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Fairbanks Men's League
All-Stars at
Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks June 14, 2006 |
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Alaska Goldpanners 13, Fairbanks All-Stars 0 (Jun 14, 2006 at Fairbanks, AK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fairbanks All-Stars. 000 000 0 - 0 4 4 Alaska Goldpanners.. 513 004 X - 13 10 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Win-K. Hernandez Loss-Rodriguez T- A-0 |
Opening Night vs. Men's League
- June 14
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The Alaska Goldpanners had beaten the Fairbanks Adult League All-Stars 16 straight times before losing to them by a run last season.
On Wednesday in their season opener, the Panners never gave the All-Stars a chance, scoring five times in the opening inning before rolling to a 14-0 win at sunny Growden Memorial Park.
Pitcher Kevin Hernandez, staying in a trailer on the ballfield grounds as he tries to earn a spot on the Panners roster, got the win with five innings of two-hit, six-strikeout pitching. Chu Yuan-Chin from Taiwan led the offense with four hits and three runs batted in as a small, but festive, Goldpanners crowd was introduced to the speedy centerfielder’s skills.
With barely half the team having arrived in Fairbanks, head coach Ed Cheff was hesitant to offer an assessment of this year’s team. The 2005 squad went 39-12 overall and dominated the Alaska Baseball League with a 28-6 record.
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“It’s pretty hard to make an evaluation for about a week,” said Cheff, last year’s ABL Coach of the Year, who arrived in Fairbanks on Monday.
Cheff likes the team’s athleticism and said it should have more power hitting than in 2005, when the Panners relied on an overpowering pitching staff that allowed less than two earned runs per game.
He was also impressed by Hernandez, 20, who along with A.J. Davidson were invited to Fairbanks for a tryout.
“I think he’s got a good chance to make it,” said Cheff of Hernandez.
Hernandez, who came from junior college ball at Moorpark College in California and is heading to Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles in the fall, knows he must perform well if he wants to experience more of the “fun atmosphere” of the ABL.
“Basically if I don’t pitch good, then I go home,” he said.
That the opponent was a group of locals did not concern him.
“Just come out and throw strikes,” Hernandez said of his approach. “It didn’t matter who we were playing.”
The challenge for Cheff is quickly molding a team out of the talented college players that have come north from all around the country. For Hernandez, the bonding has already begun.
“I think today is the first signs of team chemistry,” said Hernandez. “I’ve already made friends since I’ve been up here.”
The Panners jumped on All-Stars starter Christian Rodriguez for five runs in the first inning on just one hit. Four walks by Rodriguez and a pair of errors cost the All-Stars as the Goldpanners batted around the order.
The Panners added a run in the second and four more in the third and sixth innings, rapping out nine hits total while committing no errors.
Chu, one of three Panners players recruited from the Taiwanese collegiate championship team, rapped a triple and three singles. With the bases loaded in the third, the left-handed hitter ripped a drive that had grand slam distance had he not pulled it foul. A few pitches later he settled for a two-run single.
Chu, playing very shallow in center, also doubled up an All-Stars runner who had strayed off first base on a fly ball in the second inning.
Kiel Bole of the All-Stars, playing his fourth game against the Panners but first as a pitcher, acquitted himself well with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
“I wish I could have got a couple more innings,” said Bole, a 2002 Lathrop High School graduate. “I knew I could do well if I just got the chance.”
For the All-Stars, Corey Pringle, Rob Marinace, Bill Scoun and Zach Wilson notched a hit apiece, each of them singles. Their best chance to score came in the sixth frame, when with runners on second and third and two outs, Goldpanner reliever Mai Chia-Yi struck out cleanup hitter Telly Robideau on a full-count high heater out of the strike zone.
The Goldpanners’ competition will ratchet up a notch tonight at 7 p.m. against the Stockton (Calif.) Senators.
Staff Writer Matias Saari can be reached at msaari@newsminer.com or 459-7591.
