June 21, 2006: Don't Get Mad...Get Eaton

Today's matchup featured A.J. Burnett for the hometown Fleetwood Walkers and Adam Eaton for the visiting Ocala Ocelots.

Although never appearing for Fleetwood, Adam Eaton was once a Walker himself before being traded back in the year 2000. He was sent to Ocala for Shannon Stewart and James Mouton (who was subsequently flipped to Plaza for Butch Huskey). This trade helped both franchises, as Stewart was a key member of Fleetwood's 2001 playoff team while Eaton was a key member of Ocala's 2005 championship squad.

Back to the game at hand, Fleetwood led 2-0 after 4 innings thanks to a sacrifice fly by Neifi Perez and an RBI groundout by Marcus Giles. Ocala put a run on the board in the 5th inning when Rich Aurilia hit a home run, but Giles answered in the bottom half of the same inning with a two-run triple. Fleetwood now led 4-1.

In the top of the 7th inning, Ocala drew to within one run on an RBI single from Tadahito Iguchi and a sacrifice fly from Aurilia. Again, though, Fleetwood would bounce right back...this time with a two-run homer from Javier Valentin in the bottom of the 7th.

Fernando Cabrera, Scott Downs, and Ryan Vogelsong relieved Burnett, and Fleetwood would go on to win by a score of 7-3. Fleetwood had now won the first three games of the 4-game set.

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Ocala Ocelots At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers              6/21/2006
Gm 3: FLE wastes a lot of baserunners early, but Valentin & Giles find a way.
 
  Ocelots            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Sizemore CF       4  0  0  0 .295     D.Dejesus LF        5  0  3  1 .283  
  J.Mauer C           4  0  0  0 .283     D.Wright DH         4  1  1  0 .329  
  D.Jeter SS          3  0  1  0 .289     D.Lee 1B            4  2  2  0 .267  
  T.Helton 1B         4  0  1  0 .326     M.Cabrera 3B        4  1  2  0 .331  
  R.Sanders LF        2  1  0  0 .242     J.Valentin C        2  2  1  2 .291  
  J.Drew RF           2  1  0  0 .267     M.Giles 2B          3  0  1  3 .250  
  T.Iguchi 2B         4  0  1  1 .285     J.Edmonds CF        3  0  0  0 .226  
  S.Burroughs 3B      2  0  0  0 .270     J.Dye RF            4  1  1  0 .272  
A-D.Easley PH,3B      2  0  0  0 .305     N.Perez SS          3  0  1  1 .278  
  R.Aurilia DH        3  1  1  2 .248                                          
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         Totals      30  3  4  3                 Totals      32  7 12  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Burroughs In 7th Inning
 
Ocelots......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  2 0 0  -  3  4  0
Walkers......... 0 1 1  0 2 0  2 1    -  7 12  0
 
Ocelots (36-23)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Eaton LOSS(6-2)         6       7   4   4   5   2   0   4.41  A1 D2
G.Mota                    1       4   3   3   0   1   1   5.04  D3 D9
S.Shields                 1       1   0   0   0   0   0   2.67  E1
Totals                    8      12   7   7   5   3   1
 
Walkers (45-23)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Burnett WIN(10-3)       6       3   3   3   3   5   1   3.21  A1 C7
F.Cabrera HOLD(2nd)       1 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   1.35  C8 D3
S.Downs HOLD(10th)        0 2/3   0   0   0   1   0   0   3.16  D4 D6
R.Vogelsong               1       0   0   0   0   0   0   5.35  D7
Totals                    9       4   3   3   4   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,636 DATE- Saturday, June 21st 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Ocelots: 6  Walkers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Ocelots: 2  Walkers: 0
DOUBLES- M.Cabrera(24th)
TRIPLES- D.Dejesus-2(6th), M.Giles(2nd)
HOME RUNS- R.Aurilia(6th), J.Valentin(4th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Iguchi(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- N.Perez
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Aurilia, N.Perez
WALKS- D.Jeter, R.Sanders, J.Drew-2, D.Wright, J.Valentin-2, M.Giles, J.Edmonds
HIT BY PITCH- R.Sanders
STRIKE OUTS- D.Jeter-2, J.Drew, T.Iguchi, S.Burroughs, D.Easley, D.Lee, M.Giles,
             J.Edmonds
GIDP- D.Wright, M.Cabrera