West Regional - Game 7 - May 17, 2003
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Orange, CA - In the finale, the Bruins took a 2-0 lead in the 1st on a pair of unearned runs. Stephen Donohue led off with a single to right, and David Peterson was safe when shortstop Brian Sanders made a wide throw to first. Bell walked, and Joshua Sargent delivered Donohue with a ground out to second. Kevin Tucker singled with two out to score Peterson, but the Bruins lost a third run when Bell collided with third baseman Gruber and the umpire ruled that Bell would not have scored, leaving him at third.
George Fox had entered the playoffs with the No. 1 defense in the nation at .970 (Chapman was No. 5 at .966), but the nornally-steady Bruin defense deserted them in the championship game.
The Panthers scored 4 unearned runs, starting with 2 in the 3rd. Tucker booted Jeff Levering's grounder, and pitcher Alex Bailey fumbled Gruber's sacrifice bunt. C.J. Castillo bunted them along, and Donahoe tied it with a two-out single to left. Donohue singled with two out, stole second, and scored on Peterson's single up the middle to give George Fox a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 4th, but the Panthers forged ahead 4-3 with two more unearned runs in the 5th. Chris Van Kamp reached on Peterson's error at short, Levering singled to center, Gruber sacrified them along, and Donahoe came through again with a singled that bounced high over Marc Buffington at 3rd and into left. Chapman added 2 insurance runs in the 7th and another in the 8th. Donahoe picked up his 5th RBI of the game by doubling in Gruber, who had singled, in the 7th, then scored himself on a hit by Taylor. Gruber homered to center in the 8th.
George Fox cut it to 7-5 in the 8th as Tucker doubled down the right-field line, Tye Tinner beat out an infield roller, Jake Johnson duobled to left-center for one run, and Tinner scored on Donohue's ground out. The Bruins went down in order in the 9th, however.
Both teams went to their bullpens for starters. Bailey (1-2) made his first start for the Bruins and worked 6 1/3 strong innings before tiring in the 7th, and wound up with the loss despite allowing only one earned run. His previous longest stint of the season had been 2 innings.
Scott Akamine (4-5), who got the loss in relief in the Bruins' 8-6 win on Friday, went the distance for the Panthers, allowing 3 earned runs while striking out 8 and walking 2.
Chapman will face the winner of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/University of Wisconsin-Whitewater game in the Wisconsin Regional in the first game of the World Series on Friday.
Chapman University 7 (34-11,4-1) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Justin Hallenbeck 1b...... 4 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 Shaun Donahoe rf.......... 5 1 3 5 0 0 2 0 Alex Taylor 2b............ 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 Matt Graves c............. 4 0 1 0 1 0 8 0 Brian Sanders ss.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Chris Van Camp cf......... 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jeff Levering dh.......... 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Max Gruber 3b............. 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 C.J. Castillo lf.......... 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Scott Akamine p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals.................... 33 7 9 7 2 3 27 13 George Fox Univ. 5 (32-13,2-2) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Donohue, Stephen lf....... 5 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 Peterson, David ss........ 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 Bell, Eric 1b............. 3 0 0 0 1 1 12 1 Sargent, Joshua rf........ 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 Morris, Tom dh............ 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Dombek, Greg dh........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Tucker, Kevin 2b.......... 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 Halverson, Mike c......... 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 Buffington, Marc 3b....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Tinner, Tye 3b............ 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Johnson, Jake cf.......... 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Bailey, Alex p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Anunsen, Ash p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Purdy, Jordan p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hammon, Seann p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dixon, Cory p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 37 5 9 5 2 8 27 13 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Chapman University 002 020 210 - 7 9 2 George Fox Univ. 200 100 020 - 5 9 3 ---------------------------------------------- E - Sanders; Gruber; Peterson; Tucker; Bailey. LOB - Chapman 6; George Fox 9. 2B - Donahoe; Graves; Tucker; Johnson. HR - Gruber(2). SB - Donohue. CS - Donahoe. SH - Sanders; Gruber 2; Castillo 2; Johnson. Chapman University IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Scott Akamine....... 9.0 9 5 3 2 8 37 41 George Fox Univ. IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Bailey, Alex........ 6.1 5 5 1 1 2 21 27 Anunsen, Ash........ 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 Purdy, Jordan....... 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Hammon, Seann....... 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 6 6 Dixon, Cory......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 Win - Akamine 4-5. Loss - Bailey 1-2. Save - None. HBP - by Akamine (Bell). Umpires - Home:Pierre Bertolino 1st:Gary Gilman 2nd:Ron Hennings 3rd:Dave Gimbi Start: 1:45 pm Time: 2:30 Attendance: 350 Game Notes: Purdy faced 1 batter in the 7th.
Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Chapman University 002 020 210 - 7 9 2 George Fox Univ. 200 100 020 - 5 9 3 ---------------------------------------------- Chapman University inning 1 Hallenbeck grounded out to 3b. Donahoe flied out to rf. Taylor flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. George Fox Univ. inning 1 Donohue singled to right field. Peterson reached on an error by ss; Donohue advanced to second. Bell walked; Peterson advanced to second; Donohue advanced to third. Sargent grounded out to 2b, RBI; Bell advanced to second; Peterson advanced to third; Donohue scored, unearned. Morris struck out looking. Tucker singled to left field, RBI; Bell advanced to third; Peterson scored, unearned. Halverson walked; Tucker advanced to second. Buffington struck out looking. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Chapman University inning 2 Graves grounded out to 3b. Sanders grounded out to 2b. Van Camp grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. George Fox Univ. inning 2 Johnson flied out to rf. Donohue singled to shortstop. Peterson grounded out to p; Donohue advanced to second. Bell struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman University inning 3 Levering reached on a fielding error by 2b. Gruber reached on a fielding error by p, SAC, bunt; Levering advanced to second. Castillo out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; Gruber advanced to second; Levering advanced to third. Hallenbeck popped up to 2b. Donahoe singled to left field, 2 RBI; Gruber scored, unearned; Levering scored, unearned. Donahoe out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 0 LOB. George Fox Univ. inning 3 Sargent singled to center field. Morris struck out swinging. Tucker struck out looking. Halverson flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman University inning 4 Taylor flied out to lf. Graves flied out to lf. Sanders struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. George Fox Univ. inning 4 Buffington grounded out to p. Johnson struck out swinging. Donohue singled to second base. Donohue stole second. Peterson singled to second base, RBI; Donohue scored. Bell hit by pitch; Peterson advanced to second. Sargent flied out to lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Chapman University inning 5 Van Camp reached on a fielding error by ss. Levering singled to center field; Van Camp advanced to second. Gruber grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Levering advanced to second; Van Camp advanced to third. Castillo struck out swinging. Hallenbeck walked. Donahoe singled to left field, 2 RBI; Hallenbeck advanced to second; Levering scored, unearned; Van Camp scored, unearned. Taylor grounded out to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. George Fox Univ. inning 5 Dombek to dh for Morris. Dombek grounded out to 2b. Tucker grounded out to 2b. Halverson flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman University inning 6 Graves doubled down the lf line. Sanders grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Graves advanced to third. Van Camp grounded out to ss. Levering flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. George Fox Univ. inning 6 Buffington reached on a throwing error by 3b. Tinner to 3b for Buffington. Johnson grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Tinner advanced to second. Donohue grounded out to 2b; Tinner advanced to third. Peterson popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Chapman University inning 7 Gruber singled to center field. Castillo grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Gruber advanced to second. Anunsen to p for Bailey. Hallenbeck popped up to 1b, bunt. Donahoe doubled down the rf line, RBI; Gruber scored. Taylor singled to right field, RBI; Donahoe scored. Purdy to p for Anunsen. Graves walked; Taylor advanced to second. Hammon to p for Purdy. Sanders flied out to lf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. George Fox Univ. inning 7 Bell grounded out to 2b. Sargent grounded out to 2b. Dombek struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Chapman University inning 8 Van Camp grounded out to 3b. Levering popped up to ss. Gruber homered to left center, RBI. Castillo singled to right field. Hallenbeck flied out to rf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. George Fox Univ. inning 8 Tucker doubled down the rf line. Halverson struck out swinging. Tinner singled to third base. Johnson doubled to left center, RBI; Tinner advanced to third; Tucker scored. Donohue grounded out to 2b, RBI; Johnson advanced to third; Tinner scored. Peterson grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Chapman University inning 9 Dixon to p for Hammon. Donahoe grounded out to 2b. Taylor struck out swinging. Graves flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. George Fox Univ. inning 9 Bell grounded out to ss. Sargent flied out to lf. Dombek grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Updated Sept 2003