The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League (MLB) - Page 25

Questdog · 06-12-2019, 02:51 PM

Monday, September 9, Year II

Monday Morning Report
NL Player of the Week - Carlos Mendoza, CF, Pittsburgh (27-R .268/.324/.433) Had 10 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO, 4 SB, 0 CS, 8 R and 7 RBI in 5 G (4 GS) (2nd PoW this year)
PCL Player of the Week - Bob Webster, 2B, Houston (23-S .301/.368/.434) Had 14 hits with 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 1 SO, 4 SB, 2 CS, 7 R and 4 RBI in 7 G

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

September 3 - New York won at home versus Boston, 6 to 5, in 19 innings. A 2 out double by LF Ricky Eden (35-R) had tied the game at 5 in the bottom of the 9th. P Mike Bosco (36-L) won the game with 9 innings of shutout relief. He allowed 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 11. Not only that, but he led off the bottom of the 19th with a single and scored the winning run on a 2 out double by 1B Doug Brunell (33-R).
September 6 - Ron Bozeman (33-L) of Boston pitched a 7 hit shutout and knocked in all of his team's runs in a 4 to 0 win. He went 2 for 3 with a double.

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Questdog · 06-12-2019, 04:15 PM

Monday, September 9, Year II

We are back home to begin a 2 week home stand, the final one of the year, before we finish the regular season with a week on the road. The Los Angeles Angels are here to play a 3 game series. They were swept in 3 games at Seattle over the weekend, so they are coming here a bit embarrassed. We are 8-7 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time they were in Portland, July 29-31. They are 11th in scoring in the PCL with 3.38 runs per game (Portland is down to #6 with 4.19). Spots 4-6 are bunched up together. The Angels are 8th in fewest runs allowed with 4.15 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.13). Our team ERA is now 2.79. No one else is under 3.

Los Angeles Angels (65-78 .455 25 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (90-53 .629 in 1st place in the PCL West)

LA: Bobby McGregor (35-R 8-4 3.39) Gold Glove vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 11-6 3.39) Rookie

McGregor has won 2 in a row, allowing 2 runs in 8 IP each time. He has only had 14 starts due to injury. We beat him the only time we faced him, scoring 7 runs in 6.2 innings

Gaspar has won his last 6 starts. 4 of them were superb outings, including 2 shutouts, but in two of his wins, he allowed 5 runs.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES
1: SS Mike Stout (29-L .243-243-0-12-.571) Rookie
2: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .290-552-17-52-.784) PCL MVP
3: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .289-394-16-54-.830) All-Star
4: 3B David Aytes (31-R .234-512-26-78-.731)
5: C Larry Hardy (25-S .234-299-4-22-.655)
6: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .194-201-6-14-.584) Rookie
7: LF Rich Cox (30-L .302-116-4-23-.842) 1 for 2 with a HR vs Gaspar
8: 1B Bob Duncan (34-R .196-311-8-23-.582)
9: P Bobby McGregor (35-R .094-32-1-2-.340) Gold Glove

PORTLAND
1: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .256-297-5-21-.678) Rookie
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .280-293-9-38-.757)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .246-395-6-36-.649) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .265-535-22-79-.774)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-420-17-51-.748) Rookie
6: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .260-381-5-36-.703)
7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .277-256-8-41-.756) Rookie
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .186-231-4-32-.519) Gold Glove
9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .145-55-0-0-.327) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 74 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH blowing in from right.
Attendance: 22,612

Top of the First:
Mike Stout swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to the pitcher. Ron Nachman lines out deep down the right field line. Billy Shiyou draws a walk. David Aytes swings at a 3-2 pitch and comes up empty!

Bottom of the First:
Omar Flores grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Dave Benya pops out to 3rd. Jeff Schottler takes an 0-2 pitch in the ribs. He gets caught stealing...

Bottom of the Second:
With 2 outs Dave Lesley gets our first hit, but gets thrown out trying to make it a double...

Bottom of the Fourth:
Dave Benya leads off with a home run to left! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Schottler doubles off the wall in center. Jeff Austin grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Schottler beats the throw to the plate! 2 to 0, Beavers! Austin steals 2nd. Tony Casarez grounds out to 2nd and Austin moves over to 3rd. Dave Lesley flies out to shallow right and Austin tags up and JUST beats the throw! 3 to 0, Beavers! Bob Draper skies one to right, but Billy Shiyou drops it for a 2 base error. They walk Eddie Thomas intentionally. P Angel Gaspar grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Dave Benya beats out an infield hit and steals 2nd. Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to right and Benya scores! 4 to 0, Beavers! Schottler takes 2nd on the throw home. Jeff Austin grounds a hit to left and Schottler scores! 5 to 0, Beavers! That sends P Bobby McGregor to the clubhouse. New Pitcher: Jerry Cunningham (33-R) with a 2.56 ERA in 77.1 IP. Tony Casarez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.

Bottom of the Seventh:
Omar Flores leads off with a triple to right. Dave Benya grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and Flores scores. 6 to 0, Beavers! With 2 outs, Jeff Austin triples to right center! But Tony Casarez fouls out to 1st.

Won - 6 to 0

We had 11 hits and made no errors
Los Angeles had 3 hits and made 1 error

Angel Gaspar (W 12-6) went 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 3 hits, 4 walks and struck out 10. 130 pitches. His 3rd shutout of the season.

Bobby McGregor (L 8-5) went 4.1 innings, gave us 5 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 1.

3B Omar Flores hit a triple and scored a run. C Dave Benya had 2 hits with his 10th home run of the season, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 3 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin had 3 hits with a triple, stole a base, scored a run and had 2 RBI. 2B Dave Lesley had 2 hits and an RBI.

Questdog · 06-12-2019, 06:00 PM

Tuesday, September 10, Year II

Los Angeles Angels (65-79 .451 26 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (91-53 .632 in 1st place in the PCL West)

LA: Russ Lanier (26-R 1-3 4.93) vs. POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 4-2 2.76) Rookie

Lanier has allowed 11 runs and 22 hits in his last 2 starts (12 IP).

Hagans has had 6 straight Quality Starts, but is only 2-0 in that stretch.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES
1: SS Mike Stout (29-L .239-247-0-12-.562) Rookie
2: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .288-556-17-52-.779) PCL MVP
3: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .292-397-16-54-.836) All-Star
4: 3B David Aytes (31-R .233-516-26-78-.726)
5: LF Joel Daniels (38-L .227-278-6-28-.660) 2 for 3 with a HR vs Hagans
6: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .195-205-6-14-.582) Rookie
7: C Willie Hernandez (30-L .298-205-5-15-.771)
8: 1B Ricky Pulido (29-L .231-147-2-15-.654)
9: P Russ Lanier (26-R .313-16-0-1-.688)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .287-418-8-59-.773) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .283-297-10-40-.770)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .249-398-6-37-.658) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .269-539-22-81-.783)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .250-424-17-51-.741) Rookie
6: RF Bob Draper (23-L .278-259-8-41-.755) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .256-301-5-21-.682) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .263-384-5-37-.707)
9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .258-31-0-2-.645) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 65 F, Overcast, with an 8 MPH blowing in from center.
Attendance: 22,727

Top of the First:
Mike Stout swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Ron Nachman pops out to 3rd. Billy Shiyou strikes out looking! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet flies out to left. Dave Benya flies out to center. Jeff Schottler grounds out to 3rd...

Top of the Third:
Willie Hernandez bloops a hit to right center. Ricky Pulido bounces one over the right field fence for a ground rule double... P Russ Lanier pops out to shallow right and the runners hold. Mike Stout swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit up the middle and both runners score... 2 to 0, Angels.

Bottom of the Third:
Omar Flores leads off with a hit to center and he is our first base runner of the game. Dave Lesley grounds a hit to right. P Brian Hagans bunts the runners up. Paul Bouvet grounds out to 3rd and Flores scores. 2 to 1, Angels. Dave Benya draws a walk. Jeff Schottler swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short.

Top of the Fourth:
David Aytes leads off with a single to left. With 2 outs, Willie Hernandez doubles to right and Aytes scores from 1st... 3 to 1, Angels. Hernandez goes to 3rd on the throw home. We walk Ricky Pulido intentionally to get to P Russ Lanier, who singles to left and Hernandez scores... 4 to 1, Angels. We get the Bullpen going. Mike Stout grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Sixth:
With 2 outs, Tony Casarez hits a home run to right center. 4 to 2, Angels.

Top of the Seventh:
On the Hill: Dave Perez (24-L), beginning his second inning of work. He strikes out everyone, except the pitcher, who gets a hit...

Bottom of the Ninth:
Tony Casarez leads off with a hit to right and they call in their closer: Ernie Auel (28-R) with a 1.54 ERA. We scored a pair of runs off him the last time we faced him, but none in the other 6 times. Bob Draper lines out to the pitcher and they double Casarez off.... Omar Flores draws a walk. Dave Lesley takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) grounds out to 1st, unassisted...

Lost - 4 to 2

We had 7 hits and made no errors
Los Angeles had 7 hits and made no errors

Brian Hagans (L 4-3) went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 3.
LHP Dave Perez went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 5.
LHP Mitch Dowdell went 2 perfect innings and struck out 2. 15 pitches.

Russ Lanier (W 2-3) went 8+ innings, gave us 2 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3. At bat, he had 2 hits and an RBI.
RHP Ernie Auel (SV 34) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 2 walks.

LF Tony Casarez had 2 hits with his 18th home run of the year. RF Bob Draper had 2 hits.

Questdog · 06-12-2019, 08:46 PM

Wednesday, September 11, Year II

We need to win this game to win the season series with the Angels. We stand at 9-8 right now.

Los Angeles Angels (66-79 .455 25 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (91-54 .628 in 1st place in the PCL West)

LA: Dave Ibarra (29-R 11-11 3.17) All-Star (Year I) vs. POR: Frank Martin (27-R 9-7 3.03)

Ibarra has lost 2 of his last 3, but has not allowed more than 2 earned runs in a game since July 24. In 4 starts against us, he is 1-0, without a bad outing in the bunch.

Martin is 0-2 in his last 5 starts, though none of them have been bad. He lost his last one by allowing 1 run in 7 IP.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
LOS ANGELES
1: SS Mike Stout (29-L .239-251-0-14-.561) Rookie
2: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .286-560-17-52-.773) PCL MVP
3: LF Dave Bailey (25-S .270-211-14-32-.880)
4: 3B David Aytes (31-R .233-520-26-78-.724)
5: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .289-401-16-54-.827) All-Star
6: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .191-209-6-14-.572) Rookie
7: C Larry Hardy (25-S .233-301-4-22-.655)
8: 1B Chip Klinefelter (26-R .206-345-7-31-.565)
9: P Dave Ibarra (29-R .111-54-2-2-.472) All-Star (Year I)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .287-422-8-60-.770) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .280-300-10-40-.765)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .246-402-6-37-.652) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .267-543-22-81-.778)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-428-18-52-.750) Rookie
6: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .270-311-8-32-.754) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .257-304-5-21-.684) Rookie
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .184-234-4-32-.516) Gold Glove
9: P Frank Martin (27-S .026-39-0-1-.165)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 23,527

Top of the First:
Mike Stout swings at the first pitch and flies out to center. Ron Nachman doubles to right center. Dave Bailey strikes out. David Aytes lines a hit to left and Nachman stops at 3rd. Billy Shiyou grounds out to short!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet lines a hit to right. Dave Benya grounds a hit to right and Bouvet beats the throw to 3rd! Jeff Schottler walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with no outs! Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Bouvet scores. 1 to 0, Beavers! Austin steals 2nd. Tony Casarez grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Benya scores. 2 to 0, Beavers! Woody Griesbach blasts one to left, but it is caught against the wall...

Top of the Second:
With 1 out, Larry Hardy hits one 437 feet to right center... 2 to 1, Beavers. With 2 outs, P Frank Martin beans P Dave Ibarra... Mike Stout then triples to right to tie the game at 2... Ron Nachman grounds out to 3rd.

Bottom of the Third:
Paul Bouvet leads off with a grounder up the middle for a hit and then steals 2nd. Dave Benya grounds one to 2nd, but Jim Crawford boots it! Jeff Schottler lines out to 2nd, Crawford making a nice stop this time. Benya steals 2nd. Jeff Austin grounds a hit to center and both runners score! 4 to 2, Beavers! Austin tries to steal, but they have a pitchout on this time and he is out.

Top of the Sixth:
David Aytes walks on 4 pitches. Billy Shiyou grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Jim Crawford doubles to center and Shiyou scores from 1st... 4 to 3, Beavers. We get the Bullpen up. Larry Hardy grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Crawford goes to 3rd. Chip Klinefelter flies out to right!

Bottom of the Sixth:
With 2 outs, Woody Griesbach hits one 432 feet to straight away center! 5 to 3, Beavers! That sends P Dave Ibarra to the showers. New Pitcher: Jim Ketcham (25-R), a rookie with a 4.15 ERA in 17.1 IP. Omar Flores grounds out to short.

Top of the Seventh:
With 1 out, we let Frank Martin bat since he has only thrown 85 pitches. He grounds one to short and Mike Stout throws it away for a 2 base error! They walk Paul Bouvet intentionally and Dave Benya unintentionally to load the bases up. Jeff Schottler takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in a run! 6 to 3, Beavers! Jeff Austin flies out to right and Bouvet scores without a throw. 7 to 3, Beavers! Tony Casarez doubles to right and Benya scores and Schottler stops at 3rd! 8 to 3, Beavers! Woody Griesbach flies out to center.

Bottom of the Eighth:
Omar Flores leads off by reaching on another 2 base throwing error by SS Mike Stout. Eddie Thomas grounds out to 3rd and Flores moves up. P Frank Martin flies out to center and Flores scores. 9 to 3, Beavers!

Won - 9 to 3

We had 7 hits and made no errors
Los Angeles had 9 hits and made 4 errors

Frank Martin (W 10-7) went 9 innings (CG), allowed 3 runs, 9 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk, 1 HB and struck out 5. 116 pitches. At bat, he had a SF and scored a run.

Dave Ibarra (L 11-12) went 5.2 innings, gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 6 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. At bat, he was hit by a pitch and scored a run.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and a walk (INT), stole a base and scored 3 runs. C Dave Benya had 2 hits and a walk and scored 3 runs. 1B Jeff Austin had 1 hit and 4 RBI. He now has 85, tying him with Randy James, who led the Beavers with 85 last year. LF Tony Casarez hit a double and had 2 RBI. RF Woody Griesbach hit his 9th home run of the season.

We end up winning the season series with the Angels, 10-8, the same as last season.

Questdog · 06-12-2019, 10:23 PM

Friday, September 13, Year II

I am not superstitious, but...

The San Francisco Seals are in town to play a 3 game series over the weekend. The just beat the Padres 2 games at home to move into 2nd place in the PCL West. We are 10-5 against them this season, but lost 2 of 3 the last time they were in the Skydome. They are 9th in the PCL in scoring with 3.82 runs per game (Portland is 5th with 4.22). They are 2nd in fewest runs allowed with 3.58 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.12).

San Francisco Seals (82-64 .562 10 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (92-54 .630 in 1st place in the PCL West)

SF: Bill Dixon (35-R 10-6 2.78) All-Star vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 12-8 2.74) 2 time All-Star

These two pitchers are 2nd and 3rd in the PCL in ERA. Dixon is their #1 starter. His last start was against us, but he only made it to the 2nd inning before having to leave with an injury. In 4 starts against us, he does not have a decision, but has not had a bad game. We are 2-2 in the games, 3 of which went to extra innings.

Panighetti pitched a shutout against these Seals in San Francisco in his last start, allowing 7 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .270-389-5-35-.703) Rookie
2: SS Javy Vasquez (23-R .242-500-7-49-.666)
3: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .324-413-14-60-.891) All-Star
4: 1B Sandy Mojica (26-R .244-156-10-21-.790) Rookie
5: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .226-499-15-64-.692)
6: LF Stan Ward (31-R .257-288-4-22-.663)
7: C Chip Carpenter (30-R .206-403-10-43-.660)
8: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .258-395-7-48-.710) Rookie
9: P Bill Dixon (35-R .179-56-0-3-.386) All-Star

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .289-426-8-60-.774) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dave Benya (27-S .284-303-10-40-.772)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .245-404-6-38-.652) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .267-546-22-85-.777)
5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .287-108-4-20-.856)
6: LF Bob Draper (23-L .281-263-8-41-.758) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .253-308-5-21-.676) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .264-387-5-37-.708)
9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .190-58-0-6-.424) 2 time All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 26,606

Top of the First:
Dan Fortino swings at the first pitch and hits a lazy fly ball to center. Javy Vasquez strikes out. He runs to first, but C Dave Benya did not drop the ball... Chris Greenwald bloops a hit to center. Sandy Mojica strikes out!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet lines a hit to center. He gets caught stealing on a pitchout... Dave Benya lines a hit to left. Jeff Schottler grounds one to short, but they only get the force at 2nd, 6-4, because Dave Benya slid in hard, but he is hurt... Schottler steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Chip Carpenter throws the ball into center. Jeff Austin grounds out to short. Dennis Webb (26-L) will go in to catch.

Bottom of the Third:
Dave Lesley leads off with a 4 pitch walk. P Don Panighetti bunts him to 2nd. Paul Bouvet drives one to right, but Gary Halbert makes a great running catch near the warning track. 2 outs. Dennis Webb lines a hit to left and Lesley beats the throw to the plate! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Schottler grounds a hit up the middle. Jeff Austin flies out to center.

Top of the Fourth:
Sandy Mojica leads off with a double to left. Gary Halbert lines a hit to center, too hard for Mojica to score. Halbert steals 2nd. Stan Ward grounds out to 2nd and Mojica scores to tie the game at 1 all. Chip Carpenter grounds a hit to left and Halbert scores. 2 to 1, Seals. Bill Giffin grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. P Bill Dixon takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Dan Fortino walks on 4 pitches to load the bases. We get the Bullpen up. Javy Vasquez grounds out to short!

Top of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Sandy Mojica homers to left... 3 to 1, Seals.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Dennis Webb leads off with a liner to right for a hit. Jeff Schottler doubles down the left field line and Webb scores from 1st! 3 to 2, Seals. Jeff Austin doubles down the right field line to tie the game at 3! That gives him 86 RBI on the year, a new Beaver record! Gordon Saunderson flies out to the wall in left center and Austin tags up and goes to 3rd. They walk Bob Draper intentionally. He steals 2nd! So they walk Omar Flores intentionally. Dave Lesley flies out to right and Austin scores without a throw. 4 to 3, Beavers! PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) strikes out...

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). Larry Sinchak is in to play 3rd, Eddie Thomas is in to play short, Rollie Ferree is in to play left and Bob Draper moves to right. With 1 out, PH Marcos Barron (33-R) lines a hit to right. Dan Fortino walks... Javy Vasquez doubles to center and Barron scores to tie the game... 4 to 4. Chris Greenwald strikes out! Sandy Mojica pops out to 1st!

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Jesse Adcock (29-L), their closer. Domingo Santay is in to play 2nd. 38 SV and a 2.99 ERA. With 1 out, Jeff Schottler takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Jeff Austin swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to 3rd. 2 outs. Schottler gets caught stealing...

Extras!

Top of the Tenth:
They go down in order!

Bottom of the Tenth:
Rollie Ferree, who needs a hit to keep his average from dropping below .400, grounds a single to right! Bob Draper lays down a sacrifice bunt, but beats it out for a hit! Eddie Thomas, does not bunt, but swings away and pops out to shallow center. Why? PH Phil Parker (28-S) the last bat on the bench, squibs one in front of the plate and they get a force at 2nd, 2-4. Ferree goes to 3rd. Larry Sinchak swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to left...

Top of the Eleventh:
New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). They go down in order!

Bottom of the Eleventh:
New Pitcher: Gus Hanauer (29-R) with a 1.27 ERA in 71 IP. 46 H and 19 BB for an 0.92 WHIP and only 1 HR allowed. Batters are hitting .182 against him. In 4 innings against him, we have 1 hit, no walks and 4 SO. Paul Bouvet leads off with a line drive over the left field fence and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!!!!

Won - 5 to 4 in 11 innings

We had 10 hits and made no errors
San Francisco had 9 hits and made 1 error

Don Panighetti went 5 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Jorge Reyna pitched 1 perfect inning and struck out 1.
RHP Don Schmidt (H 3) went 2 perfect innings and struck out 3.
LHP Lou Hertzberg (BS 2) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (W 5-3) went 1 perfect inning and struck out 1.

Bill Dixon went 6.1 innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 4 walks (2 INT) and struck out 2. At bat, he drew a walk.
RHP Gus Hanauer (L 6-2) faced 1 batter, who hit a home run.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits with his 9th home run as a Beaver. It ended the game. C Dave Benya went 1 for 1 before getting hurt. C Dennis Webb had 2 hits and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits with a double and 2 walks, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin had a double, scored a run and had his 86th RBI of the season, setting a new Beaver high for a season. LF Rollie Ferree had a hit in his only trip to the plate.

Pepe's report on Dave Benya is not good. A sore back that will likely keep him out of action about 3 weeks, which will cut into the post season.

I am not superstitious, but...

Questdog · 06-12-2019, 11:47 PM

Saturday, September 14, Year II

We put C Dave Benya on the Disabled List and called up C Tod Schreck (31-R) from Vancouver (AAA). He hit only .258 with a .658 OPS for the Mounties in 159 AB, but threw out 47% of runners attempting to steal.

San Francisco Seals (82-65 .558 11 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (93-54 .633 in 1st place in the PCL West)

SF: Jose Troche (27-L 7-11 3.79) vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 12-6 3.21) Rookie

We are 2-0 against Troche this year, after getting manhandled by him last season.

Gaspar has won his last 7 starts with 3 shutouts, including his last start, which was a 3 hitter and he struck out 10.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .267-393-5-35-.699) Rookie
2: SS Javy Vasquez (23-R .242-504-7-50-.668)
3: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .323-418-14-60-.885) All-Star
4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .264-440-18-67-.745)
5: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .228-504-15-64-.693)
6: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .285-495-8-43-.772)
7: C Chip Carpenter (30-R .208-408-10-44-.661)
8: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .256-398-7-48-.705) Rookie
9: P Jose Troche (27-L .127-55-0-6-.286)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .289-432-9-61-.779) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: CF Rollie Ferree (29-R .408-71-0-11-1.002) Rookie
3: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .296-213-1-14-.709)
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .267-551-22-86-.775)
5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .269-316-9-33-.758) Rookie
6: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .263-388-5-38-.709)
7: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-433-18-54-.749) Rookie
8: C Tod Schreck (31-R .147-34-0-2-.422)
9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .138-58-0-6-.310) Rookie

Game Start: 1:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 75 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 25,762

Top of the First:
Dan Fortino lines out to right. Javy Vasquez flies out to deep right. Chris Greenwald drills one to deep left center, but Tony Casarez races back and makes a circus catch leaping in the air! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet, the last Beaver batter to bat yesterday and the first today, grounds out to 3rd. Rollie Ferree grounds a hit to right. Larry Sinchak grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Jeff Austin grounds a hit to right and Sinchak beats the throw to 3rd. Woody Griesbach grounds out to 3rd.

Top of the Third:
Chip Carpenter takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and the Seals have their first base runner. Bill Giffin lines a hit to left and the Seals have their first hit. Are we just going to get all the firsts out of the way here and give them a run, too? P Jose Troche strikes out trying to lay down a bunt. Dan Fortino grounds into a 5-4-3 double play!

Top of the Fifth:
Gary Halbert leads off by taking a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, he steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Tod Schreck throws the ball into center field... Chip Carpenter swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out! We walk Bill Giffin intentionally to get to P Jose Troche, who strikes out!

Through six innings the game is still scoreless. They only have 2 hits and we only have 3, two of them by Rollie Ferree.

Top of the Eighth:
Bill Giffin leads off with an infield hit. They let P Jose Troche bat and he bunts Giffin over to 2nd. Dan Fortino strikes out! Javy Vasquez grounds one back to the box, but P Angel Gaspar makes a bad throw to 1st for an error and Giffin goes to 3rd. Their best hitter, All-Star Chris Greenwald, is now up... He grounds a hit to center and Giffin scores and Vasquez goes to 3rd... 1 to 0, Seals. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Marcos Barron grounds one to short but, Dave Lesley makes a bad throw for an error and Vasquez scores... 2 to 0, Seals. 8 games in a row without an error and we make 2 in one inning.... Gary Halbert strikes out.

Bottom of the Eighth:
They bring in a new pitcher after all: Gus Hanauer (29-R), who will face the batter he faced yesterday, Paul Bouvet. No home run this time; he grounds out to 3rd. With 2 outs, PH Omar Flores (21-L) doubles to left center. But Jeff Austin hits one about 2 feet and gets thrown out by the catcher...

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Dave Perez (24-L). Omar Flores stays in to play 3rd and Jeff Schottler is in to play center. With 1 out, Chip Carpenter draws a walk. Bill Giffin singles to left center. PH Sandy Mojica (26-R) hit a 3 run home run to left center.... 5 to 0, Seals. He becomes the first player to hit 4 home runs against the Beavers this season.

Lost - 5 to 0

We had 6 hits and made 3 errors
San Francisco had 6 hits and made 1 error

Angel Gaspar (L 12-7) went 7.2 innings, allowed 2 unearned runs, 4 hits, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 8.
RHP Jorge Reyna face 2 batters and got 1 out with a strikeout.
LHP Dave Perez went 1 inning, allowed 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 home run and 1 walk.

Jose Troche (W 8-11) went 7 shutout innings, gave us 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2.

CF Rollie Ferree had 2 hits. PH/3B Omar Flores hit a double.

