John Jaha rocketed 3 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Tiger Stadium where the powerful Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) opened the semifinals with an 8 to 4 win over the Russell M'Ups (FER). Jaha was really in 'the zone'. He blasted a two-run home run in the 1st inning, smashed a two-run homer in the 5th inning and cracked a solo homerun (his 41st of the season) in the 7th inning. Johnny Be Goods out-hit Russell M'Ups for the game, 11 hits to 7. The win was credited to Mike Hampton(21-14) who went 5 and 2/3 innings allowing 4 runs. Sterling Hitchcock(14-8) absorbed the loss. He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 5 innings of work. 'I had good swings tonight,' Jaha said, 'Everything felt right'. BOXSCORE: 2000 Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) At 2000 Russell M'Ups (FER) 10/9/2000 (FEJ) AB R H RBI AVG (FER) AB R H RBI AVG C.Everett CF 5 1 1 0 .310 M.Grudzielanek SS 4 1 1 1 .273 R.Velarde 2B 5 1 1 0 .259 J.Bell 2B 5 0 1 0 .290 J.Jaha 1B 5 3 3 5 .278 L.Walker CF 2 1 0 0 .324 M.Williams 3B 4 0 2 0 .308 V.Guerrero RF 4 1 1 3 .295 E.Burks RF 4 0 0 0 .286 E.Karros 1B 3 1 2 0 .324 B.Mayne C 3 0 1 0 .268 M.Mieske LF 3 0 1 0 .352 B.Chouinard P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-R.Lankford PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .319 R.Seanez P 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Nevin C 3 0 0 0 .244 B.Gilkey LF 3 2 2 2 .270 R.Ventura 3B 4 0 0 0 .306 B-G.Jenkins PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .283 S.Hitchcock P 2 0 0 0 .106 B.Larkin SS 4 1 1 0 .256 D.Cook P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Hampton P 3 0 0 0 .302 A-O.Cabrera PH 1 0 1 0 .297 S.Williamson P 0 0 0 0 .182 J.Johnstone P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-D.Nilsson PH,C 1 0 0 0 .327 E-D.Young PH 1 0 0 0 .292 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 8 11 7 Totals 33 4 7 4 A-Pinch Hit For Cook In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Gilkey In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Williamson In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Mieske In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Johnstone In 9th Inning (FEJ)........... 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 - 8 11 0 (FER)........... 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 1 (FEJ) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Hampton WIN(21-14) 5 2/3 6 4 4 5 7 1 119 4.42 A1 C9 S.Williamson HOLD(9th) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 3.16 D1 D5 B.Chouinard 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1.56 D6 D8 R.Seanez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.33 D9 Totals 9 7 4 4 5 11 1 (FER) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Hitchcock LOSS(14-8) 5 7 6 5 1 6 3 101 3.64 A1 C5 D.Cook 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 12 3.94 C6 C9 J.Johnstone 3 3 1 1 0 3 1 38 4.25 D1 Totals 9 11 8 7 1 10 5 ATTENDANCE- 48,180 DATE- Monday, October 9th 2000 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Greg Gibson, Steve Rippley, Tim Tschida, Chuck Meriwether T- 3:05 LEFT ON BASE- (FEJ): 4 (FER): 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- (FEJ): 0 (FER): 0 ERRORS- M.Mieske DOUBLES- B.Mayne(32nd), B.Larkin(22nd) HOME RUNS- J.Jaha-3(41st), B.Gilkey-2(5th), V.Guerrero(43rd) WALKS- B.Mayne, M.Grudzielanek, L.Walker-2, E.Karros, P.Nevin STRIKE OUTS- C.Everett, J.Jaha, M.Williams, E.Burks, B.Gilkey, G.Jenkins, B.Larkin, M.Hampton-3, M.Grudzielanek, J.Bell, L.Walker-2, M.Mieske, P.Nevin, R.Ventura-3, S.Hitchcock-2 PASSED BALLS- P.Nevin-2
