Burgamy's double gives Ems edge.Byline: BOB CLARK For the 19th century baseball player, see Bob Clark (baseball) Benjamin "Bob" Clark (August 5 1939[] – April 4 2007) was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing and writing the script with Jean Shepherd to the The Register-Guard This was one to test the judgement of the official scorer In the game of baseball, the official scorer is a person appointed by the league to record the events on the field and to send this official record of the game back to the league offices. , the attention span of the scoreboard operators and the resolve of two teams stuck in the cellars of their respective divisions of the Northwest League The Northwest League is a class A minor league. The league is the descendant of the Western International League which ran as a class B league from 1937-1951 (with time out for WWII) and class A from 1952-1954. . Oh, and the patience of 7,216 in sold-out Civic Stadium, who were wondering how long it would take and how many runs might score before the fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to in the sky started. The answers were just over three hours in time and 15 in tallies, the last of those driven in on Brian Burgamy's eighth-inning double as Eugene (6-10) posted an 8-7 triumph over Spokane (5-12). What happened before then? What didn't? The teams combined for 21 hits, including six doubles and a pinch-hit homer by Spokane's Trey Dyson that knotted the game at 7-7 in the seventh. There were also eight errors, six by the Indians. The winning pitcher was the best of the seven who appeared in the game, Eugene reliever Darwin Soto (1-0). He spent the start of the week as an emergency fill-in with the AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Portland Beavers The Portland Beavers are a minor league baseball team that, along with the Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Oaks, Sacramento Solons, San Francisco Seals, and Seattle Rainiers, was a charter member of the Pacific Coast League, which was founded in 1903. , and looked to be a couple of classes up on the mound back in Eugene on Thursday, retiring the six Indians he faced in the last two innings, four on strikeouts. Imagine that, a three-up, three-down inning ... and back to back. There wasn't a one-two-three inning until Eugene batted in the bottom of the fifth, and two of the outs in that frame were a line drive backhanded by the right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield and a fly ball caught on the warning track in straightaway straight·a·way adj. 1. Extending in a straight line or course without a curve or turn. 2. Unhesitating; immediate: a straightaway denial. n. center. Eugene's biggest outburst was the fourth, when the Ems scored four runs on three hits, though only one of the runs was earned due to a pair of Spokane errors. Payback, there. The Indians tallied twice in the second with the aid of two Eugene errors, both by Ems center fielder Josh Carter. The first was an overrun of a ball on the ground, the second a drop after a dive for a liner to shallow center. That was a call to challenge the scorer, not that it was the last of those. And not that Carter didn't offer significant aid to the Eugene cause, driving in the first run for the Ems with a single through the pitcher's legs, and two more with a line single to left in that four-run fourth inning. Carter, drafted out of Oregon State a year ago, was two-for-five Thursday, with three RBIs. In seven games since being sent down from Ft. Wayne of the Midwest League The Midwest League is a Class A minor league baseball league which operates in the Midwestern United States. History Six teams – the Belleville Stags, the Centralia Cubs, the Marion Indians, the Mattoon Indians, the Mount Vernon Braves, and the West Frankfort , Carter is batting .296 (8-for-27) with seven RBIs. That's a definite jump from his .221 average with two RBIs in 32 games while he was playing a level up from the Northwest League, though his improved numbers are no shock to Ems manager Jeff Gardner For the baseball player, see . Jeff Gardner is an American actor and theatre producer. As an actor, Gardner was last seen on Broadway in The Wild Party (2000) directed by George C. Wolfe, where he served as a stand-by for Mandy Patinkin. , who had Carter on the Eugene roster last year until a season-ending injury. `Josh said his last few games (at Ft. Wayne) he swung the bat really well,' Gardner said. `I liked Josh a lot last year ... and he's made some adjustments. `He's an aggressive kid and he competes at the plate. Even last year, when he was hitting .170 (for the Ems), he was competing every at-bat. He's going to go up there every at-bat and compete his hardest.' Hitting fourth in the lineup, Carter often had runners on to drive around. Leadoff hitter In baseball, a leadoff hitter is a batter who bats first in the lineup. Strategy Leadoff hitters must possess certain traits to be successful: they must reach base at a proficient rate and be able to steal bases. Burgamy reached base four times, as did No. 2 hitter Mike Richardson The name Mike Richardson may refer to:
Seven of the Ems reached base at least twice, including catcher Josh Ervin, who didn't have a walk or a hit this season until Thursday but had one of each against the Indians. NOTES: The attendance was the ninth-largest for an Ems game at Civic. All but one of the higher eight were also for Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. games, topped by 7,746 in 1990 ... The scheduled starting pitchers in tonight's game are Brian Whitaker (1-2, 4.50 ERA) for Eugene and Eric Ackerman (1-0, 4.91 ERA) for Spokane. SPOKANE EUGENE ab r h bi ab r h bi Stocker cf 5 0 0 0 Burgamy 2b 4 2 2 1 Keim 3b 5 0 0 0 Richardson dh 3 3 1 0 Jenson 1b 5 2 2 0 Greene ss 4 0 2 1 Frend lf 4 1 2 0 Carter cf 5 0 2 3 Murphy ss 4 0 1 1 Baker lf 0 0 0 0 Legendre dh 3 0 0 0 Biernbaum dh 4 0 0 1 Dyson dh 1 1 1 2 DiBetta 3b 3 0 0 0 Stephens rf 3 2 3 1 Brooks 1b 3 1 1 0 Meyer c 4 0 1 1 Ervin c 3 1 1 0 Rodriguez 2b 4 1 1 0 Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. rf 4 1 1 0 Totals 38 7 11 5 Totals 33 8 10 6 Spokane... 120 110 200 - 7 Eugene... 101 401 01x - 8 E-Keim, Frend, Murphy, Meyer 3, Carter 2. LOB-Spokane 7, Eugene 8. 2B-Jenson 2, Meyer, Burgamy, Greene, Ervin. HR-Dyson. SB-DiBetta, Mora. CS-Frend, Burgamy, Carter. IP H R ER BB SO Spokane Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barnett 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bartz L, 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zettler 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eugene Lipari 0 0 0 0 0 0 Modica Modica (mô`dēkä), city (1991 pop. 50,529), SE Sicily, Italy. It is the center of an agricultural region where livestock is raised. Known in ancient times as Motyca, it was a feudal county in the 12th cent. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soto W, 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HBP-by Lipari (Murphy); by Zettler (Greene). PB-Meyer. Umpires-Chris Bakke, Jeff Latter. T-3:05. A-7,216. THURSDAY Eugene 8, Spokane 7 TODAY Spokane at Eugene 7:05 p.m. WEST DIVISION W L Pct. GB Vancouver ... 12 5 .706 - Everett ... 10 6 .625 1 1/2 Salem-Keizer ... 8 9 .471 4 Eugene ... 6 10 .375 5 1/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct. GB Boise ... 9 8 .529 - Tri-City ... 9 9 .500 1/2 Yakima ... 9 9 .500 1/2 Spokane ... 5 12 .294 4 THURSDAY'S RESULTS Eugene 8, Spokane 7 Vancouver 7, Boise 3 Everett 8, Tri-City 2 Yakima 9, Salem-Keizer 7 TODAY'S GAMES Spokane at Eugene Vancouver at Boise Yakima at Salem-Keizer Tri-City at Everett |
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