mario Ochoa had 3 hits with his 2nd home run of the year and scored 2 runs. SS Paul Cook hit his 20th home run and drew a walk.

[Questdog]

July 16, 2001

Monday Morning Report

AL Player of the Week - Brett McDonald, cf, Seattle (23 S .284/.362/.455) Had 8 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 2 SB, 6 R and 7 RBI in 4 G
NL Player of the Week - Jerry Ford, rf, Pittsburgh (30 R .282/.344/.466) Had 7 hits with 1 2B, 3 HR, 6 R and 10 RBI in 4 G

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

July 12: RF Jerry Ford of Pittsburgh hit 2 home runs at home versus St. Louis. He walked twice, scored 3 runs and had 5 RBIs. The Pirates won, 8 to 4.
July 12: C Miguel Colorado of Miami hit 2 home runs at Los Angeles (N). He drew a walk and had 4 RBIs. The Marlins won, 9 to 6.
July 12: LF Stan Cook of Oakland hit 2 home runs at home versus Tampa Bay. He drew a walk and had 4 RBIs. The A's won, 6 to 4.
July 13: LF Dennis Pittarelli hit 2 home runs at Toronto. He had 3 hits and 5 RBIs. The Mariners won, 11 to 2.
July 13: SS Tony Davila of Minnesota hit 2 home runs at home versus New York (A) in the 2nd game of a double header. He had 4 hits, scored 4 runs and had 6 RBIs. In the 3rd inning, he hit a Grand Slam. The Twins won, 11 to 1.
July 13: 3B John Johnson of Tampa Bay hit 2 home runs at Oakland. He drew 2 walks and scored 3 runs. The Rays won, 19 to 5.
July 14: C Howard Morrell of Houston hit 2 home runs at home versus Cincinnati. The Astros lost, 6 to 2.
July 14: SS Tadanobu Takemura of Milwaukee hit 2 home runs at home versus Detroit. The Brewers lost, 9 to 4.
July 14: RHP Mark McDonald of Oakland pitched a 3-hit shutout at home versus Tampa Bay, one day after the Rays scored 19 runs against the A's. He walked 1 and struck out 7. At bat, he hit a double and had 2 RBIs. It was his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 8-4 with a 2.84 ERA. The A's won, 8 to 0.
July 14: C Doug David of Seattle hit 2 home runs at Toronto. He drew a walk and had 3 RBIs. The Mariners won, 6 to 5, in 11 innings.
July 15: One day after he pitch 8 shutout inning at Arizona, the Atlanta Braves traded SP Fran Johnson (27 R 7-9 3.61 ERA 117.1 IP) to Colorado for 1B Ron Newberry (25 L .299-2-12-.809 in 87 AB) and CF Ramon Chavez (19 R .212-2-9-.701 in 52 AB in Rookie Ball). Chavez can run and field, but does not look like he will ever hit much.
July 15: RHP Dale Priddy of Philadelphia pitched 4-hit shutout at home versus San Francisco. He did not walk a batter and struck out 2. He is now 7-5 with a 2.65 ERA. C Fred Wann hit 3 home runs. He drew a walk, scored 4 runs and had 4 RBIs. The Phillies won, 7 to 0.
July 15: CF Tim Morton of San Diego hit 2 home runs at home versus New York (N). He also hit a double and drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBIs. The Padres won, 7 to 1.

Random Fact of the Week: The Beavers do three things decently: our batters don't strike out a ton (8th in the NL) and our pitchers don't walk a lot (5th fewest in the NL) and we also field decently. Other than that, we are near or at the bottom in everything....

[Questdog]

Monday, July 16, 2001

We are in Pittsburgh to begin a 4-game series with manager Larry Bookout (60) and some of our old teammates. They won 3 of 4 from the Cardinals here to begin the second half. They first time we met them, they swept us in 4 games in Portland, May 3-6. They are 3rd in the league in scoring with 5.1 runs per game (Portland is #16 (last) with 3.5). They lead the league in doubles and walks. They would be last in stolen bases if not for the Beavers. They are 9th in runs allowed with 4.3 per game (Portland is #12 with 4.7).

Portland Beavers (32-58 .356 26.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West) at
Pittsburgh Pirates (56-33 .629 0.5 GB in 2nd place in the NL East)

Ron Rau, Por (29 R 5-8 3.92 10.2-1.1-2.0-4.7 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Edmondo Buenaventura, Pit (31 R 3-11 4.97 10.5-0.7-2.8-5.5)

Of course, we have not faced our old ace, Buenaventura, before. He went 1-8 for us with a 5.90 ERA. Since being traded to Pittsburgh, he is 2-3 with a 3.23 ERA.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .291-5-37-.831 in 254 AB)
2: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .188-0-10-.479 in 181 AB)
3: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .259-7-35-.770 in 212 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .322-8-31-.848 in 264 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .271-1-8-.632 in 140 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .222-0-0-.444 in 9 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .236-3-16-.621 in 123 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .203-0-6-.594 in 69 AB)
9: P Ron Rau (29 R .091-0-0-.221 in 22 AB)

PITTSBURGH
1: 2B Hilton Waggoner (23 R .264-2-35-.709 in 345 AB)
2: 1B Marv Helton (25 L .389-15-76-1.069 in 337 AB)
3: CF Eddie Jasper (27 R .262-7-37-.746 in 290 AB)
4: SS Dick Hedrick (26 L .363-10-61-.950 in 347 AB)
5: RF Jerry Ford (30 R .282-13-62-.810 in 337 AB)
6: 3B Dave Lantz (32 L .241-6-35-.713 in 266 AB)
7: C Masanori Ishii (32 R .242-7-23-.666 in 277 AB)
8: LF Ron Yarnell (30 R .203-2-6-.660 in 69 AB)
9: P Edmondo Buenaventura (31 R .107-0-2-.245 in 28 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 62 deg. Overcast with an 8 MPH wind blowing out to center.

Frank Wiginton grounds out to 1st. Randy Penn strikes out. Rich Babbin flies out to center.

Bottom of the 1st: Hilton Waggoner strikes out! Marv Helton, who leads the league with his .389 average, bounces a hit to right. Eddie Jasper grounds one to 3rd for an easy double play, only Joe Hartin makes a bad throw to 2nd and no one is out. E-5. Dick Hedrick, who is 2nd to Helton in the league with his .363 average, grounds a hit to left and Helton beats the throw to the plate. 1 to 0, Pirates. Jerry Ford walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up. Full count to Dave Lantz and he takes ball four.... 2 to 0, Pirates. Our old catcher, Masanori Ishii, pops out to 2nd. 2 outs. Ron Yarnell flies out to left.

Top of the 2nd: 3 straight singles to lead off the inning by Lebron Williams, Joe Hartin and Eric McCornack gives us a run and puts runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs. 2 to 1, Pirates. We get two outs and no more runs, but then P Ron Rau beats out and infield hit to tied the game at 2!

Bottom of the 5th: With 1 out, Eddie Jasper singles and then Dick Hedrick hit s a home run to right center. 4 to 2, Pirates.

Bottom of the 6th: With 1 out, Marv Helton hits a double. Call to the Bullpen: RHP Larry Castillo. With 2 outs, Dick Hedrick doubles. 5 to 2, Pirates.

