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AIA-ALASKA vs Alaska Goldpanners (Jun 24, 2004)

Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks

June 24

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AB  R  H   RBI BB SO
3    0    3    3     2    0


WRITTEN BY ANDY STERNS

"The crowd was going crazy"

Allen Balmer's game-winning, one-out, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth closed a chaotic final inning in a wild night of baseball Thursday.  His total effort yielded a three-RBI outing as the Panners defeated AIA 9-8, to win their Alaska League opener.

Both starting pitchers, the Panners' Carlos Fisher and the AIA's Caleb Irwin, kept the opposition in check early -- Fisher allowed just a single Fire run through five, and Irwin was throwing a shutout. But then the floodgates opened and the bullpen parade began: the Panners scored four runs in the sixth, and three in the seventh, and the Fire added their own three in the seventh, and four more in the eighth.

The ninth inning began with the Panners down 8-7, and reliever Brett Andrade on the mound. Andrade had entered the game in the eighth- with two outs and one man on base- after the Fire's four-run flurry- but he quickly ended the half-inning with a strikeout. The Panners couldn't get anything going in their half of the eighth, but after Andrade shut the Fire down again in the ninth, the Panners comeback hopes were kept alive.

DH Cameron Blair - playing in his first game for the Goldpanners - singled off of Fire closer Ricky Sparks to start the home-half of the ninth. Then right fielder Jordan Struble, who had already scored once and driven in two runs, bunted down the first base line to advance Cameron, but on his way to first, Struble collided with AIA second baseman Tim Murphy, who was covering the bag. Murphy collapsed to the turf in a howl of pain, and a long, confusing, controversy-filled time-out ensued.

Struble remained planted on first- it was unclear whether or not the field umpire had called him out- while Blair appeared to be safe at third. After a quick huddle though, the umpires called Blair back to second, and Goldpanner Manager Ed Cheff marched onto the infield, then followed the field umpire into the outfield- presumably seeking a clarification or arguing the call- before the home plate ump, after trying unsuccessfully to get Cheff to return to the sidelines, ejected Cheff from the game.

When the timeout finally ended, Struble took off his batting helmet and headed back to the dugout- the first out of the inning-and Cameron remained on second.

"I didn't try to hurt him or hit him," said Struble, of the play at first base. "The ump thought it was interference on me, but we thought I was safe. He didn't really have control of the ball and he wasn't on the bag. We thought (Blair) should have been to third - no timeout was called. But supposedly the ump called time."

After the lengthy delay, first baseman Joe Persichina came to the plate.

"I was just staying warm and taking a couple of practice swings," said Persichina, on how he passed the timeout. "The crowd was going crazy, but I just try to stay calm and keep my composure when I get in the box, no matter what the situation is."


Persichina, who finished 2-4 on the night and had already scored twice, driven in two runs and tripled in the sixth, lined a shot into right field, and stretched it into a double, driving in Blair with the tying run.

"I was going to try to hit a ball to the right side in the gap," said Persichina. "As soon as I hit it I was thinking, "I can take a double. Go for it." I was taking a little risk there but I felt pretty quick. I was feeling good around the bases. If I'm safe I'm in scoring position, but if I stay at first, a base hit won't drive me in."

Balmer was the next batter and he made Persichina's gamble pay off.

"I wasn't really thinking about all that," said Balmer, when asked if either the game delay or his manager's ejection affected his mind set in that last at-bat. "I just wanted to get a hit and drive in a run, and I flared one out to the left Sometimes good things just happen."

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AIA-ALASKA vs Alaska Goldpanners (Jun 24, 2004)
Box score


                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                        AIA-ALASKA at Alaska Goldpanners
                      Jun 24, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)

AIA-ALASKA 8

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Michael Jacobellis dh....  3  0  1  3   1  1  0  0   0
Andrew Scheidt 3b........  5  0  1  2   0  2  2  3   3
Timothy Murphy 2b........  5  0  0  0   0  5  2  2   1
Brandon Hall c...........  5  0  0  0   0  1  5  0   3
plemmons rf..............  4  0  0  0   0  2  4  0   0
 Lee Ellis rf............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Andrew Holder 1b.........  4  1  2  0   0  0  3  0   0
 Nathan Thompson 1b......  1  1  0  0   0  0  3  0   0
Israel Victor lf.........  3  3  1  0   2  0  4  0   1
Matthew Barber ss........  2  2  1  0   2  0  0  4   0
Scott Rooker cf..........  2  1  0  2   2  1  1  1   0
Caleb Irwin p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Brett Coy p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Logan Boutilier p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Ricky Sparks p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 35  8  6  7   7 12 25 10   8

