The Neah Bay Whalers under replacement manger JD Adams has swept their 3
games against
The Redbirds before Indiana stormed back to win game 6 and the CBA Championship.
THE RED BIRD GAZETTE
Reported by: Skip Duckworth
This is Skip Duckworth as we are setting down with the World Champions Indiana Red Bird mgr. Bob Fidler
Skip: First thing I want to say is congratulations
Bob: Thanks a lot Skip and we want to say thanks to mgr Derek Adams on a great series as it was a close nerve wracking one.
Skip: Well what can you tell us about the series?
Bob: Well
Skip as you know we played the first two games at home at front our great
fans. We played
Skip: What
happen when you went to
Bob: After a
delay before could get back to play Derek Adams step in and got the Whalers
going. Game 3 was an exciting one with it going 12 complete innings and then
in the bottom of the 13th Bob Wickman
just hung a curve ball to Aaron Rowand and he
knew what to do with it and hit a 2 run HR. Game 4 we jumped up early and
had a big league but I didn’t manage the bullpen to well and to the Whalers
credit they came back on us to win 8-7 and tie the series up at 2-2 in
games. Game 5 reminded me of game 3 except we were hitting, I think we had
15 hits but couldn’t get that key hit and
Skip: Wow 15 hits and you still get shut out. That has to be some kind of record you don’t want to be on the wrong end of. Well how was the team feeling about coming back home?
Bob: Skip they were kind of down and so was I but we had a day off and I had a conversation with a friend of mine Dennis Concepcion the skipper of the Loggers. He told me Bob you have a great run and don’t get down on yourself and you are coming home so don’t give up. So I got fired back up and talked to the team and they said the fans deserve to see us go out there and fight for the championship.
Skip: Well it seems that your pep talk worked!
Bob: I don’t know if it was the pep talk, the fans or just the heart of champions these players have but they came out in game 6 to win and force a game 7.
Skip: So tell us about the game 6.
Bob: Well we
had Jarrod Washburn who we picked up during the yr to help us out for our
run at a championship but didn’t know he would be this important to us. The
Whalers scored first with a run in the first then we came back with 3 in the
bottom of the 2nd with back to back to back hrs by Bay, Nixon and
Skip: Well what happen in the final game?
Bob: Skip first of all I have to be honest with you this was most nervous I had been as a mgr I was even more nervous than when I was on the field playing myself. Well we had a great crowd of 45,000 plus come out for this game. They had Pedro on the hill that had been undefeated in the playoffs but it seemed like we had his number for some reason. Grady lead off the bottom of the first with triple into the gap then another unsung hero that we got earlier in the yr to play second and some third Placido Polanco lined a hit up the middle to put us up. Well then Pedro didn’t pay attention to Polanco and he stole second then I guess that Pedro was shook and he hung a curve ball to Albert and you don’t that to hitter like him and he made him pay with one of the longest hrs I have seen hit in the Bird Cage. A-Rod got fooled on a curve ball in the dirt and struck out so it look like that Pedro might be going to settle down. But then Bay came up and strokes a hard hit over the SS into lf and mgr Adams seen enough and brought in Felix Hernandez to pitch to Tony Clark who woke up the last two games. Tony hit a deep HR to RF to gives us a 5-0 lead in the first and take some of the pressure off Jon Garland who pitch a great game. As I said earlier Tony Clark was like the tiger that someone woke up, as he strokes another HR in the 6th to make it a 6-1 game which was the final score. We had the bullpen up from the 7th on in case Jon would tire but he seem like he just got stronger and went the complete way only giving up 8 hits.
Skip: Well it was a great series and congratulations from me and your great fans on your first World Championship!
Bob: Thanks Skip and thanks to our great fans that backed us the whole yr and who deserve this championship. Now we have to get our mind set and get ready for next yr to defend our championship as it will be a difficult task as our division had 3 teams in the playoffs but we are going to do our best!
Skip: Well this is Skip Duckworth signing off for now and just got to say what about those RED BIRDS!
The series opened with John Skillings managing his team. He disappeared and had his team taken over by CBA office consultant JD Adams to represent the Staub team. Below is a brief recap of the early series.