Top of the 7th: with 2 outs, PH Jerry Alston hits a single. Frank Wiginton singles and Randy Penn walks to load the bases. New pitcher: LHP Ernesto Martinez. Pinch-Hitter: RHB Jim Eighmy. Wild Pitch! Alston scores! 5 to 3, Pirates. Eighmy walks to load them back up. Full count to Lebron Williams and he takes ball four! 5 to 4, Pirates. Joe Hartin hits an 0-1 pitch to deep left....could it? Yes!!! Grand Slam!!! 8 to 5, Beavers!

Bottom of the 7th: New Pitcher: RHP Mike Meyer. With 1 out, Masanori Ishii hits a home run. 8 to 6, Beavers.

Won - 8 to 6

We had 10 hits and made 1 error.
The Pirates had 13 hits and made 1 error.

Ron Rau went 5.1 innings, allowed 5 runs (4 earned), 7 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI.
RHP Larry Castillo (W 1-0) went 1 inning and allowed a hit.
RHP Mike Meyer faced 2 batters and gave up a run on a home run.
LHP Jim Ackley went 2/3 of an inning, allowed a hit and struck out 1.
RHP Bruce Byrd went 2/3 of an inning and allowed a hit.
LHP Pedro Huerta faced 1 batter and struck him out.
RHP Ron Beckman (SV 12) went 1 scoreless inning and allowed a hit and struck out 1.

Edmondo Buenaventura went 6.2 innings, gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5.
LHP Ernesto Martinez (L 2-2) faced 3 batters and gave us 3 runs on 2 walks and a Grand Slam.

2B Randy Penn had 2 hits and a walk, stole a base and scored a run. PH Jim Eighmy drew a walk and scored a run. RF Lebron Williams had 2 hits with a double and 2 walks, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 3B Joe Hartin had 2 hits with a Grand Slam, his 2nd home run of the season, and scored 2 runs. PH Jerry Alston had a hit and scored a run.

For the Pirates, 1B Marv Helton had 3 hits with a double and scored 2 runs. SS Dick Hedrick had 3 hits with his 11th home run of the year and had 4 RBIs. C Masanori Ishii had 3 hits with his 8th home run and drew a walk.

[Questdog]

Tuesday, July 17, 2001

Portland Beavers (33-58 .356 25.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West) at
Pittsburgh Pirates (56-34 .622 0.5 GB in 2nd place in the NL East)

Angel Rodriguez, Por (23 R 3-1 4.11 6.2-2.1-4.4-6.4 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Doug Nemec, Pit (29 R 6-2 4.17 9.3-0.5-4.5-7.1)

On May 3, we lost, 15 to 1, against Nemec in Portland. He only went 5 innings and gave us an unearned run on 4 hits and 3 walks and struck out 5.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .290-5-37-.823 in 259 AB)
2: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .195-0-10-.493 in 185 AB)
3: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .256-7-35-.760 in 215 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .326-8-32-.861 in 267 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .278-2-12-.663 in 144 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .231-0-1-.462 in 13 AB)
7: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .192-0-6-.563 in 73 AB)
8: C Rich Nolan (30 L .269-0-1-.809 in 26 AB)
9: P Angel Rodriguez (23 R .267-1-3-.733 in 15 AB)

PITTSBURGH
1: 2B Hilton Waggoner (23 R .259-2-35-.697 in 351 AB)
2: 1B Marv Helton (25 L .392-15-76-1.073 in 342 AB)
3: RF Eddie Jasper (27 R .261-7-37-.741 in 295 AB)
4: SS Dick Hedrick (26 L .366-11-65-.964 in 352 AB)
5: LF Jerry Ford (30 R .282-13-62-.812 in 340 AB)
6: 3B Dave Lantz (32 L .238-6-36-.710 in 269 AB)
7: C Masanori Ishii (32 R .249-8-24-.690 in 281 AB)
8: CF Jim Cooke (24 L .231-2-15-.588 in 147 AB)
9: P Doug Nemec (29 R .176-0-2-.516 in 17 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 64 deg. Rainy with a 10 MPH wind blowing out to center.

Frank Wiginton pops out to the catcher. Randy Penn grounds out to 2nd. Rich Babbin grounds out to short.

Bottom of the 1st: Hilton Waggoner plops an 0-2 pitch into shallow left for a hit. Marv Helton hits a home run to right center. 2 to 0, Pirates. Eddie Jasper pops a 3-2 pitch into shallow right and Randy Penn and Lebron Williams stare at each other while it falls between them for a hit. Dick Hedrick flies out to right on another 3-2 pitch. Jasper is off for 2nd on the first pitch to Jerry Ford, but Ford lines out to short and Ivan Lopez easily doubles Jasper off to end the inning!

Top of the 3rd: Ivan Lopez leads off with a single and steals 2nd. With 1 out, P Angel Rodriguez singles, but Lopez stops at 3rd. Frank Wiginton pops out to 2nd for the 2nd out.... Randy Penn grounds a single to right and Lopez scores! 2 to 1, Pirates.

Bottom of the 3rd: With 1 out, Marv Helton walks and then Eddie Jasper singles. With 2 outs, Jerry Ford singles and Helton scores. 3 to 1, Pirates.

Top of the 4th: We load the bases up with 1 out, but C Rich Nolan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.

Bottom of the 5th: New Pitcher: RHP Bruce Byrd. With 1 out, Dave Lantz doubles. Masanori Ishii draws a walk. Jim Cooke singles and Lantz scores. 4 to 1, Pirates. After P Doug Nemec bunts the runners up to 2nd and 3rd, Hilton Waggoner beats out an infield hit and Ishii scores. 5 to 1, Pirates.

Top of the 6th: Rich Babbin leads off with a single and Lebron Williams draws a walk. With 1 out, Eric McCornack singles and Babbin scores. Williams heads for 3rd and he scores when Eddie Jasper throws the ball away. 1B + E-9. 5 to 3, Pirates.

Top of the 7th: Pinch-Hitter: RHB Jim Eighmy. He grounds a hit to right. New Pitcher: RHP Neville Carter, our ex-relief ace. Frank Wiginton hits a lines to center that never comes down until he flies over the fence! Tie game! 5 to 5. That is only the 2nd home run Carter has allowed all season and his first as a Pirate.

Bottom of the 8th: 78 minute rain delay.

Top of the 9th: New pitcher: RHP Jimmy Nester, their closer. 2.11 ERA in 47 IP with 7 BB (3 INT) and 44 SO. With 1 out, Rich Babbin beats out an infield hit and then steals 2nd. Lebron Williams flies out to left. 2 down. Joe Hart dumps a little hit into left and Babbin races around and scores! 6 to 5, Beavers! We let P Jim Ackley hit, because our bullpen is not very rested and no one who is left on the bench can hit anyway. He flies out.

Bottom of the 9th: Jerry Ford flies out to right. Pinch-hitter: RHB Fred Pariseau, our old 2nd baseman. He drills one to deep center, but Rich Babbin catches it on the warning track! 2 outs. Masanori Ishii grounds out to 3rd! And THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 6 to 5

It is the first time we have scored 6 or more runs in back-to-back ball games in a month and the only two times we have scored 6 runs or more in July.
We also tied our record of hitting a home run in 3 straight games.

We had 10 hits and made 1 error.
The Pirates had 9 hits and made 3 errors.

Angel Rodriguez went 4 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks and struck out 1. 95 pitches. At bat, he had a hit.
RHP Bruce Byrd went 2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits and 1 walk.
LHP Pedro Huerta went 1+ innings and allowed a walk and struck out 1. He made 1 pitch in the 8th inning before the rain delay.
LHP Jim Ackley (W 2-2) went 2 hitless innings and allowed a walk.