The Automated ScoreBook
Fairbanks All-Stars at Alaska Goldpanners
Jun 14, 2006 at Fairbanks, AK (Growden Park)
Fairbanks All-Stars 0
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Anderson 2b.............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0
Tracey 2b............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pringle c................ 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Torres c................ 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kinda rf................. 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Robideaux lf............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
Zachgo cf................ 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0
Rodriguez p.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lockett p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bole p.................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wilson p................ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hall ss.................. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Morley ss............... 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Skown 1b................. 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1
Mariacci 3b.............. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Koutz 3b................ 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Totals................... 24 0 4 0 2 10 18 7 6
Alaska Goldpanners 13
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Mark Thompson ss......... 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 2
Chu Yuan-Chin cf......... 5 1 4 3 0 0 2 1 0
Beau Mills 3b............ 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Elliott Strankman 3b.... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Mayer rf.......... 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Geoff Byrns 1b........... 3 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 0
Tyler Cheney dh.......... 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
A.J. Davidson lf......... 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
Joey Dunn c.............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
Chris Campanella c...... 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Matt Rassmussen 2b....... 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2
Kevin Hernandez p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mai Chia-Yi p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 30 13 10 8 7 1 21 6 9
Score by Innings R H E
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Fairbanks All-Stars. 000 000 0 - 0 4 4
Alaska Goldpanners.. 513 004 X - 13 10 1
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E - Anderson; Hall; Morley; Mariacci; Chia-Yi. DP - Men's League 1;
Goldpanners 1. LOB - Men's League 6; Goldpanners 9. 3B - Yuan-Chin. HBP -
Zachgo; A. Davidson; J. Dunn. SF - B. Mills. SB - M. Thompson; C.Campanella.
Fairbanks All-Stars IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Rodriguez........... 2.0 2 6 2 4 1 9 14
Lockett............. 0.1 3 3 2 1 0 5 6
Bole................ 3.1 4 4 3 2 0 13 17
Wilson.............. 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
Alaska Goldpanners IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Kevin Hernandez..... 5.0 2 0 0 1 6 15 17
Mai Chia-Yi......... 2.0 2 0 0 1 4 9 10
Win - K. Hernandez. Loss - Rodriguez. Save - None.
WP - Rodriguez; Wilson. HBP - by K. Hernandez (Zachgo); by Bole (A. Davidson);
by Bole (J. Dunn).
Umpires -
Start: Time: Attendance:
Game: 06-06-14
The Automated ScoreBook
Fairbanks All-Stars at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
Jun 14, 2006 at Fairbanks, AK (Growden Park)
Score by Innings R H E
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Fairbanks All-Stars. 000 000 0 - 0 4 4
Alaska Goldpanners.. 513 004 X - 13 10 1
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Fairbanks All-Stars starters: 0/2b Anderson; 0/c Pringle; 0/rf Kinda; 0/lf
Robideaux; 0/cf Zachgo; 0/p Rodriguez; 0/ss Hall; 0/1b Skown; 0/3b Mariacci;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 4/ss M. Thompson; 49/cf Yuan-Chin; 24/3b B. Mills;
36/rf J. Mayer; 6/1b G. Byrns; 23/dh T. Cheney; 43/lf A. Davidson; 18/c J.
Dunn; 5/2b M.Rassmussen; 30/p K. Hernandez;
Fairbanks All-Stars 1st - Anderson struck out. Pringle singled. Kinda
struck out. Robideaux struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Alaska Goldpanners 1st - M. Thompson walked. M. Thompson stole second.
Yuan-Chin grounded out to 2b; M. Thompson advanced to third. B. Mills popped up
to 1b, RBI; M. Thompson scored. J. Mayer reached on an error by ss. G. Byrns
singled; J. Mayer advanced to second. T. Cheney walked; G. Byrns advanced to
second; J. Mayer advanced to third. A. Davidson walked, RBI; T. Cheney advanced
to second; G. Byrns advanced to third; J. Mayer scored, unearned. J. Dunn
reached on an error by 3b; A. Davidson advanced to second; T. Cheney scored,
unearned; G. Byrns scored, unearned. A. Davidson advanced to third on a wild
pitch, scored, unearned. M.Rassmussen walked; J. Dunn advanced to second. M.