A Walk off HR by Trot Nixon in the bottom of the 9th led Indy to a tough 6-5
victory in game
1. John Garland went 8 allowing 3er,while Neah's Pedro was tossed for 4 er in 4
poor
innings. Neah had come back with 3 in the 9th against Torres and Springer before
Nixon's
bot 9th heroics.
Game 2 was a close duel for the first 7 after Hall doubled in a pair in the 2nd,
and Neah exploded in the 6th on a Furcal Hr and successive hits by Giles,
Sullivan,
Valentin, and N Johnson. An inning ending DP proved larger than originally
thought when
Indy mounted their own 6th inning rally highlighted by Jason Bay's RBI single
and SB.
Indy added another in the 7th then held on with outstanding bullpen work by
Padilla,
Isringhausen, Riske, and Hoffman to get their 2nd win.
Two shut out games for the Whalers ...
What exciting games these were I must say .
Game 3 had Kazmir against Sheets in 13 innings …Neah Bay wins in the bottom of
the 13th,
scoring 2 on a homer by Rowand
RedBirds........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1
Whalers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 8 0
Game 4 had Garland against Martinez ..Martinez was hit on a lot giving up 9 hits
and
7 runs after 6 innings …with the Whalers down
7 to 4 after 6 ..they chip away and 8-7
RedBirds........ 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 7 10 1
Whalers......... 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 - 8 7 0
Game 5 Oswalt against Smoltz ….Redbirds get 15 hits but no runs after 11 and the
Whalers
score 1 in the bottom of the 11th to win
A shut out extra innings game .
RedBirds........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 15 0
Whalers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0
BOXSCORE: 2006 Neah Bay Whalers At 2006 Indiana RedBirds 10/26/2006
[1] Whalers AB R H RBI AVG RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG
B.Giles RF 4 0 0 0 .275 G.Sizemore CF 4 1 2 1 .385
C.Sullivan LF 4 1 2 0 .222 P.Polanco 2B 4 0 1 0 .415
J.Kent 2B 4 1 1 2 .286 A.Pujols 1B 3 1 1 0 .309
J.Valentin C 4 0 1 0 .368 A.Rodriguez 3B 3 1 0 0 .361
A-M.Cameron PR,CF 0 1 0 0 .421 J.Bay LF 3 2 1 3 .333
N.Johnson 1B 3 1 1 0 .176 T.Clark DH 4 0 0 0 .226
T.Graffanino DH 4 0 0 0 .100 T.Nixon RF 4 1 1 1 .281
A.Rowand CF 2 0 0 0 .184 T.Hall C 3 0 2 1 .275
B-J.Piedra PH 1 1 1 3 .500 J.Reyes SS 3 0 0 0 .308
C-B.McCann C 0 0 0 0 .400
M.Lowell 3B 4 0 1 0 .353
R.Furcal SS 4 0 1 0 .250
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 31 6 8 6
A-Pinch Ran For Valentin In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rowand In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piedra In 9th Inning
Whalers......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 8 0
RedBirds........ 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 6 8 0
[1]Whalers (8-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
P.Martinez 4 1/3 5 4 4 2 6 2 72 1.47 A1 C2
S.Torres 2 2/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 40 2.08 C3 D3
R.Springer LOSS(0-1) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 15 10.80 D4
[1]Totals 8 8 6 6 3 7 3
[1]RedBirds (9-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Garland 8 7 3 3 0 1 1 107 3.89 A1 D4
J.Isringhaus 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 6.75 D5 D5
T.Hoffman W(1-0) BS(2nd) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 16 4.50 D6
[1]Totals 9 8 5 5 1 1 2
ATTENDANCE- 44,831 DATE- Thursday, October 26th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Dale Scott, Tim Timmons, Mike Dimuro, Hunter Wendlestadt
T- 2:27
LEFT ON BASE- Whalers: 4 RedBirds: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Whalers: 0 RedBirds: 1
DOUBLES- N.Johnson(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Kent(3rd), J.Piedra(1st), G.Sizemore(5th), J.Bay(7th),
T.Nixon(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- A.Pujols(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Sizemore
WALKS- N.Johnson, A.Pujols, A.Rodriguez, J.Bay
HIT BY PITCH- A.Rowand
STRIKE OUTS- J.Kent, P.Polanco, A.Rodriguez, J.Bay, T.Clark-2, T.Nixon-2
GIDP- B.Giles
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Jeff Kent robbed Trot Nixon of a base hit.
