North Carolina vs LSU (Feb. 21)

 
Box Score
 

1997 LSU Baseball
North Carolina vs LSU
Feb. 21 at New Orleans (Louisiana Superdome)

North Carolina 4 (2-2)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Jarrett Shearin cf 
Brian Roberts ss 
Jay Madeira lf/1b 
Julian Dean rf 
Justin Raniszeski 1b 
   Richie Grimsley lf 
Kevin Govan dh 
   Dre' Bly ph/dh 
Rodney Nye 3b 
Gregg Donohue c 
Jeremy Sessoms 2b 
   Chris LaMarsh ph/2b 
Chris Elmore p 
   B.J. Finnerty p 
   Michael Horney p 
   A.Y. Yoder p 
Totals  37  10  13  24 
  

LSU 11 (6-0)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Casey Cuntz 2b 
Trey McClure 3b 
   Johnnie Thibodeaux ph/3b 
Mike Koerner cf 
   Jeremy Witten ph/cf 
Eddy Furniss 1b 
   Conan Horton 1b 
Brad Cresse c  11 
   Clint Earnhart c 
Brandon Larson ss 
Blair Barbier dh 
   Danny Higgins ph/dh 
Tom Bernhardt rf 
   Bryon Bennett ph/rf 
Wes Davis lf 
Kevin Shipp p 
   Chris Demouy p 
Totals  33  11  10  11  27 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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North Carolina...... 100 120 000 -  4 10  1
LSU................. 107 011 01X - 11 10  1
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E - Shearin; Davis. LOB - N. Carolina 6; LSU 7. 2B - Madeira; Dean; Nye; McClure; Larson. HR - Cuntz; Koerner; Bernhardt. HBP - Barbier. SF - Furniss. SB - Roberts 2.

North Carolina   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Chris Elmore L,0-1  3.0  15  21    
B.J. Finnerty   3.0  11  12    
Michael Horney   1.0    
A.Y. Yoder   1.0    
  
LSU   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Kevin Shipp W,2-0  7.0  30  30    
Chris Demouy   2.0    

Win - Shipp (2-0). Loss - Elmore (0-1). Save - None. WP - Elmore. HBP - by Elmore (Barbier). Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: None.

Umpires - HP: Mark Chapman 1B: Paul Guillie 2B: Fred Harper 3B: Lyall
Start: 8:30 Time: 2:43 Attendance: 7727
Game notes: Shipp ties his career high in strikeouts. He also struck out 9 against UNO in last year's South II Regional. Koerner's home run was inside the park.

 
Play-by-Play
 

1997 LSU Baseball
North Carolina vs LSU
Feb. 21 at New Orleans (Louisiana Superdome)

North Carolina starters: 20/cf Shearin; 6/ss Roberts; 3/lf Madeira; 24/rf Dean; 7/1b Raniszeski; 19/dh Govan; 30/3b Nye; 12/c Donohue; 10/2b Sessoms; 16/p Elmore;

LSU starters: 7/2b Cuntz; 14/3b McClure; 2/cf Koerner; 36/1b Furniss; 22/c Cresse; 16/ss Larson; 4/dh Barbier; 33/rf Bernhardt; 20/lf Davis; 25/p Shipp;

North Carolina 1st - Shearin fouled out to 1b. Roberts singled to left field. Roberts stole second. Madeira singled to center field, RBI; Roberts scored. Dean grounded out to 2b; Madeira advanced to second. Raniszeski struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 1st - Cuntz reached on a fielding error by cf, advanced to second. McClure flied out to rf; Cuntz advanced to third. Koerner walked. Furniss flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Cuntz scored, unearned. Cresse fouled out to 1b. 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

North Carolina 2nd - Govan lined out to 2b. Nye struck out looking. Donohue singled to center field. Sessoms struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 2nd - Larson struck out looking. Barbier grounded out to 3b. Bernhardt singled to right field. Davis struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

North Carolina 3rd - Shearin struck out looking. Roberts grounded out to ss. Madeira struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 3rd - Cuntz walked. Cuntz out at second c to 2b. McClure doubled to right center. Koerner walked. Furniss reached on a fielder's choice; Koerner out at second ss unassisted; McClure advanced to third. Cresse singled to shortstop, RBI; Furniss advanced to second; McClure scored. Larson doubled to left center, RBI; Cresse advanced to third; Furniss scored. Barbier hit by pitch. Bernhardt homered to left field, 4 RBI; Barbier scored; Larson scored; Cresse scored. Davis walked. Davis advanced to second on a wild pitch. Cuntz singled to right center, RBI; Davis scored. McClure singled to left field; Cuntz advanced to second. Koerner struck out. 7 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

North Carolina 4th - Dean doubled down the rf line. Raniszeski flied out to cf; Dean advanced to third. Govan struck out. Nye doubled to left field, RBI; Dean scored. Donohue struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 4th - Finnerty to p for Elmore. Furniss walked. Cresse flied out to cf. Larson flied out to cf. Higgins pinch hit for Barbier. Higgins popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

North Carolina 5th - Higgins to dh. LaMarsh pinch hit for Sessoms. LaMarsh struck out looking. Shearin flied out to cf. Roberts singled to left field, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf. Roberts stole third. Madeira doubled down the lf line, RBI; Roberts scored. Dean singled to left field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw; Madeira scored. Raniszeski popped up to ss. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

LSU 5th - LaMarsh to 2b. Bernhardt lined out to 3b. Davis grounded out to ss. Cuntz homered to left field, RBI. McClure flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

