LSU vs Rice (Jun. 7)

 
Box Score
 

2002 LSU Baseball
#8 LSU at #2 Rice
Jun. 7 at Houston (Reckling Park)

LSU 0 (44-21)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
J.C. Holt 2b 
Aaron Hill ss 
Wally Pontiff 3b 
Sean Barker rf 
Matt Heath lf 
Blake Gill 1b  11 
Jon Zeringue dh 
David Raymer cf 
Chris Phillips c 
   Darren Welch c 
Lane Mestepey p 
   Clay Harris p 
Totals  29  10  24  16 
  

Rice 6 (51-12)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Chris Kolkhorst lf 
A.J. Porfirio cf 
Eric Arnold 2b 
Vincent Sinisi 1b 
Hunter Brown 3b 
Enrique Cruz dh 
Paul Janish ss 
Austin Davis rf 
Justin Ruchti c  10 
Steven Herce p 
Totals  31  27  10 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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LSU................. 000 000 000 -  0  3  2
Rice................ 006 000 00X -  6  9  0
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E - Hill, A.(22); Pontiff(17). DP - LSU 1; Rice 1. LOB - LSU 3; Rice 3. 2B - Arnold(18); Brown(18); Davis(10). 3B - Cruz(2). SH - Kolkhorst(3); Ruchti(4). CS - Brown(5).

LSU   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Lane Mestepey L,11-5  7.0  28  30  101 
Clay Harris   1.0  10 
  
Rice   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Steven Herce W,13-2  9.0  10  29  30  111 

Win - Herce (13-2). Loss - Mestepey (11-5). Save - None. WP - Mestepey(4). Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Mestepey 101/66; Harris, C. 10/7; Herce 111/73.

Umpires - HP: Nick Zibelli 1B: Kelly Nutt 2B: Ron Sebastian 3B: Dave Buck
Start: 7:05 Time: 2:02 Attendance: 4615
Game notes: Game delayed at 7:38, restarted at 7:57 after a 19-minute rain delay.

 
Play-by-Play
 

2002 LSU Baseball
#8 LSU at #2 Rice
Jun. 7 at Houston (Reckling Park)

LSU starters: 1/2b Holt; 5/ss Hill, A.; 31/3b Pontiff; 36/rf Barker; 6/lf Heath; 3/1b Gill; 16/dh Zeringue; 2/cf Raymer; 8/c Phillips; 46/p Mestepey;

Rice starters: 7/lf Kolkhorst; 22/cf Porfirio; 23/2b Arnold; 27/1b Sinisi; 10/3b Brown; 13/dh Cruz; 11/ss Janish; 9/rf Davis; 32/c Ruchti; 34/p Herce;

LSU 1st - Holt struck out swinging (1-2). Hill, A. fouled out to 1b (3-2). Pontiff grounded out to p (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice 1st - Kolkhorst struck out looking (3-2). Porfirio popped up to cf (0-0). Arnold grounded out to p (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 2nd - Barker struck out swinging (0-2). Heath grounded out to 2b (0-1). Gill singled to left center (1-0). Zeringue reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); Gill out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Rice 2nd - Sinisi grounded out to 2b (3-2). Brown reached on a throwing error by ss, advanced to second (3-2). Brown out at second p to ss to 3b to 2b, caught stealing. Cruz flied out to cf (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

LSU 3rd - Raymer struck out looking (2-2). Phillips grounded out to ss (0-1). Holt flied out to lf (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice 3rd - Janish reached on a throwing error by 3b (1-2). Davis doubled to center field (0-0); Janish advanced to third. Davis advanced to third on a wild pitch; Janish scored, unearned. Ruchti singled through the left side, RBI (2-1); Davis scored. Kolkhorst grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt (0-0); Ruchti advanced to second. Porfirio flied out to cf (0-0). Arnold doubled to left center, RBI (2-2); Ruchti scored, unearned. Sinisi singled through the right side, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (0-1); Arnold scored, unearned. Brown doubled to left field, RBI (0-0); Sinisi scored, unearned. Cruz tripled to center field, RBI (2-0); Brown scored, unearned. Janish grounded out to ss (0-0). 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

