Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, July 30, 1993 TAG: 9307300155
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RAY COX STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A hot wind was blowing out over the fence in left.
"I thought, `Oh [shoot], it's going to be a tough night,' " he said.
He shouldn't have worried. Forney mowed down the Salem Buccaneers like hay, tossing seven shutout innings before giving way to relievers Chris Lemp and John Polasek, who finished the Carolina League execution before 1,196 witnesses. The final accounting read Frederick 4, Salem 0.
"Forney was just outstanding," Keys manager Pete Mackanin. "Any time you toss a shutout at this place, you're pitching great. All his pitches were working. I would have left him in there except that he started to complain of a sore shoulder."
Nothing serious, Forney said.
"I've had a little tendinitis. It was about time to come out," he said.
Forney scattered four hits and struck out nine. Lemp and Polasek got similar results. Three Bucs made it as far as third.
Salem lost its second straight and eighth of its past 10. Bucs manager Scott Little was asked if he saw anything positive about the game.
"It's over," he said.
Unceremonious termination also was the fate of many Bucs at-bats.
"I had a good curve tonight, which was good because they couldn't just go up there and sit on my fastball," Forney said. "With the curve working well, I could just finish them off with my forkball."
Frederick led 3-0 after a one-out Scott McClain home run in he third, but truthfully, the Bucs looked like they were finished before that. Salem's pitching was the only thing between the Bucs and a completely out-of hand game.
Esteban Loaiza pitched eight innings, allowing only four hits and two unearned runs.
"That was a quality start for him," Bucs pitching coach Dave Rajsich said. "Allowing two earned runs in this park is a pretty good performance.'
That was what reliever Dennis Konuszewski gave up in his one inning of work. Konuszewski, who struck out two and retired the side in order, started the season 1-9 and was shipped to the bullpen, where he has been very effective.
"I'm impressed with what he's done," Little said. "We never gave up on him and he never gave up on himself. He just wants the ball."
\ BUCSHOTS: Salem police were summoned in the ninth inning after several incidents of a Frederick player, said to be second baseman Jose Millares, throwing ice and water on fans near the Keys dugout. Millares spoke to police and his accusers and said he expected nothing to come of it. "I didn't do it," he said. Mackanin, who said he was unaware of what was going on because he was coaching at third, said the club would take no action. "I consider this a minor matter," he said. "I do not condone players doing that sort of thing. But people forget how much is thrown at players. Still, that is not an excuse."
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