The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League (MLB) - Page 22

Questdog · 05-30-2019, 09:03 PM

Wednesday, July 17, Year II

Houston Astros (41-50 .451 10 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL East) at
Portland Beavers (58-36 .617 in 1st place in the PCL West)

HOU: Johnny Maskell (24-R 7-5 3.04) vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 6-5 2.42) 2 time All-Star

These two pitchers were traded for each other over the winter, though there were other players involved. The two other pitchers we gave them, Antoine Redd and Dave Cole are both injured right now. Maskell has won his last 3 starts, allowing only 1 earned run in each. We have never faced him.

Panighetti has lost his last 2 starts, though he only gave up 2 runs in 6 innings the last time out. We have lost both times that he has faced his former team.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
HOUSTON
1: CF Don Mosley (30-R .192-312-3-26-.524)
2: RF Dave Longman (24-R .282-252-5-25-.766)
3: LF Tony Baez (33-R .239-301-9-40-.652)
4: 3B Rick Dill (24-R .298-275-8-42-.826) Rookie
5: 2B Bob Webster (23-S .277-350-5-36-.720)
6: C Steve Coker (23-R .254-142-2-10-656) Rookie
7: SS Russ Mitchell (32-R .278-306-3-24-.678)
8: 1B Rob Mullins (29-L .352-54-4-10-1.036)
9: P Johnny Maskell (24-R .184-38-1-2-.514)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .332-226-5-39-.906) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .321-140-3-24-.809)
3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .301-123-5-25-.846) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .270-348-16-52-.796)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-250-10-29-.735) Rookie
6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .248-165-6-18-.715) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .278-223-4-17-.726) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .250-240-4-20-.671)
9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .229-35-0-2-.507) 2 time All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 20,033

Top of the First:
Don Mosley lines one hard to the right field corner, but Bob Draper runs it down! Don Longman strikes out. Tony Baez grounds a hard hit to left. Rick Dill grounds out to 2nd!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Dave Benya takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Draper lines a hit to left. Jeff Austin pops out to 1st. 2 outs. Tony Casarez doubles to left and Benya scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! 3-2 pitch to Woody Griesbach and he grounds out to short.

Top of the Second:
Bob Webster leads off with a 437 foot blast to center... Tie Game: 1 to 1. Steve Coker lines a hit to right. Russ Mitchell doubles to right center and Coker scores and Mitchell ends up on 3rd... 2 to 1, Astros. Rob Mullins flies out to right and Mitchell holds. P Johnny Maskell fouls out to the catcher. Don Mosley homers to left.... 4 to 1, Astros. Panighetti was 2nd in the PCL in ERA before this game... Dave Longman grounds out to 2nd.

Top of the Third:
Tony Baez reaches on a 2 base throwing error by 3B Omar Flores, goes to 3rd on a ground out and scores on a hit by Bob Webster. 5 to 1, Astros. The Bullpen is up. With 2 outs, Russ Mitchell doubles to center and Webster scores.... 6 to 1, Astros. Mitchell goes to 3rd on the play at the plate. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). A wild pitch scores Mitchell.... 7 to 1, Astros.

Bottom of the Fourth:
Tony Casarez leads off with a triple to right center and scores on a ground out by Woody Griesbach. 7 to 2, Astros.

Top of the Fifth:
Rick Dill leads off with a walk and Bob Webster grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Steve Coker lines a hit to left. Russ Mitchell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load them up with 1 out. We are not going to waste more relievers in this game than we have to, as an off day is a ways a way, so Reyna will have to suck it up. Rob Mullins flies out to center and Dill scores without a throw. 8 to 2, Astros. P Johnny Maskell strikes out.

Bottom of the Fifth:
Paul Bouvet leads off with a walk. With 1 out, Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Jeff Austin triples to right and Draper scores. 8 to 3, Astros. Tony Casarez swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Woody Griesbach leads off with a single past the shortstop. With 2 outs, he goes to 2nd on a passed ball. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Paul Bouvet singles to right and the bases are loaded with 2 out. Dave Benya hits a fly ball to center, but Don Mosley drops it for a 2 base error and 2 runs score! 8 to 5, Astros. That sends P Johnny Maskell to the showers. New Pitcher: Brad Hamel (24-R). He's the guy who had allowed 15 hits in 8.2 innings, but sat us down in order yesterday in an inning of work. Bob Draper grounds a hit to right and Bouvet scores! 8 to 6, Astros. Jeff Austin doubles over the 3rd base bag and Benya scores! 8 to 7, Astros. Tony Casarez grounds out to 2nd...

Bottom of the Seventh:
Woody Griesbach leads off with a double to left center. Omar Flores singles to right. Dave Lesley lines out to right and Griesbach tags up and beats the throw to the plate to tie the game at 8 apiece!! Flores gets caught stealing... 2 outs. Gordon Saunderson flies out to center.

Top of the Eighth:
On the Hill: Lou Hertzberg (30-L), beginning his second inning of work. He sits them down in order, despite an error by 1B Jeff Austin on a foul ball.

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Barry Haneke (28-R) with a 2.15 ERA. We scored a pair of runs off him two days ago. What are the odds that we can do it again? Top of our order is up. Paul Bouvet strikes out... Dave Benya beats out an infield hit. On the first pitch to Bob Draper, Benya steals 2nd! Draper hits a home run to right!!!!! 10 to 8, Beavers!!! Jeff Austin lines a hit to right. PH Rollie Ferree (28-R) grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Woody Griesbach flies out to center.

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Rollie Ferree stays in to play center and Woody Griesbach moves to right. Eddie Thomas is in to play short, Tom Borden is in to play left and Phil Parker is in to catch. With 2 outs, Bob Webster strikes out and THIS Ball Game, believe it or not, Belongs to the Beavers!!! Sweep!

Won - 10 to 8

We had 14 hits and made 2 errors
Houston had 11 hits and made 1 error

We can point to this game when Don Panighetti complains about not winning games he has pitched well....

Don Panighetti went 2.2 innings, allowed 7 runs (4 earned), 7 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 1.
RHP Jorge Reyna went 3.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. He threw a WP.
LHP Lou Hertzberg (W 4-2) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2.
RHP Don Schmidt (SV 12) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout.

Johnny Maskell went 5.2 innings, gave us 7 runs (4 earned), 4 walks and struck out 3.
RHP Barry Haneke (L 4-3) went 1 inning, gave us 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run and struck out 1.

2B Paul Bouvet had 1 hit and 2 walks and scored a run. C Dave Benya had a hit and a walk, stole a base and scored 3 runs. RF/LF Bob Draper had 3 hits with his 6th home run of the year, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. 1B Jeff Austin had 3 hits with a double and a triple and 2 RBI. LF Tony Casarez hit a double and a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. CF/RF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. PH/RF Gordon Saunderson drew a walk and scored a run.

For the Astros, 2B Bob Webster had 2 hits with his 6th home run of the year, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI. C Steve Coker had 3 hits and scored a run.

We are done with Houston this year and, thank to this sweep, we win the season series, 7-5. We lost it, 5-7, last year.

Questdog · 05-31-2019, 10:55 AM

Thursday, July 18, Year II

Denver is in town to play a 4 game series through the weekend and finish up our home stand and finish up our season series with them. They just swept the Angels in a 3 games series at home, outscoring Los Angeles, 26 to 5, in the three games. We are 4-4 against them so far this year and split a pair of games the last time they were in Portland, April 2-3, the opening series of the season. After their pummeling of the Angels, the Bears now lead the PCL in scoring with 4.76 runs per game (Portland is still #4 with 4.27). They are 8th in fewest runs allowed (pretty good for a team in Denver) with 4.22 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.23).

Denver Bears (53-41 .564 in 1st place in the PCL East) at
Portland Beavers (59-36 .621 in 1st place in the PCL West)

DEN: Jerry Ivester (26-R 8-5 3.75) vs. POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 5-1 2.10)

We have not faced Ivester this season. We were 2-2 against him last year.

I just noticed that Grigg has the same birthday as me (9/28). I knew there was something I liked about him! Besides his excellent pitching, so far, I mean. He pitched a 4 hit shutout against the then #1 offense in the PCL, the Royals, last time out. If he could do it again against the now #1 ranked offense, I will wet my britches....and not change out of them!

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
DENVER
1: 1B Luis Castillo (22-L .324-336-3-31-.822)
2: RF John Dobosh (29-R .298-336-6-39-.806) All-Star
3: LF Wally Dardick (29-L .238-147-4-18-.667)
4: 3B Ivan Gallegas (35-R .235-344-12-45-.757) Silver Slugger 2 time All-Star
5: 2B Rob Douma (28-R .239-326-9-51-.675) All-Star (Year I) Hit for the cycle yesterday
6: C Bob Pritchett (32-L .217-272-4-34-.633) Gold Glove
7: SS Greg Werner (28-R .343-338-10-64-.859)
8: CF Mike Carpenter (31-R .250-308-9-48-.721)
9: P Jerry Ivester (26-R .116-43-0-4-.230)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .332-229-5-39-.907) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .319-144-3-24-.805)
3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .313-128-6-28-.882) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .275-353-16-54-.810)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .256-254-10-30-.751) Rookie
6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .253-170-6-19-.723) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .278-227-4-17-.722) Rookie
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .199-171-4-25-.565) Gold Glove
9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .160-25-0-1-.345)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 17,798

Top of the First:
Luis Castillo grounds a hit to center. John Dobosh swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Wally Dardick pops out to shallow center. Dobosh steals 2nd. Ivan Gallegas swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left and Dobosh scores. 1 to 0, Bears. A wild pitch sends Gallegas to 2nd. Rob Douma reaches first on catcher's interference... Full count to Bob Pritchett and he swings and misses the payoff pitch! 34 pitch inning...

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to right. He now has a 12 game hitting streak. Dave Benya grounds out to 2nd and Bouvet moves up. Bob Draper up and Bouvet steals 3rd on the first pitch and scores when their Gold Glove catcher throws the ball into left field! Tie game at 1 apiece. Draper walks on 4 pitches. Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. 2 outs. Austin steals 2nd. Tony Casarez grounds out to 1st, 3-1.

Bottom of the Second:
Woody Griesbach leads off and launches an 0-2 pitch over the left field wall for a home run! 2 to 1, Beavers!

Bottom of the Fourth:
The Bears have 6 hits, but only one run. Tony Casarez gets our 3rd hit, a home run to right center and we have 3 runs!! 3 to 1, Beavers!

Top of the Fifth:
Luis Castillo gets their seventh hit and his own third and then steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Dave Benya throws the ball into the outfield. He scores on a ground out by John Dobosh. 3 to 2, Beavers.

Top of the Sixth:
With 1 out, Bob Pritchett hits a home run to right to tie the game at 3 all.

Bottom of the Seventh:
PH Tom Borden (30-L), who has been a useless signing, strikes out. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L), the greatest Rule V pick in team history, doubles to left center. They walk Paul Bouvet intentionally. What's my favorite thing to do when they walk a batter intentionally with a runner on 2nd? A double steal! And we pull one off! It's Saunderson's first steal of the season! They do not walk Dave Benya, but pull the infield in. He nevertheless beats out an infield hit and Saunderson scores! 4 to 3, Beavers! Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Bouvet scores! 5 to 3, Beavers. That sends Ivester to the showers. New Pitcher: Gordon DeLong (24-R) with a 2.08 ERA. He has 1 save on the season and it was against us. Jeff Austin grounds out to short.

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). Dave Lesley (27-R) is in to play short and Rollie Ferree (28-R) is in to play center. Woody Griesbach moves over to right. With 1 out, Ivan Gallegas draws a walk, but that is all they get!

Bottom of the Eighth:
With 1 out, Woody Griesbach grounds a hit to left. Omar Flores grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Rollie Ferree doubles to the right field corner and Flores scores from 1st without a throw! 6 to 3, Beavers.

Editor's Note: We need to get rid of Scouts. Ferree is now hitting .412. Without any scouts, he'd be playing every day until he cooled off, but because my scout and OSA agree that he stinks, I have relegated him to AAA and he is only playing now because of injuries. I am tempted to scrap this League and start a new one, but instead I have decided to continue playing this universe but make some very, very big changes for next year.

Dave Lesley grounds a hit to right and Ferree stops at 3rd. Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to center and Ferree scores! 7 to 3, Beavers! Dave Benya grounds out to short.

Won - 7 to 3

We had 11 hits and made 2 errors
Denver had 8 hits and made 1 error

Bob Grigg (W 6-1) went 7 innings, allowed 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 3. He threw 2 WP.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 6) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 walks and struck out 2.

Jerry Ivester (L 8-6) went 6.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and an intentional walk, stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. LF Tony Casarez hit his 11th home run of the season. CF/RF Woody Griesbach had 3 hits with his 7th home run, CF Rollie Ferree hit a double in his only at bat, scored a run and had an RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson hit a double and scored a run. SS Dave Lesley had a hit in his only at bat.

For the Bears, 1B Luis Castillo had 3 hits, stole his 50th base of the season and scored a run. He leads the majors in steals. Our own Paul Bouvet is 2nd overall with 40 for both us and Philadelphia.

Questdog · 05-31-2019, 12:54 PM

Friday, July 19, Year II

Denver Bears (53-42 .558 0.5 GB in 2nd place in the PCL East) at
Portland Beavers (60-36 .625 in 1st place in the PCL West)

DEN: Tony Tirado (25-L 3-4 5.60) vs. POR: Larry Smith (27-R 2-0 1.88)

We faced Tirado on Opening Day and beat him, scoring 4 runs in 7 IP, but he struck out 9.

After winning his first two starts in spectacular fashion, Smith's last 2 have been no decisions in which he has allowed 5 runs in 10.2 IP (4.22 ERA).

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
DENVER
1: RF John Dobosh (29-R .294-340-6-40-.797) All-Star
2: CF Johnny Foerster (28-L .388-85-5-16-1.065)
3: LF Wally Dardick (29-L .238-151-4-18-.663)
4: 3B Ivan Gallegas (35-R .236-347-12-46-.758) Silver Slugger 2 time All-Star
5: 2B Rob Douma (28-R .240-329-9-51-.675) All-Star (Year I)
6: 1B Dave Bell (26-R .372-78-6-17-1.167)
7: C Bob Pritchett (32-L .221-276-5-35-.649) Gold Glove
8: SS Greg Werner (28-R .339-342-10-64-.849) Leads PCL in BA
9: P Tony Tirado (25-L .200-15-0-1-.400)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .335-233-5-40-.911) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .324-102-1-7-.759) Ex-Bear
3: LF Woody Griesbach (24-R .264-174-7-20-.757) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .272-357-16-54-.801)
5: C Dave Benya (27-S .318-148-3-25-.801)
6: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .254-244-4-21-.675)
7: CF Rollie Ferree (28-R .412-34-0-7-1.062) Rookie
8: RF Bob Draper (23-L .313-131-6-29-.882) Rookie
9: P Larry Smith (27-L .273-11-0-0-.545)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 68 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 11 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 23,400

Top of the First:
John Dobosh swings at the first pitch and flies out to center. Johnny Foerster flies out to shallow left. Wally Dardick grounds a hit to right. Ivan Gallegas pops out to 2nd!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet flies out to right and P Tony Tirado has to leave the game with an injury.... That is not good for us... New Pitcher: Rick Moore (25-L) with a 2.37 ERA. Less than half the ERA of Tirado... Larry Sinchak swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Woody Griesbach grounds a hit to left. Jeff Austin flies out to right.

Top of the Third:
Greg Werner, who is batting Eighth, despite leading the League in Batting Average, beats out an infield hit. P Rick Moore bunts him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Johnny Foerster triples to center and Werner scores. 1 to 0, Bears. Wally Dardick grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Foerster scores. 2 to 0, Bears. Ivan Gallegas grounds a hit to left. Rob Douma doubles down the right field line and both runners score... 4 to 0, Bears. The Bullpen is up. Dave Bell grounds out to short.

Top of the Fourth:
Bob Pritchett leads off with a double to left center and the Bullpen is back up. With 1 out, P Rick Moore gets his first career hit and Pritchett scores. 5 to 0, Bears. Call to the Bullpen: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). He gets the next two out.

Bottom of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Paul Bouvet singles to center and goes to 2nd when Johnny Foerster makes an error. Larry Sinchak singles to left and Bouvet scores. 5 to 1, Bears.

Lost - 8 to 1

We had 9 hits and made no errors
Denver had 11 hits and made 1 error

Larry Smith (L 2-1) went 3.1 innings, allowed 5 runs, 8 hits, no walk and struck out no one.
LHP Lou Hertzberg went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Barry Chapman went 2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 1. 8.31 ERA in July... Has allowed a run in 4 of his last 5 appearances.
LHP Mitch Dowdell pitched 2 perfect innings and struck out 2.

Tony Tirado faced 1 batter and retired him.
LHP Rick Moore (W 6-2) went 5 innings, gave us 1 run, 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4.
RHP Dave Doss (SV 2) went 3.2 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 HB and struck out 4.

3B Larry Sinchak had 2 hits and an RBI. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double. CF Rollie Ferree hit 2 doubles. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit.

For the Bears, LF Wally Dardick had 3 hits and a walk, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 3B Ivan Gallegas had 2 hits with his 13th home run of the year, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI.

Here is an oddity: the last 7 men to hit a home run against the Beavers all hit their 2nd home run against us this season.

The Bears announced that P Tony Tirado just had a sore shoulder and should be fine in a few days.

Questdog · 05-31-2019, 02:45 PM

Saturday, July 20, Year II

Denver Bears (54-42 .563 0.5 GB in 2nd place in the PCL East) at
Portland Beavers (60-37 .619 in 1st place in the PCL West)

DEN: Marcos Marin (27-R 0-2 15.75) Rookie vs. POR: Lonny Tomski (28-R 1-3 4.83)

We faced Marin once and beat him, scoring 5 runs in 3.1 innings. That was the best of his 3 Major League starts so far. He has allowed 15 runs in 8 IP. A WHIP of 3.13.

Tomski gave up 4 runs in 6 IP in his last start, but only gave up 4 hits and no walks.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
DENVER
1: 1B Luis Castillo (22-L .329-340-3-31-.830)
2: RF John Dobosh (29-R .290-345-6-40-.786) All-Star
3: LF Wally Dardick (29-L .253-154-4-19-.692)
4: 3B Ivan Gallegas (35-R .239-351-13-49-.769) Silver Slugger 2 time All-Star
5: 2B Rob Douma (28-R .240-333-9-53-.676) All-Star (Year I)
6: CF Mike Carpenter (31-R .248-311-9-48-.716)
7: SS Greg Werner (28-R .339-345-10-64-.848)
8: C Antonio Garcia (25-R .219-64-3-8-.692)
9: P Marcos Marin (27-R .000-1-0-0-.000) Rookie

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .333-237-5-40-.907) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .303-155-1-14-.725)
3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .304-135-6-29-.856) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .269-361-16-54-.793)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .255-259-11-31-.756) Rookie
6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .264-178-7-20-.751) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .272-232-4-17-.707) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .259-247-4-21-.689)
9: P Lonny Tomski (28-R .286-14-0-2-.571)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 23,298

Top of the First:
Luis Castillo lines a hit to left. Let's see...a fella on 1st with 50 SB and a pitcher who refuses to acknowledge that men are on base.... I bet Castillo steals 2nd and scores on a couple of ground outs.... He steals 2nd. Right on the first count. John Dobosh does not ground out, though. He fouls out to 1st. Castillo rectifies that he did not make it to 3rd with the help of Dobosh and steals the bag himself. Wally Dardick flies out to center and Castillo scores without a throw. 1 to 0, Bears. Ivan Gallegas flies out to center.

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet lines a 2-2 pitch to center for a hit. He now has a 14 game hitting streak. Dennis Webb takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Bouvet goes to 3rd. Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Bouvet scores to tie the game at 1 apiece. Tony Casarez flies out to right.

Top of the Fourth:
Wally Dardick leads off by reaching base when 2B Paul Bouvet boots his ground ball. Ivan Gallegas flies out to the wall in center and Dardick tags up and moves to 2nd. Rob Douma beats out an infield hit. With 2 outs, Greg Werner singles to center and Dardick scores. 2 to 1, Bears.

Through 4 innings, we have 1 hit off a pitcher with a 3.13 WHIP....

Top of the Fifth:
P Marcos Marin matches the hit total he has allowed with his bat with a single. Luis Castillo grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and then steals 2nd. With 2 outs, Wally Dardick lines a hit to right and Castillo heads home, but RF Bob Draper throws him out!

Bottom of the Fifth:
Woody Griesbach leads off with our second hit of the game, a ground ball single. Omar Flores bunts him to 2nd. Why are we bunting against a pitcher with an ERA over 15? Dave Lesley doubles down the left field line and Griesbach scores to tie the game at 2 all! P Lonny Tomski lines out to 3rd and they double Lesley off....

Bottom of the Sixth:
Paul Bouvet reaches on a 2 base throwing error by SS Greg Werner. Dennis Webb grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Bouvet moves to 3rd. With the infield in, Bob Draper grounds a hit up the middle and Bouvet scores! 3 to 2, Beavers! They pull P Marcos Marin. New Pitcher: Gordon DeLong (24-R) with a 2.42 ERA. Draper steals 2nd! Jeff Austin strikes out looking... They walk Tony Casarez intentionally. They walk Woody Griesbach unintentionally to load the bases up with 2 outs. Omar Flores strikes out looking...

Top of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Luis Castillo doubles to right and P Lonny Tomski calls Pepe, the trainer, out... I was going to relieve him anyway, but we cannot afford any more pitcher injuries! Even to Lonny Tomski! New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Larry Sinchak is in to play 3rd in a double switch. On the first pitch to PH Jim Mohr (35-S), Castillo steals 3rd, his 4th steal of the game. We did catch him once. We pull the infield in and Mohr strikes out looking! 2 outs. Wally Dardick grounds out to 2nd!!

Top of the Eighth:
They go down in order!

Bottom of the Eighth:
With 2 outs, Tony Casarez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Woody Griesbach also draws a walk. We let P Don Schmidt bat and he takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up! They are sticking with P Gordon DeLong, even though they have rested relievers in their Pen... Dave Lesley singles to right and 2 runs score! 5 to 2, Beavers! Larry Sinchak draws a walk to load them back up and still no sign of the Bears' manager... Paul Bouvet lines a hit to left and another run is in! 6 to 2, Beavers. Dennis Webb swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to the pitcher.

Won - 6 to 2

We had 6 hits and made 1 error
Denver had 9 hits and made 2 errors

We drew 9 walks.

Lonny Tomski (W 2-3) went 6.1 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 7 hits, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2.
RHP Don Schmidt (SV 13) went 2.2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 3. At bat, he drew a walk and scored a run. He ties Antoine Redden's season record of 13 saves as a Beaver.

Marco Marin (L 0-3) went 5.1 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. By far his best start ever...

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and 2 walk, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. CF/RF Woody Griesbach had a hit and 2 walks and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double and 3 RBI.

For the Bears, 1B Luis Castillo had 4 hits with a double and stole 4 bases, but only scored once.

Pepe had no report on Lonny Tomski.... He just said. "Is bad." The doctor says he's out for the season with shoulder inflammation...

Questdog · 05-31-2019, 11:34 PM

Sunday, July 21, Year II

P Lonny Tomski (28-R) was placed on the Disabled List and P John Alecci (26-R) was called up from Vancouver (AAA). He was 11-5 with a 3.06 ERA for the Mounties. He was 1-1 in 3 starts for the Beavers last year with a 3.60 ERA, but walked 8 and only struck out 3 in 15 IP.

P Barry Chapman (27-R) has been waived and designated for assignment for the purpose of sending him to Vancouver. We called up Dave Perez (24-L). Perez was 4-1 with 13 SV and an 0.83 ERA for the Mounties. In 32.2 IP, he allowed 18 H, 0 HR, 8 BB and 21 SO. This gives us 3 lefties in the Pen now, but none of them are afraid of right-handed batters.

Denver Bears (54-43 .557 1.5 GB in 2nd place in the PCL East) at
Portland Beavers (61-37 .622 in 1st place in the PCL West)

DEN: Danny Adame (31-R 10-7 3.47) vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 6-5 2.66) 2 time All-Star

Adame is their #1 starter. He was 14-11 with a 3.26 ERA last year. Very impressive for someone pitching half their games in Mile High Stadium. We are 0-2 against him this year. Last time we faced him, he pitch a CG 3 hitter with no walks in Denver, but we somehow managed to score a run.

