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

Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks

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Alaska Goldpanners 8, Mat-Su Miners 7 (Jul 11, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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Mat-Su Miners.......   001 060 000 0 -  7 10  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 100 042 000 1 -  8 10  1
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Win-Andrade  Loss-Cahill




WRITTEN BY ANDY STERNS


The Miners kept on digging but they never hit paydirt. The club from the Mat-Su put their ace, Chris Mason, and his perfect (4-0) record and microscopic (0.96) ERA on the mound Sunday afternoon at Growden Park, to try and steal a win against the Goldpanners, to avoid being swept in their three-game weekend series.

The Panners countered with their ace for the ages, Sean Timmons, who entered the game 3-0 on the season, with a team record-tying 25 career wins.

Gold miners are known for being a stingy bunch; and for the first four innings on Sunday, both starters on these two Alaska Baseball League teams named for the state's rich mining legacy, kept their pokes 'o gold closed up pretty tightly; yielding only a few tiny nuggets to the opposition.

Panners rightfielder Johnny Coit singled in the bottom of the first, went to second on a walk issued to second baseman Cameron Blair, and scored on DH Paul Keck's RBI single. But the miners evened the score in the third, when Timmons gave up a leadoff double to catcher Eddy Rodriguez who scored on centerfielder Bret Bigler's RBI single.

A noontime start is an early one in the ABL, where long daylight hours make "early to bed" nearly impossible; and Saturday's double header and Sunday's single game started so early because of a scheduling conflict with the other tenant team at Growden Park the AIA Fire, after the Panners-Miners series had been postponed due to the July 4th wildfire smoke-out.

The Panners and Miners played 28 innings of baseball in little more than 26 hours over the weekend, and after Timmons and Mason both pitched a scoreless fourth inning Sunday, the two pitchers appeared to be the most alert-and effective- players in the game.

The anticipated pitchers duel erupted into a shootout in the fifth though; as the Miners batted around the order, and dug into Timmons for six runs on five hits- a seemingly solid lead with Mason on the mound-only to see the Panners climb right back out of their deep, dark, six-run mine shaft of a deficit in the home-half of the fifth, countering with four runs of their own, on five hits.

Trevor Mortensen, Coit, Cameron Blair and Brian Jeroloman scored the Golpanner runs, on RBIs by Jeroloman, Paul Keck (with two) and Allen Balmer.

Brett Andrade, the Panners big righthanded reliever from Long Beach State, took over for Timmons to start the sixth, and said he was inspired by his teammates' fifth inning production at the plate, that put Andrade and the Panners right back into a tight ballgame.

"You just feel that on the bench," said Andrade. "They're not giving up. I just want to go out there and keep putting zeros on the board and give my team a chance."

Goose eggs was all that Andrade gave the Miners in their next six at-bats, as the contest extended into extra innings after the Panners scored two more runs (David Moore and Arman Sidhu) in the sixth, off of Mason on two hits, singles by Mortensen and Moore, and a walk to Sidhu, driven in by Mortensen and Coit.

With two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, and two men on base, the Goldpanners couldn't have any better set up to walk off with another win; as their leadoff man, centerfielder Mortensen, the Santa Ana slugger- who already had five hits in nine at-bats against the Miner pitching staff- came to the plate to face reliever John Cahill.

Cahill came on in the ninth to replace Mason, and Mortensen's 10th inning at-bat was the first time he faced him.

"The main thing is getting a good look at him in the on-deck," said Mortensen, when asked about the challenge of trying to hit a pitcher he's never been up against before. "I ask for the other guys' input, seeing what (that pitcher) has. But usually I'm the leadoff guy, and I'm doing that for them. That's a big part of it."

And as a player who regularly hits in the leadoff spot, Mortensen said he can't afford to take pitches just to see what kind of stuff a pitcher has got.

"You don't want to go into it being timid," said Mortensen. "It might be the only time you see the guy. You might never see him again up here, so you might as well get your hacks in."