In an exciting finish the Indiana RedBirds pulled out a win over the Neah Bay
Whalers by a score of 6 to 5 at US Cellular Field.
Indiana won the game with a run in the 9th inning. Trot Nixon took charge
himself, delivering a solo home run (his 3rd of the season) resulting in a
mighty exciting win for Indiana and the 44,831 home town fans in attendance.
Indiana and Neah Bay each finished the night with 8 hits.
The win was credited to Trevor Hoffman(1-0) who went 1 inning allowing 1 run.
Russ Springer(0-1) took the loss in relief. 'Thankfully we got ourselves a
win', Hoffman said. 'It's great to be back on the winning side of things.'
BOXSCORE: 2006 Neah Bay Whalers At 2006 Indiana RedBirds 10/27/2006
[1] Whalers AB R H RBI AVG RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG
B.Giles RF 4 1 2 1 .295 G.Sizemore CF 3 0 0 1 .368
C.Sullivan LF 4 1 2 0 .273 P.Polanco 2B 2 1 0 0 .403
E-M.Piazza PH 1 0 0 0 .273 A.Pujols 1B 3 1 0 0 .293
J.Kent 2B 4 0 0 1 .256 A.Rodriguez 3B 4 1 1 0 .354
J.Valentin C 4 0 2 1 .391 J.Bay LF 3 1 1 2 .333
A-M.Cameron PR,CF 1 0 .450 T.Clark DH 3 0 0 1 .214
N.Johnson 1B 4 0 1 0 .184 T.Nixon RF 2 0 1 1 .288
T.Graffanino DH 3 0 0 0 .077 T.Hall C 3 0 1 0 .278
B-J.Piedra PH 1 0 0 0 .429 J.Reyes SS 3 1 1 0 .309
A.Rowand CF 2 0 0 0 .175
D-B.McCann C 0 0 0 0 .400
M.Lowell 3B 3 0 0 0 .324
C-D.McPherson PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .222
R.Furcal SS 4 2 2 1 .269
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 36 4 10 4 Totals 26 5 5 5
A-Pinch Ran For Valentin In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Graffanino In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lowell In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Rowand In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 9th Inning
Whalers......... 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 - 4 10 0
RedBirds........ 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 - 5 5 0
[1]Whalers (8-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Smoltz LOSS(1-1) 7 5 5 5 5 6 0 113 3.54 A1 D3
F.Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0.00 D4
[1]Totals 8 5 5 5 5 8 0
[1]RedBirds (10-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Oswalt 6 1/3 8 4 4 1 2 1 101 9.08 A1 D1
J.Padilla WIN(2-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.84 D2 D5
D.Riske HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 D6 D7
J.Isringhaus HOLD(2nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 5.40 D8 E1
T.Hoffman SAVE(2nd) 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 4.15 E2
[1]Totals 9 10 4 4 3 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 44,947 DATE- Friday, October 27th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ed Rapuano, Tim Welke, Larry Poncino, Svooge Nybroutiv
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Whalers: 9 RedBirds: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Whalers: 0 RedBirds: 1
DOUBLES- B.Giles(2nd), C.Sullivan(1st), J.Valentin(3rd), T.Hall(8th)
TRIPLES- J.Reyes(2nd)
HOME RUNS- R.Furcal(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Bay(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Clark, T.Nixon
WALKS- B.Giles, J.Kent, A.Rowand, G.Sizemore, P.Polanco-2, A.Pujols, J.Bay
HIT BY PITCH- A.Rowand
STRIKE OUTS- B.Giles-2, R.Furcal, G.Sizemore, A.Pujols, A.Rodriguez, J.Bay-2,
T.Clark-2, J.Reyes
GIDP- T.Graffanino
BALKS- J.Smoltz
44,947 fans were treated to a fine game at US Cellular Field as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Indiana RedBirds won by the
slimmest of margins, 5 to 4.
Indiana went ahead for good in the 7th inning plating an isolated run. The
game was a scoreless duel until the 6th inning.