Panighetti was mauled by the Royals in his last start, allowing 7 runs in 2.2 IP.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
DENVER
1: LF Howard McNeal (31-R .273-44-1-3-.788) Ex-Beaver
2: CF Mike Carpenter (31-R .245-314-9-48-.712)
3: RF John Dobosh (29-R .287-348-6-40-.780) All-Star
4: 1B Jim Mohr (35-S .281-64-3-6-.849)
5: 3B Dave Bell (26-R .366-82-6-17-1.135)
6: SS Rob Douma (28-R .240-337-9-53-.674) All-Star (Year I)
7: 2B Tony Jimenez (28-R .243-70-1-8-.636)
8: C Antonio Garcia (25-R .209-67-3-8-.662)
9: P Danny Adame (31-S .176-51-0-1-.392)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .338-240-5-41-.916) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .311-151-3-25-.790)
3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .302-139-6-30-.846) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .266-365-16-55-.784)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .253-261-11-31-.755) Rookie
6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .267-180-7-20-.760) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .269-234-4-17-.701) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .263-251-4-24-.698)
9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .222-36-0-2-.493) 2 time All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 25,967

Top of the First:
Howard McNeal swings at the first pitch and pops out to short. Mike Carpenter grounds a hit to left. John Dobosh swings at the first pitch and doubles to right... Has Panighetti's arm turned into actual Spaghetti? Jim Mohr hits a home run to left.... 3 to 0, Bears. How can someone make the All-Star team two years in a row and just turn into a meatball in one day? Dave Bell walks and we get the Pen up.... Rob Douma grounds a double play ball to short, but Dave Lesley makes a bad flip to 2nd and everyone is safe... Tony Jimenez lines out to left. Antonio Garcia swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to deep center.

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-2 pitch and triples to left! 15 straight games he has hit in, now. Dave Benya hits one deep down the right field line....Home run if it is fair....Fair!! 3 to 2, Bears. Bob Draper flies out to right. Jeff Austin flies out to center. Tony Casarez grounds a hit to center. Woody Griesbach swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds one to short, but Rob Douma throws it away for a 2 base error. Omar Flores grounds out to 3rd...

Top of the Fourth:
With 1 out, Antonio Garcia doubles to center and with 2 outs, Howard McNeal homers to left.... 5 to 2, Bears. McNeal has 2 home runs on the season, both against us, his old friends...

Bottom of the Fourth:
Tony Casarez leads off with a home run to right. 5 to 3, Bears. We score every time they do, just less... Woody Griesbach singles to left, but Omar Flores and Dave Lesley both strike out. I debate about pinch-hitting for Panighetti, but decide to let him bat and he singles to left and Griesbach scores! 5 to 4, Bears. Panighetti goes to 2nd on the throw home. Paul Bouvet singes to center, but Panighetti is inexplicably sent home and us out by about 89 feet...

Top of the Fifth:
I thought for certain that since I let Panighetti hit, he would give up runs this inning, but he gets three straight fly balls to center!

Bottom of the Fifth:
Dave Benya leads off with a hit. He steals 2nd, even though Garcia is one of the strongest armed catchers in baseball and they had a pitchout called! Bob Draper flies out to right and Benya tags up and beats the throw to 3rd. Can Jeff Austin please make contact? They are not playing the infield in. Austin swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd and Benya scores to tie the game at 5 all!

Top of the Sixth:
Rob Douma leads off with a grounder to left for a hit. We get the Bullpen up. Tony Jimenez lays down a bunt, but C Dave Benya throws the ball away for a 2 base error... Antonio Garcia is walked intentionally to load the bases up with no outs and we make a Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). P Danny Adame is allowed to hit and fouls out to the catcher. Howard McNeal takes a 3-2 pitch for ball...strike three!! That pitch was low and outside a good bit! Thank you, Blue! Mike Carpenter swings at a 1-0 pitch and launches it into the seats in left....Grand Slam.... 9 to 5, Bears.

Lost - 9 to 5

We had 10 hits and made 4 errors
Denver had 11 hits and made 1 error

New season high for errors and ties the high (low) mark we set last season in two games.

Don Panighetti (L 6-6) went 5+ innings, allowed 8 runs (5 earned), 7 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. It is the 4th straight game that he has given up 2 home runs...
RHP Jorge Reyna almost got out of a bases loaded, no outs jam, but not quite... He went 2 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 1 hit, a Grand Slam, and struck out 1.
LHP Dave Perez made his Major League debut and without facing a single lefty, managed to pitch 2 scoreless innings. He allowed 3 hits.

Danny Adame (W 11-7) went 6 innings, gave us 5 runs, 8 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit. He is the first pitcher this year to get 3 wins against us...

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits with a triple and scored a run. C Dave Benya had 3 hits with his 4th home run of the season, stole his 10th base, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. LF Tony Casarez had 3 hits with his 12th home run.

For the Bears, CF Mike Carpenter had 3 hits with a Grand Slam and scored 2 runs. He also threw a runner out at the plate. 1B Jim Mohr hit a 3 run home run.

And we have to keep the sour taste of this game in our mouths until next year, because we are done with Denver for the season. We end up splitting the season series, 6-6. We won it last year, 8-4.

Down on the Farm: The Wichita Wranglers of the Western Association (C) had their starting pitcher, Jim Hightshoe (21-R) get hurt facing his first batter. The game went 17 innings and the Wrangler Bullpen pitched 16.2 scoreless innings and Wichita won, 1 to 0. Tung Pan (22-R), a Chinese pitcher, got the win with 4 innings of shutout relief. He walked 5, but only gave up 1 hit.

Questdog · 06-01-2019, 12:23 AM

Monday, July 22, Year II

Monday Morning Report
NL Player of the Week - Jess McKenzie, LF, Chicago (29-R .328/.392/.458) Had 12 hits with 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 2 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS, 3 R and 5 RBI in 7 G
PCL Player of the Week - Luis Castillo, 1B, Denver (22-L .336/.374/.470) Had 14 hits with 3 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO, 7 SB, 3 CS, 7 R, 2 RBI in 5 G (7 for 9 vs Portland)

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

July 15 - 1B Conrad Morris (27-L) of Chicago hit a double and a Grand Slam and had 5 RBI at Boston. The Cubs won, 8 to 1.
July 16 - Bill Avallone (31-R) pitched a complete game win, allowing 1 run on 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. At bat, he hit a double and a home run and had 4 RBI.
July 16 - Danny Adame (31-R) of Denver pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Los Angeles. He did not walk a batter and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 10-7 with a 3.47 ERA.
July 17 - 2B Rob Douma (28-R) of Denver hit for the cycle at home versus Los Angeles. He scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI. The Bears won, 14 to 2. He is the first player in the PCL to hit for the cycle and the 3rd overall.
July 17 - Bill Carlson (30-R) of Cleveland pitched a 4 hit shutout at New York. He walked 1 and struck out 1. He is now 10-9 with a 3.49 ERA. He led the NL in losses last year with 18.
July 19 - Buddy Hansen (31-R) of Boston pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Cincinnati. He walked 2 and struck out 3. He is now 3-5 with a 4.67 ERA in 13 starts.

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Random Fact of Week: I do not think I have mentioned this before, but we lead all of Baseball in Stolen Bases with 156 in 99 G. That is a pace to get 255 on the season. Now, I am not a big stolen base guy, but I AM a big speed guy and when you have speedy players, you are going to get some stolen bases. And top to bottom, we are the fastest team in Baseball.

Questdog · 06-01-2019, 09:15 AM

Monday, July 22, Year II

We have the day off, but it was not a good day...

Pepe reported that the doctors say both P Frank Martin (27-R) and CF Jeff Schottler (25-R) are going to be delayed in their return from the Disabled List. Schottler is going to another 10 days to 2 weeks. Martin has been reclassified to 'indefinite'....

P Brian Hagans (26-R) is still on schedule to be back within a week.

Questdog · 06-01-2019, 10:35 AM

Tuesday, July 23, Year II

We are 175 miles north of Portland to play Seattle a 3 game series. They were swept in 4 games at Dallas over the weekend and have lost 6 in a row. We are 6-1 against them so far and won 3 of 4 the last time we were in the Kingdome, June 6-9. They are 8th in scoring with 3.97 runs per game (Portland is still #4 with 4.29). They lead the PCL with 104 HR and are last in SB with 61. They are 12th (last) in fewest runs allowed with 5.07 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.32). They are the only PCL team with an ERA over 4 and theirs is 4.48. Ours is 2.98, the best.

Portland Beavers (61-38 .616 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
Seattle Rainiers (33-66 .333 28 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West)

POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 5-4 3.75) Rookie vs. SEA: Les Theis (28-R 2-1 3.76)

We won the only time we have faced Theis, but it was in extra innings and he only gave us 2 runs in 7.1 IP. He has had 7 starts.

Gaspar went 8 innings and only allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits in his last outing.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .340-244-5-41-.926) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .266-237-4-17-.695) Rookie
3: C Dave Benya (27-S .323-155-4-27-.826)
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-369-16-56-.776)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .260-265-12-32-.777) Rookie
6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .266-184-7-20-.755) Rookie
7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .294-143-6-30-.823) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .259-255-4-24-.687)
9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .121-33-0-0-.242) Rookie

SEATTLE
1: LF Randy Hobson (26-L .309-353-13-40-.857) All-Star
2: SS Paul Blaine (24-R .221-371-13-43-.619)
3: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .218-321-14-34-.689)
4: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .231-320-4-29-.656)
5: CF Jim Perkins (26-L .225-315-17-42-.707)
6: 1B Joe Wasserman (29-R .250-132-1-11-.624)
7: C Ken Murray (33-R .244-242-7-24-.712)
8: 2B Rodger Moreno (27-R .202-99-2-11-.551)
9: P Les Theis (28-R .083-12-0-0-.250)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Kingdome
Weather: Indoors
Attendance: 11,047

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet pops out to short. Omar Flores swings at the first pitch and lines out to the pitcher. Dave Benya fouls out to 3rd.

Bottom of the First:
Randy Hobson comes into the game with a 10 game hitting streak and removes all the drama right away by making it 11 with a double to right. Paul Blaine strikes out. Mark Fenik swings at the first pitch and squibs one down the 3rd base line for an infield hit... Terry Singer lines a hit to left and Hobson scores. 1 to 0, Seattle. It seems to me that we are getting outscored in the first inning by about 400 runs on the year.... I should look it up... It may be only 399.... Jim Perkins walks to load the bases up with 1 out. Joe Wasserman grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and everyone moves up a base and a run scores. 2 to 0, Seattle. Ken Murray grounds one to 2nd and our Gold Glover, Paul Bouvet, boots it and another run is in... 3 to 0, Seattle. Rodger Moreno flares a hit to right and yet another run crosses the plate and Murray beats the throw to 3rd.... 4 to 0, Seattle. P Les Theis grounds out to the pitcher.

Top of the Third:
We get our first base runner with 2 outs when P Angel Gaspar beats out an infield hit... But Paul Bouvet grounds out to 3rd...

Top of the Fourth:
Omar Flores leads off with a double to right center and Dave Benya singles to put runners at the corners with no outs. Jeff Austin doubles to right and Flores scores. 4 to 1, Seattle. Tony Casarez swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Benya scores and Austin goes to 3rd. 4 to 2, Seattle. Woody Griesbach swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Austin scores. 4 to 3, Seattle.

Bottom of the Sixth:
With 1 out, Ken Murray reaches on an error by 3B Omar Flores. Rodger Moreno gets another hit and the Bullpen is up. P Led Theis bunts the runners up. Randy Hobson, the one good hitter they have is up and we do NOT walk him.... Why? He is a lefty batting over .300 and Gaspar is a sidearmer who does not care for lefties and a righty is on deck who is batting .219.... Hobson doubles to left center.... both runners score... 6 to 3, Seattle. Just stupidity.... Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Paul Blaine grounds out to short...

Top of the Eighth:
Monte Rodgers (26-L) is in to play short for the defensively challenged Paul Blaine, but he is not a whole lot better. With 2 outs, Omar Flores doubles over the 1st base bag. Dave Benya grounds one to 2nd, but Rodger Moreno throws the ball away for a 2 base error and Flores scores. 6 to 4, Seattle. Jeff Austin hits a harmless fly ball to center...

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). With 1 out, Rodger Moreno hits a home run to straight away center... 7 to 4, Seattle. He came into the game hitting .202 and has 3 hits today....

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Danny Karpowicz (30-R), their closer. 1-7 with a 4.03 ERA and 13 SV in 17 chances. With 1 out, Woody Griesbach beats out an infield hit. Bob Draper lines a hit to left and Dave Lesley grounds a hit to left to load the bases up. PH Tom Borden (30-L), who is 1 for his last 22, is sent up because he likes to draw walks and Karpowicz walks almost 4 per 9 innings. He does not walk, but grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Griesbach scores. 7 to 5, Seattle. 2 outs. Paul Bouvet, 0 for 4 on the day with his 15 game hitting streak on the line, is up. He drives a 1-0 pitch high and deep to center! It is going...going...caught at the wall....

Lost - 7 to 5

We had 9 hits and made 2 errors
Seattle had 11 hits and made 1 error

Angel Gaspar (L 5-5) went 5.2 innings, allowed 6 runs (2 earned), 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit.
RHP Jorge Reyna went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1.
LHP Mitch Dowdell went 1 inning, allowed 1 run and 1 hit, a home run.

Les Theis (W 3-1) went 8 innings, gave us 4 runs (3 earned), 6 hits, no walks and struck out 3.
RHP Danny Karpowicz (SV 14) went 1 inning, gave us 1 run and 3 hits.

3B Omar Flores hit 2 doubles and scored 2 runs. C Dave Benya had 2 hits and scored a run. 1B Jeff Austin hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI.

For Seattle, RF Mark Fenik had 3 hits and scored a run. 2B Rodger Moreno had 3 hits with his 3rd home run of the season, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI.

Questdog · 06-01-2019, 12:27 PM

Wednesday, July 24, Year II

Portland Beavers (61-39 .610 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
Seattle Rainiers (34-66 .340 27 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West)

POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 6-1 2.27) vs. SEA: Orval Fontaine (31-R 2-1 5.24)

Fontaine was claimed off waivers from St. Louis where he had been 3-3 with a 4.91 ERA. Last year, he was 9-13 with a 3.71 ERA. We have never faced him.

Grigg has won 3 in a row.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .333-249-5-41-.908) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .270-241-4-17-.708) Rookie
3: C Dave Benya (27-S .327-159-4-27-.831)
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-373-16-57-.776)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .257-269-12-33-.766) Rookie
6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .266-188-7-21-.750) Rookie
7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .293-147-6-30-.815) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .259-259-4-24-.685)
9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .148-27-0-1-.321)

SEATTLE
1: LF John Haynes (31-L .244-82-1-9-.647)
2: SS Paul Blaine (24-R .219-375-13-43-.613)
3: 1B Jim Rier (27-L .308-234-14-45-.901)
4: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .225-325-14-34-.699)
5: CF Randy Hobson (26-L .310-358-13-42-.862) All-Star
6: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .235-324-4-30-.660)
7: 2B Joe Wasserman (29-R .250-136-1-12-.628)
8: C Ken Murray (33-R .240-246-7-24-.701)
9: P Orval Fontaine (31-R .080-25-0-1-.157)

Game Start: 1:05 PM
Ballpark: The Kingdome
Weather: Indoors
Attendance: 10,916

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Omar Flores swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Dave Benya swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd.

Bottom of the First:
John Haynes loops a hit to left... Paul Blaine swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out. Jim Rier grounds a hit to right and Haynes goes to 3rd. Mark Fenik flies out to deep right, but Haynes holds at 3rd. Maybe he knows that Randy Hobson is up next and will surely knock him home... Hobson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up. Terry Singer doubles to right and 2 runs score... 2 to 0, Seattle. Well, he knew somebody would knock him home... Joe Wasserman fouls out to 1st.

Top of the 2nd:
With 2 outs, Woody Griesbach singles to left. He now has an 11 game hitting streak. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Ken Murray throws the ball away. Bob Draper grounds a hit up the middle and Griesbach scores! 2 to 1, Seattle.

Bottom of the Third:
With 1 out, Jim Rier draws a walk. With 2 outs, Randy Hobson draws a walk. Terry Singer singles to left and Rier scores and Hobson makes it to 3rd. 3 to 1, Seattle. Joe Wasserman grounds a hit to center and Hobson scores... 4 to 1, Seattle.

Top of the Fourth:
With 1 out, Tony Casarez makes it to 2nd when CF Randy Hobson drops his fly ball. Woody Griesbach singles to left. Bob Draper grounds into a 4-6-3 double play....

Top of the Fifth:
Dave Lesley leads off with a double off the top of the wall in center. P Bob Grigg bunts him to 3rd. Paul Bouvet lines out to center and Lesley beats the throw to the plate. 4 to 2, Seattle. Omar Flores hits a home run to right! 4 to 3, Seattle.

Top of the Seventh:
With 2 outs, Paul Bouvet singles to left and then steals 2nd. Omar Flores lines a hit to center and Bouvet scores to tie the game at 4! Flores steals 2nd, but Dave Benya takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three...

Top of the Eighth:
With 2 outs, Woody Griesbach doubles down the left field line. They walk Bob Draper intentionally. Dave Lesley lines a hit to center and Griesbach scores without a throw! 5 to 4, Beavers! That sends P Orval Fontaine to the clubhouse. New Pitcher: Scott Mortensen (33-R) with a 3.06 ERA. PH Dennis Webb ( 26-L) strikes out looking...

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Phil Parker (28-S) is in to catch, Eddie Thomas (26-R) is in to play short and Rollie Ferree (28-R) is in to play center. Woody Griesbach moves to right. Mark Fenik takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Randy Hobson flies out to deep left. Terry Singer swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to left center... Fenik stops at 3rd. PH Pedro de Jesus (26-L), batting .252 with a .695 OPS in 135 AB, lines a hit to center and Fenik scores to tie the game at 5. The Bullpen is up... Ken Murray lines out to to center and Singer tags up and beats the throw to the plate... 6 to 5, Seattle. PH Miguel Favela (30-R), batting .275 with a .774 OPS in 109 AB, is sent up. Schmidt balks... Favela flies out to deep right center.

Top of the Ninth:
Rodger Moreno (27-R) is in to play 2nd and Monte Rodgers (26-L) is in to play short. New Pitcher: Danny Karpowicz (30-R), their closer. 1-7 with a 4.15 ERA and 14 SV in 18 chances. We scored a run off him yesterday, but he still got the save. Top of our order is up. Paul Bouvet lines a hit to center. Omar Flores bunts him to 2nd.... Don't like that with Phil Parker coming up... Parker grounds a hit to left and Bouvet heads home... the throw is late! Tie game! 6 to 6. Parker goes to 2nd on the throw. Jeff Austin hits a home run to right center!!!! 8 to 6, Beavers! Tony Casarez pops out to short. Woody Griesbach loops a hit to left. Rollie Ferree flies out to deep center.

Bottom of the Ninth:
The Bullpen is ready. With 1 out, Paul Blaine reaches on an error by 3B Omar Flores. With 2 outs, Mark Fenik pops out to short and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 8 to 6

We had 14 hits and made 1 error
Seattle had 9 hits and made 2 errors

Bob Grigg went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 2.
LHP Lou Hertzberg pitched 1 perfect inning and struck out 1.
RHP Don Schmidt (W 9-3 BS 2) went 2 innings, allowed 2 run, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. He balked. He now leads the team in wins all alone.

Orval Fontaine went 7.2 innings, gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 10 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 3.
RHP Danny Karpowicz (L 1-8 BS 5) went 1 inning, gave us 3 runs, 4 hits and 1 home run.

2B Paul Bouvet had 3 hits, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 3B Omar Flores had 2 hits with his 5th home run of the season, stole 2 bases and had 2 RBI. C Phil Parker went 1 for 1 with a run and an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin hit is 17th home run and had 2 RBI. CF/RF Woody Griesbach had 4 hits with a double, stole a base and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI.

For Seattle, 3B Terry Singer had 3 hits with 2 doubles, scored a run and had 3 RBI.

Westheim · 06-01-2019, 12:46 PM

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Saturday, June 22, Year II

P Lonny Tomski (28-R) was recalled from Vancouver (AAA).

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Saturday, June 22, Year II

P Frank Martin (27-R), our #1 starter, was put on the Disabled List

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Monday, June 24, Year II

PCL Player of the Week - Paul Bouvet, 2B, Portland (26-R .344/.400/.549 Had 13 hits with 2 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 1 SO, 3 SB, 1 CS, 5 R, 8 RBI in 6 G (3rd career PoW. 3rd straight Beaver to win PoW. Slash line for complete season)

[…]Random Fact of Week:[/B] Paul Bouvet is hitting .404 in June with 15 extra base hits in 21 games. 15 R and 23 RBI out of the leadoff spot. 7 triples! June is OUR month! 18-4!

Well, there seems to be somebody living up to the star billing!

Questdog · 06-01-2019, 02:10 PM

Thursday, July 25, Year II

Portland Beavers (62-39 .614 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
Seattle Rainiers (34-67 .337 28 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West)

POR: Larry Smith (27-R 2-1 3.09) vs. SEA: Alan Merandi (29-R 5-12 6.04)

We have not faced Merandi this season. Last year, he led the PCL in losses and we were 1-3 against him...

Smith won his first two starts as a Beaver, but has not won in his last 3.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .340-249-5-42-.915) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .273-245-5-19-.725) Rookie
3: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .280-193-7-21-.776) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .262-378-17-59-.779)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-274-12-33-.752) Rookie
6: C Dennis Webb (26-L .294-160-1-14-.707)
7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .293-150-6-31-.816) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .262-263-4-25-.693)
9: P Larry Smith (27-L .250-12-0-0-.500)

SEATTLE
1: LF Randy Hobson (26-L .308-360-13-42-.860) All-Star
2: SS Paul Blaine (24-R .218-380-13-43-.610)
3: 1B Jim Rier (27-L .308-237-14-45-.900)
4: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .225-329-14-34-.698)
5: CF Jim Perkins (26-L .223-318-17-42-.703)
6: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .241-328-4-33-.675)
7: 2B Rodger Moreno (27-R .223-103-3-13-.616)
8: C Oscar Reynoso (27-R .232-99-5-19-.758) Rookie
9: P Alan Merandi (29-R .265-34-0-3-.629)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Kingdome
Weather: Indoors
Attendance: 10,423

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet flies out to right. Omar Flores swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. The hotter than hot hitting Woody Griesbach doubles to right. Jeff Austin takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Tony Casarez swings at the first pitch and lines out to right.

Bottom of the First:
Randy Hobson walks... He steals 2nd. Paul Blaine hits a home run to left. 2 to 0, Seattle. It must be getting close to 500 runs that we have been outscored by in the first inning.... Jim Rier lines a hit to right. Mark Fenik swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Perkins strikes out.

Top of the Second:
Dennis Webb lines a hit to left. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Dave Lesley doubles to left center. P Larry Smith lines a hit to center and Draper scores! 2 to 1, Seattle. Paul Bouvet grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Lesley scores to tie the game at 2 apiece. Bouvet steals 2nd, but Omar Flores grounds out to 2nd.

Top of the Third:
With 1 out, Jeff Austin doubles to center. With 2 outs, Dennis Webb lines a hit to right and Austin gets thrown out at home by Mark Fenik, who has one of the strongest arms in Baseball.

Bottom of the Fourth:
With 1 out, Mark Fenik takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 2 outs, Terry Singer homers to left.... 4 to 2, Seattle. Do you miss the old days when all of our games were 2 to 1? This 8 to 6 stuff is unnerving... And the game dispatches have to be a lot longer... Rodger Moreno hits a fly ball to center that Woody Griesbach drops for a 2 base error... We walk Oscar Reynoso intentionally to get to the pitcher, Alan Merandi, who is hitting 30 points higher.... Merandi singles to center and Moreno scores.... 5 to 2, Seattle. What morons are running this team? Randy Hobson grounds out to short.

Top of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Woody Griesbach draws a walk and Jeff Austin singles to center. They pull off a double steal! Tony Casarez lines a hit to right and both runners score! 5 to 4, Seattle. Casarez steals 2nd. Dennis Webb, looking for his third hit of the day, doubles to right and Casarez scores to tie the game at 5 all! P Alan Merandi is relieved from mound duties. New Pitcher: Chuck Goldfarb (34-R) with a 4.20 ERA in 15 IP. He has an 8.44 ERA since being claimed off waivers from Brooklyn on June 28. Bob Draper lines a hit to center. 1st and 3rd with 1 out for our leader in GDP's, Dave Lesley. He takes a 3-2 pitch to load the bases up. P Larry Smith is allowed to hit... He strikes out. Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-1 pitch and flies out to center....

Bottom of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Jim Rier doubles off the wall in center and I curse myself for letting P Larry Smith bat last inning, but that is all they get!

Top of the Seventh:
Tony Casarez lines a hit to center and Dennis Webb bunts him to 2nd. The walk Bob Draper intentionally to give Dave Lesley a chance at another GDP. He obliges with a grounder to short, but Bob Blaine boots it and the bases are loaded with 1 out! PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) strikes out looking.... Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left and 2 runs score! 7 to 5, Beavers! Omar Flores grounds out to 2nd.

Won - 7 to 5

We had 13 hits and made 1 error
Seattle had 7 hits and made 1 error

Larry Smith (W 3-1) went 6 innings, allowed 5 runs (4 earned), 6 hits, 2 home runs, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI.
LHP Lou Hertzberg (SV 3) went 3 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. 30 pitches.

