June 15, 2003 Ozzie Clubs Eck 8-2 MADISON, WI - The Ozzie League thumped the Eck League in the fifth annual BDBL all-star game today, giving the OL a three-games-to-two advantage over the EL in exhibition play. Poor pitching was the name of today's game, as EL starter Jon Lieber was touched for four runs (three earned) in his one inning of work, and EL relievers Mark Mulder and Buddy Groom each surrendered a pair of runs. A base-on-balls by Alex Rodriguez began the OL's first inning rally. When the next batter, Rodriguez's Bear Country teammate Jim Thome, blooped a base hit to right, Rodriguez made a daring sprint to third, testing the arm of EL right field- er Shawn Green. The gamble paid off, as A-Rod beat the throw, putting runners at the corners for former Marlboro slugger Sammy Sosa. Sosa then plated the first run of the game on a sac fly. After a double by Stamford center fielder Jim Edmonds, Madison third baseman Eric Chavez stroked a sinking liner to Barry Bonds in left. Bonds started in, then stopped. The ball landed right in front of Bonds, then skipped past him for an error, allowing two more runs to score. Chavez's Madison teammate Jose Vidro then connected for the OL's third straight hit, scoring another Ozzie League run. After two scoreless innings of work by former Marlboro ace Roy Halladay, Litchfield ace Bartolo Colon took the hill for the Ozzie League and promptly gave up a home run to pinch hitter Manny Ramirez to lead off the third. The OL got that run back in the fourth when Madison's Brian Giles doubled home Stamford's Mike Lieberthal off Akron ace Mark Mulder. For All-star MVP Lieberthal, it was his second of three doubles on the day. Rodriguez then followed with an RBI single, plating Lieberthal to make it a 6-1 game. In the fifth, Los Altos lefty Jamie Moyer ran into trouble with two outs after Kansas' Jeff Kent doubled. Allentown's newest slugger, Barry Bonds, then ripped a line drive single off Moyer, scoring Kent easily from second. The Ozzie League, however, continued to pound Eck League pitching relentlessly. Buddy Groom, who was just acquired days ago by EL all-star manager Chris Luhning, was summoned into the game by his new skipper to start the sixth. Groom didn't make a very good first impression, serving up a leadoff double to Lieberthal, a base hit to Lieberthal's Stamford teammate Chipper Jones, an RBI single to Salem's sole all-star representative, Royce Clayton, and a sac fly to Rodriguez. That gave the Ozzie League an 8-2 lead. A.J. Burnett, Bung-Hole Kim and Francisco Cordero then closed out the final three innings for the OL stars, bringing an end to the festivities. OL Starting Lineup: Brian Giles, CF (MAD) Alex Rodriguez, SS (BCJ) Jim Thome, 1B (BCJ) Sammy Sosa, RF (MAR) Jim Edmonds, CF (STM) Eric Chavez, 3B (MAD) Jose Vidro, 2B (MAD) Mike Lieberthal, C (STM) Roy Halladay, P (MAR) EL Starting Lineup: Mark Kotsay, CF (SCS) Jeff Kent, 2B (KAN) Barry Bonds, LF (CLE) Shawn Green, RF (WAP) Albert Pujols, 3B (WAP) Ryan Klesko, 1B (ALN) Jose Hernandez, SS (NAS) Dan Wilson, C (HOU) Jon Lieber, P (WAP) OL Reserves: John Olerud, 1B (OAK) Brett Boone, 2B (MAN) Chipper Jones, LF (STM) Dave Roberts, CF (LAU) Royce Clayton, SS (SAL) Carlos Delgado, 1B (MAR) Bartolo Colon, SP (LIT) Jimmy Haynes, SP (GIL) Jamie Moyer, SP (LAU) A.J. Burnett, SP (MAD) Octavio Dotel, RP (BCJ) Bung-Hole Kim, RP (STM) Mike Timlin, RP (MAR) Francisco Cordero, RP (MAN) Armando Benitez, RP (GLS) Mike Remlinger, RP (LAU) EL Reserves: Pat Burrell, LF (KAN) Manny Ramirez, LF (ALN) Junior Spivey, 2B (ALN) Aubrey Huff, 3B (CHI) Magglio Ordonez, RF (AKR) Jose Vizcaino, SS (AKR) Pedro Martinez, SP (AKR) Randy Johnson, SP (ALN) Eric Gagne, RP (ALN) Roy Oswalt, SP (ALN) Curt Schilling, SP (ALN) Mark Mulder, SP (AKR) Odalis Perez, SP (AKR) Buddy Groom, RP (NAS) Robb Nen, RP (CLE) Antonio Alfonseca, RP (WAP) Box score: 7/15/2003, EL03-OL03, Herman Franks Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 EL All-stars 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 9 2 2003 OL All-stars 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 x 8 14 0 7 1 EL All-stars AB R H BI AVG OL All-stars AB R H BI AVG Kotsay cf 1 0 1 0 1.000 Giles lf 2 1 1 1 .500 Huff ph 4 0 0 0 .000 Moyer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kent 2b 5 1 2 0 .400 Dotel p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bonds lf 3 0 2 1 .667 Clayton ph 2 0 1 1 .500 Green rf 2 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez,A ss 2 1 1 2 .500 Burrell ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Burnett p 0 0 0 0 .000 Pujols 3b 3 0 0 0 .000 Kim p 0 0 0 0 .000 Spivey 2b 0 0 0 0 .000 Olerud ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Klesko 1b 1 0 0 0 .000 Thome 1b 3 1 1 0 .333 Martinez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Delgado ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Vizcaino ph 3 0 1 0 .333 Cordero p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez ss 2 0 2 0 1.000 Sosa rf 3 0 1 1 .333 Mulder p 0 0 0 0 .000 Edmonds cf 4 1 2 0 .500 Schilling p 0 0 0 0 .000 Chavez 3b 4 1 2 1 .500 Ordonez ph 2 0 1 0 .500 Vidro 2b 4 0 1 1 .250 Wilson c 4 0 0 0 .000 Lieberthal c 4 2 3 0 .750 Lieber p 0 0 0 0 .000 Halladay p 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 .000 Boone ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Ramirez ph 2 1 1 1 .500 Colon p 0 0 0 0 .000 Groom p 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones,C ph 3 1 1 0 .333 Oswalt p 1 0 0 0 .000 33 8 14 7 Perez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Nen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Alfonseca p 1 0 0 0 .000 36 2 10 2 All-stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lieber L 1.0 4 4 3 1 0 25 17 27.00 Johnson 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 19 13 0.00 Martinez 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 18 13 0.00 Mulder 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 33 23 18.00 Schilling 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 13 7 0.00 Groom 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 14 10 27.00 Oswalt 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 8 7 0.00 Perez 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0.00 Nen 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 9 8 0.00 Alfonseca 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 11 4 0.00 8.0 14 8 7 3 11 156 106 All-stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Halladay 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 28 19 0.00 Colon 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 34 22 4.50 Moyer H 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 24 17 9.00 Dotel W 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 10 0.00 Burnett H 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 18 14 0.00 Kim 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 14 8 0.00 Cordero 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 0.00 9.0 10 2 2 2 6 146 101 EL : Ramirez batted for Johnson in the 3rd Huff batted for Kotsay in the 3rd Huff moved to 1b in the 3rd Green moved to cf in the 3rd Ramirez moved to rf in the 3rd Vizcaino batted for Martinez in the 4th Vizcaino moved to ss in the 4th Burrell batted for Green in the 5th Burrell moved to cf in the 5th Ordonez batted for Schilling in the 6th Huff moved to 3b in the 6th Kent moved to 1b in the 6th Spivey inserted at 2b in the 6th Ordonez moved to rf in the 6th OL : Boone batted for Halladay in the 2nd Jones,C batted for Colon in the 4th Jones,C moved to lf in the 5th Clayton batted for Dotel in the 6th Clayton moved to ss in the 7th Olerud batted for Kim in the 8th Delgado batted for Thome in the 8th Olerud moved to 1b in the 9th E-Bonds. 2B-Kent, Giles, Edmonds 2, Lieberthal 3. HR-Ramirez(1). K-Kent, Bonds, Pujols, Wilson, Burrell, Oswalt, Rodriguez,A, Thome 2, Sosa, Edmonds, Chavez 2, Vidro, Lieberthal, Boone, Clayton. BB-Bonds, Spivey, Rodriguez,A, Thome, Olerud. SF-Rodriguez,A, Sosa. HBP-Giles. HB-Johnson. GWRBI: Sosa Temperature: 92, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 14 MPH. 7/15/2003, EL03-OL03, Herman Franks Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 All-stars 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 9 2 2003 All-stars 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 x 8 14 0 7 1 All-stars -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Kotsay cf 1>S Huff ph 6 43 43 63 Kent 2b k 4 D S 53 Bonds lf k W S.2-H S.1-2 Green rf 64/f 64/f Burrell ph 43 k Pujols 3b 2>k 4>7 6>Dotel 43 Spivey 2b 8>Kim W Klesko 1b 43 Martinez p Vizcaino ph S 4 8 Hernandez ss S S.1-2 Mulder p Schilling p Ordonez ph S 43.1-2 Wilson c 9 643/gdp 53 k Lieber p Johnson p 3>Colon Ramirez ph HR 5>Moyer 7 Groom p Oswalt p 7>Burnett k Perez p Nen p Alfonseca p 9>Cordero 7 All-stars -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Giles lf 1>3 HP D.2-H Moyer p Dotel p Clayton ph S.3-H;1-3 8>k Rodriguez,A ss W k S.2-H 8/SF.3-H Burnett p Kim p Olerud ph Alfonseca W Thome 1b S.1-3 k W.1-2 k Delgado ph 643/gdp Cordero p Sosa rf 7/SF.3-H 3>Martinez 143/gdp Oswalt S k Edmonds cf D.1-3 k 5>Schilling 7>D 1/L Chavez 3b note 1 k k Perez S.2-3 Vidro 2b note 2 7 k 9 Lieberthal c 2>Johnson 4>Mulder 6>Groom Nen D D D k Halladay p Boone ph k Colon p Jones,C ph 63 S.2-3 9 1: S+e7.3-H;2-H;B-2 2: S.2-H;BX2(936) All-stars IN OUT ER All-stars IN OUT ER Lieber A1 A7 3 L Halladay A1 A8 0 Johnson A8 B3 0 Colon A9 B8 1 Martinez B4 B7 0 Moyer B9 C4 1 H Mulder B8 C4 2 Dotel C5 C8 0 W Schilling C5 C7 0 Burnett C9 D4 0 H Groom C8 D3 2 Kim D5 D8 0 Oswalt D4 D5 0 Cordero D9 E2 0 Perez D6 D7 0 Nen D8 E1 0 Alfonseca E2 E3 0