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Alaska Goldpanners 13, AIA-ALASKA 8
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Alaska Goldpanners.. 051 021 202  - 13 14  3
AIA-ALASKA.......... 001 020 023  -  8  9  1
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AB  R  H HR RBI BB  SO PO  A
5    2   2   2     6    1     1    3   2



WRITTEN BY ANDY STERNS

The difference is undeniable.

"When you're seeing the ball good it's looking like a beach ball or a melon," said Cameron Blair, the Panners latest roster pickup and a senior out of Texas Tech. "But when you're seeing it bad it's looking like a BB or a piece of rice."

Friday was definitely a melon day- and make that a watermelon- for Blair.

The second baseman was positively lethal at the plate Friday night, in the Goldpanners 13-8 victory over the Athletes in Action Fire, the Panners second straight win in a three-game set to open their Alaska Baseball League play.

Blair hit a grand slam over the left field fence in the second inning, off starter Jeff Hanson, and followed it with a two-run shot to nearly the same spot in the seventh, off reliever Andy Plemmons.

"It's a matter of seeing pitches," said Blair. "When a guy comes in throwing a lot of balls, you can just wait for a good pitch because you know he's got to throw one in there."

Blair filled the DH slot Thursday in his first game with the Goldpanners- and got a base hit- but he said there was a big difference in how he felt at the plate in that first game .

"Yesterday (Thursday) I was a little rusty," said Blair, whose first at-bat for the Goldpanners followed a two-week break from facing live pitching, after the end of his college season. "I felt like my hands were lagging and the ball looked a lot smaller. Yesterday (Thursday) with every pitch the ball was looking smaller and smaller."

Blair wielded the biggest bat for the team on Friday, finishing the night at 2-5, with six RBI, but he wasn't the only Goldpanner seeing more beach balls than BBs.

Every batter in the lineup got a hit- for a total of 14. Left fielder Mike Lissman and right fielder Johnny Coit both went 2-4, with 2 RBI; DH Paul Keck and first baseman Joe Persichina each picked up a couple of hits, and Persichina, catcher Jordan Struble and shortstop Ray Ravago all drove in runs to provide Panners starter Rollie Gibson and reliever Ricky Bostick with a juggernaut of offensive support.

"My defense worked really good behind me," said Gibson, who picked up his second win of the season; pitching 5 and 1/3 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on two hits, with four walks and four strikeouts.

Just like on the offensive end, the Panners spread the wealth on defense too, with outstanding play around the diamond. Blair made a great backhanded stab of a hard hit ground ball to second-his first play in the field for the Goldpanners- and fired over to Persichina for the first out in the bottom of the first inning; Coit made a spectacular shoestring catch in right, after momentarily losing the ball in the sun, for the third out in the sixth, and third baseman Allen Balmer timed the high hop perfectly and made a long, strong throw to first to end the Fire's seventh.

"I didn't have really good stuff," Gibson added. " But that's when you have to try harder and try to stay more focused. You've just got to compete more."

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Alaska Goldpanners vs AIA-ALASKA (Jun 25, 2004)
Box score


                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                        Alaska Goldpanners at AIA-ALASKA
                      Jun 25, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)

Alaska Goldpanners 13

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Trevor Mortensen cf......  3  4  1  0   3  0  0  0   1
Joe Persichina 1b........  6  0  2  1   0  0  7  1   0
Mike Lissman lf..........  4  1  2  2   1  0  2  0   0
Blair 2b.................  5  2  2  6   1  1  3  2   0
Paul Keck dh.............  4  1  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
Allen Balmer 3b..........  3  1  1  0   2  0  1  2   3
Jordan Struble c.........  4  1  1  1   2  1  6  0   3
Johnny Coit rf...........  4  2  2  2   1  1  7  0   3
Ray Ravago ss............  5  1  1  1   0  1  0  4   2
Rollie Gibson p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Ricky Bostick p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 38 13 14 13  10  4 27  9  13

