Illinois vs Alabama Crimson Tide (Mar 1, 1997)
Box score (NCAA)
1997 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
Illinois at Alabama Crimson Tide
Mar 1, 1997 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Sewell-Thomas)
Illinois 3 (1-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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T. McClure 2b............ 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Du. Rhodes cf............ 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
Marquie 3b............... 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 0
Nieckula c............... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Targarrat dh............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
O'Neill ph.............. 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Da. Rhodes rf............ 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 0
Rudden 1b................ 3 0 2 1 0 0 7 0 0
Burlage ph.............. 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Anderson pr............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackson lf............... 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
Sprengard ss............. 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4
Lavery p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Zidlicky p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Journall p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 33 3 7 3 2 5 24 10 6
Alabama Crimson Tide 5 (11-0)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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David Tidwell cf......... 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
Roberto Vaz 1b/rf........ 3 1 2 2 1 0 12 0 0
G.W. Keller 2b........... 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0
Nate Duncan ss.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dustan Mohr lf/rf........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Robbie Tucker 1b........ 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Andy Phillips 3b......... 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
Matt Frick c............. 4 0 3 1 0 0 6 0 0
Joe Caruso ss/2b......... 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0
Mark Peer rf............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Watson ph....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Drew Bounds lf/rf....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Jayson Cox dh............ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Heath Davis pr.......... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
David Mote lf........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Fisher p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Totals................... 30 5 9 5 5 2 27 17 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Illinois............ 000 000 111 - 3 7 1
Alabama Crimson Tide 000 000 05X - 5 9 2
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E - Marquie; Vaz; Keller. DP - Illinois 3. LOB - Illinois 6; Alabama 7. 2B -
Rudden; Burlage; Vaz. 3B - T. McClure. SH - Nieckula. SF - Tucker. SB -
Tidwell; Vaz; Keller; Phillips; Frick.
Illinois IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Lavery.............. 7.0 6 3 2 3 2 26 29
Zidlicky............ 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 2 4
Journall............ 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 2 3
Alabama Crimson Tide IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Pete Fisher......... 8.0 6 3 3 2 5 30 33
Roberto Vaz......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
Win - Fisher (3-0). Loss - Lavery (0-1). Save - Vaz (1).
WP - Fisher.
Umpires - HP: G. Woodruff 1B: Don McNabb 3B: Hal Rozzelle
Start: 1:05 PM Time: 2:45 Attendance: 1884
Game notes:
Alabama TIES school for most wins to open the season (11)...The 1988 team
also began the season with 11-0 record...TUCKER 1st career game-winning
RBI...FRICK career high 3 hits...PHILLIPS 7-game HTSK...BAMA's 38th
comeback win under Wells...Alabama 30-4 in its last 34 games...
Lavery faced 3 batters in the 8th.
Fisher faced 2 batters in the 9th.
Game: BAMA11
Play-by-Play
1997 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
Illinois at Alabama Crimson Tide - Play-by-Play
Mar 1, 1997 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Sewell-Thomas)
Score by Innings R H E
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Illinois............ 000 000 111 - 3 7 1
Alabama Crimson Tide 000 000 05X - 5 9 2
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Illinois starters: 10/2b T. McClure; 11/cf Du. Rhodes; 20/3b Marquie; 26/c Nieckula;
7/dh Targarrat; 30/rf Da. Rhodes; 18/1b Rudden; 21/lf Jackson; 8/ss Sprengard; 13/p
Lavery;
Alabama Crimson Tide starters: 26/cf Tidwell; 28/1b Vaz; 9/2b Keller; 32/lf Mohr;
2/3b Phillips; 16/c Frick; 5/ss Caruso; 27/rf Peer; 34/dh Cox; 29/p Fisher;
Illinois 1st - T. McClure lined out to p. Du. Rhodes grounded out to 2b.
Marquie struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 1st - Tidwell grounded out to ss. Vaz flied out to cf.
