May 25, 2006: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Bush

It's been a very up-and-down season so far for Fleetwood's Dave Bush. When he's on, he's on...mowing hitters down and throwing scoreless frame after scoreless frame. But when he's been off, he's been hammered hard. Real hard. This is a man living on the extremes.

Through the end of May (yes, we're using a bit of a crystal ball here and including his next two starts), here are his stats:

          Record    ERA  GS   IP  H   R ER HR BB SO
Overall      5-4   4.53  11 59.2 58  30 30  8 13 25
Good Bush    5-1   1.33   7 47.1 32   7  7  2  7 20
Bad Bush     0-3  16.78   4 12.1 26  23 23  6  6  5

Granted, most pitchers probably exhibit this type of split performance at some level. With that said, Bush seems to be turning it into an art form.

Getting back to the May 25 game, Fleetwood was fortunate to see the good side of Dave Bush on the mound. Specifically, Bush threw 8 innings and allowed just 6 hits and 1 run.

On the offensive side for the Walkers, the struggling Ryan Doumit surprised many with his best game of the season (2-4, 2B, 4 RBI).

All in all, Fleetwood would win its first game versus Brooklyn by a score of 7-2.

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Brooklyn Bulldogs At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers          5/25/2006
Gm 1: Bush pitches a great game for Fleetwood; Doumit provides the offense.
 
  Bulldogs           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Lugo SS           4  0  1  0 .325     B.Crosby SS         4  0  1  0 .300  
  S.Podsednik LF      4  0  0  0 .287     D.Dejesus CF,LF     5  1  0  0 .270  
  C.Crisp CF          4  0  1  0 .339     D.Lee 1B            4  1  2  1 .272  
  G.Atkins 3B         4  0  0  0 .289     M.Cabrera 3B        3  1  0  0 .317  
  A.Nunez DH          4  0  0  0 .336     D.Wright DH         2  2  2  1 .296  
  M.Cuddyer 1B        4  1  2  0 .316     J.Dye RF            3  0  1  0 .299  
  G.Zaun C            4  1  2  1 .337   A-J.Phelps PH         0  0  0  0 .304  
  A.Kearns RF         4  0  1  1 .271   B-J.Edmonds PR,CF     0  1  0  0 .256  
  A.Cintron 2B        4  0  2  0 .226     R.Doumit C          4  1  2  4 .231  
                                          L.Matos LF,RF       3  0  0  0 .291  
                                          N.Perez 2B          4  0  0  0 .285  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  2  9  2                 Totals      32  7  8  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Dye In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Phelps In 8th Inning
 
Bulldogs........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 1  -  2  9  3
Walkers......... 0 1 2  0 0 0  0 4    -  7  8  0
 
Bulldogs (17-12)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Moyer LOSS(4-3)         7       7   3   1   0   6   1   4.67  A1 D3
D.Brazelton               1       1   4   3   3   0   0  10.66  D4
Totals                    8       8   7   4   3   6   1
 
Walkers (30-20)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Bush WIN(5-3)           8       6   1   1   0   3   1   3.95  A1 D3
R.Vogelsong               1       3   1   1   0   0   0   6.51  D4
Totals                    9       9   2   2   0   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,413 DATE- Sunday, May 25th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- Bulldogs: 7  Walkers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bulldogs: 1  Walkers: 0
ERRORS- S.Podsednik, G.Atkins-2
DOUBLES- C.Crisp(6th), A.Kearns(9th), R.Doumit(1st)
TRIPLES- D.Lee(3rd)
HOME RUNS- G.Zaun(1st), D.Wright(10th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Cintron(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Crosby
WALKS- M.Cabrera, D.Wright, J.Phelps
HIT BY PITCH- D.Wright, L.Matos
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crisp, G.Atkins, G.Zaun, B.Crosby, D.Lee-2, J.Dye, R.Doumit,
             N.Perez
GIDP- J.Dye
WILD PITCHES- J.Moyer