For the Seals, 2B Bill Giffin went 3 for 2 with a walk (INT) and scored 2 runs.

Questdog · 06-13-2019, 11:24 AM

Sunday, September 15, Year II

P Tom Horn (26-L) is eligible to come off the DL. Do you even remember him? He was 7-5 in 24 starts last year with a 3.14 ERA before needing elbow surgery on August 20. He has not pitched since. All 5 of the guys in our rotation are pitching very well right now and I am a little chicken to put a fellow who has not pitched in over a year right into the thick of it when we are shooting hard for 100 wins (which I want very badly). He has options, so we are shipping him to Vancouver (AAA) and we'll see if he has anything left to maybe make the rotation next year.

San Francisco Seals (83-65 .561 10 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (93-55 .628 in 1st place in the PCL West)

SF: Brad Simpson (35-R 16-9 2.88) vs. POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 4-3 2.97) Rookie

Simpson is 0-2 in his last 3 starts, but they were all Quality Starts. He has not allowed more than 3 runs in a game since July 16 (11 starts). We are 3-1 against him, but the win was his last outing when he held us to 1 run and 4 hits and no walks in 8 IP.

Hagans lost his last outing, giving up 4 runs in 5 innings.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .264-398-5-35-.691) Rookie
2: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .325-422-14-61-.889) All-Star
3: 2B Tim Roberts (30-R Season debut)
4: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .285-499-8-43-.766)
5: SS Javy Vasquez (23-R .240-509-7-50-.661)
6: RF Stan Ward (31-R .253-293-4-23-.652)
7: C Chip Carpenter (30-R .207-410-10-44-.661)
8: 1B Bill Giffin (24-S .262-401-7-48-.716) Rookie
9: P Brad Simpson (35-R .118-68-0-3-.263)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .287-436-9-61-.772) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .291-199-2-22-.723)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .248-407-6-39-.662) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .267-555-22-86-.773)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-437-18-54-.746) Rookie
6: RF Bob Draper (23-L .280-268-8-41-.754) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .253-312-5-21-.679) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .261-391-5-38-.704)
9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .258-31-0-2-.645) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 67 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 27,614

Top of the First:
Dan Fortino swings at a 3-2 pitch and loops a hit to left. Chris Greenwald grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Tim Roberts strikes out. A wild pitch sends Greenwald to 2nd. Ron Chestnut grounds out to 3rd!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet grounds out to 3rd. Dennis Webb strikes out. Jeff Schottler grounds out to 2nd...

Top of the Fourth:
Tim Roberts, who struck out in his first at bat of the season, hits a home run to left in his second.... 1 to 0, Seals. Ron Chestnut draws a walk. Javy Vasquez grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Stan Ward beats out an infield hit... Chip Carpenter strikes out. Bill Giffin swings at the first pitch and pops out to 3rd.

Bottom of the Fourth:
Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to center. With 2 outs, Bob Draper singles to right and Schottler takes 3rd without a throw. Omar Flores swings at a 3-2 pitch and homers to left center!!! 3 to 1, Beavers!

Top of the Fifth:
With 2 outs, Chris Greenwald singles to center. Tim Roberts takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ron Chestnut lines a hit to left center and Greenwald heads home.....he beats the throw... 3 to 2, Beavers. Greenwald is hurt, though. With the runners on the move, Javy Vasquez swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to left and Roberts scores without a throw to tie the game at 3... The Bullpen is up. Stan Ward swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Why couldn't someone have done that a little sooner?

Bottom of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Dennis Webb beats out an infield hit. Jeff Schottler lines a hit to right and Webb beats the throw to 3rd. Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Webb scores. 4 to 3, Beavers. Tony Casarez lines out to center.

Bottom of the Sixth:
Bob Draper leads off and whacks a 2-2 pitch down the right field line for a double. They walk Omar Flores intentionally. Dave Lesley grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Draper goes to 3rd. With P Brian Hagans already at 104 pitches, we pull him down and send up PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L). He lines a hit to right and Draper scores and Lesley beats the throw to 3rd! 5 to 3, Beavers! That sends P Brad Simpson to the showers. New Pitcher: Harlan Martin (25-R) with a 1.43 ERA. Paul Bouvet triples to center and 2 more runs score! 7 to 3, Beavers! Do you remember when Bouvet was hitting a triple almost every game, it seemed? This is his first in September and he only hit 1 in August. Dennis Webb grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Bouvet holds at 3rd for some reason. Jeff Schottler swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out.

Won - 7 to 3

We had 12 hits and made no errors
San Francisco had 8 hits and made no errors

Brian Hagans (W 5-3) went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 5. He threw a WP.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 10) went 3 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 3.

Brad Simpson (L 16-10) went 5.1 innings, gave us 7 runs, 10 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 2. He is the first pitcher tagged with 4 losses by the Beavers this season.

2B Paul Bouvet hit a triple and had 2 RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits and a walk and scored a run. RF Bob Draper had 2 hits with a double and scored 2 runs. 3B Omar Flores was 3 for 3 with his 6th home run of the season and a walk (INT) and 3 RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI.

The Seals announced that Chris Greenwald just had a bruised knee and would be fine in a day or two.

We are finished with the Seals this year and we won the season series, 12-6. Last year, we split it, 9-9.

Down on the Farm: In his season debut for Vancouver (AAA), Tom Horn (26-L) pitched 5.2 hitless innings. He did not allow a run, but walked 4 and only struck out 1. Not bad, for someone who has not pitched in over a year!

Questdog · 06-13-2019, 01:24 PM

Monday, September 16, Year II

Monday Morning Report
NL Player of the Week - Damien Carr, 3B, Detroit (28-L .307/.383/.538) Had 14 hits with 1 2B, 5 HR, 4 BB, 4 SO, 9 R and 10 RBI in 7 G (2nd PoW this year)
PCL Player of the Week - Paul Blaine, SS, Seattle (25-R .238/.284/.408) Had 11 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS, 7 R and 10 RBI in 5 G (3rd PoW this season. When he is not the PoW, he must go hitless.)

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

September 9 - 1B/3B Damien Carr (28-L) of Detroit had 5 hits with a 2 run home run in the top of the 13th inning at Pittsburgh. The Tigers won, 5 to 3, in 13 innings.
September 10 - Gary Henry (23-R) of Brooklyn pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus New York. He walked 2 and struck out 3. It is his 3rd shutout of the season. He is now 9-5 with a 3.53 ERA in 14 starts (32 G). The Dodgers won, 2 to 0.
September 10 - 3B Damien Carr (28-L) of Detroit hit 3 home runs with a walk, scored 4 runs and had 5 RBI at Pittsburgh. The Tigers won, 13 to 1. He is the 1st National League player to hit 3 home runs in a game.
September 11 - CF Felix Zavala (31-L) of St. Louis went 5 for 5 with a home run and scored twice at home versus Pittsburgh, but the Cardinals lost, 4 to 3.
September 14 - CF Randy Schmitt (26-L) of Kansas City seemed to have nailed down the MVP award for this season with 3 doubles and a walk, a stolen base, a run scored and 6 RBI at home versus Denver. He was Rookie of the Year last season. The Royals won, 11 to 3.

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Questdog · 06-13-2019, 01:59 PM

Monday, September 16, Year II

The Rainiers are in town to play 2 games and finish our season series. They lost 2 of 3 in Los Angeles over the weekend. We are 11-5 against them on the year, but split 4 games with them the last time they were in Portland, August 5-8. They are 5th in the PCL in scoring with 4.25 runs per game (Portland is #6 with 4.21). We have scored 5 fewer runs. They are 12th (last) in fewest runs allowed with 4.74 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.13).

Seattle Rainiers (57-92 .383 37 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (94-55 .631 in 1st place in the PCL West)

SEA: Tom Snodgrass (26-L 3-0 3.28) vs. POR: Frank Martin (27-R 10-7 3.03)

We are 0-2 against Snodgrass. After holding us to 1 unearned run on 5 hits in 8 IP, he went to Oakland for his last start and gave them 7 runs in 3 innings, but escaped with a no decision.

Martin pitched a CG last time out with 3 runs allowed.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SEATTLE
1: SS Paul Blaine (25-R .238-568-22-74-.693) Reigning Player of the Week
2: LF John Haynes (31-L .229-140-2-14-.635)
3: 1B Jim Rier (28-L .298-366-18-61-.855)
4: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .235-494-22-64-.729)
5: CF Randy Hobson (26-L .318-522-16-63-.870) All-Star
6: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .239-490-7-53-.678)
7: 2B Bob Dillon (27-R .261-264-5-30-.682)
8: C Oscar Reynoso (27-R .222-162-7-26-.677)
9: P Tom Snodgrass (26-L .176-17-0-1-.353)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .286-485-9-63-.773) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .292-216-1-14-.699)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .251-411-6-39-.667) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .264-560-22-87-.766)
5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .266-319-9-33-.755) Rookie
6: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-441-18-54-.744) Rookie
7: C Phil Parker (28-S .283-53-0-6-.711)
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .261-394-5-38-.703)
9: P Frank Martin (27-S .024-42-0-2-.152)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 22,515

Top of the First:
Paul Blaine swings at a 3-1 pitch and fouls out to 1st. John Haynes walks. Jim Rier grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Mark Fenik doubles to left and Rier stops at 3rd. Randy Hobson grounds a hit to center and both runners score... 2 to 0, Seattle. I would not have minded an intentional walk right there. We seem so liberal in handing them out except when I want them.... Hobson steals 2nd. Terry Singer lines a hit to center and Hobson scores... 3 to 0, Seattle. Bob Dillon lines a hit to left. Okay, Christy, okay! We get the Bullpen up. You happy, now? Oscar Reynoso swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to the pitcher.

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet walks on 4 pitches. He had a rough August (.212), but has really come on in September (.231)... Larry Sinchak grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Bouvet goes to 2nd. Sinchak is 0 for September... 13 AB. Bouvet steals 3rd. Jeff Schottler swings at a 3-1 pitch and lines a hit to left and Bouvet scores. 3 to 1, Seattle. Since the first of August, Schottler is hitting .322. True, it is mostly singles (1 HR), but a lot better than he was doing early in the season when he hit .181 in April and May. Jeff Austin flies out to left. 2 outs. Woody Griesbach gets beaned. Tony Casarez doubles to left and Schottler scores! 3 to 2, Seattle. Phil Parker flies out to left.

Bottom of the Second:
With 2 outs, Paul Bouvet homers to left to tie the game at 3!! Snodgrass strikes out everyone else in the inning...

Top of the Third:
Mark Fenik leads off with a double to right. He is now 7 for 14 against P Frank Martin with a HR and at least 2 doubles, because he has hit two today.... Randy Hobson grounds out to 3rd. Terry Singer strikes out! Bob Dillon grounds out to short!

Top of the Fourth:
With 1 out, P Tom Snodgrass doubles to center. Paul Blaine doubles to right and Snodgrass scores... 4 to 3, Seattle. Yes, Christy... The Bullpen is up. That is 4 doubles already allowed and 7 hits... John Haynes and Jim Rier both fly out, though.

Meanwhile, P Tom Snodgrass has retired 10 in a row after Bouvet's home run....

Bottom of the Seventh:
After Phil Parker strikes out, Dave Lesley reaches on an error by 3B Terry Singer. PH Eddie Thomas (26-R) doubles to left, Lesley stopping at 3rd. Paul Bouvet is NOT walked as I thought he would be! He lines a hit to center and both runners score!!! 5 to 4, Beavers! That sends P Tom Snodgrass to the showers. New Pitcher: Danny Gilmore (29-R) with a 1.70 ERA in 74 IP. PH Bob Draper (23-L) is sent up for Larry Sinchak. Bouvet steals 2nd. Draper swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Bouvet goes to 3rd. 2 outs. Jeff Schottler grounds out to 3rd.

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Eddie Thomas stays in to play short and Omar Flores goes in to play 3rd. Terry Singer flares a hit to right... PH Pedro de Jesus (26-L), who ALWAYS seems to get a hit when he pinch-hits, grounds a hit to left... Oscar Reynoso bunts the runners up. PH Miguel Favela (30-R) flies out to center and Singer tags up and heads home, but Jeff Schottler throws him out!!!!

Top of the Ninth:
Bullpen arms are ready... Top of their order. Paul Blaine strikes out! John Haynes strikes out looking!! Jim Rier lines a 1-2 pitch to right and Woody Griesbach runs it down and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!!

Won - 5 to 4

We had 5 hits and made 1 error
Seattle had 12 hits and made 1 error

Frank Martin went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. He threw a WP.
LHP Dave Perez (W 1-1) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1.
RHP Don Schmidt (SV 21) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2.

Tom Snodgrass (L 3-1) went 6.1 innings, gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 5 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks, 1 HB and struck out 8. 110 pitches. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run.

Paul Bouvet had 2 hits with his 10th home run as a Beaver, drew a walk, stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. LF Tony Casarez hit a double and had an RBI. PH/SS Eddie Thomas hit a double and scored a run.

For Seattle, RF Mark Fenik had 3 hits with 2 doubles and scored a run.

Questdog · 06-13-2019, 03:52 PM

Tuesday, September 17, Year II

We can clinch the division with a win today and a San Francisco loss at Oakland.

Today is P Angel Gaspar's 24th birthday.

Seattle Rainiers (57-93 .380 38 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (95-55 .633 in 1st place in the PCL West)

SEA: Alan Merandi (29-R 6-16 6.10) vs. POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 9-1 2.48)

Merandi won his last start, going 8 innings against the Angels. We have faced him twice and won both times, scoring 11 runs in 9 innings.

Grigg won his last time out, but gave up 4 runs in 7 IP.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SEATTLE
1: SS Paul Blaine (25-R .239-573-22-75-.695)
2: LF Randy Hobson (26-L .319-526-16-65-.871) All-Star
3: 1B Jim Rier (28-L .294-371-18-61-.844)
4: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .239-498-22-64-.739)
5: CF Jim Perkins (26-L .235-480-21-69-.708)
6: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .241-494-7-54-.681)
7: 2B Bob Dillon (27-R .262-267-5-30-.681)
8: C Herb Leavitt (24-R Major League debut) Rookie Good defender
9: P Alan Merandi (29-R .239-46-0-4-.553)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .288-444-10-66-.785) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .291-203-2-22-.722)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .251-415-6-40-.665) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .262-564-22-87-.761)
5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-445-18-55-.744) Rookie
6: RF Bob Draper (23-L .283-272-8-41-.761) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .260-315-6-24-.702) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .259-397-5-38-.698)
9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .175-40-0-2-.365)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 20,818

Top of the First:
Paul Blaine grounds an 0-2 pitch to right for a hit. Randy Hobson grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Jim Rier flies out to center. Mark Fenik lines a hit to right and Hobson makes it to 3rd without a throw. Jim Perkins swings at the first pitch and grounds out to the pitcher!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left. Dennis Webb lines a hit to right and Bouvet has to stop at 2nd because Webb hit the ball too hard. Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to right and the bases are loaded with nobody out. Jeff Austin flies out to right and Bouvet beats the throw home. 1 to 0, Beavers! Webb tagged up at 2nd and went to 3rd. Tony Casarez lines out to center and Jim Perkins fires to 1st to double off Schottler...

Top of the Second:
With 1 out, Bob Dillon grounds out to short and P Bob Grigg calls Pepe out... New Pitcher: Jorge Reyna (32-R). He strikes out Herb Leavitt.

Bottom of the Second:
Bob Draper floats a soft little hit to center and goes to 2nd on a ground out by Omar Flores. Dave Lesley lines a hit to right and Draper scores! 2 to 0, Beavers!

Top of the Third:
P Alan Merandi leads off with a double to center. Jeff Schottler gambled trying to make the catch and the ball got by him. Paul Blaine lines a hit to right. Randy Hobson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and we get the Bullpen up. The bases are loaded with no outs... Jim Rier grounds a hit to center and Merandi scores. 2 to 1, Beavers. Mark Fenik flies out to deep right and Blaine scores and Hobson takes 3rd. 2 to 2, tie game. Call to the Bullpen: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). Jim Perkins strikes out! Terry Singer swings at the first pitch and flies out to right!

Bottom of the Third:
Our 2-3-4 hitters go down 1-2-3....

And we just plain stop hitting....

Top of the Eighth:
On the Hill: Mitch Dowdell (26-L), beginning his second inning of work. There are no fresh arms left in the Pen.... With 1 out, Jim Perkins doubles to center. We walk Terry Singer intentionally. Bob Dillon grounds a hit to left and Perkins heads home....Tony Casarez doe not throw Perkins out, but he does throw his shoulder out.... 3 to 2, Seattle. Woody Griesbach goes in to play left. Let's just get everybody hurt for the Championship Series! Dowdell gets the next two out.

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Danny Gilmore (29-R), who's ERA is down to 1.69 now... Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left. New Pitcher: John King (27-L) with a 2.82 ERA in 115 IP. We let Dennis Webb bat, hoping he will bunt. He does not, preferring to strike out... Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to left. A passed ball by rookie C Herb Leavitt moves the runners up. And Jeff Austin looks at strike three.... you HAVE to swing there with a runner on 3rd and less than two outs!!!! This drives me nuts.... Woody Griesbach draws a walk... That brings P Mitch Dowdell to the plate... We obviously cannot let him hit. PH Rollie Ferree (29-R) is sent up. He grounds out to short....

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Mike Aaberg (24-R), their closer. They did me a big favor by pulling the left-hander... Though we will still lose, now that I jinxed them... Aaberg has 4 SV with a 3.67 ERA in 41.2 IP. He is a rookie. Omar Flores grounds a 2-2 pitch to right for a hit. Dave Lesley bunts him to 2nd. Gordon Saunderson swings at a 3-2 pitch and loops a hit to left. Flores stops at 3rd... Of course, he does... Aaberg is hurt, though... New Pitcher: Scott Mortensen (33-R) with a 3.41 ERA in 71.1 IP. Paul Bouvet lines out to left and Flores holds... Dennis Webb strikes out.... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

Lost - 3 to 2

We gad 12 hits and made 1 error
Seattle had 9 hits and made no errors

Bob Grigg went 1.2 scoreless innings and allowed 2 hits.
RHP Jorge Reyna got 2 outs, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits and 1 walk.
LHP Lou Hertzberg went 4.1 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 5. 60 pitches.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (L 5-4) went 1.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 2.
RHP Don Schmidt went 1 perfect inning and struck out 1.

Alan Merandi (W 7-16) went 7 innings, gave us 2 runs, 8 hits, no walks and struck out 1. He lowers his ERA to 5.95.... At bat, he hit a double and scored a run.
RHP Scott Mortensen (SV 5) faced 2 batters and got them both out with 1 strikeout.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and scored a run. C Dennis Webb had 2 hits. CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits. RF Bob Draper had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits and an RBI. RF Gordon Saunderson had a hit.

Pepe's report: Bob Grigg has a stiff back that will bother him for a week or so, but should only affect his batting and running and should not bother him pitching too much. Tony Casarez, on the other hand, is out for 6 weeks, at least, which means no post-season for him....

Seattle announced that Mike Aaberg had strained his back and will not pitch again this season, but should be fine in 3 or 4 weeks.

We are done with Seattle for this year and won the season series, 12-6. We won it, 11-7, last year.

Questdog · 06-13-2019, 05:29 PM

Wednesday, September 18, Year II

We placed LF Tony Casarez (20-L) on the Disabled List and recalled RP Barry Chapman (27-R), because our Bullpen is spent right at the moment. Chapman was not all that great in Vancouver (AAA). He had a 3.33 ERA, walking 11 and giving up 3 HR in 27 IP. But he only gave up 16 hits. And he is fairly fresh, which is the main thing...

The San Diego Padres are in town to play 2 games. They just lost 2 in Los Angeles and have lost 7 in a row and 13 of their last 14. They finished August winning 11 of 12 and have started September losing 13 of 15. We are 11-2 against them on the season and won 3 of 4 the last time they were in the Skydome, June 13-16. The Padres are 8th in the PCL in scoring with 3.95 runs per game (Portland is #6 with 4.21). They are 6th in fewest runs allowed with 3.97 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.14).

San Diego Padres (81-70 .536 14 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (95-56 .629 in 1st place in the PCL West)

SD: Mike Nackley (28-L 13-13 3.23) PCL CY 2 time All-Star vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 12-8 2.81) 2 time All-Star

Nackley, who was the lights out best pitcher in baseball last year, has fallen on hard times of late. He last lost his last 4 starts and allowed at least 4 runs each time. We are 3-0 against him this year, though he did have one really good game against us.

Panighetti had a no decision last time out, allowing 3 runs and 7 hits and 3 BB in 5 IP.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN DIEGO
1: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .182-44-0-1-.467) Claimed off waivers from STL on Saturday
2: LF Butch Nelson (26-R .243-259-5-28-.625)
3: 2B Roger Rojas (25-R .241-535-12-56-.678)
4: RF Bob Welch (37-R .252-266-7-33-.732)
5: 3B Mike Fahy (31-L .310-546-12-63-.796) All-Star (Year I)
6: C Lee Dukes (34-R .231-346-5-38-.634)
7: CF Mark Saylor (25-S .280-75-4-12-.778)
8: 1B Mark Wark (32-R .171-35-0-2-.456)
9: P Mike Nackley (28-L .058-69-0-2-.154) PCL CY 2 time All-Star

Wark hit .291 for Cleveland last year as their full time second baseman.

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .290-449-10-66-.785) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .288-219-1-14-.690)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .253-419-6-40-.668) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .261-567-22-88-.757)
5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .265-321-9-33-.756) Rookie
6: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .263-400-5-39-.703)
7: LF Rollie Ferree (29-R .408-76-0-11-.989) Rookie
8: C Tod Schreck (31-R .162-37-0-2-.441)
9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .190-58-0-6-.424) 2 time All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 70 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing left to right.
Attendance: 23,369

Top of the First:
Dave Edwards fouls out to 1st. Butch Nelson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Only the 9th unintentional walk Nelson has drawn this season. Roger Rojas swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet lines a hit to right. Larry Sinchak grounds a double play ball to short, but Dave Edwards boots it! Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to center and Bouvet beats the throw to the plate! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Austin walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with no outs. Woody Griesbach lines out hard to short and they double Schottler off at 2nd... Dave Lesley swings at the first pitch and flies out to right...

Top of the Second:
With 2 outs, Lee Dukes hits a home run to left... Tie Game: 1 to 1.

Bottom of the Fifth:
With 1 out, Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left and steals 2nd. Larry Sinchak walks on 4 pitches and we pull off a double steal! Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to center and both runners score! CF Mark Saylor's throw is errant, allowing Schottler to take 2nd. 3 to 1, Beavers! With 2 outs, Woody Griesbach triples to center and Schottler scores! 4 to 1, Beavers! Dave Lesley grounds an 0-2 pitch to center for a hit and Griesbach scores! 5 to 1, Beavers! P Mike Nackley's day is done. New Pitcher: Bob Martz (25-R). Rookie with a 5.85 ERA in 32.1 IP. PH Bob Draper lines out to left. He'll stay in to play right and Woody Griesbach will move to left.

Top of the Sixth:
Butch Nelson draws another walk! C'mon, Don! Roger Rojas grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Bob Welch pops out to 1st. Mike Fahy pops out to short!

Top of the Seventh:
Dennis Webb is in to catch. Lee Dukes leads off with a single. Mark Saylor draws a 4 pitch walk and we get the Bullpen up. Mark Wark strikes out! PH Manny Rivera (29-R), who is 6 for 58 (.103), takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 1 out. Call to the Bullpen: Barry Chapman (27-R), in his first game as a Beaver since July 19. Dave Edwards strikes out! 2 down. Full count to Butch Nelson.... If he gets his 3rd walk of the day, there will be hell to pay.... He swings at the payoff pitch and strikes out!!!

Top of the Eighth:
With 1 out, Bob Welch doubles to center and Mike Fahy lines a hit to left. The Bullpen is up. Well, not the Bullpen, but Dave Perez, the only semi-fresh arm in it. Lee Dukes lines out hard to left and Welch holds at 3rd. Mark Saylor grounds out to 2nd!

Bottom of the Eighth:
On the Hill: Oscar Soto (30-R), beginning his second inning of work after a scoreless seventh with only his own error marring his performance. Dave Lesley doubles to center. With 1 out, Dennis Webb takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. A wild pitch moves the runners up. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) walks to load the bases up with 1 out. Paul Bouvet draws a walk to force in a run! 6 to 1, Beavers! Omar Flores swings at the first pitch, a big fat one right down the middle, and triples to center!! 3 runs are in!! 9 to 1, Beavers! Jeff Schottler swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to the left field corner! Flores scores! 10 to 1, Beavers! We have scored 10 runs in a game 6 times this season; we have not scored 11... Omar Soto is relieved. New Pitcher: Joe Thomas (30-L) with a 4.93 ERA. Jeff Austin grounds out to short. 2 outs. Down to our last chance to score more than 10 in a game.... Woody Griesbach grounds a hit to center and Schottler scores without a throw!!! 11 to 1, Beavers! That ties our all-time mark! We scored 11 twice last year. Dave Lesley, who started us out this inning, ends it for us with a strike out...

Won - 11 to 1

We had 12 hits and made no errors
San Diego had 7 hits and made 4 errors

Don Panighetti (W 13-8) went 6.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 6.
RHP Barry Chapman (H 6) went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2.
LHP Dave Perez went 1 perfect inning and struck out 2.

Mike Nackley (L 13-14) went 4.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and a walk, stole 2 bases, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. That is 3 straight 2 hit games.... Can we hope that the Slump is over? It would be real nice to have him hot for the playoffs. PH/3B Omar Flores his a triple, scored a run and had 3 RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 4 hits with 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBI. RF/LF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits with a triple, scored a run and had 2 RBI. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. PH/C Dennis Webb had a hit and a walk and scored a run. PH Gordon Saunderson drew a walk and scored a run.

