Home Field, Friday, February 09, 2007
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
A&M 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 1
ASU 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 10 0
W: M. Leake, L: K. Nicholson
A&M
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
Ben Feltner lf311011
Blake Stouffer 3b413100
Brandon Hicks ss210110
Kyle Colligan cf400002
Craig Stinson c300011
Brian Ruggiano rf100010
a-Daman Aaron ph-rf200002
Spencer Jackson 1b201100
b-Darby Brown ph-1b201000
Jeff Hulett dh200000
c-Luke Anders ph-dh000020
1-Brody Greene pr000000
Paker Dalton 2b110010
d-Dane Carter ph-2b200000
Jason Meyer p000000
Kyle Nicholson p000000
Kirkland Rivers p000000
Totals2846376
a) Strike out for B. Ruggiano in the 6th b) Singled for S. Jackson in the 6th c) Walked for J. Hulett in the 6th d) Grounded into double play for P. Dalton in the 6th 1) Ran for Luke Anders in the 9th
Batting
2B: B. Stouffer 2 (Flores)
SF: B. Hicks
RBI: B. Stouffer, B. Hicks, S. Jackson
2-out RBI: S. Jackson
GIDP: D. Carter 2
Scoring position: 2 for 8
Team LOB: 5
Baserunnning
CS: B. Hicks ( 2nd by Leake/Paramore)
Fielding
E: B. Hicks
DP: Hicks Jackson (Davis off Meyer), Jackson-Hicks- Meyer (Davis off Meyer)
PitcherIPHRERBBSOHR
J. Meyer 4.0644221
K. Nicholson (L) 2.2411320
K. Rivers 1.1000010
Totals8.01055551
Pitches-strikes: J. Meyer 73-48; K. Nicholson 52-28; K. Rivers 15-9
Ground balls-fly balls: J. Meyer 7-3; K. Nicholson 6-0; K. Rivers 1-2
Batters faced: J. Meyer 18; K. Nicholson 15; K. Rivers 4
ASU
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
Brett Wallace 1b523000
Eric Sogard 2b101120
Ike Davis rf300011
Kiel Roling dh211001
a-Tim Smith ph-dh200000
Petey Paramore c312010
Matt Spencer lf412301
Jarred Bogany cf200000
b-Ryan Sontag ph-cf101000
c-Raoul Torrez ph100000
Mike Jones cf000000
Andrew Romine ss200011
Matt Hall 3b200000
d-Joe Persichina ph100000
CJ Retherford 3b100001
Brian Flores p000000
Mike Leake p000000
Totals30510455
a) Fielder's choice for K. Roling in the 5th b) Singled for J. Bogany in the 6th c) Ground out for R. Sontag in the 7th d) Ground out for M. Hall in the 6th
Batting
2B: K. Roling (Meyer); B. Wallace (Nicholson)
3B: B. Wallace (Meyer)
HR: M. Spencer (Meyer)
S: E. Sogard; A. Romine
RBI: E. Sogard, M. Spencer 3
2-out RBI: M. Spencer 3
GIDP: I. Davis 2
Scoring position: 4 for 11
Team LOB: 8
Baserunnning
SB: B. Wallace (Home off Nicholson/Stinson); T. Smith (2nd off Nicholson/Stinson)
Fielding
DP: Romine Wallace (Carter off Leake), Romine-Sogard- Wallace (Carter off Leake)
PitcherIPHRERBBSOHR
B. Flores 4.0544410
M. Leake (W) 5.0100350
Totals9.0644760
WP: B. Flores 2
Balk: B. Flores 2
Pitches-strikes: B. Flores 70-37; M. Leake 64-36
Ground balls-fly balls: B. Flores 6-4; M. Leake 7-2
Batters faced: B. Flores 20; M. Leake 16
Game Stats

Time: 02:48
Attendance: 8079
Weather: Fair

  Home Field, Friday, February 09, 2007
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
A&M 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 1
ASU 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 10 0

A&M 1st
Brian Flores pitching
Ben Feltner: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Feltner walked
Blake Stouffer: Stouffer doubled to left, Feltner scored
Brandon Hicks: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Hicks reached on a fielder's choice, Stouffer thrown out at third
Kyle Colligan: Strike looking, Hicks to second on balk, Colligan flied out to center
Craig Stinson: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Stinson walked
Brian Ruggiano: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Hicks to third on wild pitch, Stinson to second on wild pitch, Ruggiano walked
Spencer Jackson: Strike looking, Jackson singled to right, Hicks scored, Stinson to third, Stinson thrown out at home right to catcher
End of A&M 1st (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Feltner shows his blazing speed, scoring from first on Stouffer's double.  Stouffer takes a chance on the Hicks ground ball and is thrown out at third.  Jackson comes through with a two-out single to right but Stinson is cut down at the plate on a strong, accurate throw.