AIA-ALASKA 8

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Michael Jacobellis 2b....  5  1  1  1   0  0  0  2   1
Matthew Barber ss........  3  1  1  0   2  0  2  1   0
Andrew Scheidt 3b........  2  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   0
 Graham Crain 3b.........  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Brandon Hall c...........  4  0  0  0   0  1  3  1   5
 Bradley Canada c........  0  1  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Andrew Holder dh.........  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Timothy Edmeads dh......  2  2  2  3   0  0  0  0   0
Israel Victor lf.........  3  0  0  0   0  2  3  0   0
 Nathan Thompson lf......  2  1  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
Lee Ellis rf.............  4  0  1  1   1  0  5  0   0
Bian Blauser 1b..........  4  1  1  0   1  1  8  0   0
Scott Rooker cf..........  5  1  1  1   0  1  4  0   4
Jeff Hanson p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Tyler Meigs p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 plemmons p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 39  8  9  7   4  6 27  6  10

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
Alaska Goldpanners.. 051 021 202 - 13 14  3
AIA-ALASKA.......... 001 020 023 -  8  9  1
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E - Blair; Ravago 2; Hall. LOB - Goldpanners 13; AIA-AK 10. 2B - Lissman;
Balmer; Jacobellis; Barber; Edmeads. 3B - Rooker. HR - Blair 2; Edmeads. HBP
- Keck 2; Balmer; Scheidt; Canada. SF - Lissman; Coit. SB - Mortensen;
Lissman; Struble; Coit; Barber; Scheidt 2; Thompson; Ellis; Rooker. CS -
Blair.

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Rollie Gibson.......  5.1  2  3  2  4  4 20 25
Ricky Bostick.......  3.2  7  5  4  0  2 19 20

AIA-ALASKA             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Jeff Hanson.........  3.0  7  6  6  2  1 16 19
Tyler Meigs.........  3.0  3  3  3  4  2  9 17
plemmons............  3.0  4  4  4  4  1 13 17

Win - Gibson.  Loss - Hanson.  Save - None.
WP - Gibson. HBP - by Hanson (Keck); by Meigs (Keck); by Gibson (Scheidt); by
Meigs (Balmer); by Bostick (Canada).
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Game: 04_06-25


Play-by-Play


                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                Alaska Goldpanners at AIA-ALASKA - Play-by-Play
                      Jun 25, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
Alaska Goldpanners.. 051 021 202 - 13 14  3
AIA-ALASKA.......... 001 020 023 -  8  9  1
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Alaska Goldpanners starters: 0/cf Mortensen; 10/1b Persichina; 6/lf Lissman; 0/2b
Blair; 51/dh Keck; 25/3b Balmer; 8/c Struble; 20/rf Coit; 11/ss Ravago; 0/p Gibson;
AIA-ALASKA starters: 5/2b Jacobellis; 15/ss Barber; 9/3b Scheidt; 18/c Hall; 25/dh
Holder; 20/lf Victor; 21/rf Ellis; 25/1b Blauser; 8/cf Rooker; 30/p Hanson;

