Williamsburg Gazette
April 2004
Gotham City @ Williamsburg
Game #1 Burgesses 6-11-0, Gargoyles 5-11-1 13 innings Last year is reprised as Burgesses hang tough and
despite 3-0 and a late 5-3 deficit beat Gargoyles 6-5. Burgesses hurl 7 innings
of NO-Hit relief, last 4 by Santana. HR-Sanders Thome
Counsel for WIL; Coomer for GCG WP-Santana LP-Embree
Game #2 Gargolyes 15-18-0 Burgesses 3-9-2 Elmer Dessens
and Steve W. Sparks perform the
first of what will likely be many tag team appearances. Gargoyles pummel these
butchers mercilessly. HR-Cruz Bagwell ChipJones,
2. WP-Lackey was beneficiary and Boyd notched a “save” for 3 IP.
Game #3 Burgesses
6-12-1 Gargoyles 4-6-3 Fielding
lapses led to multiple runs; Sheffield had a key miscue in 8th that
allowed go ahead runs to score after Gotham City had
rallied from a 4-0 deficit to tie it at 4-4. Jose Cruz had 2 errors and a base
hit allowed also critical earlier in game; I believe it was all in same inning.
WP-Perez 1-1, 3.79 Save-Santana
(1) 2.19 LP- Ramirez 1-1, 5.06. HR-Bagwell (2) Cuddyear
(1)—that one tied it in 8th, off Odalis’
card.
Game #4 Gargoyles 5-11-0 Burgesses 1-8-0 Cornejo not up to task giving up 2HRs one of them a
crushing 3 run jerk by Chavez (2). Chipper added a HR (3). Burgesses had some
chances but could not convert them. WP-Kennedy 1-0, 1.17 Save-Embree (1) 2.35
LP-Cornejo 0-2, 6.00
Greenville at Williamsburg
#1 Burgesses
8-10-0 Black Sox
6-14-2 Damian
Moss knocked around for 6 runs all earned on 8 hits + 2BBs. Heredia
gave up 2 more. WP-Dessens 1-2, 6.38
Save-Rincon (1) 6.30 LP-Moss 0-1, 13.50.
HR-Suzuki (1) Spezio (1) Martinez
(2)
#2 Black Sox 5-10-0
Burgesses 4-8-0 Black Sox nibble most innings on Nate
Cornejo and build a 5-3 lead. HR-Guillen
(1) Sanders (3) Boone (2) WP-Duckworth 2-0, 3.86
S-Gordon (1) 0.00 LP-Cornejo 0-3,
6.16
#3 Burgesses 3-6-0
Black Sox 2-9-2 12 innings Jacque
Jones lead off walk off HR (1) in bottom of 12th off Joe Nathan
(L,0-1, 4.91)made a winner of Johan Santana (2-0, 2.95) who hurled 4 hitless
innings of relief. One Felipe Lopez error led to an unearned run earlier off Buerhle. 3 DPs aided Burgess cause. Earlier, Thome missed a 1-7
HR chance in 9th to win.
Rivendell @ Williamsburg
#1 Rivendell 8-12-1 WIL 3-7-0 RIV
jumped on Jorge Sosa for a 4 spot in first and we didn’t do much with Tomko. We scored a couple with help of error by SS Ginter who was an injury replacement. WP-Tomko 1-0, 2.84 LP-Sosa 0-1, 5.29 HR-Burnitz (1)
#2 Rivendell 6-11-1 WIL 4-9-0 Down
6-0, we lose 6-4 as Jacque Jones muffs a BP HR chance that would have tied
score in 8th. The home park here strongly favors the LHB as many of
you know; this muff by Jacque left the hometown crowd very disappointed. We
couldn’t do a thing with Fassero (W, 1-0, 0.00); the
3 runs came off Grimsley in relief who was staked to
6-0 lead. Burnitz had the HR (2). LP-Maroth 1-1, 4.67 save-Silva (1) 0.00
#3 WIL 3-11-0, Rivendell 2-11-1 Rivendell
gets 11 hits and 2 BBs
in 4 and 1/3 off Dessens and emerges with only a
2-0 lead and doesn’t find the jugular. WIL nibbles away
nearly winning in 8th but a Boone DP kills threat. In 9th,
Counsel singles, steals 2nd and Santana tries to bunt him to 3rd
but goes 1-2 in count. Next pitch was a passed ball, Counsel to 3rd.