Questdog · 06-13-2019, 06:59 PM

Thursday, September 19, Year II

San Diego Padres (81-71 .533 15 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (96-56 .632 in 1st place in the PCL West)

SD: Morgan Wilson (29-R 4-3 4.04) vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (24-R 12-7 3.08) Rookie

We are 2-0 against Wilson, scoring 8 runs in 10.2 IP.

After winning 7 starts in a row, Gaspar lost his last one, but did not allow an earned run in 7.2 innings. He only allowed 4 hits, but 2 unearned runs did him in.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
SAN DIEGO
1: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .163-49-0-1-.421)
2: 3B Mike Fahy (31-L .309-550-12-63-.794) All-Star (Year I)
3: 2B Roger Rojas (25-R .239-539-12-56-.673)
4: 1B Otis Smith (34-L .263-410-27-91-.885) All-Star
5: RF Bob Welch (37-R .252-270-7-33-.733)
6: LF David Shropshire (31-L .239-422-20-61-.754)
7: C Lee Dukes (34-R .234-350-6-39-.646)
8: CF Dave Miller (30-L .297-91-2-13-.831)
9: P Morgan Wilson (29-L .111-27-0-2-.278)

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .291-453-10-67-.788) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .297-209-2-22-.733)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .259-424-6-44-.684) WS MVP
4: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .287-115-4-21-.849)
5: LF Bob Draper (23-L .285-277-8-41-.765) Rookie
6: 1B Larry Sinchak (31-R .285-221-1-14-.687)
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .262-321-6-27-.708) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .264-405-5-40-.706)
9: P Angel Gaspar (24-R .133-60-0-0-.314) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 21,868

Top of the First:
Dave Edwards grounds a 3-2 pitch into left for a hit. Mike Fahy loops a hit to right and Edwards goes to 3rd without a throw. Roger Rojas swings at the first pitch and flies out to right and Edwards holds at 3rd. But he does not hold when C Dennis Webb lets a ball get by him... 1 to 0, Padres. Passed Ball. Otis Smith doubles down the left field line and Fahy scores. 2 to 0, Padres. Bob Welch homers to left center.... 4 to 0, Padres. David Shropshire draws a walk... Yes, yes, Christy, I am getting the Bullpen up... Lee Dukes flies out to right. Dave Miller flies out to right.

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet lines a hit to left. Dennis Webb grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Jeff Schottler strikes out. Gordon Saunderson grounds out to 2nd...

Bottom of the Third:
Paul Bouvet leads off with a single and Dennis Webb reaches on an error by 2B Roger Rojas. Jeff Schottler draws a walk to load the bases up with nobody out. Gordon Saunderson swings at the first pitch and lines out to center and Bouvet tags up and beats the throw to the plate. 4 to 1, Padres. Bob Draper walks on 4 pitches to load the bases back up. Larry Sinchak flies out to right and Webb scores. 4 to 2, Padres. Schottler moves from 2nd to 3rd. Omar Flores grounds out to short.

Bottom of the Fourth:
With 2 outs, Paul Bouvet singles and steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when the catcher throws the ball away. Dennis Webb lines a hit to right center and Bouvet scores! 4 to 3, Padres. Jeff Schottler lifts a single to left center. Gordon Saunderson flies out to shallow center.

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Don Hook (31-R), their closer. 4-3 with a 1.57 ERA and 36 SV. 2 of his 3 losses are to us. Dennis Webb lines out to 2nd. Jeff Schottler grounds out to the pitcher... Gordon Saunderson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Draper grounds out to 2nd...

Lost - 4 to 3

We had 8 hits and made no errors
San Diego had 5 hits and made 2 errors

Angel Gaspar (L 12-8) went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 3.
RHP Jorge Reyna went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 walks and struck out 3.
LHP Mitch Dowdell went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 4.

Morgan Wilson (W 5-3) went 6 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 7 hits, 5 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. He threw a WP.
Don Hook (SV 37) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 1 walk.

2B Paul Bouvet had 4 hits, stole 2 bases and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley had a hit and 2 walks (1 INT).

San Francisco lost at home, 1 to 0, in 10 innings to Seattle and that makes our Year II PCL West Division Championship official...

Questdog · 06-14-2019, 12:09 PM

Friday, September 20, Year II

The Oakland Oaks are in town to play a 3 game series over the weekend to close out our home schedule for this season. They just split a pair in Los Angeles. We are 10-2 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time the were in Portland, June 10-12. The Oaks are 11th in scoring in the PCL with 3.43 runs per game (Portland is tied for #4 with 4.24). They are 5th in fewest runs allowed with 3.96 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.13).

Oakland Oaks (65-88 .425 31 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (96-57 .627 in 1st place in the PCL West)

OAK: Tony Jimenez (23-L 3-4 2.61) Rookie vs. POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 5-3 3.05) Rookie

Jimenez does not throw hard (89 MPH), but is deceptive and strikes a lot of batters out. 7.7 per 9 innings, so far. We have never faced him.

Hagans was so-so in his last outing, allowing 3 runs and 7 hits in 6 innings, but got the win.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
OAKLAND
1: RF Dick Hoagland (32-L .253-360-13-41-.751)
2: SS Don Wright (25-R .254-71-1-10-.612) Rookie
3: 1B Norm Wynne (26-R .227-476-15-61-.734)
4: C Luis Cid (23-L .264-269-2-19-.674) Rookie
5: 3B Antonio Mata (28-R .251-371-6-34-.636)
6: CF Stan Baker (33-R .223-215-4-23-.624)
7: LF Rodrigo Cano (29-S .259-85-0-10-.685)
8: 2B Avery Shular (30-R .239-339-3-30-.612)
9: P Tony Jimenez (23-L .235-17-0-1-.471) Rookie

PORTLAND
1: LF Rollie Ferree (29-R .397-78-0-11-.967) Rookie
2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .287-223-1-15-.688)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .259-428-6-44-.683) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .258-573-22-88-.750)
5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .266-327-9-35-.760) Rookie
6: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .265-407-5-40-.711)
7: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .183-241-4-32-.513) Gold Glove
8: C Tod Schreck (31-R .154-39-0-2-.421)
9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .242-33-0-2-.606) Rookie

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 69 F, Clear Skies, with a 19 MPH wind blowing right to left.
Attendance: 25,643

Top of the First:
Dick Hoagland swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Don Wright doubles to left. Norm Wynne takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... They pull off a double steal... Luis Cid lines a 1-2 pitch to center for a hit and both runners score... 2 to 0, Oaks. Antonio Mata lines out to center and Jeff Schottler doubles Cid off at 1st!

Bottom of the First:
Rollie Ferree walks on 4 pitches. Larry Sinchak lines out to 1st and they double off Ferree... Jeff Schottler lines an 0-2 pitch to left center for a hit. Jeff Austin hits a home run to left center!! Tie game: 2 to 2. That is his first home run in almost a month (August 27). Woody Griesbach strikes out.

Top of the Second:
With 1 out, Rodrigo Cano lines a hit to right. He goes to 2nd on a wild pitch, to 3rd on a ground out, and scores on a wild pitch... 3 to 2, Oaks.

Bottom of the Fifth:
Eddie Thomas leads off with a walk. Tod Schreck lines a rare hit to center and Thomas beats the throw to 3rd. P Brian Hagans bunts Schreck to 2nd. Rollie Ferree grounds out to 3rd and Thomas scores to tie the game at 3 all. Larry Sinchak strikes out...

Top of the Sixth:
With 1 out, Antonio Mata grounds a single to left. Stan Baker doubles to center and Mata stops at 3rd. The Bullpen is up. We walk Rodrigo Cano to load the bases up with no outs... Avery Shular strikes out. Call to the Bullpen: Dave Perez (24-L). P Tony Jimenez, who is pretty good hitter for a pitcher, strikes out!

Top of the Seventh:
Dick Hoagland leads off with a home run to right center... 4 to 3, Oaks. Call to the Bullpen: Barry Chapman (27-R). Don Wright grounds a hit to center... Norm Wynne flies out to the wall in left center and Wright tags up and makes it to 2nd. Luis Cid lines out to left. Antonio Mata grounds out to short.

Top of the Eighth:
P Barry Chapman strikes out the side in order.

Bottom of the Eighth:
PH Paul Bouvet (26-R) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Rollie Ferree bunts him to 2nd. Larry Sinchak doubles down the right field line and Bouvet scores to tie the game at 4! Jeff Schottler swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to center. Sinchak heads home and beats the throw! Schottler takes 2nd. 5 to 4, Beavers! P Tony Jimenez is relieved. New Pitcher: Mark Maloney (35-R), who has not allowed a run this season, but has only pitched 4 innings. Only 1 hit allowed. Jeff Austin swings at the first pitch and doubles to right! Schottler scores! 6 to 4, Beavers! They walk Woody Griesbach intentionally. We pull down Dave Lesley and send up Bob Draper (23-L). He grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and the runners move up. Eddie Thomas takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 2 outs. Tod Schreck is pulled down and Gordon Saunderson (27-L) is sent up. He swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out...

Won - 6 to 4

We had 7 hits and made no errors
Oakland had 10 hits and made no errors

Brian Hagans went 5.2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 8 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 5. He threw 2 WP. 100 pitches.
LHP Dave Perez faced 2 batters and have up 1 run, 1 hit, a home run and struck out 1.
RHP Barry Chapman (W 5-3) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 3.
RHP Don Schmidt (SV 22) pitched a perfect 9th. 6 pitches.

Tony Jimenez (L 3-5) went 7.1 innings, gave us 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit.

3B Larry Sinchak hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin hit a double and his 23rd home run of the season, drew a walk and had 3 RBI. SS Eddie Thomas drew 2 walks and scored a run. PH Paul Bouvet drew a walk and scored a run.

Questdog · 06-14-2019, 02:02 PM

Saturday, September 21, Year II

Oakland Oaks (65-89 .422 32 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (97-57 .630 in 1st place in the PCL West)

OAK: Johnny White (31-R 10-11 3.38) Rookie vs. POR: Frank Martin (27-R 10-7 3.15)

We are 3-0 when facing White this season, but he had only 1 bad game. Twice he went 8 innings.

Martin gave up 4 runs and 8 hits in 5 innings his last time out, but escaped with a no decision.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
OAKLAND
1: RF Dick Hoagland (32-L .255-365-14-42-.760)
2: SS Don Wright (25-R .263-76-1-10-.638) Rookie
3: LF Dave Schoenfeld (29-R .257-210-6-33-.704)
4: 1B Norm Wynne (26-R .225-479-15-61-.730)
5: 3B Antonio Mata (28-R .251-375-6-34-.635)
6: C Luis Cid (23-L .264-273-2-21-.671) Rookie
7: CF Bob Waln (34-R .211-332-7-32-.601)
8: 2B Avery Shular (30-R .236-343-3-30-.605)
9: P Johnny White (30-R .016-62-0-0-.048) Rookie 1 for 62 with 41 SO

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .297-458-10-67-.797) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .294-214-2-23-.725)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .262-432-6-45-.686) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .260-576-23-91-.761)
5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .277-119-4-22-.824)
6: LF Bob Draper (23-L .281-281-8-41-.759) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .258-325-6-27-.699) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .266-410-5-40-.710)
9: P Frank Martin (26-R .023-43-0-2-.149) 1 for 43 with 26 SO

This has to be the matchup with the two worst hitting pitchers ever! Martin's one hit was a double, so he is twice as good as White!

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: 71 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 18 MPH wind blowing in from left.
Attendance: 26,895

Top of the First:
Dick Hoagland grounds out to 2nd. Don Wright swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Dave Schoenfeld drives one to deep left center, but CF Jeff Schottler makes a great diving catch!! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet lines a hit to center. He steals 2nd. Dennis Webb lines a hit just over the second baseman. Bouvet only goes to 3rd because he had to wait to make sure it got past the infielder. White balks and Bouvet scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Schottler draws a walk. Jeff Austin ground a hit to right and Webb heads home. RF Dick Hoagland throws the ball away for an error and runners are now at 2nd and 3rd. 2 to 0, Beavers! Gordon Saunderson lines a hit to left and both runners score! 4 to 0, Beavers! LF Dick Schoenfeld hurt himself making the throw and Norm Wynne, who was at 1st, goes out to left and Rodrigo Cano (29-S) comes in to play 1st. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and we finally make an out. Omar Flores lines out to 2nd and they double Draper off at 1st.

Top of the Second:
With 1 out, Antonio Mata singles and goes to 3rd on a hit by Luis Cid. Bob Waln pops out to 2nd. Avery Shular grounds out to 2nd!

Top of the Third:
With 1 out, Dick Hoagland draws a walk and Don Wright singles. Rodrigo Cano skies one a mile high to shallow right for out #2. Norm Wynne draws a walk to load the bases up. Antonio Mata grounds out to 3rd!

Bottom of the Third:
Gordon Saunderson hits a 2 out double to center, but Bob Draper flies out to right.

Top of the Fourth:
Dick Hoagland walks on 4 pitches... With 2 outs, Norm Wynne doubles to right center to score the run... 4 to 1, Beavers. Antonio Mata then blasts one to left into the teeth of a strong breeze and Bob Draper catches it at the wall!

Bottom of the Sixth:
Who would have bet on P Johnny White still being in the game in the sixth inning? After allowing the first 5 batters of the game to reach base, he has settled down and only allowed 1 per inning since. With 1 out, Omar Flores beats out an infield hit. Dave Lesley draws a walk. P Frank Martin, already at 104 pitches is pulled down. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) lines a hit to left and Flores scores! 5 to 1, Beavers. That sends P Johnny White off to the clubhouse. New Pitcher: Bob Buie (23-K), a rookie, who in only 10 days with the club, is already 2-0 with a 1.54 ERA in 11.2 IP. Paul Bouvet pops out to 2nd. 2 outs. PH Rollie Ferree (29-R) is sent in to hit for Dennis Webb. He flies out to deep center.

Top of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Dave Perez (24-L). Rollie Ferree stays in to play left and Woody Griesbach stays in to play right. Phil Parker is in to catch. Dick Hoagland grounds a hit to center. Don Wright doubles to right and we get the Pen back up. Rodrigo Cano grounds a hit to left and Hoagland scores. 5 to 2, Beavers. Norm Wynne grounds one to 2nd and Paul Bouvet boots it... Wright scores. 5 to 3, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Eddie Thomas comes in to play short in a double switch that gains us 2 whole batting spots. PH Dave Russell (28-L) flies out down the right field line. That's the first out. Luis Cid walks on 4 pitches to load the bases. PH Ed Monaghan (34-L), who is 2 for 20 (.100), grounds a hit to right and Cano scores... 5 to 4, Beavers. Avery Shular plunks one down in front of the plate and C Phil Parker gets a rare unassisted putout on a groundball, but cannot get a double play... 2 outs. PH Jackie Roberts (33-R), batting .156 in 77 AB (up from .118 last year), grounds out to the pitcher!

Bottom of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Jesus Cardenas (25-L), another rookie who has only been on the club 8 days, but is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA in 7 IP with only 2 hits allowed and 7 SO. Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to center. He steals 2nd. They walk Jeff Austin intentionally. Double steal, anyone? No... Phil Parker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play and Schottler goes to 3rd. Eddie Thomas grounds out to the pitcher.

Top of the Eighth:
Dick Hoagland walks for the third time today, but Don Wright grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Rodrigo Cano lines out to center.

Bottom of the Eighth:
PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) lines a hit to center and PH Tod Schreck (31-R), the last batter on the bench, bunts him to 2nd. Woody Griesbach lines a hit to center and Sinchak scores without a throw! 6 to 4, Beavers! Paul Bouvet and Rollie Ferree both ground out.

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). Larry Sinchak stays in to play 3rd. With 2 outs, Luis Cid strikes out and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 6 to 4

We had 11 hits and made 1 error
Oakland had 9 hits and made 1 error

Frank Martin (W 11-7) went 6 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. 104 pitches.
LHP Dave Perez did not get a batter out. He allowed 3 runs and 3 hits.
RHP Jorge Reyna (H 9) pitched 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and 2 walks.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 11) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout.

Johnny White (L 10-12) went 5.1 innings, gave us 5 runs, 8 hits, 4 walks and struck out 1. He balked and threw a WP.

1B Jeff Austin had 2 hits and a walk (INT), stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Gordon Saunderson had 2 hits with a double and 2 RBI. PH/3B Larry Sinchak had a hit and scored a run. PH/RF Woody Griesbach went 2 for 2 with 2 RBI.

For the Oaks, RF Dick Hoagland had a hit and 3 walks and scored a run.

The Oaks announced that Dave Schoenfeld had pulled a muscle in his abdomen and would not play again this season. It will take him about 3 weeks to recover, they estimate.

Questdog · 06-14-2019, 06:32 PM

Sunday, September 22, Year II

Fan Appreciation Day

The final regular season home game of Year II

Because without you, our loyal fans, we are just some old guy sitting in his underwear in the dark playing a computer game....

Oakland Oaks (65-90 .419 33 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at
Portland Beavers (98-57 .632 in 1st place in the PCL West)

OAK: Pete McKendrick (27-R 6-8 3.36) Rookie vs. POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 9-1 2.45)

McKendrick is pitching on short rest. We beat him both times we faced him, but he pitched 1 good game, giving us 3 runs and 6 hits in 7 IP.

Grigg is still bothered by back stiffness, but he says he can go.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
OAKLAND
1: RF Dick Hoagland (32-L .256-367-14-42-.766)
2: SS Don Wright (25-R .272-81-1-10-.660) Rookie
3: 1B Dave Russell (28-L .247-194-6-18-.663)
4: LF Norm Wynne (26-R .226-483-15-63-.732)
5: 3B Antonio Mata (28-R .251-378-6-34-.635)
6: C Luis Cid (23-L .264-277-2-21-.671) Rookie
7: CF Bob Waln (34-R .210-334-7-32-.600)
8: 2B Avery Shular (30-R .236-347-3-30-.603)
9: P Pete McKendrick (27-L .103-29-0-1-.241) Rookie

PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .297-462-10-67-.796) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .295-217-2-23-.724)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .262-435-6-45-.687) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-579-23-92-.765)
5: RF Bob Draper (23-L .278-284-8-41-.752) Rookie
6: LF Woody Griesbach (24-R .268-332-9-37-.763) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .259-328-6-27-.699) Rookie
8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .180-244-4-32-.513) Gold Glove
9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .175-40-0-2-.365)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Skydome
Weather: Roof Closed
Attendance: 24,372

Top of the First:
Dick Hoagland lines out to right. Don Wright grounds out to short. Dave Russell swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right. Norm Wynne grounds out to short!

Bottom of the First:
Paul Bouvet triples to left center! Dennis Webb lines a hit to right and Bouvet scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Schottler nubs one in front of the plate and they get the force at 2nd, 2-6. Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. He steals 2nd. That is his 40th theft of the season. Bob Draper grounds out to 1st, unassisted.

Top of the Third:
With 1 out, P Pete McKendrick doubles to center... But Dick Hoagland grounds out to short and Don Wright strikes out!

Top of the Sixth:
After getting the 3rd out, P Bob Grigg comes to the dugout and says his back is hurting...

Top of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). With 2 outs, Bob Waln draws a 4 pitch walk... But Avery Shular grounds out to 1st, unassisted!

Top of the Eighth:
They go down in order, the last two striking out!

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Rob Daigle (30-L) with a 2.45 ERA in 62.1 IP. With 1 out, PH Rollie Ferree (29-R) draws a rare walk for him. Paul Bouvet grounds a single to left. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) lines out to left. Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to right and Ferree beats the throw to the plate! 2 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Austin grounds a hit to center and the bases are loaded with 2 outs. PH Dave Lesley (27-R) grounds out to 2nd...

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Rollie Ferree stays in to play left and Woody Griesbach moves to right. Phil Parker is in to catch. Dave Russell leads off with a 4 pitch walk... Norm Wynne grounds a 2-2 pitch to center for a hit... Antonio Mata lines out to 3rd and Omar Flores fires to 2nd to double off Dave Russell!! Luis Cid lines one to right and Woody Griesbach charges in and makes a running catch and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!

Won - 2 to 0

Sweep!

We had 7 hits and made 1 error
Oakland had 5 hits and made 1 error

Bob Grigg (W 10-1) went 6 shutout innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4.
LHP Lou Hertzberg (H 6) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Don Schmidt (SV 23) pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk.

Pete McKendrick (L 6-9) went 6.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 4 hits, no walks and struck out no one. At bat, he hit a double.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits with a triple and scored a run. That is 16 triples as a Beaver and 18 overall on the season. He only has 6 doubles as a Beaver. SS Eddie Thomas hit a double. PH Rollie Ferree drew a walk and scored a run.

For the Oaks, we did not get David Russell out at bat. He went 2 for 2 with 2 walks.

Pepe says Bob Grigg's back is no big deal and he ought to be 100% for his next start!

For the season, we drew 1,819,273 fans. Not a great number for a 2 time division winning club, but up from last year's 1,666,706. Boston leads Baseball with 2.8 million. This team had been a loser so long that I think there just are not that many baseball fans left. If we can keep up the winning, they will come...

Questdog · 06-14-2019, 06:57 PM

Monday, September 23, Year II

Monday Morning Report
NL Player of the Week - Tom Rosenthal, LF, Pittsburgh (24-L .310/.395/.460) Had 12 hits with 3 2B, 3 HR, 5 BB, 1 SO, 8 R and 11 RBI in 6 G
PCL Player of the Week - Paul Bouvet, 2B, Portland (26-R .310/.368/.458) Had 13 hits with 0 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 BB, 1 SO, 7 SB, 0 CS, 11 R and 4 RBI in 7 G (6 GS) (2nd PoW this season; 4th of career)

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

September 16 - Jim Stroughter (32-R) of Pittsburgh pitched a 1 hit shutout at home versus St. Louis. He walked 2 and struck out 9. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 16-11 with a 4.02 ERA in 32 starts. The Pirates won, 7 to 0. The hit was a leadoff double in the 2nd.
September 17 - Lee Redden (29-R) of San Francisco pitched a 1 hit shutout at Oakland. He did not walk a batter and struck out 6. He is now 8-4 with a 3.25 ERA in 14 starts (32 G and 1 SV). The Seals won, 3 to 0.
September 17 - 2B Rick Duckworth (26-R) of Baltimore hit a double and a home run, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at home versus Boston. The Orioles won, 8 to 7, in 11 innings.
September 18 - 1B Marcos Barron (33-R) of San Francisco had 3 hits including a Grand Slam and a walk and 5 RBI at home versus Seattle. Barron's Grand Slam came in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out, but did not end the game. The Seals needed to more runs after that, but they got them and won, 9 to 8. LF Randy Hobson (26-L) of Seattle hit a double and a home run, drew a walk, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI.
September 18 - 2B Pablo Mateo (24-R) of Chicago had 4 hits with 2 doubles and 4 RBI at Cincinnati. The Cubs won, 6 to 0.
September 20 - Jeff Groves (29-L) of Cleveland pitched a 3 hit shutout at Cincinnati. He walked 1 and struck out 9. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 16-9 with a 3.44 ERA in 34 starts. The Indians won, 6 to 0.
September 21 - Tom LaForce (30-R) of Milwaukee pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Kansas City. He walked 2 and struck out 4. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 8-14 with a 4.86 ERA. The Brewers win, 9 to 0. Dallas could not take advantage of this lapse by the Royals; they lost at Minnesota, 9 to 2.
September 21 - Dave Ibarra (29-R) of Los Angeles pitched a 4 hit shutout at San Francisco. He did not walk a batter and struck out 4. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 13-12 with a 3.03 ERA. The Angels won, 2 to 0.
September 22 - For the second day in a row, both leading contenders for the PCL East Division crown lose lopsided games. Kansas City is pummeled , 10 to 4, by Milwaukee and Dallas is humiliated, 9 to 1, by Minnesota. Dallas outhit Minnesota, 10 to 9 and only allowed 2 walks and made 1 error.

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Questdog · 06-14-2019, 09:29 PM

Monday, September 23, Year II

We are on the road for the final week of the season and start with 3 games in sunny San Diego. They were just swept in three games at Seattle. They won on September 1, but are 2-17 since, though 1 of those 2 wins was against us. We are 12-3 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time we were here, May 31-June 2. The Padres are 8th in scoring in the PCL with 3.89 runs per game (Portland is #5 with 4.25). They are 6th in fewest runs allowed with 4.04 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.12).

Portland Beavers (99-57 .635 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
San Diego Padres (82-74 .526 17 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West)

POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 13-8 2.77) 2 time All-Star vs. SD: Mike Nackley (28-L 13-14 3.36) PCL CY 2 time All-Star

These two pitchers faced off last week and we won, 11 to 1.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .298-466-10-67-.802) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .288-229-1-16-.692)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .262-439-6-46-.686) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .262-583-23-92-.763)
5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .269-335-9-37-.762) Rookie
6: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .265-412-5-40-.710)
7: LF Rollie Ferree (29-R .378-82-0-12-.931) Rookie
8: C Phil Parker (28-S .263-57-0-6-.662)
9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .180-61-0-6-.403) 2 time All-Star

SAN DIEGO
1: LF Butch Nelson (26-R .246-272-6-30-.644)
2: CF Mark Saylor (25-S .286-84-4-12-.774)
3: 2B Roger Rojas (25-R .236-551-12-56-.667)
4: RF Bop Welch (37-R .249-281-8-36-.737)
5: 3B Mike Fahy (31-L .305-564-12-63-.783) All-Star (Year I)
6: C John Pauley (26-R .197-208-5-14-.564)
7: 1B Otis Smith (34-L .265-419-27-93-.889) All-Star
8: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .175-63-0-1-.446)
9: P Mike Nackley (28-L .056-71-0-2-.150) PCL CY 2 time All-Star

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium
Weather: 86 F, Clear Skies, with a 15 MPH wind blowing right to left.
Attendance: 16,365

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet grounds out to 2nd. Larry Sinchak takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Jeff Schottler swings at the first pitch and grounds into a 4-6-3 double play...

