June 15, 2006: Three Pitchers, Three Gems?

Esteban Loaiza and Mark Buehrle had earned complete-game victories in Games 1 and 2 of this three-game set versus North Georgia. Fleetwood's Dave Bush hoped to make it 3 for 3. To do so, though, the Walkers would have to get by Yellow Jacket left-hander Ted Lilly.

In the bottom of the 2nd inning, Marcus Giles hit a solo home run and gave the Walkers a 1-0 lead. An RBI double by Ramon Castro in the 4th and a solo homer by David Wright in the 5th increased Fleetwood's lead to 3-0.

On the other side of the ball, Dave Bush did not disappoint the Fleetwood faithful. He allowed just 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 8. In fact, aided by 3 double plays, Bush faced only 4 batters more than the minimum. Bush had collected his second shutout of the season, Fleetwood's starting pitchers had thrown their third complete game of the series, and Fleetwood swept the series from North Georgia.

Fleetwood would next play host to the defending champion Ocala Ocelots from June 19 through June 22.

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BOXSCORE: 2006 North Georgia Yellow Jackets At 2006 Fleetwood Walke 6/15/2006
Gm 3: Fleetwood's pitchers throw their 3rd complete game of the series.
 
  Yellow Jackets     AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Byrd LF           4  0  0  0 .241     D.Dejesus LF        4  0  0  0 .264  
  E.Renteria SS       4  0  2  0 .236     D.Wright DH         3  1  1  1 .332  
  M.Teixeira 1B       4  0  1  0 .287     D.Lee 1B            3  0  2  0 .273  
  J.Kent 2B           2  0  0  0 .300     M.Cabrera 3B        3  0  1  0 .331  
  S.Hillenbrand 3B    3  0  0  0 .270     J.Edmonds CF        4  1  1  0 .234  
  S.Fasano C          3  0  0  0 .276     M.Giles 2B          4  1  1  1 .255  
  M.Teahen DH         3  0  0  0 .211     R.Castro C          2  0  1  1 .290  
  C.Patterson CF      3  0  0  0 .248   A-L.Matos PH          0  0  0  0 .290  
  J.Gathright RF      3  0  2  0 .222   C-J.Valentin C        0  0  0  0 .290  
                                          J.Dye RF            4  0  0  0 .274  
                                          B.Crosby SS         3  0  0  0 .308  
                                        B-N.Perez PH,SS       1  0  0  0 .276  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  0  5  0                 Totals      31  3  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Castro In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Crosby In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Matos In 9th Inning
 
Yellow Jackets.. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
Walkers......... 0 1 0  1 1 0  0 0    -  3  7  0
 
Yellow Jackets (27-32)   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Lilly LOSS(0-1)         6       6   3   3   3   4   2   4.50  A1 C9
K.Davies                  2       1   0   0   1   2   0   5.09  D1
Totals                    8       7   3   3   4   6   2
 
Walkers (41-22)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Bush WIN(7-4)           9       5   0   0   2   8   0   3.55  A1
Totals                    9       5   0   0   2   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,542 DATE- Sunday, June 15th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Yellow Jackets: 4  Walkers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yellow Jackets: 0  Walkers: 3
DOUBLES- E.Renteria(9th), M.Teixeira(19th), D.Lee(15th), J.Edmonds(12th),
         R.Castro(5th)
HOME RUNS- D.Wright(14th), M.Giles(4th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Gathright(9th), D.Lee(2nd)
WALKS- J.Kent-2, D.Wright, D.Lee, M.Cabrera, R.Castro
HIT BY PITCH- L.Matos
STRIKE OUTS- E.Renteria, M.Teixeira-2, S.Fasano, M.Teahen-2, C.Patterson,
             J.Gathright, D.Wright, D.Lee, J.Edmonds-2, M.Giles, B.Crosby
GIDP- M.Byrd, M.Teixeira, S.Hillenbrand