With Martinez and Vazquez facing off everyone expected a pitcher's duel. It never materialized. Vazquez didn't finish four innings and Alberta Dragon Scott Rolen knocked in four runs as the Aarons delivered notice they are still a power to be reckoned with.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Aarons 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 10 19 0 10 1 2003 Mayses 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 1 6 0 Aarons AB R H BI AVG Mayses AB R H BI AVG Ichiro cf 6 1 4 1 .667 Anderson cf 4 1 1 0 .250 Beltran cf 0 0 0 0 .000 Kent ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Reyes ss 6 0 0 0 .000 Tejada ss 3 0 1 0 .333 Mantei p 0 0 0 0 .000 Nixon ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Cormier p 0 0 0 0 .000 Renteria ss 1 0 0 0 .000 Bonds lf 5 1 3 1 .600 Blalock 3b 4 1 1 2 .250 Delgado 1b 3 1 1 0 .333 Pujols lf 4 0 0 0 .000 Sheffield rf 5 1 3 1 .600 Soriano 2b 4 0 1 0 .250 Boone 2b 5 2 2 2 .400 Helton 1b 3 1 1 0 .333 Pierzynski c 5 2 2 0 .400 Ordonez rf 4 1 1 0 .250 Rolen 3b 5 2 4 4 .800 Posada c 3 1 2 3 .667 Martinez p 4 0 0 0 .000 Vazquez p 1 0 1 0 1.000 Thome ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Kershner p 1 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez ss 0 0 0 0 .000 Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0 .000 45 10 19 9 Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopez ph 0 0 0 0 .000 35 5 9 5 Aarons INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Martinez W 1-0 8.0 7 2 2 0 12 108 74 2.25 Mantei 0.1 2 3 3 2 1 24 10 81.00 Cormier 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.00 9.0 9 5 5 2 13 136 86 Mayses INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Vazquez L 0-1 3.2 10 7 7 1 5 87 52 17.18 Kershner 3.1 5 2 2 0 2 45 34 5.40 Arroyo 2.0 4 1 0 1 2 36 21 0.00 9.0 19 10 9 2 9 168 107 AD : Thome batted for Martinez in the 9th Rodriguez inserted at ss in the 9th Beltran inserted at cf in the 9th MD : Ortiz batted for Kershner in the 7th Nixon batted for Tejada in the 8th Renteria inserted at ss in the 9th Lopez batted for Arroyo in the 9th Kent batted for Anderson in the 9th E-Posada. 2B-Ichiro, Bonds, Sheffield 2, Boone, Rolen, Ordonez. 3B-Ichiro. HR-Rolen(1), Blalock(1), Posada(1). K-Reyes 2, Delgado 2, Sheffield, Pierzynski 2, Martinez, Thome, Anderson 2, Tejada, Blalock 2, Pujols 3, Soriano 2, Ordonez, Posada, Kershner. BB-Delgado 2, Helton, Lopez. HBP-Posada. HB-Martinez. GWRBI: Boone Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 11 MPH. 4/5/2004, AD03-MD03, game 1, Neutral park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Aarons 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 10 19 0 10 1 2003 Mayses 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 1 6 0 Aarons -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Ichiro cf 1>T 4 63 S.2-H 8>Arroyo S Beltran cf Reyes ss k 3>k 4>53 8 9 Mantei p Cormier p Bonds lf S.3-H D 9 6>63 S.1-3 Delgado 1b k W S k W.1-2 Sheffield rf S.1-3 D.2-H;1-3 Kershner 8 k D.1XH(942) Boone 2b 63 S.3-H;2-H 5>D 7>53 5 Pierzynski c 2>k S.1-3 7 k 9>S Rolen 3b S HR.3-H;1-H D.2-H S 9 Martinez p k 8 7 7 Thome ph k Rodriguez ss Mayses -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Anderson cf 1>S 9 5>k k Cormier Kent ph 5 Tejada ss 9 3>k S Nixon ph 8>63 Renteria ss 7 Blalock 3b HR.1-H 63 k k Pujols lf 43 k k k Soriano 2b 53 4>S 6>k 9>Mantei k Helton 1b 2>S 9 4/L W Ordonez rf 543/gdp k 8 D.1-3 Posada c S HP.1-2 7>k HR.3-H;2-H Vazquez p S.1-2 Kershner p k Ortiz ph 7 Arroyo p Lopez ph W Aarons -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Ichiro cf note 1 Beltran cf Reyes ss 9 Mantei p Cormier p Bonds lf Delgado 1b Sheffield rf Boone 2b Pierzynski c Rolen 3b Martinez p Thome ph Rodriguez ss 1: D.1-H(94e2) Mayses -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Anderson cf Kent ph Tejada ss Nixon ph Renteria ss Blalock 3b Pujols lf Soriano 2b Helton 1b Ordonez rf Posada c Vazquez p Kershner p Ortiz ph Arroyo p Lopez ph Aarons IN OUT ER Mayses IN OUT ER Martinez A1 D4 2 W 1-0 Vazquez A1 C4 7 L 0-1 Mantei D5 D9 3 Kershner C5 D9 2 Cormier E1 E2 0 Arroyo E1 F2 0