Alan Merandi went 4.1 innings, gave us 5 runs, 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI.
RHP Chuck Goldfarb (L 1-1) went 2.2 innings, gave us 2 unearned runs, 3 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2.

2B Paul Bouvet had 1 hit, stole a base and had 3 RBI. CF/RF Woody Griesbach hit a double, drew a walk, stole a base and scored a run. 1B Jeff Austin had 2 hits with a double and a walk, stole a base and scored a run. LF Tony Casarez had 2 hits, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. C Dennis Webb had 3 hits with a double and an RBI. RF Bob Draper had a hit and was walked intentionally and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored a run.

Questdog · 06-01-2019, 07:53 PM

Friday, July 26, Year II

We are in San Fransisco to play the Seals a 4 game series over the weekend with a double header tomorrow. They just won 2 of 3 here from Oakland. We are 5-1 against them so far and swept them in 3 games the last time were were at Candlestick Park, June 3-5. June was OUR month! The Seals are 10th in scoring in the PCL with 3.88 runs per game (Portland is still #4 with 4.36). They are 5th in fewest runs allowed with 3.83 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.40, but it keeps getting higher and higher).

Portland Beavers (63-39 .618 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
San Francisco Seals (56-47 .544 7.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West)

POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 6-6 2.90) 2 time All-Star vs. SF: Brad Simpson (35-R 12-6 3.25)

We are 2-0 against Simpson this season. He pitched a 4 hit shutout against us last year.

Panighetti, who made the All-Star team this season, has suddenly turned into a batting tee in his last 2 starts, allowing 15 runs on 14 hits and 4 HR in 7.2 IP. He has not won a game since June 28. He has allowed 2 home runs in 4 straight starts.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .337-258-5-45-.906) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .268-250-5-19-.711) Rookie
3: C Dave Benya (27-S .321-162-4-27-.819)
4: 1B Tony Casarez (20-L .254-279-12-35-.753) Rookie
5: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .279-197-7-21-.778) Rookie
6: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .275-80-3-17-.851)
7: LF Bob Draper (23-L .292-154-6-31-.812) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .266-267-4-25-.703)
9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .237-38-0-3-.520) 2 time All-Star

SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Stan Ward (30-R .263-236-4-20-.698)
2: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .246-345-5-36-.684)
3: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .333-246-12-43-.941) All-Star
4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .265-309-13-49-.756)
5: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .237-346-10-47-.723)
6: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .291-344-6-38-.806)
7: C Chip Carpenter (29-R .197-284-6-26-.624)
8: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .259-251-5-29-.717) Rookie
9: P Brad Simpson (35-R .087-46-0-3-.193)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Candlestick Park
Weather: 72 F, Clear Skies, with a 10 MPH wind blowing right to left.
Attendance: 38,085

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet strikes out looking... Omar Flores grounds out to 2nd. Dave Benya grounds out to short.

Bottom of the First:
Stan Ward grounds a hit to left... Here we go... Javy Vasquez grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Chris Greenwald flies out to right. Marcos Barron lines a hit to left center and Vasquez beats the throw to 3rd. Gary Halbert grounds out to 1st, unassisted!

9 up, 9 down for us the first time through the order...

Paul Bouvet strikes out again and we are 12 up, 12 down....

Top of the Fifth:
With 2 outs, Gordon Saunderson draws a walk! No perfect game today! Bob Draper strikes out....

Top of the Sixth:
Dave Lesley leads off with a grounder past the shortstop for a hit! No no-no! P Don Panighetti bunts him to 2nd. Paul Bouvet swings at an 0-2 pitch and finally makes contact! He hits a ground ball to 2nd, but Bill Giffin throws it away for a 2 base error and Lesley scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! They walk Omar Flores intentionally. We have the horses on base now for my favorite thing to do after an intentional walk with a runner on 2nd.... But we do not... Dave Benya flies out to left. Tony Casarez puts a charge into one to right, but it stays in the park and is caught.

Top of the Seventh:
Woody Griesbach leads off with a double to left to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Gordon Saunderson grounds one over the 1st base bag for another double and Griesbach scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! They walk Bob Draper intentionally to get to Dave Lesley and a possible GDP, but we pull him down and send up Dennis Webb (26-L). He grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. P Don Panighetti strikes out trying to bunt. Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left and Saunderson scores! 3 to 0, Beavers! Omar Flores lines a hit to right to load the bases. They are sticking with Simpson. Dave Benya grounds out to short.

Bottom of the Seventh:
Dennis Webb stays in to catch and Eddie Thomas (26-R) goes in to play short. With 1 out, Ron Chestnut grounds a hit to center, but Chip Carpenter grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!

Bottom of the Eighth:
Rollie Ferree (28-R) is in to play center and Larry Sinchak (31-R) is in to play 1st. Woody Griesbach moves over to right. Bill Giffin leads off with a hit and PH Sandy Mojica (26-R) doubles to left. The Bullpen is already to go, but we have to let Spaghetti Panighetti try for the shutout... Stan Ward pops out to 2nd. Javy Vasquez grounds out to short and Giffin scores. 3 to 1, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). Chris Greenwald doubles down the left field line and Mojica scores. 3 to 2, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Marcos Barron strikes out!

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R), who blew his last save opportunity, but got a win. With 1 out, Ron Chestnut lines his third hit of the day to left. PH Dennis Williamson (33-L), batting .286 with a .908 OPS and 5 HR in 77 AB, is sent up. He lines a hit to left and Chestnut challenges Bob Draper's arm and it comes up wanting... safe at 3rd. Bill Giffin strikes out looking! 2 outs. PH Dave DiMeglio (29-L), batting .184 with a .554 OPS and 1 HR in 49 AB, is sent up. He swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 3 to 2

Just like the old days!

We had 6 hits and made no errors
San Francisco had 10 hits and made 2 errors

Don Panighetti (W 7-6) went 7.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. No home runs!
LHP Mitch Dowdell faced 1 batter and gave up a run scoring double.
RHP Jorge Reyna (H 4) faced 1 batter and struck him out.
Don Schmidt (SV 14) pitched a scoreless (barely) 9th, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. He now holds the single season Beaver record for Saves all by himself.

Brad Simpson (L 12-7) went 8 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 6 hits, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 7. He becomes the first pitcher to get tagged with 3 losses by the Beavers.

CF/RF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. RF Gordon Saunderson hit a double and drew 2 walks, scored a run and had an RBI.

For the Seals, LF Ron Chestnut had 3 hits, but no runs or RBI.

Questdog · 06-01-2019, 10:36 PM

Saturday, July 27, Year II

Double header!

P Brian Hagans is scheduled to be back tomorrow. I told the docs that I really needed him today to pitch in the double header, but they said they don't care about my timetables, only theirs and theirs says he can be released to play tomorrow.

So we had to make a roster move to get somebody up here to start a game today. I tried to demote LF Tom Borden (30-L), but he refused to go, so I put his bum on waivers and hope somebody claims him. We instead sent C Phil Parker (28-S) to Vancouver (AAA) with the promise that he would be back in 10 days (sooner if someone gets hurt) and called up P Michael Navarrete (28-L). It was between him and David Shoemake (27-R), who are both rested enough to pitch today, but the Seals seem to have trouble with lefties (.240 BA and 6-9 record), so we went with Navarrete. He was 2-1 with a 1.89 ERA and 11 SV for Vancouver but has recently been moved to the rotation due to some injuries and had pitched 2 decent games, though he was 0-1. He pitched in 5 games in relief for the Beavers last season with a SV and a 2.53 ERA, but gave up 12 hits in 10.2 IP.

We are going to be having 2 AAA pitchers making their Major League season debuts today, so it might be a long day...

Portland Beavers (64-39 .621 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
San Francisco Seals (56-48 .538 8.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West)

GAME ONE
POR: John Alecci (26-R Season debut) Rookie vs. SF: Lee Redden (29-R 3-3 4.01 1 SV)

Redden has made 7 starts and 18 relief appearances. We have only faced him as a reliever and scored 2 runs in 3 innings in 3 games. He walked 5.

Alecci is making his season debut for the Beavers. He was 11-5 with a 3.06 ERA for Vancouver. He was 1-1 in 3 starts for the Beavers last year with a 3.60 ERA, but walked 8 and only struck out 3 in 15 IP.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .268-254-5-19-.710) Rookie
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .313-166-4-27-.800)
3: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .284-201-7-21-.787) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .264-383-17-59-.783)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .251-283-12-35-.743) Rookie
6: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .268-269-4-25-.705)
7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .287-157-6-31-.801) Rookie
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .195-174-4-25-.555) Gold Glove
9: P John Alecci (26-R Season debut) Rookie

Do you remember when Eddie Thomas led the team in RBI?

SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .270-241-3-21-.720)
2: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .296-348-6-38-.813)
3: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .234-350-10-47-.715)
4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .265-313-13-49-.753)
5: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .336-250-12-44-.946) All-Star
6: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .244-348-5-37-.681)
7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .259-255-5-29-.714) Rookie
8: C Chip Carpenter (29-R .195-287-6-26-.618)
9: P Lee Redden (29-R .158-19-1-2-.516)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Ballpark: Candlestick Park
Weather: 66 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 20 MPH wind blowing right to left.
Attendance: 35,872

Top of the First:
Omar Flores swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out... Dave Benya lines out to short. Woody Griesbach flies out to deep right.

Bottom of the First:
Dan Fortino swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left. He gets caught stealing! Ron Chestnut grounds out to 2nd. Gary Halbert flies out to right!

Top of the Second:
Jeff Austin leads off with a hit to left, but gets caught stealing... Tony Casarez grounds a hit to center. Dave Lesley doubles to left and Casarez heads for home but is thrown out by LF Ron Chestnut, 7-6-2.... Lesley goes to 3rd. Three straight hits to start the inning, but we have 2 outs... This is what you call running yourself out of an inning... Bob Draper grounds one to 2nd, but Bill Giffin boots it and Lesley scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Eddie Thomas strikes out.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Dan Fortino led off the game with a single and then got caught stealing. John Alecci then sat down the next 16 batters in a row until PH Dave DiMeglio (29-L) draws a walk with 2 outs. Fortino grounds out to 2nd!

Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Gary Halbert reaches on an error by 3B Omar Flores. Marcos Barron then gets the Seals' second hit of the day, a home run to center... 2 to 1, Seals. The Bullpen is up... But Alecci gets out of the inning.

Top of the Eighth:
On the Hill: Harlan Martin (25-R), beginning his second inning of work after getting us out in order in the Seventh. Bob Draper leads off with a double to right. PH Paul Bouvet (26-R) lines one to left that Ron Chestnut almost catches, but it falls for a hit. Draper had to hold up to make sure it was not caught, so he only makes it to 3rd. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) works the count full, but then takes strike three... Omar Flores up and we have a suicide squeeze on... Flores gets the bunt down, but Draper is out at home, 3-2... Why stop at running yourself out of an inning? Might as well just run yourself out of the game... 2 outs for Dave Benya with runners at 1st and 2nd. He strikes out....

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Jesse Adcock (29-L), their closer. 3-8 with a 3.19 ERA and 25 SV in 31 chances. With 2 outs, Tony Casarez lines a hit to center, but Dave Lesley flies out to left.

Lost - 2 to 1

We had 7 hits and made 1 error
San Francisco had 3 hits and made 2 errors

John Alecci (L 0-1) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 2 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out no one.
RHP Jorge Reyna got 2 outs and allowed 1 hit.
LHP Mitch Dowdell faced 1 batter and struck him out. After he balked.

Lee Redden went 6 innings, gave us 1 unearned run, 4 hits, no walks and struck out 4.
RHP Harlan Martin (W 3-0) went 2 scoreless innings, gave us 2 hits and struck out 2.
LHP Jesse Adcock (SV 26) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 1 hit and struck out 1.

LF Tony Casarez had 2 hits. 2B/SS Dave Lesley hit a double and scored our run. RF Bob Draper hit a double. PH/2B Paul Bouvet had a hit.

GAME TWO
POR: Michael Navarrete (28-L first Major League start) Rookie vs. A.J. Yates (26-R 9-6 3.65)

We are 1-1 against Yates this year, but he is 1-0 with only 2 runs allowed in 12.1 IP. In the game we won, he shut us out for 5 innings on short rest, just like he is going to try to do today.

Navarrete is making his first Major League start and only had 2 starts in AAA this year. He allowed 7 runs in 13 innings for Vancouver as a starter (4.85 ERA).

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .337-264-5-46-.900) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .267-258-5-19-.707) Rookie
3: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .278-205-7-21-.773) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .264-387-17-59-.781)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .254-287-12-35-.746) Rookie
6: C Dennis Webb (26-L .301-166-1-15-.723)
7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .287-160-6-31-.804) Rookie
8: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .267-273-4-25-.706)
9: P Michael Navarrete (28-L Season debut) Rookie

SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .269-245-3-21-.716)
2: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .243-350-5-37-.679)
3: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .332-253-12-44-.935) All-Star
4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .266-316-14-51-.762)
5: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .232-353-10-47-.709)
6: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .293-352-6-38-.805)
7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .256-258-5-29-.706) Rookie
8: C Sterling Baney (28-R .265-68-1-11-.689) Rookie
9: P A.J. Yates (26-R .191-47-1-2-.502)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Candlestick Park
Weather: 68 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 10 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 36,699

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet works the count full, which is great against a pitcher going on short rest, but ends up grounding out to 3rd. Omar Flores walks. Please do not get caught stealing.... He goes on the first pitch and they have a pitchout on and he is dead meat... Woody Griesbach pops out to short.

Bottom of the First:
Dan Fortino grounds out to 3rd. Javy Vasquez grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Greenwald lines a hit to left. Marcos Barron flies out to center!

Top of the Second:
Jeff Austin leads off with a hit and beats the throw to 3rd when Tony Casarez lines a hit to right. Dennis Webb grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Austin scores. 1 to 0, Beavers!

Bottom of the Second:
Gary Halbert leads off with a double to right. Ron Chestnut flies out to deep right and Halbert tags up and moves to 3rd without a throw. Bill Giffin grounds out to 3rd and Halbert scores. Tie game: 1 to 1.

Top of the Fourth:
Woody Griesbach reaches on a throwing error by 3B Chris Greenwald. He steals 2nd, but Jeff Austin takes 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Tony Casarez grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Griesbach goes to 3rd. Casarez steals 2nd on a 3-1 pitch to Dennis Webb. The pitch was a strike. Webb swings at the payoff pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Griesbach scores. 2 to 1, Beavers! Bob Draper strikes out.

Top of the Fifth:
Dave Lesley leads off with a double to center. P Michael Navarrete lays down a bunt towards 3rd. Chris Greenwald fields it and throws the ball away for a 2 base error and Lesley scores! 3 to 1, Beavers! Paul Bouvet triples off the center field wall and Navarrete scores! 4 to 1, Beavers! Between Philadelphia and Portland, that is his 15th triple of the season, tying his mark from all of last season that led the Majors! Omar Flores beats out an infield hit and Bouvet scores! 5 to 1, Beavers! That sends P A.J. Yates to the showers. New Pitcher: John Walko (29-R) with a 1.93 ERA. We have not faced him before. Chip Carpenter (29-R) is in to catch in a double switch. Woody Griesbach strikes out. On a 3-2 pitch to Jeff Austin, Flores is on the move. Austin takes the pitch for strike three and Flores is safe stealing at 2nd. Tony Casarez lines a hit to center. Flores stops at 3rd. Dennis Webb up. C Chip Carpenter whips a throw to 1st, trying to catch Casarez off base, but the throw goes into right field for an error and Flores scores! 6 to 1, Beavers! Webb takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Draper lines out to the pitcher.

Won - 6 to 1

We had 7 hits and made no errors
San Francisco had 10 hits and made 5 errors

Michael Navarrete (W 1-0) went 6 innings, allowed 1 run, 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. At bat, he reached on an error and scored a run. 110 pitches.
LHP Dave Perez (SV 1) pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4.

A.J. Yates (L 9-7) went 4+ innings, gave us 6 runs (3 earned), 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1.

2B Paul Bouvet hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin had a hit and 2 walks and scored a run. LF Tony Casarez had 3 hits with a double and stole a base, but no runs or RBI. C Dennis Webb had no hits, but drew a walk and had 2 RBI. SS Dave Lesley hit a double and scored a run.

Questdog · 06-02-2019, 11:09 AM

Sunday, July 28, Year II

P Brian Hagans (26-R) was activated from the Disabled List today and P Michael Navarrete (28-L) was sent back to Vancouver (AAA). We will keep John Alecci (26-R) on the active roster until we can recall C Phil Parker (28-S) or activate CF Jeff Schottler (25-R) from the Disabled List.

Portland Beavers (65-40 .619 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
San Francisco Seals (57-49 .538 8.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West)

POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 2-2 3.05) Rookie vs. SF: Bill Dixon (34-R 8-3 2.63) All-Star

Dixon is their #1 starter. We have only faced him once and we won, but in extra innings. He gave us 1 run and 3 hits, no walks and struck out 7 in 8.1 IP. In his last outing, he pitched a 3 hit shutout with no walks and 7 strikeouts. He is unlikely to duplicate that feat against us, since he is pitching on short rest.

Hagans has not pitched in 2 months (May 25), so we expect him to be rusty and take a beating today. He last won a game on April 23.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .335-269-5-47-.899) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .268-261-5-20-.709) Rookie
3: C Dave Benya (27-S .306-170-4-27-.782)
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .264-390-17-59-.783)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .261-291-12-35-.759) Rookie
6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .271-210-7-21-.755) Rookie
7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .282-163-6-31-.790) Rookie
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .192-177-4-25-.546) Gold Glove
9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .333-12-0-0-.833) Rookie

SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .269-249-3-21-.715)
2: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .292-356-6-38-.801)
3: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .232-357-10-47-.710)
4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .268-321-14-51-.762)
5: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .335-257-12-44-.938) All-Star
6: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .239-355-5-37-.670)
7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .256-262-5-30-.706) Rookie
8: C Sterling Baney (28-R .261-69-1-11-.688) Rookie
9: P Bill Dixon (34-R .128-39-0-1-.253) All-Star

Game Start: 1:05 PM
Ballpark: Candlestick Park
Weather: 69 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 11 MPH wind blowing in from center.
Attendance: 36,478

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet grounds out to short. Omar Flores grounds a hit up the middle. He steals 2nd. Dave Benya swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short and Flores makes it to 3rd. Jeff Austin strikes out...

Bottom of the First:
Dan Fortino grounds a hit to right. He tries to steal 2nd, but C Dave Benya throws him out! Ron Chestnut grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Gary Halbert strikes out!

Top of the Second:
Tony Casarez leads off with a double to the right field corner. Woody Griesbach swings at a 3-2 pitch and pokes a hit to center and Casarez scores standing up! 1 to 0, Beavers! Bob Draper strikes out and Eddie Thomas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.

Bottom of the Second:
Marcos Barron lines a hit to right and Chris Greenwald doubles off the very top of the center field wall. Javy Vasquez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with no outs. Bill Giffin works the count full and then swings at ball 4 and misses! Sterling Baney does the exact same thing! P Bill Dixon strikes out!!! No runs!

Bottom of the Fourth:
Javy Vasquez leads off with a walk. With 1 out, he steals 2nd. Sterling Baney grounds a hit to center and Vasquez stops at 3rd. P Bill Dixon swings away and grounds out to 3rd, Vasquez holding and Baney moving to 2nd. Dan Fortino draws a walk to load the bases up. That's 4 walks issued by P Brian Hagans. Ron Chestnut flies out to deep center!

Bottom of the Fifth:
Gary Halbert leads off with another walk and we get the Bullpen active. Marcos Barron doubles to left. Chris Greenwald grounds one to 1st, but Jeff Austin boots it and Halbert scores to tie the game at 1 apiece. Javy Vasquez grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Barron scores. 2 to 1, Seals. Vasquez tries to steal but C Dave Benya nails him! Bill Giffin grounds out to 2nd. 98 pitched for Hagans and his day will be done.

Top of the Eighth:
On the Hill: Emil Stalter (35-R), beginning his 3rd inning of work. Bob Draper grounds a hit to right. We send up PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L), but they switch pitchers and bring in Paul Hawkins (35-L).

Editor's Note: I think they may have switched pitchers before I sent Saunderson up to bat, but I did not notice it until he was at the plate...

We pull down Saunderson and send up Dave Lesley (27-R). He tries to bunt a few times, unsuccessfully, and then flies out to left. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) lines a hit to center. Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-1 pitch and lines it hard and deep to left, but it stays in the park and Ron Chestnut runs it down... 2 outs. PH Rollie Ferree (28-R) flies out to right... Wait! No he does not! Gary Halbert drops it for a 2 base error and Draper scores to tie the game at 2 all! Dave Benya squibs one out in front of the plate and he gets thrown out by the catcher...

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Larry Sinchak stays in to play 3rd and Dave Lesley stays in to play short. They go down in order!

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Jesse Adcock (29-L), their closer. He got a save against us yesterday. We go down in order...

Bottom of the Ninth:
With 2 outs, Ron Chestnut lines a hit to right and makes it to 2nd when Bob Draper flubs the pickup... Gary Halbert strikes out!

Extras!

First extra inning affair since June 30.

Top of the Tenth:
All we have left on our bench is C Dennis Webb. The Seals have 3 players they have not used. Neither team has a well rested reliever left in the Pen. After two strikeouts, Larry Sinchak grounds a hit to left. Another of those Paul Bouvet triple specials would be nice right about now... But Sinchak gets picked off at 1st...

Bottom of the Tenth:
They go down in order!

Top of the Eleventh:
New Pitcher: John Walko (29-R) with a 1.83 ERA, but he threw 39 pitches yesterday, shutting us out for 2 innings. Top of our order up. Paul Bouvet lines out to center. We let P Don Schmidt bat and he strikes out. Dave Benya draws a walk. On the first pitch to Jeff Austin, Benya steals 2nd! Austin grounds out to 2nd...

Bottom of the Eleventh:
They do down in order!

Top of the Twelfth:
We go down in order with three majestic fly balls....

Bottom of the Twelfth:
P Don Schmidt is at the 50 pitch mark and we have a couple of arms ready in the Pen. CF Stan Ward (30-R) lines a hit to left... He tries to steal and C Dave Benya throws him out! That is the fourth one he has nailed today! Two have been successful. Ron Chestnut lines a hit to left. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R), who is not fresh, but has to be more so than Schmidt at this point. Gary Halbert strikes out! 2 down. PH Bill Brown (30-R) strikes out!

Top of the Thirteenth:
New Pitcher: Harlan Martin (25-R) with a 1.80 ERA. He pitched in both games yesterday, shutting us out for 3 innings. Dave Lesley strikes out... Larry Sinchak lines a hit to left. He did not come in to the game until the eighth inning, but now has 3 hits! Paul Bouvet strikes out.... P Jorge Reyna is allowed to hit and takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three.

Bottom of the Thirteenth:
They go down in order, including a strike out of Chris Greenwald!

Top of the Fourteenth:
We go down in order...

Bottom of the Fourteenth:
With 1 out, 2B Domingo Santay (27-L), a .162 hitter, lines a hit to right. But that is all they get!

Top of the Fifteenth:
With 1 out, Bob Draper grounds a hit to center. Dave Lesley takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. P Harlan Martin has thrown 39 pitches and is visibly struggling. Larry Sinchak flies out to center. Paul Bouvet grounds out to short... He is 0 for 7 in the game... That was our chance and we blew it...

Bottom of the Fifteenth:
They go down in order! P Harlan Martin was allowed to hit and Chris Greenwald struck out again!

Top of the Sixteenth:
P Harlan Martin is clearly gassed now... But they have no one left in their Pen, only tired starting pitchers now, who have all been pitching on short rest already. We pinch hit for P Jorge Reyna with our last player on the bench, Dennis Webb (26-L). He takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Dave Benya walks on 4 pitches. I fell a little sorry for Martin... But just a little! Jeff Austin strike out on 3 pitches... He is 0 for 7 in the game with 3 strikeouts... And an error... Tony Casarez hits a home run to right!!! 5 to 2, Beavers! We need more, because we'll be sending a tired pitcher out there in the bottom of the inning. Woody Griesbach lines a hit to left. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. 2 outs. Dave Lesley grounds a hit to center. Larry Sinchak grounds out to 3rd.

Bottom of the Sixteenth:
New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (25-L), pitching for the third straight day. Javy Vasquez leads off with an infield hit... 1B Sandy Mojica (26-R) grounds into a 5-4-3 double play! Sterling Baney strikes out looking and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!!

Won - 5 to 2 in 16 innings

11 shutout innings by our Bullpen!
No walks and 11 strikeouts by them.
Longest game so far this season and 3rd longest overall.
We had 2 19 inning games last season.

We had 12 hits and made 2 errors
San Francisco had 13 hits and had 1 error

Brian Hagans went 5 innings, allowed 2 runs, 6 hits, 5 walks and struck out 5.
LHP Lou Hertzberg went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2.
RHP Don Schmidt went 4.1 scoreless innings, allowed 3 hits and struck out 3. 60 pitches.
RHP Jorge Reyna (W 5-2) went 3.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 5. 51 pitches. All when he was not fresh.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 7) went 1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1.

