RailCats 4, Winnipeg 2
May 20, 2007
Gary, Ind.—Jay Pecci drilled a two-run triple to right field with two outs in the seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie as the Gary SouthShore RailCats defeated the Winnipeg Goldeyes 4-2 on Sunday at U. S. Steel Yard before a crowd of 1,632. The RailCats won three of four in the season-opening series.
Pecci's triple capped off a three-run inning and another comeback win for the RailCats, who trailed in all three of their victories in the series. Tanner Townsend began the seventh with a double down the left field line and went to third on David Detienne's sacrifice. After Nate Price grounded to second, Townsend raced in on a wild pitch, just beating the tag by pitcher Randy Rapp on a ball that rolled only a few feet from catcher Luis Alen, to tie the game at 2-2.
Mike Reese drilled a double to left and Eric McNamee walked to set the stage for Pecci's line drive to the right field corner that brought in both runners.
Winnipeg took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Brent Metheny doubled with one out and Walter Young walked. Chris Latham delivered a double to right to drive in Metheny and move Young to third. Young scored on a wild pitch.
RailCats starting pitcher Jason Shelley did not allow another base runner after the first inning in a six inning stint. He retired the last 15 batters he faced and struck out eight.
The RailCats got on the board in the fifth when Detienne walked, went to second on Price's ground out, took third on an error, and scored on Reese's ground out to short to make it 2-1.
After Gary took the lead, reliever Chad Blackwell (1-0) worked a perfect eighth inning and Tony Cogan came on to pitch the ninth. Cogan retired the first two batters in the inning before yielding a base hit to Young and a walk to Latham, but he got Antoin Gray to ground out to Pecci at short to end the game and notch his second save.
The RailCats remain home at U. S. Steel Yard for a three game set with the Schaumburg Flyers Monday-Wednesday. Monday and Wednesday's games will have special start times of 10:30 a.m. while the Tuesday game will start at 7:00 p.m. Willie Glen will make his second start of the season for Gary on Monday against Japanese right-hander Eiji Yano. Glen worked six and one-third innings on Thursday and allowed just two hits while walking one and striking out nine. Glen was charged with one run after leaving the game in the seventh with a runner at first who eventually scored.
Notes: The Gary bullpen combined for 15 and two-thirds scoreless innings in the series…The RailCats stole 10 bases in the four games…The team that scored first lost all four games in the series…Winnipeg's big-hitting threesome of Jimmy Hurst, Walter Young, and Fehlandt Lentini combined to go 4 for 39 in the series. Lentini did not play on Sunday…The RailCats, who are 3-1, began the 2006 season by going 3-11.
Winnipeg at Gary
May 20, 2007 at Gary, Ind. (U.S. Steel Yard)
Winnipeg 2 (1-3) Gary 4 (3-1)
AB R H RBI AB R H RBI
Coughlan cf 4 0 0 0 McNamee 2b 3 1 1 0
Metheny lf 4 1 1 0 Pecci ss 4 0 2 2
Hurst dh 4 0 0 0 Allensworth lf 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 2 1 1 0 Haake rf 3 0 0 0
Latham rf 3 0 2 1 Yepez c 2 0 0 0
Gray 2b 3 0 0 0 Townsend 3b 4 1 1 0
Schade 3b 3 0 0 0 Detienne 1b 3 1 1 0
Alen c 3 0 0 0 Price cf 4 0 0 0
Poulin ss 3 0 0 0 Mueller cf 0 0 0 0
Lawson p 0 0 0 0 Reese dh 3 1 1 1
Rapp p 0 0 0 0 Shelley p 0 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0 Brown p 0 0 0 0
Blackwell p 0 0 0 0
Cogan p 0 0 0 0
Totals...... 29 2 4 1 Totals...... 30 4 7 3
Score by innings: R H E
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Winnipeg 200 000 000 - 2 4 2
Gary 000 010 30 - 4 7 0
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E - Gray 2(3). DP - RailCats 1. LOB - Goldeyes 4; RailCats 7. 2B -
Metheny(1); Latham(2); Townsend(3); Reese(2). 3B - Pecci(1). SH - Detienne.
SB - Pecci(1); Haake(3). CS - Pecci(1); Price(1).
IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF Fly Gnd NP
Lawson 5.0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 17 19 6 5 92
Rapp L 0-1 2.0 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 11 1 4 28
Davis 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 3 0 16
Shelley 6.0 2 2 2 1 8 1 0 0 0 19 20 5 4 90
Brown 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 11
Blackwell W 1-0 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 2 15
Cogan S,2 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 2 17
WP - Rapp(1); Shelley(1). HBP - by Lawson (Yepez).