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Mortensen flied out to lf. Persichina singled.
Lissman doubled; Persichina advanced to third. Blair popped up to ss. Keck hit by
pitch. Balmer grounded out to p. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 1st - Jacobellis grounded out to 2b. Barber walked. Scheidt struck
out. Barber stole second. Hall lined out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Struble walked. Coit singled; Struble advanced to
second. Ravago singled, RBI; Coit advanced to third; Struble scored. Ravago advanced
to second. Mortensen walked. Persichina lined out to lf. Lissman flied out to rf.
Blair homered, 4 RBI; Mortensen scored; Ravago scored; Coit scored. Keck grounded
out to 2b. 5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 2nd - Holder grounded out to ss. Victor out at first 1b to p.
Ellis flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Balmer doubled. Struble struck out. Coit singled,
RBI; Balmer scored. Ravago flied out to cf. Coit stole second. Coit advanced to
third on an error by c. Mortensen grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 3rd - Blauser singled. Rooker reached on an error by 2b; Blauser
advanced to second. Jacobellis popped up to 1b. Barber walked; Rooker advanced to
second; Blauser advanced to third. Scheidt reached on a fielder's choice, RBI;
Barber out at second ss to 2b; Rooker advanced to third; Blauser scored, unearned.
Scheidt stole second. Hall struck out looking. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Meigs to p for Hanson. Persichina flied out to rf.
Lissman walked. Lissman stole second. Blair struck out. Keck hit by pitch. Balmer
walked; Keck advanced to second; Lissman advanced to third. Struble popped up to ss.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 4th - Holder flied out to rf. Victor struck out looking. Ellis
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Coit walked. Ravago struck out looking. Mortensen
singled; Coit advanced to second. Persichina singled, RBI; Mortensen advanced to
second; Coit scored. Lissman flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Mortensen scored. Blair
walked; Persichina advanced to second. Blair out at first c to 1b, caught stealing.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 5th - Blauser walked. Rooker reached on a fielder's choice;
Blauser out at second 3b to 2b. Rooker stole second. Jacobellis doubled, RBI; Rooker
scored. Barber grounded out to 2b; Jacobellis advanced to third. Jacobellis scored
on a wild pitch. Scheidt hit by pitch. Scheidt stole second. Hall lined out to 3b.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Keck singled. Balmer hit by pitch; Keck advanced to
second. Struble grounded out to p, stole first; Balmer advanced to second; Keck
advanced to third. Coit flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Keck scored. Ravago popped up to
1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 6th - Holder reached on an error by ss, advanced to second. Victor
struck out looking. Ellis walked. Bostick to p for Gibson. Blauser struck out
looking. Rooker flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - plemmons to p for Meigs. Mortensen walked. Mortensen
stole second. Persichina flied out to cf. Lissman flied out to cf. Blair homered, 2
RBI; Mortensen scored. Keck flied out to lf. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 7th - Jacobellis grounded out to ss. Barber flied out to rf. Crain
to 3b for Scheidt. Crain singled. Hall grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Canada to c for Hall. Balmer grounded out to ss.
Struble walked. Coit struck out looking. Ravago flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 1 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 8th - Edmeads to dh for Holder. Thompson to lf for Victor. Edmeads
homered, RBI. Thompson reached on an error by ss. Ellis flied out to rf. Blauser
lined out to 2b. Rooker tripled, RBI; Thompson scored, unearned. Jacobellis flied
out to lf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 9th - Mortensen walked. Persichina flied out to rf;
Mortensen advanced to second. Lissman singled, RBI; Mortensen scored. Blair popped
up to 1b. Keck singled; Lissman advanced to second. Balmer walked; Keck advanced to
second; Lissman advanced to third. Struble singled, RBI; Balmer advanced to second;
Keck advanced to third; Lissman scored. Coit flied out to lf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 3 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 9th - Barber doubled. Crain flied out to rf. Canada hit by pitch.
Edmeads doubled, 2 RBI; Canada scored; Barber scored. Thompson singled; Edmeads
advanced to third. Ellis singled, RBI; Thompson advanced to second; Edmeads scored.
Blauser flied out to lf. Ellis stole second; Thompson stole third. Rooker struck
out. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Line score


Alaska Goldpanners 13, AIA-ALASKA 8 (Jun 25, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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Alaska Goldpanners.. 051 021 202  - 13 14  3
AIA-ALASKA.......... 001 020 023  -  8  9  1
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Pitchers: Alaska Goldpanners - Gibson; Bostick(6). AIA-ALASKA - Hanson; Meigs(4); plemmons(7).
Win-Gibson  Loss-Hanson  T-  A-0
HR 2004_GP - Blair 2.
HR 04_AIA - Edmeads.

 

 

 


 




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