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Peninsula Oilers vs Goldpanners (July 29, 2004)

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Peninsula Oilers 8, Alaska Goldpanners 3 
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Peninsula Oilers.... 000 250 100  -  8 16  3
Alaska Goldpanners..       001 110 000  -  3  7  1
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Win-Martin  Save-Robertson  Loss-Timmons

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GAME STORY BY ANDY STERNS
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JOE PERSICHINA
#10

WRITTEN BY ANDY STERNS

It couldn't be over, could it?

The Goldpanners played their final home game of the season Thursday evening; but unlike most nights, when the ballpark clears out fairly quickly after the last out is recorded, and the ballplayers have finished packing their gear in the dugout and signing baseballs for young fans, last night many of the players lingered at the park, not quite ready to let go of the game and the magic of the home season.

The Panners had just played what was essentially a win-(and go to Wichita)-or-go-home game against the Peninsula Oilers, and the home team had come up on the short end, losing 8-3. The Alaska Baseball League title race has been so tight this season, that the Panners have anticipated for weeks that both their league title hopes and their chance to lock up one of the ABL's two berths for post-season play at the National Baseball Congress championships in Wichita, would hinge on this week's four-game series with the Oilers

The Panners went into last night's game in sole possession of the league lead- after winning the first three games of this series- and with only two games left in their regular season; but after losing last night they might not even finish second in the ABL race, and could fall as far as third or fourth -that's how tight things are at the top. The Panners and Oilers are now tied for second in the league standings, ½ game behind the Mat-Su Miners and the Anchorage Bucs, who are tied for the lead..

The Panners must win their final league game of the season against the Miners in Palmer on Saturday to keep their Wichita hopes alive; and the Panners post-season plans could also use some help from the other Growden Park home team, the last-pace AIA Fire, who the Goldpanners hope will play the spoiler by winning at least one of their last two league games, against the Miners in Palmer on Friday and the Oilers in Kenai on Saturday, and help the Panners in the hunt for the post-season. The Bucs record stand pat, their regular season is done. So after the results of the remaining league games shake out, it's possible that a one-day playoff tournament (probably played in Anchorage on Sunday) would still be needed to break a three- or four-team tie.

"It's just a rat race right down to the finish," said the Panners first baseman, Joe Persichina, after last night's game. "We were in first place before this game and we lost, and now we might not even be in the top three."

Persichina has been an unstoppable force at the plate throughout this series- finishing 12-15 over the four games-and last night he doubled and singled, but did not score- and that was the story of the night. The Panners left the bases loaded in the second, fifth, sixth and ninth innings, with only one run to show for their efforts.

"It's a back-breaker, it's disappointing," said Persichina, discussing the loss and its implications, as he sat in the dugout after the game. "But it doesn't always come down to the last game of the season. If we won a few more games on the road...."

The Goldpanners home record this season is an astounding 26-5, but on the road the Panners are just 4-10.

But more prevalent than disappointment among the Goldpanners, was this; a feeling that "we played with our all," said Persichina, right before he headed back onto the field to play catch with a young Goldpanner fan. "And that's all you can ask for."

The Panners can be proud of taking three of four from a tough Oilers team, that came into Fairbanks in first place and full of confidence; and the Panners played cooly in winning the two one-run, nail-biting contests of the series. And win or lose, it's easy to appreciate how much the Panners respect the efforts of their teammates and enjoy playing together.

"We've got a great team up here," said second baseman Cameron Blair, who was just named the 2004 ABL player of the year. "You play with a great bunch of guys and with great coaches I can't say enough about these guys. We're good together and we've been clicking and it's been a heck of a summer."

And despite missing the first ten games of the season, Blair still smacked an eye-popping eleven home runs- and he hit four in one day (three in the first game and one in the second game) in a July 10 double dip at Growden against the Miners. Impressively, even without his four-home-run- day, Blair would still lead the league in round-trippers.

"I'd go with these guys any day of the week," said DH David Moore, echoing Blair's sentiments about their fellow Goldpanners, as Moore shared a seat with some of his teammates on the picnic table outside GM Don Dennis' office after Thursday's game.. "I've had a blast being with these guys."

Moore has gotten more playing time in the last two weeks of the season, after another 2004 ABL all-league choice, DH Paul Keck (who also catches), was forced to leave the team for a family emergency. Moore came up with a big two-run homer in the second game of this series with the Oilers; in 10 at-bats over two games in the series he drew six walks, including an incredible four walks last night in five at-bats, and Moore brought in a run when he walked with a bases loaded in the fifth inning.

It's just patience," said Moore, of his recent penchant for the free pass. "A couple of times during the season I wanted to get hits so bad, but now that I've got my shot I've got nothing to lose, and I got some hits the other night (including a two-run home run). At the start of the season I was a little nervous, but I've started to settled down a bit. When you're hitting good you're seeing the ball well and you get a lot of walks."

