Pat, I believe todays game is on Fox Sports and tommorows is on CSS. RTR LC --- Pat Smoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Large, Scott Lead Tide Past South Carolina, 6-4 > Friday, April 22, 2005 > TUSCALOOSA -- Junior right-hander T.J. Large > allowed three hits over eight > innings and Gabe Scott and Evan Bush each homered to > lead the No. 15 > University of Alabama Crimson Tide to a 6-4 victory > over No. 8 South > Carolina Gamecocks Friday night at "The Joe" in the > weekend series opener. > > Despite struggling in the first inning, walking the > first two Gamecock > batters and giving up a two-run double to Jon > Willard, Large was solid in > his next seven innings, not giving up a run until > Gamecock first baseman > Steve Pearce hit a two-run homer in the top of the > ninth. > > "These kind of games are always fun," said Large, > "especially when we win. > The whole team was really into it tonight. I don't > think I saw one person > sitting on the bench all night. I think I had too > much adrenaline in the > first inning but then I finally calmed down and > found the strike zone. That > first inning is always my toughest." > > Large (6-3) went eight innings, giving up three hits > and four runs. He > struck out two and walked four. > > The Gamecocks (29-10, 9-7 SEC) were first on the > scoreboard when Willard > drove in shortstop Steven Tolleson and left fielder > Michael Campbell, > runners who were both walked, with a two run double > to right center. > > Alabama (28-12, 10-6 SEC) jumped on the board in the > bottom of the sixth > when Scott, who extended his SEC leading 27 straight > games in the bottom of > the first, doubled to score designated hitter Allen > Rice. Bush then slammed > his 12th home run of the season -- a two run shot to > left field, to give the > Crimson Tide a 3-2 lead. > > Bama would add insurance in the bottom of the eighth > inning when Scott hit a > solo home run, his eighth of the year, to put the > Tide up 4-2. With two outs > and first baseman Zac Welch on first, right fielder > Morrow Thomley hit a > triple to left field, scoring Welch. A throwing > error by South Carolina > shortstop Steven Tolleson allowed Thomley to safely > reach home and give > Alabama a 6-2 lead. > > The lead was cut to 6-4 in the top of the ninth off > of Pearce's two run > blast. David Robertson was then called to the mound, > earning his third save > of the year by throwing a scoreless inning while > striking out two Carolina > batters. > > Alabama and Carolina meet in game two of this three > game series with a 3:06 > p.m. (CT) on Saturday, April 23. The game will be > televised as the SEC Game > of the Week by FSN South. UA will send sophomore > lefty Wade LeBlanc (2-2 > 4.18 ERA) to the mound against USC senior > right-hander Jason Fletcher (4-2, > 2.50 ERA). > > GAME NOTES: > > *No. 15 Alabama beat No. 8 South Carolina 6-4 in the > series opener at > Sewell-Thomas Stadium Friday night. > > *Alabama is 7-6 against Top 25 teams this season and > owns a 6-4 record > against teams ranked in the Top 10. > > *Alabama won its 10th SEC game of the season, > equaling its conference win > total from last year. > > *Of Alabama's 16 SEC games, 10 have been decided by > two runs or less. > > *Junior RHP T.J. Large (6-3, 2.40 ERA) won his sixth > game of the season with > a 6-4 win over No. 8 South Carolina. Large walked > three of the first four > batters he faced in the game and allowed two > first-inning runs on Jon > Williard's two-out double to right center field. > > *After the two-out double, Large did not allow > another hit until > back-to-back hits by Steven Tolleson and Steve > Pearce in the ninth inning. > Large 7 1/3 no-hit innings in the game. The > Seminole, Fla., native gave up > two hits in the ninth inning, including a two-run > home run to Steve Pearce > as USC cut the lead to 6-4. > > *Large threw 24 pitches in the first inning, with > only 10 strikes. He threw > 87 pitches the remainder of the game. > > *Freshman RHP David Robertson (6-3, 1.44 ERA, 3 SV) > pitched a scoreless > ninth inning to earn his third save of the season. > He has three of the > Crimson Tide's six saves this season. > > *Robertson's save tonight was the first in an SEC > game this year by Alabama. > > *Senior LF Gabe Scott (3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI) singled > off the top of the > left-center field wall in the bottom of the first > inning to extend his > hitting streak to 27 consecutive games. Scott's > streak ties Ole Miss' Brian > Pettway for the longest hitting streak in the SEC > this season. The 27-game > hitting streak is also the third-longest in Alabama > baseball history, tying > David Magadan's streak as a true freshman (the first > 27 games of his career) > in 1981. > > *During the streak, Scott is batting .453 > (43-for-95) with 24 runs scored, > nine home runs and 25 RBI. > > *Scott has hit nine home runs this season, all since > April 1st. He has > homered in back-to-back games for Alabama. > > *Junior 3B Evan Bush. (1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI) hit his > 12th home run of the > season as he launched a two-run shot to left center > field to give Alabama a > 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Bush > leads UA with 12 home > runs. He hit only eight home runs in 55 games last > season. He now has 20 > career home runs. > > *Bush has four home runs in his last six games and > has homered in > back-to-back games for the Tide. > > *Alabama senior RF Morrow Thomley recorded his > team-leading fifth outfield > assist as he teamed with shortstop Cale Iorg to > throw out Mark Stanley at > third base in the top of the first inning. USC > first baseman Steve Pearce > lined out to Thomley in right field and Stanley was > nailed at third to > com-plete the double play. Alabama has nine > outfield assists this season. > > *Thomley (2-for-4, 3B, RBI) had two hits, including > his fourth triple of the > season in the eighth inning. > > *Alabama leads the SEC with 14 triples in 40 games. > > *Alabama is 6-2 in Friday games this season, > including a 3-2 mark in SEC > play. > > > > _______________________________________________ > RTF mailing list > RTF@rolltidefan.net > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
