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Florida Southern Runs Through Catawba in South
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Florida Southern 9, Catawba 0 The Mocs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI-double by first baseman Fred Popp and a run-scoring single by catcher Jeff Howell. FSC added took a 5-0 lead after a three-run fourth inning highlighted by a two-run blast over the center field fence by designated hitter Paul Ryan. Mercurio gave Southern a 6-0 lead in the sixth inning with a sacrifice fly that plated center fielder Gilbert Martinez. Mercurio put his final touch on the game in the bottom of the eighth with a three-run home run to left field, giving the Mocs the 9-0 win. Florida Southern's Thompson (6-6) went eight innings, giving up seven hits, one walk to go along with the 11 strikeouts. Jason Mack gave up a hit, a walk and struck out one batter in one inning of relief. Catawba hurler Matt Fairweather (9-3) threw seven innings, giving up 10 hits, six runs, two walks and five strikeouts. Jeff Abdelnour gave up three hits and three runs in an inning of relief. Mercurio, Geoff Strickland, Matt Joyce, and Popp had two hits a piece for the Mocs. Mark Smith, Matt Smith, Spence Southard and Jimbo Davis each registered two hits for the Indians. Rollins 6, Catawba 5 Toby Rice and Tito Alfonso each banged out three hits to pace the Rollins (44-10) offense with Alfonso scoring twice and Rice batting in a run. Eduardo Chile (8-2) had a dazzling performance on the hill for the Tars, allowing just one earned run and scattering eight hits while fanning eight in six and a third innings of work. Nick Manson recorded his fifth save of the season, throwing the final one and two thirds innings without allowing a hit. Spence Southard had a huge night, going 3-4 with three RBI and three runs scored to lead the Catawba (41-17) bats. Matt Smith knocked out two hits with Aaron Rimer batting in a run. Zack Snyder suffered the loss, surrendering five runs, one earned, and seven hits in seven innings of work. The Indians jumped ahead early, with a Southard RBI in the bottom of the first to make the score 1-0. The Rollins bats came around in the fourth when Gene Howard scored after an error, followed by an RBI double from Nick Manson and an RBI single from Rice to put the hosts up 3-1. Alfonso then gave the Tars an insurance run in the fifth, taking advantage of an Indians miscue to make the score 4-1. Another Rollins score followed in the seventh on a Luis Dieguez sac fly before Catawba came back in their half of the inning on a Rimer RBI single, putting the score at 5-2. Rollins manufactured an insurance run in the eighth when Halbert scored on a Garrett Preisser sac fly. The Indians gave it one last shot, belting back to back singles, followed by a two RBI double by Southard to make the score 6-4. Southard then brought Catawba within one when he crossed the plate after a Rollins error, but Manson fanned the last two batters of the inning to preserve the Tars lead and eventual victory. Top seeded Rollins moves on to play third seeded Florida Southern in the NCAA Division II South Region championship game. The first pitch is set for 1:00 p.m. at the Alfond Stadium in Winter Park. |
ROLLINS BASEBALL 2004
#4 Catawba vs #3 Florida Southern
May 14, 2004 at Winter Park, Fla. (Alfond Stadium)
Catawba 0 (42-16) Florida Southern 9 (35-20-1)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Mark Smith ss.............. 5 0 2 0 Geoff Strickland 3b........ 5 2 2 0
Matt Smith 1b/c............ 4 0 2 0 Matt Mercurio 2b........... 4 1 2 5
Baker 2b................... 4 0 0 0 Matt Joyce rf/cf........... 5 1 2 0
Southard cf................ 4 0 2 0 Fred Popp 1b............... 3 1 2 1
Davis dh................... 4 0 2 0 Jeff Howell c.............. 4 0 1 1
Searles 3b................. 3 0 0 0 Nick Diyorio lf............ 4 1 1 0
Giles lf................... 1 0 0 0 Paul Ryan dh............... 3 1 1 2
Rimer ph/lf............... 2 0 0 0 Jeff Donatelli ph......... 1 0 0 0
Boyles c................... 3 0 0 0 Kyle Kelley ss............. 3 1 1 0
Hughes 1b................. 0 0 0 0 Gilbert Martinez cf........ 2 1 0 0
Lefko rf................... 3 0 0 0 Rob Roe rf................ 1 0 1 0
Daywalt ph................ 1 0 0 0 Ryan Thompson p............ 0 0 0 0
Fairweather p.............. 0 0 0 0 Jason Mack p.............. 0 0 0 0
Abdelnour p............... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 34 0 8 0 Totals..................... 35 9 13 9
Score by Innings R H E
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Catawba............. 000 000 000 - 0 8 1
Florida Southern.... 200 301 03X - 9 13 1
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E - Searles(23); Joyce(5). DP - CATAWBA 1. LOB - CATAWBA 11; Fla Southern 6. 2B -
Popp(21); Diyorio(10). HR - Mercurio(11); Ryan(5). HBP - Matt Smith; Martinez. SH -
Searles(10). SF - Mercurio(4). SB - Matt Smith(11); Strickland(21).
Catawba IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Fairweather L,9-3......... 7.0 10 6 6 2 5 0 0 1 0 29 33 11 3 111
Abdelnour ................. 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 2 1 30
Florida Southern IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Ryan Thompson W,6-6....... 8.0 7 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 0 30 33 7 6 126
Jason Mack ................ 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 22
HB - Fairweather; Thompson. Pitches/strikes: Fairweather 111/70; Abdelnour 30/18;
Thompson 126/85; Mack 22/11.
Strikeouts - Mark Smith 2; Matt Smith; Baker 3; Southard; Davis; Searles; Boyles;
Lefko 2; Strickland; Joyce; Diyorio; Ryan; Martinez. Walks - Rimer; Hughes; Popp;
Kelley.
Umpires - HP: Mike Gunter 1B: Mike Baker 2B: Kevin Wright 3B: Wes Tucker
Start: 3:00 PM Time: 2:50 Attendance: 182
Game notes:
NCAA Division II South Region Game 4
Game: NCAA4
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