In a close game the strong Russell M'Ups (FER) got by the Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) by the score of 5 to 3 and evened their semifinal series at a game a piece. Denny Neagle(10-3) had a solid outing for Russell M'Ups. He allowed 4 hits and 1 walk in 6 innings. Neagle racked up 8 strikeouts. Both teams finished the game with 8 hits. Matt Mantei recorded his 30th save. The losing pitcher was Ron Villone(10-4). He allowed 6 hits and 3 walks in 4 innings. BOXSCORE: 2000 Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) At 2000 Russell M'Ups (FER) 10/10/2000 (FEJ) AB R H RBI AVG (FER) AB R H RBI AVG C.Everett CF 0 0 0 0 .310 M.Grudzielanek SS 4 1 3 0 .277 A-T.Womack PR,CF 4 0 2 1 .287 J.Bell 2B 3 2 2 1 .292 R.Velarde 2B 5 0 0 0 .257 L.Walker CF 0 0 0 0 .324 J.Jaha 1B 4 0 1 0 .278 B-R.Lankford PR,CF 3 1 0 0 .316 M.Williams 3B 4 0 1 0 .307 V.Guerrero RF 3 0 1 2 .295 E.Burks RF 4 0 0 0 .283 E.Karros 1B 4 0 0 0 .322 B.Mayne C 4 0 1 0 .268 M.Mieske LF 3 1 2 1 .358 B.Gilkey LF 1 1 1 0 .275 F-D.Young PH 1 0 0 0 .291 I-G.Jenkins PH 1 0 0 0 .282 G-D.Bragg LF 0 0 0 0 .305 B.Larkin SS 3 2 2 2 .258 P.Nevin C 3 0 0 0 .242 R.Villone P 1 0 0 0 .245 M.Mantei P 0 0 0 0 .250 C-W.Guerrero PH 1 0 0 0 .260 R.Ventura 3B 4 0 0 0 .304 S.Williamson P 0 0 0 0 .182 D.Neagle P 2 0 0 0 .175 E-T.Salmon PH 1 0 0 0 .235 D-T.Greene PH 1 0 0 0 .250 B.Chouinard P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Remlinger P 0 0 0 0 .000 J-D.Nilsson PH 1 0 0 0 .326 H-T.Pratt C 0 0 0 0 .362 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 3 8 3 Totals 31 5 8 4 A-Pinch Ran For Everett In 1st Inning B-Pinch Ran For Walker In 1st Inning C-Pinch Hit For Villone In 5th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Neagle In 6th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Williamson In 7th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Mieske In 8th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Young In 9th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Remlinger In 9th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Gilkey In 9th Inning J-Pinch Hit For Chouinard In 9th Inning INJURY: Carl Everett INJURED (for 3 more games) in 1st inning INJURY: Larry Walker INJURED (for 3 more games) in 1st inning INJURY: Phil Nevin INJURED (for 1 more game) in 8th inning (FEJ)........... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 0 (FER)........... 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 5 8 1 (FEJ) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Villone LOSS(10-4) 4 6 4 4 3 2 1 80 4.55 A1 C3 S.Williamson 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 31 3.18 C4 D2 B.Chouinard 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 1.49 D3 Totals 8 8 5 5 3 3 2 (FER) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Neagle WIN(10-3) 6 4 2 2 1 8 1 98 3.45 A1 C5 M.Remlinger HOLD(9th) 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 36 2.29 C6 D6 M.Mantei SAVE(30th) 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 20 2.89 D7 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 14 1 ATTENDANCE- 48,440 DATE- Tuesday, October 10th 2000 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Jerry Layne, Ted Barrett, Tony Randazzo T- 2:48 LEFT ON BASE- (FEJ): 8 (FER): 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- (FEJ): 1 (FER): 0 ERRORS- J.Bell DOUBLES- B.Mayne(33rd), M.Grudzielanek(23rd), M.Mieske(10th) HOME RUNS- B.Larkin(12th), J.Bell(42nd), M.Mieske(9th) STOLEN BASES- B.Larkin(34th), M.Grudzielanek(4th) CAUGHT STEALING- T.Womack WALKS- B.Gilkey-2, B.Larkin, J.Bell, V.Guerrero, P.Nevin HIT BY PITCH- C.Everett, L.Walker STRIKE OUTS- R.Velarde-4, J.Jaha-2, M.Williams-2, E.Burks, B.Mayne, G.Jenkins, W.Guerrero, T.Salmon, D.Nilsson, V.Guerrero, R.Ventura, D.Neagle GIDP- E.Karros
