Opening Day of the 2000 Dickens League

 

Ramirez Mannys At Giambi Jasons                                   4/1/2000

 

Jose Lima reeled off a total of 11 strikeouts and Jason Giambi6 blasted 2

homeruns as the Giambi Jasons man-handled the Ramirez Mannys - the final

score was 61 to 36.

 

Giambi6 was spectacular at the plate.  The hometown fans showed their

appreciation with a standing ovation his last time at bat.  He stroked a

single which scored a run in the 1st inning, doubled in the 2nd inning,

slapped a one-base hit plating a run in the 2nd inning, blasted a two-run

home run in the 4th inning and electrified the crowd with a Grand Slam home

run (his 2nd of the season) in the 4th inning.  Giambi bats were hot in the

2nd inning when they had 17 runs on 11 hits and the 4th inning which saw them

plate 36 runs on 22 hits.  Ramirez was not lacking for run support as they

scored in 6 separate innings, yet victory eluded them as they seemed to

forget that pitching is also needed to win ballgames. 

 

Lima(1-0) went 5 and 1/3 innings allowing 5 runs for the victory. Lima(0-1)

was the loser.  He served up 14 homeruns in his 6 and 2/3 innings. 

 

Buddy Bell was asked about the performance of Lima, 'He had his good stuff out

there this afternoon.  The fans really get into it when the strikeouts start

mounting up - and that seems to give him even more adrenalin.'

 

  Mannys             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Jasons             AB  R  H RBI AVG

  M.Ramirez0 RF       7  4  3  5 .429     J.Giambi9 1B        9  7  6  6 .667  

  M.Ramirez9 LF       6  5  5  3 .833     J.Giambi8 DH        7  6  3  6 .429 

  M.Ramirez8 DH       8  4  5  6 .625     J.Giambi7 RF        7  7  6  5 .857 

  M.Ramirez7 CF       7  4  5  5 .714     J.Giambi6 CF        8  7  5  9 .625 

  M.Ramirez6 SS       7  4  3  1 .429     J.Giambi5 LF        6  8  5  7 .833 

  M.Ramirez5 3B       8  5  6  6 .750     J.Giambi4 SS        8  6  5 10 .625 

  M.Ramirez4 2B       7  4  3  3 .429     J.Giambi3 3B        5  6  3  7 .600 

  M.Ramirez3 1B       6  3  2  3 .333     J.Giambi2 2B        8  7  6  6 .750 

  M.Ramirez2 C        8  3  4  4 .500     J.Giambi0 C         5  7  4  4 .800 

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     

         Totals      64 36 36 36                 Totals      63 61 43 60

 

 

Mannys.......... 1 0 1  0 0 3  817 6  - 36 36  4

Jasons.......... 517 1 36 0 0  2 0    - 61 43  3

 

Mannys                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

J.Lima LOSS(0-1)          6 2/3  42  60  60  20   2  14  81.00

J.Navarro                 1 1/3   1   1   1   1   1   1   6.75

Totals                    8      43  61  61  21   3  15

 

Jasons                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

J.Lima WIN(1-0)           5 1/3   6   5   4   2  11   0   6.75

J.Navarro                 2      16  13  13   2   3   5  58.50

D.Cubillan                0       3   5   5   2   0   1   ----

M.Batista                 0 1/3   6   7   7   1   1   2 189.00

M.Clark                   0 1/3   3   5   4   1   0   1 108.00

B.Williams                1       2   1   1   0   0   1   9.00

Totals                    9      36  36  34   8  15  10

 

ATTENDANCE- 26,640 DATE- Wednesday, March 29th 2000 TIME- Day

UMPIRES- Jerry Crawford, Mike Everett, Brian Gorman, Mike Dimuro

T- 6:19

LEFT ON BASE- Mannys: 9  Jasons: 1

DOUBLE PLAYS- Mannys: 3  Jasons: 1

ERRORS- M.Ramirez9, M.Ramirez4-3, J.Giambi7, J.Giambi5, J.Giambi4

DOUBLES- M.Ramirez0-2(2nd), M.Ramirez9-2(2nd), M.Ramirez8(1st), M.Ramirez7(1st),

         M.Ramirez6-2(2nd), M.Ramirez5(1st), M.Ramirez4(1st), J.Giambi9-2(2nd),

         J.Giambi7-2(2nd), J.Giambi6(1st), J.Giambi4(1st), J.Giambi2-3(3rd)

TRIPLES- J.Giambi4(1st)

HOME RUNS- M.Ramirez9-2(2nd), M.Ramirez8-2(2nd), M.Ramirez7(1st),

           M.Ramirez5-2(2nd), M.Ramirez4(1st), M.Ramirez3(1st), M.Ramirez2(1st),

           J.Giambi9-2(2nd), J.Giambi8(1st), J.Giambi6-2(2nd), J.Giambi5-3(3rd),

           J.Giambi4(1st), J.Giambi3-2(2nd), J.Giambi2-2(2nd), J.Giambi0-2(2nd)

SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Giambi3

WALKS- M.Ramirez0, M.Ramirez9-2, M.Ramirez7, M.Ramirez6, M.Ramirez4,

       M.Ramirez3-2, J.Giambi9, J.Giambi8-3, J.Giambi7-3, J.Giambi6-2,

       J.Giambi5-4, J.Giambi4, J.Giambi3-2, J.Giambi2, J.Giambi0-4

HIT BY PITCH- J.Giambi3

STRIKE OUTS- M.Ramirez0, M.Ramirez9, M.Ramirez8-2, M.Ramirez7-2, M.Ramirez6-2,

             M.Ramirez5-2, M.Ramirez4, M.Ramirez3-3, M.Ramirez2, J.Giambi9,

             J.Giambi8, J.Giambi5

GIDP- M.Ramirez2, J.Giambi6-2, J.Giambi4

WILD PITCHES- M.Batista-2

PASSED BALLS- J.Giambi0