Mendez's Houdini Act lifts Indy over Oakland, 4-3

BOXSCORE: 2010 Indianapolis ABC's At 1972 Oakland Athletics 4/7/2010

ABC's AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Wilson DH 4 0 1 0 .231 R.Henderson LF 4 0 1 0 .273
W.Wells SS 4 0 0 0 .250 E.Collins 2B 3 1 1 0 .125
B-P.Lloyd SS 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Simmons CF 4 1 2 1 .385
O.Charleston CF 4 1 2 1 .385 J.Foxx 1B 4 0 1 0 .273
A-C.Blackwell PR,RF 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Jackson RF 4 1 0 0 .000
T.Scales 2B 4 1 2 0 .462 M.McGwire DH 4 0 2 2 .333
C-R.Dandridge 2B 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Tejada SS 4 0 1 0 .182
T.Stearnes LF 4 1 1 0 .182 M.Cochrane C 3 0 1 0 .100
R.Dixon RF,CF 4 1 2 1 .417 D-D.Henderson PR 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Leonard 1B 3 0 0 0 .455 S.Bando 3B 2 0 0 0 .400
J.Johnson 3B 4 0 1 2 .250
B.Mackey C 4 0 1 0 .091
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 4 10 4 Totals 32 3 9 3

A-Pinch Ran For Charleston In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Wells In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Scales In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Cochrane In 9th Inning

INJURY: Oscar Charleston INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning

ABC's........... 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 10 0
Athletics....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1

ABC's (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Brown WIN(1-0) 8 8 3 3 1 3 0 121 3.38 A1 D5
J.Mendez SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 24 0.00 D6
Totals 9 9 3 3 3 3 0

Athletics (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
V.Blue LOSS(0-1) 9 10 4 4 2 7 2 128 4.00 A1
Totals 9 10 4 4 2 7 2

ATTENDANCE- 23,909 DATE- Wednesday, April 7th 2010 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Art Passarella, Ed Runge, Al Clark, Steve Palermo
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- ABC's: 7 Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- ABC's: 2 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- M.Tejada
DOUBLES- B.Mackey(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Johnson(1st), E.Collins(1st), M.McGwire(1st)
HOME RUNS- O.Charleston(2nd), R.Dixon(1st)
STOLEN BASES- R.Henderson(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Collins, S.Bando
WALKS- J.Wilson, B.Leonard, R.Henderson, M.Cochrane, S.Bando
STRIKE OUTS- J.Wilson, W.Wells, T.Scales-2, T.Stearnes, B.Mackey-2, E.Collins,
R.Jackson, M.Cochrane
GIDP- W.Wells, R.Henderson, M.Tejada
WILD PITCHES- V.Blue
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Miguel Tejada robbed Willie Wells of a base hit.

One run was the difference at Oakland Co Stadium as the Indianapolis ABC's
defeated the Oakland Athletics 4 to 3.

In the top of the 6th inning Indianapolis went on top for good scoring a
single run on an Oscar Charleston home run. Charleston singled in his next at-bat, but tripped making the turn around first and was forced to leave the game (according to skipper Judy Johnson, Charleston is "day to day" with a sprained ankle). Oakland had a chance in the bottom of the 9th but they came up short, as Rickey Henderson grounded into a double play with the bases loaded to end the game.

The win was credited to Ray Brown(1-0) who went 8 innings allowing 3 runs.
Jose Mendez got the save, his 1st, by escaping from a bases loades and one out jam. Vida Blue(0-1) took the loss, going the distance for Oakland and allowing 4 runs.

'You have to give Oakland credit, they fought us tough to the end' Judy
Johnson said. 'It could have gone either way, but I'm glad we pulled out the
victory.'