That's exactly what Mortensen did, swinging away on a 1-1 count, to drive a Cahill fastball to deep leftfield for a double and the game-winning RBI; scoring leftfielder Mike Lissman from second, after Lissman had reached base when Cahill nailed him in the back, and then advanced to second on a walk issued to shortstop Arman Sidhu.

"I had missed on an inside fastball," said Mortensen, of the first good pitch he saw from Cahill. "And I knew they were going to try to beat me with one again."

But with only one loss on their home field all season, the Goldpanners just continue to find ways not to get beat at Growden. And can they keep on doing it?

Mortensen's answer is, "Oh, Yeah."

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Mat-Su Miners vs Alaska Goldpanners (Jul 11, 2004)
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                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                      Mat-Su Miners at Alaska Goldpanners
                      Jul 11, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)

Mat-Su Miners 7

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Brett Bigler cf..........  4  1  1  1   1  2  6  0   0
Josh Satin 2b............  5  1  1  1   0  2  3  4   1
Zeke Parras 3b...........  5  1  1  1   0  0  1  1   0
Scott Simon 1b...........  5  0  1  0   0  1  8  1   0
John Hester lf...........  5  0  2  2   0  0  1  0   0
Chris Errecart rf........  5  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   1
Billy Munich dh..........  4  1  1  1   0  0  0  0   0
Eddy Rodriguez c.........  3  1  1  0   0  1  7  0   0
Clayton Carson ss........  4  1  1  0   0  0  1  3   3
Chris Mason p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
Totals................... 40  7 10  6   1  7 29 10   5

Alaska Goldpanners 8

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Trevor Mortensen cf......  6  1  3  2   0  0  3  0   0
Johnny Coit rf...........  5  2  2  0   0  1  2  0   0
Cameron Blair 2b.........  2  1  0  0   3  0  0  5   0
Brian Jeroloman c........  3  1  1  2   2  0  8  1   1
Jordan Struble pr/dh....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Paul Keck dh/c...........  5  0  2  2   0  0  0  0   0
Allen Balmer 1b..........  5  0  1  1   0  1 12  1   2
Mike Lissman lf..........  4  1  0  0   0  2  1  0   1
David Moore 3b...........  5  1  1  0   0  2  0  1   3
Arman Sidhu ss...........  4  1  0  0   1  1  3  3   0
Sean Timmons p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 Brett Andrade p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 39  8 10  7   6  7 30 13   9

Score by Innings                      R  H  E
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Mat-Su Miners....... 001 060 000 0 -  7 10  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 100 042 000 1 -  8 10  1
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Note: 2 outs, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.

E - Carson; Mason; Sidhu. DP - MINERS 1. LOB - MINERS 5; Goldpanners 9. 2B -
Parras; Hester; Errecart; Rodriguez; Mortensen. HBP - Lissman. SH -
Rodriguez. SB - Carson; Blair; Keck. CS - Bigler.

Mat-Su Miners          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Chris Mason.........  8.0 10  8  6  6  7 39 46
Cahill  ..........    1.2

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Sean Timmons........  5.0  8  7  7  1  3 22 24
Brett Andrade.......  5.0  2  0  0  0  4 18 18

Win - Andrade.  Loss - Mason.  Save - None.
HBP - by Mason (Lissman).
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 04_07-11


Play-by-Play


                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
               Mat-Su Miners at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
                      Jul 11, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)


Score by Innings                      R  H  E
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Mat-Su Miners....... 001 060 000 0 -  7 10  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 100 042 000 1 -  8 10  1
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Mat-Su Miners starters: 23/cf Bigler; 17/2b Satin; 1/3b Parras; 28/1b Simon; 26/lf
Hester; 19/rf Errecart; 27/dh Munich; 7/c Rodriguez; 6/ss Carson; 9/p Mason;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 0/cf Mortensen; 20/rf Coit; 0/2b Blair; 0/c Jeroloman;
51/dh Keck; 25/1b Balmer; 6/lf Lissman; 30/3b Moore; 2/ss Sidhu; 33/p Timmons;