Doug Nemec went 6+ Innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Jimmy Nester (L 2-2) went 1 inning, gave us 1 run and 2 hits.

LF Frank Wiginton hit his 6th home run of the season and had 2 RBIs. CF Rich Babbin had 2 hits, stole 2 bases (doubling his season total) and scored 2 runs. PH Jim Eighmy had a hit and scored a run.

For the Pirates, 1B Marv Helton hit his 16th home run of the year, drew a walk, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs.

[Questdog]

Wednesday, July 18, 2001

Portland Beavers (34-58 .370 24.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West) at
Pittsburgh Pirates (56-35 .615 0.5 GB in 2nd place in the NL East)

Alan Gross, Por (27 L 3-4 3.69 8.6-0.9-3.1-6.9 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Randy Carlson, Pit (28 R 7-5 3.58 9.3-1.0-3.0-4.6)

We have not faced Carlson before.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .289-6-39-.830 in 263 AB)
2: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .195-0-11-.491 in 190 AB)
3: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .260-7-35-.766 in 219 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .325-8-32-.858 in 271 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .275-2-13-.654 in 149 AB)
6: 1B Jim Eighmy (27 R .261-4-11-.781 in 115 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .228-3-16-.602 in 127 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .197-0-6-.575 in 76 AB)
9: P Alan Gross (27 L .314-0-3-.768 in 35 AB)

PITTSBURGH
1: 2B Hilton Waggoner (23 R .263-2-36-.706 in 354 AB)
2: 1B Marv Helton (25 L .390-16-78-1.077 in 346 AB)
3: RF Eddie Jasper (27 R .264-7-37-.746 in 299 AB)
4: SS Dick Hedrick (26 L .361-11-65-.952 in 357 AB)
5: LF Jerry Ford (30 R .281-13-63-.806 in 345 AB)
6: C Masanori Ishii (32 R .246-8-24-.687 in 284 AB)
7: 3B Dave Lantz (32 L .243-6-36-.722 in 272 AB)
8: CF Jim Cooke (24 L .233-2-16-.589 in 150 AB)
9: P Randy Carlson (28 S .154-0-1-.308 in 26 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 72 deg. Clear Skies with a 9 MPH wind blowing out to center.

Frank Wiginton flies out to center. Randy Penn grounds out to 1st. Rich Babbin grounds out to short.

Bottom of the 1st: Hilton Waggoner flies out to left. Marv Helton lines an 0-2 pitch to center for a hit. Eddie Jasper walks. Dick Hedrick doubles of the right field wall and both runners score. 2 to 0, Pirates. Jerry Ford flies out to left. 2 down. Full count to Masanori Ishii and he takes ball four. Full count to Dave Lantz and he takes ball four. Bases loaded. Jim Cooke strikes out!

Top of the 3rd: P Randy Carlson strikes us out in order, 1-2-3.

Top of the 5th: Joe Hartin leads off with a hit, our first of the game. With 2 outs, Ivan Lopez doubles down the left field line, but Hartin stops at 2rd. With 2 outs and the pitcher coming up, I think I would have sent him home.... P Alan Gross doubles! 2 runs score to tie the game!

Bottom of the 5th: With 1 out, Jerry Ford hits a home run to left. 3 to 2, Pirates.

Top of the 7th: New pitcher: RHP Greg Richey, our old teammate. 2.65 ERA since the trade. Jim Eighmy leads off by reaching on an error by SS Dick Hedrick. Ron Charles tries to bunt, but cannot make contact, so he beats out an infield hit instead. Pinch-Hitter: LHB Jerry Alston. He grounds into a 6-4-3 double play and Eighmy goes to 3rd. Pinch-Hitter: SHB Eric McCornack. He pops out to 3rd....

Top of the 9th: New pitcher: RHP Jimmy Nester, their closer. With 2 outs, Jim Eighmy sneds one deep to right, but it is caught in the warning track to end the game.

Lost - 3 to 2

In the last Monday Morning Report, I mentioned that our pitchers did not walk a lot of batters. In the three games since then, our starters have each walked 5....

We had 4 hits and made no errors.
The Pirates had 6 hits and made 1 error.

Alan Gross (L 3-5) went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he hit a double and knocked in both of our runs.
RHP Mike Meyer went 2 perfect innings and struck out 1.

Randy Carlson (W 8-5) went 5 innings, gave us 2 runs, 3 hits, 2 walks and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit.
RHP Jimmy Nester (SV 25) went 1 perfect inning.

SS Ivan Lopez hit a double and scored a run.

For the Pirates, LF Jerry Ford hit his 14th home run of the season.

[Questdog]

Thursday, July 19, 2001

Portland Beavers (34-59 .366 24.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West) at
Pittsburgh Pirates (57-35 .620 in 1st place in the NL East)

Tony Ricketts, Por (26 R 3-9 4.00 8.7-1.3-1.6-5.6 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Jerry Turner, Pit (28 R 10-3 3.21 9.9-0.6-3.2-7.9)

We lost, 7 to 6, on May 6 against Turner. In 6 IP, he gave us 2 runs, 6 hits, 4 walks and struck out 6.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .205-0-6-.598 in 78 AB)
2: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .256-7-35-.753 in 223 AB)
3: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .287-6-39-.828 in 265 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .320-8-32-.846 in 275 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .275-2-13-.650 in 153 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .222-0-2-.444 in 18 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .231-3-16-.603 in 130 AB)
8: 2B Rick Ferrell (26 R .193-1-8-.492 in 135 AB)
9: P Tony Ricketts (26 R .103-0-1-.265 in 29 AB)

PITTSBURGH
1: 2B Hilton Waggoner (23 R .263-2-36-.704 in 358 AB)
2: 1B Marv Helton (25 L .391-16-78-1.076 in 350 AB)
3: RF Eddie Jasper (27 R .262-7-37-.745 in 301 AB)
4: SS Dick Hedrick (26 L .361-11-67-.954 in 360 AB)
5: LF Jerry Ford (30 R .281-14-64-.811 in 349 AB)
6: 3B Dave Lantz (32 L .240-6-36-.717 in 275 AB)
7: C Gary Kahn (34 L .265-1-7-.783 in 34 AB)
8: CF Jim Cooke (24 L .227-2-16-.574 in 154 AB)
9: P Jerry Turner (28 R .098-0-5-.237 in 41 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 71 deg. Clear Skies with a 9 MPH wind blowing in from right.

Ivan Lopez grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Rich Babbin pops out to short. Frank Wiginton grounds a hit up the middle. Lebron Williams lines a hit to left center and Wiginton goes to 3rd. Full count to Joe Hartin. With Williams off with the pitch, Hartin lines a hit to left, scoring Wiginton and Williams easily makes it to 3rd! 1 to 0, Beavers! Eric McCornack grounds out to 1st.

Bottom of the 1st: Hilton Waggoner grounds out to short. Marv Helton flies out to deep center. Eddie Jasper lines a hit to center. Dick Hedrick flies out to center.

Bottom of the 7th: Still 1 to 0, Beavers. With 1 out, Jim Cooke reaches on an error by SS Ivan Lopez. Pinch-hitter: LHB Steve Sacks. He singles to right and Cooke easily goes to 3rd. We never want to pull a pitcher throwing a shutout, but Tony Ricketts says that he is gassed so we make the Call to the Bullpen: RHP Ron Beckman. Hilton Waggoner strikes out! 2 down. Marv Helton walks to load the bases. Eddie Jasper strikes out!