Thompson flied out to rf. 5 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Fairbanks All-Stars 2nd - Zachgo hit by pitch. Rodriguez flied out to
rf. Hall flied out to cf. Zachgo out at first cf to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - Yuan-Chin tripled. B. Mills flied out to cf,
SF, RBI; Yuan-Chin scored. J. Mayer flied out to cf. G. Byrns struck out. 1
run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Fairbanks All-Stars 3rd - Skown popped up to 3b. Mariacci singled.
Anderson grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Mariacci out on the play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - Lockett to p for Rodriguez. T. Cheney reached
on an error by 2b. A. Davidson singled; T. Cheney advanced to second. J. Dunn
flied out to lf. M.Rassmussen singled, RBI; A. Davidson advanced to third; T.
Cheney scored, unearned. M. Thompson walked; M.Rassmussen advanced to second.
Yuan-Chin singled, 2 RBI; M. Thompson advanced to second; M.Rassmussen scored;
A. Davidson scored. Bole to p for Lockett. Strankman to 3b for B. Mills.
Strankman reached on a fielder's choice; Yuan-Chin out at second ss to 2b; M.
Thompson advanced to third. J. Mayer flied out to cf. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1
error, 2 LOB.
Fairbanks All-Stars 4th - Torres to c for Pringle. Torres out at first
1b to p. Kinda struck out. Robideaux grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Alaska Goldpanners 4th - G. Byrns grounded out to 3b. T. Cheney flied
out to cf. A. Davidson hit by pitch. J. Dunn hit by pitch; A. Davidson advanced
to second. M.Rassmussen grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Fairbanks All-Stars 5th - Zachgo struck out. Bole struck out. Morley to
ss for Hall. Morley walked. Skown flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
1 LOB.
Alaska Goldpanners 5th - M. Thompson singled. Yuan-Chin singled; M.
Thompson advanced to second. Strankman reached on a fielder's choice; Yuan-Chin
out at second 3b to 2b; M. Thompson advanced to third. J. Mayer grounded into
double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Strankman out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Fairbanks All-Stars 6th - Koutz to 3b for Mariacci. Chia-Yi to p for K.
Hernandez. Koutz walked. Tracey to 2b for Anderson. Tracey reached on an error
by p; Koutz advanced to second. Torres struck out. Kinda grounded out to p;
Tracey advanced to second; Koutz advanced to third. Robideaux struck out. 0
runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Alaska Goldpanners 6th - G. Byrns walked. T. Cheney flied out to cf. A.
Davidson flied out to cf. C.Campanella to c for J. Dunn. C.Campanella singled;
G. Byrns advanced to third. C.Campanella stole second. M.Rassmussen singled,
RBI; C.Campanella advanced to third; G. Byrns scored. M. Thompson walked;
M.Rassmussen advanced to second. Wilson to p for Bole. Yuan-Chin singled, RBI;
M. Thompson advanced to second; M.Rassmussen advanced to third; C.Campanella
scored. Yuan-Chin advanced to second on a wild pitch; M. Thompson advanced to
third; M.Rassmussen scored. Strankman reached on an error by ss; Yuan-Chin
advanced to third; M. Thompson scored, unearned. J. Mayer flied out to rf. 4
runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Fairbanks All-Stars 7th - Zachgo flied out to cf. Wilson singled. Morley
struck out. Skown singled; Wilson advanced to second. Koutz struck out. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Alaska Goldpanners 13, Fairbanks All-Stars 0 (Jun 14, 2006 at Fairbanks, AK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fairbanks All-Stars. 000 000 0 - 0 4 4 Alaska Goldpanners.. 513 004 X - 13 10 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Fairbanks All-Stars - Rodriguez; Lockett(3); Bole(3); Wilson(6). Alaska Goldpanners - K. Hernandez; Chia-Yi(6). Win-K. Hernandez Loss-Rodriguez T- A-0
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