The victory went to Juan Padilla(2-0) who went 1 inning, allowing no runs.
Padilla got help from Trevor Hoffman who was credited with his 2nd save.
John Smoltz(1-1) was the losing pitcher. He surrendered 5 hits and 5 walks
in 7 innings.
Indiana, who had been struggling lately, moved their record to 10-5. They are
now 2-8 in their last ten games. Neah Bay continued their losing ways and
their record is now 8-4. They are 1-9 in their last ten games.
BOXSCORE: 2006 Indiana RedBirds At 2006 Neah Bay Whalers 10/29/2006
[1RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG Whalers AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sizemore CF 5 0 1 0 .356 R.Furcal SS 5 1 2 0 .281
P.Polanco 2B 5 0 1 0 .389 A.Rowand CF 6 1 2 2 .196
J.Padilla P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Kent 2B 4 0 0 0 .233
D.Baez P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Cameron RF 3 0 0 0 .391
R.King P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-C.Sullivan PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .250
B.Wickman P 0 0 0 0 ---- N.Johnson 1B 5 0 1 0 .186
A.Pujols 1B 5 0 1 0 .286 M.Lowell 3B 5 0 1 0 .310
A.Rodriguez 3B 4 0 0 0 .333 M.Piazza C 5 0 0 0 .222
J.Bay LF 5 0 1 0 .324 B.Giles LF 5 0 2 0 .306
T.Nixon RF 5 0 0 0 .266 B.Sheets P 1 0 0 0 .200
T.Hall C 5 0 0 0 .254 A-A.Hill PH 1 0 0 0 .308
J.Reyes SS 5 0 1 0 .300 B.Lidge P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.Kazmir P 1 0 0 0 .000 S.Torres P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-T.Clark PH 1 0 0 0 .211 D-D.McPherson PH 1 0 0 0 .200
D.Riske P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Springer P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Isringhausen P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-J.Piedra PH 0 0 0 0 .429
B.Shackelford P 0 0 0 0 ---- H-B.McCann PH 1 0 0 0 .333
T.Hoffman P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Flores P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-J.Conine PH 1 0 1 0 .571
F-T.Iguchi PR,2B 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 42 0 6 0 Totals 44 2 8 2
A-Pinch Hit For Sheets In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kazmir In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Cameron In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Torres In 10th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hoffman In 11th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Conine In 11th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Springer In 12th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Piedra In 12th Inning
RedBirds........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1
Whalers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 8 0
[1]RedBirds (10-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Kazmir 7 5 0 0 1 7 0 92 1.71 A1 D1
D.Riske 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0.00 D2 D4
J.Isringhaus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.15 D5 D7
B.Shackelfor 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 D8 E1
T.Hoffman 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4.00 E2 E2
J.Padilla 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2.45 E3 E5
D.Baez 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8.31 E6 E8
R.King LOSS(1-1) 0 1/3 0 1 1 1 0 0 9 9.00 E9 F1
B.Wickman 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 10.80 F2
[1]Totals 12 8 2 2 2 11 1
[1]Whalers (9-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Sheets 7 4 0 0 0 7 0 89 2.66 A1 C7
B.Lidge 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 27 3.00 C8 D5
S.Torres 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.69 D6 D8
R.Springer 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 6.75 D9 E5
R.Flores WIN(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 3.00 E6
[1]Totals 13 6 0 0 0 13 0
ATTENDANCE- 49,938 DATE- Sunday, October 29th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Larry Poncino, Svooge Nybroutiv, Ed Rapuano, Tim Welke
T- 3:29
LEFT ON BASE- RedBirds: 5 Whalers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- RedBirds: 0 Whalers: 1
ERRORS- J.Reyes
HOME RUNS- A.Rowand(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Bay(2nd), J.Reyes(2nd), R.Furcal(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Kazmir, B.Sheets
WALKS- R.Furcal, J.Kent
HIT BY PITCH- A.Rodriguez
STRIKE OUTS- G.Sizemore-3, P.Polanco, A.Rodriguez-2, J.Bay-3, T.Nixon-3,
S.Kazmir, A.Rowand, J.Kent-2, M.Cameron, C.Sullivan, N.Johnson-2,
M.Lowell, M.Piazza, A.Hill, D.McPherson
GIDP- G.Sizemore
Aaron Rowand cracked a homer and had 2 RBI and Ben Sheets went 7 strong
innings as the Neah Bay Whalers defeated the Indiana RedBirds in 13 innings
by a score of 2 to 0 at SAFECO Field.