Bottom of the First:
Butch Nelson pops out to shallow right. Mark Saylor jumps on the first pitch and hits a home run to right... 1 to 0, Padres. Roger Rojas lines a hit to left. He tries to steal 2nd, but C Phil Parker guns him down! Bob Welch pops out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Second:
With 2 outs, Otis Smith, batting seventh because he can't hit lefties, hits a home run to right... 2 to 0, Padres. It is only his 2nd home run of the season off a lefty. 26 against right-handers.

Bottom of the Third:
P Mike Nackley, batting .056, leads off with a hit to center... Butch Nelson lines a hit to left and we get the Bullpen up. Mark Saylor grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Roger Rojas lines a hit to right and Nackley scores. 3 to 0, Padres. Bob Welch grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Mike Fahy flies out to center. They have scored in every inning and we have 1 total base runner...

Top of the Fifth:
We finally get our second base runner when Woody Griesbach leads off with a triple to left center! Dave Lesley grounds a hit past the shortstop and Griesbach scores. 3 to 1, Padres. Rollie Ferree bunts Lesley to 2nd.... really, Rollie? You bunt him to 2nd with 2 automatic outs on deck? Is that you or one of our coaches being stupid? Phil Parker swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out. Don Panighetti grounds a hit to right and Lesley scores. Shut up, Christy....just because it worked does not mean it still wasn't stupid.... Wait! Christy! I'm sorry, I didn't been for YOU to shut up! Come back!.... 3 to 2, Padres. Paul Bouvet lines out to short.

Bottom of the Sixth:
With 1 out, Bob Welch takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Mike Fahy grounds a hit to right and Welch beats the throw to 3rd. We get the Bullpen back up. John Pauley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play!

Top of the Seventh:
Dave Lesley grounds a hit to right and again Rollie Ferree bunts him to 2nd... Phil Parker grounds a hit to right and Lesley scores with a throw to tie the game at 3 all!! PH Tod Schreck (31-R) grounds into a 1-6-3 double play...

Bottom of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). With 1 out, Dave Edwards draws a walk. They let P Mike Nackley bat. Edwards steals 2nd. Nackley swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to short. Butch Nelson nubs one in front of the plate and gets thrown out by C Phil Parker!

Top of the Eighth:
Paul Bouvet leads off with a grounder up the middle for a hit. Larry Sinchak lines out to right and Jeff Schottler grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Jeff Austin grounds a hit to right and Schottler takes 3rd. Woody Griesbach swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out...

Bottom of the Eighth:
They go down in order with 2 strikeouts!

Top of the Ninth:
Dave Lesley leads off with a double over the center fielder's head! They walk Rollie Ferree intentionally and then make a pitching change. New Pitcher: Don Hook (31-R), their closer with a 1.54 ERA. 4-3 with 37 SV. 2 of the losses are against us, though he has only allowed us 1 earned run in 9 IP. 2 of the saves are against us and they only have 3 wins against us (so far). Phil Parker is pulled down and Gordon Saunderson (27-L) is sent up. He is chosen, in preference to Bob Draper, because he is a fly ball hitter and less likely to ground into a double play... He grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.... Lesley goes to 3rd. Now PH Bob Draper (23-L) is sent up there. He swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Draper stays in to play left and Dennis Webb is in to catch. They go down in order with 2 strikeouts, including Otis Smith batting against a right-hander!

Extras!

Top of the Tenth:
Paul Bouvet leads off with a grounder to left for a hit. He gets thrown out stealing by new C Lee Dukes (34-R)... And we are done.

Bottom of the Tenth:
PH Ernesto Najarro (23-L) sends one to the warning track in center, but it is caught. PH David Shropshire (31-L), who has 20 HR on the year, swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Butch Nelson grounds out to the pitcher!

Top of the Eleventh:
New Pitcher: Buddy Werner (36-L) with a 1.62 ERA in 33.1 IP. We go down in order with 2 strikeouts....

Bottom of the Eleventh:
They go down in order!

Top of the Twelfth:
We go down in order with 2 more strikeouts, one of them by P Don Schmidt, who was allowed to hit.

Bottom of the Twelfth:
They go down 1-2-3, including Otis Smith!

Top of the Thirteenth:
New Pitcher: Oscar Soto (30-R) with a 3.08 ERA in 61.1 IP. Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left. Bouvet heads for 2nd on a steal attempt, but they have a pitchout called. Last time, C Lee Dukes threw him out with no pitchout on and this time he does not throw him out! Larry Sinchak swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Bouvet goes to 3rd. Jeff Schottler up with the infield in. But having the infield in cannot stop a wild pitch!! Bouvet scores! 4 to 3, Beavers! Schottler grounds out to short and Jeff Austin grounds out to 1st, unassisted.

Bottom of the Thirteenth:
P Don Schmidt has thrown 41 pitches. The Bullpen (Jorge Reyna and Dave Perez are ready). With 1 out, 3B Manny Rivera (29-R), batting .131 (8 for 61), grounds a hit to left... When Butch Nelson draws a 4 pitch walk, we make a Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Omar Flores is in to play 3rd in a double switch. Mark Saylor strikes out looking!! Roger Rojas grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 4 to 3 in 13 innings

Win #100!

We had 12 hits and made no errors
San Diego had 8 hits and made no errors

Don Panighetti went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and did not strike out anyone. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI.
LHP Mitch Dowdell went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Don Schmidt (W 12-4) went 4.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2.
RHP Jorge Reyna (SV 5) faced 2 batters and got them both out with 1 strikeout.

Mike Nackley went 8+ innings, gave us 3 runs, 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run.
Oscar Soto (L 3-1) pitched 1 inning, gave us 1 run and 1 hit. He threw a very costly WP.

2B Paul Bouvet had 3 hits, stole a base and scored a run. 1B Jeff Austin had 2 hits. RF Woody Griesbach hit a triple and scored a run. SS Dave Lesley had 4 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had an RBI.

Questdog · 06-15-2019, 01:12 PM

Tuesday, September 24, Year II

Portland Beavers (100-57 .637 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
San Diego Padres (82-75 .522 18 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West)

POR: Angel Gaspar (24-R 12-8 3.19) Rookie vs. SD: Morgan Wilson (29-R 5-3 3.97)

These two pitchers faced off last week and we lost, 4 to 3.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .301-472-10-67-.805) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .294-221-2-24-.720)
3: LF Bob Draper (23-L .273-289-8-41-.739) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-589-23-92-.762)
5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .285-123-4-24-.837)
6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .268-340-9-37-.763) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .257-331-6-27-.693) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .271-417-5-41-.722)
9: P Angel Gaspar (24-R .129-62-0-0-.304) Rookie

SAN DIEGO
1: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .169-65-0-1-.444)
2: CF Mark Saylor (25-S .278-90-5-13-.778)
3: 2B Roger Rojas (25-R .237-557-12-57-.667)
4: CF Ernesto Najarro (23-L .267-416-8-43-.678)
5: 1B Otis Smith (34-L .264-424-28-94-.890) All-Star
6: LF David Shropshire (31-L .234-435-20-61-.739)
7: C Lee Dukes (34-R .235-361-6-39-.651)
8: 3B Manny Rivera (29-R .145-62-1-5-.435)
9: P Morgan Wilson (29-L .103-29-0-2-.260)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium
Weather: 74 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from right.
Attendance: 12,903

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet walks on 4 pitches. Dennis Webb grounds into a 4-6-3 double play... Bob Draper lines a hit to left. Jeff Austin grounds out to short.

Bottom of the First:
Dave Edwards grounds out to 3rd. Mark Saylor strikes out! Roger Rojas grounds out to short! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the Second:
Ernesto Najarro jumps on the first pitch and hits a home run to right... 1 to 0, Padres.

Top of the Third:
With 1 out, P Angel Gaspar grounds a hit to right. Paul Bouvet lines a hit to left. Dennis Webb grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Gaspar goes to 3rd. Bob Draper lines a hit to right and Gaspar scores to tie the game at 1 apiece! Jeff Austin flies out to left to end the inning.

Bottom of the Third:
With 1 out, Dave Edwards lines a hit to center and then Mark Saylor hits one 439 feet to dead center... 3 to 1, Padres. Roger Rojas takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ernesto Najarro, who hit a home run last time up, gets beaned.... No fight ensues, though... That's a shame. We get the Bullpen active. Otis Smith hits a moon shot to right that finally comes down about 4 feet past the right field wall... 6 to 1, Padres. David Shropshire beats out an infield hit... Call to the Bullpen: Dave Perez (24-L). He gets an out, but then the hard hitting Manny Rivera (.143) doubles to right and Shropshire scores... 7 to 1, Padres. P Morgan Wilson grounds out to 2nd.

Top of the Fourth:
Gordon Saunderson and Woody Griesbach lead off with back-to-back singles. Omar Flores swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... With 2 outs, PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load them up with 2 outs for Paul Bouvet. He grounds a hit to left and 2 runs score. 7 to 3, Padres. Dennis Webb lines out to center.

Bottom of the Fourth:
New Pitcher: Barry Chapman (27-R). He retires the side in order.

Bottom of the Sixth:
The amazing Manny Rivera strikes again with a home run to left center.... 8 to 3, Padres.

Bottom of the Seventh:
Roger Rojas singles and Ernesto Najarro hits his second home run of the game.... 10 to 3, Padres. Hey, Christy! Wanna play Hangman?

Lost - 14 to 3

Our worst shellacking of the year and ties for our worst of all time. We lost two games last year, 13 to 2 and 12 to 1, that tie it for run differential. It is the most runs we have ever allowed and the first time we have allowed double digits this season.
We allowed 6 home runs, the most ever. 3 was our previous high this season and we had allowed 4 once last year.

We had 11 hits and made 1 error
San Diego had 13 hits and made no errors

Angel Gaspar went 2.1 innings, allowed 7 runs, 5 hits, 3 home runs, 2 walks, 1 HB and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run.
LHP David Perez got 2 outs and have up a hit.
RHP Barry Chapman went 3 innings, allowed 5 runs (3 earned), 4 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks and struck out 2.
RHP Jorge Reyna went 2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 1.

Morgan Wilson (W 6-3) went 7 innings, gave us 3 runs, 11 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and a walk and 2 RBI. LF Bob Draper had 3 hits and an RBI. 3B Omar Flores had 2 hits.

For the Padres, 2B Roger Rojas had hit hits with his 13th home run of the season, drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI. CF/1B Ernesto Najarro had 3 hits with 2 home runs (10 on the season), was beaned, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI. 1B Otis Smith had 2 hits with his 29th home run, a walk, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. 3B Manny Rivera, batting .145 in 62 AB coming into this game, hit a double and his 2nd home run and had 3 RBI.

Around the League: Kansas City lost at Houston, 5 to 3, and Dallas won at Milwaukee, 6 to 1. The Eagles and Royals are now tied atop the PCL East with 4 games to play. They will not face each other.

Questdog · 06-15-2019, 02:58 PM

Wednesday, September 25, Year II

We sent P Barry Chapman (27-E) back to Vancouver (AAA) and called up P John Alecci (26-R).

Portland Beavers (100-58 .633 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
San Diego Padres (83-75 .525 17 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West)

POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 5-3 3.14) Rookie vs. SD: Javier Reyna (33-R 11-14 3.66)

Reyna has lost 4 starts in a row. We are 2-1 when facing him, but hit him well all three times. We scored 16 runs in 17.2 IP.

Hagans has had 3 straight iffy games. Not terrible, but not very good. 10 runs allowed in 16.2 IP. He was 1-1 in those games.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .303-476-10-69-.807) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .293-225-2-24-.717)
3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .258-446-6-46-.676) WS MVP
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .261-593-23-92-.757)
5: RF Bob Draper (23-L .280-293-8-42-.749) Rookie
6: LF Woody Griesbach (24-R .267-344-9-37-.760) Rookie
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .260-335-6-27-.696) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .268-421-5-41-.716)
9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .235-34-0-2-.588) Rookie

SAN DIEGO
1: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .171-70-0-1-.441)
2: 3B Mike Fahy (31-L .305-567-12-63-.782) All-Star (Year I)
3: 1B Otis Smith (34-L .267-427-29-97-.901) All-Star
4: LF David Shropshire (31-L .235-439-20-61-.739)
5: RF Bob Welch (37-R .246-285-8-36-.729)
6: C Lee Dukes (34-R .236-365-6-39-.651)
7: 2B Mark Wark (32-R .146-41-0-2-.393)
8: CF Dave Miller (30-L .281-96-2-13-.789)
9: P Javier Reyna (33-R .130-69-0-1-.302)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium
Weather: 77 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to left.
Attendance: 15,621

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Dennis Webb flies out to left. Jeff Schottler grounds out to the pitcher...

Bottom of the First:
Dave Edwards grounds a hit past SS Dave Lesley. He heads for 2nd and we have a pitchout called, but C Dave Webb throws the ball into center and Edwards makes it to 3rd... Mike Fahy takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Otis Smith grounds into a 5-4-3 double play and Edwards scores. 1 to 0, Padres. David Shropshire lines out to left.

Top of the Second:
Jeff Austin grounds a hit right back up the middle and then steals 2nd. Bob Draper swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short. Woody Griesbach grounds out to short and Austin takes 3rd. Omar Flores strikes out looking...

Through six innings, we have 2 hits...

Bottom of the Sixth:
With 1 out Otis Smith lines a hit to center. David Shropshire grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Smith goes to 2nd. We walk Bob Welch intentionally. Why? Oh, I see: so Lee Dukes will have an extra RBI when he homers to left center... 4 to 0, Padres. The Bullpen is up. Mark Wark lines a hit to center. Dave Miller grounds out to short.

Top of the Seventh:
Jeff Schottler strikes out. Jeff Austin strikes out... Bob Draper swings at the first pitch and doubles to right. Woody Griesbach grounds a hit past the shortstop and Draper stops at 3rd. Omar Flores lines a hit to right and Draper scores. 4 to 1, Padres. Dave Lesley hits a 3 run home run to left!!!! Tie game! 4 to 4. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) lines a hit to center. Paul Bouvet grounds out to short.

Bottom of the Seventh:
New Pitcher: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). He gives up a 1 out walk to Dave Edwards, but C Dennis Webb throws him out when he tries to steal!

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Buddy Werner (36-L) with a 1.53 ERA in 35.1 IP. PH Eddie Thomas (26-R) grounds out to short. We could sure use a better right-handed option off the bench... With 2 outs, Jeff Austin doubles to left center. Left-handed hitting Bob Draper is allowed to hit to keep his bat in there for the future. Werner is the only lefty in their pen. Draper strikes out...

Bottom of the Eighth:
Phil Parker is in to catch. They go down in order with 2 strikeouts!

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Don Hook (31-R), their excellent closer with a 1.50 ERA. Only 3 losses on the year, but 2 have been to us. He also has 2 of his 37 saves against us. Mark Saylor (25-S) is in to play left in a double switch. Woody Griesbach loops a 3-2 pitch just over the head of the shortstop for a hit. Omar Flores bunts him to 2nd. Dave Lesley grounds out to 3rd. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to left. Griesbach heads home and the throw is late! Sinchak takes 2nd. 5 to 4, Beavers! They walk Paul Bouvet intentionally to get to Phil Parker. He swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd.

Bottom of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). Lee Dukes flies out to right. PH Roger Rojas (25-R) draws a walk. PH Ernesto Najarro (23-L) flies out to left. Mark Saylor, who hit a home run in each of the last two games, is up for the first time in this game. He takes a 2-2 pitch for strike three and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 5 to 4

We had 10 hits and made 1 error
San Diego had 6 hits and made no errors

Brian Hagans went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs (3 earned), 6 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 5. 103 pitches. At bat, he had a hit.
LHP Lou Hertzberg (W 7-5) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2.
LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 12) went pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 walk and struck out 1.

Javier Reyna went 7 innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 4.
RHP Don Hook (L 4-4) went 1 inning, gave us 1 run, 2 hits, and 1 walk (INT). 3 of his 4 losses were to us!

1B Jeff Austin had 2 hits with a double and stole a base. RF Bob Draper hit a double and scored a run. LF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits and a walk and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley hit his 6th home run of the season and had 3 RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit. PH Larry Sinchak had a hit and an RBI.

For the Padres, C Lee Dukes hit his 7th home run of the season and had 3 RBI.

We win the season series from the Padres, 14-4. Last year, we won, 13-5.

Around the League: Kansas City won at Houston, 5 to 2, in 10 innings to take a 1 game lead in the PCL East with 3 to play as Dallas lost at Milwaukee, 10 to 4. The Royals will finish the regular season with 3 games at home against the Brewers, while the Eagles will play 3 at home against the Twins.

In the National League, Pittsburgh clinched the NL West with a 7 to 4 win at home in 11 innings against Cincinnati. They scored twice in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game. Brooklyn beat Washington, 2 to 0, in Washington to pull to within two games of the Senators with 4 to play, 1 more between these two clubs.

Questdog · 06-15-2019, 04:23 PM

Friday, September 27, Year II

We are in Oakland to finish the regular season with 3 games over the weekend. They just won 2 of 3 here from Los Angeles. We are 13-2 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time we were in the Coliseum, August 9-11. The Oaks are 11th in the PCL in scoring, 2 runs ahead of the Angels, with 3.42 runs per game (Portland is #5 with 4.25). They are last in HR with 89 and last in BA at .233. They are 5th in fewest runs allowed with 3.97 per game (Portland is #1 3.19). The 14 runs allowed to the Padres ended our hopes of finishing the season with fewer than 500 runs allowed.

Portland Beavers (101-58 .635 in 1st place in the PCL West) at
Oakland Oaks (67-92 .421 34 GB in 5th place in the PCL West)

POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 10-1 2.33) vs. OAK: Bob Stark (28-R 6-4 2.61)

Grigg has not allowed a run in his last 2 starts, but had to leave both with back troubles. He is supposed to be 100% now.

Stark is 0-2 in his last 3 starts. We have only faced him once and he pitched a 5 hit shutout...

Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .300-480-10-69-.802) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star
2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .289-228-2-24-.707)
3: LF Bob Draper (23-L .279-297-8-42-.749) Rookie
4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-597-23-92-.760)
5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .289-128-4-24-.836)
6: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .256-450-6-46-.670) WS MVP
7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .260-338-6-28-.696) Rookie
8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .268-425-6-44-.721)
9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .167-42-0-2-.348)

OAKLAND
1: SS Henry Rangel (28-R .243-580-2-36-.555)
2: RF Dick Hoagland (32-L .254-378-14-43-.758)
3: 1B Dave Russell (28-L .259-201-6-20-.690)
4: LF Norm Wynne (26-R .225-497-16-66-.732)
5: 3B Antonio Mata (28-R .247-392-6-34-.630)
6: CF Bob Waln (34-R .208-342-7-32-.596)
7: C Don Stokes (40-R .245-184-6-25-.696) All-Star (Year I)
8: 2B Avery Shular (30-R .238-357-3-30-.606)
9: P Bob Stark (28-R .071-28-0-2-.175)

Game Start: 7:05 PM
Ballpark: The Oakland Coliseum
Weather: 70 F, Clear Skies, with a 12 MPH wind blowing in from center.
Attendance: 20,478

Top of the First:
Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-1 pitch and grounds out to the pitcher. Dennis Webb grounds out to the pitcher, but P Bob Stark apparently hurt himself bending over to pick up the ball and has to leave the game. New Pitcher: Tom Sattler (33-R) with a 3.55 ERA in 12.2 IP. Bob Draper doubles to the wall in right. Jeff Austin lines a hit to right and Draper scores without a throw! 1 to 0, Beavers! Austin steals 2nd. C Don Stokes, at 40, is not much of a defensive catcher anymore. He has only thrown out 17% of runners this year. Gordon Saunderson pops out to shallow left.

Bottom of the First:
Henry Rangel flies out to deep right. Dick Hoagland lines out to short, Dave Lesley making a nice stop. Dave Russell strikes out! 1-2-3!

Top of the Second:
Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to left and Omar Flores beats out an infield hit. Dave Lesley strikes out looking. With P Bob Grigg at the plate, we pull off a double steal. That brings the infield in and when Grigg grounds out to 3rd, the runners have to hold. 2 outs. Paul Bouvet grounds out to short...

Bottom of the Second:
With 1 out, Antonio Mata and Bob Waln hit back-to-back singles. Don Stokes then plates them both with a double to the center field wall. 2 to 1, Oaks. Avery Shular grounds a hit past the shortstop and Stokes beats the throw to the plate... 3 to 1, Oaks. P Tom Sattler lays down a bunt, but it is too hard and we get the force at 2nd, 3-6. Henry Rangel grounds out to short.

Top of the Sixth:
With 1 out, Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to left. Omar Flores grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Don Stokes throws the ball into center. Dave Lesley doubles off the center field wall and Flores scores! 3 to 2, Oaks. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) hits a hard ground ball to the left side, but SS Henry Rangel makes a great stop and throws him out at 1st.

Bottom of the Sixth:
New Pitcher: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Woody Griesbach stays in to play left and Bob Draper moves to right. They go down in order with 2 strike outs, including Don Stokes, who had doubled in each of his first two at bats!

Top of the Seventh:
Paul Bouvet beats out an infield hit and they make a pitching change: Bob Buie (23-L) with a 1.42 ERA in 12.2 IP and already 3 wins. Dennis Webb is pulled down so PH Tod Schreck (31-R) can ground into a double play.... We are hoping Bouvet will steal 2nd and prevent that... Bouvet does not steal, but Schreck pops out to short. PH Rollie Ferree (29-R) is sent up. Now Bouvet steals 2nd. Ferree grounds out to 3rd. Jeff Austin, our cleanup hitter, hits one about 8 inches and gets thrown out by the catcher.... Schreck and Ferree will both stay in the game.

Top of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Rob Daigle (30-L) with a 2.52 ERA in 64.1 IP. PH Eddie Thomas (26-R) flies out to center. Jeff Schottler lines a hit to center. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) grounds a hit to center and Schottler beats the throw to 3rd! Dave Lesley, the hero of our last game, strikes out... Woody Griesbach grounds out to 3rd...

Bottom of the Eighth:
New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). They go down in order.

Top of the Ninth:
New Pitcher: Dennis Kelly (27-R), their current closer with their regular one, Tomas Cavazos (26-R), injured. Kelly has 6 SV and a 2.65 ERA in 68 IP. Paul Bouvet grounds a hit past the shortstop. Tod Schreck pops out to 2nd. Rollie Ferree flies out to center. Jeff Austin takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three....

Lost - 3 to 2

We had 12 hits and made no errors
Oakland had 7 hits and made 1 error

Bob Grigg (L 10-2) went 5 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, no walks and struck out 2.
RHP Jorge Reyna went 2 perfect innings and struck out 4.
LHP Mitch Dowdell went 1 perfect inning.

Bob Stark faced 2 batters and got them both to bounce out back to the pitcher.
RHP Tom Sattler (W 2-1) went 5.1 innings, gave us 1 run, 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. He balked.
RHP Dennis Kelly (SV 7) pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1.

2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and stole a base. LR/RF Bob Draper went 3 for 3 with a double and scored a run. CF Jeff Schottler had 3 hits and stole a base. PH Larry Sinchak had a hit. SS Dave Lesley hit a double and had an RBI.

The Oaks announced that P Don Stark had just tweaked his thumb and should be fine and in fact is already fine.

Around the League: Dallas and Kansas City both won their games and the Royals remain a game ahead in the PCL East with 2 to play.

In the National League, Washington beat Baltimore at home, 8 to 2, to clinch the NL East and complete a worst to first season. The Senators lost 98 games last season, the most in Baseball.

