Bucs rebound to upend Goldpanners

By ADAM RAEDER, Staff Writer

The Anchorage Bucs looked to improve their hitting, and with a little help from the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks, they did, beating the hosts 9-5 Friday at Growden Memorial Park.

The Bucs (9-7 in the Alaska Baseball League and 15-10 overall) strung together nine hits, and took advantage of five errors by Alaska (5-7, 10-10) to spoil Brian Bird's first start as a Goldpanner.

"We had about a half hour meeting on hitting," said Bucs head coach Mike Garcia. "We were not pleased with our results last night. We put in a lot of good batting practice with some adjustments and our hitters showed up tonight. I'm very pleased with it."

The nine runs was more then enough for Bucs starter Lo Cheng-Lung who battled back after a shaky third inning, giving up four runs, three earned, in six innings of work.

"He had one bad inning," Garcia said. "He had 61 pitches through 3 2/3, and after that he sailed. He did a good job of regaining his concentration and being competitive."

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The Bucs gave Cheng-Lung an early lead when the Panners struggled with their gloves in the first inning.

After a bloop single by leadoff hitter Kevin Koski, Dom Duggan sent a chopper to Panners third baseman Beau Mills whose throw sailed wide first allowing both runners to move into scoring position.

Koski and Duggan scored on a Brian Petersen single to right field.

The miscues continued as Petersen took second base when a throw from catcher Jessie Mier went off the glove of shortstop Mark Thompson and into center field.

Petersen moved to third when a Ike Davis grounder went off the glove of second baseman Jovanny Bramasco for the Panners third error of the inning.

Bird got the next batter, Rylan Sandoval to ground into a double play, but Peterson scored on the play, giving the Bucs a 3-0 lead.

"We came out kind of sloppy at first," said Mier. "We made three errors in the first inning. I thought we did a great job of battling back from that actually, but we gave up too many two-strike hits and as a team you can't do that."

The Panners did fight back, getting to Cheng-Lung for one run in the second--a Bramasco RBI single--and three in the third.

With one out in the inning Will Morgan, who came in for the injured Mills, walked and scored on a Geoff Byrns RBI double.

It was one of two doubles on the day for Byrns.

The next batter, Joe Persichina, sent a liner to left field for a single, giving the Panners runners at the corners.

After a Matt Stevens strikeout, Mier singled home Byrns on a grounder to left, and Persichina came around to score on a Bramasco ground ball that went through the legs of Bucs third baseman Robert Taylor.

But it unraveled for Bird and the Panners in the fifth inning.

Taylor lead off the inning with a single, and Chaise Fuller followed up with a sacrifice bunt attempt. The bunt stayed in front of home plate and was scooped up by Mier, whose throw to second was not in time.

The next batter, Kevin Koski, tried another sacrifice, and again the Panners tried and failed to get the lead runner, leaving bases loaded.

Two batters later, Petersen would pick up his third and fourth RBI, with a single to right-center field.

Two more runs would score on a Sandoval single.

"We were going to play it aggressive," Mier said of the decision to go after the lead runners. "We knew that we didn't have any leeway. That was part of our system. We're not going to play on our heels; we're going to play aggressive."

Bird, who took the loss, allowed seven runs, five earned, over five innings of work.

"I made some good pitches, and I made some bad pitches," said Bird, who threw 78 pitches Friday. "I need to make some improvements. Overall, I didn't think I had my best stuff."

Staff Writer Adam Raeder can be reached at 459-7583 or araeder@newsminer.com .

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Anchorage Bucs vs Alaska Goldpanners (Jul 07, 2006)

• Box score (NCAA)
• Play-by-Play
• Line score

Box score (NCAA)

                            The Automated ScoreBook
                      Anchorage Bucs at Alaska Goldpanners
                  Jul 07, 2006 at Fairbanks, AK (Growden Park)

Anchorage Bucs 9

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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K. Koski lf..............  5  2  3  0   0  0  1  0   1
D. Duggan cf.............  5  2  0  0   0  0  5  0   0
B. Petersen rf...........  4  2  2  4   1  0  4  0   1
I. Davis 1b..............  4  0  1  1   0  0  7  1   1
R. Sandoval 2b...........  4  0  1  2   0  0  1  2   0
J. Castro dh.............  4  1  1  1   0  0  0  0   0
I. Zornes c..............  4  0  0  0   0  1  7  0   0
R. Taylor 3b.............  4  1  2  0   0  0  1  1   0
C. Fuller ss.............  4  1  2  0   0  0  0  4   0
Cheng-Lung p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Fisherbaugh p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 38  9 12  8   1  1 27  8   3