In a good matchup it was the Russell M'Ups (FER) 8, the Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) 6 at Edison Int'l Field, to take a 2-1 lead in the best of 7 series. Johnny Be Goods was unable to claim the lead after Russell M'Ups went ahead in the top of the 2nd inning scoring one runner utilizing 2 base hits. Russell M'Ups had 13 hits for the game and Johnny Be Goods had 7. Matt Mantei(7-2) got credit for the victory, pitching 1 inning and allowing no runs. Andy Ashby(11-10) was given the loss. He gave up 4 runs in 3 and 1/3 innings of work. Ellis Burks launched 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI in a losing cause for Johnny Be Goods. BOXSCORE: 2000 Russell M'Ups (FER) At 2000 Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) 10/12/2000 (FER) AB R H RBI AVG (FEJ) AB R H RBI AVG M.Grudzielanek SS 5 1 1 3 .276 B.Larkin SS 5 0 2 0 .259 R.Lankford CF 4 1 2 0 .318 G.Jenkins LF 5 0 1 0 .281 V.Guerrero RF 4 2 2 1 .297 J.Jaha 1B 3 1 1 1 .278 E.Karros 1B 5 0 1 0 .320 M.Williams 3B 3 1 0 0 .306 R.Ventura 3B 4 1 2 2 .306 D.Nilsson C 2 2 1 0 .327 J.Bell 2B 4 0 0 0 .290 B-B.Mayne PH,C 1 0 0 0 .267 D.Young LF 4 2 4 1 .302 E.Burks RF 3 2 2 5 .286 T.Pratt C 4 1 0 0 .351 T.Salmon CF 3 0 0 0 .233 J.Guzman P 2 0 1 1 .105 R.Velarde 2B 4 0 0 0 .255 S.Sullivan P 1 0 0 0 .154 A.Ashby P 1 0 0 0 .135 M.Remlinger P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Chouinard P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-K.Barker PH 1 0 0 0 .250 D.Miceli P 0 0 0 0 .200 M.Mantei P 0 0 0 0 .250 A-T.Womack PH 1 0 0 0 .286 S.Williamson P 1 0 0 0 .167 D-R.Simon PH 1 0 0 0 .297 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 8 13 8 Totals 33 6 7 6 A-Pinch Hit For Miceli In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Nilsson In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Remlinger In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Williamson In 9th Inning (FER)........... 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 13 0 (FEJ)........... 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 - 6 7 0 (FER) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Guzman 4 2/3 5 3 3 3 4 1 83 4.82 A1 C3 S.Sullivan 2 1/3 2 3 3 1 4 2 38 3.79 C4 D4 M.Remlinger HOLD(10th) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 2.26 D5 D8 M.Mantei WIN(7-2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.85 D9 Totals 9 7 6 6 5 8 3 (FEJ) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Ashby LOSS(11-10) 3 1/3 7 4 4 1 1 1 65 4.71 A1 B9 B.Chouinard 0 2/3 4 4 4 2 1 1 38 2.30 C1 C8 D.Miceli 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 3.94 C9 D2 S.Williamson 4 2 0 0 3 5 0 64 3.06 D3 Totals 9 13 8 8 6 9 2 ATTENDANCE- 43,071 DATE- Thursday, October 12th 2000 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Tim Tschida, Chuck Meriwether, Greg Gibson, Steve Rippley T- 3:19 LEFT ON BASE- (FER):10 (FEJ): 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- (FER): 1 (FEJ): 1 DOUBLES- V.Guerrero(26th), R.Ventura-2(34th), D.Young(20th), J.Guzman HOME RUNS- M.Grudzielanek(6th), V.Guerrero(44th), J.Jaha(42nd), E.Burks-2(34th) STOLEN BASES- R.Lankford-2(7th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Guzman WALKS- R.Lankford, V.Guerrero, R.Ventura, J.Bell, D.Young, T.Pratt, J.Jaha, M.Williams, D.Nilsson, E.Burks, T.Salmon STRIKE OUTS- R.Lankford, E.Karros-4, J.Bell, T.Pratt, J.Guzman, S.Sullivan, B.Larkin, G.Jenkins-2, J.Jaha-2, R.Velarde, A.Ashby, S.Williamson GIDP- T.Pratt, R.Velarde WILD PITCHES- M.Remlinger PASSED BALLS- T.Pratt
