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October 3, 1999
On a nice, cool fall day for baseball at LeLacheur Park, the Giants beat the Athletics 9-6 to become the 1999 OTB Champions! Jim Gaillardetz started and got the win for the Giants with relief help from Mike Lapointe, who held an Athletics rally back to get the save. As usual, the Giants potent offense was too much for their opponents, as they took a early 5-0 lead after the 1st inning. The Athletics, down 7-0 at one point, refused to give up, and behind a pesky offense chipped away the lead to a couple of runs, sparked by Jim Shaughnessy's solo home run over the right field fence, his AL league-tying 4th of the year.
Shaughnessy started and pitched a complete game for the Athletics, who gave the Giants and their fans cause for fear when they narrowed the lead to 3 runs and had 2 runners on base with 2 outs in the 9th innings with Shaughnessy up, representing the tying run. Reliever Lapointe induced an infield pop fly to end the game, and brought the Giants their first OTB Championship. Presenting the Championship trophy to the champion Giants was league president and founder, John Gianino.
In opening ceremonies before the start of the game, Frank Meisel, field coach and veteran OTB Cardinals player, threw out the first ball. Frank's presence on the field and in the dugout was a true inspiration for all players and everyone around the park today.
Over Thirty Baseball would like to extend a special "Thank You" to Shawn Smith, General Manager of the Lowell Spinners for his generosity in letting OTB play the 1999 Championship game at LeLacheur Park. You've let us fulfill our dreams on the big league diamond!
Athletics vs. Giants at LeLacheur Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Athletics 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 6 9 2 Giants 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 x 9 11 2
Athletics AB R H RBI SB BB SO SAC Donahue 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Petzold 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 Shaughnessy 4 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 McDonald 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 McLaughlin 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Gouveia 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 Domings 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Davis 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Sullivan 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Creamer 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Burgess 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Lindauer 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bailey 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 37 6 9 5 4 5 6 0
Giants AB R H RBI SB BB SO SAC Poitras 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Margolis 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 Gaillardetz 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Harvey 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Ford 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 Gleason 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perry 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Muse 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lapointe 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Medina 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Urban 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Buxton 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Serafini, R 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Serafini, F 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 41 9 11 6 5 2 8 0
Pitching Giants IP H R ER BB SO Jim Gaillardetz - W (7-3) 6+ 7 5 4 2 3 Mike Lapointe - S (2) 3 2 1 1 3 3 Athletics IP H R ER BB SO Jim Shaughnessy - L (5-2) 8 11 9 8 2 8
Offense Highlights
Giants
Steve Ford - 2 for 3, double, triple, 3 RBI
Barry Margolis - 3 for 3, triple, RBI, stolen base
Jim Gaillardetz - 2 for 3, stolen baseAthletics
Jim Shaughnessy - 3 for 4, HR (#4), 3 RBI, stolen base
Joe Gouveia - 2 for 3, 2 stolen bases
Ken Bailey - 1 for 2, double
Defense Highlights
Giants
Rick Serafini - great running catch in foul territory in RF
Jim Harvey - great acrobatics at SS
Jim Gaillardetz - strong starting pitching performance
Mike Lapointe - great relief pitching - came in with bases loaded in 7th inning
Athletics
Gary Petzold - strong game at SS
Joe Sullivan - 2 great catches on difficult popups at 2B
LOB: A's - 9; Giants - 11 HBP: (by Shaughnessy) Poitras, Gaillardetz, Perry WP/PB: A's - 5; Giants - 0 Umpires: (HP) Murphy; (1B) Tanguay; (2B) Hastings; (3B) Cardaci First Ball - Frank Meisel National anthem - Don Trudel Official scorer and PA announcer - Gerry Jeromski Attendance: @ 100
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