ASU 1st
Jason Meyer pitching
Brett Wallace: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Wallace reached on an triple
Eric Sogard: Sogard singled to center, Wallace scored
Ike Davis: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Davis grounded into double play short to first, Sogard out at second
Kiel Roling: Ball, Roling doubled to center
Petey Paramore: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Paramore singled to right, Roling to third
Matt Spencer: Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Foul, Spencer homered to right, Roling scored, Paramore scored
Jarred Bogany: Bogany grounded out pitcher to first
End of ASU 1st (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Meyer is hit hard by the Sun Devils, the leadoff triple is to the deepest part of centerfield.  Hicks picks up two outs with a slick double play but Arizona State has a two out rally in store for Meyer.  They hit for the cycle in the inning, with Spencer's 405 foot blast giving the Sun Devils a 4-2 lead.
A&M 2nd
Brian Flores pitching
Jeff Hulett: Strike looking, Hulett popped out to second
Paker Dalton: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Dalton walked
Ben Feltner: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Feltner reached on a bunt single fielded by first, Dalton to second
Blake Stouffer: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Stouffer reached on an infield single fielded by third, Dalton to third, Feltner to second
Brandon Hicks: Ball, Foul, Hicks hit sacrifice fly to right, Dalton scored, Feltner to third
Kyle Colligan: Ball, Colligan flied out to second
End of A&M 2nd (1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  They Aggies strike right back with another two-out RBI, small ball loads the bases and Hicks drives in another run with a flyball to right.
ASU 2nd
Jason Meyer pitching
Andrew Romine: Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Romine struck out swinging catcher to first
Matt Hall: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Hall grounded out first to pitcher
Brett Wallace: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Wallace flied out to left
End of ASU 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Meyer bounces back like a veteran with a 1-2-3 inning.  His change up picks up outs against the hard hitting Sun Devils.
A&M 3rd
Brian Flores pitching
Craig Stinson: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Stinson struck out swinging catcher to first
Brian Ruggiano: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ruggiano grounded out second to first
Spencer Jackson: Ball, Jackson grounded out short to first
End of A&M 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Flores also settles down and finally looks like the JUCO product that won 27 games in two seasons at El Paso JC.
ASU 3rd
Jason Meyer pitching
Eric Sogard: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Sogard walked
Ike Davis: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Davis grounded into double play first to short to pitcher, Sogard out at second
Kiel Roling: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Roling struck out swinging catcher to first
End of ASU 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Great double play, 3-6-1 as Meyer hustle over to first to receive the return throw from Hicks.  He backs that up with a great strikeout against Roling.
A&M 4th
Brian Flores pitching
Jeff Hulett: Ball, Foul, Hulett grounded out short to first
Paker Dalton: Dalton grounded out short to first
Ben Feltner: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Feltner grounded out short to first
End of A&M 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  The bottom of the order comes up empty for the Aggies.
ASU 4th
Jason Meyer pitching
Petey Paramore: Foul, Paramore reached on an infield single fielded by pitcher
Matt Spencer: Strike looking, Ball, Spencer flied out to center
Jarred Bogany: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Bogany reached on a fielder's choice, Paramore forced out at second
Andrew Romine: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Romine walked, Bogany to second
Matt Hall: Ball, Foul, Hall flied out to center
End of ASU 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Meyer finally has another hit against him, this time on the infield.  He struggles against Romine but retires Hall on a "can of corn" to center.
A&M 5th
Brian Flores pitching
Blake Stouffer: Stouffer doubled to left
Mike Leake relieved Brian Flores
Brandon Hicks: Ball, Strike swinging, Rivers relieved Rivers, Ball, Ball, Stouffer to third on wild pitch, Hicks walked
Kyle Colligan: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Colligan struck out swinging
Craig Stinson: Hicks caught stealing at second catcher to short, Stouffer scored on the throw.  Stinson grounded out third to first.
End of A&M 5th (1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Hicks is called out on a questionable call at second during the double steal.  Stouffer's double started the inning and he scored the tying run.
