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2004 Goldpanners
VS MICHIGAN MONARCHS (2 of 2)

June 13

MICHIGAN MONARCHS

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STAR OF THE GAME
GAME STORY BY ANDY STERNS
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ARMAN SIDHU
Shortstop

AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
4 0 2 2 1 1 4 10 0

WRITTEN BY ANDY STERNS

Instinct can't be coached. A fielder's first step is often the difference maker between a spectacular stop and a ball that is too hot to handle. In the sixth inning of Sunday's contest with the Michigan Monarchs- an 8-1 Goldpanners victory in the second of a two-game series- Arman Sidhu, the Panners rangy shortstop, a 6-1 Northeastern University sophomore from Mississauga, Ontario, gave the crowd at Growden Park a perfect example of why coach Ed Cheff brought Sidhu north to help anchor the Goldpanners' middle infield.

With two outs in the top of the sixth, Monarchs rightfielder Jim Duffy hit a rocket of a rising line drive off the Panners starting pitcher-and game winner- Brad Davis, but Sidhu stopped it, with a leaping outstretched catch to end the inning.

"I'm pretty confident on the field and I just react," said Sidhu, when asked about the catch. "My strength is defense."

Sidhu's also got a good arm, and he displayed that too in the sixth, when he made the long throw from the edge of the outfield to first baseman Brandon Morris for the first out of the inning.

"My arm has gotten a lot stronger this year with the workout program at school," said Sidhu. "And I'm confident throwing to the hole.".

Coach Cheff said after the game that with Davis on the mound, the Panners' infield knows what to expect.

"With Brad pitching you know you're going to get a lot of ground balls," said Cheff. "I like our middle infield with Arman and Jose (Castonon, the second baseman). We're really happy with Arman defensively and I think he can get better offensively too. We try to make guys better players and he's going to swing the bat better."

Cheff said that the coaching staff has been working with Sidhu on his swing and the effort is already paying off. In Sunday night's game, Sidhu went 2-4, with a base hit and a double, and drove in two runs.

"When I play well on the defensive end I hit better," said Sidhu. "I've been getting more confident swinging the bat in the five days since I've been here."

Sidhu isn't the only Goldpanner who's confidence at the plate is on the rise. Rightfielder Jordan Struble also drove in a pair of runs, and leftfielder Mike Lissman also went 2-4, with a base hit, a triple and one RBI, while Morris went 2-5 with a single and a double.

. The Goldpanners pounded out 11 hits in Sunday's contest- driving three Monarch pitchers from the mound - and Cheff said an increase in offense is something he expects to see from the entire team, as the players get comfortable with the wooden bats used in the Alaska Baseball League.

"I think the longer you swing a wood bat the better adjustments you make," said Cheff. "We do a lot of hitting off the T's and the pitching machine and a lot of pre-game drills. The offensive part is just going to get better as you go through the season." (Andy Sterns)
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Alaska Goldpanners 8, Michigan Monarchs 1 (Jun 13, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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Michigan Monarchs... 000 000 001 - 1 7 3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 032 110 10X - 8 11 2
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Pitchers: Michigan Monarchs - Lentz; Lovell(4); Husain(6); Finnerty(8). Alaska Goldpanners -
Davis; Bostick(7).

Box score

                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                    Michigan Monarchs at Alaska Goldpanners
                      Jun 13, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)

Michigan Monarchs 1

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Ryan Arnett cf...........  4  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   1
Jason Watson ss..........  4  0  2  0   0  0  3  1   0
Matt Moffett 3b..........  4  0  1  0   0  1  0  4   0
Jim Duffy rf.............  4  1  1  0   0  1  2  0   1
Matt Bolton dh...........  4  0  2  1   0  1  0  0   0
Kevin Zerbo lf...........  3  0  1  0   1  0  2  0   0
Brad Hrovat c............  3  0  0  0   1  1  8  1   2
Ryan Laude 2b............  1  0  0  0   2  0  2  0   0
Pat Dean 1b..............  3  0  0  0   0  1  6  0   2
Dan Lentz p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Ben Lovell p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Ali Husain p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Joe Finnerty p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 30  1  7  1   4  5 24  7   6

Alaska Goldpanners 8

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Strankman cf.............  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
 bowers ph/cf............  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Arman Sidhu ss...........  4  0  2  2   1  1  4 10   0
Joe Persichina dh........  5  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   2
Brandon Morris 1b........  5  0  2  0   0  2 11  0   1
Allen Balmer 3b..........  3  2  1  0   2  0  0  0   0
Lissman lf...............  4  2  2  1   1  0  2  0   3
Jose Castanon 2b.........  4  1  0  0   1  0  3  3   1
Jordan Struble rf........  3  1  1  2   1  1  2  0   2
Paul Keck c..............  4  1  1  0   0  1  5  1   1
Brad Davis p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Ricky Bostick p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 37  8 11  5   6  8 27 17  11

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Michigan Monarchs... 000 000 001 -  1  7  3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 032 110 10X -  8 11  2
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E - Watson 2; Laude; Balmer; Struble. DP - Goldpanners 4. LOB - Monarchs 6;
Goldpanners 11. 2B - Sidhu; Morris; Balmer. 3B - Lissman. SB - Castanon. CS
- Moffett; Sidhu.

