Illinois vs Alabama Crimson Tide (Mar 2, 1997)
Box score (NCAA)
1997 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
Illinois at Alabama Crimson Tide
Mar 2, 1997 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Sewell-Thomas)
Illinois 5 (1-6)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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T. McClure rf............ 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0
Du. Rhodes cf............ 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Marquie 3b............... 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
Nieckula c............... 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0
O'Neill dh............... 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
Rudden 1b................ 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2
Jackson lf............... 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Anderson 2b.............. 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
Sprengard ss............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
Rehrer p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hecht p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 21 5 7 5 3 8 12 5 4
Alabama Crimson Tide 6 (12-0)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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David Tidwell cf......... 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Roberto Vaz lf........... 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0
G.W. Keller 2b........... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Matt Frick c............. 3 1 2 1 0 0 8 1 0
Andy Phillips 3b......... 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brandon Watson dh........ 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Joe Caruso ss............ 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mark Peer rf............. 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Robbie Tucker 1b......... 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0
Manny Torres p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andy Bernard p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 20 6 8 6 4 2 15 4 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Illinois............ 320 00 - 5 7 1
Alabama Crimson Tide 123 0X - 6 8 0
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E - Nieckula. LOB - Illinois 4; Alabama 6. 2B - Nieckula; O'Neill; Vaz;
Tucker. HR - T. McClure; O'Neill; Vaz; Frick. SB - Tidwell. CS - T. McClure.
Illinois IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Rehrer.............. 2.0 6 5 5 2 1 12 14
Hecht............... 2.0 2 1 1 2 1 8 10
Alabama Crimson Tide IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Manny Torres........ 3.0 6 5 5 3 3 14 17
Andy Bernard........ 2.0 1 0 0 0 5 7 7
Win - A.Bernard (2-0). Loss - Hecht (0-2). Save - None.
Umpires - HP: Don McNabb 1B: Hal Rozzelle 3B: Larry Gray
Start: 12:11 PM Time: 1:44 Attendance: 1567
Game notes:
RAIN SHORTENED GAME - Called after 4 1/2 innings due to very heavy rain...
ALABAMA school record 12th straight win to open the season...TIDWELL GW RBI
FRICK 5 hits in last six ABs, including solo HR today...UA's 5th straight
come-from-behind win, and 39th under Jim Wells...
Rehrer faced 2 batters in the 3rd.
Torres faced 2 batters in the 4th.
Game: BAMA12
Play-by-Play
1997 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
Illinois at Alabama Crimson Tide - Play-by-Play
Mar 2, 1997 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Sewell-Thomas)
Score by Innings R H E
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Illinois............ 320 00 - 5 7 1
Alabama Crimson Tide 123 0X - 6 8 0
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Illinois starters: 10/rf T. McClure; 11/cf Du. Rhodes; 20/3b Marquie; 26/c Nieckula;
3/dh O'Neill; 18/1b Rudden; 21/lf Jackson; 38/2b Anderson; 8/ss Sprengard; 0/p
Rehrer;
Alabama Crimson Tide starters: 26/cf Tidwell; 28/lf Vaz; 9/2b Keller; 16/c Frick;
2/3b Phillips; 33/dh Watson; 5/ss Caruso; 27/rf Peer; 35/1b Tucker; 19/p Torres;
Illinois 1st - T. McClure singled to right field. Du. Rhodes struck out
swinging; T. McClure out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Marquie walked.
Nieckula singled to center field; Marquie advanced to second. O'Neill homered to
right center, 3 RBI; Nieckula scored; Marquie scored. Rudden flied out to lf. 3
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 1st - Tidwell fouled out to 2b. Vaz homered to right
field, RBI. Keller popped up to 2b. Frick singled to right field. Frick advanced to
second on a throwing error by c. Phillips walked. Watson flied out to rf. 1 run,
2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Illinois 2nd - Jackson flied out to rf. Anderson singled to left field.
Sprengard grounded out to p; Anderson advanced to second. T. McClure homered to left
field, 2 RBI; Anderson scored. Du. Rhodes grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 2nd - Caruso grounded out to ss. Peer struck out
swinging. Tucker doubled to center field. Tidwell walked. Vaz doubled to right
field, 2 RBI; Tidwell scored; Tucker scored. Keller grounded out to p. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Illinois 3rd - Marquie grounded out to 2b. Nieckula doubled to right center.
O'Neill struck out swinging. Rudden struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
1 LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 3rd - Frick homered to right field, RBI. Phillips
singled to right field. Hecht to p for Rehrer. Watson reached on a fielder's choice;
Phillips out at second p to ss. Caruso singled to left field; Watson advanced to
second. Peer walked; Caruso advanced to second; Watson advanced to third. Tucker
struck out swinging. Tidwell singled to right field, 2 RBI; Peer advanced to third;
Caruso scored; Watson scored. Tidwell stole second. Vaz intentionally walked. Keller
reached on a fielder's choice; Vaz advanced to second; Tidwell out at third 3b
unassisted. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Illinois 4th - Jackson walked. Anderson walked; Jackson advanced to second.
A.Bernard to p for Torres. Sprengard struck out looking. T. McClure struck out
swinging. Du. Rhodes grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Alabama Crimson Tide 4th - Frick grounded out to 3b. Phillips flied out to
cf. Watson grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Illinois 5th - Marquie struck out swinging. Nieckula struck out looking.
O'Neill doubled to center field. Rudden struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.