Auburn, New York

July 22, 2006

A quick day trip to watch the Auburn Doubledays play the Staten Island Yankees. We had tried to get to a game here last season with Michael, but it didn't work out.

This game was sandwiched between Friday and Sunday 'free admission' games, so there weren't many people there. Couple that with the fact that rain storms had been rolling through the area during the day, and it led to a quiet stadium. The announced attendace for the game was a stitch over 800, but I highly doubt there were close to that many people there.

A smaller stadium and quite a difference from our trip to Brooklyn a few weeks ago. There is a definite 'difference' in the NY-Penn League, with places like Auburn and Oneonta being the old cornerstones, and places like Brooklyn and Tri-City being the newer and flashier kids on the block.

The stadium has about five rows of chairback, individual seats that run from one side to the other, and metal backed bleachers making up the remainder of the seating area. One concession stand services the entire park. The locker rooms for the home and visiting teams are down the first and third base lines respectively.

With the small crowd, the Doubledays staff were a bit short on kids to take part in the 'in game' promotions, so Michael helped them out. Not only did he take part in the 'dizzy bat race', but he also did musical chairs and an 'air guitar' contest.

Auburn made the game interesting by grabbing a small lead, and then letting the Yankees back into the game. The Doubledays ended up winning in the bottom of the 10th with a nice hit up the middle by Scott Campbell. Story at Falcon Park was that Scott is the first professional baseball player to come out of New Zealand. There was even a sports reporter from New Zealand at the game doing a story about Scott.

Staten Island Yankees vs Auburn Doubledays

Staten Island
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
De La Rosa RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .239
Raley 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .348
Hilligoss 3B 5 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 .325
Larsen 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245
Curtis CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Aragon LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .304
Cooper DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
Gil C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Kunda SS 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .194
Japa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Addison P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Trubee P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Omana P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hovis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Raley (4, Benson), Kunda (2, Benson), Hilligoss (5, Bull).
TB: De La Rosa; Raley 2; Hilligoss 4; Aragon; Kunda 3.
RBI: Hilligoss 3 (20).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Larsen 2; Gil; Curtis; De La Rosa; Aragon.
S: Cooper; Gil.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Hilligoss (5, 2nd base off Benson/Jeroloman).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: De La Rosa 2 (Campbell at 3rd base, Hopkins at 1st base).

Auburn
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Zeskind CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Campbell 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .261
Lane 3B-1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211
Hopkins 1B 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .275
Sena 1- PR-3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Liuzza DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Jeroloman C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .216
Baksh LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200
Diaz SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
Scobee RF 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .209
Benson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bull P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bigley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
HR: Hopkins (3, 1st inning off Japa, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Campbell 2; Lane; Hopkins 6; Scobee 2.
RBI: Hopkins 2 (23), Scobee (7), Campbell (7).
2-out RBI: Hopkins 2; Scobee.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Zeskind 3.
S: Zeskind.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Scobee (2, 2nd base off Japa/Gil), Baksh (4, 2nd base off Japa/Gil).

FIELDING
E: Baksh (1, fielding), Bigley (1, throw).

1-Ran for Hopkins in the 8th.

Staten Island
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Japa 4.0 4 3 3 4 0 1 5.22
Addison 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.00
Trubee 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.66
Omana 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.35
Hovis (L, 1-1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.82
Auburn

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Benson 6.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 3.34
Bull (BS, 1) 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 4.57
Bigley (W, 1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.00

Ground outs-fly outs: Japa 7-4, Addison 1-2, Trubee 3-0, Omana 3-2, Hovis 1-0, Benson 7-7, Bull 3-2, Bigley 2-2.
Batters faced: Japa 19, Addison 6, Trubee 3, Omana 7, Hovis 3, Benson 22, Bull 10, Bigley 10.
Umpires: HP: Jon Saphire. 1B: Patrick Barbour. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 70 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:37.
Att: 838.

Total Mileage: 186 Miles

Total Miles Travelled:
150,380 Miles!