Bottom of the 9th: New Pitcher: LHP Jim Ackley. Pinch-hitter: RHB Kim Moeller. He lines out to short. Jim Cooke grounds one to 2nd and Rick Ferrell boots it. E-4. 1B Ron Yarnell. They made a double switch before and too Marv Helton out of the game. Thanks! Yarnell swings at a 3-0 pitch and flies out to left. Thanks! Full count to Hilton Waggoner and he swings and misses! And THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 1 to 0

We had 7 hits and made 2 errors.
The Pirates had 5 hits and made no errors.

Tony Ricketts (W 4-9) went 6.1 innings, allowed no runs, 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. 109 pitches. At bat, he hit a double.
RHP Ron Beckman went 1.2 innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 3.
LHP Jim Ackley (SV 3) went 1 inning and struck out 1.

Jerry Turner (L 10-4) went 7 innings, gave us 1 run, 6 hits, 1 HBP, 2 walks and struck out 2.

RF Lebron Williams had 2 hits and a walk, but no runs or RBIs.

[Questdog]

Friday, July 20, 2001

We are back home to play manager Jim Griffith (44) and his Dodgers a 4-game series over the weekend. We will play a double header tomorrow. They are coming off a series where they lost 3 of 4 to the Phillies in Los Angeles. They are 1-7 since the All-Star break. We are 2-3 against them on the season. The last time we met, we split 2 games in Los Angeles. They are 13th in the NL in scoring with 3.8 runs per game (Portland is #16 (last) with 3.5). They are 14th in runs allowed with 4.9 per game (Portland is #13 with 4.6).

Los Angeles Dodgers (30-64 .319 28.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the NL West) at
Portland Beavers (35-59 .372 23.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Jim Salle, LAN (25 R 4-4 3.92 7.5-0.3-5.8-5.8 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Pete Reilly, Por (27 R 5-3 3.69 8.7-1.4-5.0-5.1)

On April 15, we beat Salle, 6 to 5, in Los Angeles. He went 5 innings, gave us 6 runs, 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4.

Both pitchers average over 5 walks per game.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES (N)
1: SS Steve Brown (25 L First ML start 1.000-0-0-2.000 in 1 AB .312-2-28-.790 in 199 AB in AAA)
2: C Al Decker (29 S .248-4-18-.719 in 113 AB)
3: LF Larry Dunn (29 R .306-1-18-.723 in 160 AB)
4: 1B Don Russo (30 R .269-20-55-.765 in 379 AB)
5: CF Dave Leonard (31 R .255-4-27-.655 in 326 AB)
6: 2B Dennis Reigel (29 R .236-9-32-.684 in 199 AB)
7: RF Glenn Manzi (30 L .240-1-20-.699 in 146 AB)
8: 3B Steve Gustafson (33 S .267-1-29-.651 in 341 AB)
9: P Jim Salle (25 R .280-0-0-.600 in 25 AB)

PORTLAND
1: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .210-0-6-.608 in 81 AB)
2: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .251-7-35-.741 in 227 AB)
3: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .286-6-39-.823 in 269 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .324-8-32-.853 in 278 AB)
5: 3B Jim Eighmy (27 R .252-4-11-.756 in 119 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .182-0-2-.364 in 22 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .231-3-16-.600 in 134 AB)
8: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .191-0-11-.481 in 194 AB)
9: P Pete Reilly (27 R .240-0-4-.520 in 25 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 72 deg. Clear Skies with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right.

Steve Brown grounds out to 2nd. Al Decker strikes out. Larry Dunn strikes out looking! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the 1st: Ivan Lopez grounds out to short. Rich Babbin pops out to short. Since coming back from his injury vacation, he is now 2 for 24. Frank Wiginton pokes a hit to center. He tries to steal, but is thrown out.

Bottom of the 2nd: The first three batters reach base for us. Lebron Williams walks, Jim Eighmy singles and Eric McCornack walks. Ron Charles lines a hit to center and Williams scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Randy Penn lines a hit to left and Eighmy scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! P Pete Reilly strikes out. Ivan Lopez grounds one to 3rd and they try to turn a double play, but Steve Gustafson makes a bad throw to 2nd and everyone is safe and McCornack scores! E-5. 3 to 0, Beavers! Rich Babbin draws a walk! 4 to 0, Beavers! Frank Wiginton grounds one to 1st and they try again for a double play, but only get the force at 2nd and Penn scores! 5 to 0, Beavers! 2 outs. Lebron Williams strikes out.

Bottom of the 3rd: Jim Eighmy leads off with a hit and with 1 out, Ron Charles hits a home run to left center! 7 to 0, Beavers! That sends P Jim Salle to the showers.

Top of the 8th: With 1 out, Dennis Reigel reaches on an error by 3B Jim Eighmy. He goes to 2nd on a grounds out and then Steve Gustafson bounces a 2-out hit into center and Reigel scores. 7 to 1, Beavers.

Won - 7 to 3

We had 9 hits and made 1 error.
The Dodgers had 7 hits and made 1 error.

Pete Reilly (W 6-3) went 8.1 innings, allowed 3 runs (2 earned), 6 hits, 1 walk (!!) and struck out 6.
RHP Larry Castillo (SV 1) went 2/3 of an inning and allowed a hit.

Jim Salle (L 4-5) went 2.1 innings, gave us 7 runs (6 earned), 6 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 2.

3B Jim Eighmy had 3 hits and scored 2 runs. C Ron Charles had 2 hits with his 4th home run of the season, drew a walk, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBIs. 2B Randy Penn had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI.

[Questdog]

Saturday, July 21, 2001

Let's play two!

Los Angeles Dodgers (30-65 .316 29.5 GB in 8th (last) place in the NL West) at
Portland Beavers (36-59 .379 23.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Game 1
Alex Andrade, LAN (28 R 0-1 4.97 7.5-1.8-3.9-8.2 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Ron Rau, Por (29 R 5-8 4.08 10.3-1.1-2.4-4.9)

There are two Alex Andrade's. One is the closer for the Giants and he has 5 saves against us. This one has spent most of the year in AAA and we will be facing him for the first time.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES (N)
1: SS Ralph Burlett (29 R .250-0-18-.599 in 224 AB)
2: C Al Decker (29 S .248-4-18-.720 in 117 AB)
3: 1B Don Russo (30 R .266-20-55-.757 in 383 AB)
4: CF Dave Leonard (31 R .252-4-27-.651 in 329 AB)
5: RF Mike Mitman (28 L .323-3-17-.801 in 158 AB)
6: LF Glenn Manzi (30 L .240-1-20-.694 in 150 AB)
7: 2B Mike Weitzel (27 R .316-0-0-.684 in 19 AB)
8: 3B Steve Gustafson (33 S .270-1-30-.656 in 344 AB)
9: P Alex Andrade (28 R .143-0-2-.393 in 7 AB)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .197-0-12-.491 in 198 AB)
2: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .248-7-36-.734 in 230 AB)
3: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .286-6-40-.819 in 273 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .324-8-32-.853 in 281 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .274-2-14-.647 in 157 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .160-0-2-.352 in 25 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .241-4-19-.642 in 137 AB)
8: SS Rick Ferrell (26 R .188-1-8-.486 in 138 AB)
9: P Ron Rau (29 R .125-0-1-.285 in 24 AB)

Game Start: 1:05 PM
Weather: 64 deg. Overcast with a 12 MPH wind blowing left to right.