There was no doubt about the name that Goldpanners head coach Ed Cheff would be penciling into the lineup card as the starting pitcher for Thursday night's game- a contest that would close out not just the home season, but a record-setting career as well- it was that of Sean Timmons, the club's all-time career leader in wins, starts, innings pitched and seasons played.

Timmons, the 2003 ABL Player of the Year, and a 2004 all-ABL team pitcher, brought his unblemished 5-0 record and 2.98 ERA to the mound Thursday, in what was most probably (but never say never) his last start at Growden Park- after eight seasons and 27 wins the hometown pitcher will be heading off to become a physician's assistant this fall.

Throwing to his all-league battery mate Brian Jerolomam, 2004's all-ABL team catcher, Timmons kept the Oiler in check through the first three innings, allowing just a base hit and a walk; while the Panners put the first run of the game on the board in the bottom of the third. Centerfielder Johnny Coit doubled off of Oilers starter Michael Martin, and scored on a Blair sacrifice, and an error by Oilers shortstop Chris Minaker on a Jeroloman ground ball.

But the Oilers drilled out eight hits and drove six runs across in the fourth and fifth innings, before Timmons was relieved by Jeff Stimpson. Stimpson gave up two quick hits and a run, but then he settled down to get the final two outs of the inning. Stimpson pitched primarily out of the bullpen in his freshman season of college ball this year at Stanford, but has worked his way into the Panners starting rotation; and Stimpson had plenty of gas to finish off Thursday's game for the Goldpanners; but when it was done, he was too- the last man left in dugout, alone with his thoughts, and visibly exhausted both physically and emotionally from his effort to keep the Oilers in check.

"I just felt like I was throwing under a lot of pressure," said Stimpson. "It was a do or die situation if we were to go to Wichita. We were down a lot of runs when I came in and I knew I couldn't afford to give up any more."

Stimpson effectively stemmed the Oilers momentum, allowing a total of two runs on five hits in 4 and 2/3, but while the Panners came tantalizingly close to mounting a comeback with bases- loaded-fifth, -sixth and -ninth innings, they couldn't come up with the hits in the clutch.

The Panners still have at least one more game to play though; and they haven't given up trying to get to Wichita.

"We've got to stay focused ," said Persichina. "And play that game like it means something. Because it does."

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Peninsula Oilers vs Alaska Goldpanners (Jul 29, 2004)

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                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
                     Peninsula Oilers at Alaska Goldpanners
                      Jul 29, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)

Peninsula Oilers 8

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Robert Perry cf..........  5  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   0
Nick Kliebert 2b.........  5  1  2  0   0  0  3  1   1
Felipe Garcia lf.........  5  2  2  1   0  1  4  0   1
Nathan Faulkner 1b.......  5  3  3  1   0  0  7  1   0
Chris Minaker ss.........  5  1  4  2   0  0  0  4   0
Andy Dahl rf.............  3  1  1  1   1  1  2  0   0
Joey Hendricks c.........  5  0  3  2   0  1  8  2   1
Patrick Rooney 3b........  4  0  1  1   1  1  1  0   1
David Newby dh...........  3  0  0  0   1  2  0  0   3
 Rocky Laguna dh.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   3
Michael Martin p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
 Tim Robertson p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 41  8 16  8   3  8 27 10  10

Alaska Goldpanners 3

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Trevor Mortensen rf......  6  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   3
Johnny Coit cf...........  5  1  2  0   0  1  3  0   2
Cameron Blair 2b.........  4  0  1  0   1  0  0  1   0
Brian Jeroloman c........  5  0  0  0   0  1  8  1   1
Allen Balmer 3b..........  3  1  1  0   2  1  1  1   1
Mike Lissman lf..........  4  1  1  0   1  0  3  0   3
Joe Persichina 1b........  4  0  1  0   1  2  8  0   0
David Moore dh...........  1  0  0  1   4  1  0  0   0
Arman Sidhu ss...........  4  0  1  1   0  2  1  2   6
Jordan Struble ss.......  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Sean Timmons p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
Jeff Stimpson p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 36  3  7  2  10  8 27  8  16

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Peninsula Oilers.... 000 250 100 -  8 16  3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 001 110 000 -  3  7  1
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E - Kliebert; Minaker; Rooney; Balmer. LOB - Oilers 10; Goldpanners 16. 2B -
Kliebert; Garcia 2; Minaker; Hendricks; Rooney; Coit; Persichina. 3B - Dahl.
SF - Minaker. SB - Lissman. CS - Hendricks; Mortensen; Blair.

