South Regional - Game 6 - May 18-19, 2006
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Rocky Mount, NC - It took two days to complete, but the Battling Bishops of North Carolina Wesleyan finished the second round of the NCAA Division III Baseball South Regional as the tournament’s only remaining undefeated team with a 7-5 win over Bridgewater College. The game, which was suspended on Thursday due to lightning in the area, was picked up on Friday morning with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
On Thursday, Bridgewater took a quick 2-0 lead in the first behind a towering two-run homerun by left fielder Justin Showalter. Bishop hurler Kyle Robertson had retired the first two batters before issuing a crucial walk to BC’s Rick Read that kept the inning alive.
The Eagles would scratch another run in the third to go up 3-0, but NC Wesleyan answered with a two-spot in the bottom half of the frame thanks to two-out RBI-singles by Rob Johnson and Matt Smith. Luke Williford started the rally with a double to right-center. Matt Steele countered for the Eagles with a clutch two-out single to center that plated Mike Graves to give BC a 4-2 advantage.
The Bishops, however, again answered in the bottom of the frame, scoring three runs on four hits and a wild pitch. Nathan West and Chris Pecora each delivered RBI-doubles to give the Bishops a 5-4 lead after four complete. West struck again in the sixth, connecting on an RBI-single to plate Kenny Flythe. He later came around to score on a passed ball and groundout.
Robertson (7-2) made the 7-4 lead stand up, allowing five runs on twelve hits in 8.1 innings of work. Cale Strickland came on in relief on Friday morning with the tying runners on first and second. He struck out Read and forced Showalter to ground out, earning the save and ending Eagle threat.
Jimmy Greene (5-2) took the loss for the Eagles after giving up seven runs on ten hits in 5.1 innings.
Johnson, Smith, and West each had two hits to pace the Bishops, while Showalter finished 3-for-4 at the plate for Bridgewater.
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Bridgewater 5 (32-13-1) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Jono Brooks ss........... 5 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 Zach Foltz cf............ 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ricky Read 1b............ 4 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 Justin Showalter lf...... 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 Kurt Walling 3b.......... 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 Bryan Saunders c......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 8 1 0 Matt Johnson dh.......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Grant French dh......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mike Graves rf........... 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 Matt Steele 2b........... 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 Jimmy Greene p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Shaun Brinkley p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 38 5 12 5 2 7 24 13 8 NC Wesleyan 7 (29-16) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ PECORA, Chris rf......... 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 JOHNSON, Rob 3b.......... 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 SMITH, Matt cf........... 4 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 0 SNYDER, Ryan 2b.......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 WOOTEN, Mark 1b.......... 3 1 1 0 1 1 8 0 1 FLYTHE, Kenny dh......... 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 SMITH, James pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WILLIAMS, Ted c.......... 3 1 1 0 0 2 7 0 0 WEST, Nathan ss.......... 4 2 2 2 0 1 3 3 0 WILLIFORD, Luke lf....... 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 ROBERTSON, Kyle p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 STRICKLAND, Cale p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 33 7 12 6 2 8 27 8 5 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Bridgewater......... 201 100 001 - 5 12 0 NC Wesleyan......... 002 302 00X - 7 12 0 ------------------------------------------- DP - NCWC 1. LOB - BC 8; NCWC 5. 2B - Brooks(13); Foltz(8); PECORA(10); WEST(11); WILLIFORD(5). 3B - Saunders(9). HR - Showalter(7). SH - WILLIAMS(3). SB - JOHNSON(33). CS - WOOTEN(1). Bridgewater IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Jimmy Greene........ 5.1 10 7 6 1 6 24 26 Shaun Brinkley...... 2.2 2 0 0 1 2 9 10 NC Wesleyan IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- ROBERTSON, Kyle..... 8.1 12 5 5 2 6 36 38 STRICKLAND, Cale.... 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 Win - ROBERTSON (7-2). Loss - Greene (5-2). Save - STRICKLAND (2). WP - Greene(1); ROBERTSON(3). BK - ROBERTSON(3). PB - Saunders 2(5). Umpires - Start: 4:45 pm Time: 2:30 Attendance: 60