North Carolina 6th - Bly pinch hit for Govan. Bly struck out looking. Nye popped up to ss. Donohue singled down the rf line. LaMarsh grounded out to c. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 6th - Koerner homered to center field, RBI. Furniss flied out to cf. Cresse flied out to cf. Larson flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

North Carolina 7th - Shearin flied out to rf. Roberts grounded out to 2b. Madeira grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 7th - Horney to p for Finnerty. Higgins struck out looking. Bennett pinch hit for Bernhardt. Bennett lined out to ss. Davis popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

North Carolina 8th - Bennett to rf. Demouy to p for Shipp. Dean struck out. Raniszeski grounded out to ss. Bly to dh. Bly struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 8th - Madeira to 1b. Grimsley to lf for Raniszeski. Yoder to p for Horney. Cuntz walked. Thibodeaux pinch hit for McClure. Thibodeaux walked; Cuntz advanced to second. Witten pinch hit for Koerner. Witten struck out. Furniss struck out looking. Cresse singled to right field, RBI; Thibodeaux advanced to third; Cuntz scored. Larson flied out to rf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

North Carolina 9th - Thibodeaux to 3b. Witten to cf. Horton to 1b for Furniss. Earnhart to c for Cresse. Nye struck out. Donohue struck out. LaMarsh singled to right field. Shearin reached on a fielder's choice; LaMarsh out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

 
Plate appearance breakdown
 

1997 LSU Baseball
North Carolina vs LSU - Plate Appearance Breakdown
Feb. 21 at New Orleans (Louisiana Superdome)

batting  plate appearances  vs  vs  rbi  with  adv  with  lead  bases  runner  rnrs  rnrs  2out  gnd  fly 
North Carolina   tpa  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  left  right  ops  rnrs  ops  2outs  off%  full  on3rd  adv  lob  rbi  out  out 
Shearin cf  0-1  0-4  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-3  0-0  0-0 
Roberts ss  0-0  2-4  0-0  0-0  0-0  1-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Madeira lf/1b  0-0  2-4  2-2  2-2  2-2  1-3  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Dean rf  0-1  2-3  1-1  1-2  2-2  1-1  1-2  0-0  0-0 
Raniszeski 1b  0-1  0-3  0-3  0-3  1-3  0-2  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Grimsley lf  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Govan dh  0-0  0-2  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-1 
Bly ph/dh  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Nye 3b  0-1  1-3  1-1  1-1  1-1  1-1  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Donohue c  0-1  2-3  0-1  0-1  0-1  2-3  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Sessoms 2b  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
LaMarsh ph/2b  1-1  0-2  0-0  0-1  0-1  1-2  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Elmore p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Finnerty p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Horney p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Yoder p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Totals......  37  37  10  1-7  9-30  4-9  4-13  6-13  7-16  1-9  0-0  0-1 

pitching  batters faced                    vs  vs  with  with  lead  gnd  fly    
North Carolina   bf  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  2b  3b  hr  wp  bk  kl  left  right  rnrs  2out  off%  out  out  np 
Elmore  21  15  0-2  7-13  5-10  6-9  2-3 
Finnerty  12  11  1-3  1-8  0-3  1-4  2-3 
Horney  0-2  0-1  0-0  0-1  0-1 
Yoder  0-1  1-3  1-4  1-2  1-1 


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 
Cuntz 2b  1-2  1-1  1-1  1-1  1-1  2-2  3-3  0-0  0-0 
McClure 3b  2-3  0-1  0-1  1-2  2-2  1-2  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Thibodeaux ph/3b  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  1-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Koerner cf  0-1  1-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  1-1  0-0  0-0 
Witten ph/cf  0-1  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Furniss 1b  0-2  0-1  0-2  0-2  2-3  0-0  1-1  0-0  1-1 
Horton 1b  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Cresse c  2-3  0-2  2-2  2-4  2-4  2-3  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Earnhart c  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Larson ss  1-3  0-2  1-2  1-3  1-3  1-3  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Barbier dh  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Higgins ph/dh  0-0  0-2  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Bernhardt rf  2-2  0-1  1-1  1-1  1-1  2-2  0-1  1-1  0-0 
Bennett ph/rf  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Davis lf  0-1  0-2  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-2  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Shipp p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Demouy p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Totals......  42  33  10  8-19  2-14  5-11  6-17  10-19  8-16  5-8  1-1  1-1  14 

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 
Shipp  30  30  6-17  3-13  4-12  6-13  1-7 
Demouy  1-3  0-4  0-1  1-3  0-2 

 
Line score
 


LSU 11, North Carolina 4 (Feb. 21 at New Orleans)
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North Carolina...... 100 120 000  -  4 10  1      (2-2)
LSU................. 107 011 01X  - 11 10  1      (6-0)
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Pitchers: North Carolina - Chris Elmore; B.J. Finnerty(4); Michael Horney(7); A.Y. Yoder(8) and
Gregg Donohue. LSU - Kevin Shipp; Chris Demouy(8) and Brad Cresse; Clint Earnhart.
Win-Kevin Shipp(2-0)  Loss-Chris Elmore(0-1)  T-2:43  A-7727
HR LS - Casey Cuntz; Mike Koerner; Tom Bernhardt.
Game notes:
Shipp ties his career high in strikeouts.  He also struck out 9 against UNO
in last year's South II Regional.
Koerner's home run was inside the park.