Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, June 12, 1994 TAG: 9406140216
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RALPH BERRIER JR. STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Add 'em up. Seven Salem errors. Six unearned runs for Durham.
The Bulls' best offense was Salem's defense, as Durham graciously accepted the hospitality of the poor-fielding home team in handing the Bucs an 8-4 loss before 2,869 mostly bemused spectators.
It was another night of good bat, bad glove for Salem (28-34), which lost its fourth straight game. Salem outhit Durham 12-9, but the Bucs left five runners in scoring position and ran themselves out of a possible scoring chance in the sixth inning when they trailed 4-3.
"We swung the bats well, that was about it," Salem manager Trent Jewett said. "Other than that, nothing was good."
The fielding was especially atrocious, and Durham wouldn't let it go unnoticed. In the third inning, shortstop Eddie Brooks made a throwing error, the first of his three miscues on the night. After a walk and two groundouts, Damon Hollins hit a three-run home run to left-center field off Salem starter Sean Lawrence (4-2). It was the Bulls' third three-run home run in two nights.
That inning paled when compared to the shenanigans of the eighth. Durham led 4-3 and had two men on with two out when Adrian Garcia drove a grounder up the middle. Second baseman Chance Sanford made a nifty backhanded play but threw away the ball at second. Pitcher Sean Evans picked it up and had time to make a play at the plate, but his throw hit runner Raymond Nunez and rolled to the Durham dugout.
Marty Malloy also scored on the play to make it 6-3.
Durham added two more in the ninth, with one of the runs scoring on catcher Marcus Hanel's throwing error.
"The defense was bad. That's my only comment," said Jewett, who later commented further by saying: "The guys have got to figure out that there are two sides to baseball - offense and defense. You've got to do both if you want to play in the National League."
After Durham's No. 2 hitter, left fielder Mike Warner, led off the fifth with a solo homer off Jason Abramavicius to make it 4-0, Salem scored three times in the bottom of the inning.
Jon Farrell homered off Darrell May, then Jeff Conger and Marcus Hanel followed with singles. Conger tagged up on a Brooks fly out and scored on May's wild pitch. After Sanford flew out, designated hitter Jason Kendall singled home Hanel to make it 4-3.
Salem lost a chance to score in the sixth when Farrell got caught in a rundown between first and second after Garcia, the catcher, made an attempt to pick him off first. The Bulls eventually got Danny Clyburn out on the play when he tried to move from second to third.
Farrell and Hanel had three hits each for Salem, with Farrell being just a triple short of the cycle.
Warner and Malloy had two hits each for the Bulls. Durham (25-36), which began the night tied with Lynchburg for the worst record in the Carolina League, has hit five home runs in the first two games of the weekend series.
"I know how Trent feels," said Matt West, Durham's manager. "We've been on that side ourselves."
\ BUCSHOTS: Former Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Manny Sanguillen was in the ballpark to sign autographs and throw out the first ball. Later, he hobnobbed with Ben Oglivie, the Pirates' roving minor-league batting instructor who clubbed 235 homers for the Red Sox, Tigers and Brewers in a 16-year career. . . . Oglivie wrapped up a weeklong stay in Salem on Saturday night. . . . In addition to working with the Bucs' hitters, Oglivie even made a trip to the mound to talk to Spanish-speaking middle reliever Manuel Santana during Tuesday's game against the Wilmington Blue Rocks. "He speaks Spanish better than I do," said Dave Rajsich, Salem's pitching coach. . . . Organizational infield instructor Rocky Bridges, who played for six big-league clubs in 11 seasons during the 1950s and '60s, also has been in town during the homestand. DURHAM SALEM ab r h bi ab r h bi Correa rf4110 Sanford 2b5010 Warner lf4322 Kendall dh4011 Smith 3b5010 Austin rf4110 Hollins cf4113 Cranford 3b4010 Nunez 1b5110 Clyburn lf4011 Malloy 2b4120 Farrell 1b4131 Rippelmeyer dh3000 Conger cf4110 Williams ph1000 Hanel c4130 Garcia c4010 Brooks ss4000 Trapaga ss3100 Totals37 8 9 5 Totals 37 4 12 3
Durham003 010 022-8 Salem000 030 010-4
E-Brooks 3, Nunez, Smith, Sanford 2, Evans, Hanel. DP-Durham 1, Salem 1. LOB-Durham 6, Salem 5. 2B-Malloy, Warner, Farrell, Cranford. HR-Hollins (8), Warner (3), Farrell (5). SB-Smith, Correa 2, Hanel. CS-Trapaga, Sanford. IP HRERBBSO Durham May W, 2-2 683304 Simmons 131101 Schutz S, 4 110002 Salem Lawrence L, 4-2 433023 Abramavicius 221101 Evans 222011 Pisciotta 122102
HBP-By Evans (Correa). WP-May. PB-Garcia.
Umpires-Home, Kraus; bases, Timmons.
T-2:51. A-2,869.
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