Ralph Burlett flies out to left. Al Decker grounds out to 2nd. Don Russo pops out to short! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the 1st: Randy Penn swings at the first pitch and flies out to the warning track in center. Rich Babbin strikes out. Frank Wiginton grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the 4th: Lebron Williams leads off with a single and Joe Hartin draws a walk. With 1 out, Ron Charles singles to load the bases up. Rick Ferrell singles and Williams scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! P Ron Rau grounds into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

Bottom of the 5th: Randy Penn leads off with a triple! Rich Babbin follows with another triple, this one off the center field wall! 2 to 0, Beavers! Frank Wiginton up. Passed Ball! Babbin scores! 3 to 0, Beavers! With 2 outs, Joe Hartin draws a walk and then Eric McCornack hits out third triple of the inning! 4 to 0, Beavers! That sends P Alex Andrade packing.

Top of the 6th: Steve Gustafson leads off with a single and Pinch-hitter Dennis Reigel draws a walk. A wild pitch moves them up to 2nd and 3rd. A single by Ralph Burlett scores a run. 4 to 1, Beavers. With 1 out, Don Russo flies out to center and Reigel scores. 4 to 2, Beavers.

Top of the 8th: Pinch-hitter: RHB Larry Dunn. He lines a hit to center. The Bullpen is alerted. With 1 out, AL Decker doubles and Dunn scores. 4 to 3, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: RHP Ron Beckman. C Rich Nolan comes in on a double switch. Don Russo grounds out to short. 2 down. Full count to Dave Leonard and he strikes out!

Top of the 9th: Mike Mitman reaches on an infield hit. Glenn Manzi tries to lay down a bunt but misses it. He then grounds into a 4-6-3 double play! Mike Weitzel grounds out to 2nd! And THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 4 to 3

We turned 3 double plays.

We had 9 hits and made no errors.
The Dodgers had 7 hits and made no errors.

Ron Rau (W 6-8) went 7.1 innings, allowed 3 runs, 6 hits, 3 walks and struck out no one. He threw a WP. At bat, he drew a walk.
RHP Ron Beckman (SV 13) went 1.2 innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1.

Alex Andrade (L 0-2) went 4.2 innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3.

2B Randy Penn had 2 hits with a triple and scored a run. CF Rich Babbin hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. LF Frank Wiginton hit a double. 1B Eric McCornack had 2 hits with a triple and a walk and had an RBI.

Game 2
Bobby Shipley, LAN (29 R 0-6 5.15 10.1-2.7-3.7-5.2) vs Ricky Chase, Por (30 R 1-4 4.47 9.9-1.0-2.2-6.1)

Shipley is 0-6 in 7 starts. The one start he did not lose was against us on June 28 in Los Angeles. We lost, 4 to 3, in 15 innings. In 6 innings, he gave us 1 run, 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES (N)
1: SS Ralph Burlett (29 R .250-0-19-.598 in 228 AB)
2: 2B Dennis Reigel (29 R .236-9-33-.684 in 203 AB)
3: LF Larry Dunn (29 R .309-1-19-.725 in 165 AB)
4: 1B Don Russo (30 R .267-20-56-.756 in 386 AB)
5: CF Dave Leonard (31 R .249-4-27-.643 in 333 AB)
6: RF Mike Mitman (28 L .321-3-17-.794 in 162 AB)
7: C Mike Haman (28 R .245-8-30-.696 in 282 AB)
8: 3B Steve Gustafson (33 S .271-1-30-.657 in 347 AB)
9: P Bobby Shipley (29 L .100-0-1-.200 in 10 AB)

PORTLAND
1: RF Jerry Alston (28 L .320-0-8-.788 in 150 AB)
2: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .198-0-7-.575 in 86 AB)
3: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .247-7-37-.736 in 235 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .324-8-32-.853 in 284 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .270-2-14-.647 in 159 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .214-0-3-.552 in 28 AB)
7: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .202-0-12-.508 in 203 AB)
8: C Rich Nolan (30 L .233-0-1-.728 in 30 AB)
9: P Ricky Chase (30 S .091-0-1-.265 in 11 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 62 deg. Overcast with a 12 MPH wind blowing right to left.

Ralph Burlett grounds out to short. Dennis Reigel scalds one, but lines out to 3rd. Larry Dunn strikes out! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the 1st: Jerry Alston flies out to deep center. Ivan Lopez grounds out to short. Rich Babbin grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the 2nd: With 1 out, Joe Hartin beats out an infield hit. Eric McCornack reaches on an error by 3B Steve Gustafson. E-5. Randy Penn grounds out and the runners move up to 2nd and 3rd. 2 outs. Rich Nolan grounds one to 2nd, but 1B Don Russo drops the throw and Hartin scores! E-3. 1 to 0, Beavers! P Ricky Chase grounds a hit up the middle and McCornack scores! 2 to 0, Beavers!

Top of the 6th: Dennis Reigel leads off with a hit. Larry Dunn reaches on an error by 2B Randy Penn. E-4. Their big bopper, Don Russo strikes out! Dave Leonard singles to right and Reigel heads for home, but Jerry Alston throws him out! 2 down. Mike Mitman doubles off the center field wall and 2 runs score to tie the game up.

Top of the 8th: On the Hill: RHP Mike Meyer, beginning his 2nd inning of work. With 1 out, Don Russo hits a single. Pinch-runner: Remi Annoni. With 2 outs, Annoni steals 2nd and then Mike Mitman singles him home. 3 to 2, Dodgers.

Top of the 9th: New Pitcher: RHP Larry Castillo. He strikes out the side, 1-2-3!

Bottom of the 9th: New pitcher: RHP Joe Healey, their closer. 2.91 ERA with 10 SV in 46.1 IP. 39 H, 16 BB and 42 SO. Lebron Williams lines out to short. Joe Hartin grounds out to 2nd. Eric McCornack sends one to deep center that maybe, could be?....caught on the warning track. Ballgame.

Lost - 3 to 2.

We had 4 hits and made 1 error.
The Dodgers had 11 hits and made 3 errors.

Ricky Chase went 6.1 innings, allowed 2 unearned runs, 9 hits, 1 HBP, no walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI.
RHP Mike Meyer (L 1-2) went 1.2 innings, allowed 1 run and 2 hits.
RHP Larry Castillo went 1 perfect ining and struck out all 3 batters he faced.

Bobby Shipley went 6 innings, gave us 2 unearned runs, 3 hits, no walks and struck out 3.
RHP Orlando Solorio (W 1-6) went 2 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1.
RHP Joe Healey (SV 11) went 1 perfect inning.

For the Dodgers, RF/1B Mike Mitman had 2 hits with a double, stole a base and drove in all 3 Dodger runs.

