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2004 Goldpanners
California Dons vs Alaska Goldpanners (Jun 15, 2004)

Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks

June 14

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AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
 3    1  2   2    0    1  10    1   0



WRITTEN BY ANDY STERNS


You can't miss the kids at Growden Park: the groups of young Goldpanner fans watching the games in the bleachers, and parading back and forth to the concession stands; and the young ball players, glove in hand, racing after foul balls and hoping that one day they'll be good enough to play for the hometown team.

A dozen years ago, Ryan Shaver was one of those kids on the other side of the fence. But now the lanky Lathrop High grad is a Goldpanner, and he made his first appearance for the team Monday night- pitching four innings of no-decision relief, in a tough 10th inning, 7-5 loss to the California Dons- in the first of a three-game series.

"It was tough to lose," said Shaver, who is now playing college ball at Lower Colombia for former Panner coach Rob Hippi, and was a pick of the San Francisco Giants in last Monday's Major League draft.

"But it was fun to play in a Goldpanners jersey," said Shaver. "This is a moment I'll remember for the rest of my life. I started coming to the games when I was about seven, and I look at these kids trying to get a foul ball from the players- that was me when I was seven."

With six strikeouts on the night-throwing a three-pitch mix of changeup, slider, fastball- Shaver gave the crowd plenty of reason to get excited about having another hometown hero- along with veteran ace starter Sean Timmons and rookie reliever Kinzey Reeves (Reeves and Shaver were teammates at Lathrop)- on the roster. But Shaver also gave up two runs, three hits and two walks, and wasn't satisfied that he had shown the Dons his best stuff.

"I was a little rusty today," said Shaver immediately after the game. "I haven't thrown in two weeks to hitters off the mound, since the college season ended. I've thrown in the bullpen, but it's not the same. My arm is at about eighty-five to ninety percent now, but by the time the regular season starts I'll be at 100 percent..

Shaver's return to peak form is right on schedule with the plan Goldpanners head coach Ed Cheff has for the entire team; to use these non-league contests to prepare the team for Alaska Baseball League play.

"The whole idea is to get ready for the league games," said Cheff Monday night. "Experimenting with the batting order, and seeing who can do what."

With new Goldpanner players still arriving into town - like Cal Northridge freshman Ray Ravago, whose first field appearance for the Panners was as a pinch hitter Monday in the bottom of the 10th inning- Cheff is in the process of evaluating the talent- and how best to use it in different situations- on his ever-growing roster.

"We didn't hit much tonight," said Cheff. "Pretty weak AB's (at bats). They pitched all right but we're going to have to hit that kind of pitching to compete in the league."

The Panners gave up two home runs in Monday night's game: the first a two-run shot by Dons DH Matt Lewis off Panners starter Jeff Stimpson in the fourth, the second a solo shot by center fielder Tristen Gale off Panners reliever Ricky Bostick in the ninth (the first homers of the season at Growden Park); and the Panners were out-hit by the Dons- but the Panners still led throughout most of the game- and were up by a run in the top of the ninth, when Gale's homer tied the game.

The Panners gave themselves one last good opportunity to win the ball game in the bottom of the ninth, when with runners on first and second, Allen Balmer singled, and Panners pinch hitter Joe Persichina made the turn at third, but Gale, with a strong and accurate throw from center, threw out Persichina at the plate with the potential game-winning run.

"We've still got four or five more non-league games to get better and be ready to play league games," said Cheff, emphasizing that; "This is a time for patience."

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Line score

California Dons 7, Alaska Goldpanners 5 (Jun 14, 2004 at Fairbanks AK)
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California Dons..... 000 202 001 2 -  7 12  1
Alaska Goldpanners.. 030 000 110 0 -  5 12  0
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Pitchers: California Dons - Cooper; Murphy(7); Slama(8). Alaska Goldpanners - Stimpson;
Shaver(5); Bostick(9).

