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Anchorage Bucs vs Goldpanners (July 21, 2004)

July 21

Anchorage Bucs 5, Alaska Goldpanners 1 (Jul 21, 2004 at Anchorage)
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Alaska Goldpanners.. 000 000 001  -  1  6  0
Anchorage Bucs...... 200 210 00X  -  5 11  2
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Win-Wood  Save-McConell  Loss-Stimpson

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It's a long bus ride from Fairbanks down to Anchorage, but don't expect Goldpanners head coach Ed Cheff to fill the time giving Knute Rockne-style speeches to his troops, as they travel down the Parks Highway to begin their second road trip of the season.

"Baseball isn't a game where you give 'em a pep talk everyday," said Cheff Sunday night, after the Panners lost 6-1 to the Anchorage Glacier Pilots, in the finale of a 14- game homestand. It was a contest in which the confidence, timely punch and intelligent approach the Panners have displayed at the plate in home games all season, was mysteriously missing.

"We played pretty well here during this streak," said Cheff. "But you would like to think the team would have the ability to play hard every night. I don't care if you play 20 or 25 games in a row, you still have to put forth the effort."

The Panners posted an impressive 11-3 record during the recent homestand, but Cheff was clearly frustrated by his team's performance on Sunday, when the Goldpanners failed to capitalize after creating scoring opportunities.

The Panners nearly matched the Pilots hit for hit- with eight to their nine- but managed just that single run: scored by Ray Ravago in the third inning, after he led off the inning with a single and took second on a throwing error, then advanced to third on a Trevor Mortensen base hit and was driven in by Johnny Coit's sacrifice fly to left field.

The Panners left a total of 10 men on base -six in scoring position- during Sunday's game, left the bases loaded in the seventh, and left Cheff perplexed by the choices his team of usually well-disciplined hitters made at the plate.

"We had no mentality in our hitting tonight," said Cheff.. "We didn't have very good (at bats)."

But as they readied to hit the road again- where wins were tough to come by for the Panners on their first trip when they finished 1-5 -they'll try to make a run at locking up the Alaska Baseball League title, and Cheff said he expects the team to be more successful this second time around.

"It would surprise me if we didn't play well on this trip," said Cheff. "If their goal is to go to Wichita, which I think it is, that should be enough motivation for them."

Cheff pointed to pitching ("The pitching staff is in better shape now," he said Sunday) as key to winning more games on the road; and with the addition of one more experienced starting pitcher, Fullerton lefty Scott Sarver and the recent lights-out, late inning appearances from Kenny Maiques and Ryan Shaver out of the bullpen, the Panners should prove this week that they can consistently win games on the south side of the Alaska Range too.

And while the only Goldpanner pitcher to win a game on their first road trip, Reid Hamblet, (who threw a 5-0 rain-shortened, seven inning shutout of the Pilots at Mulcahy Stadium) took the loss in Sunday's home game against the Pilots, Hamblet battled fiercely through a full six innings .

Hamlet suffered through a tough first inning, when he gave up four base hits and three runs, two of them earned; yet if not for an untimely error on a probable double play ball, with one out and men on first and second, the Panners might have escaped the inning with no damage done.

Hamblet came back though to hold the Pilots scoreless over the next four innings, allowing only three men to reach base, but when the Pilots leadoff man got on after a Panner error in the sixth inning, the Pilots regained the momentum that Hamblet had so successfully stifled, and they scored three runs in the inning, on two base hits and one hit batsman.

"He didn't pitch great, but he didn't pitch bad," said Cheff, of Hamblet's outing. "But you can't give (the other team) more than three outs."

And commenting on the Panners missed scoring opportunities, Cheff added that, "Sometimes when you can come back, your pitcher gets new life."

An added element of intrigue within Sunday's game surfaced in bottom of the sixth inning, when the Goldpanners faced a former teammate, Jameson Hester, who is now pitching, for the Pilots.

