Va. Commonwealth vs LSU (Mar. 1)

 
Box Score
 

1997 LSU Baseball
Va. Commonwealth at LSU
Mar. 1 at Baton Rouge (Alex Box)

Va. Commonwealth 0 (5-7)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Brian Mohr 2b 
Mike Tomes 3b 
   Brad Simpson ph/3b 
Jay Ashcraft lf 
   Bryan Searcy lf 
Brandon Inge ss 
Dennis Champagne rf 
   Victor Noto ph 
Jake Anthony 1b 
   David Denton ph/1b 
Anthony Linhardt dh 
Justin Martin cf 
   Mitch Haas ph/cf 
Cory Whitby c 
   Scott Stalnaker c 
Matt Burch p 
   Jason Mann p 
   Chad Lee p 
Totals  31  11  24  10 
  

LSU 22 (10-0)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Danny Higgins dh 
   Keith Polozola ph/dh 
Blair Barbier 2b 
   Johnnie Thibodeaux 3b 
Mike Koerner cf 
Eddy Furniss 1b 
   Conan Horton 1b 
Brandon Larson ss 
Brad Cresse c 
   Clint Earnhart c 
Trey McClure 3b 
   Casey Cuntz ph/3b 
Tom Bernhardt rf 
   Jeremy Witten ph/rf 
Wes Davis lf 
   Bryon Bennett ph/lf 
Doug Thompson p 
   Chris Demouy p 
   Brian Daugherty p 
Totals  44  22  20  22  27  12 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Va. Commonwealth.... 000 000 000 -  0  5  1
LSU................. 522 005 17X - 22 20  1
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E - Tomes(4); Barbier(1). DP - VCU 1; LSU 1. LOB - VCU 6; LSU 5. 2B - Higgins(5); Koerner(3); Horton(2). 3B - Koerner(1). HR - Higgins(1); Koerner(5); Larson 2(6); Cuntz(4). HBP - Barbier.

Va. Commonwealth   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Matt Burch L,0-3  5.0  23  29  103 
Jason Mann   2.0  12  12  34 
Chad Lee   1.0  10  50 
  
LSU   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Doug Thompson W,2-0  6.0  21  22  11  93 
Chris Demouy   2.0  35 
Brian Daugherty   1.0  11 

Win - Thompson (2-0). Loss - Burch (0-3). Save - None. WP - Burch 2(3); Lee(1). HBP - by Burch (Barbier). Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Burch 103/53; Mann 34/20; Lee 50/28; Thompson 93/56; Demouy 35/22; Daugherty 11/5.

Umpires - HP: Tom Layrisson 1B: Lyall Boudreaux 3B: Tommy Boesch
Start: 4:00 Time: 2:28 Attendance: 6104
Game notes: The Tigers have now won 18 straight dating to last year's South II regional. It ties the record set back in 1986. Koerner hits for the cycle, and also ties the school record for hits in a game. He also had 5 at South Carolina on April 5, 1996.

 
Play-by-Play
 

1997 LSU Baseball
Va. Commonwealth at LSU
Mar. 1 at Baton Rouge (Alex Box)

Va. Commonwealth starters: 11/2b Mohr; 22/3b Tomes; 7/lf Ashcraft; 9/ss Inge; 3/rf Den. Chmpgne; 19/1b Anthony; 27/dh Linhardt; 26/cf Martin; 13/c Whitby; 31/p Burch;

LSU starters: 10/dh Higgins; 4/2b Barbier; 2/cf Koerner; 36/1b Furniss; 16/ss Larson; 22/c Cresse; 14/3b McClure; 33/rf Bernhardt; 20/lf Davis; 9/p Thompson;

