Alabama Crimson Tide vs LSU (June 7, 1997) Box score (NCAA)
                       1997 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
                          Alabama Crimson Tide vs LSU
              June 7, 1997 at Omaha, Nebraska (Rosenblatt Stadium)

Alabama Crimson Tide 6 (56-14)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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David Tidwell cf.........  5  2  2  0   0  2  3  0   1
Joe Caruso 2b............  4  1  3  4   1  0  6  1   0
Andy Phillips 3b.........  5  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   3
Dustan Mohr rf...........  4  0  1  0   1  3  1  0   2
G.W. Keller lf...........  4  1  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
Matt Frick c.............  5  1  1  0   0  3 10  0   0
Robbie Tucker 1b.........  4  0  1  2   0  1  2  1   3
Mark Peer dh.............  4  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   0
Nate Duncan ss...........  4  0  1  0   0  1  1  6   0
Michael Daniel p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jarrod Kingrey p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Heath Henderson p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Doug Hurst p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 39  6 11  6   2 15 24  9   9

LSU 13 (57-13)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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D. Higgins dh............  4  1  2  3   2  1  0  0   2
B. Barbier 2b............  5  1  1  0   1  1  3  2   2
B. Larson ss.............  6  1  2  3   0  1  1  4   0
E. Furniss 1b............  5  1  3  0   1  2  7  0   1
M. Koerner cf............  6  2  2  1   0  2  1  0   4
T. McClure 3b............  3  1  0  0   1  1  0  2   0
T. Bernhardt rf..........  4  3  3  3   1  0  1  0   3
W. Davis lf..............  4  1  1  3   1  2  0  0   0
C. Earnhart c............  2  0  0  0   1  0  6  1   1
 C. Horton c.............  1  2  1  0   1  0  8  0   0
P. Coogan p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 D. Thompson p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 40 13 15 13   9 10 27  9  13

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Alabama Crimson Tide 002 200 020 -  6 11  3
LSU................. 630 002 11X - 13 15  1
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E - Caruso; Duncan; Henderson; T. McClure. DP - Alabama 1; LSU 1. LOB -
Alabama 9; LSU 13. 2B - Caruso; Phillips; Tucker; Peer; T. Bernhardt; W.
Davis. HR - Caruso; D. Higgins; T. Bernhardt. HBP - Keller; T. McClure.

Alabama Crimson Tide   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Michael Daniel......  0.2  5  5  4  0  0  7  7
Jarrod Kingrey......  3.2  5  4  0  6  4 18 24
Heath Henderson.....  2.1  4  3  2  1  4 10 12
Doug Hurst..........  1.1  1  1  1  2  2  5  7

LSU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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P. Coogan...........  4.1  6  4  4  1  8 21 23
D. Thompson.........  4.2  5  2  2  1  7 18 19

Win - D. Thompson (12-3).  Loss - Daniel (5-1).  Save - None.
WP - P. Coogan 2; D. Thompson. HBP - by P. Coogan (Keller); by Henderson (T.
McClure). PB - C. Earnhart; C. Horton.
Umpires - HP: Al Davis  1B: Jim Garman  2B: J. Magnusson  3B: B. Hernandez
Start: 11:40 AM   Time: 3:15   Attendance: 24401
Game notes:
National Championship game at 1997 College World Series...UA's first champ-
ionship game appearnace since 1983...Joe Caruso sets College World Series
record with 14 hits...Caurso career high 15 home runs in 1997...UA school
record 163 doubles...UA school record 70th game played...CWS record crowd
Game: BAMA70

Play-by-Play
                       1997 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
                   Alabama Crimson Tide vs LSU - Play-by-Play
              June 7, 1997 at Omaha, Nebraska (Rosenblatt Stadium)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Alabama Crimson Tide 002 200 020 -  6 11  3
LSU................. 630 002 11X - 13 15  1
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Alabama Crimson Tide starters: 26/cf Tidwell; 5/2b Caruso; 2/3b Phillips; 32/rf
Mohr; 9/lf Keller; 16/c Frick; 35/1b Tucker; 27/dh Peer; 7/ss Duncan; 36/p Daniel;
LSU starters: 0/dh D. Higgins; 0/2b B. Barbier; 0/ss B. Larson; 0/1b E. Furniss;
0/cf M. Koerner; 0/3b T. McClure; 0/rf T. Bernhardt; 0/lf W. Davis; 0/c C. Earnhart;
0/p P. Coogan;

Alabama Crimson Tide 1st - Tidwell struck out looking. Caruso reached on a
throwing error by 3b. Phillips struck out swinging. Mohr struck out looking. 0
runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