Then Tam (L,0-1, 9.00) gives up a single to Santana
(W, 3-0, 2.66) off his own card and WIL salvages one game. WIL throws 4 and 2/3
IP of no hit relief.
Baltimore Bay Sox @ WIL
Game #1 Bay Sox 10-14-0 Burgesses 4-9-1 Cornejo
(L, 0-4, 7.77) did not have his “at’em” pitch going tonight and the Bay Sox shredded the
Burgesses and did it early going up 8-0 after 3. Cornejo gave
up 10 hits in 3 IP. HR-Lopez, Huff, Jones. Matos had a
consolation HR off Harden. Dave Burba contributed
with a save.
Game #2 BBS 5-8-0 WIL 4-9-0 Burgesses battle back from 3-1 deficit
to lead momentarily but Rincon (L, 0-3, 8.76) hands it back to Bay Sox when
they score 2 in 8th. Johan Santana uncorked a WP to allow tie
breaking run to score. HR-Lopez, Matos
Halama blows save but vultures a
win; Kolb shaky in 9th but gets out of a 1st and 3rd
one out jam for save.
Game #3 WIL 3-8-0, BBS 1-5-1 Jorge Sosa (W, 1-1, 4.50) is
“effectively wild” giving up 4 hits and 5 BBs in 5
innings. Kershner and Santana (S, 2, 2.16) shut down
Sox over last 4 innings. HR-Green Counsel (2) JJones (2). Jacque Jones 2 run shot was game winner
in 5th. LP-Traschel.
Williamsburg Gazette May 2004
Port Richey @
Williamsburg
#1 WIL 3-8-0 PRS 1-6-0 Jorge Sosa and Horacio Ramirez hooked up in a pitchers’ duel but the
relievers figured in the decisions. Kershner vultured a win: after allowing a PH HR by Phil Nevin to tie it, Jim Thome got
him off the hook with a PH HR in bottom half of inning. Sanders added insurance
HR. Kershner
W, 1-1, 4.15 Mateo L, 1-1, 1.48.
Save-DeJean (1)
1.38.
#2 WIL 4-8-1 PRS 3-9-0 11 innings Burgesses come back from
early 3-1 deficit to tie on it on Jacque Jones 8th inning BP HR off
Julio Mateo, victimized again in this series. Bret Boone’s single up the middle
scored Reggie Sanders with winning run. HR-Jones (4) Clark (1) Wells (8) WP-Santana
4-1, 2.83 LP-Urbina 0-2, 2.08.
#3 WIL 4-12-1 PRS 3-10-1 13
innings Thome doubled to lead off the 13th
and scored when Bret Boone singled past Marlon Anderson on a GbX. The ballpark
played a large role as much of Port Richey is right handed and thus they were
stymied on their BP chances repeatedly. Tony Clark had to play catcher for 4
innings but luckily there were no CA(x) and only a rare baserunner
for the Sand Cranes. WP-Kershner, 2-2, 4.00
LP-Baez 0-1, 9.00
#4 WIL 5-9-1 PRS 3-9-0 Burnitz hit
2 HRs (4) and Thome added
his 5th as the Burgesses complete the sweep. WP-Perez
2-1, 3.95 Save-Rincon (3) 6.08 LP-Carrasco 0-1, 6.00.
BrassWorld Champion Sky Chiefs at Williamsburg
#1 Burgesses 5-8-0 Sky Chiefs 0-4-1 That’s
right Elmer Dessens R9R (W, 2-3, 5.13) himself
befuddles the powerful Sky Chief lineup twirling a 4 hit complete game shut
out. The coup de grace came in the 8th when with runners on 2nd
and 3rd, SKY HAL elects to intentionally
walk Tom Goodwin to load bases for Juan “DP” Castro. But as he’s got a great
glove, I let him hit and he rewards me with grand slam (1). Shields LP, 3-1, 2.63.
#2
SKY 2-6-0 WIL 0-7-2 Williams (W,
3-4, 2.84) combines with 2 relievers to shutout Burgesses. Odalis Perez (L,2-2,3.49) was tough luck loser HR-Walker (4).
Save-Gagne (9) 1.29.