Va. Commonwealth 1st - Mohr grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). Tomes grounded out to 2b (2-2). Ashcraft grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 1st - Higgins singled to center field (1-1). Barbier hit by pitch (1-1); Higgins advanced to second. Barbier advanced to second on a wild pitch; Higgins advanced to third on a wild pitch. Koerner tripled to center field, 2 RBI (3-1); Barbier scored; Higgins scored. Furniss walked (3-0). Larson homered to right center, 3 RBI (2-0); Furniss scored; Koerner scored. Cresse grounded out to ss (1-2). McClure struck out (0-2). Bernhardt struck out (1-2). 5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Va. Commonwealth 2nd - Inge singled to left center (3-1). Den. Chmpgne out at first 1b to p (2-0); Inge advanced to second. Anthony struck out looking (2-2). Linhardt struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 2nd - Davis singled to left field (2-0). Higgins homered to left field, 2 RBI (2-1); Davis scored. Barbier walked (3-0). Koerner reached on a fielder's choice (3-1); Barbier out at second ss to 2b. Furniss walked (3-0); Koerner advanced to second. Larson grounded into double play ss to 1b (0-0); Furniss out on the play. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Va. Commonwealth 3rd - Martin grounded out to ss (2-0). Whitby struck out looking (3-2). Mohr grounded out to c, bunt (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 3rd - Cresse singled to left center (0-2). McClure reached on a fielding error by 3b (3-0); Cresse advanced to second. Bernhardt struck out (1-2). Davis fouled out to 3b (0-1). Higgins doubled to right center, 2 RBI (1-2); McClure scored, unearned; Cresse scored, unearned. Barbier grounded out to 3b (1-1). 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Va. Commonwealth 4th - Tomes grounded out to ss (2-1). Ashcraft singled to center field (0-0). Inge struck out looking (1-2). Den. Chmpgne singled to pitcher (3-2); Ashcraft advanced to second. Anthony struck out (1-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

LSU 4th - Koerner singled to right field (1-0). Koerner advanced to second on a wild pitch. Furniss walked (3-2). Larson struck out (2-2). Cresse struck out looking (2-2). McClure flied out to rf (2-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Va. Commonwealth 5th - Linhardt walked (3-2). Martin reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b (2-2); Linhardt out at second 3b to 2b. Whitby grounded out to 2b (2-2); Martin advanced to third. Mohr struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

LSU 5th - Bernhardt flied out to cf (1-1). Davis fouled out to 1b (0-1). Higgins walked (3-0). Barbier flied out to rf (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Va. Commonwealth 6th - Simpson pinch hit for Tomes. Simpson struck out (0-2). Ashcraft grounded out to p unassisted (0-2). Inge grounded out to 3b (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 6th - Simpson to 3b. Mann to p for Burch. Koerner singled to left field (1-0). Furniss singled to right center (3-1); Koerner advanced to third. Larson singled to left center, RBI (0-0); Furniss advanced to second; Koerner scored. Cresse singled to second base (3-0); Larson advanced to second; Furniss advanced to third. Cuntz pinch hit for McClure. Cuntz homered to left center, 4 RBI (1-1); Cresse scored; Larson scored; Furniss scored. Witten pinch hit for Bernhardt. Witten grounded out to ss (1-2). Bennett pinch hit for Davis. Bennett grounded out to 2b (0-1). Polozola pinch hit for Higgins. Polozola struck out (0-2). 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Va. Commonwealth 7th - Horton to 1b for Furniss. Cuntz to 3b. Witten to rf. Bennett to lf. Earnhart to c for Cresse. Demouy to p for Thompson. Den. Chmpgne struck out (3-2). Denton pinch hit for Anthony. Denton struck out looking (1-2). Linhardt grounded out to ss (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 7th - Denton to 1b. Stalnaker to c for Whitby. Barbier grounded out to 2b (1-0). Koerner homered to right center, RBI (0-0). Horton grounded out to 2b (2-0). Larson grounded out to ss (2-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Va. Commonwealth 8th - Thibodeaux to 3b for Barbier. Cuntz to 2b. Haas pinch hit for Martin. Haas grounded out to p (1-1). Stalnaker singled down the rf line (1-0). Mohr walked (3-2); Stalnaker advanced to second. Simpson struck out (0-2). Ashcraft fouled out to 1b (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

LSU 8th - Searcy to lf for Ashcraft. Haas to cf. Lee to p for Mann. Earnhart struck out looking (3-2). Cuntz walked (3-2). Witten singled to right center (1-2); Cuntz advanced to second. Witten advanced to second on a wild pitch; Cuntz advanced to third on a wild pitch. Bennett grounded out to 2b, RBI (2-2); Witten advanced to third; Cuntz scored. Polozola to dh. Polozola singled to center field, RBI (2-1); Witten scored. Thibodeaux singled to center field (0-0); Polozola advanced to third. Koerner doubled down the lf line, RBI (3-1); Thibodeaux advanced to third; Polozola scored. Horton doubled to right field, 2 RBI (3-2); Koerner scored; Thibodeaux scored. Larson homered to left center, 2 RBI (2-1); Horton scored. Earnhart flied out to cf (2-2). 7 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Va. Commonwealth 9th - Daugherty to p for Demouy. Inge singled down the rf line (2-0). Noto pinch hit for Den. Chmpgne. Noto grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (1-0); Inge out on the play. Denton struck out (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 
Plate appearance breakdown
 