Dave Nilsson had 2 base hits and 3 RBI at Edison Int'l Field where the very talented Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) tied their semifinal series at 2 games a piece by beating the Russell M'Ups (FER) by the score of 9 to 7. Bobby Chouinard(5-0) came through for John Fenton with an excellent relief stint. He didn't give up much, just 1 hit and no walks in 2 innings. Johnny Be Goods took care of Russell M'Ups with no trouble in the 9th. Scott Williamson gained credit for his 10th save. Scott Sullivan(14-4) was charged with the loss in relief. He allowed 2 hits and 2 walks in 1 and 1/3 innings. BOXSCORE: 2000 Russell M'Ups (FER) At 2000 Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) 10/13/2000 (FER) AB R H RBI AVG (FEJ) AB R H RBI AVG M.Grudzielanek SS 5 2 3 0 .279 R.Velarde 2B 5 1 1 0 .255 J.Bell 2B 1 3 1 2 .291 J.Jaha 1B 3 0 0 0 .276 V.Guerrero RF 3 1 3 3 .301 E.Burks RF 3 1 0 0 .284 E-D.Bragg PR,RF 0 0 0 0 .305 M.Williams 3B 4 1 2 1 .307 E.Karros 1B 4 0 1 0 .320 B.Gilkey LF 1 1 0 0 .273 M.Mieske LF 2 0 0 0 .353 A-G.Jenkins PH,LF 3 1 1 1 .282 C-D.Young PH,LF 2 0 0 1 .300 B.Mayne C 3 0 1 2 .267 P.Nevin C 2 0 0 0 .241 B.Chouinard P 0 0 0 0 .000 F-T.Pratt PH,C 0 0 0 0 .351 D-R.Simon PH 1 1 1 0 .304 R.Ventura 3B 4 0 0 0 .304 R.Seanez P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Lankford CF 4 0 0 0 .315 G-W.Guerrero PH 1 0 1 0 .267 B.Anderson P 1 1 1 0 .200 S.Williamson P 0 0 0 0 .167 J.Johnstone P 1 0 0 0 .000 T.Salmon CF 3 2 2 1 .237 D.Cook P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Larkin SS 2 0 1 0 .260 S.Sullivan P 1 0 0 0 .143 M.Hampton P 1 0 0 0 .299 M.Remlinger P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-D.Nilsson PH,C 3 1 2 3 .330 H-K.Barker PH 1 0 0 0 .238 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 7 9 6 Totals 33 9 12 8 A-Pinch Hit For Gilkey In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Hampton In 5th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Mieske In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Chouinard In 7th Inning E-Pinch Ran For Guerrero In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Nevin In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Seanez In 8th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Remlinger In 9th Inning INJURY: Vladimir Guerrero INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning (FER)........... 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 7 9 2 (FEJ)........... 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 - 9 12 0 (FER) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Anderson 3 5 4 4 5 1 0 65 4.16 A1 B9 J.Johnstone 1 2/3 2 2 2 1 2 1 24 4.40 C1 C8 D.Cook BS(1st) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.94 C9 C9 S.Sullivan LOSS(14-4) 1 1/3 2 2 2 2 1 0 36 3.90 D1 D7 M.Remlinger 2 2 1 0 3 3 0 37 2.20 D8 Totals 8 12 9 8 11 7 1 (FEJ) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Hampton 5 8 6 6 3 2 1 90 4.55 A1 C4 B.Chouinard WIN(5-0) 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 17 2.20 C5 D1 R.Seanez HOLD(10th) 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 25 2.42 D2 D7 S.Williamson SAVE(10th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.04 D8 Totals 9 9 7 7 5 6 1 ATTENDANCE- 43,416 DATE- Friday, October 13th 2000 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Jim Joyce, Rick Rieker, Paul Emmel, Gerry Davis T- 3:28 LEFT ON BASE- (FER): 3 (FEJ):13 DOUBLE PLAYS- (FER): 2 (FEJ): 3 ERRORS- J.Bell, E.Karros DOUBLES- M.Grudzielanek(24th), R.Simon(8th), T.Salmon(19th) TRIPLES- D.Nilsson(1st) HOME RUNS- V.Guerrero(45th), G.Jenkins(17th) CAUGHT STEALING- M.Grudzielanek SACRIFICE HITS- B.Larkin SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Salmon WALKS- J.Bell-3, P.Nevin, T.Pratt, R.Velarde, J.Jaha-2, E.Burks-2, M.Williams, B.Gilkey, T.Salmon, B.Larkin-2, M.Hampton HIT BY PITCH- V.Guerrero STRIKE OUTS- E.Karros, D.Young, R.Ventura-2, R.Lankford, K.Barker, R.Velarde-3, J.Jaha-2, M.Williams, D.Nilsson GIDP- E.Karros, M.Mieske, R.Lankford, G.Jenkins WILD PITCHES- M.Hampton