Box score

                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                     California Dons at Alaska Goldpanners
                Jun 14, 2004 at Fairbanks AK (Growden Memorial)

California Dons 7

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Jose Chaves ss...........  4  0  1  0   1  2  5  5   0
Erich Kemp 3b............  5  1  2  0   0  1  0  2   1
 Corey Skaggs pr/2b......  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
C.J. Rice rf.............  5  1  2  0   0  0  3  0   0
Matt Lewis dh............  2  2  1  2   2  1  0  0   1
 Matt Davidson pr........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Nick Holton ph/dh.......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Dylan Parzyk c...........  5  1  2  1   0  1  8  0   0
Jacob Vasquez 1b.........  5  0  2  1   0  1 10  0   1
Tristen Gale cf..........  5  1  1  1   0  1  2  2   2
Joe Echavez 2b/3b........  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  5   1
Daniel Flannery lf.......  4  0  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
Michael Cooper p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Sean Murphy p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Anthony Slama p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 40  7 12  5   3 10 30 15   6

Alaska Goldpanners 5

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Johnny Coit cf...........  6  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   5
Mike Lissman lf..........  4  1  3  1   0  1  0  0   0
Jose Castanon 2b.........  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  7   1
Joe Persichina 2b.......  1  0  1  0   0  0  1  1   0
Brandon Morris 1b........  5  0  2  1   0  1 15  0   0
Allen Balmer 3b..........  4  0  1  0   0  1  0  1   3
Jordan Struble rf........  5  1  1  0   0  0  1  0   2
David Moore dh...........  4  1  2  1   1  0  0  0   0
Arman Sidhu ss...........  2  1  0  0   2  0  2  2   0
Ray Ravago ph...........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Paul Keck c..............  3  1  2  2   0  1 10  1   0
Jeff Stimpson p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Ryan Shaver p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Ricky Bostick p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 38  5 12  5   3  7 30 15  11

Score by Innings                      R  H  E
---------------------------------------------
California Dons..... 000 202 001 2 -  7 12  1
Alaska Goldpanners.. 030 000 110 0 -  5 12  0
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E - Echaves. DP - Dons 3; Goldpanners 1. LOB - Dons 6; Goldpanners 11. 2B -
Rice; Vasquez; Struble; Keck. 3B - Lissman. HR - Lewis; Gale. HBP - Lissman;
Castanon; Balmer; Keck 2. SB - Davidson. CS - Flannery.

California Dons        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Michael Cooper......  6.0  5  3  1  3  3 22 28
Sean Murphy.........  1.1  3  2  2  0  0  6  7
Anthony Slama.......  2.2  4  0  0  0  4 10 11

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Jeff Stimpson.......  4.0  5  2  2  0  2 16 16
Ryan Shaver.........  4.0  3  2  2  3  6 14 17
Ricky Bostick.......  2.0  4  3  3  0  2 10 10

Win - None.  Loss - None.  Save - None.
WP - Murphy; Stimpson; Shaver; Bostick. HBP - by Cooper (Castanon); by Cooper
(Balmer); by Cooper (Keck); by Murphy (Lissman); by Slama (Keck). PB - Parzyk.
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 04_06-14

Play-by-Play

                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
              California Dons at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
                Jun 14, 2004 at Fairbanks AK (Growden Memorial)


Score by Innings                      R  H  E
---------------------------------------------
California Dons..... 000 202 001 2 -  7 12  1
Alaska Goldpanners.. 030 000 110 0 -  5 12  0
---------------------------------------------

California Dons starters: 12/ss Chavez; 6/3b Kemp; 24/rf Rice; 21/dh Lewis; 31/c
Parzyk; 28/1b Vasquez; 32/cf Gale; 4/2b Echaves; 17/lf Flannery; 35/p Cooper;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 20/cf Coit; 6/lf Lissman; 21/2b Castanon; 37/1b Morris;
25/3b Balmer; 8/rf Struble; 30/dh Moore; 2/ss Sidhu; 51/c Keck; 7/p Stimpson;