Strikeouts - Coughlan; Metheny; Hurst 2; Latham; Gray; Alen; Poulin 2;
Allensworth; Haake; Reese. Walks - Young 2; Latham; Gray; McNamee; Haake;
Yepez.
Umpires - Home:Erik Sahlbush 1st:Art Stewart 3rd:Eric Sawchuck
Start: 2:01 pm Time: 2:43 Attendance: 1632
Game Notes:
Monday's Probables: TBA (SHM) at Willie Glen (GAR), 10:30 am
The Automated ScoreBook
Winnipeg at Gary
May 20, 2007 at Gary, Ind. (U.S. Steel Yard)
Score by innings: R H E
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Winnipeg 200 000 000 - 2 4 2
Gary 000 010 30 - 4 7 0
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Winnipeg inning 1
Coughlan struck out swinging (2-2). Metheny doubled to right field (3-1).
Hurst struck out swinging (3-2). Young walked (3-2). Latham doubled down
the rf line, RBI (1-1); Young advanced to third; Metheny scored. Latham out
at third c to 3b; Young scored on a wild pitch. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Gary inning 1
McNamee grounded out to ss (3-2). Pecci singled to center field (0-1).
Allensworth struck out swinging (2-2); Pecci stole second. Haake grounded
out to ss (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Winnipeg inning 2
Gray grounded out to p (1-2). Schade grounded out to ss (1-0). Alen struck
out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary inning 2
Yepez hit by pitch (2-1). Townsend lined out to lf (3-2). Detienne
grounded out to 2b (0-2); Yepez advanced to second. Price flied out to rf
(2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Winnipeg inning 3
Poulin struck out swinging (0-2). Coughlan popped up to 3b (0-2). Metheny
out at first 1b to p (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary inning 3
Reese struck out swinging (0-2). McNamee singled to right center (2-2).
Pecci reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); McNamee out at second 2b to ss.
Pecci out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Winnipeg inning 4
Hurst popped up to 3b (0-0). Young flied out to cf (2-1). Latham struck
out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary inning 4
Allensworth popped up to c (2-2). Haake walked (3-1). Yepez flied out to
cf (2-0). Haake stole second. Townsend lined out to 2b (1-1). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Winnipeg inning 5
Gray struck out swinging (3-2). Schade lined out to rf (0-2). Alen flied
out to rf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary inning 5
Detienne singled up the middle (0-0). Price reached on a throwing error by
2b (0-1); Detienne advanced to third. Reese grounded out to ss, RBI (3-1);
Price advanced to second; Detienne scored, unearned. Price out at third c
to 3b, caught stealing. McNamee flied out to rf (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 1
error, 0 LOB.
Winnipeg inning 6
Poulin struck out looking (2-2). Coughlan grounded out to p (3-2). Metheny
struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary inning 6
Rapp to p for Lawson. Pecci lined out to rf (0-0). Allensworth singled to
third base, bunt (0-0). Haake struck out looking (1-2). Yepez reached on a
fielder's choice (1-2); Allensworth out at second p to 2b to ss. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Winnipeg inning 7
Brown to p for Shelley. Hurst flied out to rf (0-0). Young walked (3-1).
Latham singled through the right side (3-1); Young advanced to second.
Blackwell to p for Brown. Gray walked (3-2); Latham advanced to second;
Young advanced to third. Schade grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b
(0-0); Gray out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Gary inning 7
Townsend doubled down the lf line (2-1). Detienne grounded out to p, SAC,
bunt (0-1); Townsend advanced to third. Price grounded out to 2b (0-0).
Townsend scored on a wild pitch. Reese doubled to left field (1-0).
McNamee walked (3-2). Pecci tripled down the rf line, 2 RBI (1-0); McNamee
scored; Reese scored. Allensworth grounded out to 3b (0-0). 3 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Winnipeg inning 8
Alen lined out to lf (1-0). Poulin flied out to lf (0-0). Coughlan out at
first 1b to p (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Gary inning 8
Davis to p for Rapp. Haake reached on a fielding error by 2b (1-0). Yepez
walked (3-0); Haake advanced to second. Townsend flied out to rf (3-1).
Detienne popped up to 1b (0-0). Price popped up to ss (1-2). 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Winnipeg inning 9
Mueller to cf for Price. Cogan to p for Blackwell. Metheny grounded out to
p (0-1). Hurst struck out swinging (1-2). Young singled up the middle
(0-1). Latham walked (3-2); Young advanced to second. Gray reached on a
fielder's choice (0-1); Latham out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Game Notes:
Monday's Probables: TBA (SHM) at Willie Glen (GAR), 10:30 am