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Alaska Goldpanners 12, AIA-ALASKA 4 (Jul 12, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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AIA-ALASKA.......... 002 000 101  -  4  7  3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 412 023 00X  - 12 12  0
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Win-Hamblet  Loss-Meigs


MIKE LISSMAN
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WRITTEN BY ANDY STERNS


Starting pitcher Reid Hamblet was playing a slightly different game than the rest of his Goldpanner teammates Monday night.

Hamblet was staked to a solid four-run lead after just one inning of play against AIA, in a game that turned into a 12-4 Goldpanner rout - courtesy of three consecutive free passes issued by Fire starter Tyler Miegs, followed by a towering Mike Lissman grand slam; but Hamblet, the sophomore strikeout machine from BIOLA University, said he kept pitching nearly the same way he would if the game was on the line.

"You've got a big cushion," said Hamblet. "But you compete the same way you do in a scoreless game."

The one concession that Hamblet said he was willing to make, once the Panners continued to pile on the runs- scoring one more in the second inning , two in the third (courtesy of another Lissman home run), two in the fifth, and three in the sixth- was that he tried to throw more strikeouts.

"Most of the two-strike pitches were well in the zone," said Hamblet, who struck out the side in the first inning, and recorded 10 strikeouts total in seven full innings of work, before closer Ryan Shaver came in to pitch the final two innings, while striking out five more Fire hitters. "If they get a few hits it just means you're being aggressive, and you can do that when you get a big lead to work with. I think everybody who goes out there to pitch, who throws strikeouts, that's what they're trying to do. You feel the best when you watch that guy just walk back to the dugout."

Lissman had only one hit in the Panners previous three games- a weekend series sweep of the Mat-Su Miners- but he totally turned things around at the plate with his two home run, six RBI night, on Monday.

"Some days you just come out and feel good and see the ball well," said Lissman. "This is the best game I've had all year. I was just trying to hit the baseball again; see the ball, hit the ball. Some days you get a break. You hit the ball off the end of the bat and they catch it or it goes through. I was 0-4 yesterday; you never know."

Lissman also said that watching Hamblet go to work in the first inning had a big influence on the way the team approached their first at-bats.

"To see your pitcher come out, bam, bam, bam, and throw three strikeouts in the first inning; that made everyone more confident" said Lissman. Everybody looked more confident at the plate; and Reid dealt. He threw a hell of a game."


Brandon is back.

Goldpanner first baseman-catcher Brandon Morris made a pinch hitting appearance in the eighth inning Monday night; and lined a rocket shot right back at AIA reliever Brett Cory, for the first out of the inning. But the smiles, handshakes and high fives he received from his teammates and coaches when he returned to the dugout, made it clear that there was something special about that at-bat.

In a June 18 game against the Oceanside Waves, Morris twisted his knee rounding third base and hadn't played since. He had arthroscopic surgery of the meniscus just 2½ weeks ago

"It feels great," said Morris, when asked what it was like to be playing again. "I want to get a chance to contribute to the team and bring something to the table. Everyday I've been rehabbing, the next day after surgery, and every day since.

And what about that near base hit his first time back at the plate?

"That's how it goes," said Morris, with a smile. "That's baseball."
 

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AIA-ALASKA vs Alaska Goldpanners (Jul 12, 2004)

Box score

                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                        AIA-ALASKA at Alaska Goldpanners
                      Jul 12, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)

AIA-ALASKA 4

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Michael Jacobellis 2b....  4  0  1  0   0  2  4  3   0
Matthew Barber ss........  4  0  1  1   0  2  1  4   1
Andrew Holder lf.........  4  0  0  0   0  3  1  0   1
Israel Victor cf.........  3  0  0  0   0  2  3  0   0
 Nathan Thompson cf......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Andrew Scheidt 3b........  3  0  1  0   1  1  1  0   0
Bradley Canada c.........  3  0  0  0   1  0  4  0   1
Timothy Murphy dh........  4  2  1  1   0  3  0  0   1
Bian Blauser 1b..........  4  1  2  1   0  1  8  0   0
Graham Crain rf..........  4  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   1
Tyler Meigs p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Ricky Sparks p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Brett Coy p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
Totals................... 34  4  7  3   2 16 24  8   5

Alaska Goldpanners 12

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Trevor Mortensen cf......  4  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
 David Moore ph/3b.......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
Johnny Coit rf/cf........  3  1  0  0   2  0  1  0   2
Cameron Blair 2b.........  3  2  2  0   2  0  1  3   1
Brian Jeroloman dh.......  3  3  1  0   2  1  0  0   2
Mike Lissman lf..........  4  4  2  6   0  1  0  0   1
Allen Balmer 3b/rf.......  4  0  1  1   0  1  2  0   0
 Brandon Morris rf.......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Arman Sidhu rf..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Jordan Struble c.........  5  1  2  1   0  1 16  1   0
Joe Persichina 1b........  5  0  1  2   0  1  7  0   0
Ray Ravago ss............  3  1  1  0   1  0  0  2   0
Reid Hamblet p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Ryan Shaver p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 36 12 12 10   7  5 27  6   8

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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AIA-ALASKA.......... 002 000 101 -  4  7  3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 412 023 00X - 12 12  0
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E - Barber; Scheidt; Meigs. DP - AIA-AK 1. LOB - AIA-AK 5; Goldpanners 8. 2B
- Jacobellis; Blair; Persichina. 3B - Blauser. HR - Murphy; Lissman 2. HBP -
Lissman. SB - Blauser; Coit; Blair 2; Struble. CS - Scheidt.