#3 RANDY JOHNSON AND 3 RELIEVERS COMBINE TO NO-HIT
BURGESSES, 2-7-0, 0-0-1 My first no hitter in about 11 seasons of strat. I tried hard to bust it up with 4 pinch hitters
(game was close, too, 1-0 through 8 innings) to no avail. All
this within a week of his perfecto in TV Baseball. Johnson W 2-1, 3.86
Save-Gagne (10) 1.20
LP-Tough luck for Cornejo-his game of the year L,1-5,
5.03; only 3 hits in 6 innings but it was not enough.
Greenville Black Sox at Williamsburg
#1 GBS 2-10-0 WIL 1-6-0 Like in 2003, we struggle against
southpaws. Randy Johnson just no hit us and Mark Buehrle
(W, 4-0, 2.36) pitched 8 solid innings against us. Tino
Martinez hit a 2 run HR (6) and made a hard luck loser out of Cornejo again (L, 1-6, 4.61)
#2 GBS 3-7-0 WIL 0-5-0
Third shutout against us in last 4 games; again we are victim to a
southpaw, D. May (W, 2-3, 4.98). Jorge Sosa pitched well but was wild one
inning; he lost and is now 2-2, 3.23. Spooneybarger
got his 1st save , 0.00 era.
#3 GBS 9-14-1 WIL 6-11-0 Black
Sox play longball as 3 HRs
stake them to 7-0 lead. Sox coast rest of way and get the sweep. Redding won
2-1, 3.55 and Maroth took the loss, 1-3, 5.25. HR-Cruz (2) Alou (5) Spezio
(4) Thome (6) Clark (2) Save-Gordon (7), 0.66.
Silver Sluggers at Williamsburg
#1 SIL 3-7-0 WIL 2-8-1 Burgesses up 2-0 into 8th
when Sluggers add one making it 2-1. Then in 9th, at least 2
fielding glitches along with other single/BBs add 2
more runs and suddenly Burgesses are the losers. Santana was not loser but his
fingerprints were on the ball. WP-Weber 2-1, 5.21 Save-Mantei (7) 3.38. LP-DeJean 0-1, 1.45.
#2 WIL 3-9-0 SIL 2-8-0 Hard fought game goes to Burgesses
on strength of late 2 run BP HR by Jacque Jones (5). HR-Everett
2 (3). WP-Dessens 3-3, 4.75.
S-Santana (3), 2.68. LP-Lawrence
1-4, 8.78.
#3 WIL 8-14-1 SIL 1-3-1 Finally we beat a lefty but good.
Al Leiter (L,2-3, 6.06)
shows his age as the Burgesses get 9 hits in 5+ IP off of Big Al. Tony Clark
and Tom Goodwin jack HRs
#3 and #1 respectively; both were 2 run jobs. Odalis
Perez picks up win (3-2, 3.21) and Sparks
(2.38) pitches 2 scoreless relief innings.
Toontown Rabbits at Williamsburg
#1 WIL 8-10-0 TOO 3-10-0
Toontown’s starter Dickey got off to a
very rocky start allowing 4 runs in first inning; first 5 batters reached base
before he set down next 3. Dessens did well
scattering 9 hits over 6 innings yet allowing just 2 runs. Boone’s 2 run blast
in 7th iced game. HR-Matos (5) Boone (4) Klesko
(8) Bonds (7) Dessens W, 4-3, 4.56
Dickey L, 1-5, 4.98.
#2 TOO 8-13-0 WIL 4-8-1 Toontown
busted a close 2-1 game with a 5 spot in
7th inning. Juan Rincon allowed the first 3 men he faced in relief
to get on, and then Sparks the mop
up man was called and 2 more got on, including HR by Dmitri
Young (2). HR-Bonds (8) Jones (6) Boone (5) Rivera W,3-1, 3.75
Perez L, 3-3, 3.34
#3 WIL 4-8-0 TOO 3-7-0 Burgesses play longball as all 4 runs are solo shots. Included was Burnitz PH HR (5) to tie it and amazing Bret Boone’s 6th
HR and 3rd of series to break a 2-2 tie; Bret converted a “1” split
chance --- it was a BP HR. Reggie Sanders immediately followed with his 8th
HR. Todd Greene hit his 4th. Johan Santana (W, 5-1, 2.47) pitched
well in relief of Cornejo who himself pitched well
for 5 innings. Alfonseca lost, 0-2, 4.68. DeJean earned save #2, 1.27.