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Mat-Su Miners vs Alaska Goldpanners (July 10, 2004)

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CAMERON BLAIR
#23

WRITTEN BY ANDY STERNS

Forget about the Grand Slam Breakfast. Denny's may be a post-Midnight Sun Game favorite among players and fans, but food from a restaurant chain can't compare to a homemade meal cooked by a Goldpanner host family; just as hitting a grand slam is a mere snack when compared to having a feast of four home runs in a day.

That's right: Four home runs.

Before Saturday's Alaska Baseball League double header against the league-leading Mat-Su Miners, Goldpanners Cameron Blair and Brian Jeroloman were invited over for breakfast at the Ginley household, where their teammates Brad Davis and Mike Lissman are spending the summer.

Afterwards all four went out and made important contributions to the Goldpanners' sweep of the twin bill and an impressive leap in the league standings- the Panners won the first game 6-5, the second 5-4, and moved into a second-place tie with the Miners in the league standing, ½ game back of the Peninsula Oilers.

But even though Davis pitched an impressive winner in the second game, and Jeroloman picked up the game-winning RBI in the first, the most dramatic and high-impact performance of the day was Blair's own personal home run derby. He hit four home runs Saturday afternoon- including three in the first game- and drove in eight of the 11 runs total that the team scored in the two games.

"It was that French toast and bacon breakfast that did it," said Blair, the second baseman with a team-high eight home runs- including one grand slam- on the season, as he sat next to Lissman outside the Goldpanners dugout, as the two refueled with sandwiches and sodas between the two games.

In the noontime opener, Blair hit his three home runs off of two different Miner pitchers; and the first, B.J. Church obviously didn't learn how not to pitch to Blair after their matchup in the first inning- when Blair took one of his fastballs over the left field fence for a three run shot- because Church showed Blair the same pitch, on the same count, with the bases empty in the third; and again Blair drove the ball over the wall in left field.

"The first guy came inside to me with a fastball on a 3-1 count," said Blair of the first pitch that he hit out of the park. "Then he came inside to me with a fastball again (in the third inning) on a 3-1 count."

Jeff Gilmore, the next Mat-Su pitcher to surrender a home run to Blair- a solo shot in the seventh-hung a pitch that Blair could handle, and he hit that out of the ballpark too.

"The second guy was throwing a split finger and a curveball," said Blair. "On 3-1 he threw a split finger and I got good wood on it."

Gilmore made certain though that he wouldn't allow himself a second opportunity to make a mistake pitching to Blair, because he intentionally walked him- to load the bases with the score tied- in the bottom of the ninth inning, and that brought Jeroloman, the catcher, to the plate.

"The intentional walk is just there to protect the pitcher," said Blair. "And when they walked me, it gave Brian a good chance to get a hit and he had a great at-bat."

Jeroloman's patience against the obviously rattled Gilmore proved to be the game winner, as Gilmore couldn't hit his spots, and gave Jeroloman a free pass to walk in the Goldpanners winning run.

With his three home run game, Blair joins a select group of Goldpanner alums who accomplished the same feat- Rod Boone in 1970 and Dave Kingman in '69 were the last to do it before Blair- when they played for the Panners.

"Absolutely," is how Blair responded when asked if he was proud to be the newest member of that exclusive club. "The Boone boys are obviously some of the best hitters in the game. I was lucky enough to get the pitches to hit, and it helps that I've got good guys hitting in front of me and behind me."

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Mat-Su Miners vs Alaska Goldpanners (Jul 10, 2004)

Box score

                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                      Mat-Su Miners at Alaska Goldpanners
                      Jul 10, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)

Mat-Su Miners 5

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Brett Bigler cf..........  4  1  1  0   1  1  1  0   1
Chris Errecart rf........  4  1  2  1   1  0  0  0   0
Zeke Parras 2b...........  4  2  1  1   1  1  1  4   3
Scott Simon 1b...........  5  0  4  0   0  1  9  0   0
John Hester dh...........  4  1  2  2   0  1  0  0   0
Matthew Weston lf........  3  0  0  0   0  1  4  0   3
 Josh Satin ph/3b........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
Billy Munich c...........  4  0  0  1   1  0  9  3   1
Chris Mason 3b/lf........  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
Clayton Carson ss........  3  0  0  0   1  1  0  1   0
Doug Church p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jeff Gilmore p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 36  5 10  5   5  8 25  8  11

Alaska Goldpanners 6

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Trevor Mortensen cf......  4  1  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
Johnny Coit rf...........  4  1  1  0   1  0  2  0   0
Cameron Blair 2b.........  4  3  3  5   1  1  2  5   0
Brian Jeroloman c........  4  0  2  1   1  2  8  0   0
Paul Keck dh.............  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Allen Balmer 1b..........  4  0  2  0   0  2 11  0   0
Mike Lissman lf..........  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   1
Jose Castanon 3b.........  4  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   2
Arman Sidhu ss...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   3
Jordan Struble ph.......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Ray Ravago ss...........  0  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Carlos Fisher p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Kenny Marquis p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 32  6  9  6   5  9 27 10   9

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
Mat-Su Miners....... 100 130 000 -  5 10  0
Alaska Goldpanners.. 301 000 101 -  6  9  1
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Note: 1 out, 3 runners LOB when the game ended.