06-13-2019, 03:52 PM	#490
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, September 17, Year II We can clinch the division with a win today and a San Francisco loss at Oakland. Today is P Angel Gaspar's 24th birthday. Seattle Rainiers (57-93 .380 38 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (95-55 .633 in 1st place in the PCL West) SEA: Alan Merandi (29-R 6-16 6.10) vs. POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 9-1 2.48) Merandi won his last start, going 8 innings against the Angels. We have faced him twice and won both times, scoring 11 runs in 9 innings. Grigg won his last time out, but gave up 4 runs in 7 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SEATTLE 1: SS Paul Blaine (25-R .239-573-22-75-.695) 2: LF Randy Hobson (26-L .319-526-16-65-.871) All-Star 3: 1B Jim Rier (28-L .294-371-18-61-.844) 4: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .239-498-22-64-.739) 5: CF Jim Perkins (26-L .235-480-21-69-.708) 6: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .241-494-7-54-.681) 7: 2B Bob Dillon (27-R .262-267-5-30-.681) 8: C Herb Leavitt (24-R Major League debut) Rookie Good defender 9: P Alan Merandi (29-R .239-46-0-4-.553) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .288-444-10-66-.785) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .291-203-2-22-.722) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .251-415-6-40-.665) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .262-564-22-87-.761) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-445-18-55-.744) Rookie 6: RF Bob Draper (23-L .283-272-8-41-.761) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .260-315-6-24-.702) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .259-397-5-38-.698) 9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .175-40-0-2-.365) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 20,818 Top of the First: Paul Blaine grounds an 0-2 pitch to right for a hit. Randy Hobson grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Jim Rier flies out to center. Mark Fenik lines a hit to right and Hobson makes it to 3rd without a throw. Jim Perkins swings at the first pitch and grounds out to the pitcher! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left. Dennis Webb lines a hit to right and Bouvet has to stop at 2nd because Webb hit the ball too hard. Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to right and the bases are loaded with nobody out. Jeff Austin flies out to right and Bouvet beats the throw home. 1 to 0, Beavers! Webb tagged up at 2nd and went to 3rd. Tony Casarez lines out to center and Jim Perkins fires to 1st to double off Schottler... Top of the Second: With 1 out, Bob Dillon grounds out to short and P Bob Grigg calls Pepe out... New Pitcher: Jorge Reyna (32-R). He strikes out Herb Leavitt. Bottom of the Second: Bob Draper floats a soft little hit to center and goes to 2nd on a ground out by Omar Flores. Dave Lesley lines a hit to right and Draper scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! Top of the Third: P Alan Merandi leads off with a double to center. Jeff Schottler gambled trying to make the catch and the ball got by him. Paul Blaine lines a hit to right. Randy Hobson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and we get the Bullpen up. The bases are loaded with no outs... Jim Rier grounds a hit to center and Merandi scores. 2 to 1, Beavers. Mark Fenik flies out to deep right and Blaine scores and Hobson takes 3rd. 2 to 2, tie game. Call to the Bullpen: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). Jim Perkins strikes out! Terry Singer swings at the first pitch and flies out to right! Bottom of the Third: Our 2-3-4 hitters go down 1-2-3.... And we just plain stop hitting.... Top of the Eighth: On the Hill: Mitch Dowdell (26-L), beginning his second inning of work. There are no fresh arms left in the Pen.... With 1 out, Jim Perkins doubles to center. We walk Terry Singer intentionally. Bob Dillon grounds a hit to left and Perkins heads home....Tony Casarez doe not throw Perkins out, but he does throw his shoulder out.... 3 to 2, Seattle. Woody Griesbach goes in to play left. Let's just get everybody hurt for the Championship Series! Dowdell gets the next two out. Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Danny Gilmore (29-R), who's ERA is down to 1.69 now... Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left. New Pitcher: John King (27-L) with a 2.82 ERA in 115 IP. We let Dennis Webb bat, hoping he will bunt. He does not, preferring to strike out... Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to left. A passed ball by rookie C Herb Leavitt moves the runners up. And Jeff Austin looks at strike three.... you HAVE to swing there with a runner on 3rd and less than two outs!!!! This drives me nuts.... Woody Griesbach draws a walk... That brings P Mitch Dowdell to the plate... We obviously cannot let him hit. PH Rollie Ferree (29-R) is sent up. He grounds out to short.... Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Mike Aaberg (24-R), their closer. They did me a big favor by pulling the left-hander... Though we will still lose, now that I jinxed them... Aaberg has 4 SV with a 3.67 ERA in 41.2 IP. He is a rookie. Omar Flores grounds a 2-2 pitch to right for a hit. Dave Lesley bunts him to 2nd. Gordon Saunderson swings at a 3-2 pitch and loops a hit to left. Flores stops at 3rd... Of course, he does... Aaberg is hurt, though... New Pitcher: Scott Mortensen (33-R) with a 3.41 ERA in 71.1 IP. Paul Bouvet lines out to left and Flores holds... Dennis Webb strikes out.... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... Lost - 3 to 2 We gad 12 hits and made 1 error Seattle had 9 hits and made no errors Bob Grigg went 1.2 scoreless innings and allowed 2 hits. RHP Jorge Reyna got 2 outs, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits and 1 walk. LHP Lou Hertzberg went 4.1 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 5. 60 pitches. LHP Mitch Dowdell (L 5-4) went 1.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 2. RHP Don Schmidt went 1 perfect inning and struck out 1. Alan Merandi (W 7-16) went 7 innings, gave us 2 runs, 8 hits, no walks and struck out 1. He lowers his ERA to 5.95.... At bat, he hit a double and scored a run. RHP Scott Mortensen (SV 5) faced 2 batters and got them both out with 1 strikeout. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and scored a run. C Dennis Webb had 2 hits. CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits. RF Bob Draper had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits and an RBI. RF Gordon Saunderson had a hit. Pepe's report: Bob Grigg has a stiff back that will bother him for a week or so, but should only affect his batting and running and should not bother him pitching too much. Tony Casarez, on the other hand, is out for 6 weeks, at least, which means no post-season for him.... Seattle announced that Mike Aaberg had strained his back and will not pitch again this season, but should be fine in 3 or 4 weeks. We are done with Seattle for this year and won the season series, 12-6. We won it, 11-7, last year. Last edited by Questdog; 06-13-2019 at 04:14 PM.

06-12-2019, 02:51 PM	#481
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, September 9, Year II Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Carlos Mendoza, CF, Pittsburgh (27-R .268/.324/.433) Had 10 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO, 4 SB, 0 CS, 8 R and 7 RBI in 5 G (4 GS) (2nd PoW this year) PCL Player of the Week - Bob Webster, 2B, Houston (23-S .301/.368/.434) Had 14 hits with 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 1 SO, 4 SB, 2 CS, 7 R and 4 RBI in 7 G (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) September 3 - New York won at home versus Boston, 6 to 5, in 19 innings. A 2 out double by LF Ricky Eden (35-R) had tied the game at 5 in the bottom of the 9th. P Mike Bosco (36-L) won the game with 9 innings of shutout relief. He allowed 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 11. Not only that, but he led off the bottom of the 19th with a single and scored the winning run on a 2 out double by 1B Doug Brunell (33-R). September 6 - Ron Bozeman (33-L) of Boston pitched a 7 hit shutout and knocked in all of his team's runs in a 4 to 0 win. He went 2 for 3 with a double.

06-12-2019, 04:15 PM	#482
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, September 9, Year II We are back home to begin a 2 week home stand, the final one of the year, before we finish the regular season with a week on the road. The Los Angeles Angels are here to play a 3 game series. They were swept in 3 games at Seattle over the weekend, so they are coming here a bit embarrassed. We are 8-7 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time they were in Portland, July 29-31. They are 11th in scoring in the PCL with 3.38 runs per game (Portland is down to #6 with 4.19). Spots 4-6 are bunched up together. The Angels are 8th in fewest runs allowed with 4.15 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.13). Our team ERA is now 2.79. No one else is under 3. Los Angeles Angels (65-78 .455 25 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (90-53 .629 in 1st place in the PCL West) LA: Bobby McGregor (35-R 8-4 3.39) Gold Glove vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 11-6 3.39) Rookie McGregor has won 2 in a row, allowing 2 runs in 8 IP each time. He has only had 14 starts due to injury. We beat him the only time we faced him, scoring 7 runs in 6.2 innings Gaspar has won his last 6 starts. 4 of them were superb outings, including 2 shutouts, but in two of his wins, he allowed 5 runs. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) LOS ANGELES 1: SS Mike Stout (29-L .243-243-0-12-.571) Rookie 2: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .290-552-17-52-.784) PCL MVP 3: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .289-394-16-54-.830) All-Star 4: 3B David Aytes (31-R .234-512-26-78-.731) 5: C Larry Hardy (25-S .234-299-4-22-.655) 6: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .194-201-6-14-.584) Rookie 7: LF Rich Cox (30-L .302-116-4-23-.842) 1 for 2 with a HR vs Gaspar 8: 1B Bob Duncan (34-R .196-311-8-23-.582) 9: P Bobby McGregor (35-R .094-32-1-2-.340) Gold Glove PORTLAND 1: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .256-297-5-21-.678) Rookie 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .280-293-9-38-.757) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .246-395-6-36-.649) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .265-535-22-79-.774) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-420-17-51-.748) Rookie 6: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .260-381-5-36-.703) 7: RF Bob Draper (23-L .277-256-8-41-.756) Rookie 8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .186-231-4-32-.519) Gold Glove 9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .145-55-0-0-.327) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 74 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH blowing in from right. Attendance: 22,612 Top of the First: Mike Stout swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to the pitcher. Ron Nachman lines out deep down the right field line. Billy Shiyou draws a walk. David Aytes swings at a 3-2 pitch and comes up empty! Bottom of the First: Omar Flores grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Dave Benya pops out to 3rd. Jeff Schottler takes an 0-2 pitch in the ribs. He gets caught stealing... Bottom of the Second: With 2 outs Dave Lesley gets our first hit, but gets thrown out trying to make it a double... Bottom of the Fourth: Dave Benya leads off with a home run to left! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Schottler doubles off the wall in center. Jeff Austin grounds a 3-2 pitch to right for a hit and Schottler beats the throw to the plate! 2 to 0, Beavers! Austin steals 2nd. Tony Casarez grounds out to 2nd and Austin moves over to 3rd. Dave Lesley flies out to shallow right and Austin tags up and JUST beats the throw! 3 to 0, Beavers! Bob Draper skies one to right, but Billy Shiyou drops it for a 2 base error. They walk Eddie Thomas intentionally. P Angel Gaspar grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, Dave Benya beats out an infield hit and steals 2nd. Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to right and Benya scores! 4 to 0, Beavers! Schottler takes 2nd on the throw home. Jeff Austin grounds a hit to left and Schottler scores! 5 to 0, Beavers! That sends P Bobby McGregor to the clubhouse. New Pitcher: Jerry Cunningham (33-R) with a 2.56 ERA in 77.1 IP. Tony Casarez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bottom of the Seventh: Omar Flores leads off with a triple to right. Dave Benya grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and Flores scores. 6 to 0, Beavers! With 2 outs, Jeff Austin triples to right center! But Tony Casarez fouls out to 1st. Won - 6 to 0 We had 11 hits and made no errors Los Angeles had 3 hits and made 1 error Angel Gaspar (W 12-6) went 9 shutout innings (CG), allowed 3 hits, 4 walks and struck out 10. 130 pitches. His 3rd shutout of the season. Bobby McGregor (L 8-5) went 4.1 innings, gave us 5 runs, 8 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 1. 3B Omar Flores hit a triple and scored a run. C Dave Benya had 2 hits with his 10th home run of the season, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 3 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin had 3 hits with a triple, stole a base, scored a run and had 2 RBI. 2B Dave Lesley had 2 hits and an RBI.

06-12-2019, 06:00 PM	#483
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, September 10, Year II Los Angeles Angels (65-79 .451 26 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (91-53 .632 in 1st place in the PCL West) LA: Russ Lanier (26-R 1-3 4.93) vs. POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 4-2 2.76) Rookie Lanier has allowed 11 runs and 22 hits in his last 2 starts (12 IP). Hagans has had 6 straight Quality Starts, but is only 2-0 in that stretch. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) LOS ANGELES 1: SS Mike Stout (29-L .239-247-0-12-.562) Rookie 2: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .288-556-17-52-.779) PCL MVP 3: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .292-397-16-54-.836) All-Star 4: 3B David Aytes (31-R .233-516-26-78-.726) 5: LF Joel Daniels (38-L .227-278-6-28-.660) 2 for 3 with a HR vs Hagans 6: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .195-205-6-14-.582) Rookie 7: C Willie Hernandez (30-L .298-205-5-15-.771) 8: 1B Ricky Pulido (29-L .231-147-2-15-.654) 9: P Russ Lanier (26-R .313-16-0-1-.688) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .287-418-8-59-.773) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .283-297-10-40-.770) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .249-398-6-37-.658) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .269-539-22-81-.783) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .250-424-17-51-.741) Rookie 6: RF Bob Draper (23-L .278-259-8-41-.755) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .256-301-5-21-.682) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .263-384-5-37-.707) 9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .258-31-0-2-.645) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 65 F, Overcast, with an 8 MPH blowing in from center. Attendance: 22,727 Top of the First: Mike Stout swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Ron Nachman pops out to 3rd. Billy Shiyou strikes out looking! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet flies out to left. Dave Benya flies out to center. Jeff Schottler grounds out to 3rd... Top of the Third: Willie Hernandez bloops a hit to right center. Ricky Pulido bounces one over the right field fence for a ground rule double... P Russ Lanier pops out to shallow right and the runners hold. Mike Stout swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds a hit up the middle and both runners score... 2 to 0, Angels. Bottom of the Third: Omar Flores leads off with a hit to center and he is our first base runner of the game. Dave Lesley grounds a hit to right. P Brian Hagans bunts the runners up. Paul Bouvet grounds out to 3rd and Flores scores. 2 to 1, Angels. Dave Benya draws a walk. Jeff Schottler swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Top of the Fourth: David Aytes leads off with a single to left. With 2 outs, Willie Hernandez doubles to right and Aytes scores from 1st... 3 to 1, Angels. Hernandez goes to 3rd on the throw home. We walk Ricky Pulido intentionally to get to P Russ Lanier, who singles to left and Hernandez scores... 4 to 1, Angels. We get the Bullpen going. Mike Stout grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Sixth: With 2 outs, Tony Casarez hits a home run to right center. 4 to 2, Angels. Top of the Seventh: On the Hill: Dave Perez (24-L), beginning his second inning of work. He strikes out everyone, except the pitcher, who gets a hit... Bottom of the Ninth: Tony Casarez leads off with a hit to right and they call in their closer: Ernie Auel (28-R) with a 1.54 ERA. We scored a pair of runs off him the last time we faced him, but none in the other 6 times. Bob Draper lines out to the pitcher and they double Casarez off.... Omar Flores draws a walk. Dave Lesley takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) grounds out to 1st, unassisted... Lost - 4 to 2 We had 7 hits and made no errors Los Angeles had 7 hits and made no errors Brian Hagans (L 4-3) went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 3. LHP Dave Perez went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 5. LHP Mitch Dowdell went 2 perfect innings and struck out 2. 15 pitches. Russ Lanier (W 2-3) went 8+ innings, gave us 2 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 3. At bat, he had 2 hits and an RBI. RHP Ernie Auel (SV 34) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 2 walks. LF Tony Casarez had 2 hits with his 18th home run of the year. RF Bob Draper had 2 hits.

06-12-2019, 08:46 PM	#484
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Wednesday, September 11, Year II We need to win this game to win the season series with the Angels. We stand at 9-8 right now. Los Angeles Angels (66-79 .455 25 GB in 4th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (91-54 .628 in 1st place in the PCL West) LA: Dave Ibarra (29-R 11-11 3.17) All-Star (Year I) vs. POR: Frank Martin (27-R 9-7 3.03) Ibarra has lost 2 of his last 3, but has not allowed more than 2 earned runs in a game since July 24. In 4 starts against us, he is 1-0, without a bad outing in the bunch. Martin is 0-2 in his last 5 starts, though none of them have been bad. He lost his last one by allowing 1 run in 7 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) LOS ANGELES 1: SS Mike Stout (29-L .239-251-0-14-.561) Rookie 2: CF Ron Nachman (29-L .286-560-17-52-.773) PCL MVP 3: LF Dave Bailey (25-S .270-211-14-32-.880) 4: 3B David Aytes (31-R .233-520-26-78-.724) 5: RF Billy Shiyou (33-L .289-401-16-54-.827) All-Star 6: 2B Jim Crawford (24-R .191-209-6-14-.572) Rookie 7: C Larry Hardy (25-S .233-301-4-22-.655) 8: 1B Chip Klinefelter (26-R .206-345-7-31-.565) 9: P Dave Ibarra (29-R .111-54-2-2-.472) All-Star (Year I) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .287-422-8-60-.770) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .280-300-10-40-.765) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .246-402-6-37-.652) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .267-543-22-81-.778) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-428-18-52-.750) Rookie 6: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .270-311-8-32-.754) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .257-304-5-21-.684) Rookie 8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .184-234-4-32-.516) Gold Glove 9: P Frank Martin (27-S .026-39-0-1-.165) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 23,527 Top of the First: Mike Stout swings at the first pitch and flies out to center. Ron Nachman doubles to right center. Dave Bailey strikes out. David Aytes lines a hit to left and Nachman stops at 3rd. Billy Shiyou grounds out to short! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet lines a hit to right. Dave Benya grounds a hit to right and Bouvet beats the throw to 3rd! Jeff Schottler walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with no outs! Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Bouvet scores. 1 to 0, Beavers! Austin steals 2nd. Tony Casarez grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Benya scores. 2 to 0, Beavers! Woody Griesbach blasts one to left, but it is caught against the wall... Top of the Second: With 1 out, Larry Hardy hits one 437 feet to right center... 2 to 1, Beavers. With 2 outs, P Frank Martin beans P Dave Ibarra... Mike Stout then triples to right to tie the game at 2... Ron Nachman grounds out to 3rd. Bottom of the Third: Paul Bouvet leads off with a grounder up the middle for a hit and then steals 2nd. Dave Benya grounds one to 2nd, but Jim Crawford boots it! Jeff Schottler lines out to 2nd, Crawford making a nice stop this time. Benya steals 2nd. Jeff Austin grounds a hit to center and both runners score! 4 to 2, Beavers! Austin tries to steal, but they have a pitchout on this time and he is out. Top of the Sixth: David Aytes walks on 4 pitches. Billy Shiyou grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Jim Crawford doubles to center and Shiyou scores from 1st... 4 to 3, Beavers. We get the Bullpen up. Larry Hardy grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Crawford goes to 3rd. Chip Klinefelter flies out to right! Bottom of the Sixth: With 2 outs, Woody Griesbach hits one 432 feet to straight away center! 5 to 3, Beavers! That sends P Dave Ibarra to the showers. New Pitcher: Jim Ketcham (25-R), a rookie with a 4.15 ERA in 17.1 IP. Omar Flores grounds out to short. Top of the Seventh: With 1 out, we let Frank Martin bat since he has only thrown 85 pitches. He grounds one to short and Mike Stout throws it away for a 2 base error! They walk Paul Bouvet intentionally and Dave Benya unintentionally to load the bases up. Jeff Schottler takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to force in a run! 6 to 3, Beavers! Jeff Austin flies out to right and Bouvet scores without a throw. 7 to 3, Beavers! Tony Casarez doubles to right and Benya scores and Schottler stops at 3rd! 8 to 3, Beavers! Woody Griesbach flies out to center. Bottom of the Eighth: Omar Flores leads off by reaching on another 2 base throwing error by SS Mike Stout. Eddie Thomas grounds out to 3rd and Flores moves up. P Frank Martin flies out to center and Flores scores. 9 to 3, Beavers! Won - 9 to 3 We had 7 hits and made no errors Los Angeles had 9 hits and made 4 errors Frank Martin (W 10-7) went 9 innings (CG), allowed 3 runs, 9 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk, 1 HB and struck out 5. 116 pitches. At bat, he had a SF and scored a run. Dave Ibarra (L 11-12) went 5.2 innings, gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 6 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 2. At bat, he was hit by a pitch and scored a run. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and a walk (INT), stole a base and scored 3 runs. C Dave Benya had 2 hits and a walk and scored 3 runs. 1B Jeff Austin had 1 hit and 4 RBI. He now has 85, tying him with Randy James, who led the Beavers with 85 last year. LF Tony Casarez hit a double and had 2 RBI. RF Woody Griesbach hit his 9th home run of the season. We end up winning the season series with the Angels, 10-8, the same as last season.

06-12-2019, 10:23 PM	#485
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, September 13, Year II I am not superstitious, but... The San Francisco Seals are in town to play a 3 game series over the weekend. The just beat the Padres 2 games at home to move into 2nd place in the PCL West. We are 10-5 against them this season, but lost 2 of 3 the last time they were in the Skydome. They are 9th in the PCL in scoring with 3.82 runs per game (Portland is 5th with 4.22). They are 2nd in fewest runs allowed with 3.58 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.12). San Francisco Seals (82-64 .562 10 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (92-54 .630 in 1st place in the PCL West) SF: Bill Dixon (35-R 10-6 2.78) All-Star vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 12-8 2.74) 2 time All-Star These two pitchers are 2nd and 3rd in the PCL in ERA. Dixon is their #1 starter. His last start was against us, but he only made it to the 2nd inning before having to leave with an injury. In 4 starts against us, he does not have a decision, but has not had a bad game. We are 2-2 in the games, 3 of which went to extra innings. Panighetti pitched a shutout against these Seals in San Francisco in his last start, allowing 7 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN FRANCISCO 1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .270-389-5-35-.703) Rookie 2: SS Javy Vasquez (23-R .242-500-7-49-.666) 3: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .324-413-14-60-.891) All-Star 4: 1B Sandy Mojica (26-R .244-156-10-21-.790) Rookie 5: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .226-499-15-64-.692) 6: LF Stan Ward (31-R .257-288-4-22-.663) 7: C Chip Carpenter (30-R .206-403-10-43-.660) 8: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .258-395-7-48-.710) Rookie 9: P Bill Dixon (35-R .179-56-0-3-.386) All-Star PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .289-426-8-60-.774) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dave Benya (27-S .284-303-10-40-.772) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .245-404-6-38-.652) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .267-546-22-85-.777) 5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .287-108-4-20-.856) 6: LF Bob Draper (23-L .281-263-8-41-.758) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .253-308-5-21-.676) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .264-387-5-37-.708) 9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .190-58-0-6-.424) 2 time All-Star Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 26,606 Top of the First: Dan Fortino swings at the first pitch and hits a lazy fly ball to center. Javy Vasquez strikes out. He runs to first, but C Dave Benya did not drop the ball... Chris Greenwald bloops a hit to center. Sandy Mojica strikes out! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet lines a hit to center. He gets caught stealing on a pitchout... Dave Benya lines a hit to left. Jeff Schottler grounds one to short, but they only get the force at 2nd, 6-4, because Dave Benya slid in hard, but he is hurt... Schottler steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Chip Carpenter throws the ball into center. Jeff Austin grounds out to short. Dennis Webb (26-L) will go in to catch. Bottom of the Third: Dave Lesley leads off with a 4 pitch walk. P Don Panighetti bunts him to 2nd. Paul Bouvet drives one to right, but Gary Halbert makes a great running catch near the warning track. 2 outs. Dennis Webb lines a hit to left and Lesley beats the throw to the plate! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Schottler grounds a hit up the middle. Jeff Austin flies out to center. Top of the Fourth: Sandy Mojica leads off with a double to left. Gary Halbert lines a hit to center, too hard for Mojica to score. Halbert steals 2nd. Stan Ward grounds out to 2nd and Mojica scores to tie the game at 1 all. Chip Carpenter grounds a hit to left and Halbert scores. 2 to 1, Seals. Bill Giffin grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. P Bill Dixon takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Dan Fortino walks on 4 pitches to load the bases. We get the Bullpen up. Javy Vasquez grounds out to short! Top of the Fifth: With 1 out, Sandy Mojica homers to left... 3 to 1, Seals. Bottom of the Sixth: Dennis Webb leads off with a liner to right for a hit. Jeff Schottler doubles down the left field line and Webb scores from 1st! 3 to 2, Seals. Jeff Austin doubles down the right field line to tie the game at 3! That gives him 86 RBI on the year, a new Beaver record! Gordon Saunderson flies out to the wall in left center and Austin tags up and goes to 3rd. They walk Bob Draper intentionally. He steals 2nd! So they walk Omar Flores intentionally. Dave Lesley flies out to right and Austin scores without a throw. 4 to 3, Beavers! PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) strikes out... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). Larry Sinchak is in to play 3rd, Eddie Thomas is in to play short, Rollie Ferree is in to play left and Bob Draper moves to right. With 1 out, PH Marcos Barron (33-R) lines a hit to right. Dan Fortino walks... Javy Vasquez doubles to center and Barron scores to tie the game... 4 to 4. Chris Greenwald strikes out! Sandy Mojica pops out to 1st! Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Jesse Adcock (29-L), their closer. Domingo Santay is in to play 2nd. 38 SV and a 2.99 ERA. With 1 out, Jeff Schottler takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Jeff Austin swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to 3rd. 2 outs. Schottler gets caught stealing... Extras! Top of the Tenth: They go down in order! Bottom of the Tenth: Rollie Ferree, who needs a hit to keep his average from dropping below .400, grounds a single to right! Bob Draper lays down a sacrifice bunt, but beats it out for a hit! Eddie Thomas, does not bunt, but swings away and pops out to shallow center. Why? PH Phil Parker (28-S) the last bat on the bench, squibs one in front of the plate and they get a force at 2nd, 2-4. Ferree goes to 3rd. Larry Sinchak swings at a 3-2 pitch and flies out to left... Top of the Eleventh: New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). They go down in order! Bottom of the Eleventh: New Pitcher: Gus Hanauer (29-R) with a 1.27 ERA in 71 IP. 46 H and 19 BB for an 0.92 WHIP and only 1 HR allowed. Batters are hitting .182 against him. In 4 innings against him, we have 1 hit, no walks and 4 SO. Paul Bouvet leads off with a line drive over the left field fence and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!!!! Won - 5 to 4 in 11 innings We had 10 hits and made no errors San Francisco had 9 hits and made 1 error Don Panighetti went 5 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 2. RHP Jorge Reyna pitched 1 perfect inning and struck out 1. RHP Don Schmidt (H 3) went 2 perfect innings and struck out 3. LHP Lou Hertzberg (BS 2) went 2 innings, allowed 1 run, 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. LHP Mitch Dowdell (W 5-3) went 1 perfect inning and struck out 1. Bill Dixon went 6.1 innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 4 walks (2 INT) and struck out 2. At bat, he drew a walk. RHP Gus Hanauer (L 6-2) faced 1 batter, who hit a home run. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits with his 9th home run as a Beaver. It ended the game. C Dave Benya went 1 for 1 before getting hurt. C Dennis Webb had 2 hits and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits with a double and 2 walks, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin had a double, scored a run and had his 86th RBI of the season, setting a new Beaver high for a season. LF Rollie Ferree had a hit in his only trip to the plate. Pepe's report on Dave Benya is not good. A sore back that will likely keep him out of action about 3 weeks, which will cut into the post season. I am not superstitious, but...