Neither pitching staff had allowed a run after the regulation nine innings.
Neah Bay ended up winning it in the 13th inning. Rafael Furcal led off the
inning for Neah Bay when he drew a walk. Furcal was safe on a stolen base.
Rowand then cleared the fences for a two-run home run (his 1st of the season)
making Neah Bay the victors to the delight of the home town faithful. Neah
Bay rapped out 8 hits for the night.
Randy Flores(1-0) went 1 inning allowing no runs for the win. Ray King(1-1)
was the loser in relief. He surrendered no hits and 1 walk in 1/3 of an
inning.
BOXSCORE: 2006 Indiana RedBirds At 2006 Neah Bay Whalers 10/30/2006
[1] RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG Whalers AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sizemore CF 4 2 2 0 .364 R.Furcal SS 5 1 1 2 .274
P.Polanco 2B 4 2 2 1 .395 C.Sullivan LF 3 1 0 0 .222
J.Padilla P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Kent 2B 3 1 1 1 .239
B.Wickman P 0 0 0 0 ---- N.Johnson 1B 4 0 2 2 .213
A.Pujols 1B 3 1 2 1 .303 J.Valentin C 4 0 0 0 .333
A.Rodriguez 3B 3 1 1 3 .333 B.Giles RF 3 0 0 0 .288
J.Bay LF 3 1 1 2 .324 D.McPherson 3B 4 2 1 1 .214
T.Nixon RF 4 0 0 0 .250 A.Rowand CF 4 2 2 1 .220
T.Hall C 4 0 0 0 .238 P.Martinez P 1 0 0 1 .000
J.Reyes SS 4 0 1 0 .297 R.Flores P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Garland P 3 0 0 0 .000 A-J.Piedra PH 1 0 0 0 .375
R.King P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Torres P 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Shackelford P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-J.Reed PH 0 1 0 0 .000
B-T.Clark PH 1 0 1 0 .224
C-T.Iguchi PR,2B 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 33 7 10 7 Totals 32 8 7 8
A-Pinch Hit For Flores In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Shackelford In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Clark In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Torres In 9th Inning
RedBirds........ 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 7 10 1
Whalers......... 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 - 8 7 0
[1]RedBirds (10-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Garland 7 5 7 4 3 3 3 118 4.08 A1 D3
R.King BS(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 5.40 D4 D6
B.Shackelfor 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 D7 D7
J.Padilla LOSS(2-1) 0 2/3 0 1 1 2 1 0 14 3.38 D8 E2
B.Wickman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10.80 E3
[1]Totals 8 2/3 7 8 5 6 5 3
[1]Whalers (10-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
P.Martinez 6 9 7 7 0 3 2 98 2.74 A1 C9
R.Flores 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 14 2.25 D1 D4
S.Torres WIN(1-0) 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 34 1.23 D5
[1]Totals 9 10 7 7 3 5 2
ATTENDANCE- 47,628 DATE- Monday, October 30th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Dale Scott, Tim Timmons, Mike Dimuro, Hunter Wendlestadt
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- RedBirds: 5 Whalers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- RedBirds: 0 Whalers: 1
ERRORS- A.Rodriguez
DOUBLES- J.Reyes(6th), N.Johnson(2nd)
TRIPLES- G.Sizemore(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Rodriguez(9th), J.Bay(8th), R.Furcal(3rd), D.McPherson(2nd),
A.Rowand(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- N.Johnson
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Martinez
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Polanco, A.Pujols, A.Rodriguez
WALKS- G.Sizemore, A.Pujols, J.Bay, C.Sullivan-2, J.Kent-2, B.Giles, J.Reed
STRIKE OUTS- G.Sizemore, P.Polanco, A.Rodriguez, J.Bay, J.Reyes, R.Furcal,
C.Sullivan, J.Valentin, D.McPherson, P.Martinez
GIDP- P.Polanco
Center fielder Aaron Rowand slammed a homerun at SAFECO Field as the Indiana
RedBirds lost a heartbreaker to Neah Bay Whalers by the score of 8 to 7.
