GAME ONE

Fleetwood (Hernandez 16-11, 5.60 ERA) at Stanley (Johnson 24-8, 2.93 ERA) 

On paper, the game looked to belong to Stanley.  Randy Johnson, dominant all season in winning the NL Cy Young Award, was slated to be Stanley’s Game One starter. 

Meanwhile, Fleetwood’s best starter Jeff D’Amico was unavailable.  D’Amico had just pitched a complete game victory in the final game of the NL Wild Card Series.  Instead, Fleetwood would send Livan Hernandez to the mound.  While Hernandez had found ways to win during the regular season, his 5.60 ERA was far from intimidating.  Even more troubling for Fleetwood was Hernandez’s poor showing in the NL Wild Card Series, in which he went only 1 1/3 innings in his only start. 

But the Walkers were not intimidated.  They got to Johnson immediately, scoring three runs in the top of the first inning.  Key among the rally was Jeffrey Hammonds’ two-run double.   Things were looking promising for Fleetwood early. 

From then on, however, Stanley, quickly showed why they won 103 regular season games.  In the bottom of the third, Moises Alou hit a solo homer and Terry Shumpert added a sacrifice fly.  The game was now only 3-2 Fleetwood.  And in the fifth inning Stanley would add four more runs, keyed by a 2-run Jermaine Dye homer. 

But Stanley did not stop there.  The Sioux added another four runs in the eighth inning, led by a solo Mark McGwire homer.  Despite a three-run rally by Fleetwood in the top of the ninth, the Stanley Sioux would take Game One by the score of 11-7. 

Stanley led the series 1-0.   WP-Johnson (1-0), LP-Hernandez (0-1).

BOXSCORE: 2001 Fleetwood Walkers At 2001 Stanley Sioux              10/9/2001
Game 1: Stanley wins on strength of offense; Dye, Alou, McGwire hit homers.

  Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Sioux              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Curtis DH         3  1  1  0 .294     B.Williams CF       5  1  2  0 .400  
D-B.Abreu PH          1  0  0  0 .100     J.Dye RF            4  3  2  2 .500  
  S.Stewart LF        5  2  3  2 .333     M.McGwire DH        3  2  1  2 .333  
  J.Hammonds RF       4  1  2  3 .231     M.Alou LF           4  3  3  2 .750  
  C.Jones 3B          4  0  1  1 .250     J.Oliver C          2  1  1  0 .500  
  P.Konerko 1B        3  0  1  0 .560   A-S.Hatteberg C       2  0  1  1 .500  
  J.Edmonds CF        4  0  0  0 .273   B-M.Walbeck C         1  1  1  01.000  
  D.Easley 2B         4  0  1  0 .238     R.Palmeiro 1B       4  0  2  1 .500  
  K.Elster SS         3  0  0  0 .313     T.Shumpert 3B       3  0  3  31.000  
C-J.Valentin PH       1  1  1  1 .167     N.Perez SS          5  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Molina C          4  2  3  0 .211     M.McLemore 2B       4  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  7 13  7                 Totals      37 11 16 11

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Oliver In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Hatteberg In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Elster In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Curtis In 9th Inning

INJURY: Joe Oliver INJURED (for 2 more games) in 4th inning

Walkers......... 3 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 3  -  7 13  0
Sioux........... 0 2 0  0 4 1  0 4    - 11 16  1

Walkers                  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Hernandez LOSS(0-1)     4 1/3   8   6   6   2   2   2  14.29  A1 C4
M.Aybar                   1 1/3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  C5 D1
A.Osuna                   2       2   2   2   2   0   0   7.20  D2 E2
R.Mendoza                 0 1/3   4   3   3   1   0   1  18.00  E3
Totals                    8      16  11  11   5   2   3

Sioux                    IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Johnson WIN(1-0)        7       9   4   4   3   7   0   5.14  A1 D3
F.Rodriguez HOLD(1st)     1       1   0   0   0   2   0   0.00  D4 D6
J.Tavarez                 1       3   3   3   0   0   2  27.00  D7
Totals                    9      13   7   7   3   9   2

ATTENDANCE- 47,884 DATE-  TIME- Night 
T- 3:28
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 5  Sioux: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 1  Sioux: 3
ERRORS- R.Johnson
DOUBLES- S.Stewart(3rd), J.Hammonds(1st), J.Dye(1st), M.Alou(1st),
         R.Palmeiro(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Stewart(1st), J.Valentin(1st), J.Dye(1st), M.McGwire(1st),
           M.Alou(1st)
STOLEN BASES- S.Stewart(1st), D.Easley(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Hammonds
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Shumpert
WALKS- C.Curtis, J.Hammonds, P.Konerko, J.Dye, M.McGwire-2, M.Alou, R.Palmeiro
HIT BY PITCH- T.Shumpert
STRIKE OUTS- C.Curtis-2, J.Hammonds, C.Jones-2, J.Edmonds-3, K.Elster,
             B.Williams, N.Perez
GIDP- S.Stewart, C.Jones, P.Konerko, J.Dye
BALKS- R.Johnson

Moises Alou hit a homerun and had 2 RBI at The TeePee Tomb where the Stanley
Sioux beat the Fleetwood Walkers 11 to 7.

Randy Johnson(1-0) pitched a solid game.  He went 7 innings allowing 9 hits
and 3 walks.  Stanley finished with 16 hits while Fleetwood ended up with 13.

Livan Hernandez(0-1) was tagged with the loss.  He allowed 8 hits and 2 walks
in 4 and 1/3 innings.