Bill Dixon went 5 innings, gave us 1 run, 3 hits, no walks and struck out 5.
RHP Harlan Martin (L 3-1) went 4 innings, gave us 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 5.

PH Dennis Webb drew a walk and scored a run. C Dave Benya had a hit a drew 2 walks, stole 2 bases and scored a run. He also threw out 4 base runners. LF Tony Casarez hit a double and his 13th home run of the season, drew a walk, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. CF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits and an RBI. RF Bob Draper had 3 hits and scored a run. PH/3B Larry Sinchak had 3 hits, but no runs or RBI.

Questdog · 06-02-2019, 11:45 AM

Monday, July 29, Year II

Monday Morning Report
NL Player of the Week - Joe Duncan, SS, Cleveland (32-R .292/.344/.468) Had 13 hits with 2 2B, 3 HR, 4 BB, 6 SO, 9 R and 9 RBI in 6 G (2nd career PoW) (Hit .220 for Detroit last year)
PCL Player of the Week - Joe Aloe, IF, Dallas (28-L .260/.328/.391) Had 9 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO, 0 SB, 2 CS, 3 R, 6 RBI in 7 G (5 GS)

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

July 22 - LF Steve Pike (25-L) of Boston went 3 for 3 with 2 home runs and a walk and had 6 RBI at Brooklyn. The Braves won, 9 to 3.
July 24 - 2B Joe Aloe (28-L) of Dallas went 3 for 4 with 2 home runs and 2 walks and 5 RBI at Kansas City, but the Eagles lost, 8 to 7, in 14 innings.
July 24 - Bill Dixon (34-R) of San Francisco pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Oakland. He did not walk a batter and struck out 7. He is now 8-3 with a 2.63 ERA in 17 starts.
July 25 - SS Joe Duncan (32-R) of Cleveland had 4 hits with a double and a home run, scored 4 runs and had 3 RBI at Cincinnati. The Indians won, 7 to 2.
July 26 - Jeff Groves (28-L) of Cleveland pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Pittsburgh. He walked 2 and struck out 6. He is now 10-7 with a 3.27 ERA. Pittsburgh lost SP Tom Cunningham for the season, He was 10-6 with a 3.32 ERA in 21 starts.
July 27 - Jose Nieves (29-R) of Minnesota pitched a 4 hit shutout at Milwaukee in the first game of a double header. He allowed 1 walk and struck out 6. He is now 10-8 with a 3.59 ERA in 24 starts.
July 27 - Baltimore beat Brooklyn at home in 17 innings. Each team scored a run in the 11th. Reliever Dave Khoury (33-R) of Brooklyn pitched 3 hitless innings and then gave up 4 straight hits in the bottom of the 17th to lose it.
July 28 - 3B David Aytes (31-R) of Los Angeles had 3 hits with a Grand Slam and 5 RBI at Seattle. The Angels won, 6 to 3.
July 28 - Dallas and Houston played a double header and both games went to extra innings. The Eagles won the first game, 5 to 2, in 14 innings and the Astros won the second, 6 to 5, in 10 innings.
July 28 - Gary Henry (23-R) of Brooklyn pitched a 1 hit shutout at Baltimore. he walked 2 and struck out 5. The hit was a pinch-hit double by Izzy Rangel (28-L) with 2 outs in the 8th. Henry, a rookie, began the season in the Bullpen. He is now 6-3 with a 4.11 ERA in 6 starts (24 G).

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Random Fact of Week: Now that we have the best record in Baseball, the talk radio shows are not bad mouthing my trading skills quite so much... Of course, they are not praising them, either...

The PCL Batting Title race is about as close as it can get right now. Hopefully, by the end of the season, our own Paul Bouvet will be in the thick of it as well. He does not yet have enough at bats to qualify. It is also possible that he could end up with the highest Batting Average in Baseball for the season, but not win any Batting Title...

Questdog · 06-02-2019, 12:58 PM

Monday, July 29, Year II

We are back in Portland for a 10 game home stand starting with 3 games against the Los Angeles Angels. They won 2 of 3 in Seattle over the weekend. We are 4-6 against them this season and lost 2 of 3 the last time they were in the Skydome, April 26-28. They are 11th in scoring with 3.40 runs per game (Portland is up to #3 with 4.34). They are 7th in fewest runs allowed with 4.15 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.34).

Los Angeles Angels (48-57 .457 17.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (66-40 .623 in 1st place in the PCL West)

LA: Dave Ibarra (28-R 7-9 3.87) All-Star (Year I) vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 5-5 3.72) Rookie

Ibarra was 18-10 with a 3.06 ERA last year. In 3 starts against us, he does not have a decision. We were 2-1 in those games.

Gaspar is 1-3 in his last 4 starts.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES
1: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .291-412-11-38-.774) PCL MVP
2: SS Bobby Chubb (25-R .240-246-2-13-.581)
3: 3B David Aytes (31-R .228-381-19-56-.705)
4: C Larry Hardy (25-S .239-226-3-18-.673)
5: 1B Ricky Pulido (29-L .231-108-2-10-.638)
6: RF Rich Cox (30-L .262-65-2-12-.759)
7: LF John Olsavsky (29-L .282-71-1-3-.765)
8: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .184-98-3-9-.537) Rookie
9: P Dave Ibarra (28-R .081-37-0-0-.326) All-Star (Year I)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .326-276-5-47-.877) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .269-264-5-20-.708) Rookie
3: C Dave Benya (27-S .303-175-4-27-.779)
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .259-397-17-59-.770)
5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .277-83-3-18-.870)
6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .272-217-7-22-.749) Rookie
7: LF Bob Draper (23-L .282-170-6-31-.781) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .267-281-4-25-.706)
9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .143-35-0-0-.286) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 23,087

Top of the First:
Ron Nachman takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bobby Chubb grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! David Aytes strikes out looking!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet grounds out to 2nd. Omar Flores grounds out to 3rd. Dave Benya hits a home run to right! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Austin grounds out to 1st, 3-1.

Top of the Fourth:
Bobby Chubb takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, Larry Hardy walks on 4 pitches. With 2 outs, Roch Cox hits a home run to right... 3 to 1, Angels.

Lost - 3 to 1

We had 8 hits and made no errors
Los Angeles had 2 hits and made no errors

We lose a 2 hitter...

Angel Gaspar (L 5-6) went 8 innings, allowed 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks and struck out 8.
LHP Dave Perez went 1 perfect inning.

Dave Ibarra (W 8-9) went 8 innings, gave us 1 run, 8 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 4.
Ernie Auel (SV 26) pitched a perfect 9th.

C Dave Benya had 2 hits with his 5th home run of the year.

For the Angels, RF Rich Cox hit his 3rd home run, drew a walk and had 3 RBI.

Questdog · 06-02-2019, 03:46 PM

Tuesday, July 30, Year II

Los Angeles Angels (49-57 .462 16.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (66-41 .617 in 1st place in the PCL West)

LA: Russ Lanier (26-R Season debut) vs. POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 6-1 2.56)

Lanier was claimed off waivers from Milwaukee yesterday. Last year, he was 11-11 with a 4.36 ERA in 31 starts between Dallas and Milwaukee. We beat him the only time we faced him, but only scored 3 runs in 8 innings.

Grigg had a no decision last time out, allowing 4 runs in 6 IP, but won his 3 starts before that.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES
1: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .290-414-11-38-.773) PCL MVP All-Star (Year I)
2: SS Bobby Chubb (25-R .237-249-2-13-.576)
3: LF Dave Bailey (25-S .282-124-7-18-.890)
4: 3B David Aytes (31-R .226-385-19-56-.698)
5: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .295-298-14-43-.852) All-Star
6: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .178-101-3-9-.521) Rookie
7: C Willie Hernandez (29-L .285-137-2-10-.718)
8: 1B Chip Klinefelter (26-R .213-253-6-23-.601)
9: P Russ Lanier (26-R Season debut)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .325-280-5-47-.872) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .269-268-5-20-.705) Rookie
3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .282-174-6-31-.775) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .257-401-17-59-.762)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .262-298-13-38-.770) Rookie
6: C Dennis Webb (26-L .296-169-1-17-.718)
7: CF Rollie Ferree (28-R .400-40-0-7-1.054) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .268-284-4-25-.706)
9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .143-28-0-1-.310)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 73 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from center.
Attendance: 22,668

Top of the First:
Ron Nachman swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right. Bobby Chubb grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-4. Dave Bailey flies out down the left field line. David Aytes swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left and Chubb makes it to 3rd. Billy Shiyou swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to center and Chubb scores and Aytes makes it to 3rd without a throw. 1 to 0, Angels. Jim Crawford grounds out to 3rd.

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet plunks one down in front of the plate and gets thrown out by the catcher. Omar Flores swings at the first pitch and triples to left! Bob Draper grounds out to 2nd and Flores scores to tie the game at 1 all. Jeff Austin lines out to center.

Top of the Second:
Willie Hernandez grounds a hit to right and Chip Klinefelter grounds a hit to center and Hernandez beats the throw to 3rd. P Russ Lanier bunts Klinefelter to 2nd. Ron Nachman grounds out to 3rd and Hernandez scores. 2 to 1, Angels. Bobby Chubb grounds out to short.

Bottom of the Third:
With 2 outs, Omar Flores draws a walk and steals 2nd. Bob Draper swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to right! 3 to 2, Beavers!

Top of the Fourth:
Jim Crawford and Willie Hernandez lead off with singles and Chip Klinefelter reaches on an error by 3B Omar Flores to load the bases up with no outs. We get the Bullpen up. P Russ Lanier flies out to shallow center and the runners hold. Ron Nachman swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds one back to the mound and we get the force at home, 1-2. 2 outs. Bobby Chubb flies out to left! No runs! They have 7 hits off Grigg....

Top of the Seventh:
With 2 outs, Dave Bailey lines a single to left. David Aytes then hits a home run to left... 4 to 3, Angels.

Bottom of the Eighth:
With 1 out, Jeff Austin hits a fly ball to right, but Billy Shiyou drops it for an error. Dennis Webb knocks a hit to center and Austin beats the throw to 3rd. Rollie Ferree grounds a single to left and Austin scores to tie the game at 4 apiece! Dave Lesley fouls out to the catcher.

Top of the Ninth:
On the Hill: Mitch Dowdell (25-L), beginning his 2nd inning of work. Top of their lineup is up. They go down in order, but 3B Omar Flores hurts himself making the last out...

Bottom of the Ninth:
PH Tom Borden (30-L), who nobody claimed off waivers and is 1 for his last 24 and has struck out in 5 of his last 6 AB, is sent up. He beats out an infield hit! And then gets caught stealing.... Paul Bouvet grounds out to short. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) triples to right! Still they stick with P Russ Lanier who has thrown 136 pitches. Their Bullpen is completely fresh, unlike ours. Bob Draper swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 5 to 4

Our last three walk-off wins have all been ended by Bob Draper!

We had 12 hits and made 1 error
Los Angeles had 11 hits and made 1 error

Bob Grigg went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 10 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (W 3-2) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2.

Russ Lanier (L 0-1) went 8.2 innings (CG), gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 12 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2.

2B Paul Bouvet went 0 for 5. He is 1 for his last 18... That is not going to win any Batting Titles.... 3B Omar Flores hit a triple, drew a walk, stole a base and scored 2 runs. PH Larry Sinchak hit a triple and scored the winning run. RF Bob Draper had 2 hits with his 7th home run and had 4 RBI, including the winning one. LF Tony Casarez had 2 hits. C Dennis Webb had 2 hits. CF Rollie Ferree had 2 hits and an RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit. PH Tom Borden had a hit, but then got caught stealing...

For the Angels, C Willie Hernandez went 4 for 4 and scored a run.

Pepe says 3B Omar Flores has hurt is elbow and will likely not be able to play for a month...

Questdog · 06-02-2019, 08:34 PM

Wednesday, July 31, Year II

We put 3B Omar Flores (21-L) on the Disabled List and recalled C Phil Parker (28-S) from Vancouver (AAA).

Los Angeles Angels (49-58 .458 17.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (67-41 .620 in 1st place in the PCL West)

LA: Bobby McGregor (35-R 5-0 2.22) Gold Glove vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 7-6 2.87) 2 time All-Star

McGregor has only had 6 starts due to an injury. We have not faced him this season. Last year, he was 13-13 with a 3.13 ERA and won a Gold Glove. We were 2-2 against him, but he had 3 very good starts.

Panighetti won his last start after losing 3 in a row, 2 in very ugly fashion.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES
1: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .289-419-11-39-.769) PCL MVP All-Star (Year I)
2: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .181-105-3-9-.520) Rookie
3: 3B David Aytes (31-R .229-388-20-58-.712)
4: SS Bobby Chubb (25-R .232-254-2-13-.565)
5: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .295-302-14-44-.848) All-Star
6: 1B Chip Klinefelter (26-R .214-257-6-23-.599)
7: C Willie Hernandez (29-L .305-141-2-10-.752)
8: LF Rich Cox (30-L .265-68-3-15-.807)
9: P Bobby McGregor (35-R .118-17-1-2-.461) Gold Glove

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .319-285-5-47-.857) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .307-179-5-28-.800)
3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .285-179-7-35-.792) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .254-405-17-59-.755)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .265-302-13-38-.773) Rookie
6: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .348-112-1-8-.820)
7: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .271-221-7-22-.745) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .264-288-4-25-.696)
9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .225-40-0-3-.494) 2 time All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 66 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 23,512

Top of the First:
Ron Nachman grounds out to 2nd. Jim Crawford doubles off the wall in center. He tries to steal 3rd and gets thrown out by C Dave Benya! David Aytes pops out to short!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet grounds out to 3rd. 1 for his last 19... Dave Benya swings at the first pitch and triples to right center! Bob Draper grounds out to the pitcher and Benya has to hold... Jeff Austin grounds a hit to center and Benya scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Austin steals 2nd. Tony Casarez grounds a hit to right and Austin heads home... Billy Shiyou's throw is in the next zip code and Austin scores and Casarez goes to 2nd on the error! 2 to 0, Beavers! Larry Sinchak flies out to center.

Top of the Fifth:
Don Panighetti strikes out the side in order! 7-8-9 hitters, but still...

Bottom of the Fifth:
Dave Lesley leads off with a single and gets bunted to 2nd by P Don Panighetti. Paul Bouvet lines a hit to right and Lesley stops at 3rd. On the first pitch to Dave Benya, Bouvet takes off for 2nd.... C Willie Hernandez throws the ball into center and Lesley scores and Bouvet goes to 3rd! 3 to 0, Beavers! Dave Benya grounds out to the pitcher and Bouvet has to hold. Bob Draper grounds out to the pitcher...

Bottom of the Sixth:
Jeff Austin beats out an infield hit and goes to 3rd when Tony Casarez singles to right. Larry Sinchak grounds into a 5-4-3 double play and Austin scores. 4 to 0, Beavers.

Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Paul Bouvet and Dave Benya hit singles. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Bouvet goes to 3rd. Jeff Austin hits a home run to right center!!! 7 to 0, Beavers! That sends P Bobby McGregor to the bench. New Pitcher: Rob Gross (26-L), making his Major League debut. Tony Casarez grounds out to the pitcher.

Top of the Eighth:
Willie Hernandez leads off with a hit. Rich Cox grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. They let P Rob Gross bat and he bunts Cox to 2nd. 2 outs. Ron Nachman loops a hit to right and Cox scores. 7 to 1, Beavers.

Won - 7 to 1

We had 14 hits and made 1 error
Los Angeles had 5 hits and made 2 errors

Don Panighetti (W 8-6) went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6.
LHP Dave Perez went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit. He threw a WP.

Bobby McGregor (L 5-1) went 6.2 innings, gave us 7 runs, 11 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits, stole a base and scored a run. C Dave Benya had 2 hits with a triple and scored a run. 1B Jeff Austin had 3 hits with his 18th home run of the season, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBI. LF Tony Casarez had 3 hits and an RBI. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits and scored a run. PH/CF Rollie Ferree had a hit.

Questdog · 06-02-2019, 09:53 PM

Friday, August 2, Year II

CF Jeff Schottler (25-R) was activated from the Disabled List and I have decided that I don't care if the scouts think Rollie Ferree (28-R) stinks, he is killing the ball for us, so he is staying in Portland and we have released LF Tom Borden (30-L), because he refuses to go to Vancouver (AAA) and no one claimed him on waivers.

The San Francisco Seals are in town to play a 3 game series over the weekend. They just won 2 of 3 at home against San Diego. We are 8-2 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time they were in the Skydome, June 18-20. They are 10th in scoring in the PCL with 3.76 runs per game (Portland is 4th with 4.34). They are 4th in fewest runs allowed with 3.77 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.32).

San Francisco Seals (59-51 .536 9.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (68-41 .624 in 1st place in the PCL West)

SF: Bill Dixon (35-R 8-3 2.60) All-Star vs. POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 2-2 3.10) Rookie

Dixon is their #1 starter. We have faced him twice and he has given us but 1 run each time, but he did not have a decision. We won both games in extra innings, including that 16 inning game we played last weekend.

Hagans made his first start after a 2 month injury layoff in that same 16 inning game last weekend and allowed 2 runs in 5 innings, though he walked 5.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .280-261-3-22-.737) Rookie
2: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .290-366-6-38-.792)
3: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .227-375-10-47-.691)
4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .263-334-14-51-.748)
5: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .331-272-12-45-.924) All-Star
6: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .242-368-5-39-.671)
7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .248-274-5-31-.690) Rookie
8: C Chip Carpenter (29-R .203-301-7-28-.635)
9: P Bill Dixon (35-R .122-41-0-1-.241) All-Star

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .321-290-5-47-.856) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .311-183-5-28-.815)
3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .279-183-7-35-.775) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .259-409-18-63-.769)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .271-306-13-39-.782) Rookie
6: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .336-116-1-8-.793)
7: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .216-269-5-24-.610) WS MVP
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .267-292-4-25-.700)
9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .308-13-0-0-.769) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 74 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 14 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 27,579

Top of the First:
Dan Fortino swings at a 3-1 pitch and grounds out to short. Ron Chestnut swings at a 3-1 pitch and triples off the wall in left center. Gary Halbert swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2rd and Chestnut scores. 1 to 0, Seals. Marcos Barron swings at a 1-0 pitch and grounds out to short. Hagans does not have his control back quite yet...

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet flares a hit to right center. Dave Benya swings at the first pitch and hits one to the second deck in right!! 2 to 1, Beavers! Bob Draper strikes out. Jeff Austin strikes out. Tony Casarez grounds out to 2nd.

Top of the Sixth:
With 1 out, Chris Greenwald takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Javy Vasquez singles to right and Greenwald heads for 3rd... Bob Draper makes an awful throw and Greenwald scores on the error and Vasquez goes to 2nd. Tie game: 2 all. The Bullpen is up. Bill Giffin doubles off the wall in center and Vasquez scores. 3 to 2, Seals. Chip Carpenter lines out hard to right. We let Hagans face P Bill Dixon, who doubles to left center and Giffin scores.... 4 to 2, Seals. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Dan Fortino swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short.

Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Dave Lesley hits a home run to left center! 4 to 3, Seals.

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Jesse Adcock (29-L), their closer with 26 SV and a 2.94 ERA. He has 2 saves and 1 loss against us this year. Jeff Schottler leads off by flying out to the warning track in right. Dave Lesley swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) swings at an 0-2 pitch and doubles down the right field line! Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left and Griesbach was going to stop at 3rd until LF Ron Chestnut overruns the ball! Griesbach scores on the error and Bouvet goes to 2nd! Tie Game at 4 all! Dave Benya grounds out to 2nd.

Extras!

Top of the Tenth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Woody Griesbach stays in to play right and Eddie Thomas is in to play short. Gary Halbert leads off with a double to center... 2B Domingo Santay (27-L), a .160 hitter in 81 AB, grounds a hit to left and Halbert scores... 5 to 4, Seals. The Bullpen is up. We walk Chris Greenwald intentionally. Javy Vasquez bunts the runners up. Bill Giffin grounds a hit to center and another run is in... 6 to 4, Seals. Chip Carpenter flies out to deep left and Greenwald tags up, but Tony Casarez throws him out at the plate!

Bottom of the Tenth:
With 1 out, Jeff Austin beats out an infield hit and goes to 2nd on a wild pitch. He goes to 3rd on another one. His run really does not matter, though... Tony Casarez swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... 2 outs. Larry Sinchak flies out to left...

Lost - 6 to 4, in 10 innings.

I thought for sure, once we got Don Schmidt into a tie game in extra innings, we had it in the bag...

We had 11 hits and made 1 error
San Francisco had 12 hits and made 2 errors

Brian Hagans went 5.2 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 5. 108 pitches. I should not have let him face the pitcher...
RHP Jorge Reyna went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1.
LHP Lou Hertzberg went 2 perfect innings and struck out 3. I think we should make him the #1 reliever.
RHP Don Schmidt (L 9-4) went 1 inning, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits and 1 walk (INT)

Bill Dixon went 8 innings, gave us 3 runs, 8 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 7. He threw a WP. At bat, he hit a double and had an RBI.
LHP Joe Adcock (W 6-8 BS 7) went 2 innings, gave us 1 run, 3 hits and struck out 1. He threw 2 WP.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI. C Dave Benya hit his 6th home run of the season and had 2 RBI. 3B Larry Sinchak had 2 hits. SS Dave Lesley hit his 5th home run. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit. PH/RF Woody Griesbach hit a double and scored a run.

For the Seals, LF Ron Chestnut had 4 hits with a triple and scored a run.

Questdog · 06-03-2019, 02:24 PM

Saturday, August 3, Year II

San Francisco Seals (60-51 .541 8.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (68-42 .618 in 1st place in the PCL West)

SF: Jose Troche (27-L 5-7 3.78) vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 5-6 3.70) Rookie

Troche was dominating last season, going 9-7 with a 2.81 ERA, but this year his strikeouts have dropped from 7.6 per 9 down to 5.3 and his walks have climbed from 2.8 to 3.4. We have not faced him this season, but we were 0-4 when he started last year.

Gaspar has lost 4 of his last 5 starts. Last time out, he only allowed 2 hits in 8 innings, but walked 5 and gave up a home run and they scored 3 runs.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .274-266-3-22-.723) Rookie
2: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .296-371-6-38-.808)
3: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .226-380-10-48-.690)
4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .261-337-14-51-.743)
5: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .331-275-12-45-.925) All-Star
6: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .245-371-5-39-.678)
7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .251-279-5-33-.696) Rookie
8: C Chip Carpenter (29-R .199-306-7-28-.625)
9: P Jose Troche (27-L .105-38-0-4-.257)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .322-295-5-48-.855) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .339-121-1-8-.793)
3: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .276-225-7-22-.756) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .258-414-18-63-.765)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .270-311-13-39-.776) Rookie
6: C Dave Benya (27-S .309-188-6-30-.820)
7: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .216-273-5-24-.609) WS MVP
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .267-296-5-26-.708)
9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .135-37-0-0-.270) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 27,633

Top of the First:
Dan Fortino takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Ron Chestnut grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Gary Halbert strikes out!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet flies out to deep left. Larry Sinchak lines a hit to right. Woody Griesbach lines out to center. Jeff Austin strikes out...

Top of the Second:
With 1 out, Chris Greenwald jacks one to right... 1 to 0, Seals.

Through 5 innings, Troche looks like the same guy from last year, to me... We have 2 hits and 5 strikeouts...

Top of the Seventh:
Marcos Barron takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and we get the Pen up. Chris Greenwald strikes out! Javy Vasquez doubles to left center... Call to the Bullpen: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). Bill Giffin strikes out! Chip Carpenter, batting under .200, triples off the wall in right center and two runs score... 3 to 0, Seals.

Bottom of the Seventh:
With 1 out, Dave Benya, Jeff Schottler and Dave Lesley all hit singles and the bases are loaded. PH Rollie Ferree (28-R) triples to left center and everyone scores!!!! 3 to 3, tie game!! They walk Paul Bouvet intentionally and then change pitchers. New Pitcher: Harlan Martin (25-R), the poor fella that lost that 16 inning game last weekend. He has not pitched since and is fresh as a daisy. Larry Sinchak flies out to deep left center and Ferree trots home! 4 to 3, Beavers! Woody Griesbach swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short.

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-E). Surely they cannot score off him twice in a row... Lou Hertzerg, who is now my #1 reliever, is not fresh. Dan Fortino draws a walk... The Pen is hoppin'... Ron Chestnut grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Gary Halbert strikes out. Marcos Barron breaks his bat and bloops a hit over 1B Jeff Austin and Chestnut goes to 3rd... Chris Greenwald grounds out to 2nd!!!

