THE SHIELD
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
04/11/2002
 
THE SHIELD
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
GAME ID: 86 - THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH , 2002 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New England Patriots (5-6) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 1
Jacksonville Jaguars (8-3) 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 6 11 2
Patriots Suffer One-Run Loss at Jacksonville
The Jacksonville Jaguars spoiled a good performance by New England first baseman Danny Aviles, bumping off New England, 6-5, at Alltel Stadium. Aviles was 3 for 4 with a home run and 2 singles. He scored 2 times and drove in 2. Tony Rada picked up the win in relief. His record improves to 1-0. Kevin Realmuto suffered the loss. Jacksonville is off to a hot start at 8-3.

Angel Cruz came through for Jacksonville with a 2-run double in the bottom of the fifth. The center fielder went 2 for 4 for the game, including 1 home run and 1 double. He scored 2 runs and collected 3 runs batted in.

"We had situations where we should have got some runs in, but we didn't get the runs in," said losing manager Victor Santos.
NEW ENGLAND BATTING LINESCORE JACKSONVILLE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Fitzgerald LF 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 .271 1 4
A. Therien SS 5 0 2 1 0 2 0 .297 1 6
D. Spoo 2B 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 .220 2 4
C. Garcia RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .268 0 3
C. Martinez CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .375 0 3
D. Aviles 1B 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .471 3 7
D. Baker 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .243 2 10
M. Leoni C 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .174 0 1
K. Realmuto P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 0 0
   a-M. Castro PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 1
   K. Shanks P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   I. Whyms P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5 1 7 12      
a - M. Castro pinch hit for K. Realmuto in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Leoni (1, 4th Inning off B. Heller, 0 on, 0 outs) , M. Fitzgerald (2, 4th Inning off B. Heller, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: D. Aviles (3, 8th Inning off D. Johnson, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Fitzgerald 2 , A. Therien 2 , D. Spoo , C. Garcia , C. Martinez , D. Aviles 6 , D. Baker , M. Leoni 3
2-out RBI: D. Aviles
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , C. Martinez 2 , D. Baker
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Fitzgerald (3) , D. Spoo (1)
CS: D. Baker (1)

FIELDING
Errors: M. Fitzgerald (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Cruz CF 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 .410 2 9
J. Rodriguez LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .317 3 11
   D. Johnson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
C. Nishida 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .361 2 6
J. Benjamine 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .425 1 8
B. Scholtes RF, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .120 0 1
A. Richards SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 1 6
D. Rodriguez C 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .143 1 1
D. Pacheco 2B 4 1 0 0 0 2 4 .243 0 3
B. Heller P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-D. Strang PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0
   M. Newton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   T. Rada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-M. Funches PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
   c-N. Bowie RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6 0 4 12      
a - D. Strang pinch hit for B. Heller in the 5th
b - M. Funches pinch hit for T. Rada in the 7th
c - N. Bowie substituted for M. Funches in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Cruz (8, 5th Inning off K. Realmuto, 2 on, 2 outs) , J. Benjamine (5, 7th Inning off K. Realmuto, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: C. Nishida (2, 1st Inning off K. Realmuto, 0 on, 2 outs) , A. Cruz (2, 7th Inning off K. Realmuto, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Cruz 6 , J. Rodriguez 2 , C. Nishida 4 , J. Benjamine 3 , B. Scholtes , A. Richards , D. Rodriguez , D. Strang
2-out RBI: A. Cruz , J. Rodriguez , C. Nishida , J. Benjamine
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Nishida , B. Scholtes , D. Pacheco
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Errors: J. Benjamine (2) , D. Pacheco (3)
Double Plays: 1 (Rodriguez-Nishida)
OF assists: 2 (Cruz(Baker at 3rd base), Rodriguez(Therien at 1st base))
NEW ENGLAND PITCHING LINESCORE JACKSONVILLE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Realmuto L (0-3) 7.0 11 6 6 0 3 2 96 6.05   
K. Shanks 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00   
I. Whyms 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.45   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Realmuto 34
Batters Faced: K. Realmuto 32, K. Shanks 1, I. Whyms 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Realmuto 8-10, K. Shanks 1-0, I. Whyms 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Realmuto 96-67, K. Shanks 1-1, I. Whyms 5-4
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Heller 5.0 9 4 4 1 2 0 80 3.27   
M. Newton 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 4.70   
T. Rada W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00   
D. Johnson SV (1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 24 2.57   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Heller 34
Batters Faced: B. Heller 24, M. Newton 7, T. Rada 1, D. Johnson 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Heller 6-5, M. Newton 2-1, T. Rada 0-0, D. Johnson 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Heller 80-52, M. Newton 26-16, T. Rada 4-3, D. Johnson 24-16
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Rada 2-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Danny Aviles
Ballpark: Alltel Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (60 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:37
Attendance: 29406
Special Notes: RP Mark Newton was injured while pitching.
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