06-12-2019, 11:47 PM	#486
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, September 14, Year II We put C Dave Benya on the Disabled List and called up C Tod Schreck (31-R) from Vancouver (AAA). He hit only .258 with a .658 OPS for the Mounties in 159 AB, but threw out 47% of runners attempting to steal. San Francisco Seals (82-65 .558 11 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (93-54 .633 in 1st place in the PCL West) SF: Jose Troche (27-L 7-11 3.79) vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (23-R 12-6 3.21) Rookie We are 2-0 against Troche this year, after getting manhandled by him last season. Gaspar has won his last 7 starts with 3 shutouts, including his last start, which was a 3 hitter and he struck out 10. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN FRANCISCO 1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .267-393-5-35-.699) Rookie 2: SS Javy Vasquez (23-R .242-504-7-50-.668) 3: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .323-418-14-60-.885) All-Star 4: 1B Marcos Barron (33-R .264-440-18-67-.745) 5: RF Gary Halbert (29-R .228-504-15-64-.693) 6: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .285-495-8-43-.772) 7: C Chip Carpenter (30-R .208-408-10-44-.661) 8: 2B Bill Giffin (24-S .256-398-7-48-.705) Rookie 9: P Jose Troche (27-L .127-55-0-6-.286) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .289-432-9-61-.779) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: CF Rollie Ferree (29-R .408-71-0-11-1.002) Rookie 3: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .296-213-1-14-.709) 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .267-551-22-86-.775) 5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .269-316-9-33-.758) Rookie 6: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .263-388-5-38-.709) 7: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-433-18-54-.749) Rookie 8: C Tod Schreck (31-R .147-34-0-2-.422) 9: P Angel Gaspar (23-R .138-58-0-6-.310) Rookie Game Start: 1:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 75 F, Clear Skies, with an 8 MPH wind blowing in from right. Attendance: 25,762 Top of the First: Dan Fortino lines out to right. Javy Vasquez flies out to deep right. Chris Greenwald drills one to deep left center, but Tony Casarez races back and makes a circus catch leaping in the air! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet, the last Beaver batter to bat yesterday and the first today, grounds out to 3rd. Rollie Ferree grounds a hit to right. Larry Sinchak grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Jeff Austin grounds a hit to right and Sinchak beats the throw to 3rd. Woody Griesbach grounds out to 3rd. Top of the Third: Chip Carpenter takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 and the Seals have their first base runner. Bill Giffin lines a hit to left and the Seals have their first hit. Are we just going to get all the firsts out of the way here and give them a run, too? P Jose Troche strikes out trying to lay down a bunt. Dan Fortino grounds into a 5-4-3 double play! Top of the Fifth: Gary Halbert leads off by taking a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. With 1 out, he steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Tod Schreck throws the ball into center field... Chip Carpenter swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out! We walk Bill Giffin intentionally to get to P Jose Troche, who strikes out! Through six innings the game is still scoreless. They only have 2 hits and we only have 3, two of them by Rollie Ferree. Top of the Eighth: Bill Giffin leads off with an infield hit. They let P Jose Troche bat and he bunts Giffin over to 2nd. Dan Fortino strikes out! Javy Vasquez grounds one back to the box, but P Angel Gaspar makes a bad throw to 1st for an error and Giffin goes to 3rd. Their best hitter, All-Star Chris Greenwald, is now up... He grounds a hit to center and Giffin scores and Vasquez goes to 3rd... 1 to 0, Seals. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Marcos Barron grounds one to short but, Dave Lesley makes a bad throw for an error and Vasquez scores... 2 to 0, Seals. 8 games in a row without an error and we make 2 in one inning.... Gary Halbert strikes out. Bottom of the Eighth: They bring in a new pitcher after all: Gus Hanauer (29-R), who will face the batter he faced yesterday, Paul Bouvet. No home run this time; he grounds out to 3rd. With 2 outs, PH Omar Flores (21-L) doubles to left center. But Jeff Austin hits one about 2 feet and gets thrown out by the catcher... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Dave Perez (24-L). Omar Flores stays in to play 3rd and Jeff Schottler is in to play center. With 1 out, Chip Carpenter draws a walk. Bill Giffin singles to left center. PH Sandy Mojica (26-R) hit a 3 run home run to left center.... 5 to 0, Seals. He becomes the first player to hit 4 home runs against the Beavers this season. Lost - 5 to 0 We had 6 hits and made 3 errors San Francisco had 6 hits and made 1 error Angel Gaspar (L 12-7) went 7.2 innings, allowed 2 unearned runs, 4 hits, 3 walks (1 INT) and struck out 8. RHP Jorge Reyna face 2 batters and got 1 out with a strikeout. LHP Dave Perez went 1 inning, allowed 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 home run and 1 walk. Jose Troche (W 8-11) went 7 shutout innings, gave us 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. CF Rollie Ferree had 2 hits. PH/3B Omar Flores hit a double. For the Seals, 2B Bill Giffin went 3 for 2 with a walk (INT) and scored 2 runs.

06-13-2019, 11:24 AM	#487
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Sunday, September 15, Year II P Tom Horn (26-L) is eligible to come off the DL. Do you even remember him? He was 7-5 in 24 starts last year with a 3.14 ERA before needing elbow surgery on August 20. He has not pitched since. All 5 of the guys in our rotation are pitching very well right now and I am a little chicken to put a fellow who has not pitched in over a year right into the thick of it when we are shooting hard for 100 wins (which I want very badly). He has options, so we are shipping him to Vancouver (AAA) and we'll see if he has anything left to maybe make the rotation next year. San Francisco Seals (83-65 .561 10 GB in 2nd place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (93-55 .628 in 1st place in the PCL West) SF: Brad Simpson (35-R 16-9 2.88) vs. POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 4-3 2.97) Rookie Simpson is 0-2 in his last 3 starts, but they were all Quality Starts. He has not allowed more than 3 runs in a game since July 16 (11 starts). We are 3-1 against him, but the win was his last outing when he held us to 1 run and 4 hits and no walks in 8 IP. Hagans lost his last outing, giving up 4 runs in 5 innings. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN FRANCISCO 1: CF Dan Fortino (25-R .264-398-5-35-.691) Rookie 2: 3B Chris Greenwald (29-S .325-422-14-61-.889) All-Star 3: 2B Tim Roberts (30-R Season debut) 4: LF Ron Chestnut (32-L .285-499-8-43-.766) 5: SS Javy Vasquez (23-R .240-509-7-50-.661) 6: RF Stan Ward (31-R .253-293-4-23-.652) 7: C Chip Carpenter (30-R .207-410-10-44-.661) 8: 1B Bill Giffin (24-S .262-401-7-48-.716) Rookie 9: P Brad Simpson (35-R .118-68-0-3-.263) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .287-436-9-61-.772) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .291-199-2-22-.723) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .248-407-6-39-.662) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .267-555-22-86-.773) 5: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-437-18-54-.746) Rookie 6: RF Bob Draper (23-L .280-268-8-41-.754) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .253-312-5-21-.679) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .261-391-5-38-.704) 9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .258-31-0-2-.645) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 67 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from right. Attendance: 27,614 Top of the First: Dan Fortino swings at a 3-2 pitch and loops a hit to left. Chris Greenwald grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6. Tim Roberts strikes out. A wild pitch sends Greenwald to 2nd. Ron Chestnut grounds out to 3rd! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet grounds out to 3rd. Dennis Webb strikes out. Jeff Schottler grounds out to 2nd... Top of the Fourth: Tim Roberts, who struck out in his first at bat of the season, hits a home run to left in his second.... 1 to 0, Seals. Ron Chestnut draws a walk. Javy Vasquez grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Stan Ward beats out an infield hit... Chip Carpenter strikes out. Bill Giffin swings at the first pitch and pops out to 3rd. Bottom of the Fourth: Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to center. With 2 outs, Bob Draper singles to right and Schottler takes 3rd without a throw. Omar Flores swings at a 3-2 pitch and homers to left center!!! 3 to 1, Beavers! Top of the Fifth: With 2 outs, Chris Greenwald singles to center. Tim Roberts takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ron Chestnut lines a hit to left center and Greenwald heads home.....he beats the throw... 3 to 2, Beavers. Greenwald is hurt, though. With the runners on the move, Javy Vasquez swings at a 3-2 pitch and lines a hit to left and Roberts scores without a throw to tie the game at 3... The Bullpen is up. Stan Ward swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Why couldn't someone have done that a little sooner? Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, Dennis Webb beats out an infield hit. Jeff Schottler lines a hit to right and Webb beats the throw to 3rd. Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Webb scores. 4 to 3, Beavers. Tony Casarez lines out to center. Bottom of the Sixth: Bob Draper leads off and whacks a 2-2 pitch down the right field line for a double. They walk Omar Flores intentionally. Dave Lesley grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4, and Draper goes to 3rd. With P Brian Hagans already at 104 pitches, we pull him down and send up PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L). He lines a hit to right and Draper scores and Lesley beats the throw to 3rd! 5 to 3, Beavers! That sends P Brad Simpson to the showers. New Pitcher: Harlan Martin (25-R) with a 1.43 ERA. Paul Bouvet triples to center and 2 more runs score! 7 to 3, Beavers! Do you remember when Bouvet was hitting a triple almost every game, it seemed? This is his first in September and he only hit 1 in August. Dennis Webb grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Bouvet holds at 3rd for some reason. Jeff Schottler swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out. Won - 7 to 3 We had 12 hits and made no errors San Francisco had 8 hits and made no errors Brian Hagans (W 5-3) went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks and struck out 5. He threw a WP. LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 10) went 3 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 3. Brad Simpson (L 16-10) went 5.1 innings, gave us 7 runs, 10 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk (INT) and struck out 2. He is the first pitcher tagged with 4 losses by the Beavers this season. 2B Paul Bouvet hit a triple and had 2 RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits and a walk and scored a run. RF Bob Draper had 2 hits with a double and scored 2 runs. 3B Omar Flores was 3 for 3 with his 6th home run of the season and a walk (INT) and 3 RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI. The Seals announced that Chris Greenwald just had a bruised knee and would be fine in a day or two. We are finished with the Seals this year and we won the season series, 12-6. Last year, we split it, 9-9. Down on the Farm: In his season debut for Vancouver (AAA), Tom Horn (26-L) pitched 5.2 hitless innings. He did not allow a run, but walked 4 and only struck out 1. Not bad, for someone who has not pitched in over a year!

06-13-2019, 01:24 PM	#488
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, September 16, Year II Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Damien Carr, 3B, Detroit (28-L .307/.383/.538) Had 14 hits with 1 2B, 5 HR, 4 BB, 4 SO, 9 R and 10 RBI in 7 G (2nd PoW this year) PCL Player of the Week - Paul Blaine, SS, Seattle (25-R .238/.284/.408) Had 11 hits with 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS, 7 R and 10 RBI in 5 G (3rd PoW this season. When he is not the PoW, he must go hitless.) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) September 9 - 1B/3B Damien Carr (28-L) of Detroit had 5 hits with a 2 run home run in the top of the 13th inning at Pittsburgh. The Tigers won, 5 to 3, in 13 innings. September 10 - Gary Henry (23-R) of Brooklyn pitched a 4 hit shutout at home versus New York. He walked 2 and struck out 3. It is his 3rd shutout of the season. He is now 9-5 with a 3.53 ERA in 14 starts (32 G). The Dodgers won, 2 to 0. September 10 - 3B Damien Carr (28-L) of Detroit hit 3 home runs with a walk, scored 4 runs and had 5 RBI at Pittsburgh. The Tigers won, 13 to 1. He is the 1st National League player to hit 3 home runs in a game. September 11 - CF Felix Zavala (31-L) of St. Louis went 5 for 5 with a home run and scored twice at home versus Pittsburgh, but the Cardinals lost, 4 to 3. September 14 - CF Randy Schmitt (26-L) of Kansas City seemed to have nailed down the MVP award for this season with 3 doubles and a walk, a stolen base, a run scored and 6 RBI at home versus Denver. He was Rookie of the Year last season. The Royals won, 11 to 3.

06-13-2019, 01:59 PM	#489
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, September 16, Year II The Rainiers are in town to play 2 games and finish our season series. They lost 2 of 3 in Los Angeles over the weekend. We are 11-5 against them on the year, but split 4 games with them the last time they were in Portland, August 5-8. They are 5th in the PCL in scoring with 4.25 runs per game (Portland is #6 with 4.21). We have scored 5 fewer runs. They are 12th (last) in fewest runs allowed with 4.74 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.13). Seattle Rainiers (57-92 .383 37 GB in 6th (last) place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (94-55 .631 in 1st place in the PCL West) SEA: Tom Snodgrass (26-L 3-0 3.28) vs. POR: Frank Martin (27-R 10-7 3.03) We are 0-2 against Snodgrass. After holding us to 1 unearned run on 5 hits in 8 IP, he went to Oakland for his last start and gave them 7 runs in 3 innings, but escaped with a no decision. Martin pitched a CG last time out with 3 runs allowed. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SEATTLE 1: SS Paul Blaine (25-R .238-568-22-74-.693) Reigning Player of the Week 2: LF John Haynes (31-L .229-140-2-14-.635) 3: 1B Jim Rier (28-L .298-366-18-61-.855) 4: RF Mark Fenik (27-R .235-494-22-64-.729) 5: CF Randy Hobson (26-L .318-522-16-63-.870) All-Star 6: 3B Terry Singer (33-R .239-490-7-53-.678) 7: 2B Bob Dillon (27-R .261-264-5-30-.682) 8: C Oscar Reynoso (27-R .222-162-7-26-.677) 9: P Tom Snodgrass (26-L .176-17-0-1-.353) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .286-485-9-63-.773) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .292-216-1-14-.699) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .251-411-6-39-.667) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .264-560-22-87-.766) 5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .266-319-9-33-.755) Rookie 6: LF Tony Casarez (20-L .252-441-18-54-.744) Rookie 7: C Phil Parker (28-S .283-53-0-6-.711) 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .261-394-5-38-.703) 9: P Frank Martin (27-S .024-42-0-2-.152) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 22,515 Top of the First: Paul Blaine swings at a 3-1 pitch and fouls out to 1st. John Haynes walks. Jim Rier grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Mark Fenik doubles to left and Rier stops at 3rd. Randy Hobson grounds a hit to center and both runners score... 2 to 0, Seattle. I would not have minded an intentional walk right there. We seem so liberal in handing them out except when I want them.... Hobson steals 2nd. Terry Singer lines a hit to center and Hobson scores... 3 to 0, Seattle. Bob Dillon lines a hit to left. Okay, Christy, okay! We get the Bullpen up. You happy, now? Oscar Reynoso swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to the pitcher. Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet walks on 4 pitches. He had a rough August (.212), but has really come on in September (.231)... Larry Sinchak grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Bouvet goes to 2nd. Sinchak is 0 for September... 13 AB. Bouvet steals 3rd. Jeff Schottler swings at a 3-1 pitch and lines a hit to left and Bouvet scores. 3 to 1, Seattle. Since the first of August, Schottler is hitting .322. True, it is mostly singles (1 HR), but a lot better than he was doing early in the season when he hit .181 in April and May. Jeff Austin flies out to left. 2 outs. Woody Griesbach gets beaned. Tony Casarez doubles to left and Schottler scores! 3 to 2, Seattle. Phil Parker flies out to left. Bottom of the Second: With 2 outs, Paul Bouvet homers to left to tie the game at 3!! Snodgrass strikes out everyone else in the inning... Top of the Third: Mark Fenik leads off with a double to right. He is now 7 for 14 against P Frank Martin with a HR and at least 2 doubles, because he has hit two today.... Randy Hobson grounds out to 3rd. Terry Singer strikes out! Bob Dillon grounds out to short! Top of the Fourth: With 1 out, P Tom Snodgrass doubles to center. Paul Blaine doubles to right and Snodgrass scores... 4 to 3, Seattle. Yes, Christy... The Bullpen is up. That is 4 doubles already allowed and 7 hits... John Haynes and Jim Rier both fly out, though. Meanwhile, P Tom Snodgrass has retired 10 in a row after Bouvet's home run.... Bottom of the Seventh: After Phil Parker strikes out, Dave Lesley reaches on an error by 3B Terry Singer. PH Eddie Thomas (26-R) doubles to left, Lesley stopping at 3rd. Paul Bouvet is NOT walked as I thought he would be! He lines a hit to center and both runners score!!! 5 to 4, Beavers! That sends P Tom Snodgrass to the showers. New Pitcher: Danny Gilmore (29-R) with a 1.70 ERA in 74 IP. PH Bob Draper (23-L) is sent up for Larry Sinchak. Bouvet steals 2nd. Draper swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Bouvet goes to 3rd. 2 outs. Jeff Schottler grounds out to 3rd. Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Eddie Thomas stays in to play short and Omar Flores goes in to play 3rd. Terry Singer flares a hit to right... PH Pedro de Jesus (26-L), who ALWAYS seems to get a hit when he pinch-hits, grounds a hit to left... Oscar Reynoso bunts the runners up. PH Miguel Favela (30-R) flies out to center and Singer tags up and heads home, but Jeff Schottler throws him out!!!! Top of the Ninth: Bullpen arms are ready... Top of their order. Paul Blaine strikes out! John Haynes strikes out looking!! Jim Rier lines a 1-2 pitch to right and Woody Griesbach runs it down and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!!! Won - 5 to 4 We had 5 hits and made 1 error Seattle had 12 hits and made 1 error Frank Martin went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. He threw a WP. LHP Dave Perez (W 1-1) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. RHP Don Schmidt (SV 21) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2. Tom Snodgrass (L 3-1) went 6.1 innings, gave us 5 runs (4 earned), 5 hits, 1 home run, 2 walks, 1 HB and struck out 8. 110 pitches. At bat, he hit a double and scored a run. Paul Bouvet had 2 hits with his 10th home run as a Beaver, drew a walk, stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. LF Tony Casarez hit a double and had an RBI. PH/SS Eddie Thomas hit a double and scored a run. For Seattle, RF Mark Fenik had 3 hits with 2 doubles and scored a run.

06-13-2019, 05:29 PM	#491
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Wednesday, September 18, Year II We placed LF Tony Casarez (20-L) on the Disabled List and recalled RP Barry Chapman (27-R), because our Bullpen is spent right at the moment. Chapman was not all that great in Vancouver (AAA). He had a 3.33 ERA, walking 11 and giving up 3 HR in 27 IP. But he only gave up 16 hits. And he is fairly fresh, which is the main thing... The San Diego Padres are in town to play 2 games. They just lost 2 in Los Angeles and have lost 7 in a row and 13 of their last 14. They finished August winning 11 of 12 and have started September losing 13 of 15. We are 11-2 against them on the season and won 3 of 4 the last time they were in the Skydome, June 13-16. The Padres are 8th in the PCL in scoring with 3.95 runs per game (Portland is #6 with 4.21). They are 6th in fewest runs allowed with 3.97 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.14). San Diego Padres (81-70 .536 14 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (95-56 .629 in 1st place in the PCL West) SD: Mike Nackley (28-L 13-13 3.23) PCL CY 2 time All-Star vs. POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 12-8 2.81) 2 time All-Star Nackley, who was the lights out best pitcher in baseball last year, has fallen on hard times of late. He last lost his last 4 starts and allowed at least 4 runs each time. We are 3-0 against him this year, though he did have one really good game against us. Panighetti had a no decision last time out, allowing 3 runs and 7 hits and 3 BB in 5 IP. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN DIEGO 1: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .182-44-0-1-.467) Claimed off waivers from STL on Saturday 2: LF Butch Nelson (26-R .243-259-5-28-.625) 3: 2B Roger Rojas (25-R .241-535-12-56-.678) 4: RF Bob Welch (37-R .252-266-7-33-.732) 5: 3B Mike Fahy (31-L .310-546-12-63-.796) All-Star (Year I) 6: C Lee Dukes (34-R .231-346-5-38-.634) 7: CF Mark Saylor (25-S .280-75-4-12-.778) 8: 1B Mark Wark (32-R .171-35-0-2-.456) 9: P Mike Nackley (28-L .058-69-0-2-.154) PCL CY 2 time All-Star Wark hit .291 for Cleveland last year as their full time second baseman. PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .290-449-10-66-.785) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .288-219-1-14-.690) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .253-419-6-40-.668) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .261-567-22-88-.757) 5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .265-321-9-33-.756) Rookie 6: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .263-400-5-39-.703) 7: LF Rollie Ferree (29-R .408-76-0-11-.989) Rookie 8: C Tod Schreck (31-R .162-37-0-2-.441) 9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .190-58-0-6-.424) 2 time All-Star Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 70 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 8 MPH wind blowing left to right. Attendance: 23,369 Top of the First: Dave Edwards fouls out to 1st. Butch Nelson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... Only the 9th unintentional walk Nelson has drawn this season. Roger Rojas swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet lines a hit to right. Larry Sinchak grounds a double play ball to short, but Dave Edwards boots it! Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to center and Bouvet beats the throw to the plate! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Austin walks on 4 pitches to load the bases up with no outs. Woody Griesbach lines out hard to short and they double Schottler off at 2nd... Dave Lesley swings at the first pitch and flies out to right... Top of the Second: With 2 outs, Lee Dukes hits a home run to left... Tie Game: 1 to 1. Bottom of the Fifth: With 1 out, Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left and steals 2nd. Larry Sinchak walks on 4 pitches and we pull off a double steal! Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to center and both runners score! CF Mark Saylor's throw is errant, allowing Schottler to take 2nd. 3 to 1, Beavers! With 2 outs, Woody Griesbach triples to center and Schottler scores! 4 to 1, Beavers! Dave Lesley grounds an 0-2 pitch to center for a hit and Griesbach scores! 5 to 1, Beavers! P Mike Nackley's day is done. New Pitcher: Bob Martz (25-R). Rookie with a 5.85 ERA in 32.1 IP. PH Bob Draper lines out to left. He'll stay in to play right and Woody Griesbach will move to left. Top of the Sixth: Butch Nelson draws another walk! C'mon, Don! Roger Rojas grounds into a force at 2nd, 5-4. Bob Welch pops out to 1st. Mike Fahy pops out to short! Top of the Seventh: Dennis Webb is in to catch. Lee Dukes leads off with a single. Mark Saylor draws a 4 pitch walk and we get the Bullpen up. Mark Wark strikes out! PH Manny Rivera (29-R), who is 6 for 58 (.103), takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 1 out. Call to the Bullpen: Barry Chapman (27-R), in his first game as a Beaver since July 19. Dave Edwards strikes out! 2 down. Full count to Butch Nelson.... If he gets his 3rd walk of the day, there will be hell to pay.... He swings at the payoff pitch and strikes out!!! Top of the Eighth: With 1 out, Bob Welch doubles to center and Mike Fahy lines a hit to left. The Bullpen is up. Well, not the Bullpen, but Dave Perez, the only semi-fresh arm in it. Lee Dukes lines out hard to left and Welch holds at 3rd. Mark Saylor grounds out to 2nd! Bottom of the Eighth: On the Hill: Oscar Soto (30-R), beginning his second inning of work after a scoreless seventh with only his own error marring his performance. Dave Lesley doubles to center. With 1 out, Dennis Webb takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. A wild pitch moves the runners up. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) walks to load the bases up with 1 out. Paul Bouvet draws a walk to force in a run! 6 to 1, Beavers! Omar Flores swings at the first pitch, a big fat one right down the middle, and triples to center!! 3 runs are in!! 9 to 1, Beavers! Jeff Schottler swings at a 3-2 pitch and doubles to the left field corner! Flores scores! 10 to 1, Beavers! We have scored 10 runs in a game 6 times this season; we have not scored 11... Omar Soto is relieved. New Pitcher: Joe Thomas (30-L) with a 4.93 ERA. Jeff Austin grounds out to short. 2 outs. Down to our last chance to score more than 10 in a game.... Woody Griesbach grounds a hit to center and Schottler scores without a throw!!! 11 to 1, Beavers! That ties our all-time mark! We scored 11 twice last year. Dave Lesley, who started us out this inning, ends it for us with a strike out... Won - 11 to 1 We had 12 hits and made no errors San Diego had 7 hits and made 4 errors Don Panighetti (W 13-8) went 6.1 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 6. RHP Barry Chapman (H 6) went 1.2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 2. LHP Dave Perez went 1 perfect inning and struck out 2. Mike Nackley (L 13-14) went 4.2 innings, gave us 5 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and a walk, stole 2 bases, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. That is 3 straight 2 hit games.... Can we hope that the Slump is over? It would be real nice to have him hot for the playoffs. PH/3B Omar Flores his a triple, scored a run and had 3 RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 4 hits with 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBI. RF/LF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits with a triple, scored a run and had 2 RBI. SS Dave Lesley had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. PH/C Dennis Webb had a hit and a walk and scored a run. PH Gordon Saunderson drew a walk and scored a run.