E - Blair. LOB - MINERS 11; Goldpanners 9. 2B - Hester; Mortensen; Balmer.
3B - Errecart. HR - Blair 3. HBP - Keck; Lissman. SH - Satin; Mortensen. SF
- Hester. SB - Munich. CS - Lissman.

Mat-Su Miners          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Doug Church.........  7.0  8  5  5  2  7 29 32
Jeff Gilmore........  1.1  1  1  1  3  2  3  8

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Carlos Fisher.......  5.0  7  5  4  1  4 22 24
Kenny Marquis.......  4.0  3  0  0  4  4 14 19

Win - Marquis.  Loss - Gilmore.  Save - None.
HBP - by Church (Keck); by Gilmore (Lissman). PB - Munich.
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 04_0710A

Play-by-Play

                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
               Mat-Su Miners at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
                      Jul 10, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
Mat-Su Miners....... 100 130 000 -  5 10  0
Alaska Goldpanners.. 301 000 101 -  6  9  1
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Mat-Su Miners starters: 23/cf Bigler; 19/rf Errecart; 1/2b Parras; 28/1b Simon;
26/dh Hester; 24/lf Weston; 27/c Munich; 9/3b Mason; 6/ss Carson; 2/p Church;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 0/cf Mortensen; 20/rf Coit; 0/2b Blair; 0/c Jeroloman;
51/dh Keck; 25/1b Balmer; 6/lf Lissman; 21/3b Castanon; 2/ss Sidhu; 0/p Fisher;

Mat-Su Miners 1st - Bigler struck out. Errecart grounded out to ss. Parras
walked. Simon singled; Parras advanced to second. Hester singled, RBI; Simon
advanced to second; Parras scored. Weston struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Mortensen doubled. Coit walked. Coit advanced to
second on a passed ball; Mortensen advanced to third. Blair homered, 3 RBI; Coit
scored; Mortensen scored. Jeroloman singled. Keck walked; Jeroloman advanced to
second. Balmer struck out. Lissman struck out. Castanon popped up to 2b. 3 runs,
3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 2nd - Munich popped up to 2b. Mason grounded out to 2b. Carson
popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Sidhu flied out to lf. Mortensen popped up to 1b.
Coit grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 3rd - Bigler grounded out to 2b. Errecart flied out to rf.
Parras popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Blair homered, RBI. Jeroloman singled. Keck hit by
pitch; Jeroloman advanced to second. Balmer singled; Keck advanced to second;
Jeroloman advanced to third. Lissman struck out. Castanon struck out looking. Sidhu
grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 4th - Simon struck out. Hester doubled. Weston popped up to ss.
Munich reached on an error by 2b, RBI; Hester scored, unearned. Mason popped up to
ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Mortensen flied out to cf. Coit grounded out to 2b.
Blair struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 5th - Carson struck out. Bigler singled. Errecart tripled, RBI;
Bigler scored. Parras singled, RBI; Errecart scored. Simon singled; Parras advanced
to third. Hester flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Parras scored. Weston grounded out to p.
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Jeroloman struck out. Keck flied out to lf. Balmer
doubled. Lissman flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 6th - Marquis to p for Fisher. Munich walked. Munich stole
second. Mason struck out. Carson grounded out to 2b; Munich advanced to third.
Bigler grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Castanon flied out to lf. Struble pinch hit for
Sidhu. Struble grounded out to c. Mortensen grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 7th - Ravago to ss for Struble. Errecart singled. Parras flied
out to rf. Simon singled; Errecart advanced to third. Hester grounded out to p;
Simon advanced to second. Satin pinch hit for Weston. Satin struck out looking. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Satin to 3b. Mason to lf. Coit grounded out to 2b.
Blair homered, RBI. Jeroloman struck out. Keck flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 8th - Gilmore to p for Church. Munich flied out to lf. Mason
grounded out to 2b. Carson walked. Bigler walked; Carson advanced to second.
Errecart walked; Bigler advanced to second; Carson advanced to third. Parras struck
out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Balmer struck out. Lissman hit by pitch. Castanon
struck out; Lissman out at first c to 1b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 9th - Simon singled. Hester struck out looking. Satin grounded
out to p, SAC; Simon advanced to second. Munich grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 9th - Ravago walked. Mortensen grounded out to c, SAC;
Ravago advanced to second. Coit singled; Ravago advanced to third. Blair walked;
Coit advanced to second. Jeroloman walked, RBI; Blair advanced to second; Coit
advanced to third; Ravago scored. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Line score

Alaska Goldpanners 6, Mat-Su Miners 5 (Jul 10, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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Mat-Su Miners....... 100 130 000  -  5 10  0
Alaska Goldpanners.. 301 000 101  -  6  9  1
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Pitchers: Mat-Su Miners - Church; Gilmore(8). Alaska Goldpanners - Fisher; Marquis(6).
Win-Marquis  Loss-Gilmore  T-  A-0
HR 2004_GP - Blair 3.
Game: 04_0710A