Top of the Ninth:
Bullpen is ready. Javy Vasquez swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bill Giffin strikes out looking! PH Dennis Williamson (33-L), batting .291 with an .884 OPS and 5 HR in 86 AB, is sent up. He works the count full and then takes ball 4... PH Dave DiMeglio (29-L), batting .189 with a .618 OPS and 2 HR in 53 AB, is next. He swings at the first pitch and grounds one hard towards the hole on the right side... 2B Paul Bouvet makes a diving stop and throws him out at 1st by a whisker and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 4 to 3

We had 7 hits and made no errors
San Francisco had 6 hits and made no errors

Angel Gaspar went 6.1 innings, allowed 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 7. 112 pitches.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (W 4-2) faced 2 batters and got 2 strikeouts and gave up a run scoring hit.
RHP Don Schmidt (SV 15) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 2 walks and struck out 2.

Jose Troche (L 5-8) went 6.1 innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 6.

CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits, stole a base and scored a run. PH Rollie Ferree hit a 3 run triple and scored a run. He is now hitting .435 with 7 2B and 2 3B in 46 AB!

05-30-2019, 09:03 PM	#421
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Wednesday, July 17, Year II Houston Astros (41-50 .451 10 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (58-36 .617 in 1st place in the PCL West) HOU: Johnny Maskell (24-R 7-5 3.04) vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 6-5 2.42) 2 time All-Star These two pitchers were traded for each other over the winter, though there were other players involved. The two other pitchers we gave them, Antoine Redd and Dave Cole are both injured right now. Maskell has won his last 3 starts, allowing only 1 earned run in each. We have never faced him. Panighetti has lost his last 2 starts, though he only gave up 2 runs in 6 innings the last time out. We have lost both times that he has faced his former team. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) HOUSTON 1: CF Don Mosley (30-R .192-312-3-26-.524) 2: RF Dave Longman (24-R .282-252-5-25-.766) 3: LF Tony Baez (33-R .239-301-9-40-.652) 4: 3B Rick Dill (24-R .298-275-8-42-.826) Rookie 5: 2B Bob Webster (23-S .277-350-5-36-.720) 6: C Steve Coker (23-R .254-142-2-10-656) Rookie 7: SS Russ Mitchell (32-R .278-306-3-24-.678) 8: 1B Rob Mullins (29-L .352-54-4-10-1.036) 9: P Johnny Maskell (24-R .184-38-1-2-.514) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .332-226-5-39-.906) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .321-140-3-24-.809) 3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .301-123-5-25-.846) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .270-348-16-52-.796) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-250-10-29-.735) Rookie 6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .248-165-6-18-.715) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .278-223-4-17-.726) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .250-240-4-20-.671) 9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .229-35-0-2-.507) 2 time All-Star Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 20,033 Top of the First: Don Mosley lines one hard to the right field corner, but Bob Draper runs it down! Don Longman strikes out. Tony Baez grounds a hard hit to left. Rick Dill grounds out to 2nd! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Dave Benya takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Draper lines a hit to left. Jeff Austin pops out to 1st. 2 outs. Tony Casarez doubles to left and Benya scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! 3-2 pitch to Woody Griesbach and he grounds out to short. Top of the Second: Bob Webster leads off with a 437 foot blast to center... Tie Game: 1 to 1. Steve Coker lines a hit to right. Russ Mitchell doubles to right center and Coker scores and Mitchell ends up on 3rd... 2 to 1, Astros. Rob Mullins flies out to right and Mitchell holds. P Johnny Maskell fouls out to the catcher. Don Mosley homers to left.... 4 to 1, Astros. Panighetti was 2nd in the PCL in ERA before this game... Dave Longman grounds out to 2nd. Top of the Third: Tony Baez reaches on a 2 base throwing error by 3B Omar Flores, goes to 3rd on a ground out and scores on a hit by Bob Webster. 5 to 1, Astros. The Bullpen is up. With 2 outs, Russ Mitchell doubles to center and Webster scores.... 6 to 1, Astros. Mitchell goes to 3rd on the play at the plate. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). A wild pitch scores Mitchell.... 7 to 1, Astros. Bottom of the Fourth: Tony Casarez leads off with a triple to right center and scores on a ground out by Woody Griesbach. 7 to 2, Astros. Top of the Fifth: Rick Dill leads off with a walk and Bob Webster grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Steve Coker lines a hit to left. Russ Mitchell takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load them up with 1 out. We are not going to waste more relievers in this game than we have to, as an off day is a ways a way, so Reyna will have to suck it up. Rob Mullins flies out to center and Dill scores without a throw. 8 to 2, Astros. P Johnny Maskell strikes out. Bottom of the Fifth: Paul Bouvet leads off with a walk. With 1 out, Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Jeff Austin triples to right and Draper scores. 8 to 3, Astros. Tony Casarez swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Sixth: Woody Griesbach leads off with a single past the shortstop. With 2 outs, he goes to 2nd on a passed ball. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Paul Bouvet singles to right and the bases are loaded with 2 out. Dave Benya hits a fly ball to center, but Don Mosley drops it for a 2 base error and 2 runs score! 8 to 5, Astros. That sends P Johnny Maskell to the showers. New Pitcher: Brad Hamel (24-R). He's the guy who had allowed 15 hits in 8.2 innings, but sat us down in order yesterday in an inning of work. Bob Draper grounds a hit to right and Bouvet scores! 8 to 6, Astros. Jeff Austin doubles over the 3rd base bag and Benya scores! 8 to 7, Astros. Tony Casarez grounds out to 2nd... Bottom of the Seventh: Woody Griesbach leads off with a double to left center. Omar Flores singles to right. Dave Lesley lines out to right and Griesbach tags up and beats the throw to the plate to tie the game at 8 apiece!! Flores gets caught stealing... 2 outs. Gordon Saunderson flies out to center. Top of the Eighth: On the Hill: Lou Hertzberg (30-L), beginning his second inning of work. He sits them down in order, despite an error by 1B Jeff Austin on a foul ball. Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Barry Haneke (28-R) with a 2.15 ERA. We scored a pair of runs off him two days ago. What are the odds that we can do it again? Top of our order is up. Paul Bouvet strikes out... Dave Benya beats out an infield hit. On the first pitch to Bob Draper, Benya steals 2nd! Draper hits a home run to right!!!!! 10 to 8, Beavers!!! Jeff Austin lines a hit to right. PH Rollie Ferree (28-R) grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Woody Griesbach flies out to center. Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Rollie Ferree stays in to play center and Woody Griesbach moves to right. Eddie Thomas is in to play short, Tom Borden is in to play left and Phil Parker is in to catch. With 2 outs, Bob Webster strikes out and THIS Ball Game, believe it or not, Belongs to the Beavers!!! Sweep! Won - 10 to 8 We had 14 hits and made 2 errors Houston had 11 hits and made 1 error We can point to this game when Don Panighetti complains about not winning games he has pitched well.... Don Panighetti went 2.2 innings, allowed 7 runs (4 earned), 7 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 1. RHP Jorge Reyna went 3.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. He threw a WP. LHP Lou Hertzberg (W 4-2) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. RHP Don Schmidt (SV 12) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout. Johnny Maskell went 5.2 innings, gave us 7 runs (4 earned), 4 walks and struck out 3. RHP Barry Haneke (L 4-3) went 1 inning, gave us 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run and struck out 1. 2B Paul Bouvet had 1 hit and 2 walks and scored a run. C Dave Benya had a hit and a walk, stole a base and scored 3 runs. RF/LF Bob Draper had 3 hits with his 6th home run of the year, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. 1B Jeff Austin had 3 hits with a double and a triple and 2 RBI. LF Tony Casarez hit a double and a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. CF/RF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. PH/RF Gordon Saunderson drew a walk and scored a run. For the Astros, 2B Bob Webster had 2 hits with his 6th home run of the year, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI. C Steve Coker had 3 hits and scored a run. We are done with Houston this year and, thank to this sweep, we win the season series, 7-5. We lost it, 5-7, last year. Last edited by Questdog; 06-07-2019 at 10:46 PM.

05-31-2019, 11:34 PM	#425
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Sunday, July 21, Year II P Lonny Tomski (28-R) was placed on the Disabled List and P John Alecci (26-R) was called up from Vancouver (AAA). He was 11-5 with a 3.06 ERA for the Mounties. He was 1-1 in 3 starts for the Beavers last year with a 3.60 ERA, but walked 8 and only struck out 3 in 15 IP. P Barry Chapman (27-R) has been waived and designated for assignment for the purpose of sending him to Vancouver. We called up Dave Perez (24-L). Perez was 4-1 with 13 SV and an 0.83 ERA for the Mounties. In 32.2 IP, he allowed 18 H, 0 HR, 8 BB and 21 SO. This gives us 3 lefties in the Pen now, but none of them are afraid of right-handed batters. Denver Bears (54-43 .557 1.5 GB in 2nd place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (61-37 .622 in 1st place in the PCL West) DEN: Danny Adame (31-R 10-7 3.47) vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 6-5 2.66) 2 time All-Star Adame is their #1 starter. He was 14-11 with a 3.26 ERA last year. Very impressive for someone pitching half their games in Mile High Stadium. We are 0-2 against him this year. Last time we faced him, he pitch a CG 3 hitter with no walks in Denver, but we somehow managed to score a run. Panighetti was mauled by the Royals in his last start, allowing 7 runs in 2.2 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DENVER 1: LF Howard McNeal (31-R .273-44-1-3-.788) Ex-Beaver 2: CF Mike Carpenter (31-R .245-314-9-48-.712) 3: RF John Dobosh (29-R .287-348-6-40-.780) All-Star 4: 1B Jim Mohr (35-S .281-64-3-6-.849) 5: 3B Dave Bell (26-R .366-82-6-17-1.135) 6: SS Rob Douma (28-R .240-337-9-53-.674) All-Star (Year I) 7: 2B Tony Jimenez (28-R .243-70-1-8-.636) 8: C Antonio Garcia (25-R .209-67-3-8-.662) 9: P Danny Adame (31-S .176-51-0-1-.392) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .338-240-5-41-.916) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .311-151-3-25-.790) 3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .302-139-6-30-.846) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .266-365-16-55-.784) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .253-261-11-31-.755) Rookie 6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .267-180-7-20-.760) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .269-234-4-17-.701) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .263-251-4-24-.698) 9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .222-36-0-2-.493) 2 time All-Star Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 25,967 Top of the First: Howard McNeal swings at the first pitch and pops out to short. Mike Carpenter grounds a hit to left. John Dobosh swings at the first pitch and doubles to right... Has Panighetti's arm turned into actual Spaghetti? Jim Mohr hits a home run to left.... 3 to 0, Bears. How can someone make the All-Star team two years in a row and just turn into a meatball in one day? Dave Bell walks and we get the Pen up.... Rob Douma grounds a double play ball to short, but Dave Lesley makes a bad flip to 2nd and everyone is safe... Tony Jimenez lines out to left. Antonio Garcia swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to deep center. Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-2 pitch and triples to left! 15 straight games he has hit in, now. Dave Benya hits one deep down the right field line....Home run if it is fair....Fair!! 3 to 2, Bears. Bob Draper flies out to right. Jeff Austin flies out to center. Tony Casarez grounds a hit to center. Woody Griesbach swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds one to short, but Rob Douma throws it away for a 2 base error. Omar Flores grounds out to 3rd... Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, Antonio Garcia doubles to center and with 2 outs, Howard McNeal homers to left.... 5 to 2, Bears. McNeal has 2 home runs on the season, both against us, his old friends... Bottom of the Fourth: Tony Casarez leads off with a home run to right. 5 to 3, Bears. We score every time they do, just less... Woody Griesbach singles to left, but Omar Flores and Dave Lesley both strike out. I debate about pinch-hitting for Panighetti, but decide to let him bat and he singles to left and Griesbach scores! 5 to 4, Bears. Panighetti goes to 2nd on the throw home. Paul Bouvet singes to center, but Panighetti is inexplicably sent home and us out by about 89 feet... Top of the Fifth: I thought for certain that since I let Panighetti hit, he would give up runs this inning, but he gets three straight fly balls to center! Bottom of the Fifth: Dave Benya leads off with a hit. He steals 2nd, even though Garcia is one of the strongest armed catchers in baseball and they had a pitchout called! Bob Draper flies out to right and Benya tags up and beats the throw to 3rd. Can Jeff Austin please make contact? They are not playing the infield in. Austin swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd and Benya scores to tie the game at 5 all! Top of the Sixth: Rob Douma leads off with a grounder to left for a hit. We get the Bullpen up. Tony Jimenez lays down a bunt, but C Dave Benya throws the ball away for a 2 base error... Antonio Garcia is walked intentionally to load the bases up with no outs and we make a Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). P Danny Adame is allowed to hit and fouls out to the catcher. Howard McNeal takes a 3-2 pitch for ball...strike three!! That pitch was low and outside a good bit! Thank you, Blue! Mike Carpenter swings at a 1-0 pitch and launches it into the seats in left....Grand Slam.... 9 to 5, Bears. Lost - 9 to 5 We had 10 hits and made 4 errors Denver had 11 hits and made 1 error New season high for errors and ties the high (low) mark we set last season in two games. Don Panighetti (L 6-6) went 5+ innings, allowed 8 runs (5 earned), 7 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. It is the 4th straight game that he has given up 2 home runs... RHP Jorge Reyna almost got out of a bases loaded, no outs jam, but not quite... He went 2 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 1 hit, a Grand Slam, and struck out 1. LHP Dave Perez made his Major League debut and without facing a single lefty, managed to pitch 2 scoreless innings. He allowed 3 hits. Danny Adame (W 11-7) went 6 innings, gave us 5 runs, 8 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit. He is the first pitcher this year to get 3 wins against us... 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits with a triple and scored a run. C Dave Benya had 3 hits with his 4th home run of the season, stole his 10th base, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. LF Tony Casarez had 3 hits with his 12th home run. For the Bears, CF Mike Carpenter had 3 hits with a Grand Slam and scored 2 runs. He also threw a runner out at the plate. 1B Jim Mohr hit a 3 run home run. And we have to keep the sour taste of this game in our mouths until next year, because we are done with Denver for the season. We end up splitting the season series, 6-6. We won it last year, 8-4. Down on the Farm: The Wichita Wranglers of the Western Association (C) had their starting pitcher, Jim Hightshoe (21-R) get hurt facing his first batter. The game went 17 innings and the Wrangler Bullpen pitched 16.2 scoreless innings and Wichita won, 1 to 0. Tung Pan (22-R), a Chinese pitcher, got the win with 4 innings of shutout relief. He walked 5, but only gave up 1 hit. Last edited by Questdog; 06-07-2019 at 10:45 PM.

06-01-2019, 12:23 AM	#426
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, July 22, Year II Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Jess McKenzie, LF, Chicago (29-R .328/.392/.458) Had 12 hits with 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 2 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS, 3 R and 5 RBI in 7 G PCL Player of the Week - Luis Castillo, 1B, Denver (22-L .336/.374/.470) Had 14 hits with 3 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO, 7 SB, 3 CS, 7 R, 2 RBI in 5 G (7 for 9 vs Portland) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) July 15 - 1B Conrad Morris (27-L) of Chicago hit a double and a Grand Slam and had 5 RBI at Boston. The Cubs won, 8 to 1. July 16 - Bill Avallone (31-R) pitched a complete game win, allowing 1 run on 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. At bat, he hit a double and a home run and had 4 RBI. July 16 - Danny Adame (31-R) of Denver pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Los Angeles. He did not walk a batter and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 10-7 with a 3.47 ERA. July 17 - 2B Rob Douma (28-R) of Denver hit for the cycle at home versus Los Angeles. He scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI. The Bears won, 14 to 2. He is the first player in the PCL to hit for the cycle and the 3rd overall. July 17 - Bill Carlson (30-R) of Cleveland pitched a 4 hit shutout at New York. He walked 1 and struck out 1. He is now 10-9 with a 3.49 ERA. He led the NL in losses last year with 18. July 19 - Buddy Hansen (31-R) of Boston pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Cincinnati. He walked 2 and struck out 3. He is now 3-5 with a 4.67 ERA in 13 starts. Random Fact of Week: I do not think I have mentioned this before, but we lead all of Baseball in Stolen Bases with 156 in 99 G. That is a pace to get 255 on the season. Now, I am not a big stolen base guy, but I AM a big speed guy and when you have speedy players, you are going to get some stolen bases. And top to bottom, we are the fastest team in Baseball.

06-02-2019, 11:45 AM	#435
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, July 29, Year II Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Joe Duncan, SS, Cleveland (32-R .292/.344/.468) Had 13 hits with 2 2B, 3 HR, 4 BB, 6 SO, 9 R and 9 RBI in 6 G (2nd career PoW) (Hit .220 for Detroit last year) PCL Player of the Week - Joe Aloe, IF, Dallas (28-L .260/.328/.391) Had 9 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO, 0 SB, 2 CS, 3 R, 6 RBI in 7 G (5 GS) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) July 22 - LF Steve Pike (25-L) of Boston went 3 for 3 with 2 home runs and a walk and had 6 RBI at Brooklyn. The Braves won, 9 to 3. July 24 - 2B Joe Aloe (28-L) of Dallas went 3 for 4 with 2 home runs and 2 walks and 5 RBI at Kansas City, but the Eagles lost, 8 to 7, in 14 innings. July 24 - Bill Dixon (34-R) of San Francisco pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Oakland. He did not walk a batter and struck out 7. He is now 8-3 with a 2.63 ERA in 17 starts. July 25 - SS Joe Duncan (32-R) of Cleveland had 4 hits with a double and a home run, scored 4 runs and had 3 RBI at Cincinnati. The Indians won, 7 to 2. July 26 - Jeff Groves (28-L) of Cleveland pitched a 5 hit shutout at home versus Pittsburgh. He walked 2 and struck out 6. He is now 10-7 with a 3.27 ERA. Pittsburgh lost SP Tom Cunningham for the season, He was 10-6 with a 3.32 ERA in 21 starts. July 27 - Jose Nieves (29-R) of Minnesota pitched a 4 hit shutout at Milwaukee in the first game of a double header. He allowed 1 walk and struck out 6. He is now 10-8 with a 3.59 ERA in 24 starts. July 27 - Baltimore beat Brooklyn at home in 17 innings. Each team scored a run in the 11th. Reliever Dave Khoury (33-R) of Brooklyn pitched 3 hitless innings and then gave up 4 straight hits in the bottom of the 17th to lose it. July 28 - 3B David Aytes (31-R) of Los Angeles had 3 hits with a Grand Slam and 5 RBI at Seattle. The Angels won, 6 to 3. July 28 - Dallas and Houston played a double header and both games went to extra innings. The Eagles won the first game, 5 to 2, in 14 innings and the Astros won the second, 6 to 5, in 10 innings. July 28 - Gary Henry (23-R) of Brooklyn pitched a 1 hit shutout at Baltimore. he walked 2 and struck out 5. The hit was a pinch-hit double by Izzy Rangel (28-L) with 2 outs in the 8th. Henry, a rookie, began the season in the Bullpen. He is now 6-3 with a 4.11 ERA in 6 starts (24 G). Random Fact of Week: Now that we have the best record in Baseball, the talk radio shows are not bad mouthing my trading skills quite so much... Of course, they are not praising them, either... The PCL Batting Title race is about as close as it can get right now. Hopefully, by the end of the season, our own Paul Bouvet will be in the thick of it as well. He does not yet have enough at bats to qualify. It is also possible that he could end up with the highest Batting Average in Baseball for the season, but not win any Batting Title...

05-31-2019, 10:55 AM	#422
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Thursday, July 18, Year II Denver is in town to play a 4 game series through the weekend and finish up our home stand and finish up our season series with them. They just swept the Angels in a 3 games series at home, outscoring Los Angeles, 26 to 5, in the three games. We are 4-4 against them so far this year and split a pair of games the last time they were in Portland, April 2-3, the opening series of the season. After their pummeling of the Angels, the Bears now lead the PCL in scoring with 4.76 runs per game (Portland is still #4 with 4.27). They are 8th in fewest runs allowed (pretty good for a team in Denver) with 4.22 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.23). Denver Bears (53-41 .564 in 1st place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (59-36 .621 in 1st place in the PCL West) DEN: Jerry Ivester (26-R 8-5 3.75) vs. POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 5-1 2.10) We have not faced Ivester this season. We were 2-2 against him last year. I just noticed that Grigg has the same birthday as me (9/28). I knew there was something I liked about him! Besides his excellent pitching, so far, I mean. He pitched a 4 hit shutout against the then #1 offense in the PCL, the Royals, last time out. If he could do it again against the now #1 ranked offense, I will wet my britches....and not change out of them! Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DENVER 1: 1B Luis Castillo (22-L .324-336-3-31-.822) 2: RF John Dobosh (29-R .298-336-6-39-.806) All-Star 3: LF Wally Dardick (29-L .238-147-4-18-.667) 4: 3B Ivan Gallegas (35-R .235-344-12-45-.757) Silver Slugger 2 time All-Star 5: 2B Rob Douma (28-R .239-326-9-51-.675) All-Star (Year I) Hit for the cycle yesterday 6: C Bob Pritchett (32-L .217-272-4-34-.633) Gold Glove 7: SS Greg Werner (28-R .343-338-10-64-.859) 8: CF Mike Carpenter (31-R .250-308-9-48-.721) 9: P Jerry Ivester (26-R .116-43-0-4-.230) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .332-229-5-39-.907) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .319-144-3-24-.805) 3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .313-128-6-28-.882) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .275-353-16-54-.810) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .256-254-10-30-.751) Rookie 6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .253-170-6-19-.723) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .278-227-4-17-.722) Rookie 8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .199-171-4-25-.565) Gold Glove 9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .160-25-0-1-.345) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 17,798 Top of the First: Luis Castillo grounds a hit to center. John Dobosh swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Wally Dardick pops out to shallow center. Dobosh steals 2nd. Ivan Gallegas swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left and Dobosh scores. 1 to 0, Bears. A wild pitch sends Gallegas to 2nd. Rob Douma reaches first on catcher's interference... Full count to Bob Pritchett and he swings and misses the payoff pitch! 34 pitch inning... Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to right. He now has a 12 game hitting streak. Dave Benya grounds out to 2nd and Bouvet moves up. Bob Draper up and Bouvet steals 3rd on the first pitch and scores when their Gold Glove catcher throws the ball into left field! Tie game at 1 apiece. Draper walks on 4 pitches. Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. 2 outs. Austin steals 2nd. Tony Casarez grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Bottom of the Second: Woody Griesbach leads off and launches an 0-2 pitch over the left field wall for a home run! 2 to 1, Beavers! Bottom of the Fourth: The Bears have 6 hits, but only one run. Tony Casarez gets our 3rd hit, a home run to right center and we have 3 runs!! 3 to 1, Beavers! Top of the Fifth: Luis Castillo gets their seventh hit and his own third and then steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Dave Benya throws the ball into the outfield. He scores on a ground out by John Dobosh. 3 to 2, Beavers. Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Bob Pritchett hits a home run to right to tie the game at 3 all. Bottom of the Seventh: PH Tom Borden (30-L), who has been a useless signing, strikes out. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L), the greatest Rule V pick in team history, doubles to left center. They walk Paul Bouvet intentionally. What's my favorite thing to do when they walk a batter intentionally with a runner on 2nd? A double steal! And we pull one off! It's Saunderson's first steal of the season! They do not walk Dave Benya, but pull the infield in. He nevertheless beats out an infield hit and Saunderson scores! 4 to 3, Beavers! Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Bouvet scores! 5 to 3, Beavers. That sends Ivester to the showers. New Pitcher: Gordon DeLong (24-R) with a 2.08 ERA. He has 1 save on the season and it was against us. Jeff Austin grounds out to short. Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). Dave Lesley (27-R) is in to play short and Rollie Ferree (28-R) is in to play center. Woody Griesbach moves over to right. With 1 out, Ivan Gallegas draws a walk, but that is all they get! Bottom of the Eighth: With 1 out, Woody Griesbach grounds a hit to left. Omar Flores grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Rollie Ferree doubles to the right field corner and Flores scores from 1st without a throw! 6 to 3, Beavers. Editor's Note: We need to get rid of Scouts. Ferree is now hitting .412. Without any scouts, he'd be playing every day until he cooled off, but because my scout and OSA agree that he stinks, I have relegated him to AAA and he is only playing now because of injuries. I am tempted to scrap this League and start a new one, but instead I have decided to continue playing this universe but make some very, very big changes for next year. Dave Lesley grounds a hit to right and Ferree stops at 3rd. Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to center and Ferree scores! 7 to 3, Beavers! Dave Benya grounds out to short. Won - 7 to 3 We had 11 hits and made 2 errors Denver had 8 hits and made 1 error Bob Grigg (W 6-1) went 7 innings, allowed 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 3. He threw 2 WP. LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 6) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 walks and struck out 2. Jerry Ivester (L 8-6) went 6.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and an intentional walk, stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. LF Tony Casarez hit his 11th home run of the season. CF/RF Woody Griesbach had 3 hits with his 7th home run, CF Rollie Ferree hit a double in his only at bat, scored a run and had an RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson hit a double and scored a run. SS Dave Lesley had a hit in his only at bat. For the Bears, 1B Luis Castillo had 3 hits, stole his 50th base of the season and scored a run. He leads the majors in steals. Our own Paul Bouvet is 2nd overall with 40 for both us and Philadelphia.