06-13-2019, 06:59 PM	#492
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Thursday, September 19, Year II San Diego Padres (81-71 .533 15 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (96-56 .632 in 1st place in the PCL West) SD: Morgan Wilson (29-R 4-3 4.04) vs. POR: Angel Gaspar (24-R 12-7 3.08) Rookie We are 2-0 against Wilson, scoring 8 runs in 10.2 IP. After winning 7 starts in a row, Gaspar lost his last one, but did not allow an earned run in 7.2 innings. He only allowed 4 hits, but 2 unearned runs did him in. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) SAN DIEGO 1: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .163-49-0-1-.421) 2: 3B Mike Fahy (31-L .309-550-12-63-.794) All-Star (Year I) 3: 2B Roger Rojas (25-R .239-539-12-56-.673) 4: 1B Otis Smith (34-L .263-410-27-91-.885) All-Star 5: RF Bob Welch (37-R .252-270-7-33-.733) 6: LF David Shropshire (31-L .239-422-20-61-.754) 7: C Lee Dukes (34-R .234-350-6-39-.646) 8: CF Dave Miller (30-L .297-91-2-13-.831) 9: P Morgan Wilson (29-L .111-27-0-2-.278) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .291-453-10-67-.788) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .297-209-2-22-.733) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .259-424-6-44-.684) WS MVP 4: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .287-115-4-21-.849) 5: LF Bob Draper (23-L .285-277-8-41-.765) Rookie 6: 1B Larry Sinchak (31-R .285-221-1-14-.687) 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .262-321-6-27-.708) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .264-405-5-40-.706) 9: P Angel Gaspar (24-R .133-60-0-0-.314) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 21,868 Top of the First: Dave Edwards grounds a 3-2 pitch into left for a hit. Mike Fahy loops a hit to right and Edwards goes to 3rd without a throw. Roger Rojas swings at the first pitch and flies out to right and Edwards holds at 3rd. But he does not hold when C Dennis Webb lets a ball get by him... 1 to 0, Padres. Passed Ball. Otis Smith doubles down the left field line and Fahy scores. 2 to 0, Padres. Bob Welch homers to left center.... 4 to 0, Padres. David Shropshire draws a walk... Yes, yes, Christy, I am getting the Bullpen up... Lee Dukes flies out to right. Dave Miller flies out to right. Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet lines a hit to left. Dennis Webb grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Jeff Schottler strikes out. Gordon Saunderson grounds out to 2nd... Bottom of the Third: Paul Bouvet leads off with a single and Dennis Webb reaches on an error by 2B Roger Rojas. Jeff Schottler draws a walk to load the bases up with nobody out. Gordon Saunderson swings at the first pitch and lines out to center and Bouvet tags up and beats the throw to the plate. 4 to 1, Padres. Bob Draper walks on 4 pitches to load the bases back up. Larry Sinchak flies out to right and Webb scores. 4 to 2, Padres. Schottler moves from 2nd to 3rd. Omar Flores grounds out to short. Bottom of the Fourth: With 2 outs, Paul Bouvet singles and steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when the catcher throws the ball away. Dennis Webb lines a hit to right center and Bouvet scores! 4 to 3, Padres. Jeff Schottler lifts a single to left center. Gordon Saunderson flies out to shallow center. Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Don Hook (31-R), their closer. 4-3 with a 1.57 ERA and 36 SV. 2 of his 3 losses are to us. Dennis Webb lines out to 2nd. Jeff Schottler grounds out to the pitcher... Gordon Saunderson takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Bob Draper grounds out to 2nd... Lost - 4 to 3 We had 8 hits and made no errors San Diego had 5 hits and made 2 errors Angel Gaspar (L 12-8) went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 home run, 3 walks and struck out 3. RHP Jorge Reyna went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 2 walks and struck out 3. LHP Mitch Dowdell went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 4. Morgan Wilson (W 5-3) went 6 innings, gave us 3 runs (2 earned), 7 hits, 5 walks (1 INT) and struck out 2. He threw a WP. Don Hook (SV 37) pitched a scoreless 9th and gave us 1 walk. 2B Paul Bouvet had 4 hits, stole 2 bases and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley had a hit and 2 walks (1 INT). San Francisco lost at home, 1 to 0, in 10 innings to Seattle and that makes our Year II PCL West Division Championship official...

06-14-2019, 12:09 PM	#493
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, September 20, Year II The Oakland Oaks are in town to play a 3 game series over the weekend to close out our home schedule for this season. They just split a pair in Los Angeles. We are 10-2 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time the were in Portland, June 10-12. The Oaks are 11th in scoring in the PCL with 3.43 runs per game (Portland is tied for #4 with 4.24). They are 5th in fewest runs allowed with 3.96 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.13). Oakland Oaks (65-88 .425 31 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (96-57 .627 in 1st place in the PCL West) OAK: Tony Jimenez (23-L 3-4 2.61) Rookie vs. POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 5-3 3.05) Rookie Jimenez does not throw hard (89 MPH), but is deceptive and strikes a lot of batters out. 7.7 per 9 innings, so far. We have never faced him. Hagans was so-so in his last outing, allowing 3 runs and 7 hits in 6 innings, but got the win. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) OAKLAND 1: RF Dick Hoagland (32-L .253-360-13-41-.751) 2: SS Don Wright (25-R .254-71-1-10-.612) Rookie 3: 1B Norm Wynne (26-R .227-476-15-61-.734) 4: C Luis Cid (23-L .264-269-2-19-.674) Rookie 5: 3B Antonio Mata (28-R .251-371-6-34-.636) 6: CF Stan Baker (33-R .223-215-4-23-.624) 7: LF Rodrigo Cano (29-S .259-85-0-10-.685) 8: 2B Avery Shular (30-R .239-339-3-30-.612) 9: P Tony Jimenez (23-L .235-17-0-1-.471) Rookie PORTLAND 1: LF Rollie Ferree (29-R .397-78-0-11-.967) Rookie 2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .287-223-1-15-.688) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .259-428-6-44-.683) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .258-573-22-88-.750) 5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .266-327-9-35-.760) Rookie 6: 2B Dave Lesley (27-R .265-407-5-40-.711) 7: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .183-241-4-32-.513) Gold Glove 8: C Tod Schreck (31-R .154-39-0-2-.421) 9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .242-33-0-2-.606) Rookie Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 69 F, Clear Skies, with a 19 MPH wind blowing right to left. Attendance: 25,643 Top of the First: Dick Hoagland swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Don Wright doubles to left. Norm Wynne takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4... They pull off a double steal... Luis Cid lines a 1-2 pitch to center for a hit and both runners score... 2 to 0, Oaks. Antonio Mata lines out to center and Jeff Schottler doubles Cid off at 1st! Bottom of the First: Rollie Ferree walks on 4 pitches. Larry Sinchak lines out to 1st and they double off Ferree... Jeff Schottler lines an 0-2 pitch to left center for a hit. Jeff Austin hits a home run to left center!! Tie game: 2 to 2. That is his first home run in almost a month (August 27). Woody Griesbach strikes out. Top of the Second: With 1 out, Rodrigo Cano lines a hit to right. He goes to 2nd on a wild pitch, to 3rd on a ground out, and scores on a wild pitch... 3 to 2, Oaks. Bottom of the Fifth: Eddie Thomas leads off with a walk. Tod Schreck lines a rare hit to center and Thomas beats the throw to 3rd. P Brian Hagans bunts Schreck to 2nd. Rollie Ferree grounds out to 3rd and Thomas scores to tie the game at 3 all. Larry Sinchak strikes out... Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Antonio Mata grounds a single to left. Stan Baker doubles to center and Mata stops at 3rd. The Bullpen is up. We walk Rodrigo Cano to load the bases up with no outs... Avery Shular strikes out. Call to the Bullpen: Dave Perez (24-L). P Tony Jimenez, who is pretty good hitter for a pitcher, strikes out! Top of the Seventh: Dick Hoagland leads off with a home run to right center... 4 to 3, Oaks. Call to the Bullpen: Barry Chapman (27-R). Don Wright grounds a hit to center... Norm Wynne flies out to the wall in left center and Wright tags up and makes it to 2nd. Luis Cid lines out to left. Antonio Mata grounds out to short. Top of the Eighth: P Barry Chapman strikes out the side in order. Bottom of the Eighth: PH Paul Bouvet (26-R) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Rollie Ferree bunts him to 2nd. Larry Sinchak doubles down the right field line and Bouvet scores to tie the game at 4! Jeff Schottler swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to center. Sinchak heads home and beats the throw! Schottler takes 2nd. 5 to 4, Beavers! P Tony Jimenez is relieved. New Pitcher: Mark Maloney (35-R), who has not allowed a run this season, but has only pitched 4 innings. Only 1 hit allowed. Jeff Austin swings at the first pitch and doubles to right! Schottler scores! 6 to 4, Beavers! They walk Woody Griesbach intentionally. We pull down Dave Lesley and send up Bob Draper (23-L). He grounds out to 1st, 3-1, and the runners move up. Eddie Thomas takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load the bases up with 2 outs. Tod Schreck is pulled down and Gordon Saunderson (27-L) is sent up. He swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out... Won - 6 to 4 We had 7 hits and made no errors Oakland had 10 hits and made no errors Brian Hagans went 5.2 innings, allowed 3 runs, 8 hits, 2 walks (1 INT) and struck out 5. He threw 2 WP. 100 pitches. LHP Dave Perez faced 2 batters and have up 1 run, 1 hit, a home run and struck out 1. RHP Barry Chapman (W 5-3) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 3. RHP Don Schmidt (SV 22) pitched a perfect 9th. 6 pitches. Tony Jimenez (L 3-5) went 7.1 innings, gave us 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit. 3B Larry Sinchak hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. CF Jeff Schottler had 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. 1B Jeff Austin hit a double and his 23rd home run of the season, drew a walk and had 3 RBI. SS Eddie Thomas drew 2 walks and scored a run. PH Paul Bouvet drew a walk and scored a run.

06-14-2019, 02:02 PM	#494
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, September 21, Year II Oakland Oaks (65-89 .422 32 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (97-57 .630 in 1st place in the PCL West) OAK: Johnny White (31-R 10-11 3.38) Rookie vs. POR: Frank Martin (27-R 10-7 3.15) We are 3-0 when facing White this season, but he had only 1 bad game. Twice he went 8 innings. Martin gave up 4 runs and 8 hits in 5 innings his last time out, but escaped with a no decision. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) OAKLAND 1: RF Dick Hoagland (32-L .255-365-14-42-.760) 2: SS Don Wright (25-R .263-76-1-10-.638) Rookie 3: LF Dave Schoenfeld (29-R .257-210-6-33-.704) 4: 1B Norm Wynne (26-R .225-479-15-61-.730) 5: 3B Antonio Mata (28-R .251-375-6-34-.635) 6: C Luis Cid (23-L .264-273-2-21-.671) Rookie 7: CF Bob Waln (34-R .211-332-7-32-.601) 8: 2B Avery Shular (30-R .236-343-3-30-.605) 9: P Johnny White (30-R .016-62-0-0-.048) Rookie 1 for 62 with 41 SO PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .297-458-10-67-.797) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .294-214-2-23-.725) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .262-432-6-45-.686) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .260-576-23-91-.761) 5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .277-119-4-22-.824) 6: LF Bob Draper (23-L .281-281-8-41-.759) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .258-325-6-27-.699) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .266-410-5-40-.710) 9: P Frank Martin (26-R .023-43-0-2-.149) 1 for 43 with 26 SO This has to be the matchup with the two worst hitting pitchers ever! Martin's one hit was a double, so he is twice as good as White! Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: 71 F, Partly Cloudy, with an 18 MPH wind blowing in from left. Attendance: 26,895 Top of the First: Dick Hoagland grounds out to 2nd. Don Wright swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Dave Schoenfeld drives one to deep left center, but CF Jeff Schottler makes a great diving catch!! 1-2-3! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet lines a hit to center. He steals 2nd. Dennis Webb lines a hit just over the second baseman. Bouvet only goes to 3rd because he had to wait to make sure it got past the infielder. White balks and Bouvet scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Schottler draws a walk. Jeff Austin ground a hit to right and Webb heads home. RF Dick Hoagland throws the ball away for an error and runners are now at 2nd and 3rd. 2 to 0, Beavers! Gordon Saunderson lines a hit to left and both runners score! 4 to 0, Beavers! LF Dick Schoenfeld hurt himself making the throw and Norm Wynne, who was at 1st, goes out to left and Rodrigo Cano (29-S) comes in to play 1st. Bob Draper grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6, and we finally make an out. Omar Flores lines out to 2nd and they double Draper off at 1st. Top of the Second: With 1 out, Antonio Mata singles and goes to 3rd on a hit by Luis Cid. Bob Waln pops out to 2nd. Avery Shular grounds out to 2nd! Top of the Third: With 1 out, Dick Hoagland draws a walk and Don Wright singles. Rodrigo Cano skies one a mile high to shallow right for out #2. Norm Wynne draws a walk to load the bases up. Antonio Mata grounds out to 3rd! Bottom of the Third: Gordon Saunderson hits a 2 out double to center, but Bob Draper flies out to right. Top of the Fourth: Dick Hoagland walks on 4 pitches... With 2 outs, Norm Wynne doubles to right center to score the run... 4 to 1, Beavers. Antonio Mata then blasts one to left into the teeth of a strong breeze and Bob Draper catches it at the wall! Bottom of the Sixth: Who would have bet on P Johnny White still being in the game in the sixth inning? After allowing the first 5 batters of the game to reach base, he has settled down and only allowed 1 per inning since. With 1 out, Omar Flores beats out an infield hit. Dave Lesley draws a walk. P Frank Martin, already at 104 pitches is pulled down. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) lines a hit to left and Flores scores! 5 to 1, Beavers. That sends P Johnny White off to the clubhouse. New Pitcher: Bob Buie (23-K), a rookie, who in only 10 days with the club, is already 2-0 with a 1.54 ERA in 11.2 IP. Paul Bouvet pops out to 2nd. 2 outs. PH Rollie Ferree (29-R) is sent in to hit for Dennis Webb. He flies out to deep center. Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Dave Perez (24-L). Rollie Ferree stays in to play left and Woody Griesbach stays in to play right. Phil Parker is in to catch. Dick Hoagland grounds a hit to center. Don Wright doubles to right and we get the Pen back up. Rodrigo Cano grounds a hit to left and Hoagland scores. 5 to 2, Beavers. Norm Wynne grounds one to 2nd and Paul Bouvet boots it... Wright scores. 5 to 3, Beavers. Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Eddie Thomas comes in to play short in a double switch that gains us 2 whole batting spots. PH Dave Russell (28-L) flies out down the right field line. That's the first out. Luis Cid walks on 4 pitches to load the bases. PH Ed Monaghan (34-L), who is 2 for 20 (.100), grounds a hit to right and Cano scores... 5 to 4, Beavers. Avery Shular plunks one down in front of the plate and C Phil Parker gets a rare unassisted putout on a groundball, but cannot get a double play... 2 outs. PH Jackie Roberts (33-R), batting .156 in 77 AB (up from .118 last year), grounds out to the pitcher! Bottom of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Jesus Cardenas (25-L), another rookie who has only been on the club 8 days, but is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA in 7 IP with only 2 hits allowed and 7 SO. Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to center. He steals 2nd. They walk Jeff Austin intentionally. Double steal, anyone? No... Phil Parker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play and Schottler goes to 3rd. Eddie Thomas grounds out to the pitcher. Top of the Eighth: Dick Hoagland walks for the third time today, but Don Wright grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Rodrigo Cano lines out to center. Bottom of the Eighth: PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) lines a hit to center and PH Tod Schreck (31-R), the last batter on the bench, bunts him to 2nd. Woody Griesbach lines a hit to center and Sinchak scores without a throw! 6 to 4, Beavers! Paul Bouvet and Rollie Ferree both ground out. Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). Larry Sinchak stays in to play 3rd. With 2 outs, Luis Cid strikes out and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 6 to 4 We had 11 hits and made 1 error Oakland had 9 hits and made 1 error Frank Martin (W 11-7) went 6 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. 104 pitches. LHP Dave Perez did not get a batter out. He allowed 3 runs and 3 hits. RHP Jorge Reyna (H 9) pitched 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hit and 2 walks. LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 11) pitched a perfect 9th with 1 strikeout. Johnny White (L 10-12) went 5.1 innings, gave us 5 runs, 8 hits, 4 walks and struck out 1. He balked and threw a WP. 1B Jeff Austin had 2 hits and a walk (INT), stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Gordon Saunderson had 2 hits with a double and 2 RBI. PH/3B Larry Sinchak had a hit and scored a run. PH/RF Woody Griesbach went 2 for 2 with 2 RBI. For the Oaks, RF Dick Hoagland had a hit and 3 walks and scored a run. The Oaks announced that Dave Schoenfeld had pulled a muscle in his abdomen and would not play again this season. It will take him about 3 weeks to recover, they estimate.

06-14-2019, 06:32 PM	#495
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Sunday, September 22, Year II Fan Appreciation Day The final regular season home game of Year II Because without you, our loyal fans, we are just some old guy sitting in his underwear in the dark playing a computer game.... Oakland Oaks (65-90 .419 33 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) at Portland Beavers (98-57 .632 in 1st place in the PCL West) OAK: Pete McKendrick (27-R 6-8 3.36) Rookie vs. POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 9-1 2.45) McKendrick is pitching on short rest. We beat him both times we faced him, but he pitched 1 good game, giving us 3 runs and 6 hits in 7 IP. Grigg is still bothered by back stiffness, but he says he can go. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) OAKLAND 1: RF Dick Hoagland (32-L .256-367-14-42-.766) 2: SS Don Wright (25-R .272-81-1-10-.660) Rookie 3: 1B Dave Russell (28-L .247-194-6-18-.663) 4: LF Norm Wynne (26-R .226-483-15-63-.732) 5: 3B Antonio Mata (28-R .251-378-6-34-.635) 6: C Luis Cid (23-L .264-277-2-21-.671) Rookie 7: CF Bob Waln (34-R .210-334-7-32-.600) 8: 2B Avery Shular (30-R .236-347-3-30-.603) 9: P Pete McKendrick (27-L .103-29-0-1-.241) Rookie PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .297-462-10-67-.796) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .295-217-2-23-.724) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .262-435-6-45-.687) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-579-23-92-.765) 5: RF Bob Draper (23-L .278-284-8-41-.752) Rookie 6: LF Woody Griesbach (24-R .268-332-9-37-.763) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .259-328-6-27-.699) Rookie 8: SS Eddie Thomas (26-R .180-244-4-32-.513) Gold Glove 9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .175-40-0-2-.365) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Skydome Weather: Roof Closed Attendance: 24,372 Top of the First: Dick Hoagland lines out to right. Don Wright grounds out to short. Dave Russell swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to right. Norm Wynne grounds out to short! Bottom of the First: Paul Bouvet triples to left center! Dennis Webb lines a hit to right and Bouvet scores! 1 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Schottler nubs one in front of the plate and they get the force at 2nd, 2-6. Jeff Austin grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. He steals 2nd. That is his 40th theft of the season. Bob Draper grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Top of the Third: With 1 out, P Pete McKendrick doubles to center... But Dick Hoagland grounds out to short and Don Wright strikes out! Top of the Sixth: After getting the 3rd out, P Bob Grigg comes to the dugout and says his back is hurting... Top of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). With 2 outs, Bob Waln draws a 4 pitch walk... But Avery Shular grounds out to 1st, unassisted! Top of the Eighth: They go down in order, the last two striking out! Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Rob Daigle (30-L) with a 2.45 ERA in 62.1 IP. With 1 out, PH Rollie Ferree (29-R) draws a rare walk for him. Paul Bouvet grounds a single to left. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) lines out to left. Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to right and Ferree beats the throw to the plate! 2 to 0, Beavers! Jeff Austin grounds a hit to center and the bases are loaded with 2 outs. PH Dave Lesley (27-R) grounds out to 2nd... Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Rollie Ferree stays in to play left and Woody Griesbach moves to right. Phil Parker is in to catch. Dave Russell leads off with a 4 pitch walk... Norm Wynne grounds a 2-2 pitch to center for a hit... Antonio Mata lines out to 3rd and Omar Flores fires to 2nd to double off Dave Russell!! Luis Cid lines one to right and Woody Griesbach charges in and makes a running catch and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers!! Won - 2 to 0 Sweep! We had 7 hits and made 1 error Oakland had 5 hits and made 1 error Bob Grigg (W 10-1) went 6 shutout innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. LHP Lou Hertzberg (H 6) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2. RHP Don Schmidt (SV 23) pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 hit and 1 walk. Pete McKendrick (L 6-9) went 6.2 innings, gave us 1 run, 4 hits, no walks and struck out no one. At bat, he hit a double. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits with a triple and scored a run. That is 16 triples as a Beaver and 18 overall on the season. He only has 6 doubles as a Beaver. SS Eddie Thomas hit a double. PH Rollie Ferree drew a walk and scored a run. For the Oaks, we did not get David Russell out at bat. He went 2 for 2 with 2 walks. Pepe says Bob Grigg's back is no big deal and he ought to be 100% for his next start! For the season, we drew 1,819,273 fans. Not a great number for a 2 time division winning club, but up from last year's 1,666,706. Boston leads Baseball with 2.8 million. This team had been a loser so long that I think there just are not that many baseball fans left. If we can keep up the winning, they will come...

06-14-2019, 06:57 PM	#496
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, September 23, Year II Monday Morning Report NL Player of the Week - Tom Rosenthal, LF, Pittsburgh (24-L .310/.395/.460) Had 12 hits with 3 2B, 3 HR, 5 BB, 1 SO, 8 R and 11 RBI in 6 G PCL Player of the Week - Paul Bouvet, 2B, Portland (26-R .310/.368/.458) Had 13 hits with 0 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 BB, 1 SO, 7 SB, 0 CS, 11 R and 4 RBI in 7 G (6 GS) (2nd PoW this season; 4th of career) (Slash lines are for the season, not the week) September 16 - Jim Stroughter (32-R) of Pittsburgh pitched a 1 hit shutout at home versus St. Louis. He walked 2 and struck out 9. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 16-11 with a 4.02 ERA in 32 starts. The Pirates won, 7 to 0. The hit was a leadoff double in the 2nd. September 17 - Lee Redden (29-R) of San Francisco pitched a 1 hit shutout at Oakland. He did not walk a batter and struck out 6. He is now 8-4 with a 3.25 ERA in 14 starts (32 G and 1 SV). The Seals won, 3 to 0. September 17 - 2B Rick Duckworth (26-R) of Baltimore hit a double and a home run, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI at home versus Boston. The Orioles won, 8 to 7, in 11 innings. September 18 - 1B Marcos Barron (33-R) of San Francisco had 3 hits including a Grand Slam and a walk and 5 RBI at home versus Seattle. Barron's Grand Slam came in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out, but did not end the game. The Seals needed to more runs after that, but they got them and won, 9 to 8. LF Randy Hobson (26-L) of Seattle hit a double and a home run, drew a walk, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBI. September 18 - 2B Pablo Mateo (24-R) of Chicago had 4 hits with 2 doubles and 4 RBI at Cincinnati. The Cubs won, 6 to 0. September 20 - Jeff Groves (29-L) of Cleveland pitched a 3 hit shutout at Cincinnati. He walked 1 and struck out 9. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 16-9 with a 3.44 ERA in 34 starts. The Indians won, 6 to 0. September 21 - Tom LaForce (30-R) of Milwaukee pitched a 3 hit shutout at home versus Kansas City. He walked 2 and struck out 4. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 8-14 with a 4.86 ERA. The Brewers win, 9 to 0. Dallas could not take advantage of this lapse by the Royals; they lost at Minnesota, 9 to 2. September 21 - Dave Ibarra (29-R) of Los Angeles pitched a 4 hit shutout at San Francisco. He did not walk a batter and struck out 4. It is his 2nd shutout of the season. He is now 13-12 with a 3.03 ERA. The Angels won, 2 to 0. September 22 - For the second day in a row, both leading contenders for the PCL East Division crown lose lopsided games. Kansas City is pummeled , 10 to 4, by Milwaukee and Dallas is humiliated, 9 to 1, by Minnesota. Dallas outhit Minnesota, 10 to 9 and only allowed 2 walks and made 1 error.