Peninsula Oilers       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Michael Martin......  5.1  5  3  2  7  3 23 30
Tim Robertson.......  3.2  2  0  0  3  5 13 16

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Sean Timmons........  4.1  9  6  6  1  3 21 23
Jeff Stimpson.......  4.2  7  2  1  2  5 20 22

Win - Martin.  Loss - Timmons.  Save - Robertson .
WP - Martin.
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 04_07-29

Play-by-Play

                      2004 Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
             Peninsula Oilers at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
                      Jul 29, 2004 at Fairbanks (Growden)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Peninsula Oilers.... 000 250 100 -  8 16  3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 001 110 000 -  3  7  1
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Peninsula Oilers starters: 8/cf Perry; 6/2b Kliebert; 27/lf Garcia; 26/1b Faulkner;
12/ss Minaker; 24/rf Dahl; 19/c Hendricks; 18/3b Rooney; 34/dh Newby; 23/p Martin;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 18/rf Mortensen; 20/cf Coit; 23/2b Blair; 26/c
Jeroloman; 25/3b Balmer; 6/lf Lissman; 10/1b Persichina; 30/dh Moore; 2/ss Sidhu;
33/p Timmons;

Peninsula Oilers 1st - Perry grounded out to p. Kliebert flied out to cf.
Garcia grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - Mortensen grounded out to p. Coit flied out to lf.
Blair walked. Blair out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Peninsula Oilers 2nd - Faulkner popped up to ss. Minaker flied out to cf.
Dahl to rf for Minaker. Minaker to ss for Dahl. Minaker singled. Hendricks popped up
to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Jeroloman grounded out to ss. Balmer reached on an
error by 3b. Lissman flied out to lf. Persichina doubled; Balmer advanced to third.
Moore walked. Sidhu grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.

Peninsula Oilers 3rd - Rooney struck out. Newby walked. Perry struck out.
Kliebert flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Mortensen reached on an error by 2b. Mortensen out
at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Coit doubled. Blair grounded out to ss; Coit
advanced to third. Jeroloman reached on an error by ss; Coit scored, unearned.
Balmer struck out. 1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.

Peninsula Oilers 4th - Garcia doubled. Faulkner singled; Garcia advanced to
third. Dahl fouled out to 3b. Minaker flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Garcia scored.
Hendricks singled; Faulkner advanced to second. Rooney doubled, RBI; Hendricks
advanced to third; Faulkner scored. Newby struck out. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Lissman walked. Persichina struck out. Lissman stole
second. Lissman advanced to third on a wild pitch. Moore walked. Sidhu singled, RBI;
Moore advanced to second; Lissman scored. Mortensen reached on a fielder's choice;
Sidhu out at second ss to 2b; Moore advanced to third. Coit grounded out to p. 1
run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Peninsula Oilers 5th - Perry grounded out to p. Kliebert doubled. Garcia
doubled, RBI; Kliebert scored. Faulkner singled, RBI; Garcia scored. Dahl tripled,
RBI; Faulkner scored. Stimpson to p for Timmons. Minaker singled, RBI; Dahl scored.
Hendricks doubled, RBI; Minaker scored. Rooney flied out to rf. Newby grounded out
to p. 5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - Blair flied out to lf. Jeroloman popped up to 1b.
Balmer walked. Lissman singled; Balmer advanced to second. Persichina walked;
Lissman advanced to second; Balmer advanced to third. Moore walked, RBI; Persichina
advanced to second; Lissman advanced to third; Balmer scored. Sidhu struck out. 1
run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Peninsula Oilers 6th - Perry flied out to rf. Kliebert grounded out to ss.
Garcia struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - Mortensen out at first 1b to p. Coit singled. Blair
reached on a fielder's choice; Coit advanced to second. Robertson to p for Martin.
Jeroloman struck out looking. Balmer walked; Blair advanced to second; Coit advanced
to third. Lissman popped up to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Peninsula Oilers 7th - Faulkner singled. Dahl struck out looking. Minaker
singled; Faulkner advanced to second. Faulkner advanced to third on an error by 3b.
Hendricks singled, RBI; Minaker advanced to second; Faulkner scored, unearned.
Hendricks out at first c to 1b, caught stealing. Rooney flied out to lf. 1 run, 3
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Persichina flied out to lf. Moore struck out. Sidhu
struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Peninsula Oilers 8th - Newby struck out looking. Perry struck out. Kliebert
singled. Garcia grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - Mortensen flied out to rf. Coit struck out. Blair
singled. Jeroloman flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Peninsula Oilers 9th - Faulkner flied out to lf. Dahl walked. Minaker
doubled; Dahl advanced to third. Hendricks struck out. Rooney walked. Laguna to dh
for Newby. Laguna grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 9th - Balmer singled. Lissman flied out to cf. Persichina
struck out. Moore walked; Balmer advanced to second. Struble to ss for Sidhu.
Struble walked; Moore advanced to second; Balmer advanced to third. Mortensen
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Line score

Peninsula Oilers 8, Alaska Goldpanners 3 (Jul 29, 2004 at Fairbanks)
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Peninsula Oilers.... 000 250 100  -  8 16  3
Alaska Goldpanners.. 001 110 000  -  3  7  1
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Pitchers: Peninsula Oilers - Martin; Robertson(6). Alaska Goldpanners - Timmons; Stimpson(5).
Win-Martin  Save-Robertson  Loss-Timmons  T-  A-0
Game: 04_07-29

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