Alaska Goldpanners 9

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Trevor Mortensen cf......  5  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   1
Joe Persichina 1b........  4  2  2  3   0  0  8  0   0
Mike Lissman lf..........  4  1  0  0   1  2  2  0   0
Paul Keck c..............  3  2  0  0   0  0 12  0   3
Blair dh.................  4  2  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
Allen Balmer 3b/rf.......  3  0  3  3   2  0  1  0   0
Jose Castanon 2b.........  5  1  0  0   0  1  3  4   2
Jordan Struble rf/3b.....  5  1  1  2   0  0  0  2   0
Arman Sidhu ss...........  3  0  1  0   1  1  0  0   2
Carlos Fisher p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Derrick Landavazo p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Kenny Marquis p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Brett Andrade p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 36  9  9  8   5  4 27  8  10

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
AIA-ALASKA.......... 000 010 340 -  8  6  4
Alaska Goldpanners.. 000 004 302 -  9  9  3
-------------------------------------------

Note: 1 out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.

E - Scheidt; Murphy 2; Barber; Balmer; Struble; Sidhu. LOB - AIA-AK 8;
Goldpanners 10. 2B - Persichina. 3B - Persichina. HBP - Keck 2. SF -
Jacobellis; Persichina. SB - Rooker; Mortensen; Lissman 2; Blair; Struble.

AIA-ALASKA             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Caleb Irwin.........  5.1  3  4  2  3  3 21 25
Brett Coy...........  1.0  2  3  0  1  1  6  8
Logan Boutilier.....  1.2  1  0  0  1  0  5  7
Ricky Sparks........  0.1  3  2  2  0  0  4  4

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Carlos Fisher.......  6.0  4  4  4  2  9 24 26
Derrick Landavazo...  0.0  0  0  0  2  0  0  2
Kenny Marquis.......  1.2  2  4  3  3  2  6 10
Brett Andrade.......  1.1  0  0  0  0  1  5  5

Win - Andrade.  Loss - Sparks.  Save - None.
WP - Sparks. HBP - by Irwin (Keck); by Coy (Keck).
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Fisher faced 3 batters in the 7th.
Landavazo faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Game: 04_06-24


Play-by-Play


                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                AIA-ALASKA at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
                      Jun 24, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
AIA-ALASKA.......... 000 010 340 -  8  6  4
Alaska Goldpanners.. 000 004 302 -  9  9  3
-------------------------------------------

AIA-ALASKA starters: 5/dh Jacobellis; 9/3b Scheidt; 16/2b Murphy; 18/c Hall; 0/rf
plemmons; 25/1b Holder; 20/lf Victor; 15/ss Barber; 8/cf Rooker; 35/p Irwin;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 0/cf Mortensen; 10/1b Persichina; 6/lf Lissman; 51/c
Keck; 0/dh Blair; 25/3b Balmer; 21/2b Castanon; 8/rf Struble; 2/ss Sidhu; 0/p
Fisher;

