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 Anchorage Bucs vs Alaska Goldpanners (July 8, 2004)

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Alaska Goldpanners 8, Anchorage Bucs 7 (Jul 08, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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Anchorage Bucs...... 031 000 201  -  7  8  1
Alaska Goldpanners.. 101 030 021  -  8 10  4
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Win-Shaver  Loss-Withers


JOHNNY COIT
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AB   R    H   RBI  BB SO PO
3     1     2     1      1     0    2



WRITTEN BY ANDY STERNS


The Goldpanners are grinning again.

After pulling out an 8-7 bottom-of-the-ninth- inning victory-in a thrill ride of a game against the Anchorage Bucs at Growden Park Thursday night- the big smiles, banter and good-natured ribbing among teammates returned to the home team dugout following the win; a huge and welcome contrast to the quiet frustration and grim faces that filled the same dugout just the night before; when the Panners suffered a tough loss (bested 6-3 by the Bucs) to fall below .500 in Alaska Baseball League play.

"This game was huge," said Goldpanner third baseman Allen Balmer, whose ninth inning sacrifice fly drove in the Panners versatile player-coach Elliot Strankman (who was pinch running for catcher Brian Jeroloman) from third for the winning run.

Jeroloman singled to lead off the ninth inning rally, and DH Paul Keck followed with his second base hit of the night, to advance the head first-sliding Strankman to third.

"We needed this one big time," said Balmer. "Now we're back at .500 and we can get in a position to fight for first place."

That first-place fight will really heat up this weekend. After one more game against the Bucs on Friday, the league-leading Mat-Su Miners, who are 2 ½ games up on the Panners, will be in town to play a smoke-postponed three game series with the Panners.

The local young gun, reliever Ryan Shaver, pitched the final two innings and picked up the win in Thursday night's game; after he came in for starter Jeff Stimpson, who pitched seven complete innings, and left the game with the Panners down a run, 6-5.

Stimpson's performance was positively heroic, on a night when he knew he didn't have his best stuff, but battled his way through seven tough innings against a potent Bucs offense to keep the Panners in the game.

"I really had trouble with my control," said Stimpson, who issued nine walks and eight hits, including a three-run homer by Bucs catcher-head coach Matt Priess. "I would just try to throw strikes and let them put the ball in play and get a lot of double plays."

Which the Panners did, by turning double plays to end the Bucs first, fifth, sixth, and ninth inning at-bats.

"At first I was nervous, coming into such a close game," said Shaver, who was relaxing with friends in the bleachers after his efforts. "I think it was just the case that I hadn't pitched in a while. But I love these tight situations; someone always pulls through for me in the end. I was just super happy to see that we get a win. My team really picked me up."

Shaver faced only three Bucs batters in the eighth inning, and although their DH Greg Kish reached base on an error by shortstop Ray Ravago, (an error that only a speedy shortstop can make; otherwise the ball is through the hole for a hit) the Panners cannon-armed catcher Jeroloman caught Kish trying to steal second, for the third out of the inning.

Pinch hitter Jordan Struble's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth tied the game, scoring leftfielder Mike Lissman, who doubled to lead off the inning; and rightfielder Johnny Coit doubled in the go-ahead run, scoring first baseman Joe Persichina.

"It's the toughest thing to come in late in the game as a pinch hitter," said Struble. "But with no outs the odds are in your favor."

And Struble knew he just needed to get the ball out of the infield.

"Your mentality is a little different than when you're trying to get a hit," said Struble. "You mostly need to stay off the ball inside, back up off the plate, and just elevate the ball."

Shaver gave up one hit in the ninth, a single by Bucs leftfielder Brandon Roberts; and Roberts was bunted over to second, stole third and scored on an error by Panners second baseman Cameron Blair on a ball hit by Bucs slugger Isaac Omura.

But Blair more than made up for that rare miscue in the field, when he picked up a hard hit ground ball to begin the turn of a 4-6-3 double play that ended the Bucs-half of the inning with the game evened-up for the Panners last at-bat.

Blair was wearing one of the biggest smiles after the game; and his contribution on the night was equally as large: he scored two runs, singed and doubled to finish 2-3 at the plate, and terrorized the Bucs on the basepaths, with three stole three bases.