"Getting dropped by us, he's got something to prove," said the Panners third baseman Allen Balmer, who proved all night that he could hit Pilot pitching, finishing 4-5 at the plate. "The last thing you want to do is let him prove it. "

After Hester pitched a quick sixth inning, surrendering just one hit, a single to Jordan Struble, the Panners ended his outing the very next inning, when they loaded the bases, threatening again to take a chunk out of the Pilots five -run lead.

Hester hit the Panners leadoff man, Trevor Mortensen, with a pitch, and after getting Johnny Coit and Cameron Bair both to fly out, Hester walked DH Brian Jeroloman and gave up a base hit to Balmer to load the bases. But Eli George came on in relief of Hester to face Mike Lissman, and Lissman grounded out to third, ending the Goldpanners last good scoring opportunity of the game.

With two weeks left in the season, the Panners now have two things to prove: that they can bounce back after a tough loss and that they can win more consistently on the road.

"I don't think we played that well tonight," said Balmer, after Sunday's game. "We have to come back and do well and everyone has to do it. It's hard to overcome that, but the teams that do it win. You have to show up and play hard if you want to win."

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Alaska Goldpanners vs Anchorage Bucs (Jul 21, 2004)

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                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                      Alaska Goldpanners at Anchorage Bucs
                      Jul 21, 2004 at Anchorage (Mulcahy)

Alaska Goldpanners 1

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Trevor Mortensen rf......  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  1   1
Johnny Coit cf...........  4  0  1  0   0  1  2  0   0
Cameron Blair 2b.........  4  1  0  0   0  0  2  3   0
Paul Keck dh.............  4  0  1  0   0  3  0  0   0
Allen Balmer 3b..........  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   2
 David Moore 3b/1b.......  1  0  1  0   1  0  2  1   0
Mike Lissman lf..........  4  0  0  0   0  2  2  1   1
Jordan Struble c.........  4  0  1  1   0  1  7  0   0
Joe Persichina 1b........  2  0  0  0   0  0  6  0   0
Jose Castanon ph/3b.....  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   3
Arman Sidhu ss...........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Ray Ravago ss...........  2  0  1  0   0  1  0  1   0
Jeff Stimpson p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Ryan Shaver p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Derrick Landavazo p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 34  1  6  1   1  9 24  9   7

Anchorage Bucs 5

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Truan Mehl cf............  5  1  2  1   0  1  4  1   0
Jon Wilson ss............  3  0  0  0   1  1  3  3   0
Brandon Roberts dh.......  4  1  2  1   0  1  0  0   2
Travis Becktel rf........  3  0  1  0   1  1  2  0   0
Isaac Omura 2b...........  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  4   0
Tuffy Gossovich c........  3  1  2  1   1  0  9  0   0
Brett Berglund 1b........  4  1  2  0   0  0  8  0   2
Greg Kish lf.............  3  1  1  1   1  0  0  0   3
Jim Geldhof 3b...........  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  1   0
Blake Wood p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Kellan McConell p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 32  5 11  4   5  4 27  9   8

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Alaska Goldpanners.. 000 000 001 -  1  6  0
Anchorage Bucs...... 200 210 00X -  5 11  2
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E - Berglund; Geldhof. DP - Goldpanners 1. LOB - Goldpanners 7; Bucs 8. 2B -
Mehl; Berglund. SB - Blair; Berglund.

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Jeff Stimpson.......  3.2  5  4  4  4  3 16 20
Ryan Shaver.........  1.1  3  1  1  0  1  6  6
Derrick Landavazo...  3.0  3  0  0  1  0 10 11

Anchorage Bucs         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Blake Wood..........  7.0  5  0  0  0  6 26 26
Kellan McConell.....  2.0  1  1  0  1  3  8  9

Win - Wood.  Loss - Stimpson.  Save - McConell .
WP - Stimpson; Wood. PB - Struble 2; Gossovich.
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 04_07-21