LSU 1st - D. Higgins homered to left field, RBI. B. Barbier singled to left
field. B. Larson reached on a fielder's choice; B. Barbier out at second ss to 2b.
E. Furniss singled to right field; B. Larson advanced to third. M. Koerner singled
to center field, RBI; E. Furniss advanced to second; B. Larson scored. T. McClure
flied out to cf. T. Bernhardt doubled to center field, 2 RBI; M. Koerner scored; E.
Furniss scored. Kingrey to p for Daniel. W. Davis walked. C. Earnhart reached on a
fielding error by ss; W. Davis advanced to second; T. Bernhardt advanced to third.
D. Higgins singled to right field, 2 RBI; C. Earnhart advanced to second; W. Davis
scored, unearned; T. Bernhardt scored, unearned. B. Barbier reached on a fielder's
choice; D. Higgins out at second ss to 2b. 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 2nd - Keller struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b.
Frick struck out swinging. Tucker grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

LSU 2nd - B. Larson struck out swinging. E. Furniss struck out swinging. M.
Koerner reached on a fielding error by 2b. T. McClure walked; M. Koerner advanced to
second. T. Bernhardt walked; T. McClure advanced to second; M. Koerner advanced to
third. W. Davis doubled to center field, 3 RBI; T. Bernhardt scored, unearned; T.
McClure scored, unearned; M. Koerner scored, unearned. C. Earnhart popped up to 1b.
3 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 3rd - Peer flied out to cf. Duncan popped up to 2b.
Tidwell singled to center field. Caruso homered to left field, 2 RBI; Tidwell
scored. Phillips doubled to right field. Mohr struck out swinging. 2 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 3rd - D. Higgins walked. B. Barbier flied out to cf. B. Larson out at
first p to 2b to 1b; D. Higgins advanced to second. E. Furniss walked. M. Koerner
flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 4th - Keller struck out swinging, reached first on a
wild pitch. Frick singled to third base; Keller advanced to second. Frick advanced
to second on a passed ball; Keller advanced to third on a passed ball. Tucker
doubled to right field, 2 RBI; Frick scored; Keller scored. Peer struck out
swinging. Duncan grounded out to ss; Tucker advanced to third. Tidwell grounded out
to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 4th - T. McClure struck out swinging. T. Bernhardt singled to center
field. W. Davis flied out to rf. C. Earnhart walked; T. Bernhardt advanced to
second. D. Higgins lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 5th - C. Horton to c for C. Earnhart. Caruso singled to
left field. Caruso advanced to second on a wild pitch. Phillips grounded out to 2b;
Caruso advanced to third. Mohr walked. Keller hit by pitch; Mohr advanced to second.
D. Thompson to p for P. Coogan. Frick struck out swinging. Tucker struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

LSU 5th - B. Barbier struck out swinging. B. Larson singled to right field.
E. Furniss singled to left field; B. Larson advanced to third. Henderson to p for
Kingrey. M. Koerner struck out swinging. T. McClure hit by pitch; E. Furniss
advanced to second. T. Bernhardt reached on a fielder's choice; T. McClure out at
second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 6th - Peer struck out swinging. Duncan singled to center
field. Duncan advanced to second on a wild pitch. Tidwell struck out swinging.
Duncan advanced to third on a passed ball. Caruso walked. Phillips reached on a
fielder's choice; Caruso out at second 3b to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

LSU 6th - W. Davis struck out looking. C. Horton singled to left field. D.
Higgins struck out swinging. B. Barbier walked; C. Horton advanced to second. B.
Barbier advanced to second on a throwing error by p; C. Horton advanced to third on
an error by p. B. Larson singled to center field, 2 RBI; B. Barbier scored,
unearned; C. Horton scored. E. Furniss struck out looking. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 7th - Mohr singled to center field. Keller grounded into
double play ss to 2b to 1b; Mohr out on the play. Frick fouled out to c. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LSU 7th - M. Koerner singled to second base. T. McClure grounded into double
play 1b to ss to p; M. Koerner out on the play. T. Bernhardt homered to right
center, RBI. Hurst to p for Henderson. W. Davis struck out looking. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 8th - Tucker flied out to rf. Peer doubled down the rf
line. Duncan struck out swinging. Tidwell singled to left field; Peer advanced to
third. Caruso doubled to right field, 2 RBI; Tidwell scored; Peer scored. Phillips
grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LSU 8th - C. Horton walked. D. Higgins walked; C. Horton advanced to second.
B. Barbier reached on a fielder's choice; D. Higgins out at second ss to 2b; C.
Horton advanced to third. B. Larson reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; B. Barbier
out at second ss to 2b; C. Horton scored. E. Furniss singled to left field; B.
Larson advanced to second. M. Koerner struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 9th - Mohr struck out swinging. Keller lined out to ss.
Frick struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.