1997 LSU Baseball
Va. Commonwealth at LSU - Plate Appearance Breakdown
Mar. 1 at Baton Rouge (Alex Box)

batting  plate appearances  vs  vs  rbi  with  adv  with  lead  bases  runner  rnrs  rnrs  2out  gnd  fly 
Va. Commonwealth   tpa  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  left  right  ops  rnrs  ops  2outs  off%  full  on3rd  adv  lob  rbi  out  out 
Mohr 2b  0-0  0-3  0-1  0-1  1-2  0-2  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Tomes 3b  0-0  0-2  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Simpson ph/3b  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Ashcraft lf  0-1  1-3  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-2  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Searcy lf  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Inge ss  0-0  2-4  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-1  2-2  0-0  0-0 
Den. Chmpgne rf  0-1  1-2  0-0  1-2  2-2  1-1  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Noto ph  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Anthony 1b  0-0  0-2  0-2  0-2  0-2  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Denton ph/1b  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Linhardt dh  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-2  1-1  0-0  0-0 
Martin cf  0-0  0-2  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Haas ph/cf  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Whitby c  0-0  0-2  0-1  0-1  1-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Stalnaker c  1-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Burch p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Mann p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Lee p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Totals......  33  31  1-7  4-24  0-7  1-12  4-13  1-10  3-9  0-0  0-0  14 

pitching  batters faced                    vs  vs  with  with  lead  gnd  fly    
Va. Commonwealth   bf  ab  bb  hp  sh  sf  ci  2b  3b  hr  wp  bk  kl  left  right  rnrs  2out  off%  out  out  np 
Burch  29  23  5-6  3-17  4-14  1-5  4-5  103 
Mann  12  12  3-5  3-7  4-4  0-2  1-2  34 
Lee  10  1-1  5-8  6-7  5-6  0-1  50 


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 
Higgins dh  0-0  3-3  1-1  2-2  2-2  1-1  1-1  0-0  0-0 
Polozola ph/dh  1-1  0-1  1-1  1-1  1-1  1-2  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Barbier 2b  0-0  0-3  0-1  0-2  1-3  0-2  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Thibodeaux 3b  1-1  0-0  0-0  1-1  1-1  1-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Koerner cf  1-1  4-5  2-2  2-3  2-3  1-1  2-2  0-0  1-1 
Furniss 1b  0-0  1-1  0-0  1-1  2-2  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Horton 1b  1-1  0-1  1-1  1-1  1-1  1-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Larson ss  1-1  2-5  3-5  3-5  3-5  1-2  0-0  0-0  2-2 
Cresse c  0-0  2-4  1-2  1-2  1-2  0-0  1-1  0-0  0-0 
Earnhart c  0-2  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0 
McClure 3b  0-0  0-3  0-1  0-2  1-2  0-1  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Cuntz ph/3b  0-0  1-1  1-1  1-1  1-1  0-0  0-0  1-1  1-1 
Bernhardt rf  0-0  0-3  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  0-0 
Witten ph/rf  1-1  0-1  0-0  1-1  1-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Davis lf  0-0  1-3  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-0  1-1  0-0  0-0 
Bennett ph/lf  0-1  0-1  0-1  0-1  1-1  0-0  0-0  0-0  1-1 
Thompson 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 
Daugherty p  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
Totals......  51  44  20  6-9  14-35  10-18  14-25  18-27  6-13  5-8  1-1  5-5  10 

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 
Thompson  22  21  1-9  2-12  1-9  1-7  2-6  11  93 
Demouy  0-1  1-6  0-2  0-2  0-2  35 
Daugherty  0-0  1-3  0-1  0-1  1-1  11 

 
Line score
 


LSU 22, Va. Commonwealth 0 (Mar. 1 at Baton Rouge)
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Va. Commonwealth.... 000 000 000  -  0  5  1      (5-7)
LSU................. 522 005 17X  - 22 20  1      (10-0)
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Pitchers: Va. Commonwealth - Matt Burch; Jason Mann(6); Chad Lee(8) and Cory Whitby;
Scott Stalnaker. LSU - Doug Thompson; Chris Demouy(7); Brian Daugherty(9) and Brad Cresse;
Clint Earnhart.
Win-Doug Thompson(2-0)  Loss-Matt Burch(0-3)  T-2:28  A-6104
HR LS - Danny Higgins (1); Mike Koerner (5); Brandon Larson 2 (6); Casey Cuntz (4).
Game notes:
The Tigers have now won 18 straight dating to last year's South II
regional.  It ties the record set back in 1986.
Koerner hits for the cycle, and also ties the school record for hits in
a game.  He also had 5 at South Carolina on April 5, 1996.