[Questdog]

Sunday, July 22, 2001

Los Angeles Dodgers (31-66 .320 29 GB in 8th (last) place in the NL West) at
Portland Beavers (37-60 .381 23 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Jessie Shupp, LAN (31 R 5-8 3.97 9.1-1.0-3.1-5.5 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Angel Rodriguez, Por (23 R 3-1 4.38 6.9-2.1-5.1-6.0)

We have not faced Shupp before.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES (N)
1: CF Larry Smith (27 L .181-2-13-.566 in 116 AB)
2: 3B Steve Gustafson (33 S .274-1-30-.660 in 351 AB)
3: 1B Don Russo (30 R .269-20-56-.758 in 390 AB)
4: C Mike Haman (28 R .248-8-30-.700 in 286 AB)
5: RF Mike Mitman (28 L .327-3-20-.813 in 165 AB)
6: 2B Dennis Reigel (29 R .237-9-33-.680 in 207 AB)
7: LF Dave Leonard (31 R .249-4-27-.642 in 337 AB)
8: SS Mike Weitzel (27 R .261-0-0-.596 in 23 AB)
9: P Jessie Shupp (31 L .097-0-1-.248 in 31 AB)

PORTLAND
1: CF Jerry Alston (28 L .312-0-8-.768 in 154 AB)
2: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .204-0-12-.511 in 206 AB)
3: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .285-6-40-.818 in 277 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .319-8-32-.842 in 288 AB)
5: 3B Joe Hartin (32 R .270-2-14-.643 in 163 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .188-0-3-.485 in 32 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .243-4-19-.647 in 140 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .189-0-7-.551 in 90 AB)
9: P Angel Rodriguez (23 R .313-1-3-.813 in 16 AB)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Weather: 70 deg. Overcast with an 18 MPH wind blowing right to left.

Larry Smith strikes out! Steve Gustafson walks on four pitches. Full count to Don Russo and he takes ball four. Mike Haman flies out to center. 2 down. Mike Mitman doubles down the right field line and both runners score. 2 to 0, Dodgers. Dennis Reigel grounds out to short.

Bottom of the 1st: Jerry Alston swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st. Randy Penn lines a hit to right. He steals 2nd. He is thrown out stealing 3rd. Frank Wiginton triples.... Lebron Williams grounds out to 1st.

Bottom of the 2nd: Joe Hartin leads off with a double, but comes up lame and has to leave the game. Jim Eighmy goes in to run for him. No word on his condition. With 1 out, Ron Charles hits a double and Eighmy scores! 2 to 1, Dodgers.

Top of the 6th: Don Russo leads off with a double and with 1 out, Mike Mitman hits a home run to right. 4 to 1, Dodgers.

Lost - 4 to 1

We had 10 hits and made no errors.
The Dodgers had 13 hits and made 1 error.

Angel Rodriguez (L 3-2) went 5.1 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Bruce Byrd went 1.1 innings, allowed 2 hits and a walk.
LHP Pedro Huerta faced 1 batter, threw 1 pitch and got an out.
RHP Mike Meyer went 2 innings, allowed 3 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.

Jessie Shupp (W 6-8) went 6 innings, gave us 1 run, 6 hits, no walks and struck out 1.
RHP Joe Healey (SV 12) went 1 inning, gave us 2 hits and struck out 2.

LF Frank Wiginton hit a triple. 3B Joe Hartin hit a double. 1B Eric McCornack hit a double. C Ron Charles had 3 hits with a double and an RBI. PH Rich Babbin had an infield hit.

For the Dodgers, RF Mike Mitman hit a double and his 4th home run of the season and had 4 RBIs.

[Questdog]

July 23, 2001

Monday Morning Report

AL Player of the Week - Ken Clark, lf, Detroit (33 L .310/.367/.467) Had 13 hits with 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 SB, 6 R and 4 RBI in 7 G
NL Player of the Week - Alfredo Cabrera, 1b, San Francisco (25 L .354/.371/.495) Had 19 hits with 7 2B, 1 HR, 8 R and 7 RBI in 7 G He began the season in AA. He was 9 for 50 (.180) before this week, when he went 19 for 32 (.594).

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

July 16: Going into the bottom of the 9th, Cincinnati trailed St. Louis, 6 to 1. But they scored 9 times in the final frame to win, 10 to 6. There is only one way to win by 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th and C Mike Midgett hit the Grand Slam with 2 outs.
July 16: 1B Don Russo of Los Angeles (N) hit 2 home runs at home versus Philadelphia. His 2nd led off the bottom of the 9th and tied the game. He drew a walk and had 3 RBIs. The Dodgers lost, 5 to 4, in 12 innings.
July 17: CF Gary Brown of New York (N) hit 2 home runs at home versus Houston. He drew 2 walks and had 3 RBIs. The Mets won, 5 to 4.
July 17: C Stan Brown of San Francisco hit 2 home runs at Chicago (N). He drew 2 walks and had 3 RBIs. The Giants won, 8 to 1.
July 18: Colorado beat Montreal in Montreal, 6 to 2, in 20 innings. The Rockies scored a run in the top of the 9th to tie the game and then no one scored until the final frame. The Expos did not score after the 5th inning. Colorado starter Rob Green pitched 11.1 innings and threw 125 pitches. 3 Colorado relievers allowed only 2 hits in 8.2 innings.
July 19: 2B Luis Castaneda of Cleveland had 5 hits at home versus Texas. He stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI. He singled in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out and scored the winning run when Antonio Vasquez hit a home run. The Indians won, 6 to 4.
July 19: CF Bill Costa of Milwaukee hit 2 home runs at home versus Toronto. He had 4 hits, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBIs. The Brewers lost, 9 to 8, in 11 innings.
July 20: 1B Ron Newberry of Atlanta hit 2 home runs at home versus New York (N). He drew a walk and had 3 RBIs. The Braves lost, 7 to 4.
July 20: CF Tommy Kelly of Boston hit 2 home runs at home versus Toronto. He also hit a triple and had 4 RBIs. The Red Sox won, 7 to 4.
July 21: Atlanta had two players hit 2 home runs each at home versus New York (N). 1B Ron Newberry did it for the second game in a row. He drew a walk and had 3 RBIs. CF Gary Chinnici also hit a triple, had a Grand Slam in the 5th inning, scored 3 runs and had 8 RBIs. The Braves won, 15 to 4.
July 21: 2B Roger Fritz of Toronto hit 2 home runs at Boston. He also drew a walk. His 2nd home run came in the top of the 9th and broke a 4-4 tie. The Blue Jays won, 6 to 4.
July 22: CF Steve Sanchez of Miami hit 2 home runs at home versus Montreal. He had 3 hits and 3 RBIs. The Marlins won, 7 to 1.
July 22: C Gary Stanley of Arizona hit 2 home runs at home versus San Diego. He drew a walk and had 3 RBIs. The Diamondbacks won, 5 to 2.
July 22: C George Bievins of Texas hit 2 home runs at Los Angeles (A). He had 3 hits and 4 RBIs. The Rangers won, 7 to 3.

Random Fact of the Week: We do lead the majors in one category! Our catchers have only had one passed ball all season!

[Questdog]

Monday, July 23, 2001

We sent RP Bruce Byrd back to Indianapolis (AAA) and recalled RP Freddy Arana.

Manager George Harper (61) has his Giants in town for a 2-game set. They swept the Rockies in 3 games over the weekend. We are 1-8 against them on the season and lost 2 here the last time we met on June 25 and 26. They are 5th in the National League in scoring with 4.7 runs per game (Portland is #16 (last) with 3.5. They are 2nd in runs allowed with 3.8 per game (Portland is #12 with 4.6). Their pitchers lead the league in fewest walks.