05-31-2019, 12:54 PM	#423
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, July 19, Year II Denver Bears (53-42 .558 0.5 GB in 2nd place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (60-36 .625 in 1st place in the PCL West) DEN: Tony Tirado (25-L 3-4 5.60) vs. POR: Larry Smith (27-R 2-0 1.88) We faced Tirado on Opening Day and beat him, scoring 4 runs in 7 IP, but he struck out 9. After winning his first two starts in spectacular fashion, Smith's last 2 have been no decisions in which he has allowed 5 runs in 10.2 IP (4.22 ERA). Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DENVER 1: RF John Dobosh (29-R .294-340-6-40-.797) All-Star 2: CF Johnny Foerster (28-L .388-85-5-16-1.065) 3: LF Wally Dardick (29-L .238-151-4-18-.663) 4: 3B Ivan Gallegas (35-R .236-347-12-46-.758) Silver Slugger 2 time All-Star 5: 2B Rob Douma (28-R .240-329-9-51-.675) All-Star (Year I) 6: 1B Dave Bell (26-R .372-78-6-17-1.167) 7: C Bob Pritchett (32-L .221-276-5-35-.649) Gold Glove 8: SS Greg Werner (28-R .339-342-10-64-.849) Leads PCL in BA 9: P Tony Tirado (25-L .200-15-0-1-.400) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .335-233-5-40-.911) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .324-102-1-7-.759) Ex-Bear 3: LF Woody Griesbach (24-R .264-174-7-20-.757) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .272-357-16-54-.801) 5: C Dave Benya (27-S .318-148-3-25-.801) 6: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .254-244-4-21-.675) 7: CF Rollie Ferree (28-R .412-34-0-7-1.062) Rookie 8: RF Bob Draper (23-L .313-131-6-29-.882) Rookie 9: P Larry Smith (27-L .273-11-0-0-.545) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 68 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 11 MPH wind blowing in from right. Attendance: 23,400 Top of the First: John Dobosh swings at the first pitch and flies out to center. Johnny Foerster flies out to shallow left. Wally Dardick grounds a hit to right. Ivan Gallegas pops out to 2nd! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet flies out to right and P Tony Tirado has to leave the game with an injury.... That is not good for us... New Pitcher: Rick Moore (25-L) with a 2.37 ERA. Less than half the ERA of Tirado... Larry Sinchak swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Woody Griesbach grounds a hit to left. Jeff Austin flies out to right. Top of the Third: Greg Werner, who is batting Eighth, despite leading the League in Batting Average, beats out an infield hit. P Rick Moore bunts him to 2nd. With 2 outs, Johnny Foerster triples to center and Werner scores. 1 to 0, Bears. Wally Dardick grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Foerster scores. 2 to 0, Bears. Ivan Gallegas grounds a hit to left. Rob Douma doubles down the right field line and both runners score... 4 to 0, Bears. The Bullpen is up. Dave Bell grounds out to short. Top of the Fourth: Bob Pritchett leads off with a double to left center and the Bullpen is back up. With 1 out, P Rick Moore gets his first career hit and Pritchett scores. 5 to 0, Bears. Call to the Bullpen: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). He gets the next two out. Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, Paul Bouvet singles to center and goes to 2nd when Johnny Foerster makes an error. Larry Sinchak singles to left and Bouvet scores. 5 to 1, Bears. Lost - 8 to 1 We had 9 hits and made no errors Denver had 11 hits and made 1 error Larry Smith (L 2-1) went 3.1 innings, allowed 5 runs, 8 hits, no walk and struck out no one. LHP Lou Hertzberg went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2. RHP Barry Chapman went 2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 1. 8.31 ERA in July... Has allowed a run in 4 of his last 5 appearances. LHP Mitch Dowdell pitched 2 perfect innings and struck out 2. Tony Tirado faced 1 batter and retired him. LHP Rick Moore (W 6-2) went 5 innings, gave us 1 run, 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. RHP Dave Doss (SV 2) went 3.2 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 HB and struck out 4. 3B Larry Sinchak had 2 hits and an RBI. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double. CF Rollie Ferree hit 2 doubles. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit. For the Bears, LF Wally Dardick had 3 hits and a walk, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 3B Ivan Gallegas had 2 hits with his 13th home run of the year, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. Here is an oddity: the last 7 men to hit a home run against the Beavers all hit their 2nd home run against us this season. The Bears announced that P Tony Tirado just had a sore shoulder and should be fine in a few days.

05-31-2019, 02:45 PM	#424
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, July 20, Year II Denver Bears (54-42 .563 0.5 GB in 2nd place in the PCL East) at Portland Beavers (60-37 .619 in 1st place in the PCL West) DEN: Marcos Marin (27-R 0-2 15.75) Rookie vs. POR: Lonny Tomski (28-R 1-3 4.83) We faced Marin once and beat him, scoring 5 runs in 3.1 innings. That was the best of his 3 Major League starts so far. He has allowed 15 runs in 8 IP. A WHIP of 3.13. Tomski gave up 4 runs in 6 IP in his last start, but only gave up 4 hits and no walks. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) DENVER 1: 1B Luis Castillo (22-L .329-340-3-31-.830) 2: RF John Dobosh (29-R .290-345-6-40-.786) All-Star 3: LF Wally Dardick (29-L .253-154-4-19-.692) 4: 3B Ivan Gallegas (35-R .239-351-13-49-.769) Silver Slugger 2 time All-Star 5: 2B Rob Douma (28-R .240-333-9-53-.676) All-Star (Year I) 6: CF Mike Carpenter (31-R .248-311-9-48-.716) 7: SS Greg Werner (28-R .339-345-10-64-.848) 8: C Antonio Garcia (25-R .219-64-3-8-.692) 9: P Marcos Marin (27-R .000-1-0-0-.000) Rookie PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .333-237-5-40-.907) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .303-155-1-14-.725) 3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .304-135-6-29-.856) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .269-361-16-54-.793) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .255-259-11-31-.756) Rookie 6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .264-178-7-20-.751) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .272-232-4-17-.707) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .259-247-4-21-.689) 9: P Lonny Tomski (28-R .286-14-0-2-.571) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 23,298 Top of the First: Luis Castillo lines a hit to left. Let's see...a fella on 1st with 50 SB and a pitcher who refuses to acknowledge that men are on base.... I bet Castillo steals 2nd and scores on a couple of ground outs.... He steals 2nd. Right on the first count. John Dobosh does not ground out, though. He fouls out to 1st. Castillo rectifies that he did not make it to 3rd with the help of Dobosh and steals the bag himself. Wally Dardick flies out to center and Castillo scores without a throw. 1 to 0, Bears. Ivan Gallegas flies out to center. Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet lines a 2-2 pitch to center for a hit. He now has a 14 game hitting streak. Dennis Webb takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Bouvet goes to 3rd. Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Bouvet scores to tie the game at 1 apiece. Tony Casarez flies out to right. Top of the Fourth: Wally Dardick leads off by reaching base when 2B Paul Bouvet boots his ground ball. Ivan Gallegas flies out to the wall in center and Dardick tags up and moves to 2nd. Rob Douma beats out an infield hit. With 2 outs, Greg Werner singles to center and Dardick scores. 2 to 1, Bears. Through 4 innings, we have 1 hit off a pitcher with a 3.13 WHIP.... Top of the Fifth: P Marcos Marin matches the hit total he has allowed with his bat with a single. Luis Castillo grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and then steals 2nd. With 2 outs, Wally Dardick lines a hit to right and Castillo heads home, but RF Bob Draper throws him out! Bottom of the Fifth: Woody Griesbach leads off with our second hit of the game, a ground ball single. Omar Flores bunts him to 2nd. Why are we bunting against a pitcher with an ERA over 15? Dave Lesley doubles down the left field line and Griesbach scores to tie the game at 2 all! P Lonny Tomski lines out to 3rd and they double Lesley off.... Bottom of the Sixth: Paul Bouvet reaches on a 2 base throwing error by SS Greg Werner. Dennis Webb grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Bouvet moves to 3rd. With the infield in, Bob Draper grounds a hit up the middle and Bouvet scores! 3 to 2, Beavers! They pull P Marcos Marin. New Pitcher: Gordon DeLong (24-R) with a 2.42 ERA. Draper steals 2nd! Jeff Austin strikes out looking... They walk Tony Casarez intentionally. They walk Woody Griesbach unintentionally to load the bases up with 2 outs. Omar Flores strikes out looking... Top of the Seventh: With 1 out, Luis Castillo doubles to right and P Lonny Tomski calls Pepe, the trainer, out... I was going to relieve him anyway, but we cannot afford any more pitcher injuries! Even to Lonny Tomski! New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Larry Sinchak is in to play 3rd in a double switch. On the first pitch to PH Jim Mohr (35-S), Castillo steals 3rd, his 4th steal of the game. We did catch him once. We pull the infield in and Mohr strikes out looking! 2 outs. Wally Dardick grounds out to 2nd!! Top of the Eighth: They go down in order! Bottom of the Eighth: With 2 outs, Tony Casarez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Woody Griesbach also draws a walk. We let P Don Schmidt bat and he takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up! They are sticking with P Gordon DeLong, even though they have rested relievers in their Pen... Dave Lesley singles to right and 2 runs score! 5 to 2, Beavers! Larry Sinchak draws a walk to load them back up and still no sign of the Bears' manager... Paul Bouvet lines a hit to left and another run is in! 6 to 2, Beavers. Dennis Webb swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines out to the pitcher. Won - 6 to 2 We had 6 hits and made 1 error Denver had 9 hits and made 2 errors We drew 9 walks. Lonny Tomski (W 2-3) went 6.1 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 7 hits, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. RHP Don Schmidt (SV 13) went 2.2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 3. At bat, he drew a walk and scored a run. He ties Antoine Redden's season record of 13 saves as a Beaver. Marco Marin (L 0-3) went 5.1 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. By far his best start ever... 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and 2 walk, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. CF/RF Woody Griesbach had a hit and 2 walks and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double and 3 RBI. For the Bears, 1B Luis Castillo had 4 hits with a double and stole 4 bases, but only scored once. Pepe had no report on Lonny Tomski.... He just said. "Is bad." The doctor says he's out for the season with shoulder inflammation...

06-01-2019, 09:15 AM	#427
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, July 22, Year II We have the day off, but it was not a good day... Pepe reported that the doctors say both P Frank Martin (27-R) and CF Jeff Schottler (25-R) are going to be delayed in their return from the Disabled List. Schottler is going to another 10 days to 2 weeks. Martin has been reclassified to 'indefinite'.... P Brian Hagans (26-R) is still on schedule to be back within a week.

06-01-2019, 10:35 AM	#428
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, July 23, Year II We are 175 miles north of Portland to play Seattle a 3 game series. They were swept in 4 games at Dallas over the weekend and have lost 6 in a row. We are 6-1 against them so far and won 3 of 4 the last time we were in the Kingdome, June 6-9. They are 8th in scoring with 3.97 runs per game (Portland is still #4 with 4.29). They lead the PCL with 104 HR and are last in SB with 61. They are 12th (last) in fewest runs allowed with 5.07 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.32). They are the only PCL team with an ERA over 4 and theirs is 4.48. Ours is 2.98, the best. Portland Beavers (61-38 .616 in 1st place in the PCL West) at Seattle Rainiers (33-66 .333 28 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West) POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 5-4 3.75) Rookie vs. SEA: Les Theis (28-R 2-1 3.76) We won the only time we have faced Theis, but it was in extra innings and he only gave us 2 runs in 7.1 IP. He has had 7 starts. Gaspar went 8 innings and only allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits in his last outing. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .340-244-5-41-.926) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .266-237-4-17-.695) Rookie 3: C Dave Benya (27-S .323-155-4-27-.826) 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-369-16-56-.776) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .260-265-12-32-.777) Rookie 6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .266-184-7-20-.755) Rookie 7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .294-143-6-30-.823) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .259-255-4-24-.687) 9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .121-33-0-0-.242) Rookie SEATTLE 1: LF Randy Hobson (26-L .309-353-13-40-.857) All-Star 2: SS Paul Blaine (24-R .221-371-13-43-.619) 3: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .218-321-14-34-.689) 4: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .231-320-4-29-.656) 5: CF Jim Perkins (26-L .225-315-17-42-.707) 6: 1B Joe Wasserman (29-R .250-132-1-11-.624) 7: C Ken Murray (33-R .244-242-7-24-.712) 8: 2B Rodger Moreno (27-R .202-99-2-11-.551) 9: P Les Theis (28-R .083-12-0-0-.250) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Kingdome Weather: Indoors Attendance: 11,047 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet pops out to short. Omar Flores swings at the first pitch and lines out to the pitcher. Dave Benya fouls out to 3rd. Bottom of the First: Randy Hobson comes into the game with a 10 game hitting streak and removes all the drama right away by making it 11 with a double to right. Paul Blaine strikes out. Mark Fenik swings at the first pitch and squibs one down the 3rd base line for an infield hit... Terry Singer lines a hit to left and Hobson scores. 1 to 0, Seattle. It seems to me that we are getting outscored in the first inning by about 400 runs on the year.... I should look it up... It may be only 399.... Jim Perkins walks to load the bases up with 1 out. Joe Wasserman grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and everyone moves up a base and a run scores. 2 to 0, Seattle. Ken Murray grounds one to 2nd and our Gold Glover, Paul Bouvet, boots it and another run is in... 3 to 0, Seattle. Rodger Moreno flares a hit to right and yet another run crosses the plate and Murray beats the throw to 3rd.... 4 to 0, Seattle. P Les Theis grounds out to the pitcher. Top of the Third: We get our first base runner with 2 outs when P Angel Gaspar beats out an infield hit... But Paul Bouvet grounds out to 3rd... Top of the Fourth: Omar Flores leads off with a double to right center and Dave Benya singles to put runners at the corners with no outs. Jeff Austin doubles to right and Flores scores. 4 to 1, Seattle. Tony Casarez swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Benya scores and Austin goes to 3rd. 4 to 2, Seattle. Woody Griesbach swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Austin scores. 4 to 3, Seattle. Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Ken Murray reaches on an error by 3B Omar Flores. Rodger Moreno gets another hit and the Bullpen is up. P Led Theis bunts the runners up. Randy Hobson, the one good hitter they have is up and we do NOT walk him.... Why? He is a lefty batting over .300 and Gaspar is a sidearmer who does not care for lefties and a righty is on deck who is batting .219.... Hobson doubles to left center.... both runners score... 6 to 3, Seattle. Just stupidity.... Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Paul Blaine grounds out to short... Top of the Eighth: Monte Rodgers (26-L) is in to play short for the defensively challenged Paul Blaine, but he is not a whole lot better. With 2 outs, Omar Flores doubles over the 1st base bag. Dave Benya grounds one to 2nd, but Rodger Moreno throws the ball away for a 2 base error and Flores scores. 6 to 4, Seattle. Jeff Austin hits a harmless fly ball to center... Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). With 1 out, Rodger Moreno hits a home run to straight away center... 7 to 4, Seattle. He came into the game hitting .202 and has 3 hits today.... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Danny Karpowicz (30-R), their closer. 1-7 with a 4.03 ERA and 13 SV in 17 chances. With 1 out, Woody Griesbach beats out an infield hit. Bob Draper lines a hit to left and Dave Lesley grounds a hit to left to load the bases up. PH Tom Borden (30-L), who is 1 for his last 22, is sent up because he likes to draw walks and Karpowicz walks almost 4 per 9 innings. He does not walk, but grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Griesbach scores. 7 to 5, Seattle. 2 outs. Paul Bouvet, 0 for 4 on the day with his 15 game hitting streak on the line, is up. He drives a 1-0 pitch high and deep to center! It is going...going...caught at the wall.... Lost - 7 to 5 We had 9 hits and made 2 errors Seattle had 11 hits and made 1 error Angel Gaspar (L 5-5) went 5.2 innings, allowed 6 runs (2 earned), 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit. RHP Jorge Reyna went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. LHP Mitch Dowdell went 1 inning, allowed 1 run and 1 hit, a home run. Les Theis (W 3-1) went 8 innings, gave us 4 runs (3 earned), 6 hits, no walks and struck out 3. RHP Danny Karpowicz (SV 14) went 1 inning, gave us 1 run and 3 hits. 3B Omar Flores hit 2 doubles and scored 2 runs. C Dave Benya had 2 hits and scored a run. 1B Jeff Austin hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. For Seattle, RF Mark Fenik had 3 hits and scored a run. 2B Rodger Moreno had 3 hits with his 3rd home run of the season, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI.

06-01-2019, 12:27 PM	#429
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Wednesday, July 24, Year II Portland Beavers (61-39 .610 in 1st place in the PCL West) at Seattle Rainiers (34-66 .340 27 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West) POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 6-1 2.27) vs. SEA: Orval Fontaine (31-R 2-1 5.24) Fontaine was claimed off waivers from St. Louis where he had been 3-3 with a 4.91 ERA. Last year, he was 9-13 with a 3.71 ERA. We have never faced him. Grigg has won 3 in a row. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .333-249-5-41-.908) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .270-241-4-17-.708) Rookie 3: C Dave Benya (27-S .327-159-4-27-.831) 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-373-16-57-.776) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .257-269-12-33-.766) Rookie 6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .266-188-7-21-.750) Rookie 7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .293-147-6-30-.815) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .259-259-4-24-.685) 9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .148-27-0-1-.321) SEATTLE 1: LF John Haynes (31-L .244-82-1-9-.647) 2: SS Paul Blaine (24-R .219-375-13-43-.613) 3: 1B Jim Rier (27-L .308-234-14-45-.901) 4: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .225-325-14-34-.699) 5: CF Randy Hobson (26-L .310-358-13-42-.862) All-Star 6: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .235-324-4-30-.660) 7: 2B Joe Wasserman (29-R .250-136-1-12-.628) 8: C Ken Murray (33-R .240-246-7-24-.701) 9: P Orval Fontaine (31-R .080-25-0-1-.157) Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: The Kingdome Weather: Indoors Attendance: 10,916 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Omar Flores swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Dave Benya swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Bottom of the First: John Haynes loops a hit to left... Paul Blaine swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out. Jim Rier grounds a hit to right and Haynes goes to 3rd. Mark Fenik flies out to deep right, but Haynes holds at 3rd. Maybe he knows that Randy Hobson is up next and will surely knock him home... Hobson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up. Terry Singer doubles to right and 2 runs score... 2 to 0, Seattle. Well, he knew somebody would knock him home... Joe Wasserman fouls out to 1st. Top of the 2nd: With 2 outs, Woody Griesbach singles to left. He now has an 11 game hitting streak. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Ken Murray throws the ball away. Bob Draper grounds a hit up the middle and Griesbach scores! 2 to 1, Seattle. Bottom of the Third: With 1 out, Jim Rier draws a walk. With 2 outs, Randy Hobson draws a walk. Terry Singer singles to left and Rier scores and Hobson makes it to 3rd. 3 to 1, Seattle. Joe Wasserman grounds a hit to center and Hobson scores... 4 to 1, Seattle. Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, Tony Casarez makes it to 2nd when CF Randy Hobson drops his fly ball. Woody Griesbach singles to left. Bob Draper grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.... Top of the Fifth: Dave Lesley leads off with a double off the top of the wall in center. P Bob Grigg bunts him to 3rd. Paul Bouvet lines out to center and Lesley beats the throw to the plate. 4 to 2, Seattle. Omar Flores hits a home run to right! 4 to 3, Seattle. Top of the Seventh: With 2 outs, Paul Bouvet singles to left and then steals 2nd. Omar Flores lines a hit to center and Bouvet scores to tie the game at 4! Flores steals 2nd, but Dave Benya takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three... Top of the Eighth: With 2 outs, Woody Griesbach doubles down the left field line. They walk Bob Draper intentionally. Dave Lesley lines a hit to center and Griesbach scores without a throw! 5 to 4, Beavers! That sends P Orval Fontaine to the clubhouse. New Pitcher: Scott Mortensen (33-R) with a 3.06 ERA. PH Dennis Webb ( 26-L) strikes out looking... Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Phil Parker (28-S) is in to catch, Eddie Thomas (26-R) is in to play short and Rollie Ferree (28-R) is in to play center. Woody Griesbach moves to right. Mark Fenik takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4.... Randy Hobson flies out to deep left. Terry Singer swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to left center... Fenik stops at 3rd. PH Pedro de Jesus (26-L), batting .252 with a .695 OPS in 135 AB, lines a hit to center and Fenik scores to tie the game at 5. The Bullpen is up... Ken Murray lines out to to center and Singer tags up and beats the throw to the plate... 6 to 5, Seattle. PH Miguel Favela (30-R), batting .275 with a .774 OPS in 109 AB, is sent up. Schmidt balks... Favela flies out to deep right center. Top of the Ninth: Rodger Moreno (27-R) is in to play 2nd and Monte Rodgers (26-L) is in to play short. New Pitcher: Danny Karpowicz (30-R), their closer. 1-7 with a 4.15 ERA and 14 SV in 18 chances. We scored a run off him yesterday, but he still got the save. Top of our order is up. Paul Bouvet lines a hit to center. Omar Flores bunts him to 2nd.... Don't like that with Phil Parker coming up... Parker grounds a hit to left and Bouvet heads home... the throw is late! Tie game! 6 to 6. Parker goes to 2nd on the throw. Jeff Austin hits a home run to right center!!!! 8 to 6, Beavers! Tony Casarez pops out to short. Woody Griesbach loops a hit to left. Rollie Ferree flies out to deep center. Bottom of the Ninth: The Bullpen is ready. With 1 out, Paul Blaine reaches on an error by 3B Omar Flores. With 2 outs, Mark Fenik pops out to short and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 8 to 6 We had 14 hits and made 1 error Seattle had 9 hits and made 2 errors Bob Grigg went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 2. LHP Lou Hertzberg pitched 1 perfect inning and struck out 1. RHP Don Schmidt (W 9-3 BS 2) went 2 innings, allowed 2 run, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. He balked. He now leads the team in wins all alone. Orval Fontaine went 7.2 innings, gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 10 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 3. RHP Danny Karpowicz (L 1-8 BS 5) went 1 inning, gave us 3 runs, 4 hits and 1 home run. 2B Paul Bouvet had 3 hits, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 3B Omar Flores had 2 hits with his 5th home run of the season, stole 2 bases and had 2 RBI. C Phil Parker went 1 for 1 with a run and an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin hit is 17th home run and had 2 RBI. CF/RF Woody Griesbach had 4 hits with a double, stole a base and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. For Seattle, 3B Terry Singer had 3 hits with 2 doubles, scored a run and had 3 RBI.