The game was decided in the bottom of the 9th inning. After an out was
recorded, Jeremy Reed drew a walk. Rafael Furcal was next to the plate, but
was promptly struck out. Cory Sullivan then drew a walk. Jeff Kent followed
and he lined a one-base hit resulting in an exciting win for Neah Bay and a
raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans. Although they lost,
Indiana did out-hit Neah Bay 10 to 7.
Salomon Torres(1-0) allowed no runs in 2 innings, and picked up the victory.
Juan Padilla(2-1) was the loser in relief. He pitched 2/3 of an inning and
surrendered no hits and 2 walks.
BOXSCORE: 2006 Indiana RedBirds At 2006 Neah Bay Whalers 10/31/2006
[1RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG Whalers AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sizemore CF 6 0 0 0 .337 R.Furcal SS 5 1 2 0 .284
P.Polanco 2B 6 0 2 0 .390 C.Sullivan LF 3 0 1 0 .233
B.Wickman P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Kent 2B 4 0 1 1 .240
A.Pujols 1B 5 0 4 0 .338 N.Johnson 1B 3 0 0 0 .200
A.Rodriguez 3B 5 0 1 0 .325 J.Valentin C 0 0 0 0 .333
J.Bay LF 5 0 1 0 .316 A-M.Piazza PH,C 4 0 1 0 .226
T.Nixon RF 5 0 4 0 .288 B.Giles RF 3 0 0 0 .273
T.Hall C 5 0 1 0 .235 D.McPherson 3B 3 0 1 0 .235
J.Reyes SS 5 0 2 0 .304 D-T.Graffanino PH 1 0 0 0 .071
R.Oswalt P 3 0 0 0 .000 E-A.Hill 3B 0 0 0 0 .308
C-T.Clark PH 1 0 0 0 .220 A.Rowand CF 4 0 1 0 .222
J.Isringhausen P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Smoltz P 1 0 0 0 .250
T.Hoffman P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Springer P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.King P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-J.Reed PH 1 0 0 0 .000
D.Baez P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Lidge P 0 0 0 0 ----
F-T.Iguchi PH,2B 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Hernandez P 1 0 0 0 .000
S.Torres P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 46 0 15 0 Totals 33 1 7 1
A-Pinch Hit For Valentin In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Springer In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Oswalt In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McPherson In 10th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Graffanino In 11th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Baez In 11th Inning
RedBirds........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 15 0
Whalers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0
[1]RedBirds (10-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Oswalt 8 5 0 0 2 7 0 120 7.42 A1 D1
J.Isringhaus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.15 D2 D2
T.Hoffman 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 3.72 D3 D5
R.King 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.50 D6 D6
D.Baez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6.75 D7 D9
B.Wickman LOSS(0-2) 0 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 12.27 E1
[1]Totals 10 1/3 7 1 1 4 7 0
[1]Whalers (11-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Smoltz 7 2/3 10 0 0 0 4 0 118 2.57 A1 D5
R.Springer 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6.35 D6 D7
B.Lidge 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 2.57 D8 E2
F.Hernandez 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 24 0.00 E3 E8
S.Torres WIN(2-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.08 E9
[1]Totals 11 15 0 0 0 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 46,183 DATE- Tuesday, October 31st 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Gary Darling, Lazaro Diaz, Derryl Cousins, Fieldin Culbreath
T- 3:44
LEFT ON BASE- RedBirds:14 Whalers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- RedBirds: 3 Whalers: 0
DOUBLES- A.Pujols(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Reyes(3rd), R.Furcal(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Iguchi, C.Sullivan, J.Smoltz
WALKS- C.Sullivan, J.Kent, N.Johnson, B.Giles
STRIKE OUTS- G.Sizemore-2, P.Polanco, A.Rodriguez-2, J.Bay, T.Hall, J.Reyes,
C.Sullivan, N.Johnson, M.Piazza, B.Giles, D.McPherson, A.Rowand,
J.Smoltz
GIDP- J.Kent-2, A.Rowand
WILD PITCHES- R.Springer
Salomon Torres(2-0) blanked the Indiana RedBirds at SAFECO Field in 11
innings. The Neah Bay Whalers scored managed just one run for the
victory.