San Francisco Giants (58-41 .586 3.5 GB in 2nd place in the NL West) at
Portland Beavers (37-61 .378 24 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

John Chase, SF (32 R 8-7 3.07 8.4-0.8-1.4-5.9 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Alan Gross, Por (27 L 3-5 3.72 8.7-0.9-3.6-6.8)

We are 0-2 against Chase. He has a 1.93 ERA against us. In 14 IP he has allowed 8 H, 2 BB and struck out 9. He is 2nd in the league in fewest walks per 9 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF John Anderson (27 S .275-10-44-.762 in 371 AB)
2: 3B Pat Crum (34 L .253-12-39-.810 in 288 AB)
3: C Stan Brown (29 R .282-27-58-.963 in 326 AB)
4: 1B Alfredo Cabrera (25 L .354-1-9-.866 in 99 AB)
5: RF Juan Abundis (28 R .267-6-34-.747 in 266 AB)
6: LF Billy Griffin (34 L .287-8-33-.814 in 258 AB)
7: SS Curt Brown (27 R .279-4-13-.788 in 129 AB)
8: 2B Dave Guillory (25 L .284-8-51-.739 in 313 AB)
9: P John Chase (32 R .167-0-3-.377 in 42 AB)

PORTLAND
1: RF Jerry Alston (28 L .310-0-8-.762 in 158 AB)
2: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .205-0-12-.510 in 210 AB)
3: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .285-6-40-.821 in 281 AB)
4: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .246-7-37-.729 in 240 AB)
5: 3B Jim Eighmy (27 R .262-4-11-.761 in 126 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .194-0-3-.515 in 36 AB)
7: C Ron Charles (30 R .257-4-20-.677 in 144 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .194-0-7-.555 in 93 AB)
9: P Alan Gross (27 L .324-0-5-.807 in 37 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 60 deg. Overcast with an 8 MPH wind blowing right to left.

John Anderson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball four. Pat Crum strikes out on 3 pitches. Stan Brown grounds out to 2nd and Anderson moves up a base. 2 outs. Full count to Alfredo Cabrera and he swings and misses!

Bottom of the 1st: Jerry Alston swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right. Randy Penn flies out to deep center. With Alston running on the pitch, Frank Wiginton grounds out to 2nd. 2 down. Full count to Rich Babbin and he grounds out to 1st, 3-1.

Bottom of the 4th: Rich Babbin leads off with a triple! With 1 out, Eric McCornack flies out to center and Babbin beats the throw to the plate. 1 to 0, Beavers!

Top of the 9th: New Pitcher: RHP Ron Beckman. P Alan Gross indicated he was tired before the 8th inning began. Juan Abundis grounds out to 3rd. Billy Griffin strikes out on 3 pitches! Pinch-hitter: LHB Edwin Cruz. He walks.... Dave Guillory lines a hit to center. Pinch-hitter: RHB Herman Taylor. .308 BA in 409 AB. He dumps a hit to right and Cruz scores to tie the game at 1.... John Anderson floes out to left.

Bottom of the 9th: New pitcher: RHP Jose Reyna, not their closer. 4.29 ERA in 42 IP. Frank Wiginton walks on 4 pitches. New pitcher: LHP Jeff Bryan. He picks Wiginton off at 1st.... Full count to Rich Babbin and he take strike three. New pitcher: RHP Mark Brownlee. 5.63 ERA in 38.1 IP. Jim Eighmy grounds out to short.

Extras!

Top of the 10th: Ron Beckman sits them down in order, striking out the 1st 2 batters, including Stan Brown!

Bottom of the 10th: With 1 outs, Ivan Lopez reaches on an error by SS Edwin Cruz, who is not a shortstop, but a first baseman. This, however, makes us have to pinch hit for Ron Beckman, but Rich Nolan grounds out to 1st.

Top of the 11th: New Pitcher: LHP Jim Ackley. The Giant bench is empty. Juan Abundis leads off with a triple.... Billy Griffin grounds out to 2nd with the infield in and Abundis has to stay put. Ackley then strikes out 2 in a row!!

Bottom of the 11th: We go down in order.

Top of the 12th: With no one on the bench, P Mark Brownlee has to hit, but he lines a single to right. John Anderson walks. Call to the Bullpen: RHP Larry Castillo, the last fresh arm we have. Jimmy Roebuck bunts the runners up, which is stupid, because now we will just walk their best hitter, Stan Brown. Bases loaded 1 out for 3B Ryan McGinnis, who is batting .435 in 23 AB. Full count and he swings and grounds one to short. Ivan Lopez fires home to get the force at the plate, but that is all we get. 2 outs. Full count to Juan Abundis, who triples his last time up. He swings and misses!!!

Bottom of the 12th: With 1 out, Jim Eighmy singles to left. Eric McCornack follows with a walk. 1-2 pitch to Ron Charles and he sends one to deep center that maybe, could be...IS!!! Home run! And THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers!

We ended a 7-game losing streak in extra innings.

Won - 4 to 1 in 12 innings

We had 6 hits and made no errors.
The Giants had 7 hits and made 1 error.

Alan Gross went 7 shutout innings, allowed 2 hits, 3 walks and struck out 5. 112 pitches.
LHP Pedro Huerta went 2/3 of an inning, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk.
RHP Freddy Arana threw 1 pitch and got an out.
RHP Ron Beckman went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3.
LHP Jim Ackley went 1+ innings, allowed 2 hits, 1 walk, and struck out 2.
RHP Larry Castillo (W 2-0) went 1 inning, allowed only an intentional walk and struck out 1.

John Chase went 8 innings, gave us 1 run, 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3.
RHP Mark Brownlee (L 3-3) went 2.2 innings, gave us 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 home run and 1 walk.

RF Jerry Alston had 2 hits. CF Rich Babbin hit a triple and scored a run. C Ron Charles hit his 5th home run of the season, drew 2 walks and had 3 RBIs.

[Questdog]

Tuesday, July 24, 2001

San Francisco Giants (58-42 .580 4 GB in 2nd place in the NL West) at
Portland Beavers (38-61 .384 23.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Brian Stinnett, SF (30 R 9-3 3.60 8.9-0.6-2.9-7.3 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Tony Ricketts, Por (26 R 4-9 3.80 8.6-1.2-1.6-5.5)

We lost, 2 to 1, to Stinnett on Opening Day. In 8 IP, he gave us 1 run, 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5. He is 5th in the league in strikes outs.

Ricketts is 4th in the league in fewest walks per 9 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF John Anderson (27 S .273-10-44-.761 in 374 AB)
2: SS Herman Taylor (28 R .310-2-38-.691 in 410 AB)
3: 1B Alfredo Cabrera (25 L .343-1-9-.842 in 102 AB)
4: C Stan Brown (29 R .283-27-58-.965 in 329 AB)
5: LF Billy Griffin (34 L .281-8-33-.799 in 263 AB)
6: 3B Pat Crum (34 L .254-12-39-.809 in 291 AB)
7: RF Juan Abundis (28 R .265-6-34-.745 in 272 AB)
8: 2B Curt Brown (27 R .273-4-13-.771 in 132 AB)
9: P Brian Stinnett (30 L .256-0-5-.591 in 43 AB)

PORTLAND
1: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .281-6-40-.812 in 285 AB)
2: 2B Randy Penn (32 L .205-0-12-.508 in 215 AB)
3: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .245-7-37-.731 in 245 AB)
4: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .314-8-32-.828 in 293 AB)
5: 3B Jim Eighmy (27 R .260-4-11-.748 in 131 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .179-0-4-.489 in 39 AB)
7: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .186-0-7-.533 in 97 AB)
8: C Rich Nolan (30 L .229-0-2-.686 in 35 AB)
9: P Tony Ricketts (26 R .129-0-1-.343 in 31 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 61 deg. Clear skies with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right.