AIA-ALASKA 1st - Jacobellis struck out. Scheidt reached on an error by ss.
Murphy struck out. Hall grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Mortensen singled. Persichina flied out to lf.
Mortensen stole second. Lissman struck out. Keck flied out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 2nd - plemmons grounded out to 2b. Holder popped up to 2b. Victor
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Blair popped up to 3b. Balmer walked. Castanon
reached on an error by 2b; Balmer advanced to second. Struble reached on a fielder's
choice; Castanon out at second ss to 2b; Balmer advanced to third. Struble stole
second. Sidhu struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 3rd - Barber singled. Rooker struck out. Jacobellis flied out to
cf. Scheidt struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Mortensen grounded out to 2b. Castanon to 2b for
Persichina. Persichina to 1b for Castanon. Castanon struck out. Lissman flied out to
lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 4th - Murphy struck out. Hall popped up to 1b. plemmons grounded
out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Keck flied out to lf. Blair flied out to lf. Struble
to 3b for Balmer. Balmer to rf for Struble. Struble flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 5th - Holder flied out to rf. Victor walked. Barber walked; Victor
advanced to second. Rooker grounded out to p, stole first; Barber advanced to
second; Victor advanced to third. Jacobellis singled, RBI; Barber advanced to third;
Victor scored. Scheidt struck out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Persichina lined out to cf. Balmer walked. Sidhu
singled; Balmer advanced to second. Mortensen flied out to rf. Castanon lined out to
rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 6th - Murphy struck out. Hall struck out. plemmons struck out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Lissman walked. Lissman stole second. Keck hit by
pitch. Blair grounded out to 3b, stole first; Keck advanced to second; Lissman
advanced to third. Struble reached on an error by 2b, RBI; Keck scored, unearned;
Lissman scored. Persichina tripled, RBI; Struble scored. Coy to p for Irwin. Balmer
singled, RBI; Persichina scored, unearned. Sidhu grounded out to 3b; Balmer advanced
to second. Mortensen popped up to p. 4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 7th - Holder singled. Victor singled; Holder advanced to second.
Barber reached on a fielder's choice; Victor advanced to second; Holder advanced to
third. Landavazo to p for Fisher. Rooker walked, RBI; Barber advanced to second;
Victor advanced to third; Holder scored. Jacobellis walked, RBI; Rooker advanced to
second; Barber advanced to third; Victor scored. Marquis to p for Landavazo. Scheidt
reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Jacobellis out at second 2b unassisted; Rooker
advanced to third; Barber scored. Murphy struck out. Hall flied out to lf. 3
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Castanon reached on an error by 3b. Lissman struck
out. Keck hit by pitch; Castanon advanced to second. Blair walked; Keck advanced to
second; Castanon advanced to third. Struble singled, RBI; Blair advanced to second;
Keck advanced to third; Castanon scored, unearned. Boutilier to p for Coy.
Persichina flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Struble advanced to second; Blair advanced to
third; Keck scored, unearned. Balmer singled, RBI; Struble advanced to third; Blair
scored, unearned. Struble out at home cf to c. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 8th - plemmons struck out. Holder singled. Holder advanced to
second on an error by rf. Thompson to 1b for Holder. Victor walked. Barber walked;
Victor advanced to second; Thompson advanced to third. Rooker walked, RBI; Barber
advanced to second; Victor advanced to third; Thompson scored. Jacobellis flied out
to lf, SF, RBI; Victor scored. Scheidt singled, RBI; Rooker advanced to second;
Barber scored. Rooker scored, unearned. Andrade to p for Marquis. Murphy struck out.
4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Sidhu walked. Mortensen reached on a fielder's
choice; Sidhu out at second ss to 2b. Castanon out at first 3b to 2b to 1b;
Mortensen advanced to second. Lissman reached on an error by ss; Mortensen advanced
to third. Lissman stole second. Keck grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error,
2 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 9th - Hall reached on an error by 3b. Ellis to rf for plemmons.
Ellis reached on a fielder's choice; Hall out at second 3b to 2b. Thompson grounded
out to 3b. Victor grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 9th - Sparks to p for Boutilier. Blair singled. Struble
grounded out to ss; Blair advanced to second. Blair advanced to third on a wild
pitch. Persichina doubled, RBI; Blair scored. Balmer singled, RBI; Persichina
scored. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Line score


Alaska Goldpanners 9, AIA-ALASKA 8 (Jun 24, 2004 at Fairbanks)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
AIA-ALASKA.......... 000 010 340  -  8  6  4
Alaska Goldpanners.. 000 004 302  -  9  9  3
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitchers: AIA-ALASKA - Irwin; Coy(6); Boutilier(7); Sparks(9). Alaska Goldpanners - Fisher;
Landavazo(7); Marquis(7); Andrade(8).
Win-Andrade  Loss-Sparks  T-  A-0
Fisher faced 3 batters in the 7th.
Landavazo faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Game: 04_06-24

 

 

 


 




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