Carl Everett connected with a 'big fly' and had 3 RBI at Edison Int'l Field as the Johnny Be Goods (FEJ), running on all cylinders, ripped the Russell M'Ups (FER) by a large 13 to 3 margin while moving to within a game of their first Henderson Cup Finals. It was a good day for Johnny Be Goods thanks to Everett. He slapped a one-base hit in the 1st inning, belted a three-run homer (his 24th of the season) in the 5th inning and hit a single in the 8th inning. Johnny Be Goods had a total of 9 hits for the game. The win was credited to Rudy Seanez(2-2) who went 1 and 1/3 innings allowing no runs. Sterling Hitchcock(14-9) was given the loss. Johnny Be Goods scored big getting 7 runs off him in 2 and 1/3 innings. BOXSCORE: 2000 Russell M'Ups (FER) At 2000 Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) 10/14/2000 (FER) AB R H RBI AVG (FEJ) AB R H RBI AVG R.Lankford LF 5 0 1 0 .314 C.Everett CF 5 3 3 3 .313 L.Walker CF 4 0 1 1 .323 R.Velarde 2B 3 2 1 2 .255 V.Guerrero RF 4 1 2 0 .302 J.Jaha 1B 3 2 0 0 .275 E.Karros 1B 4 1 2 0 .321 M.Williams 3B 5 1 1 2 .306 R.Ventura 3B 3 0 2 2 .305 E.Burks RF,LF 4 2 1 3 .283 J.Bell 2B 3 0 0 0 .289 B.Gilkey LF 1 0 0 0 .271 T.Pratt C 4 0 0 0 .341 B-T.Salmon PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .236 M.Grudzielanek SS 4 1 1 0 .279 B.Mayne C 4 1 2 2 .270 S.Hitchcock P 1 0 0 0 .104 B.Larkin SS 3 1 0 0 .259 D.Cook P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Dreifort P 2 0 0 0 .111 A-T.Greene PH 1 0 1 0 .254 R.Villone P 0 0 0 0 .245 O.Dotel P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Batista P 2 1 1 1 .192 J.Johnstone P 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Seanez P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-K.Barker PH 1 0 1 0 .273 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 3 11 3 Totals 34 13 9 13 A-Pinch Hit For Cook In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Gilkey In 5th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Johnstone In 9th Inning (FER)........... 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 11 2 (FEJ)........... 5 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 - 13 9 1 (FER) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Hitchcock LOSS(14-9) 2 1/3 3 7 7 4 1 1 54 3.89 A1 B6 D.Cook 1 2/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 24 3.84 B7 C5 O.Dotel 0 1/3 2 3 3 1 1 0 15 4.73 C6 C9 J.Johnstone 3 2/3 3 3 3 0 5 2 58 4.54 D1 Totals 8 9 13 13 7 7 3 (FEJ) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Dreifort 4 6 2 2 0 2 0 63 4.49 A1 B8 R.Villone 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 4.53 B9 C2 M.Batista HOLD(2nd) 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 56 4.08 C3 D6 R.Seanez WIN(2-2) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 2.38 D7 Totals 9 11 3 3 1 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 43,718 DATE- Saturday, October 14th 2000 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Phil Cuzzi, Tim McClelland, Terry Craft, Paul Schrieber T- 3:10 LEFT ON BASE- (FER): 8 (FEJ): 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- (FER): 0 (FEJ): 2 ERRORS- R.Lankford, S.Hitchcock, D.Dreifort DOUBLES- E.Karros(40th), R.Ventura(35th), B.Mayne(34th) HOME RUNS- C.Everett(24th), R.Velarde(14th), E.Burks(35th) STOLEN BASES- L.Walker(7th), V.Guerrero(5th), C.Everett-2(27th) SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Walker, R.Ventura WALKS- J.Bell, R.Velarde-2, J.Jaha-2, E.Burks, B.Gilkey, B.Larkin STRIKE OUTS- R.Lankford-3, E.Karros, R.Ventura, M.Grudzielanek, R.Velarde, J.Jaha, M.Williams, E.Burks, T.Salmon, B.Larkin, M.Batista GIDP- L.Walker, E.Karros