John Anderson grounds a hit into center field. Herman Taylor grounds into a 4-6-3 double play! Alfredo Cabrera doubles down the left field line. Stan Brown doubles to left center. 1 to 0, Giants. Billy Griffin grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the 1st: Frank Wiginton leads off with a home run to right! 1 to 1! Randy Penn grounds out to 1st. Rich Babbin flies out to right. Lebron Williams lines a hit to left. Jim Eighmy strikes out.

Top of the 3rd: With 1 out, John Anderson, given a 2nd chance when RF Lebron Williams dropped his foul ball for an error (E-9), lines a hit to left center. He goes to 2nd when P Tony Ricketts throw a pickoff throw away. (E-1). He then steals 3rd and Herman Taylor singles him home. 2 to 1, Giants. Back-to-back singles by Alfredo Cabrera and Stan Brown load the bases up with 1 out. Full count to Billy Griffin and the pitcher who is 4th in the league in fewest walks per 9 innings, walks in a run. 3 to 1, Giants. The Bullpen is alerted. Pat Crum triples to right center.... 6 to 1, Giants.

Bottom of the 7th: 7 to 3, Giants now. Randy Penn is injured trying to break up a double play. He bruised his knee and will mis a week or so. I have no one who can play 2nd on the bench. Vicente Saavedra will give it a try.

Lost - 7 to 3

Nobody hit a ball to Saavedra at 2nd, thankfully.

We had 9 hits and made 3 errors.
The Giants had 11 hits and made no errors.

Tony Ricketts (L 4-10) went 4 innings, allowed 6 runs (5 earned), 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1.
LHP Jim Ackley went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits and struck out 2.
RHP Freddy Arana went 2.2 innings, allowed 1 hit and walks 2.
RHP Mike Meyer went 1/2 of an inning, walked 1 and struck out 1.

Brian Stinnett (W 10-3) went 6 innings, gave us 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 3.

LF Frank Wiginton hit his 7th home run of the season. RF Lebron Williams had 3 hits and scored a run. 3B Jim Eighmy walked twice and scored a run. 1B Eric McCornack had 2 hits with a double. C Rich Nolan had 2 hits with a double and an RBI. PH Ron Charles drew a walk.

For the Giants, CF John Anderson had 3 hits and a walk, stole 2 bases, scored a run and had an RBI. 3B Pat Crum hit a bases-loaded triple.

[Questdog]

Wednesday, July 25, 2001

We had the day off, but I put 2B Randy Penn on the Disabled List and called up 2B Mike Cavallaro from Indianapolis (AAA). We cannot afford to be a whole week without a backup middle infielder. We also finally got word on 3B Joe Hartin: he has back tightness and should be fine in a few days.

[Questdog]

Thursday, July 26, 2001

Manager Rene Perez (61) has his Marlins in town to play a 4-game series through the weekend. They split a 2-game set with the Cubs on Monday and Tuesday. The first time we met them, we lost 3 of 4 in Miami, May 7-10. They are 3rd in the league in runs scored with 4.9 per game (Portland is #16 (last) with 3.5). Their batters lead the league with a .283 average. 2nd place Colorado is hitting .271. They are 4th in runs allowed with 3.8 per game (Portland is # 12 with 4.5). Their pitchers have allowed the fewest home runs in the league with 60 in 99 games.

Miami Marlins (60-39 .606 in 1st place in the NL East) at
Portland Beavers (38-62 .380 24 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Jimmey Jones, Mia (33 L 10-6 3.39 8.4-0.3-3.4-5.6 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Pete Reilly, Por (28 R 6-3 3.53 8.4-1.3-4.6-5.2)

We lost, 8 to 6, on May 9 against Jones in Miami. In 4 IP, he gave us 3 runs, 5 hits, 3 walks and struck out 4.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
MIAMI
1: CF Steve Sanchez (21 R .270-5-46-.676 in 415 AB)
2: LF Johnny Collier (30 R .366-1-11-.908 in 82 AB)
3: 1B Les Joyce (29 L .331-15-84-.875 in 399 AB)
4: RF William Gutierrez (25 L .287-7-31-.764 in 321 AB)
5: C Miguel Colorado (23 L .327-10-48-.901 in 306 AB)
6: SS Stan Gillette (25 R .329-7-48-.835 in 347 AB)
7: 3B Willie Enos (29 R .283-14-73-.786 in 364 AB)
8: 2B Alberto Tovar (27 R .329-2-15-.798 in 161 AB)
9: P Jimmey Jones (33 L .290-0-3-.603 in 31 AB)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Mike Cavallaro (27 R .160-0-2-.345 in 25 AB)
2: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .279-7-41-.816 in 290 AB)
3: RF Lebron Williams (32 L .320-8-32-.837 in 297 AB)
4: 3B Jim Eighmy (27 R .256-4-11-.746 in 133 AB)
5: C Ron Charles (30 R .259-5-23-.710 in 147 AB)
6: 1B Eric McCornack (26 S .209-0-4-.558 in 43 AB)
7: CF Vicente Saavedra (26 R .139-0-1-.383 in 36 AB)
8: SS Ivan Lopez (25 R .178-0-7-.513 in 101 AB)
9: P Pete Reilly (28 R .207-0-4-.448 in 29 AB)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 56 deg. Overcast with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right.

Steve Sanchez strikes out on 3 pitches! Full count to Johnny Collier and he swings and misses! Les Joyce, 5th in the NL in BA, lines a hit to left. William Gutierrez flies out to right.

Bottom of the 1st: Mike Cavallaro flies out to right. Frank Wiginton flies out to left. Lebron Williams strikes out.

Top of the 3rd: P Jimmey Jones leads off with a double and Steve Sanchez follows with another. 1 to 0, Marlins. With 2 outs and Sanchez on 3rd, P Pete Reilly uncorks a wild pitch. 2 to 0, Marlins.

Bottom of the 5th: Ron Charles leads off with a walk. With 1 out, he steals 2nd. He goes to 3rd on a ground out. Ivan Lops drives one to deep center and CF Steve Sanchez reaches it easily, but drops the ball! E-8. Charles scores! 2 to 1, Marlins. We have yet to get a base hit....

Bottom of the 6th: Mike Cavallaro leads off and beats out an infield hit to give us our first knock of the game. With 1 out, Lebron Williams gets our 2nd hit, a grounder into right, and Cavallaro heads for 3rd and beats the throw. Williams moves up to 2nd. Jim Eighmy strikes out. 2 down. Ron Charles pops out to the catcher.

Bottom of the 9th: Still 2 to 1, Marlins. New pitcher: RHP Werner Berry, their closer. We get a 2-out infield hit from Ron Charles, but that is it.

Lost - 2 to 1

We had oursmallest crowd of the season: 10,395 paid.

We had 4 hits and made no errors.
The Marlins had 4 hits and made 1 error.

Pete Reilly (L 6-4) went 8 innings, allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. He threw a WP.
LHP Pedro Huerta went 1 inning, allowed a walk and struck out 1.

Jimmey Jones (W 11-6) went 6 innings, gave us 1 unearned run, 2 hits, 2 walks and struck out 7. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run.
RHP Werner Berry (SV 30) went 1 inning and gave us a hit.

2B Mike Cavallaro had 2 hits.