Lissman and Persichina, whose eighth inning hits started the rally that got the Panners back in the game, were beaming too, after a night in which the team won, and they both broke out of a long funk at the plate.

"It's extremely frustrating when you're not hitting the ball," said Persichina. "You've got to buckle down and be tough, and realize, 'You're good and you're here for a reason. You're a ballplayer.' It feels good to get a hit and it feels great to help the team."
 

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                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                      Anchorage Bucs at Alaska Goldpanners
                      Jul 08, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)

Anchorage Bucs 7

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Truan Mehl cf............  3  0  1  0   2  0  4  0   0
Greg Kish dh.............  5  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
Brandon Roberts lf.......  4  3  3  0   1  0  3  0   1
Brett Berglund 3b........  1  0  0  0   2  0  1  1   1
Isaac Omura 2b...........  5  2  2  1   0  0  0  2   0
Travis Becktel rf........  3  1  0  1   2  0  1  0   0
Jim Geldhof 1b...........  2  0  0  2   1  0  7  1   0
Priess c.................  3  1  1  3   1  1  6  0   4
Jon Wilson ss............  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  3   0
Dylan Hickey p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   0
 Jared Hyatt p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Chuck Withers p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 30  7  8  7   9  2 25  8   8

Alaska Goldpanners 8

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Trevor Mortensen cf......  4  1  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
Johnny Coit rf...........  4  1  2  2   0  1  0  0   0
Cameron Blair 2b.........  3  2  2  0   1  0  6  5   1
Brian Jeroloman c........  4  0  1  1   1  1  2  3   0
Elliott Strankman pr....  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Paul Keck dh.............  4  1  2  1   1  1  0  0   1
Allen Balmer 3b..........  3  0  0  1   1  0  0  1   3
Mike Lissman lf..........  3  1  2  1   1  0  2  0   0
Joe Persichina 1b........  4  1  1  0   0  0 14  0   2
Ray Ravago ss............  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  6   1
Jordan Struble ph.......  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   0
Arman Sidhu ss..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Jeff Stimpson p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Ryan Shaver p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 32  8 10  7   5  5 27 19   9

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Anchorage Bucs...... 031 000 201 -  7  8  1
Alaska Goldpanners.. 101 030 021 -  8 10  4
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Note: 1 out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.

E - Hickey; Blair 2; Ravago 2. DP - Goldpanners 4. LOB - Bucs 8; Goldpanners
9. 2B - Coit; Blair. HR - Priess. HBP - Mortensen; Blair. SH - Berglund 2;
Geldhof; Coit. SF - Balmer; Struble. SB - Roberts; Blair 3. CS - Mehl; Kish.

Anchorage Bucs         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Dylan Hickey........  4.2  3  5  2  4  3 16 23
Jared Hyatt.........  3.1  5  2  2  1  2 14 16
Chuck Withers.......  0.1  2  1  1  0  0  2  3

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Jeff Stimpson.......  7.0  7  6  4  9  2 24 35
Ryan Shaver.........  2.0  1  1  0  0  0  6  7

Win - Shaver.  Loss - Withers.  Save - None.
WP - Hickey. HBP - by Hickey (Mortensen); by Hickey (Blair). PB - Priess.
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 04_07-08


Play-by-Play


                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
              Anchorage Bucs at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
                      Jul 08, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Anchorage Bucs...... 031 000 201 -  7  8  1
Alaska Goldpanners.. 101 030 021 -  8 10  4
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Anchorage Bucs starters: 19/cf Mehl; 34/dh Kish; 8/lf Roberts; 25/3b Berglund; 17/2b
Omura; 16/rf Becktel; 7/1b Geldhof; 0/c Priess; 12/ss Wilson; 20/p Hickey;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 0/cf Mortensen; 20/rf Coit; 0/2b Blair; 0/c Jeroloman;
51/dh Keck; 25/3b Balmer; 6/lf Lissman; 10/1b Persichina; 11/ss Ravago; 7/p
Stimpson;