In a thrilling finish the Russell M'Ups (FER) won in dramatic fashion coming back to beat the Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) by the count of 6 to 5. With the win, the M'Ups forced a Game 7 and preserved their season for another day. Russell M'Ups scored the decisive runs in a big 9th inning when they tallied 5 runs on 4 hits. The big moment was provided by Mark Grudzielanek who made the home-town crowd a happy bunch when he hit a 'grand salami' to the delight of his teammates (his 7th of the season). Russell M'Ups had a total of 7 hits for the game. Mike Remlinger(7-4) got the win allowing no runs in 2 innings. Ugueth Urbina(3-3) was the losing pitcher in relief. Rusty Fenton was ebullient after the game, 'It's great to win a hard fought game like that. Our guys just weren't going to be denied. And did you see the fans - they were going wild! Yes sir, a very enjoyable win tonight!' BOXSCORE: 2000 Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) At 2000 Russell M'Ups (FER) 10/16/2000 (FEJ) AB R H RBI AVG (FER) AB R H RBI AVG C.Everett CF 4 1 2 0 .315 M.Grudzielanek SS 5 1 1 4 .278 R.Velarde 2B 4 1 1 1 .255 R.Lankford LF 5 1 1 0 .312 J.Jaha 1B 4 1 1 2 .274 L.Walker CF 5 0 2 1 .324 M.Williams 3B 5 0 0 0 .304 V.Guerrero RF 4 1 1 0 .302 E.Burks RF 4 1 2 0 .285 R.Ventura 3B 4 1 1 0 .305 B.Gilkey LF 2 1 2 2 .280 E.Karros 1B 3 0 1 0 .321 C-G.Jenkins PH,LF 2 0 0 0 .280 J.Bell 2B 1 1 0 0 .289 B.Mayne C 4 0 1 0 .270 T.Pratt C 1 0 0 1 .338 B.Larkin SS 3 0 0 0 .258 A-P.Nevin PR,C 2 0 0 0 .240 A.Ashby P 2 0 0 0 .132 D.Neagle P 1 0 0 0 .171 S.Williamson P 0 0 0 0 .167 B-D.Young PH 1 0 0 0 .299 D-R.Simon PH 1 0 0 0 .301 S.Sullivan P 0 0 0 0 .143 B.Chouinard P 0 0 0 0 .000 E-T.Greene PH 0 0 0 0 .254 G-T.Salmon PH 0 0 0 0 .236 F-B.Anderson PR 0 0 0 0 .200 R.Seanez P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Remlinger P 0 0 0 0 .000 U.Urbina P 0 0 0 0 .000 H-M.Mieske PH 0 1 0 0 .353 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 9 5 Totals 32 6 7 6 A-Pinch Ran For Pratt In 4th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Neagle In 4th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Gilkey In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Williamson In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 7th Inning F-Pinch Ran For Greene In 7th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Chouinard In 9th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Remlinger In 9th Inning INJURY: Todd Pratt INJURED (for 0 more games) in 4th inning INJURY: Todd Greene INJURED (for 1 more game) in 7th inning (FEJ)........... 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 9 2 (FER)........... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 - 6 7 0 (FEJ) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Ashby 3 1/3 3 1 1 3 3 0 57 4.68 A1 B8 S.Williamson HOLD(10th) 2 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 2.96 B9 C6 B.Chouinard 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 2.11 C7 D4 R.Seanez 0 2/3 2 4 4 2 1 1 15 2.83 D5 E1 U.Urbina LOSS(3-3) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 10 5.74 E2 Totals 8 2/3 7 6 6 5 6 1 (FER) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Neagle 4 5 3 3 1 2 2 64 3.56 A1 B9 S.Sullivan 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 57 3.95 C1 D4 M.Remlinger WIN(7-4) 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 34 2.15 D5 Totals 9 9 5 5 4 7 3 ATTENDANCE- 50,712 DATE- Monday, October 16th 2000 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad UMPIRES- Charles Reliford, Doug Eddings, Mark Carlson, Dana Demuth T- 2:54 LEFT ON BASE- (FEJ): 8 (FER): 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- (FEJ): 1 (FER): 0 ERRORS- R.Velarde, B.Mayne DOUBLES- B.Mayne(35th), R.Lankford(29th), R.Ventura(36th) HOME RUNS- R.Velarde(15th), J.Jaha(43rd), B.Gilkey(6th), M.Grudzielanek(7th) STOLEN BASES- E.Karros(10th) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Velarde WALKS- C.Everett, J.Jaha, B.Larkin, T.Salmon, E.Karros, J.Bell-3, M.Mieske HIT BY PITCH- T.Pratt, T.Greene STRIKE OUTS- R.Velarde, M.Williams-2, E.Burks-2, B.Mayne, A.Ashby, R.Lankford-4, E.Karros, T.Pratt GIDP- D.Young WILD PITCHES- U.Urbina
