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

July 10

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Alaska Goldpanners 5, Mat-Su Miners 4
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Mat-Su Miners....... 200 100 010 - 4 10 2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 300 200 00X - 5 8 1
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Win-Davis Save-Landavazo Loss-Tomasiewicz

CAMERON BLAIR

AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
3 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 0

#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)

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Box score

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

Mat-Su Miners 4

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Brett Bigler cf..........  5  0  0  0   0  2  5  1   3
Josh Satin 2b............  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Zeke Parras 3b...........  4  2  3  0   0  0  2  3   0
Scott Simon 1b...........  4  1  2  0   0  2  6  1   0
John Hester dh...........  4  0  2  3   0  1  0  0   1
Chris Errecart rf........  4  1  1  0   0  0  3  1   0
Chris Mason lf...........  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
Eddy Rodriguez c.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  3  1   1
 Billy Munich ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Clayton Carson ss........  4  0  1  1   0  2  4  0   0
Kevin Tomasiewicz p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 Cody Campbell p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37  4 10  4   0  8 24 10   6

Alaska Goldpanners 5

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Trevor Mortensen cf......  4  1  3  1   0  0  1  0   1
Mike Lissman lf..........  4  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
Cameron Blair 2b.........  3  1  1  3   1  1  1  4   0
Paul Keck c..............  4  0  2  0   0  0  8  0   0
Brian Jeroloman dh.......  2  1  1  0   2  0  0  0   0
Jordan Struble rf........  3  1  0  0   1  0  2  1   3
Allen Balmer 1b..........  3  0  0  0   1  0 11  0   1
Jose Castanon 3b.........  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  1   0
Ray Ravago ss............  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  3   0
Arman Sidhu ss..........  2  0  0  1   1  0  0  4   2
Brad Davis p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Derrick Landavazo p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 28  5  8  5   6  3 27 13   8

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Mat-Su Miners....... 200 100 010 -  4 10  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 300 200 00X -  5  8  1
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E - Parras; Simon; Ravago. LOB - MINERS 6; Goldpanners 8. 2B - Hester 2;
Errecart; Keck. HR - Blair. HBP - Castanon. SH - Castanon. SF - Mortensen.
CS - Mortensen 2.

Mat-Su Miners          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Kevin Tomasiewicz...  6.0  6  5  3  4  3 21 27
Cody Campbell.......  2.0  2  0  0  2  0  7 10

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Brad Davis..........  5.1  8  3  3  0  7 24 24
Derrick Landavazo...  3.2  2  1  1  0  1 13 13

Win - Davis.  Loss - Tomasiewicz.  Save - Landavazo .
HBP - by Tomasiewicz (Castanon). BK - Tomasiewicz.
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 04_0710B

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
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Mat-Su Miners....... 200 100 010 -  4 10  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 300 200 00X -  5  8  1
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Mat-Su Miners starters: 23/cf Bigler; 17/2b Satin; 1/3b Parras; 28/1b Simon; 26/dh
Hester; 19/rf Errecart; 9/lf Mason; 7/c Rodriguez; 6/ss Carson; 25/p Tomasiewicz;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 0/cf Mortensen; 6/lf Lissman; 0/2b Blair; 51/c Keck;
0/dh Jeroloman; 8/rf Struble; 25/1b Balmer; 21/3b Castanon; 11/ss Ravago; 35/p
Davis;

Mat-Su Miners 1st - Bigler struck out looking. Satin grounded out to ss.
Parras singled. Simon singled; Parras advanced to third. Hester doubled, 2 RBI;
Simon scored; Parras scored. Hester out at third rf to 3b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Mortensen singled. Mortensen advanced to second on a
balk. Lissman singled; Mortensen advanced to third. Blair homered, 3 RBI; Lissman
scored; Mortensen scored. Keck doubled. Jeroloman walked. Struble flied out to cf.
Balmer lined out to 1b; Jeroloman out at first 1b unassisted. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 2nd - Errecart reached on an error by ss. Mason struck out.
Rodriguez singled; Errecart advanced to third. Carson struck out. Bigler struck out
looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Castanon grounded out to 3b. Ravago struck out
looking. Mortensen singled. Mortensen out at second p to ss, caught stealing. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 3rd - Satin grounded out to ss. Parras singled. Simon struck
out; Parras advanced to second. Hester struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Lissman flied out to rf. Blair struck out looking.
Keck flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 4th - Errecart doubled. Mason flied out to cf. Rodriguez
grounded out to ss. Sidhu to ss for Ravago. Carson singled, RBI; Errecart scored.
Carson advanced to second. Bigler grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Jeroloman singled. Struble walked; Jeroloman
advanced to second. Balmer reached on an error by 1b; Struble advanced to second;
Jeroloman advanced to third. Castanon struck out. Sidhu walked, RBI; Balmer advanced
to second; Struble advanced to third; Jeroloman scored, unearned. Mortensen flied
out to cf, SF, RBI; Sidhu advanced to second; Balmer out at third cf to 3b; Struble
scored, unearned. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 5th - Satin flied out to rf. Parras grounded out to ss. Simon
struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Lissman flied out to rf. Blair out at first rf to
cf. Keck flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 6th - Hester doubled. Errecart flied out to lf; Hester advanced
to third. Landavazo to p for Davis. Mason grounded out to 3b. Rodriguez grounded out
to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Jeroloman walked. Struble reached on a fielder's
choice; Jeroloman out at second p to ss. Balmer reached on a fielder's choice;
Struble out at second 1b to ss. Castanon hit by pitch; Balmer advanced to second.
Sidhu flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 7th - Carson grounded out to 2b. Bigler grounded out to 2b.
Satin flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Campbell to p for Tomasiewicz. Mortensen singled.
Mortensen out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Lissman reached on an error by 3b.
Blair walked; Lissman advanced to second. Keck singled; Blair advanced to second;
Lissman advanced to third. Jeroloman popped up to 3b. Struble grounded out to 2b.
0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 8th - Parras singled. Simon singled; Parras advanced to second.
Hester reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Simon out at second ss to 2b; Parras
scored. Hester advanced to second. Errecart flied out to lf. Mason grounded out to
2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Balmer walked. Castanon grounded out to 3b, SAC;
Balmer advanced to second. Sidhu grounded out to 3b. Mortensen flied out to cf. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 9th - Munich pinch hit for Rodriguez. Munich grounded out to
2b. Carson struck out. Bigler popped up to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Line score

Alaska Goldpanners 5, Mat-Su Miners 4 (Jul 10, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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Mat-Su Miners....... 200 100 010  -  4 10  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 300 200 00X  -  5  8  1
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Pitchers: Mat-Su Miners - Tomasiewicz; Campbell(7). Alaska Goldpanners - Davis; Landavazo(6).
Win-Davis  Save-Landavazo  Loss-Tomasiewicz
HR 2004_GP - Blair.
Game: 04_0710B