ASU 5th
Kyle Nicholson pitching
Brett Wallace: Wallace doubled to left
Eric Sogard: Ball, Sogard was out at first on sacrifice bunt pitcher to second, Wallace to third
Ike Davis: Ball, Ball, Ball, Davis walked
Tim Smith bats for K. Roling
Tim Smith: Strike looking, Smith reached on a fielder's choice, Wallace thrown out at home, First to catcher to third, Davis to second
Petey Paramore: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Paramore grounded into fielder's choice, Davis to third, Smith forced out at second
End of ASU 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Nicholson replaces Meyer and has to work out of trouble almost immediately.  With runners on the corners and one out, he coaxes a grounder off the bat of Smith and Wallace is caught in a rundown.
A&M 6th
Mike Leake pitching
Daman Aaron bats for B. Ruggiano
Daman Aaron: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Aaron struck out swinging to catcher
Darby Brown bats for S. Jackson
Darby Brown: Brown singled to center
Luke Anders bats for J. Hulett
Luke Anders: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Anders walked, Brown to second
Dane Carter bats for P. Dalton
Dane Carter: Ball, Strike looking, Carter grounded into double play short to first, Anders out at second
End of A&M 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Leake replaces Flores and like Nicholson, finds himself in a jam.  A hard hit ball up the middle by Feltner turns into a double play to end the inning.
ASU 6th
Kyle Nicholson pitching
Darby Brown at first batting 7th
Dane Carter at second batting 9th
Daman Aaron in right batting 6th
Matt Spencer: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Spencer struck out swinging
Ryan Sontag bats for J. Bogany
Ryan Sontag: Ball, Strike looking, Sontag reached on an infield single fielded by short
Andrew Romine: Sontag to second on shortstop's (Brandon Hicks) throwing error, Romine was out at first on sacrifice bunt pitcher to first, Sontag to third
Joe Persichina bats for M. Hall
Joe Persichina: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Persichina grounded out second to first
End of ASU 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Hicks is human after all, Sontag beats a throw for an infield single and Hicks' wild throw allows him to move to second.  A bunt moves Sontag to third but Nicholson settles down and ends the inning with a ground ball.
A&M 7th
Mike Leake pitching
CJ Retherford at third batting 9th
Ryan Sontag in center batting 7th
Ben Feltner: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Feltner struck out swinging
Blake Stouffer: Ball, Stouffer flied out to left
Brandon Hicks: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Hicks lined out to left
End of A&M 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Leake works a quick 1-2-3 inning.
ASU 7th
Kyle Nicholson pitching
Brett Wallace: Ball, Strike swinging, Wallace singled to left-center
Eric Sogard: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Sogard walked, Wallace to second
Ike Davis: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Davis struck out swinging
Tim Smith: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Smith reached on a fielder's choice, Wallace to third, Sogard forced out at second
Petey Paramore: Ball, Wallace stole home, Smith stole second, Ball, Foul, Ball, Paramore walked
Matt Spencer: Ball, Foul, Spencer singled to left-center, Smith to third, Paramore to second
Kirkland Rivers relieved Kyle Nicholson
Raoul Torrez bats for R. Sontag
Raoul Torrez: Ball, Torrez grounded out third to first
End of ASU 7th (1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  All the runners that Nicholson has allowed to reach finally comes back to haunt him.  With two outs and runners at the corners, Carter's throw to home skips in and allows the go-ahead run to score.  It goes down as a steal but it was an error in the coaches' minds.
A&M 8th
Mike Leake pitching
Mike Jones in center batting 7th
Kyle Colligan: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Colligan struck out looking
Craig Stinson: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Stinson grounded out third to first
Daman Aaron: Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Aaron struck out swinging catcher to first
End of A&M 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Leake extends the Aggie batter's woes another inning as he extends his string to seven straight batters retired. 
ASU 8th
Kirkland Rivers pitching
Andrew Romine: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Romine popped out to pitcher
CJ Retherford: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Retherford struck out looking
Brett Wallace: Strike looking, Wallace lined out to first
End of ASU 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  Rivers throws a solid inning, much more effective than Tuesday.  Those first game jitters are behind him.
A&M 9th
Mike Leake pitching
Darby Brown: Strike swinging, Brown grounded out to first
Luke Anders: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Anders walked
Brody Greene runs for Luke Anders
Dane Carter: Foul, Carter grounded into double play short to second to first, Greene out at second
End of A&M 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Inside the Box Score Blog:  The Aggies put the tying run on base but Carter is unlucky again, a hard hit ball up the middle again turns into a double play.  The Aggies look every bit as athletic the top ten Sun Devils.