50,534 fans watched an exciting game at Tiger Stadium, but ultimately went home demoralized as the home town team's season came to an end. The Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) topped the Russell M'Ups (FER) by the slimmest of margins, 4 to 3, and advanced to a Henderson Cup Finals matchup with the Co Operators (COO). Mike Hampton(22-14) had a steady outing. He surrendered 8 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings. Hampton racked up 7 strikeouts. Russell M'Ups went down quietly in the bottom of the 9th. Scott Williamson earned his 11th save. The losing pitcher was Mike Remlinger(7-5) in relief. Despite losing, he struckout 5 Johnny Be Goods batters in 2 innings. BOXSCORE: 2000 Johnny Be Goods (FEJ) At 2000 Russell M'Ups (FER) 10/17/2000 (FEJ) AB R H RBI AVG (FER) AB R H RBI AVG B.Larkin SS 5 0 1 0 .257 M.Grudzielanek SS 5 1 2 0 .279 C.Everett CF 4 1 1 1 .314 J.Bell 2B 4 0 1 0 .289 J.Jaha 1B 3 1 0 0 .273 L.Walker CF 3 0 1 0 .324 M.Williams 3B 4 0 1 0 .304 V.Guerrero RF 4 0 0 1 .299 D.Nilsson C 3 1 1 0 .330 M.Mieske LF 3 0 1 0 .353 E.Burks RF 3 1 1 1 .286 B-R.Lankford PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .312 G.Jenkins LF 4 0 1 1 .280 E.Karros 1B 4 1 2 1 .323 R.Velarde 2B 4 0 1 0 .255 P.Nevin C 3 0 1 0 .241 M.Hampton P 3 0 0 0 .290 M.Mantei P 0 0 0 0 .250 S.Williamson P 1 0 1 0 .231 R.Ventura 3B 3 1 1 1 .305 J.Guzman P 2 0 0 0 .103 S.Sullivan P 0 0 0 0 .143 A-O.Cabrera PH 1 0 0 0 .295 M.Remlinger P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-T.Pratt C 1 0 0 0 .336 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 4 8 3 Totals 34 3 9 3 A-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Mieske In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Remlinger In 9th Inning (FEJ)........... 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 - 4 8 0 (FER)........... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 1 (FEJ) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Hampton WIN(22-14) 6 8 2 2 2 7 1 101 4.51 A1 C9 S.Williamson SAVE(11th) 3 1 1 1 0 4 1 35 2.97 D1 Totals 9 9 3 3 2 11 2 (FER) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Guzman 5 1/3 4 2 2 3 7 0 93 4.78 A1 C7 S.Sullivan 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.93 C8 C8 M.Remlinger LOSS(7-5) 2 2 2 2 0 5 2 29 2.31 C9 D7 M.Mantei 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.81 D8 Totals 9 8 4 4 3 12 2 ATTENDANCE- 37,534 DATE- Tuesday, October 17th 2000 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Tim Tschida, Chuck Meriwether, Greg Gibson, Steve Rippley T- 3:00 LEFT ON BASE- (FEJ): 7 (FER): 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- (FEJ): 1 (FER): 2 ERRORS- M.Grudzielanek DOUBLES- M.Williams(46th) HOME RUNS- C.Everett(25th), E.Burks(36th), E.Karros(35th), R.Ventura(30th) SACRIFICE HITS- P.Nevin WALKS- C.Everett, D.Nilsson, E.Burks, L.Walker, R.Ventura HIT BY PITCH- J.Jaha STRIKE OUTS- B.Larkin-3, C.Everett-2, J.Jaha, M.Williams, D.Nilsson, E.Burks, G.Jenkins, R.Velarde, M.Hampton, M.Grudzielanek, L.Walker, R.Lankford, E.Karros-2, P.Nevin, R.Ventura-2, J.Guzman-2, T.Pratt GIDP- C.Everett, R.Velarde, O.Cabrera WILD PITCHES- J.Guzman PASSED BALLS- P.Nevin