06-14-2019, 09:29 PM	#497
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, September 23, Year II We are on the road for the final week of the season and start with 3 games in sunny San Diego. They were just swept in three games at Seattle. They won on September 1, but are 2-17 since, though 1 of those 2 wins was against us. We are 12-3 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time we were here, May 31-June 2. The Padres are 8th in scoring in the PCL with 3.89 runs per game (Portland is #5 with 4.25). They are 6th in fewest runs allowed with 4.04 per game (Portland is #1 with 3.12). Portland Beavers (99-57 .635 in 1st place in the PCL West) at San Diego Padres (82-74 .526 17 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) POR: Don Panighetti (26-L 13-8 2.77) 2 time All-Star vs. SD: Mike Nackley (28-L 13-14 3.36) PCL CY 2 time All-Star These two pitchers faced off last week and we won, 11 to 1. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .298-466-10-67-.802) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: 3B Larry Sinchak (31-R .288-229-1-16-.692) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .262-439-6-46-.686) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .262-583-23-92-.763) 5: RF Woody Griesbach (24-R .269-335-9-37-.762) Rookie 6: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .265-412-5-40-.710) 7: LF Rollie Ferree (29-R .378-82-0-12-.931) Rookie 8: C Phil Parker (28-S .263-57-0-6-.662) 9: P Don Panighetti (26-R .180-61-0-6-.403) 2 time All-Star SAN DIEGO 1: LF Butch Nelson (26-R .246-272-6-30-.644) 2: CF Mark Saylor (25-S .286-84-4-12-.774) 3: 2B Roger Rojas (25-R .236-551-12-56-.667) 4: RF Bop Welch (37-R .249-281-8-36-.737) 5: 3B Mike Fahy (31-L .305-564-12-63-.783) All-Star (Year I) 6: C John Pauley (26-R .197-208-5-14-.564) 7: 1B Otis Smith (34-L .265-419-27-93-.889) All-Star 8: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .175-63-0-1-.446) 9: P Mike Nackley (28-L .056-71-0-2-.150) PCL CY 2 time All-Star Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium Weather: 86 F, Clear Skies, with a 15 MPH wind blowing right to left. Attendance: 16,365 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet grounds out to 2nd. Larry Sinchak takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Jeff Schottler swings at the first pitch and grounds into a 4-6-3 double play... Bottom of the First: Butch Nelson pops out to shallow right. Mark Saylor jumps on the first pitch and hits a home run to right... 1 to 0, Padres. Roger Rojas lines a hit to left. He tries to steal 2nd, but C Phil Parker guns him down! Bob Welch pops out to 2nd. Bottom of the Second: With 2 outs, Otis Smith, batting seventh because he can't hit lefties, hits a home run to right... 2 to 0, Padres. It is only his 2nd home run of the season off a lefty. 26 against right-handers. Bottom of the Third: P Mike Nackley, batting .056, leads off with a hit to center... Butch Nelson lines a hit to left and we get the Bullpen up. Mark Saylor grounds into a force at 2nd, 1-6. Roger Rojas lines a hit to right and Nackley scores. 3 to 0, Padres. Bob Welch grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. Mike Fahy flies out to center. They have scored in every inning and we have 1 total base runner... Top of the Fifth: We finally get our second base runner when Woody Griesbach leads off with a triple to left center! Dave Lesley grounds a hit past the shortstop and Griesbach scores. 3 to 1, Padres. Rollie Ferree bunts Lesley to 2nd.... really, Rollie? You bunt him to 2nd with 2 automatic outs on deck? Is that you or one of our coaches being stupid? Phil Parker swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out. Don Panighetti grounds a hit to right and Lesley scores. Shut up, Christy....just because it worked does not mean it still wasn't stupid.... Wait! Christy! I'm sorry, I didn't been for YOU to shut up! Come back!.... 3 to 2, Padres. Paul Bouvet lines out to short. Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out, Bob Welch takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Mike Fahy grounds a hit to right and Welch beats the throw to 3rd. We get the Bullpen back up. John Pauley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play! Top of the Seventh: Dave Lesley grounds a hit to right and again Rollie Ferree bunts him to 2nd... Phil Parker grounds a hit to right and Lesley scores with a throw to tie the game at 3 all!! PH Tod Schreck (31-R) grounds into a 1-6-3 double play... Bottom of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). With 1 out, Dave Edwards draws a walk. They let P Mike Nackley bat. Edwards steals 2nd. Nackley swings at a 3-2 pitch and pops out to short. Butch Nelson nubs one in front of the plate and gets thrown out by C Phil Parker! Top of the Eighth: Paul Bouvet leads off with a grounder up the middle for a hit. Larry Sinchak lines out to right and Jeff Schottler grounds into a force at 2nd, 4-6. Jeff Austin grounds a hit to right and Schottler takes 3rd. Woody Griesbach swings at a 3-2 pitch and strikes out... Bottom of the Eighth: They go down in order with 2 strikeouts! Top of the Ninth: Dave Lesley leads off with a double over the center fielder's head! They walk Rollie Ferree intentionally and then make a pitching change. New Pitcher: Don Hook (31-R), their closer with a 1.54 ERA. 4-3 with 37 SV. 2 of the losses are against us, though he has only allowed us 1 earned run in 9 IP. 2 of the saves are against us and they only have 3 wins against us (so far). Phil Parker is pulled down and Gordon Saunderson (27-L) is sent up. He is chosen, in preference to Bob Draper, because he is a fly ball hitter and less likely to ground into a double play... He grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.... Lesley goes to 3rd. Now PH Bob Draper (23-L) is sent up there. He swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Don Schmidt (27-R). Draper stays in to play left and Dennis Webb is in to catch. They go down in order with 2 strikeouts, including Otis Smith batting against a right-hander! Extras! Top of the Tenth: Paul Bouvet leads off with a grounder to left for a hit. He gets thrown out stealing by new C Lee Dukes (34-R)... And we are done. Bottom of the Tenth: PH Ernesto Najarro (23-L) sends one to the warning track in center, but it is caught. PH David Shropshire (31-L), who has 20 HR on the year, swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 3rd. Butch Nelson grounds out to the pitcher! Top of the Eleventh: New Pitcher: Buddy Werner (36-L) with a 1.62 ERA in 33.1 IP. We go down in order with 2 strikeouts.... Bottom of the Eleventh: They go down in order! Top of the Twelfth: We go down in order with 2 more strikeouts, one of them by P Don Schmidt, who was allowed to hit. Bottom of the Twelfth: They go down 1-2-3, including Otis Smith! Top of the Thirteenth: New Pitcher: Oscar Soto (30-R) with a 3.08 ERA in 61.1 IP. Paul Bouvet grounds a hit to left. Bouvet heads for 2nd on a steal attempt, but they have a pitchout called. Last time, C Lee Dukes threw him out with no pitchout on and this time he does not throw him out! Larry Sinchak swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to 2nd and Bouvet goes to 3rd. Jeff Schottler up with the infield in. But having the infield in cannot stop a wild pitch!! Bouvet scores! 4 to 3, Beavers! Schottler grounds out to short and Jeff Austin grounds out to 1st, unassisted. Bottom of the Thirteenth: P Don Schmidt has thrown 41 pitches. The Bullpen (Jorge Reyna and Dave Perez are ready). With 1 out, 3B Manny Rivera (29-R), batting .131 (8 for 61), grounds a hit to left... When Butch Nelson draws a 4 pitch walk, we make a Call to the Bullpen: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Omar Flores is in to play 3rd in a double switch. Mark Saylor strikes out looking!! Roger Rojas grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 4 to 3 in 13 innings Win #100! We had 12 hits and made no errors San Diego had 8 hits and made no errors Don Panighetti went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 1 walk and did not strike out anyone. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. LHP Mitch Dowdell went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2. RHP Don Schmidt (W 12-4) went 4.1 scoreless innings, allowed 1 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. RHP Jorge Reyna (SV 5) faced 2 batters and got them both out with 1 strikeout. Mike Nackley went 8+ innings, gave us 3 runs, 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. Oscar Soto (L 3-1) pitched 1 inning, gave us 1 run and 1 hit. He threw a very costly WP. 2B Paul Bouvet had 3 hits, stole a base and scored a run. 1B Jeff Austin had 2 hits. RF Woody Griesbach hit a triple and scored a run. SS Dave Lesley had 4 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had an RBI.

06-15-2019, 01:12 PM	#498
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, September 24, Year II Portland Beavers (100-57 .637 in 1st place in the PCL West) at San Diego Padres (82-75 .522 18 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) POR: Angel Gaspar (24-R 12-8 3.19) Rookie vs. SD: Morgan Wilson (29-R 5-3 3.97) These two pitchers faced off last week and we lost, 4 to 3. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .301-472-10-67-.805) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .294-221-2-24-.720) 3: LF Bob Draper (23-L .273-289-8-41-.739) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-589-23-92-.762) 5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .285-123-4-24-.837) 6: CF Woody Griesbach (24-R .268-340-9-37-.763) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .257-331-6-27-.693) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .271-417-5-41-.722) 9: P Angel Gaspar (24-R .129-62-0-0-.304) Rookie SAN DIEGO 1: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .169-65-0-1-.444) 2: CF Mark Saylor (25-S .278-90-5-13-.778) 3: 2B Roger Rojas (25-R .237-557-12-57-.667) 4: CF Ernesto Najarro (23-L .267-416-8-43-.678) 5: 1B Otis Smith (34-L .264-424-28-94-.890) All-Star 6: LF David Shropshire (31-L .234-435-20-61-.739) 7: C Lee Dukes (34-R .235-361-6-39-.651) 8: 3B Manny Rivera (29-R .145-62-1-5-.435) 9: P Morgan Wilson (29-L .103-29-0-2-.260) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium Weather: 74 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing in from right. Attendance: 12,903 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet walks on 4 pitches. Dennis Webb grounds into a 4-6-3 double play... Bob Draper lines a hit to left. Jeff Austin grounds out to short. Bottom of the First: Dave Edwards grounds out to 3rd. Mark Saylor strikes out! Roger Rojas grounds out to short! 1-2-3! Bottom of the Second: Ernesto Najarro jumps on the first pitch and hits a home run to right... 1 to 0, Padres. Top of the Third: With 1 out, P Angel Gaspar grounds a hit to right. Paul Bouvet lines a hit to left. Dennis Webb grounds into a force at 2nd, 3-6, and Gaspar goes to 3rd. Bob Draper lines a hit to right and Gaspar scores to tie the game at 1 apiece! Jeff Austin flies out to left to end the inning. Bottom of the Third: With 1 out, Dave Edwards lines a hit to center and then Mark Saylor hits one 439 feet to dead center... 3 to 1, Padres. Roger Rojas takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Ernesto Najarro, who hit a home run last time up, gets beaned.... No fight ensues, though... That's a shame. We get the Bullpen active. Otis Smith hits a moon shot to right that finally comes down about 4 feet past the right field wall... 6 to 1, Padres. David Shropshire beats out an infield hit... Call to the Bullpen: Dave Perez (24-L). He gets an out, but then the hard hitting Manny Rivera (.143) doubles to right and Shropshire scores... 7 to 1, Padres. P Morgan Wilson grounds out to 2nd. Top of the Fourth: Gordon Saunderson and Woody Griesbach lead off with back-to-back singles. Omar Flores swings at a 3-2 pitch and misses... With 2 outs, PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4 to load them up with 2 outs for Paul Bouvet. He grounds a hit to left and 2 runs score. 7 to 3, Padres. Dennis Webb lines out to center. Bottom of the Fourth: New Pitcher: Barry Chapman (27-R). He retires the side in order. Bottom of the Sixth: The amazing Manny Rivera strikes again with a home run to left center.... 8 to 3, Padres. Bottom of the Seventh: Roger Rojas singles and Ernesto Najarro hits his second home run of the game.... 10 to 3, Padres. Hey, Christy! Wanna play Hangman? Lost - 14 to 3 Our worst shellacking of the year and ties for our worst of all time. We lost two games last year, 13 to 2 and 12 to 1, that tie it for run differential. It is the most runs we have ever allowed and the first time we have allowed double digits this season. We allowed 6 home runs, the most ever. 3 was our previous high this season and we had allowed 4 once last year. We had 11 hits and made 1 error San Diego had 13 hits and made no errors Angel Gaspar went 2.1 innings, allowed 7 runs, 5 hits, 3 home runs, 2 walks, 1 HB and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. LHP David Perez got 2 outs and have up a hit. RHP Barry Chapman went 3 innings, allowed 5 runs (3 earned), 4 hits, 2 home runs, 2 walks and struck out 2. RHP Jorge Reyna went 2 innings, allowed 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 1. Morgan Wilson (W 6-3) went 7 innings, gave us 3 runs, 11 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and a walk and 2 RBI. LF Bob Draper had 3 hits and an RBI. 3B Omar Flores had 2 hits. For the Padres, 2B Roger Rojas had hit hits with his 13th home run of the season, drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBI. CF/1B Ernesto Najarro had 3 hits with 2 home runs (10 on the season), was beaned, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI. 1B Otis Smith had 2 hits with his 29th home run, a walk, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI. 3B Manny Rivera, batting .145 in 62 AB coming into this game, hit a double and his 2nd home run and had 3 RBI. Around the League: Kansas City lost at Houston, 5 to 3, and Dallas won at Milwaukee, 6 to 1. The Eagles and Royals are now tied atop the PCL East with 4 games to play. They will not face each other.

06-15-2019, 02:58 PM	#499
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Wednesday, September 25, Year II We sent P Barry Chapman (27-E) back to Vancouver (AAA) and called up P John Alecci (26-R). Portland Beavers (100-58 .633 in 1st place in the PCL West) at San Diego Padres (83-75 .525 17 GB in 3rd place in the PCL West) POR: Brian Hagans (26-R 5-3 3.14) Rookie vs. SD: Javier Reyna (33-R 11-14 3.66) Reyna has lost 4 starts in a row. We are 2-1 when facing him, but hit him well all three times. We scored 16 runs in 17.2 IP. Hagans has had 3 straight iffy games. Not terrible, but not very good. 10 runs allowed in 16.2 IP. He was 1-1 in those games. Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .303-476-10-69-.807) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .293-225-2-24-.717) 3: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .258-446-6-46-.676) WS MVP 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .261-593-23-92-.757) 5: RF Bob Draper (23-L .280-293-8-42-.749) Rookie 6: LF Woody Griesbach (24-R .267-344-9-37-.760) Rookie 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .260-335-6-27-.696) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .268-421-5-41-.716) 9: P Brian Hagans (26-R .235-34-0-2-.588) Rookie SAN DIEGO 1: SS Dave Edwards (32-R .171-70-0-1-.441) 2: 3B Mike Fahy (31-L .305-567-12-63-.782) All-Star (Year I) 3: 1B Otis Smith (34-L .267-427-29-97-.901) All-Star 4: LF David Shropshire (31-L .235-439-20-61-.739) 5: RF Bob Welch (37-R .246-285-8-36-.729) 6: C Lee Dukes (34-R .236-365-6-39-.651) 7: 2B Mark Wark (32-R .146-41-0-2-.393) 8: CF Dave Miller (30-L .281-96-2-13-.789) 9: P Javier Reyna (33-R .130-69-0-1-.302) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium Weather: 77 F, Partly Cloudy, with a 7 MPH wind blowing out to left. Attendance: 15,621 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet swings at the first pitch and grounds out to short. Dennis Webb flies out to left. Jeff Schottler grounds out to the pitcher... Bottom of the First: Dave Edwards grounds a hit past SS Dave Lesley. He heads for 2nd and we have a pitchout called, but C Dave Webb throws the ball into center and Edwards makes it to 3rd... Mike Fahy takes a 3-2 pitch for ball 4. Otis Smith grounds into a 5-4-3 double play and Edwards scores. 1 to 0, Padres. David Shropshire lines out to left. Top of the Second: Jeff Austin grounds a hit right back up the middle and then steals 2nd. Bob Draper swings at a 3-2 pitch and grounds out to short. Woody Griesbach grounds out to short and Austin takes 3rd. Omar Flores strikes out looking... Through six innings, we have 2 hits... Bottom of the Sixth: With 1 out Otis Smith lines a hit to center. David Shropshire grounds out to 1st, unassisted, and Smith goes to 2nd. We walk Bob Welch intentionally. Why? Oh, I see: so Lee Dukes will have an extra RBI when he homers to left center... 4 to 0, Padres. The Bullpen is up. Mark Wark lines a hit to center. Dave Miller grounds out to short. Top of the Seventh: Jeff Schottler strikes out. Jeff Austin strikes out... Bob Draper swings at the first pitch and doubles to right. Woody Griesbach grounds a hit past the shortstop and Draper stops at 3rd. Omar Flores lines a hit to right and Draper scores. 4 to 1, Padres. Dave Lesley hits a 3 run home run to left!!!! Tie game! 4 to 4. PH Gordon Saunderson (27-L) lines a hit to center. Paul Bouvet grounds out to short. Bottom of the Seventh: New Pitcher: Lou Hertzberg (30-L). He gives up a 1 out walk to Dave Edwards, but C Dennis Webb throws him out when he tries to steal! Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Buddy Werner (36-L) with a 1.53 ERA in 35.1 IP. PH Eddie Thomas (26-R) grounds out to short. We could sure use a better right-handed option off the bench... With 2 outs, Jeff Austin doubles to left center. Left-handed hitting Bob Draper is allowed to hit to keep his bat in there for the future. Werner is the only lefty in their pen. Draper strikes out... Bottom of the Eighth: Phil Parker is in to catch. They go down in order with 2 strikeouts! Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Don Hook (31-R), their excellent closer with a 1.50 ERA. Only 3 losses on the year, but 2 have been to us. He also has 2 of his 37 saves against us. Mark Saylor (25-S) is in to play left in a double switch. Woody Griesbach loops a 3-2 pitch just over the head of the shortstop for a hit. Omar Flores bunts him to 2nd. Dave Lesley grounds out to 3rd. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) swings at the first pitch and grounds a hit to left. Griesbach heads home and the throw is late! Sinchak takes 2nd. 5 to 4, Beavers! They walk Paul Bouvet intentionally to get to Phil Parker. He swings at the first pitch and grounds out to 2nd. Bottom of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). Lee Dukes flies out to right. PH Roger Rojas (25-R) draws a walk. PH Ernesto Najarro (23-L) flies out to left. Mark Saylor, who hit a home run in each of the last two games, is up for the first time in this game. He takes a 2-2 pitch for strike three and THIS Ball Game Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 5 to 4 We had 10 hits and made 1 error San Diego had 6 hits and made no errors Brian Hagans went 6 innings, allowed 4 runs (3 earned), 6 hits, 1 home run, 4 walks (1 INT) and struck out 5. 103 pitches. At bat, he had a hit. LHP Lou Hertzberg (W 7-5) went 2 scoreless innings, allowed 1 walk and struck out 2. LHP Mitch Dowdell (SV 12) went pitched a scoreless 9th, allowed 1 walk and struck out 1. Javier Reyna went 7 innings, gave us 4 runs, 7 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 4. RHP Don Hook (L 4-4) went 1 inning, gave us 1 run, 2 hits, and 1 walk (INT). 3 of his 4 losses were to us! 1B Jeff Austin had 2 hits with a double and stole a base. RF Bob Draper hit a double and scored a run. LF Woody Griesbach had 2 hits and a walk and scored 2 runs. SS Dave Lesley hit his 6th home run of the season and had 3 RBI. PH Gordon Saunderson had a hit. PH Larry Sinchak had a hit and an RBI. For the Padres, C Lee Dukes hit his 7th home run of the season and had 3 RBI. We win the season series from the Padres, 14-4. Last year, we won, 13-5. Around the League: Kansas City won at Houston, 5 to 2, in 10 innings to take a 1 game lead in the PCL East with 3 to play as Dallas lost at Milwaukee, 10 to 4. The Royals will finish the regular season with 3 games at home against the Brewers, while the Eagles will play 3 at home against the Twins. In the National League, Pittsburgh clinched the NL West with a 7 to 4 win at home in 11 innings against Cincinnati. They scored twice in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game. Brooklyn beat Washington, 2 to 0, in Washington to pull to within two games of the Senators with 4 to play, 1 more between these two clubs.

06-15-2019, 04:23 PM	#500
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, September 27, Year II We are in Oakland to finish the regular season with 3 games over the weekend. They just won 2 of 3 here from Los Angeles. We are 13-2 against them on the season and won 2 of 3 the last time we were in the Coliseum, August 9-11. The Oaks are 11th in the PCL in scoring, 2 runs ahead of the Angels, with 3.42 runs per game (Portland is #5 with 4.25). They are last in HR with 89 and last in BA at .233. They are 5th in fewest runs allowed with 3.97 per game (Portland is #1 3.19). The 14 runs allowed to the Padres ended our hopes of finishing the season with fewer than 500 runs allowed. Portland Beavers (101-58 .635 in 1st place in the PCL West) at Oakland Oaks (67-92 .421 34 GB in 5th place in the PCL West) POR: Bob Grigg (24-R 10-1 2.33) vs. OAK: Bob Stark (28-R 6-4 2.61) Grigg has not allowed a run in his last 2 starts, but had to leave both with back troubles. He is supposed to be 100% now. Stark is 0-2 in his last 3 starts. We have only faced him once and he pitched a 5 hit shutout... Lineups: Pos Name (Age-Bats BA-AB-HR-RBI-OPS) PORTLAND 1: 2B Paul Bouvet (26-R .300-480-10-69-.802) NL MVP Gold Glove 2 time All-Star 2: C Dennis Webb (26-L .289-228-2-24-.707) 3: LF Bob Draper (23-L .279-297-8-42-.749) Rookie 4: 1B Jeff Austin (30-R .263-597-23-92-.760) 5: RF Gordon Saunderson (27-L .289-128-4-24-.836) 6: CF Jeff Schottler (25-R .256-450-6-46-.670) WS MVP 7: 3B Omar Flores (21-L .260-338-6-28-.696) Rookie 8: SS Dave Lesley (27-R .268-425-6-44-.721) 9: P Bob Grigg (24-R .167-42-0-2-.348) OAKLAND 1: SS Henry Rangel (28-R .243-580-2-36-.555) 2: RF Dick Hoagland (32-L .254-378-14-43-.758) 3: 1B Dave Russell (28-L .259-201-6-20-.690) 4: LF Norm Wynne (26-R .225-497-16-66-.732) 5: 3B Antonio Mata (28-R .247-392-6-34-.630) 6: CF Bob Waln (34-R .208-342-7-32-.596) 7: C Don Stokes (40-R .245-184-6-25-.696) All-Star (Year I) 8: 2B Avery Shular (30-R .238-357-3-30-.606) 9: P Bob Stark (28-R .071-28-0-2-.175) Game Start: 7:05 PM Ballpark: The Oakland Coliseum Weather: 70 F, Clear Skies, with a 12 MPH wind blowing in from center. Attendance: 20,478 Top of the First: Paul Bouvet swings at a 3-1 pitch and grounds out to the pitcher. Dennis Webb grounds out to the pitcher, but P Bob Stark apparently hurt himself bending over to pick up the ball and has to leave the game. New Pitcher: Tom Sattler (33-R) with a 3.55 ERA in 12.2 IP. Bob Draper doubles to the wall in right. Jeff Austin lines a hit to right and Draper scores without a throw! 1 to 0, Beavers! Austin steals 2nd. C Don Stokes, at 40, is not much of a defensive catcher anymore. He has only thrown out 17% of runners this year. Gordon Saunderson pops out to shallow left. Bottom of the First: Henry Rangel flies out to deep right. Dick Hoagland lines out to short, Dave Lesley making a nice stop. Dave Russell strikes out! 1-2-3! Top of the Second: Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to left and Omar Flores beats out an infield hit. Dave Lesley strikes out looking. With P Bob Grigg at the plate, we pull off a double steal. That brings the infield in and when Grigg grounds out to 3rd, the runners have to hold. 2 outs. Paul Bouvet grounds out to short... Bottom of the Second: With 1 out, Antonio Mata and Bob Waln hit back-to-back singles. Don Stokes then plates them both with a double to the center field wall. 2 to 1, Oaks. Avery Shular grounds a hit past the shortstop and Stokes beats the throw to the plate... 3 to 1, Oaks. P Tom Sattler lays down a bunt, but it is too hard and we get the force at 2nd, 3-6. Henry Rangel grounds out to short. Top of the Sixth: With 1 out, Jeff Schottler grounds a hit to left. Omar Flores grounds into a force at 2nd, 6-4. He steals 2nd and goes to 3rd when C Don Stokes throws the ball into center. Dave Lesley doubles off the center field wall and Flores scores! 3 to 2, Oaks. PH Woody Griesbach (24-R) hits a hard ground ball to the left side, but SS Henry Rangel makes a great stop and throws him out at 1st. Bottom of the Sixth: New Pitcher: Jorge Reyna (32-R). Woody Griesbach stays in to play left and Bob Draper moves to right. They go down in order with 2 strike outs, including Don Stokes, who had doubled in each of his first two at bats! Top of the Seventh: Paul Bouvet beats out an infield hit and they make a pitching change: Bob Buie (23-L) with a 1.42 ERA in 12.2 IP and already 3 wins. Dennis Webb is pulled down so PH Tod Schreck (31-R) can ground into a double play.... We are hoping Bouvet will steal 2nd and prevent that... Bouvet does not steal, but Schreck pops out to short. PH Rollie Ferree (29-R) is sent up. Now Bouvet steals 2nd. Ferree grounds out to 3rd. Jeff Austin, our cleanup hitter, hits one about 8 inches and gets thrown out by the catcher.... Schreck and Ferree will both stay in the game. Top of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Rob Daigle (30-L) with a 2.52 ERA in 64.1 IP. PH Eddie Thomas (26-R) flies out to center. Jeff Schottler lines a hit to center. PH Larry Sinchak (31-R) grounds a hit to center and Schottler beats the throw to 3rd! Dave Lesley, the hero of our last game, strikes out... Woody Griesbach grounds out to 3rd... Bottom of the Eighth: New Pitcher: Mitch Dowdell (26-L). They go down in order. Top of the Ninth: New Pitcher: Dennis Kelly (27-R), their current closer with their regular one, Tomas Cavazos (26-R), injured. Kelly has 6 SV and a 2.65 ERA in 68 IP. Paul Bouvet grounds a hit past the shortstop. Tod Schreck pops out to 2nd. Rollie Ferree flies out to center. Jeff Austin takes a 3-2 pitch for strike three.... Lost - 3 to 2 We had 12 hits and made no errors Oakland had 7 hits and made 1 error Bob Grigg (L 10-2) went 5 innings, allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, no walks and struck out 2. RHP Jorge Reyna went 2 perfect innings and struck out 4. LHP Mitch Dowdell went 1 perfect inning. Bob Stark faced 2 batters and got them both to bounce out back to the pitcher. RHP Tom Sattler (W 2-1) went 5.1 innings, gave us 1 run, 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. He balked. RHP Dennis Kelly (SV 7) pitched a scoreless 9th, gave us 1 hit and struck out 1. 2B Paul Bouvet had 2 hits and stole a base. LR/RF Bob Draper went 3 for 3 with a double and scored a run. CF Jeff Schottler had 3 hits and stole a base. PH Larry Sinchak had a hit. SS Dave Lesley hit a double and had an RBI. The Oaks announced that P Don Stark had just tweaked his thumb and should be fine and in fact is already fine. Around the League: Dallas and Kansas City both won their games and the Royals remain a game ahead in the PCL East with 2 to play. In the National League, Washington beat Baltimore at home, 8 to 2, to clinch the NL East and complete a worst to first season. The Senators lost 98 games last season, the most in Baseball.