*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 J.Wilson 6- 8 7 Fly Out b-0
1 W.Wells 4-10 2 Fly Out b-0
2 O.Charlesto 6- 8 5 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 R.Henderson 2- 8 1 Fly Out b-0
1 E.Collins 1- 4 13 6 Triple b-3
1 3 A.Simmons 6-11 1 Single 3-H b-1
1 1 J.Foxx 5- 7 4 Single 1-2 b-1
1 12 R.Jackson 6- 7 5 Force Play 2-3 1-o b-1
2 1 3 M.McGwire 1- 9 1 3 Triple 3-H 1-H b-3
2 3 M.Tejada 4- 8 3 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 T.Scales 1- 8 2 Single b-1
0 1 T.Stearnes 6- 9 1 Single & Error - SS 1-3 b-2
0 23 R.Dixon 3- 9 1 Ground Out b-0
1 23 B.Leonard 2- 8 18 1 Line Out b-0
2 23 J.Johnson 1- 9 2 3 Triple 3-H 2-H b-3
2 3 B.Mackey 2- 8 1 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 M.Cochrane 3- 8 5 Single b-1
0 1 S.Bando 2 Sac Bunt 1-2 b-0
1 2 R.Henderson 5- 7 1 Single 2-3 b-1
1 1 3 1 Stolen Base 1-2
1 23 E.Collins 1-12 5 Foul Out b-0
2 23 A.Simmons 4- 4 3 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 J.Wilson 1- 7 19 6 Single b-1
0 1 W.Wells 6- 9 3 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
2 O.Charlesto 2- 4 3 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 J.Foxx 6- 6 3 Fly Out b-0
1 R.Jackson 6- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
2 M.McGwire 1-10 19 3 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 T.Scales 5- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
1 T.Stearnes 3- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
2 R.Dixon 1- 8 4 3 Home Run b-H
2 B.Leonard 6- 8 3 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 M.Tejada 3- 6 3 Ground Out b-0
1 M.Cochrane 1- 6 3 Ground Out b-0
2 S.Bando 2- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 J.Johnson 6- 3 3 Fly Out b-0
1 B.Mackey 3- 6 3 Double b-2
1 2 J.Wilson 2- 9 3 Strike Out b-0
2 2 W.Wells 5- 5 6 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 R.Henderson 3- 7 5 Walk b-1
0 1 E.Collins 5 Sac Bunt 1-2 b-0
1 2 A.Simmons 5- 8 6 Ground Out b-0
2 2 J.Foxx 4- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 O.Charlesto 4- 3 12 5 Home Run b-H
0 T.Scales 3- 2 5 Single b-1
0 1 T.Stearnes 6- 3 3 Fly Out b-0
1 1 R.Dixon 3- 4 3 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
2 2 B.Leonard 6- 6 1 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 R.Jackson 3-10 5 Strike Out b-0
1 M.McGwire 6- 8 19 5 Single b-1
1 1 M.Tejada 4- 7 5 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 J.Johnson 5-12 5 Ground Out b-0
1 B.Mackey 6- 7 5 Strike Out b-0
2 J.Wilson 3- 7 5 Walk b-1
2 1 W.Wells 6- 9 4 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 M.Cochrane 5- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
1 S.Bando 3- 4 3 Ground Out b-0
2 R.Henderson 4- 8 3 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 O.Charlesto 3-12 5 Single b-1
SUBSTITUTE PR- Charles Blackwell
O. Charleston Injured for 0 more games
0 1 T.Scales 6- 2 4 Strike Out b-0
1 1 T.Stearnes 5-11 3 Strike Out b-0
2 1 R.Dixon 2- 6 9 6 Single 1-2 b-1
2 12 B.Leonard 1 Wild Pitch 2-3 1-2
2 23 B.Leonard 0 Int Walk b-1
2 123 J.Johnson 4- 5 17 1 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE CF- Rap Dixon
SUBSTITUTE RF- Charles Blackwell
SUBSTITUTE SS- Pop Lloyd
SUBSTITUTE 2B- Ray Dandridge
0 E.Collins 5- 6 5 Strike Out b-0
1 A.Simmons 2- 6 5 Single b-1
1 1 J.Foxx 4- 2 5 Force Play 1-o b-1
2 1 R.Jackson 4-11 5 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 B.Mackey 6- 5 3 Strike Out b-0
1 J.Wilson 2- 6 3 Ground Out b-0
2 P.Lloyd 3- 8 4 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Jose Mendez
0 M.McGwire 5- 9 5 Fly Out b-0
1 M.Tejada 1- 7 6 Single b-1
1 1 M.Cochrane 3- 7 7 Walk 1-2 b-1
1 12 S.Bando 3- 6 5 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE PR- Dave Henderson
1 123 R.Henderson 5-10 1 Ground Out Double Play 3-o b-0