Keller struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Illinois 2nd - Nieckula flied out to cf. Targarrat struck out looking. Da.
Rhodes grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 2nd - Mohr flied out to rf. Phillips grounded out to ss.
Frick flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Illinois 3rd - Rudden out at first 2b to p. Jackson grounded out to ss.
Sprengard struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 3rd - Caruso flied out to lf. Peer flied out to rf. Cox
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Illinois 4th - T. McClure lined out to 2b. Du. Rhodes grounded out to 3b.
Marquie reached on a fielding error by 1b, assist by 3b. Marquie advanced to second
on a wild pitch. Nieckula grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 4th - Tidwell walked. Vaz walked; Tidwell advanced to
second. Keller grounded out to p; Vaz advanced to second; Tidwell advanced to third.
Mohr popped up to ss. Phillips grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Illinois 5th - Targarrat grounded out to p. Da. Rhodes grounded out to ss.
Rudden doubled down the lf line. Jackson grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 5th - Frick singled to left field. Frick stole second.
Caruso popped up to ss. Peer flied out to rf. Cox flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Illinois 6th - Sprengard grounded out to ss. T. McClure grounded out to 3b.
Du. Rhodes flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 6th - Tidwell singled to center field. Tidwell stole
second. Vaz singled to third base, bunt; Tidwell advanced to third. Keller grounded
into double play rf to c; Vaz advanced to second; Tidwell out on the play. Mohr
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Illinois 7th - Marquie singled to right field. Nieckula grounded out to p,
SAC, bunt; Marquie advanced to second. Targarrat struck out swinging. Da. Rhodes
singled to right field; Marquie advanced to third. Rudden singled to right field,
RBI; Da. Rhodes advanced to second; Marquie scored. Jackson reached on a fielding
error by 2b; Rudden advanced to second; Da. Rhodes advanced to third. Sprengard
grounded out to ss. 1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 7th - Phillips walked. Frick singled to left field;
Phillips advanced to second. Caruso reached on a fielder's choice; Frick advanced to
second; Phillips out at third p to 3b. Watson pinch hit for Peer. Watson grounded
into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Caruso out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
1 LOB.
Illinois 8th - Mohr to rf. Bounds to lf for Watson. T. McClure tripled down
the rf line. Vaz to rf. Tucker to 1b for Mohr. Du. Rhodes singled to right field,
RBI; T. McClure scored. Marquie struck out swinging. Nieckula reached on a fielder's
choice; Du. Rhodes out at second p to ss. Nieckula out at first p to 1b, picked off.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 8th - Cox reached on a throwing error by 3b. Davis pinch
ran for Cox. Tidwell singled to left field; Davis advanced to third. Vaz doubled to
left center, 2 RBI; Tidwell scored; Davis scored, unearned. Zidlicky to p for
Lavery. Keller walked. Keller stole second; Vaz stole third. Tucker flied out to cf,
SF, RBI; Vaz scored. Phillips singled to left field; Keller advanced to third. Frick
singled to left field, RBI; Phillips advanced to second; Keller scored. Phillips
stole third. Journall to p for Zidlicky. Caruso singled to left field, RBI; Frick
advanced to second; Phillips scored, team unearned. Bounds walked; Caruso advanced
to second; Frick advanced to third. Davis grounded into double play 3b unassisted;
Frick out on the play. 5 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Illinois 9th - Duncan to ss for Keller. Caruso to 2b. O'Neill pinch hit for
Targarrat. O'Neill walked. Da. Rhodes walked; O'Neill advanced to second. Vaz to p.
/ for Fisher. Bounds to rf. Mote to lf for Davis. Burlage pinch hit for Rudden.
Burlage doubled to center field, RBI; Da. Rhodes advanced to third, out at home cf
to ss to c; O'Neill scored. Anderson pinch ran for Burlage. Jackson popped up to rf.
Sprengard grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.