AIA-ALASKA             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Tyler Meigs.........  1.1  2  5  5  4  0  7 11
Ricky Sparks........  3.2  6  4  4  2  4 16 18
Brett Coy...........  3.0  4  3  2  1  1 13 15

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Reid Hamblet........  7.0  6  3  1  2 11 26 28
Ryan Shaver.........  2.0  1  1  1  0  5  8  8

Win - Hamblet.  Loss - Meigs.  Save - None.
WP - Sparks. HBP - by Coy (Lissman). PB - Canada; Struble 3.
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 04_0712B

Play-by-Play

                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                AIA-ALASKA at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
                      Jul 12, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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AIA-ALASKA.......... 002 000 101 -  4  7  3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 412 023 00X - 12 12  0
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AIA-ALASKA starters: 5/2b Jacobellis; 15/ss Barber; 25/lf Holder; 20/cf Victor; 9/3b
Scheidt; 22/c Canada; 16/dh Murphy; 25/1b Blauser; 7/rf Crain; 50/p Meigs;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 0/cf Mortensen; 20/rf Coit; 0/2b Blair; 0/dh Jeroloman;
6/lf Lissman; 25/3b Balmer; 8/c Struble; 10/1b Persichina; 11/ss Ravago; 14/p
Hamblet;

AIA-ALASKA 1st - Jacobellis struck out. Barber struck out. Holder struck out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Mortensen popped up to 1b. Coit walked. Coit stole
second. Blair walked. Jeroloman walked; Blair advanced to second; Coit advanced to
third. Lissman homered, 4 RBI; Jeroloman scored; Blair scored; Coit scored. Balmer
popped up to 1b. Struble flied out to cf. 4 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 2nd - Victor popped up to c. Scheidt grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Canada grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Persichina grounded out to 1b unassisted. Ravago
reached on an error by 3b. Mortensen singled; Ravago advanced to third. Mortensen
advanced to second on an error by p, advanced to third; Ravago scored. Coit walked.
Sparks to p for Meigs. Blair reached on a fielder's choice; Coit out at second ss
unassisted; Mortensen out at third ss to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 3rd - Murphy struck out. Blauser singled. Blauser stole second.
Crain singled; Blauser advanced to third. Jacobellis struck out. Crain advanced to
second on a passed ball; Blauser scored, unearned. Barber singled, RBI; Crain
scored, unearned. Holder struck out. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Jeroloman singled. Lissman homered, 2 RBI; Jeroloman
scored. Balmer popped up to 1b. Struble struck out looking. Persichina flied out to
cf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 4th - Victor struck out. Scheidt singled. Scheidt out at second c
to 2b, caught stealing. Canada walked. Canada advanced to second on a passed ball.
Murphy struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Ravago singled. Mortensen singled; Ravago advanced
to third. Coit popped up to 2b; Mortensen out at first 2b to 1b. Blair walked. Blair
stole second. Jeroloman struck out. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 5th - Blauser grounded out to 2b. Crain popped up to 1b.
Jacobellis doubled. Barber struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Lissman struck out, reached first on a passed ball.
Lissman advanced to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third. Balmer struck out
looking. Struble singled. Struble stole second. Persichina doubled, 2 RBI; Struble
scored; Lissman scored. Ravago walked. Mortensen reached on a fielder's choice;
Ravago out at second ss to 2b; Persichina advanced to third. Coit reached on a
fielder's choice; Mortensen out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 6th - Holder grounded out to ss. Victor struck out. Scheidt
walked. Canada flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Coy to p for Sparks. Blair singled. Blair stole
second. Jeroloman walked. Lissman hit by pitch; Jeroloman advanced to second; Blair
advanced to third. Balmer singled, RBI; Lissman advanced to second; Jeroloman
advanced to third; Blair scored. Struble singled, RBI; Balmer advanced to second;
Lissman advanced to third; Jeroloman scored. Persichina struck out. Ravago reached
on an error by ss; Struble advanced to second; Balmer advanced to third; Lissman
scored, unearned. Moore pinch hit for Mortensen. Moore grounded into double play ss
to 2b to 1b; Ravago out on the play. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 7th - Moore to 3b. Coit to cf. Balmer to rf. Murphy homered, RBI.
Blauser struck out. Crain flied out to rf. Jacobellis flied out to rf. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Coit flied out to lf. Blair doubled. Jeroloman flied
out to cf; Blair advanced to third. Lissman grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 8th - Shaver to p for Hamblet. Barber grounded out to ss. Holder
struck out looking. Thompson to cf for Victor. Thompson struck out. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Morris to rf for Balmer. Morris lined out to p.
Struble grounded out to p. Persichina flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.

AIA-ALASKA 9th - Sidhu to rf for Morris. Scheidt struck out. Canada grounded
out to 2b. Murphy struck out, reached first on a passed ball. Blauser tripled, RBI;
Murphy scored. Crain struck out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Line score

Alaska Goldpanners 12, AIA-ALASKA 4 (Jul 12, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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AIA-ALASKA.......... 002 000 101  -  4  7  3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 412 023 00X  - 12 12  0
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Pitchers: AIA-ALASKA - Meigs; Sparks(2); Coy(6). Alaska Goldpanners - Hamblet; Shaver(8).
Win-Hamblet  Loss-Meigs  T-  A-0
HR 04_AIA - Murphy.
HR 2004_GP - Lissman 2.
Game: 04_0712B

 


 

 


 




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