06-01-2019, 02:10 PM	#431
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Thursday, July 25, Year II Portland Beavers (62-39 .614 in 1st place in the PCL West) at Seattle Rainiers (34-67 .337 28 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West) POR: Larry Smith (27-R 2-1 3.09) vs. SEA: Alan Merandi (29-R 5-12 6.04) We have not faced Merandi this season. Last year, he led the PCL in losses and we were 1-3 against him... Smith won his first two starts as a Beaver, but has not won in his last 3. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .340-249-5-42-.915) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .273-245-5-19-.725) Rookie 3: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .280-193-7-21-.776) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .262-378-17-59-.779) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-274-12-33-.752) Rookie 6: C Dennis Webb (26-L .294-160-1-14-.707) 7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .293-150-6-31-.816) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .262-263-4-25-.693) 9: P Larry Smith (27-L .250-12-0-0-.500) SEATTLE 1: LF Randy Hobson (26-L .308-360-13-42-.860) All-Star 2: SS Paul Blaine (24-R .218-380-13-43-.610) 3: 1B Jim Rier (27-L .308-237-14-45-.900) 4: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .225-329-14-34-.698) 5: CF Jim Perkins (26-L .223-318-17-42-.703) 6: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .241-328-4-33-.675) 7: 2B Rodger Moreno (27-R .223-103-3-13-.616) 8: C Oscar Reynoso (27-R .232-99-5-19-.758) Rookie 9: P Alan Merandi (29-R .265-34-0-3-.629) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Kingdome Weather: Indoors Attendance: 10,423 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet flies out to right. Omar Flores swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. The hotter than hot hitting Woody Griesbach doubles to right. Jeff Austin takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Tony Casarez swings at the first pitch and lines out to right. Bottom of the First: Randy Hobson walks... He steals 2nd. Paul Blaine hits a home run to left. 2 to 0, Seattle. It must be getting close to 500 runs that we have been outscored by in the first inning.... Jim Rier lines a hit to right. Mark Fenik swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Perkins strikes out. Top of the Second: Dennis Webb lines a hit to left. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Dave Lesley doubles to left center. P Larry Smith lines a hit to center and Draper scores! 2 to 1, Seattle. Paul Bouvet grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Lesley scores to tie the game at 2 apiece. Bouvet steals 2nd, but Omar Flores grounds out to 2nd. Top of the Third: With 1 out, Jeff Austin doubles to center. With 2 outs, Dennis Webb lines a hit to right and Austin gets thrown out at home by Mark Fenik, who has one of the strongest arms in Baseball. Bottom of the Fourth: With 1 out, Mark Fenik takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 2 outs, Terry Singer homers to left.... 4 to 2, Seattle. Do you miss the old days when all of our games were 2 to 1? This 8 to 6 stuff is unnerving... And the game dispatches have to be a lot longer... Rodger Moreno hits a fly ball to center that Woody Griesbach drops for a 2 base error... We walk Oscar Reynoso intentionally to get to the pitcher, Alan Merandi, who is hitting 30 points higher.... Merandi singles to center and Moreno scores.... 5 to 2, Seattle. What morons are running this team? Randy Hobson grounds out to short. Top of the Fifth: With 1 out, Woody Griesbach draws a walk and Jeff Austin singles to center. They pull off a double steal! Tony Casarez lines a hit to right and both runners score! 5 to 4, Seattle. Casarez steals 2nd. Dennis Webb, looking for his third hit of the day, doubles to right and Casarez scores to tie the game at 5 all! P Alan Merandi is relieved from mound duties. New Pitcher: Chuck Goldfarb (34-R) with a 4.20 ERA in 15 IP. He has an 8.44 ERA since being claimed off waivers from Brooklyn on June 28. Bob Draper lines a hit to center. 1st and 3rd with 1 out for our leader in GDP's, Dave Lesley. He takes a 3-2 pitch to load the bases up. P Larry Smith is allowed to hit... He strikes out. Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-1 pitch and flies out to center.... Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, Jim Rier doubles off the wall in center and I curse myself for letting P Larry Smith bat last inning, but that is all they get! Top of the Seventh: Tony Casarez lines a hit to center and Dennis Webb bunts him to 2nd. The walk Bob Draper intentionally to give Dave Lesley a chance at another GDP. He obliges with a grounder to short, but Bob Blaine boots it and the bases are loaded with 1 out! PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) strikes out looking.... Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left and 2 runs score! 7 to 5, Beavers! Omar Flores grounds out to 2nd. Won - 7 to 5 We had 13 hits and made 1 error Seattle had 7 hits and made 1 error Larry Smith (W 3-1) went 6 innings, allowed 5 runs (4 earned), 6 hits, 2 home runs, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. LHP Lou Hertzberg (SV 3) went 3 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. 30 pitches. Alan Merandi went 4.1 innings, gave us 5 runs, 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. RHP Chuck Goldfarb (L 1-1) went 2.2 innings, gave us 2 unearned runs, 3 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. 2B Paul Bouvet had 1 hit, stole a base and had 3 RBI. CF/RF Woody Griesbach hit a double, drew a walk, stole a base and scored a run. 1B Jeff Austin had 2 hits with a double and a walk, stole a base and scored a run. LF Tony Casarez had 2 hits, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. C Dennis Webb had 3 hits with a double and an RBI. RF Bob Draper had a hit and was walked intentionally and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored a run.

06-01-2019, 07:53 PM	#432
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, July 26, Year II We are in San Fransisco to play the Seals a 4 game series over the weekend with a double header tomorrow. They just won 2 of 3 here from Oakland. We are 5-1 against them so far and swept them in 3 games the last time were were at Candlestick Park, June 3-5. June was OUR month! The Seals are 10th in scoring in the PCL with 3.88 runs per game (Portland is still #4 with 4.36). They are 5th in fewest runs allowed with 3.83 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.40, but it keeps getting higher and higher). Portland Beavers (63-39 .618 in 1st place in the PCL West) at San Francisco Seals (56-47 .544 7.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 6-6 2.90) 2 time All-Star vs. SF: Brad Simpson (35-R 12-6 3.25) We are 2-0 against Simpson this season. He pitched a 4 hit shutout against us last year. Panighetti, who made the All-Star team this season, has suddenly turned into a batting tee in his last 2 starts, allowing 15 runs on 14 hits and 4 HR in 7.2 IP. He has not won a game since June 28. He has allowed 2 home runs in 4 straight starts. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .337-258-5-45-.906) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .268-250-5-19-.711) Rookie 3: C Dave Benya (27-S .321-162-4-27-.819) 4: 1B Tony Casarez (20-L .254-279-12-35-.753) Rookie 5: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .279-197-7-21-.778) Rookie 6: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .275-80-3-17-.851) 7: LF Bob Draper (23-L .292-154-6-31-.812) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .266-267-4-25-.703) 9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .237-38-0-3-.520) 2 time All-Star SAN FRANCISCO 1: CF Stan Ward (30-R .263-236-4-20-.698) 2: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .246-345-5-36-.684) 3: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .333-246-12-43-.941) All-Star 4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .265-309-13-49-.756) 5: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .237-346-10-47-.723) 6: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .291-344-6-38-.806) 7: C Chip Carpenter (29-R .197-284-6-26-.624) 8: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .259-251-5-29-.717) Rookie 9: P Brad Simpson (35-R .087-46-0-3-.193) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Candlestick Park Weather: 72 F, Clear Skies, with a 10 MPH wind blowing right to left. Attendance: 38,085 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet strikes out looking... Omar Flores grounds out to 2nd. Dave Benya grounds out to short. Bottom of the First: Stan Ward grounds a hit to left... Here we go... Javy Vasquez grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Chris Greenwald flies out to right. Marcos Barron lines a hit to left center and Vasquez beats the throw to 3rd. Gary Halbert grounds out to 1st, unassisted! 9 up, 9 down for us the first time through the order... Paul Bouvet strikes out again and we are 12 up, 12 down.... Top of the Fifth: With 2 outs, Gordon Saunderson draws a walk! No perfect game today! Bob Draper strikes out.... Top of the Sixth: Dave Lesley leads off with a grounder past the shortstop for a hit! No no-no! P Don Panighetti bunts him to 2nd. Paul Bouvet swings at an 0-2 pitch and finally makes contact! He hits a ground ball to 2nd, but Bill Giffin throws it away for a 2 base error and Lesley scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! They walk Omar Flores intentionally. We have the horses on base now for my favorite thing to do after an intentional walk with a runner on 2nd.... But we do not... Dave Benya flies out to left. Tony Casarez puts a charge into one to right, but it stays in the park and is caught. Top of the Seventh: Woody Griesbach leads off with a double to left to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Gordon Saunderson grounds one over the 1st base bag for another double and Griesbach scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! They walk Bob Draper intentionally to get to Dave Lesley and a possible GDP, but we pull him down and send up Dennis Webb (26-L). He grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. P Don Panighetti strikes out trying to bunt. Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left and Saunderson scores! 3 to 0, Beavers! Omar Flores lines a hit to right to load the bases. They are sticking with Simpson. Dave Benya grounds out to short. Bottom of the Seventh: Dennis Webb stays in to catch and Eddie Thomas (26-R) goes in to play short. With 1 out, Ron Chestnut grounds a hit to center, but Chip Carpenter grounds into a 5-4-3 double play! Bottom of the Eighth: Rollie Ferree (28-R) is in to play center and Larry Sinchak (31-R) is in to play 1st. Woody Griesbach moves over to right. Bill Giffin leads off with a hit and PH Sandy Mojica (26-R) doubles to left. The Bullpen is already to go, but we have to let Spaghetti Panighetti try for the shutout... Stan Ward pops out to 2nd. Javy Vasquez grounds out to short and Giffin scores. 3 to 1, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). Chris Greenwald doubles down the left field line and Mojica scores. 3 to 2, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Marcos Barron strikes out! Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R), who blew his last save opportunity, but got a win. With 1 out, Ron Chestnut lines his third hit of the day to left. PH Dennis Williamson (33-L), batting .286 with a .908 OPS and 5 HR in 77 AB, is sent up. He lines a hit to left and Chestnut challenges Bob Draper's arm and it comes up wanting... safe at 3rd. Bill Giffin strikes out looking! 2 outs. PH Dave DiMeglio (29-L), batting .184 with a .554 OPS and 1 HR in 49 AB, is sent up. He swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 3 to 2 Just like the old days! We had 6 hits and made no errors San Francisco had 10 hits and made 2 errors Don Panighetti (W 7-6) went 7.2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. No home runs! LHP Mitch Dowdell faced 1 batter and gave up a run scoring double. RHP Jorge Reyna (H 4) faced 1 batter and struck him out. Don Schmidt (SV 14) pitched a scoreless (barely) 9th, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. He now holds the single season Beaver record for Saves all by himself. Brad Simpson (L 12-7) went 8 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 6 hits, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 7. He becomes the first pitcher to get tagged with 3 losses by the Beavers. CF/RF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. RF Gordon Saunderson hit a double and drew 2 walks, scored a run and had an RBI. For the Seals, LF Ron Chestnut had 3 hits, but no runs or RBI.

06-01-2019, 10:36 PM	#433
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, July 27, Year II Double header! P Brian Hagans is scheduled to be back tomorrow. I told the docs that I really needed him today to pitch in the double header, but they said they don't care about my timetables, only theirs and theirs says he can be released to play tomorrow. So we had to make a roster move to get somebody up here to start a game today. I tried to demote LF Tom Borden (30-L), but he refused to go, so I put his bum on waivers and hope somebody claims him. We instead sent C Phil Parker (28-S) to Vancouver (AAA) with the promise that he would be back in 10 days (sooner if someone gets hurt) and called up P Michael Navarrete (28-L). It was between him and David Shoemake (27-R), who are both rested enough to pitch today, but the Seals seem to have trouble with lefties (.240 BA and 6-9 record), so we went with Navarrete. He was 2-1 with a 1.89 ERA and 11 SV for Vancouver but has recently been moved to the rotation due to some injuries and had pitched 2 decent games, though he was 0-1. He pitched in 5 games in relief for the Beavers last season with a SV and a 2.53 ERA, but gave up 12 hits in 10.2 IP. We are going to be having 2 AAA pitchers making their Major League season debuts today, so it might be a long day... Portland Beavers (64-39 .621 in 1st place in the PCL West) at San Francisco Seals (56-48 .538 8.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) GAME ONE POR: John Alecci (26-R Season debut) Rookie vs. SF: Lee Redden (29-R 3-3 4.01 1 SV) Redden has made 7 starts and 18 relief appearances. We have only faced him as a reliever and scored 2 runs in 3 innings in 3 games. He walked 5. Alecci is making his season debut for the Beavers. He was 11-5 with a 3.06 ERA for Vancouver. He was 1-1 in 3 starts for the Beavers last year with a 3.60 ERA, but walked 8 and only struck out 3 in 15 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .268-254-5-19-.710) Rookie 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .313-166-4-27-.800) 3: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .284-201-7-21-.787) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .264-383-17-59-.783) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .251-283-12-35-.743) Rookie 6: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .268-269-4-25-.705) 7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .287-157-6-31-.801) Rookie 8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .195-174-4-25-.555) Gold Glove 9: P John Alecci (26-R Season debut) Rookie Do you remember when Eddie Thomas led the team in RBI? SAN FRANCISCO 1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .270-241-3-21-.720) 2: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .296-348-6-38-.813) 3: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .234-350-10-47-.715) 4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .265-313-13-49-.753) 5: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .336-250-12-44-.946) All-Star 6: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .244-348-5-37-.681) 7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .259-255-5-29-.714) Rookie 8: C Chip Carpenter (29-R .195-287-6-26-.618) 9: P Lee Redden (29-R .158-19-1-2-.516) Game Start: 2:05 PM Ballpark: Candlestick Park Weather: 66 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 20 MPH wind blowing right to left. Attendance: 35,872 Top of the First: Omar Flores swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out... Dave Benya lines out to short. Woody Griesbach flies out to deep right. Bottom of the First: Dan Fortino swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left. He gets caught stealing! Ron Chestnut grounds out to 2nd. Gary Halbert flies out to right! Top of the Second: Jeff Austin leads off with a hit to left, but gets caught stealing... Tony Casarez grounds a hit to center. Dave Lesley doubles to left and Casarez heads for home but is thrown out by LF Ron Chestnut, 7-6-2.... Lesley goes to 3rd. Three straight hits to start the inning, but we have 2 outs... This is what you call running yourself out of an inning... Bob Draper grounds one to 2nd, but Bill Giffin boots it and Lesley scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Eddie Thomas strikes out. Bottom of the Sixth: Dan Fortino led off the game with a single and then got caught stealing. John Alecci then sat down the next 16 batters in a row until PH Dave DiMeglio (29-L) draws a walk with 2 outs. Fortino grounds out to 2nd! Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Gary Halbert reaches on an error by 3B Omar Flores. Marcos Barron then gets the Seals' second hit of the day, a home run to center... 2 to 1, Seals. The Bullpen is up... But Alecci gets out of the inning. Top of the Eighth: On the Hill: Harlan Martin (25-R), beginning his second inning of work after getting us out in order in the Seventh. Bob Draper leads off with a double to right. PH Paul Bouvet (26-R) lines one to left that Ron Chestnut almost catches, but it falls for a hit. Draper had to hold up to make sure it was not caught, so he only makes it to 3rd. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) works the count full, but then takes strike three... Omar Flores up and we have a suicide squeeze on... Flores gets the bunt down, but Draper is out at home, 3-2... Why stop at running yourself out of an inning? Might as well just run yourself out of the game... 2 outs for Dave Benya with runners at 1st and 2nd. He strikes out.... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Jesse Adcock (29-L), their closer. 3-8 with a 3.19 ERA and 25 SV in 31 chances. With 2 outs, Tony Casarez lines a hit to center, but Dave Lesley flies out to left. Lost - 2 to 1 We had 7 hits and made 1 error San Francisco had 3 hits and made 2 errors John Alecci (L 0-1) went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs (1 earned), 2 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out no one. RHP Jorge Reyna got 2 outs and allowed 1 hit. LHP Mitch Dowdell faced 1 batter and struck him out. After he balked. Lee Redden went 6 innings, gave us 1 unearned run, 4 hits, no walks and struck out 4. RHP Harlan Martin (W 3-0) went 2 scoreless innings, gave us 2 hits and struck out 2. LHP Jesse Adcock (SV 26) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 1 hit and struck out 1. LF Tony Casarez had 2 hits. 2B/SS Dave Lesley hit a double and scored our run. RF Bob Draper hit a double. PH/2B Paul Bouvet had a hit. GAME TWO POR: Michael Navarrete (28-L first Major League start) Rookie vs. A.J. Yates (26-R 9-6 3.65) We are 1-1 against Yates this year, but he is 1-0 with only 2 runs allowed in 12.1 IP. In the game we won, he shut us out for 5 innings on short rest, just like he is going to try to do today. Navarrete is making his first Major League start and only had 2 starts in AAA this year. He allowed 7 runs in 13 innings for Vancouver as a starter (4.85 ERA). Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .337-264-5-46-.900) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .267-258-5-19-.707) Rookie 3: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .278-205-7-21-.773) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .264-387-17-59-.781) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .254-287-12-35-.746) Rookie 6: C Dennis Webb (26-L .301-166-1-15-.723) 7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .287-160-6-31-.804) Rookie 8: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .267-273-4-25-.706) 9: P Michael Navarrete (28-L Season debut) Rookie SAN FRANCISCO 1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .269-245-3-21-.716) 2: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .243-350-5-37-.679) 3: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .332-253-12-44-.935) All-Star 4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .266-316-14-51-.762) 5: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .232-353-10-47-.709) 6: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .293-352-6-38-.805) 7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .256-258-5-29-.706) Rookie 8: C Sterling Baney (28-R .265-68-1-11-.689) Rookie 9: P A.J. Yates (26-R .191-47-1-2-.502) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Candlestick Park Weather: 68 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 10 MPH wind blowing in from right. Attendance: 36,699 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet works the count full, which is great against a pitcher going on short rest, but ends up grounding out to 3rd. Omar Flores walks. Please do not get caught stealing.... He goes on the first pitch and they have a pitchout on and he is dead meat... Woody Griesbach pops out to short. Bottom of the First: Dan Fortino grounds out to 3rd. Javy Vasquez grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Greenwald lines a hit to left. Marcos Barron flies out to center! Top of the Second: Jeff Austin leads off with a hit and beats the throw to 3rd when Tony Casarez lines a hit to right. Dennis Webb grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Austin scores. 1 to 0, Beavers! Bottom of the Second: Gary Halbert leads off with a double to right. Ron Chestnut flies out to deep right and Halbert tags up and moves to 3rd without a throw. Bill Giffin grounds out to 3rd and Halbert scores. Tie game: 1 to 1. Top of the Fourth: Woody Griesbach reaches on a throwing error by 3B Chris Greenwald. He steals 2nd, but Jeff Austin takes 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Tony Casarez grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and Griesbach goes to 3rd. Casarez steals 2nd on a 3-1 pitch to Dennis Webb. The pitch was a strike. Webb swings at the payoff pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Griesbach scores. 2 to 1, Beavers! Bob Draper strikes out. Top of the Fifth: Dave Lesley leads off with a double to center. P Michael Navarrete lays down a bunt towards 3rd. Chris Greenwald fields it and throws the ball away for a 2 base error and Lesley scores! 3 to 1, Beavers! Paul Bouvet triples off the center field wall and Navarrete scores! 4 to 1, Beavers! Between Philadelphia and Portland, that is his 15th triple of the season, tying his mark from all of last season that led the Majors! Omar Flores beats out an infield hit and Bouvet scores! 5 to 1, Beavers! That sends P A.J. Yates to the showers. New Pitcher: John Walko (29-R) with a 1.93 ERA. We have not faced him before. Chip Carpenter (29-R) is in to catch in a double switch. Woody Griesbach strikes out. On a 3-2 pitch to Jeff Austin, Flores is on the move. Austin takes the pitch for strike three and Flores is safe stealing at 2nd. Tony Casarez lines a hit to center. Flores stops at 3rd. Dennis Webb up. C Chip Carpenter whips a throw to 1st, trying to catch Casarez off base, but the throw goes into right field for an error and Flores scores! 6 to 1, Beavers! Webb takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Draper lines out to the pitcher. Won - 6 to 1 We had 7 hits and made no errors San Francisco had 10 hits and made 5 errors Michael Navarrete (W 1-0) went 6 innings, allowed 1 run, 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. At bat, he reached on an error and scored a run. 110 pitches. LHP Dave Perez (SV 1) pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. A.J. Yates (L 9-7) went 4+ innings, gave us 6 runs (3 earned), 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. 2B Paul Bouvet hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin had a hit and 2 walks and scored a run. LF Tony Casarez had 3 hits with a double and stole a base, but no runs or RBI. C Dennis Webb had no hits, but drew a walk and had 2 RBI. SS Dave Lesley hit a double and scored a run.

06-02-2019, 11:09 AM	#434
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Sunday, July 28, Year II P Brian Hagans (26-R) was activated from the Disabled List today and P Michael Navarrete (28-L) was sent back to Vancouver (AAA). We will keep John Alecci (26-R) on the active roster until we can recall C Phil Parker (28-S) or activate CF Jeff Schottler (25-R) from the Disabled List. Portland Beavers (65-40 .619 in 1st place in the PCL West) at San Francisco Seals (57-49 .538 8.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 2-2 3.05) Rookie vs. SF: Bill Dixon (34-R 8-3 2.63) All-Star Dixon is their #1 starter. We have only faced him once and we won, but in extra innings. He gave us 1 run and 3 hits, no walks and struck out 7 in 8.1 IP. In his last outing, he pitched a 3 hit shutout with no walks and 7 strikeouts. He is unlikely to duplicate that feat against us, since he is pitching on short rest. Hagans has not pitched in 2 months (May 25), so we expect him to be rusty and take a beating today. He last won a game on April 23. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .335-269-5-47-.899) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .268-261-5-20-.709) Rookie 3: C Dave Benya (27-S .306-170-4-27-.782) 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .264-390-17-59-.783) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .261-291-12-35-.759) Rookie 6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .271-210-7-21-.755) Rookie 7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .282-163-6-31-.790) Rookie 8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .192-177-4-25-.546) Gold Glove 9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .333-12-0-0-.833) Rookie SAN FRANCISCO 1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .269-249-3-21-.715) 2: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .292-356-6-38-.801) 3: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .232-357-10-47-.710) 4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .268-321-14-51-.762) 5: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .335-257-12-44-.938) All-Star 6: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .239-355-5-37-.670) 7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .256-262-5-30-.706) Rookie 8: C Sterling Baney (28-R .261-69-1-11-.688) Rookie 9: P Bill Dixon (34-R .128-39-0-1-.253) All-Star Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: Candlestick Park Weather: 69 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 11 MPH wind blowing in from center. Attendance: 36,478 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet grounds out to short. Omar Flores grounds a hit up the middle. He steals 2nd. Dave Benya swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short and Flores makes it to 3rd. Jeff Austin strikes out... Bottom of the First: Dan Fortino grounds a hit to right. He tries to steal 2nd, but C Dave Benya throws him out! Ron Chestnut grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Gary Halbert strikes out! Top of the Second: Tony Casarez leads off with a double to the right field corner. Woody Griesbach swings at a 3-2 pitch and pokes a hit to center and Casarez scores standing up! 1 to 0, Beavers! Bob Draper strikes out and Eddie Thomas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bottom of the Second: Marcos Barron lines a hit to right and Chris Greenwald doubles off the very top of the center field wall. Javy Vasquez takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with no outs. Bill Giffin works the count full and then swings at ball 4 and misses! Sterling Baney does the exact same thing! P Bill Dixon strikes out!!! No runs! Bottom of the Fourth: Javy Vasquez leads off with a walk. With 1 out, he steals 2nd. Sterling Baney grounds a hit to center and Vasquez stops at 3rd. P Bill Dixon swings away and grounds out to 3rd, Vasquez holding and Baney moving to 2nd. Dan Fortino draws a walk to load the bases up. That's 4 walks issued by P Brian Hagans. Ron Chestnut flies out to deep center! Bottom of the Fifth: Gary Halbert leads off with another walk and we get the Bullpen active. Marcos Barron doubles to left. Chris Greenwald grounds one to 1st, but Jeff Austin boots it and Halbert scores to tie the game at 1 apiece. Javy Vasquez grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Barron scores. 2 to 1, Seals. Vasquez tries to steal but C Dave Benya nails him! Bill Giffin grounds out to 2nd. 98 pitched for Hagans and his day will be done. Top of the Eighth: On the Hill: Emil Stalter (35-R), beginning his 3rd inning of work. Bob Draper grounds a hit to right. We send up PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L), but they switch pitchers and bring in Paul Hawkins (35-L). Editor's Note: I think they may have switched pitchers before I sent Saunderson up to bat, but I did not notice it until he was at the plate... We pull down Saunderson and send up Dave Lesley (27-R). He tries to bunt a few times, unsuccessfully, and then flies out to left. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) lines a hit to center. Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-1 pitch and lines it hard and deep to left, but it stays in the park and Ron Chestnut runs it down... 2 outs. PH Rollie Ferree (28-R) flies out to right... Wait! No he does not! Gary Halbert drops it for a 2 base error and Draper scores to tie the game at 2 all! Dave Benya squibs one out in front of the plate and he gets thrown out by the catcher... Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Larry Sinchak stays in to play 3rd and Dave Lesley stays in to play short. They go down in order! Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Jesse Adcock (29-L), their closer. He got a save against us yesterday. We go down in order... Bottom of the Ninth: With 2 outs, Ron Chestnut lines a hit to right and makes it to 2nd when Bob Draper flubs the pickup... Gary Halbert strikes out! Extras! First extra inning affair since June 30. Top of the Tenth: All we have left on our bench is C Dennis Webb. The Seals have 3 players they have not used. Neither team has a well rested reliever left in the Pen. After two strikeouts, Larry Sinchak grounds a hit to left. Another of those Paul Bouvet triple specials would be nice right about now... But Sinchak gets picked off at 1st... Bottom of the Tenth: They go down in order! Top of the Eleventh: New Pitcher: John Walko (29-R) with a 1.83 ERA, but he threw 39 pitches yesterday, shutting us out for 2 innings. Top of our order up. Paul Bouvet lines out to center. We let P Don Schmidt bat and he strikes out. Dave Benya draws a walk. On the first pitch to Jeff Austin, Benya steals 2nd! Austin grounds out to 2nd... Bottom of the Eleventh: They do down in order! Top of the Twelfth: We go down in order with three majestic fly balls.... Bottom of the Twelfth: P Don Schmidt is at the 50 pitch mark and we have a couple of arms ready in the Pen. CF Stan Ward (30-R) lines a hit to left... He tries to steal and C Dave Benya throws him out! That is the fourth one he has nailed today! Two have been successful. Ron Chestnut lines a hit to left. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R), who is not fresh, but has to be more so than Schmidt at this point. Gary Halbert strikes out! 2 down. PH Bill Brown (30-R) strikes out! Top of the Thirteenth: New Pitcher: Harlan Martin (25-R) with a 1.80 ERA. He pitched in both games yesterday, shutting us out for 3 innings. Dave Lesley strikes out... Larry Sinchak lines a hit to left. He did not come in to the game until the eighth inning, but now has 3 hits! Paul Bouvet strikes out.... P Jorge Reyna is allowed to hit and takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three. Bottom of the Thirteenth: They go down in order, including a strike out of Chris Greenwald! Top of the Fourteenth: We go down in order... Bottom of the Fourteenth: With 1 out, 2B Domingo Santay (27-L), a .162 hitter, lines a hit to right. But that is all they get! Top of the Fifteenth: With 1 out, Bob Draper grounds a hit to center. Dave Lesley takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. P Harlan Martin has thrown 39 pitches and is visibly struggling. Larry Sinchak flies out to center. Paul Bouvet grounds out to short... He is 0 for 7 in the game... That was our chance and we blew it... Bottom of the Fifteenth: They go down in order! P Harlan Martin was allowed to hit and Chris Greenwald struck out again! Top of the Sixteenth: P Harlan Martin is clearly gassed now... But they have no one left in their Pen, only tired starting pitchers now, who have all been pitching on short rest already. We pinch hit for P Jorge Reyna with our last player on the bench, Dennis Webb (26-L). He takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Dave Benya walks on 4 pitches. I fell a little sorry for Martin... But just a little! Jeff Austin strike out on 3 pitches... He is 0 for 7 in the game with 3 strikeouts... And an error... Tony Casarez hits a home run to right!!! 5 to 2, Beavers! We need more, because we'll be sending a tired pitcher out there in the bottom of the inning. Woody Griesbach lines a hit to left. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. 2 outs. Dave Lesley grounds a hit to center. Larry Sinchak grounds out to 3rd. Bottom of the Sixteenth: New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (25-L), pitching for the third straight day. Javy Vasquez leads off with an infield hit... 1B Sandy Mojica (26-R) grounds into a 5-4-3 double play! Sterling Baney strikes out looking and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!! Won - 5 to 2 in 16 innings 11 shutout innings by our Bullpen! No walks and 11 strikeouts by them. Longest game so far this season and 3rd longest overall. We had 2 19 inning games last season. We had 12 hits and made 2 errors San Francisco had 13 hits and had 1 error Brian Hagans went 5 innings, allowed 2 runs, 6 hits, 5 walks and struck out 5. LHP Lou Hertzberg went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2. RHP Don Schmidt went 4.1 scoreless innings, allowed 3 hits and struck out 3. 60 pitches. RHP Jorge Reyna (W 5-2) went 3.2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 5. 51 pitches. All when he was not fresh. LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 7) went 1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. Bill Dixon went 5 innings, gave us 1 run, 3 hits, no walks and struck out 5. RHP Harlan Martin (L 3-1) went 4 innings, gave us 3 runs, 5 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 5. PH Dennis Webb drew a walk and scored a run. C Dave Benya had a hit a drew 2 walks, stole 2 bases and scored a run. He also threw out 4 base runners. LF Tony Casarez hit a double and his 13th home run of the season, drew a walk, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. CF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits and an RBI. RF Bob Draper had 3 hits and scored a run. PH/3B Larry Sinchak had 3 hits, but no runs or RBI.