Mat-Su Miners 1st - Bigler struck out. Satin grounded out to 2b. Parras flied
out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

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

Mat-Su Miners 2nd - Simon flied out to cf. Hester popped up to 1b. Errecart
struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Lissman flied out to cf. Moore struck out. Sidhu
struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 3rd - Munich flied out to lf. Rodriguez doubled. Carson popped
up to ss. Bigler singled, RBI; Rodriguez scored. Satin grounded out to p. 1 run,
2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Mortensen grounded out to 2b. Coit struck out
looking. Blair walked. Jeroloman grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 4th - Parras grounded out to 2b. Simon grounded out to ss.
Hester grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Keck singled. Balmer flied out to cf. Lissman struck
out. Moore struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 5th - Errecart doubled. Munich singled, RBI; Errecart scored.
Rodriguez grounded out to p, SAC; Munich advanced to second. Carson singled; Munich
advanced to third. Carson stole second. Bigler walked. Satin singled, RBI; Bigler
advanced to second; Carson advanced to third; Munich scored. Parras doubled, RBI;
Satin advanced to third; Bigler scored; Carson scored. Simon struck out looking.
Hester doubled, 2 RBI; Parras scored; Satin scored. Errecart grounded out to ss.
6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Sidhu popped up to 2b. Mortensen singled. Coit
singled; Mortensen advanced to second. Blair walked; Coit advanced to second;
Mortensen advanced to third. Jeroloman singled, 2 RBI; Blair advanced to second;
Coit scored; Mortensen scored. Jeroloman advanced to second; Blair advanced to
third. Keck grounded out to 2b, RBI; Jeroloman advanced to third; Blair scored.
Balmer singled, RBI; Jeroloman scored. Lissman struck out looking. 4 runs, 4
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 6th - Andrade to p for Timmons. Munich out at first 1b to p.
Rodriguez grounded out to 2b. Carson flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Moore singled. Sidhu reached on a fielder's choice;
Moore advanced to second on an error by ss. Mortensen singled, RBI; Sidhu advanced
to second; Moore scored, unearned. Coit grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b;
Mortensen out on the play; Sidhu scored, unearned. Blair flied out to cf. 2 runs,
2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 7th - Bigler struck out looking. Satin struck out looking.
Parras flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Jeroloman walked. Keck flied out to lf. Balmer
struck out. Lissman reached on an error by p; Jeroloman advanced to second. Moore
flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 8th - Simon singled. Hester singled; Simon advanced to second.
Errecart reached on a fielder's choice; Hester advanced to second; Simon advanced to
third. Munich reached on a fielder's choice; Errecart advanced to second; Hester
advanced to third; Simon out at home 3b to c. Rodriguez struck out looking. Carson
popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Sidhu popped up to 2b. Mortensen flied out to cf.
Coit grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 9th - Bigler reached on an error by ss. Bigler out at second c
to ss, caught stealing. Satin struck out looking. Parras grounded out to ss. 0
runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 9th - Blair grounded out to ss. Jeroloman walked. Struble
pinch ran for Jeroloman. Keck lined out to ss; Struble out at first ss to 1b. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mat-Su Miners 10th - Struble to dh. Keck to c. Simon grounded out to 2b.
Hester flied out to cf. Errecart popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 10th - Balmer out at first 1b to p. Lissman hit by pitch.
Moore flied out to rf. Sidhu walked; Lissman advanced to second. Mortensen doubled,
RBI; Sidhu advanced to third; Lissman scored. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Line score


Alaska Goldpanners 8, Mat-Su Miners 7 (Jul 11, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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Mat-Su Miners....... 001 060 000 0 -  7 10  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 100 042 000 1 -  8 10  1
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Pitchers: Mat-Su Miners - Mason. Alaska Goldpanners - Timmons; Andrade(6).
Win-Andrade  Loss-Mason  T-  A-0
Game: 04_07-11

 



 

 


 




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