Michigan Monarchs      IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Dan Lentz...........  3.1  4  6  3  4  3 16 20
Ben Lovell..........  2.1  4  1  0  0  3 11 11
Ali Husain..........  1.2  3  1  1  2  2  8 10
Joe Finnerty........  0.2  0  0  0  0  0  2  2

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Brad Davis..........  6.0  3  0  0  3  4 19 22
Ricky Bostick.......  3.0  4  1  1  1  1 11 12

Win - None.  Loss - None.  Save - None.
WP - Lentz. PB - Hrovat.
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 04_06-13

Play-by-Play

                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
             Michigan Monarchs at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
                      Jun 13, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Michigan Monarchs... 000 000 001 -  1  7  3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 032 110 10X -  8 11  2
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Michigan Monarchs starters: 1/cf Arnett; 10/ss Watson; 14/3b Moffett; 9/rf Duffy;
29/dh Bolton; 32/lf Zerbo; 2/c Hrovat; 0/2b Laude; 12/1b Dean; 23/p Lentz;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 12/cf Strankman; 2/ss Sidhu; 10/dh Persichina; 0/1b
Morris; 25/3b Balmer; 6/lf Lissman; 21/2b Castanon; 8/rf Struble; 51/c Keck; 35/p
Davis;

Michigan Monarchs 1st - Arnett grounded out to ss. Watson grounded out to ss.
Moffett struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Strankman flied out to lf. Sidhu walked. Sidhu out
at second c to ss, caught stealing. Persichina struck out looking. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Michigan Monarchs 2nd - Duffy struck out. Bolton reached on an error by 3b.
Zerbo hit into double play p to ss to 1b; Bolton out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits,
1 error, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Morris struck out. Balmer doubled. Lissman tripled,
RBI; Balmer scored. Castanon walked. Struble flied out to rf, RBI; Castanon advanced
to second; Lissman scored. Castanon stole third. Keck reached on an error by ss;
Castanon scored, unearned. Strankman reached on a fielder's choice; Keck out at
second ss to 2b. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Michigan Monarchs 3rd - Hrovat struck out. Laude walked. Dean flied out to
rf. Arnett flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Sidhu grounded out to 3b. Persichina reached on an
error by 2b. Persichina advanced to second on a wild pitch. Morris grounded out to
3b. Balmer walked. Lissman walked; Balmer advanced to second; Persichina advanced to
third. Castanon reached on an error by ss; Lissman advanced to third; Balmer scored,
unearned; Persichina scored, unearned. Struble struck out. 2 runs, 0 hits, 2
errors, 2 LOB.

Michigan Monarchs 4th - Watson singled. Moffett reached on a fielder's
choice; Watson out at second ss to 2b, advanced to second on a fielder's choice.
Duffy popped up to 1b. Moffett out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Keck singled. Strankman grounded out to 3b; Keck
advanced to second. Sidhu doubled, RBI; Keck scored. Lovell to p for Lentz.
Persichina flied out to lf. Morris struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Michigan Monarchs 5th - Bolton singled. Zerbo hit into double play p to ss to
1b; Bolton out on the play. Hrovat walked. Laude walked; Hrovat advanced to second.
Dean struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Balmer lined out to 2b. Lissman singled. Lissman
advanced to second on a passed ball. Castanon flied out to rf; Lissman advanced to
third. Struble singled, RBI; Lissman scored, unearned. Keck grounded out to 3b. 1
run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Michigan Monarchs 6th - Arnett grounded out to ss. Watson grounded out to ss.
Moffett singled. Duffy lined out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Strankman struck out. Sidhu struck out looking.
Persichina singled. Morris singled; Persichina advanced to third. Husain to p for
Lovell. Balmer walked; Morris advanced to second. Lissman flied out to 1b. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Michigan Monarchs 7th - Bostick to p for Davis. Bolton struck out looking.
Zerbo walked. Hrovat hit into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Zerbo out on the play.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Castanon flied out to cf. Struble walked. Keck
struck out looking. bowers pinch hit for Strankman. bowers singled; Struble advanced
to third. Sidhu singled, RBI; bowers advanced to second; Struble scored. Persichina
struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Michigan Monarchs 8th - bowers to cf. Laude flied out to lf. Dean grounded
out to ss. Arnett out at first p to 2b to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Morris doubled. Balmer grounded out to p. Finnerty
to p for Husain. Lissman lined out to ss. Castanon lined out to ss. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Michigan Monarchs 9th - Watson singled. Moffett hit into double play 2b to ss
to 1b; Watson out on the play. Duffy singled. Bolton singled, RBI; Duffy scored.
Zerbo singled; Bolton advanced to second. Zerbo advanced to second on an error by
rf; Bolton advanced to third. Hrovat flied out to rf. 1 run, 4 hits, 1 error, 2
LOB.

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