Yes it is. Last night was CSS too.
ROLL DAMN TIDE !!!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" <RTF@rolltidefan.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] This was a big win
Pat, I believe todays game is on Fox Sports and tommorows is on CSS.
RTR LC --- Pat Smoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.netLarge, 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.
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