Anchorage Bucs 1st - Mehl singled. Kish grounded out to 3b; Mehl advanced to
second. Roberts walked. Berglund grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Roberts
out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Mortensen hit by pitch. Mortensen advanced to second
on an error by p. Mortensen advanced to third. Coit grounded out to p, SAC, RBI;
Mortensen scored, unearned. Blair hit by pitch. Blair stole second. Jeroloman struck
out. Keck popped up to ss. 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 2nd - Omura singled. Becktel walked; Omura advanced to second.
Geldhof grounded out to p, SAC; Becktel advanced to second; Omura advanced to third.
Priess homered, 3 RBI; Becktel scored; Omura scored. Wilson grounded out to ss. Mehl
reached on an error by 2b. Mehl out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 3 runs, 2
hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Balmer grounded out to 3b. Lissman walked.
Persichina grounded out to ss; Lissman advanced to second. Ravago struck out. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 3rd - Kish struck out looking. Roberts singled. Berglund
walked; Roberts advanced to second. Omura grounded out to p; Berglund advanced to
second; Roberts advanced to third. Becktel walked. Geldhof walked, RBI; Becktel
advanced to second; Berglund advanced to third; Roberts scored. Priess struck out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Mortensen grounded out to ss. Coit grounded out to
2b. Blair walked. Jeroloman walked; Blair advanced to second. Blair stole third.
Keck singled, RBI; Jeroloman advanced to second; Blair scored. Balmer flied out to
cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 4th - Wilson flied out to cf. Mehl walked. Kish grounded out
to 1b unassisted; Mehl advanced to second. Roberts grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Lissman grounded out to ss. Persichina out at first
1b to p. Ravago struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 5th - Berglund walked. Omura flied out to cf. Becktel grounded
into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Berglund out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Mortensen lined out to 3b. Coit singled. Coit
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Blair singled; Coit advanced to third. Blair
stole second. Jeroloman popped up to p, RBI; Blair advanced to third; Coit scored.
Blair scored on a passed ball, unearned. Keck walked. Hyatt to p for Hickey. Balmer
walked; Keck advanced to second. Lissman singled, RBI; Balmer advanced to third;
Keck scored, unearned. Persichina flied out to lf. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 6th - Geldhof grounded out to 2b. Priess walked. Wilson
singled; Priess advanced to second. Mehl walked; Wilson advanced to second; Priess
advanced to third. Kish grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Mehl out on the
play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Ravago grounded out to 2b. Mortensen popped up to c.
Coit struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 7th - Roberts singled. Berglund grounded out to p, SAC;
Roberts advanced to second. Omura singled; Roberts advanced to third. Becktel
reached on an error by ss, RBI; Omura advanced to second; Roberts scored, unearned.
Geldhof reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Becktel out at second ss unassisted;
Omura scored, unearned. Priess flied out to lf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Blair doubled. Jeroloman flied out to lf. Keck
struck out looking. Balmer flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 8th - Shaver to p for Stimpson. Wilson grounded out to ss.
Mehl flied out to lf. Kish reached on an error by ss. Kish out at second c to 2b,
caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Lissman singled. Persichina singled; Lissman
advanced to third. Struble pinch hit for Ravago. Struble flied out to cf, SF, RBI;
Lissman scored. Mortensen flied out to cf. Coit doubled, RBI; Persichina scored.
Blair flied out to lf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 9th - Sidhu to ss for Struble. Roberts singled. Berglund
grounded out to c, SAC; Roberts advanced to second. Roberts stole third. Omura
reached on an error by 2b, RBI; Roberts scored, unearned. Becktel grounded into
double play ss to 2b to 1b; Omura out on the play. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 9th - Withers to p for Hyatt. Jeroloman singled. Strankman
pinch ran for Jeroloman. Keck singled; Strankman advanced to third. Balmer flied out
to rf, SAC, RBI; Keck advanced to second; Strankman scored. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Line score


Alaska Goldpanners 8, Anchorage Bucs 7 (Jul 08, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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Anchorage Bucs...... 031 000 201  -  7  8  1
Alaska Goldpanners.. 101 030 021  -  8 10  4
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Pitchers: Anchorage Bucs - Hickey; Hyatt(5); Withers(9). Alaska Goldpanners - Stimpson;
Shaver(8).
Win-Shaver  Loss-Withers  T-  A-0
HR 04_BUCS - Priess.
Game: 04_07-08


 

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