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                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
              Alaska Goldpanners at Anchorage Bucs - Play-by-Play
                      Jul 21, 2004 at Anchorage (Mulcahy)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Alaska Goldpanners.. 000 000 001 -  1  6  0
Anchorage Bucs...... 200 210 00X -  5 11  2
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Alaska Goldpanners starters: 18/rf Mortensen; 20/cf Coit; 23/2b Blair; 51/dh Keck;
25/3b Balmer; 6/lf Lissman; 8/c Struble; 10/1b Persichina; 2/ss Sidhu; 7/p Stimpson;
Anchorage Bucs starters: 19/cf Mehl; 12/ss Wilson; 8/dh Roberts; 16/rf Becktel;
17/2b Omura; 11/c Gossovich; 25/1b Berglund; 34/lf Kish; 7/3b Geldhof; 27/p Wood;

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Mortensen grounded out to 3b. Coit singled. Blair
reached on an error by 1b; Coit advanced to second. Blair advanced to second on a
wild pitch; Coit advanced to third. Keck struck out. Balmer flied out to cf. 0
runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 1st - Mehl doubled. Wilson fouled out to c. Mehl advanced to
third on a passed ball. Roberts singled, RBI; Mehl scored. Roberts advanced to
second on a passed ball. Becktel walked. Omura singled; Becktel advanced to second;
Roberts advanced to third. Gossovich walked, RBI; Omura advanced to second; Becktel
advanced to third; Roberts scored. Berglund fouled out to 1b. Kish popped up to 3b.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Lissman grounded out to 2b. Struble grounded out to
2b. Persichina lined out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 2nd - Geldhof flied out to lf. Mehl struck out. Wilson struck
out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Sidhu struck out looking. Mortensen singled.
Mortensen out at second cf to ss. Coit lined out to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
0 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 3rd - Roberts struck out looking. Becktel grounded out to 2b.
Omura flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Blair grounded out to ss. Keck singled. Keck
advanced to second on a passed ball. Balmer grounded out to ss. Lissman struck out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 4th - Ravago to ss for Sidhu. Gossovich grounded out to 2b.
Berglund singled. Berglund stole second. Kish walked. Geldhof lined out to 2b. Mehl
singled, RBI; Kish advanced to third; Berglund scored. Mehl advanced to second. Mehl
advanced to third on a wild pitch; Kish scored. Wilson walked. Shaver to p for
Stimpson. Roberts popped up to 1b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Struble struck out. Persichina grounded out to 2b.
Ravago singled. Mortensen reached on a fielder's choice; Ravago out at second ss to
2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 5th - Becktel struck out. Omura grounded out to p. Gossovich
singled. Berglund doubled; Gossovich advanced to third. Kish singled, RBI; Berglund
advanced to third; Gossovich scored. Berglund out at home lf to c. 1 run, 3 hits,
0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Coit struck out. Blair flied out to cf. Keck struck
out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 6th - Landavazo to p for Shaver. Moore to 3b for Balmer.
Geldhof walked. Mehl flied out to cf. Wilson grounded into double play ss to 2b to
1b; Geldhof out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Moore singled. Lissman flied out to rf. Struble
popped up to ss. Castanon pinch hit for Persichina. Castanon grounded out to 2b.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 7th - Moore to 1b. Castanon to 3b. Roberts singled. Becktel
singled; Roberts advanced to third. Omura flied out to rf; Roberts out at home rf to
c. Gossovich singled; Becktel advanced to second. Berglund flied out to cf. 0
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - McConell to p for Wood. Ravago struck out. Mortensen
flied out to cf. Coit flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 8th - Kish grounded out to 3b. Geldhof out at first 1b to p.
Mehl popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 9th - Blair reached on an error by 3b, advanced to second.
Keck struck out. Moore walked. Blair stole third. Lissman struck out. Struble
singled, RBI; Moore advanced to second; Blair scored, unearned. Castanon flied out
to rf. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Line score

Anchorage Bucs 5, Alaska Goldpanners 1 (Jul 21, 2004 at Anchorage)
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Alaska Goldpanners.. 000 000 001  -  1  6  0
Anchorage Bucs...... 200 210 00X  -  5 11  2
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Pitchers: Alaska Goldpanners - Stimpson; Shaver(4); Landavazo(6). Anchorage Bucs - Wood;
McConell(8).
Win-Wood  Save-McConell  Loss-Stimpson  T-  A-0
Game: 04_07-21

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