Alaska Goldpanners 5

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Mark Thompson ss.........  2  0  0  0   2  0  1  3   2
 Lan Shao-Bai ss.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  3   0
Chu Yuan-Chin cf.........  5  0  1  0   0  1  3  0   3
Mike Lissman lf..........  5  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   4
Beau Mills 3b............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Will Morgan 3b..........  4  1  0  0   1  2  1  1   1
Geoff Byrns 1b...........  5  2  2  1   0  2 11  0   0
Joe Persichina dh........  5  2  3  0   0  0  0  0   0
M. Stevens rf............  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   0
 Chris Fox rf............  2  0  0  1   0  0  1  0   1
Jessie Mier c............  3  0  2  1   0  0  1  1   0
 D. Knutz c..............  1  0  1  0   1  0  2  0   0
Jovanny Bramasco 2b......  4  0  1  1   0  0  3  5   2
Brian Bird p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Jake Hower p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 39  5 10  4   4  7 27 13  13

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Anchorage Bucs...... 300 041 001 -  9 12  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 013 000 001 -  5 10  4
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E - R. Sandoval; R. Taylor; M. Thompson; Yuan-Chin; B. Mills; J. Bramasco.
DP - Goldpanners 2. LOB - Bucs 3; Goldpanners 13. 2B - C. Fuller; G. Byrns
2; J.Persichina. HR - J. Castro. HBP - M. Stevens; J. Bramasco. SB - D.
Knutz. CS - R. Sandoval.

Anchorage Bucs         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Cheng-Lung..........  6.0  7  4  3  3  5 26 30
Fisherbaugh.........  3.0  3  1  0  1  2 13 15

Alaska Goldpanners     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Brian Bird..........  5.0  8  7  5  1  0 22 23
Jake Hower..........  4.0  4  2  1  0  1 16 16

Win - Cheng-Lung.  Loss - B. Bird.  Save - Fisherbaugh .
HBP - by Cheng-Lung (M. Stevens); by Fisherbaugh (J. Bramasco).
Umpires -
Start:   Time:   Attendance:
Game: 06_07-07

Play-by-Play

                            The Automated ScoreBook
              Anchorage Bucs at Alaska Goldpanners - Play-by-Play
                  Jul 07, 2006 at Fairbanks, AK (Growden Park)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Anchorage Bucs...... 300 041 001 -  9 12  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 013 000 001 -  5 10  4
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Anchorage Bucs starters: 0/lf K. Koski; 0/cf D. Duggan; 0/rf B. Petersen; 0/1b
I. Davis; 0/2b R. Sandoval; 0/dh J. Castro; 0/c I. Zornes; 0/3b R. Taylor; 0/ss
C. Fuller; 0/p Cheng-Lung;
Alaska Goldpanners starters: 4/ss M. Thompson; 49/cf Yuan-Chin; 3/lf M.
Lissman; 24/3b B. Mills; 6/1b G. Byrns; 9/dh J.Persichina; 34/rf M. Stevens;
32/c J. Mier; 14/2b J. Bramasco; 7/p B. Bird;