The score was a scoreless tie after nine. Neah Bay won the hard fought
contest in the 11th inning. Rafael Furcal slapped a base-hit. Furcal got a
great jump and stole second easily. Cory Sullivan then laid down a sacrifice
bunt. Jeff Kent followed and he banged out a single making Neah Bay the
winners and sending the 46,183 fans home happy. Although they lost, Indiana
did out-hit Neah Bay 15 to 7.
Bob Wickman(0-2) was charged with the loss in relief. He allowed 2 hits and
no walks in 1/3 of an inning. Neah Bay now has a playoff record of a
league leading
11-4.
BOXSCORE: 2006 Neah Bay Whalers At 2006 Indiana RedBirds 11/2/2006
[1] Whalers AB R H RBI AVG RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG
B.Giles LF 4 2 2 1 .288 G.Sizemore CF 5 1 2 0 .341
R.Furcal SS 5 1 3 1 .306 P.Polanco 2B 4 0 1 0 .384
J.Kent 1B 3 0 1 0 .245 A.Pujols 1B 5 0 2 2 .342
M.Cameron RF 4 1 1 0 .370 A.Rodriguez 3B 4 0 1 1 .321
T.Graffanino 2B 4 0 2 1 .167 J.Bay LF 4 1 1 1 .313
M.Piazza C 4 0 2 1 .257 T.Clark DH 2 1 1 1 .230
M.Lowell 3B 3 0 0 0 .289 T.Nixon RF 4 1 2 1 .299
A.Rowand CF 4 1 1 0 .224 T.Hall C 3 1 1 0 .239
J.Piedra DH 1 0 0 0 .333 J.Reyes SS 4 1 1 0 .301
A-B.McCann PH 2 0 1 0 .375
B-D.McPherson PH 1 0 0 0 .222
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 35 5 13 4 Totals 35 6 12 6
A-Pinch Hit For Piedra In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McCann In 9th Inning
Whalers......... 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 - 5 13 1
RedBirds........ 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 6 12 0
[1]Whalers (11-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Silva LOSS(1-2) 5 1/3 10 6 6 1 1 3 93 4.12 A1 D1
B.Lidge 0 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 18 2.35 D2 D5
R.Springer 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 3 0 27 4.91 D6 E2
S.Torres 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1.04 E3
[1]Totals 8 12 6 6 3 7 3
[1]RedBirds (11-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Washburn WIN(1-1) 7 1/3 11 4 4 2 0 0 113 6.00 A1 D2
T.Hoffman HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 2 1 1 1 2 1 28 3.97 D3 E1
J.Isringhaus SAVE(2nd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.86 E2
[1]Totals 9 1/3 13 5 5 3 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 19,094 DATE- Thursday, November 2nd 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Jeff Nelson, Scootch Meowe, Bruce Froemming, Brian Gorman
T- 2:57
LEFT ON BASE- Whalers: 5 RedBirds: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Whalers: 2 RedBirds: 2
TRIPLE PLAYS- Whalers: 0 RedBirds: 1
ERRORS- R.Furcal
DOUBLES- R.Furcal(5th), A.Pujols(3rd)
TRIPLES- R.Furcal(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Giles(1st), J.Bay(9th), T.Clark(4th), T.Nixon(4th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Rodriguez(1st), J.Reyes(4th)
WALKS- B.Giles, J.Kent, M.Lowell, P.Polanco, T.Clark-2
HIT BY PITCH- T.Hall
STRIKE OUTS- M.Cameron, D.McPherson, G.Sizemore, A.Pujols-2, J.Bay, T.Nixon,
T.Hall, J.Reyes
GIDP- M.Cameron, A.Rowand, G.Sizemore, T.Hall
WILD PITCHES- S.Torres, J.Washburn
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Aaron Rowand robbed Alex Rodriguez of an extra base hit.
Top 3rd: Placido Polanco robbed Jorge Piedra of a base hit.