06-02-2019, 12:58 PM	#436
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, July 29, Year II We are back in Portland for a 10 game home stand starting with 3 games against the Los Angeles Angels. They won 2 of 3 in Seattle over the weekend. We are 4-6 against them this season and lost 2 of 3 the last time they were in the Skydome, April 26-28. They are 11th in scoring with 3.40 runs per game (Portland is up to #3 with 4.34). They are 7th in fewest runs allowed with 4.15 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.34). Los Angeles Angels (48-57 .457 17.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (66-40 .623 in 1st place in the PCL West) LA: Dave Ibarra (28-R 7-9 3.87) All-Star (Year I) vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 5-5 3.72) Rookie Ibarra was 18-10 with a 3.06 ERA last year. In 3 starts against us, he does not have a decision. We were 2-1 in those games. Gaspar is 1-3 in his last 4 starts. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) LOS ANGELES 1: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .291-412-11-38-.774) PCL MVP 2: SS Bobby Chubb (25-R .240-246-2-13-.581) 3: 3B David Aytes (31-R .228-381-19-56-.705) 4: C Larry Hardy (25-S .239-226-3-18-.673) 5: 1B Ricky Pulido (29-L .231-108-2-10-.638) 6: RF Rich Cox (30-L .262-65-2-12-.759) 7: LF John Olsavsky (29-L .282-71-1-3-.765) 8: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .184-98-3-9-.537) Rookie 9: P Dave Ibarra (28-R .081-37-0-0-.326) All-Star (Year I) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .326-276-5-47-.877) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .269-264-5-20-.708) Rookie 3: C Dave Benya (27-S .303-175-4-27-.779) 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .259-397-17-59-.770) 5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .277-83-3-18-.870) 6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .272-217-7-22-.749) Rookie 7: LF Bob Draper (23-L .282-170-6-31-.781) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .267-281-4-25-.706) 9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .143-35-0-0-.286) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 23,087 Top of the First: Ron Nachman takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bobby Chubb grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! David Aytes strikes out looking! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet grounds out to 2nd. Omar Flores grounds out to 3rd. Dave Benya hits a home run to right! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Austin grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Top of the Fourth: Bobby Chubb takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, Larry Hardy walks on 4 pitches. With 2 outs, Roch Cox hits a home run to right... 3 to 1, Angels. Lost - 3 to 1 We had 8 hits and made no errors Los Angeles had 2 hits and made no errors We lose a 2 hitter... Angel Gaspar (L 5-6) went 8 innings, allowed 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 home run, 5 walks and struck out 8. LHP Dave Perez went 1 perfect inning. Dave Ibarra (W 8-9) went 8 innings, gave us 1 run, 8 hits, 1 home run, no walks and struck out 4. Ernie Auel (SV 26) pitched a perfect 9th. C Dave Benya had 2 hits with his 5th home run of the year. For the Angels, RF Rich Cox hit his 3rd home run, drew a walk and had 3 RBI.

06-02-2019, 03:46 PM	#437
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, July 30, Year II Los Angeles Angels (49-57 .462 16.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (66-41 .617 in 1st place in the PCL West) LA: Russ Lanier (26-R Season debut) vs. POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 6-1 2.56) Lanier was claimed off waivers from Milwaukee yesterday. Last year, he was 11-11 with a 4.36 ERA in 31 starts between Dallas and Milwaukee. We beat him the only time we faced him, but only scored 3 runs in 8 innings. Grigg had a no decision last time out, allowing 4 runs in 6 IP, but won his 3 starts before that. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) LOS ANGELES 1: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .290-414-11-38-.773) PCL MVP All-Star (Year I) 2: SS Bobby Chubb (25-R .237-249-2-13-.576) 3: LF Dave Bailey (25-S .282-124-7-18-.890) 4: 3B David Aytes (31-R .226-385-19-56-.698) 5: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .295-298-14-43-.852) All-Star 6: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .178-101-3-9-.521) Rookie 7: C Willie Hernandez (29-L .285-137-2-10-.718) 8: 1B Chip Klinefelter (26-R .213-253-6-23-.601) 9: P Russ Lanier (26-R Season debut) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .325-280-5-47-.872) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .269-268-5-20-.705) Rookie 3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .282-174-6-31-.775) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .257-401-17-59-.762) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .262-298-13-38-.770) Rookie 6: C Dennis Webb (26-L .296-169-1-17-.718) 7: CF Rollie Ferree (28-R .400-40-0-7-1.054) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .268-284-4-25-.706) 9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .143-28-0-1-.310) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 73 F, Clear Skies, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from center. Attendance: 22,668 Top of the First: Ron Nachman swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right. Bobby Chubb grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-4. Dave Bailey flies out down the left field line. David Aytes swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit to left and Chubb makes it to 3rd. Billy Shiyou swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to center and Chubb scores and Aytes makes it to 3rd without a throw. 1 to 0, Angels. Jim Crawford grounds out to 3rd. Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet plunks one down in front of the plate and gets thrown out by the catcher. Omar Flores swings at the first pitch and triples to left! Bob Draper grounds out to 2nd and Flores scores to tie the game at 1 all. Jeff Austin lines out to center. Top of the Second: Willie Hernandez grounds a hit to right and Chip Klinefelter grounds a hit to center and Hernandez beats the throw to 3rd. P Russ Lanier bunts Klinefelter to 2nd. Ron Nachman grounds out to 3rd and Hernandez scores. 2 to 1, Angels. Bobby Chubb grounds out to short. Bottom of the Third: With 2 outs, Omar Flores draws a walk and steals 2nd. Bob Draper swings at a 3-2 pitch and hits a home run to right! 3 to 2, Beavers! Top of the Fourth: Jim Crawford and Willie Hernandez lead off with singles and Chip Klinefelter reaches on an error by 3B Omar Flores to load the bases up with no outs. We get the Bullpen up. P Russ Lanier flies out to shallow center and the runners hold. Ron Nachman swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds one back to the mound and we get the force at home, 1-2. 2 outs. Bobby Chubb flies out to left! No runs! They have 7 hits off Grigg.... Top of the Seventh: With 2 outs, Dave Bailey lines a single to left. David Aytes then hits a home run to left... 4 to 3, Angels. Bottom of the Eighth: With 1 out, Jeff Austin hits a fly ball to right, but Billy Shiyou drops it for an error. Dennis Webb knocks a hit to center and Austin beats the throw to 3rd. Rollie Ferree grounds a single to left and Austin scores to tie the game at 4 apiece! Dave Lesley fouls out to the catcher. Top of the Ninth: On the Hill: Mitch Dowdell (25-L), beginning his 2nd inning of work. Top of their lineup is up. They go down in order, but 3B Omar Flores hurts himself making the last out... Bottom of the Ninth: PH Tom Borden (30-L), who nobody claimed off waivers and is 1 for his last 24 and has struck out in 5 of his last 6 AB, is sent up. He beats out an infield hit! And then gets caught stealing.... Paul Bouvet grounds out to short. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) triples to right! Still they stick with P Russ Lanier who has thrown 136 pitches. Their Bullpen is completely fresh, unlike ours. Bob Draper swings at the first pitch and lines a hit to right and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 5 to 4 Our last three walk-off wins have all been ended by Bob Draper! We had 12 hits and made 1 error Los Angeles had 11 hits and made 1 error Bob Grigg went 7 innings, allowed 4 runs, 10 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. LHP Mitch Dowdell (W 3-2) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. Russ Lanier (L 0-1) went 8.2 innings (CG), gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 12 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. 2B Paul Bouvet went 0 for 5. He is 1 for his last 18... That is not going to win any Batting Titles.... 3B Omar Flores hit a triple, drew a walk, stole a base and scored 2 runs. PH Larry Sinchak hit a triple and scored the winning run. RF Bob Draper had 2 hits with his 7th home run and had 4 RBI, including the winning one. LF Tony Casarez had 2 hits. C Dennis Webb had 2 hits. CF Rollie Ferree had 2 hits and an RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit. PH Tom Borden had a hit, but then got caught stealing... For the Angels, C Willie Hernandez went 4 for 4 and scored a run. Pepe says 3B Omar Flores has hurt is elbow and will likely not be able to play for a month...

06-02-2019, 08:34 PM	#438
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Wednesday, July 31, Year II We put 3B Omar Flores (21-L) on the Disabled List and recalled C Phil Parker (28-S) from Vancouver (AAA). Los Angeles Angels (49-58 .458 17.5 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (67-41 .620 in 1st place in the PCL West) LA: Bobby McGregor (35-R 5-0 2.22) Gold Glove vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 7-6 2.87) 2 time All-Star McGregor has only had 6 starts due to an injury. We have not faced him this season. Last year, he was 13-13 with a 3.13 ERA and won a Gold Glove. We were 2-2 against him, but he had 3 very good starts. Panighetti won his last start after losing 3 in a row, 2 in very ugly fashion. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) LOS ANGELES 1: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .289-419-11-39-.769) PCL MVP All-Star (Year I) 2: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .181-105-3-9-.520) Rookie 3: 3B David Aytes (31-R .229-388-20-58-.712) 4: SS Bobby Chubb (25-R .232-254-2-13-.565) 5: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .295-302-14-44-.848) All-Star 6: 1B Chip Klinefelter (26-R .214-257-6-23-.599) 7: C Willie Hernandez (29-L .305-141-2-10-.752) 8: LF Rich Cox (30-L .265-68-3-15-.807) 9: P Bobby McGregor (35-R .118-17-1-2-.461) Gold Glove PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .319-285-5-47-.857) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .307-179-5-28-.800) 3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .285-179-7-35-.792) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .254-405-17-59-.755) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .265-302-13-38-.773) Rookie 6: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .348-112-1-8-.820) 7: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .271-221-7-22-.745) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .264-288-4-25-.696) 9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .225-40-0-3-.494) 2 time All-Star Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 66 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from right. Attendance: 23,512 Top of the First: Ron Nachman grounds out to 2nd. Jim Crawford doubles off the wall in center. He tries to steal 3rd and gets thrown out by C Dave Benya! David Aytes pops out to short! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet grounds out to 3rd. 1 for his last 19... Dave Benya swings at the first pitch and triples to right center! Bob Draper grounds out to the pitcher and Benya has to hold... Jeff Austin grounds a hit to center and Benya scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Austin steals 2nd. Tony Casarez grounds a hit to right and Austin heads home... Billy Shiyou's throw is in the next zip code and Austin scores and Casarez goes to 2nd on the error! 2 to 0, Beavers! Larry Sinchak flies out to center. Top of the Fifth: Don Panighetti strikes out the side in order! 7-8-9 hitters, but still... Bottom of the Fifth: Dave Lesley leads off with a single and gets bunted to 2nd by P Don Panighetti. Paul Bouvet lines a hit to right and Lesley stops at 3rd. On the first pitch to Dave Benya, Bouvet takes off for 2nd.... C Willie Hernandez throws the ball into center and Lesley scores and Bouvet goes to 3rd! 3 to 0, Beavers! Dave Benya grounds out to the pitcher and Bouvet has to hold. Bob Draper grounds out to the pitcher... Bottom of the Sixth: Jeff Austin beats out an infield hit and goes to 3rd when Tony Casarez singles to right. Larry Sinchak grounds into a 5-4-3 double play and Austin scores. 4 to 0, Beavers. Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Paul Bouvet and Dave Benya hit singles. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Bouvet goes to 3rd. Jeff Austin hits a home run to right center!!! 7 to 0, Beavers! That sends P Bobby McGregor to the bench. New Pitcher: Rob Gross (26-L), making his Major League debut. Tony Casarez grounds out to the pitcher. Top of the Eighth: Willie Hernandez leads off with a hit. Rich Cox grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. They let P Rob Gross bat and he bunts Cox to 2nd. 2 outs. Ron Nachman loops a hit to right and Cox scores. 7 to 1, Beavers. Won - 7 to 1 We had 14 hits and made 1 error Los Angeles had 5 hits and made 2 errors Don Panighetti (W 8-6) went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6. LHP Dave Perez went 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit. He threw a WP. Bobby McGregor (L 5-1) went 6.2 innings, gave us 7 runs, 11 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits, stole a base and scored a run. C Dave Benya had 2 hits with a triple and scored a run. 1B Jeff Austin had 3 hits with his 18th home run of the season, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBI. LF Tony Casarez had 3 hits and an RBI. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits and scored a run. PH/CF Rollie Ferree had a hit.

06-02-2019, 09:53 PM	#439
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, August 2, Year II CF Jeff Schottler (25-R) was activated from the Disabled List and I have decided that I don't care if the scouts think Rollie Ferree (28-R) stinks, he is killing the ball for us, so he is staying in Portland and we have released LF Tom Borden (30-L), because he refuses to go to Vancouver (AAA) and no one claimed him on waivers. The San Francisco Seals are in town to play a 3 game series over the weekend. They just won 2 of 3 at home against San Diego. We are 8-2 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time they were in the Skydome, June 18-20. They are 10th in scoring in the PCL with 3.76 runs per game (Portland is 4th with 4.34). They are 4th in fewest runs allowed with 3.77 per game (Portland is still #1 with 3.32). San Francisco Seals (59-51 .536 9.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (68-41 .624 in 1st place in the PCL West) SF: Bill Dixon (35-R 8-3 2.60) All-Star vs. POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 2-2 3.10) Rookie Dixon is their #1 starter. We have faced him twice and he has given us but 1 run each time, but he did not have a decision. We won both games in extra innings, including that 16 inning game we played last weekend. Hagans made his first start after a 2 month injury layoff in that same 16 inning game last weekend and allowed 2 runs in 5 innings, though he walked 5. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN FRANCISCO 1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .280-261-3-22-.737) Rookie 2: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .290-366-6-38-.792) 3: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .227-375-10-47-.691) 4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .263-334-14-51-.748) 5: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .331-272-12-45-.924) All-Star 6: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .242-368-5-39-.671) 7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .248-274-5-31-.690) Rookie 8: C Chip Carpenter (29-R .203-301-7-28-.635) 9: P Bill Dixon (35-R .122-41-0-1-.241) All-Star PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .321-290-5-47-.856) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .311-183-5-28-.815) 3: RF Bob Draper (23-L .279-183-7-35-.775) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .259-409-18-63-.769) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .271-306-13-39-.782) Rookie 6: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .336-116-1-8-.793) 7: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .216-269-5-24-.610) WS MVP 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .267-292-4-25-.700) 9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .308-13-0-0-.769) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 74 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 14 MPH wind blowing in from right. Attendance: 27,579 Top of the First: Dan Fortino swings at a 3-1 pitch and grounds out to short. Ron Chestnut swings at a 3-1 pitch and triples off the wall in left center. Gary Halbert swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2rd and Chestnut scores. 1 to 0, Seals. Marcos Barron swings at a 1-0 pitch and grounds out to short. Hagans does not have his control back quite yet... Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet flares a hit to right center. Dave Benya swings at the first pitch and hits one to the second deck in right!! 2 to 1, Beavers! Bob Draper strikes out. Jeff Austin strikes out. Tony Casarez grounds out to 2nd. Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Chris Greenwald takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Javy Vasquez singles to right and Greenwald heads for 3rd... Bob Draper makes an awful throw and Greenwald scores on the error and Vasquez goes to 2nd. Tie game: 2 all. The Bullpen is up. Bill Giffin doubles off the wall in center and Vasquez scores. 3 to 2, Seals. Chip Carpenter lines out hard to right. We let Hagans face P Bill Dixon, who doubles to left center and Giffin scores.... 4 to 2, Seals. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Dan Fortino swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short. Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Dave Lesley hits a home run to left center! 4 to 3, Seals. Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Jesse Adcock (29-L), their closer with 26 SV and a 2.94 ERA. He has 2 saves and 1 loss against us this year. Jeff Schottler leads off by flying out to the warning track in right. Dave Lesley swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) swings at an 0-2 pitch and doubles down the right field line! Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left and Griesbach was going to stop at 3rd until LF Ron Chestnut overruns the ball! Griesbach scores on the error and Bouvet goes to 2nd! Tie Game at 4 all! Dave Benya grounds out to 2nd. Extras! Top of the Tenth: New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Woody Griesbach stays in to play right and Eddie Thomas is in to play short. Gary Halbert leads off with a double to center... 2B Domingo Santay (27-L), a .160 hitter in 81 AB, grounds a hit to left and Halbert scores... 5 to 4, Seals. The Bullpen is up. We walk Chris Greenwald intentionally. Javy Vasquez bunts the runners up. Bill Giffin grounds a hit to center and another run is in... 6 to 4, Seals. Chip Carpenter flies out to deep left and Greenwald tags up, but Tony Casarez throws him out at the plate! Bottom of the Tenth: With 1 out, Jeff Austin beats out an infield hit and goes to 2nd on a wild pitch. He goes to 3rd on another one. His run really does not matter, though... Tony Casarez swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... 2 outs. Larry Sinchak flies out to left... Lost - 6 to 4, in 10 innings. I thought for sure, once we got Don Schmidt into a tie game in extra innings, we had it in the bag... We had 11 hits and made 1 error San Francisco had 12 hits and made 2 errors Brian Hagans went 5.2 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 5. 108 pitches. I should not have let him face the pitcher... RHP Jorge Reyna went 1.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. LHP Lou Hertzberg went 2 perfect innings and struck out 3. I think we should make him the #1 reliever. RHP Don Schmidt (L 9-4) went 1 inning, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits and 1 walk (INT) Bill Dixon went 8 innings, gave us 3 runs, 8 hits, 2 home runs, no walks and struck out 7. He threw a WP. At bat, he hit a double and had an RBI. LHP Joe Adcock (W 6-8 BS 7) went 2 innings, gave us 1 run, 3 hits and struck out 1. He threw 2 WP. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI. C Dave Benya hit his 6th home run of the season and had 2 RBI. 3B Larry Sinchak had 2 hits. SS Dave Lesley hit his 5th home run. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit. PH/RF Woody Griesbach hit a double and scored a run. For the Seals, LF Ron Chestnut had 4 hits with a triple and scored a run.

06-03-2019, 02:24 PM	#440
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, August 3, Year II San Francisco Seals (60-51 .541 8.5 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (68-42 .618 in 1st place in the PCL West) SF: Jose Troche (27-L 5-7 3.78) vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 5-6 3.70) Rookie Troche was dominating last season, going 9-7 with a 2.81 ERA, but this year his strikeouts have dropped from 7.6 per 9 down to 5.3 and his walks have climbed from 2.8 to 3.4. We have not faced him this season, but we were 0-4 when he started last year. Gaspar has lost 4 of his last 5 starts. Last time out, he only allowed 2 hits in 8 innings, but walked 5 and gave up a home run and they scored 3 runs. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN FRANCISCO 1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .274-266-3-22-.723) Rookie 2: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .296-371-6-38-.808) 3: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .226-380-10-48-.690) 4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .261-337-14-51-.743) 5: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .331-275-12-45-.925) All-Star 6: SS Javy Vasquez (22-R .245-371-5-39-.678) 7: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .251-279-5-33-.696) Rookie 8: C Chip Carpenter (29-R .199-306-7-28-.625) 9: P Jose Troche (27-L .105-38-0-4-.257) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .322-295-5-48-.855) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .339-121-1-8-.793) 3: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .276-225-7-22-.756) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .258-414-18-63-.765) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .270-311-13-39-.776) Rookie 6: C Dave Benya (27-S .309-188-6-30-.820) 7: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .216-273-5-24-.609) WS MVP 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .267-296-5-26-.708) 9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .135-37-0-0-.270) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 27,633 Top of the First: Dan Fortino takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Ron Chestnut grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Gary Halbert strikes out! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet flies out to deep left. Larry Sinchak lines a hit to right. Woody Griesbach lines out to center. Jeff Austin strikes out... Top of the Second: With 1 out, Chris Greenwald jacks one to right... 1 to 0, Seals. Through 5 innings, Troche looks like the same guy from last year, to me... We have 2 hits and 5 strikeouts... Top of the Seventh: Marcos Barron takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and we get the Pen up. Chris Greenwald strikes out! Javy Vasquez doubles to left center... Call to the Bullpen: Mitch Dowdell (25-L). Bill Giffin strikes out! Chip Carpenter, batting under .200, triples off the wall in right center and two runs score... 3 to 0, Seals. Bottom of the Seventh: With 1 out, Dave Benya, Jeff Schottler and Dave Lesley all hit singles and the bases are loaded. PH Rollie Ferree (28-R) triples to left center and everyone scores!!!! 3 to 3, tie game!! They walk Paul Bouvet intentionally and then change pitchers. New Pitcher: Harlan Martin (25-R), the poor fella that lost that 16 inning game last weekend. He has not pitched since and is fresh as a daisy. Larry Sinchak flies out to deep left center and Ferree trots home! 4 to 3, Beavers! Woody Griesbach swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short. Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-E). Surely they cannot score off him twice in a row... Lou Hertzerg, who is now my #1 reliever, is not fresh. Dan Fortino draws a walk... The Pen is hoppin'... Ron Chestnut grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Gary Halbert strikes out. Marcos Barron breaks his bat and bloops a hit over 1B Jeff Austin and Chestnut goes to 3rd... Chris Greenwald grounds out to 2nd!!! Top of the Ninth: Bullpen is ready. Javy Vasquez swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bill Giffin strikes out looking! PH Dennis Williamson (33-L), batting .291 with an .884 OPS and 5 HR in 86 AB, is sent up. He works the count full and then takes ball 4... PH Dave DiMeglio (29-L), batting .189 with a .618 OPS and 2 HR in 53 AB, is next. He swings at the first pitch and grounds one hard towards the hole on the right side... 2B Paul Bouvet makes a diving stop and throws him out at 1st by a whisker and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 4 to 3 We had 7 hits and made no errors San Francisco had 6 hits and made no errors Angel Gaspar went 6.1 innings, allowed 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 7. 112 pitches. LHP Mitch Dowdell (W 4-2) faced 2 batters and got 2 strikeouts and gave up a run scoring hit. RHP Don Schmidt (SV 15) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit, 2 walks and struck out 2. Jose Troche (L 5-8) went 6.1 innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 6. CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits, stole a base and scored a run. PH Rollie Ferree hit a 3 run triple and scored a run. He is now hitting .435 with 7 2B and 2 3B in 46 AB!