California Dons 1st - Chavez struck out looking. Kemp grounded out to ss.
Rice doubled. Rice advanced to third on a wild pitch. Lewis struck out. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Coit grounded out to p. Lissman singled. Castanon
hit by pitch; Lissman advanced to second. Morris struck out. Balmer struck out
looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

California Dons 2nd - Parzyk flied out to rf. Vasquez grounded out to 2b.
Gale grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Struble grounded out to 3b. Moore reached on an
error by 2b. Sidhu walked; Moore advanced to second. Keck doubled, 2 RBI; Sidhu
scored; Moore scored, unearned. Coit grounded out to 2b. Lissman tripled, RBI; Keck
scored, unearned. Castanon flied out to rf. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

California Dons 3rd - Echaves grounded out to 2b. Flannery singled. Flannery
out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Chavez grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Morris flied out to rf. Balmer hit by pitch. Struble
grounded into double play ss to 1b; Balmer out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

California Dons 4th - Kemp singled. Rice grounded out to 1b unassisted; Kemp
advanced to second. Lewis homered, 2 RBI; Kemp scored. Parzyk popped up to 1b.
Vasquez singled. Gale grounded out to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Moore grounded out to 2b. Sidhu walked. Keck hit by
pitch; Sidhu advanced to second. Coit hit into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Keck out
on the play; Sidhu advanced to third. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

California Dons 5th - Shaver to p for Stimpson. Echaves grounded out to p.
Flannery struck out. Chavez singled. Kemp struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Lissman singled. Castanon reached on a fielder's
choice; Lissman out at second 3b to ss. Morris flied out to lf. Balmer grounded out
to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

California Dons 6th - Rice flied out to cf. Lewis walked. Parzyk singled;
Lewis advanced to second. Vasquez doubled, RBI; Parzyk advanced to third; Lewis
scored. Vasquez advanced to third on a wild pitch; Parzyk scored. Gale struck out.
Echaves struck out. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Struble flied out to rf. Moore walked. Sidhu reached
on a fielder's choice; Moore out at second ss to 2b. Keck singled; Sidhu advanced to
second. Coit struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

California Dons 7th - Flannery grounded out to p. Chavez walked. Kemp hit
into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Chavez out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Murphy to p for Cooper. Lissman hit by pitch.
Lissman advanced to second on a wild pitch. Castanon grounded out to ss; Lissman
advanced to third. Morris singled, RBI; Lissman scored. Balmer flied out to cf;
Morris out at first cf to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

California Dons 8th - Rice grounded out to 2b. Lewis walked. Davidson pinch
ran for Lewis. Parzyk struck out. Davidson stole second. Vasquez struck out. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Struble doubled. Moore singled, RBI; Struble scored.
Sidhu reached on a fielder's choice; Moore out at second ss unassisted. Slama to p
for Murphy. Keck hit by pitch; Sidhu advanced to second. Coit hit into double play
2b to ss to 1b; Keck out on the play. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

California Dons 9th - Bostick to p for Shaver. Gale homered, RBI. Echaves
grounded out to 2b. Flannery grounded out to 3b. Chavez struck out. 1 run, 1 hit,
0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 9th - Lissman struck out. Persichina to 2b for Castanon.
Persichina singled. Morris singled; Persichina advanced to second. Balmer singled;
Morris advanced to second; Persichina out at third cf to c. Struble flied out to cf.
0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

California Dons 10th - Kemp singled. Skaggs pinch ran for Kemp. Rice singled;
Skaggs advanced to second. Skaggs advanced to third. Holton pinch hit for Davidson.
Rice advanced to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third; Skaggs scored. Holton
struck out. Parzyk singled, RBI; Rice scored. Vasquez grounded out to 2b; Parzyk
advanced to second. Gale popped up to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 10th - Skaggs to 2b. Holton to dh. Echaves to 3b. Moore
singled. Ravago pinch hit for Sidhu. Ravago struck out. Keck struck out looking;
Moore advanced to second on a passed ball. Coit struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

 

 

 

 

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