Right fielder Trot Nixon went yard at US Cellular Field where the Indiana
RedBirds beat the Neah Bay Whalers 6 to 5.
Jarrod Washburn(1-1) had a steady outing. He went 7 and 1/3 innings allowing
11 hits and 2 walks. Neah Bay threatened in the 9th but their rally came up
short.
Washburn got help from Jason Isringhausen who earned his 2nd save. Carlos
Silva(1-2) was the losing pitcher. He allowed 3 homeruns in 5 and 1/3
innings of work.
John Skillings was in a contemplative mood after the tough loss, 'It is really
hard to lose this kind of a game. It may seem weird to some, but it is
easier to take the occasional blow-out loss. It is the ones that just barely
get away that hurt so much - like this one!'
BOXSCORE: 2006 Neah Bay Whalers At 2006 Indiana RedBirds 11/3/2006
[1] Whalers AB R H RBI AVG RedBirds AB R H RBI AVG
B.Giles RF 4 0 1 0 .286 G.Sizemore CF 4 1 2 0 .348
C.Sullivan LF 4 0 1 0 .235 P.Polanco 2B 4 1 2 1 .389
J.Kent 2B 4 0 2 1 .263 A.Pujols 1B 3 1 1 2 .342
N.Johnson 1B 3 0 1 0 .208 A.Rodriguez 3B 2 0 0 0 .313
A.Rowand CF 4 0 0 0 .210 J.Bay LF 3 1 1 0 .313
R.Furcal SS 4 0 1 0 .303 T.Clark DH 3 2 2 3 .250
M.Piazza C 4 0 1 0 .256 T.Nixon RF 4 0 0 0 .284
D.McPherson 3B 4 0 1 0 .227 T.Hall C 4 0 0 0 .227
T.Graffanino DH 2 1 0 0 .150 J.Reyes SS 3 0 0 0 .289
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
[1] Totals 33 1 8 1 Totals 30 6 8 6
Whalers......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0
RedBirds........ 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 6 8 0
[1]Whalers (11-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
P.Martinez LOSS(4-1) 0 1/3 4 4 4 0 1 1 20 3.56 A1 A5
F.Hernandez 4 3 1 1 2 5 1 61 0.71 A6 C3
S.Torres 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 23 1.74 C4 C8
R.Flores 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 34 1.50 C9
[1]Totals 8 8 6 6 5 8 3
[1]RedBirds (12-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Garland WIN(3-0) 9 8 1 1 1 5 0 136 3.58 A1
[1]Totals 9 8 1 1 1 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 45,708 DATE- Friday, November 3rd 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Scootch Meowe, Bruce Froemming, Brian Gorman, Jeff Nelson
T- 2:27
LEFT ON BASE- Whalers: 7 RedBirds: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Whalers: 2 RedBirds: 1
DOUBLES- P.Polanco(3rd)
TRIPLES- G.Sizemore(3rd)
HOME RUNS- A.Pujols(8th), T.Clark-2(6th)
STOLEN BASES- P.Polanco(1st)
WALKS- N.Johnson, A.Pujols, A.Rodriguez-2, J.Bay, T.Clark
HIT BY PITCH- T.Graffanino
STRIKE OUTS- A.Rowand, R.Furcal, M.Piazza-2, T.Graffanino, P.Polanco, A.Pujols,
A.Rodriguez, J.Bay, T.Clark, T.Nixon, J.Reyes-2
GIDP- B.Giles, A.Rodriguez, J.Bay
Tony Clark slammed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI and Jon Garland went the distance
at US Cellular Field where the Indiana RedBirds beat the Neah Bay Whalers 6
to 1.
The home town fans were very appreciative of the fine hitting performance
provided by Clark. He lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in
the 1st inning and delivered a solo blast (his 6th of the season) in the 6th
inning. Indiana and Neah Bay each finished the night with 8 hits.
The winning pitcher was Garland(3-0) who allowed 1 run for the game. Pedro
Martinez(4-1) was the losing pitcher. With this win, Indiana has a 12-8
record. They have been 4-6 lately. John Skillings was pretty down after the
loss. 'We've really been sputtering along lately, something like 1-9 in the
last week or two. That won't get it done.'
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