LSU 4th - Hill, A. flied out to lf (2-2). Pontiff flied out to lf (1-0). Barker singled through the left side (1-1). Heath struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Rice 4th - Davis singled to center field (2-1). Ruchti grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-0); Davis advanced to second. Kolkhorst struck out swinging (1-2). Porfirio struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 5th - Gill struck out swinging (0-2). Zeringue grounded out to ss (1-1). Raymer fouled out to 3b (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice 5th - Arnold singled to catcher, bunt (0-0). Sinisi grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-1); Arnold out on the play. Brown lined out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 6th - Phillips singled to center field (1-1). Holt struck out swinging (3-2). Hill, A. flied out to rf (3-1). Pontiff grounded out to 2b (2-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Rice 6th - Cruz grounded out to 3b (0-0). Janish grounded out to ss (2-1). Davis flied out to lf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 7th - Barker struck out swinging (1-2). Heath struck out swinging (3-2). Gill struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice 7th - Ruchti grounded out to ss (1-1). Kolkhorst singled up the middle (3-1). Porfirio fouled out to c (1-1). Arnold flied out to cf (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 8th - Zeringue grounded out to 3b (0-1). Raymer struck out swinging (1-2). Phillips grounded out to 3b (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice 8th - Welch to c for Phillips. Harris, C. to p for Mestepey. Sinisi out at first 1b to p (2-2). Brown grounded out to ss (0-1). Cruz grounded out to 2b (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 9th - Holt walked (3-2). Hill, A. grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-2); Holt out on the play. Pontiff lined out to rf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 
Plate appearance breakdown
 

2002 LSU Baseball
#8 LSU at #2 Rice - Plate Appearance Breakdown
Jun. 7 at Houston (Reckling Park)

batting  plate appearances  vs  vs  rbi  with  adv  with  lead  bases  runner  rnrs  rnrs  2out  gnd  fly 
LSU   tpa  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  left  right  ops  rnrs  ops  2outs  off%  full  on3rd  adv  lob  rbi  out  out 
Holt 2b  0-0  0-3  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  1-2  0-0  0-0 
Hill, A. ss  0-0  0-4  0-0  0-2  0-2  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Pontiff 3b  0-0  0-4  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-3  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Barker rf  0-0  1-3  0-0  0-0  0-0  1-1  0-2  0-0  0-0 
Heath lf  0-0  0-3  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Gill 1b  0-0  1-3  0-0  0-0  0-0  1-2  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Zeringue dh  0-0  0-3  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Raymer cf  0-0  0-3  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Phillips c  0-0  1-3  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-1  1-1  0-0  0-0 
Welch c  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Mestepey p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Harris, C. p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Totals......  30  29  0-0  3-29  0-0  0-6  0-6  2-11  2-9  0-0  0-0 

pitching  batters faced                    vs  vs  with  with  lead  gnd  fly    
LSU   bf  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  2b  3b  hr  wp  bk  kl  left  right  rnrs  2out  off%  out  out  np 
Mestepey  30  28  4-9  5-19  6-13  4-11  3-7  101 
Harris, C.  0-1  0-2  0-0  0-1  0-1  10 


batting  plate appearances  vs  vs  rbi  with  adv  with  lead  bases  runner  rnrs  rnrs  2out  gnd  fly 
Rice   tpa  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  left  right  ops  rnrs  ops  2outs  off%  full  on3rd  adv  lob  rbi  out  out 
Kolkhorst lf  1-3  0-0  0-1  0-1  1-2  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Porfirio cf  0-4  0-0  0-2  0-3  0-3  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Arnold 2b  2-4  0-0  1-1  1-2  1-2  1-3  1-1  0-0  0-0 
Sinisi 1b  1-3  0-1  1-1  1-2  1-2  1-1  0-2  0-0  0-0 
Brown 3b  1-3  0-1  1-1  1-1  1-1  1-2  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Cruz dh  1-3  0-1  1-1  1-1  1-1  1-3  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Janish ss  0-3  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  1-1  0-0  0-0 
Davis rf  2-3  0-0  0-0  1-1  1-1  0-1  1-1  0-0  0-0 
Ruchti c  1-2  0-0  1-1  1-1  2-2  0-0  0-1  0-0  1-1 
Herce p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Totals......  33  31  9-28  0-3  5-9  6-13  8-15  4-12  3-8  0-0  1-1  12 

pitching  batters faced                    vs  vs  with  with  lead  gnd  fly    
Rice   bf  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  2b  3b  hr  wp  bk  kl  left  right  rnrs  2out  off%  out  out  np 
Herce  30  29  1-16  2-13  0-6  2-11  2-9  111 

 
Line score
 


Rice 6, LSU 0 (Jun. 7 at Houston)
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LSU................. 000 000 000  -  0  3  2      (44-21)
Rice................ 006 000 00X  -  6  9  0      (51-12)
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Pitchers: LSU - Lane Mestepey; Clay Harris(8) and Chris Phillips; Darren Welch. Rice -
Steven Herce and Justin Ruchti.
Win-Steven Herce(13-2)  Loss-Lane Mestepey(11-5)  T-2:02  A-4615
Game notes:
Game delayed at 7:38, restarted at 7:57 after a 19-minute rain delay.