June 6, 2006: Claussen's Pickle

Fleetwood brought its 5-10 record against left-handed starters to the ballpark, hoping to defeat Charm City southpaw Brandon Claussen and reverse this troubling trend. Veteran right-hander Greg Maddux took the mound for Fleetwood.

Fleetwood fell behind early on a 3rd-inning RBI single by Dioner Navarro. The Walkers bounced back immediatly, however, scoring two runs in the bottom of the 3rd on a Ramon Castro solo home run and a Marcus Giles RBI double.

Charm City recaptured the lead in the top of the 6th after a Hee Seop Choi solo homer and a bases-loaded walk to Tike Redman. But Fleetwood answered the bell once again when Miguel Cabrera hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of that same inning. Fleetwood now led 4-3.

When David Wright padded Fleetwood's lead with a 2-run blast in the 7th inning, the game prooved out of reach for Charm City. Fleetwood had won 6-3, and beat a left-handed pitcher in the process.

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BOXSCORE: 2006 Charm City Dragoons At 2006 Fleetwood Walkers         6/6/2006
Gm 3: Fleetwood beats a lefty today, led by Miguel Cabrera & David Wright.
 
  Dragoons           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Redman CF         3  0  0  1 .176     M.Giles 2B          4  1  2  1 .253  
  J.Hardy SS          5  0  1  0 .263     D.Wright DH         4  2  2  2 .329  
  T.Walker DH         5  0  1  0 .273     D.Lee 1B            3  0  0  0 .262  
  J.Jones RF          5  0  0  0 .259     M.Cabrera 3B        3  1  2  2 .333  
  H.Choi 1B           4  1  1  1 .211     J.Edmonds CF        4  0  1  0 .242  
  B.Inge 3B           4  1  2  0 .253     J.Dye RF            4  0  0  0 .276  
  D.Hollins LF        4  0  2  0 .249     R.Castro C          2  1  1  1 .281  
  G.Blum 2B           2  1  1  0 .236   C-N.Perez PH          1  0  0  0 .268  
B-J.Cirillo PH,2B     1  0  0  0 .373   D-J.Valentin C        0  0  0  0 .281  
  D.Navarro C         4  0  2  1 .389     B.Crosby SS         3  1  2  0 .301  
                                          L.Matos LF          2  0  0  0 .294  
                                        A-D.Dejesus PH,LF     2  0  0  0 .257  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  3 10  3                 Totals      32  6 10  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Matos In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Blum In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Castro In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Perez In 9th Inning
 
Dragoons........ 0 0 1  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  3 10  0
Walkers......... 0 0 2  0 0 2  2 0    -  6 10  1
 
Dragoons (18-41)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Claussen LOSS(2-8)      5 1/3   7   4   4   1   6   2   5.90  A1 C5
J.Brower                  0 2/3   2   2   2   2   1   1   6.85  C6 D2
C.Harville                2       1   0   0   2   1   0   7.16  D3
Totals                    8      10   6   6   5   8   3
 
Walkers (37-22)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
G.Maddux                  5 1/3   9   3   3   0   5   1   5.35  A1 C7
F.Cabrera WIN(1-0)        1 1/3   0   0   0   2   2   0   0.00  C8 D5
A.Rhodes HOLD(4th)        0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  D6 D7
J.Dominguez SAVE(1st)     1 2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   4.20  D8
Totals                    9      10   3   3   3   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,716 DATE- Friday, June 6th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Dragoons:10  Walkers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dragoons: 1  Walkers: 1
ERRORS- B.Crosby
DOUBLES- J.Hardy(17th), G.Blum(16th), M.Giles(12th), M.Cabrera(23rd),
         J.Edmonds(11th)
HOME RUNS- H.Choi(7th), D.Wright(12th), M.Cabrera(11th), R.Castro(7th)
WALKS- T.Redman-2, G.Blum, M.Giles, D.Lee, M.Cabrera, R.Castro, B.Crosby
STRIKE OUTS- J.Hardy, J.Jones-3, H.Choi-3, D.Wright, M.Cabrera, J.Edmonds,
             J.Dye, L.Matos-2, D.Dejesus-2
GIDP- J.Hardy, J.Edmonds
WILD PITCHES- C.Harville, G.Maddux
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Jacque Jones robbed Jermaine Dye of an extra base hit.