June 20, 2006: Pitchers' Duel

Of all the matchups in this four-game series, today's two pitchers were the least likely to lock horns in a pitchers' duel. But that's why they play the games.

Brad Hennessey was excellent for Ocala, allowing just 1 run in 6 innings. Not to be out done, though, Greg Maddux also brought his "A" game to John Locke Field. He provided Fleetwood with 6 scoreless innings, allowing just 3 hits and 1 walk.

Leading 1-0, Fleetwood's Bobby Crosby and David DeJesus led off the bottom of the 7th inning with back-to-back singles. With the heart of its order due up, it looked like the Walkers might blow the game open.

Ocala showed the grit of a champion, though, and enticed David Wright to ground into a costly double play. That left the Walkers with a man on 3rd base, but with 2 outs. To score an insurance run, they would need Derrek Lee to come through with a clutch hit.

Although in the midst of a disappointing season, Lee came through with an RBI triple. Fleetwood now led 2-0.

Fleetwood's bullpen closed out the game with 3 perfect innings, and the game was over. The Walkers had won the first two games of the four-game set.

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Ocala Ocelots At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers              6/20/2006
Gm 2: A great duel between Hennessey and Maddux; Fleetwood comes out on top.
 
  Ocelots            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Sizemore CF       4  0  1  0 .300     D.Dejesus LF        4  0  1  0 .273  
  J.Mauer C           4  0  0  0 .289     D.Wright DH         3  1  2  0 .331  
  D.Jeter SS          2  0  1  0 .289     D.Lee 1B            4  0  1  1 .264  
  T.Helton 1B         3  0  0  0 .327     M.Cabrera 3B        4  0  1  0 .328  
  R.Sanders LF        3  0  0  0 .247     J.Valentin C        4  0  1  0 .286  
  J.Drew RF           3  0  1  0 .273     M.Giles 2B          4  0  1  0 .249  
  T.Iguchi 2B         3  0  0  0 .286     J.Edmonds CF        2  0  0  0 .230  
  S.Burroughs 3B      2  0  0  0 .274     J.Dye RF            2  0  1  0 .273  
D-N.Johnson PH        1  0  0  0 .251   A-B.Bonds PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
E-D.Easley 3B         0  0  0  0 .313   B-L.Matos RF          1  0  1  0 .292  
  R.Aurilia DH        2  0  0  0 .246     N.Perez SS          2  0  0  0 .277  
F-L.Bigbie PH         1  0  0  0 .000   C-B.Crosby PH,SS      2  1  1  0 .308  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  3  0                 Totals      33  2 10  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Dye In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Bonds In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Perez In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Burroughs In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Johnson In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Aurilia In 9th Inning
 
Ocelots......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  1
Walkers......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0    -  2 10  0
 
Ocelots (36-22)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Hennessey LOSS(4-4)     6       6   1   1   2   4   0   5.05  A1 C8
R.Novoa                   0 2/3   3   1   1   0   0   0   4.62  C9 D3
G.Mota                    1 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   4.53  D4
Totals                    8      10   2   2   2   5   0
 
Walkers (44-23)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
G.Maddux WIN(6-2)         6       3   0   0   1   4   0   4.75  A1 C3
S.Downs HOLD(9th)         1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3.22  C4 C6
A.Rhodes HOLD(5th)        0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00  C7 C8
D.Turnbow SAVE(11th)      1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.63  C9
Totals                    9       3   0   0   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,119 DATE- Friday, June 20th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Ocelots: 2  Walkers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Ocelots: 1  Walkers: 2
ERRORS- T.Iguchi
DOUBLES- J.Valentin(4th)
TRIPLES- D.Lee(4th)
WALKS- D.Jeter, J.Edmonds-2
HIT BY PITCH- D.Wright
STRIKE OUTS- R.Sanders-2, S.Burroughs, N.Johnson, R.Aurilia-2, D.Lee, M.Cabrera,
             J.Valentin, M.Giles, J.Edmonds
GIDP- J.Mauer, T.Helton, D.Wright
WILD PITCHES- B.Hennessey, G.Maddux