Anchorage Bucs 1st - K. Koski singled. D. Duggan reached on an error by
3b, advanced to second; K. Koski advanced to third. B. Petersen singled, 2 RBI;
D. Duggan scored, unearned; K. Koski scored. B. Petersen advanced to second on
an error by ss. I. Davis singled, RBI; B. Petersen scored, unearned. R.
Sandoval grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; I. Davis out on the play. J.
Castro flied out to rf. 3 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 1st - M. Thompson walked. Yuan-Chin popped up to 3b.
M. Lissman flied out to rf. W. Morgan to 3b for B. Mills. W. Morgan struck out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 2nd - I. Zornes flied out to lf. R. Taylor grounded out
to 2b. C. Fuller popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 2nd - G. Byrns grounded out to 3b. J.Persichina
singled. M. Stevens hit by pitch; J.Persichina advanced to second. J. Mier
singled; M. Stevens advanced to second; J.Persichina advanced to third. J.
Bramasco singled, RBI; J. Mier advanced to second; M. Stevens advanced to
third; J.Persichina scored. M. Thompson flied out to cf. Yuan-Chin flied out to
cf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 3rd - K. Koski grounded out to 2b. D. Duggan grounded out
to ss. B. Petersen walked. I. Davis flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 3rd - M. Lissman grounded out to ss. W. Morgan
walked. G. Byrns doubled, RBI; W. Morgan scored. J.Persichina singled; G. Byrns
advanced to third. M. Stevens struck out. J. Mier singled, RBI; J.Persichina
advanced to second; G. Byrns scored. J. Bramasco reached on an error by 3b; J.
Mier advanced to second; J.Persichina scored, unearned. M. Thompson flied out
to rf. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 4th - R. Sandoval popped up to p. J. Castro popped up to
ss. I. Zornes grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 4th - Yuan-Chin struck out. M. Lissman grounded out
to ss. W. Morgan flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 5th - R. Taylor singled. C. Fuller singled; R. Taylor
advanced to second. K. Koski singled; C. Fuller advanced to second; R. Taylor
advanced to third. D. Duggan reached on a fielder's choice; K. Koski advanced
to second; C. Fuller advanced to third; R. Taylor out at home 3b to c. B.
Petersen singled, 2 RBI; D. Duggan advanced to second; K. Koski scored; C.
Fuller scored. I. Davis popped up to 1b; B. Petersen advanced to second; D.
Duggan advanced to third. R. Sandoval singled, 2 RBI; B. Petersen scored; D.
Duggan scored. R. Sandoval out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 4 runs, 5
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 5th - G. Byrns struck out. J.Persichina out at first
1b to p. M. Stevens struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 6th - J. Hower to p for B. Bird. J. Castro homered, RBI.
I. Zornes popped up to 3b. R. Taylor flied out to cf. C. Fuller doubled. K.
Koski grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 6th - J. Mier flied out to cf. J. Bramasco grounded
out to ss. M. Thompson walked. Yuan-Chin singled; M. Thompson advanced to
second. M. Lissman out at first ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 7th - Shao-Bai to ss for M. Thompson. C. Fox to rf for M.
Stevens. D. Knutz to c for J. Mier. D. Duggan popped up to c. B. Petersen
grounded out to ss. I. Davis popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 7th - Fisherbaugh to p for Cheng-Lung. W. Morgan
struck out. G. Byrns struck out. J.Persichina doubled. C. Fox popped up to 1b.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 8th - R. Sandoval grounded out to ss. J. Castro flied out
to cf. I. Zornes struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 8th - D. Knutz walked. J. Bramasco hit by pitch; D.
Knutz advanced to second. Shao-Bai flied out to cf; D. Knutz stole third.
Yuan-Chin flied out to cf. M. Lissman flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.

Anchorage Bucs 9th - R. Taylor singled. C. Fuller reached on an error by
cf; R. Taylor advanced to second. K. Koski singled; C. Fuller advanced to
second; R. Taylor advanced to third. D. Duggan grounded into double play ss to
2b to 1b; K. Koski out on the play; C. Fuller advanced to third; R. Taylor
scored on an error by 2b, unearned. B. Petersen flied out to rf. 1 run, 2
hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.

Alaska Goldpanners 9th - W. Morgan grounded out to 2b. G. Byrns doubled.
J.Persichina flied out to lf. C. Fox reached on an error by 2b, RBI; G. Byrns
scored, unearned. D. Knutz singled; C. Fox advanced to third. J. Bramasco
grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Line score

Anchorage Bucs 9, Alaska Goldpanners 5 (Jul 07, 2006 at Fairbanks, AK)
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Anchorage Bucs...... 300 041 001  -  9 12  2
Alaska Goldpanners.. 013 000 001  -  5 10  4
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Pitchers: Anchorage Bucs - Cheng-Lung; Fisherbaugh(7). Alaska Goldpanners - B. Bird; J. Hower(6)
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Win-Cheng-Lung  Save-Fisherbaugh  Loss-B. Bird  T-  A-0
HR 06_BUCS - J. Castro.