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Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Bridgewater......... 201 100 001 - 5 12 0 NC Wesleyan......... 002 302 00X - 7 12 0 ------------------------------------------- Bridgewater starters: 1/ss Brooks; 19/cf Foltz; 25/1b R. Read; 8/lf Showalter; 29/3b Walling; 13/c Saunders; 2/dh Johnson; 9/rf Graves; 6/2b Steele; 22/p Greene; NC Wesleyan starters: 16/rf PECORA; 5/3b JOHNSON; 1/cf SMITH, M.; 11/2b SNYDER; 22/1b WOOTEN; 32/dh FLYTHE; 15/c WILLIAMS; 7/ss WEST; 27/lf WILLIFORD; 24/p ROBERTSON; Bridgewater 1st - Brooks struck out swinging. Foltz lined out to ss. R. Read walked. Showalter homered to left field, 2 RBI; R. Read scored. Walling struck out swinging. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. NC Wesleyan 1st - PECORA struck out swinging. JOHNSON singled to right field. SMITH, M. struck out swinging. SNYDER out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgewater 2nd - Saunders struck out swinging. Johnson grounded out to 2b. Graves grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. NC Wesleyan 2nd - WOOTEN struck out swinging. FLYTHE grounded out to 3b. WILLIAMS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgewater 3rd - Steele popped up to ss. Brooks struck out swinging. Foltz doubled to left field. R. Read singled to left field, RBI; Foltz scored. Showalter singled to left field; R. Read advanced to second. Walling struck out swinging. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. NC Wesleyan 3rd - WEST grounded out to 2b. WILLIFORD doubled to right center. PECORA struck out swinging. JOHNSON singled to right center, RBI; WILLIFORD scored. JOHNSON stole second. SMITH, M. singled to right center, RBI; JOHNSON scored. SNYDER flied out to rf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgewater 4th - Saunders flied out to cf. Johnson grounded out to 1b unassisted. Graves singled to center field. Graves advanced to second on a balk. Steele singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; Graves scored. Brooks struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 4th - WOOTEN singled to left field. FLYTHE struck out swinging. WILLIAMS singled to left field; WOOTEN advanced to second. WEST doubled to left center, RBI; WILLIAMS advanced to third; WOOTEN scored. WEST advanced to third on a wild pitch; WILLIAMS scored. WILLIFORD grounded out to 3b. PECORA doubled, out at third rf to ss to 3b, RBI; WEST scored. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgewater 5th - Foltz lined out to ss. R. Read popped up to 1b. Showalter lined out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. NC Wesleyan 5th - JOHNSON grounded out to 3b, bunt. SMITH, M. singled, bunt. SNYDER grounded out to 2b; SMITH, M. advanced to second. WOOTEN flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgewater 6th - Walling flied out to cf. Saunders flied out to cf. Johnson walked. Graves reached on a fielder's choice; Johnson out at second 3b to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 6th - FLYTHE walked. WILLIAMS grounded out to 3b, SAC; FLYTHE advanced to second. WEST singled to right center, RBI; FLYTHE scored. Brinkley to p for Greene. WILLIFORD singled, bunt; WEST advanced to second. WILLIFORD advanced to second on a passed ball; WEST advanced to third. PECORA grounded out to ss, RBI; WILLIFORD advanced to third; WEST scored, unearned. JOHNSON grounded out to 3b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgewater 7th - Steele grounded out to 3b. Brooks doubled to left center. Foltz grounded out to ss. R. Read grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 7th - SMITH, M. popped up to 3b. SNYDER grounded out to 1b unassisted. WOOTEN walked. WOOTEN out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgewater 8th - Showalter singled to left field. Walling hit into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Showalter out on the play. Saunders tripled to right center. French to dh for Johnson. French flied out to cf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. NC Wesleyan 8th - FLYTHE singled to center field. SMITH, J. pinch ran for FLYTHE. WILLIAMS struck out swinging. SMITH, J. advanced to second on a passed ball. WEST struck out swinging. WILLIFORD grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgewater 9th - Graves flied out to rf. Steele singled to right field. Brooks singled to left field; Steele advanced to second. Brooks advanced to second on a wild pitch; Steele advanced to third. Foltz singled to center field, RBI; Steele scored. STRICKLAND to p for ROBERTSON. R. Read struck out swinging. Showalter reached on a fielder's choice; Foltz advanced to second; Brooks out at third 3b unassisted. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Updated May 2006