University of Houston Athletics
Baseball Falls to Rice in NCAA Super Regional Championship Game
6/9/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 9, 2003
HOUSTON -
2003 Houston Cougars Baseball #1 Rice at #17 Houston June 9, 2003 at Houston, Texas (Reckling Park)
Rice 5 (53-11)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.------------------------------------------------------------Chris Kolkhorst lf....... 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .350Craig Stansberry 3b...... 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .307Vincent Sinisi 1b........ 3 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0 .355Enrique Cruz 2b.......... 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 2 .347Paul Janish ss........... 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 .310Austin Davis cf.......... 2 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 .346Matt Emerson dh.......... 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Matt Ueckert ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .265Dane Bubela rf........... 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 .304Justin Ruchti c.......... 4 0 1 1 0 1 7 2 2 .282Wade Townsend p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 David Aardsma p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -Totals................... 34 5 7 3 4 7 27 12 8
Houston 2 (37-30)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.------------------------------------------------------------Michael Bourn cf......... 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .330Matt Farrington rf....... 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .277Hyung Cho 3b............. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .360Travis Tully lf.......... 3 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 .350Cole Bruce 2b............ 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 .278 Greg Buchanan 2b........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .122 Gabe Lucas ph........... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272Thanos Papavasiliou dh... 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .255Brad Sullivan 1b......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 .367Stuart Musslewhite ss.... 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 .261Nick Bott c.............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .231 Brett Logan c........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .149Brian Henderson p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - Kevin Roberts p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Garrett Mock p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Ryan Wagner p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -Totals................... 29 2 4 2 3 9 27 7 4
Score by Innings R H E-------------------------------------------Rice................ 020 201 000 - 5 7 1Houston............. 101 000 000 - 2 4 1-------------------------------------------
E - Cruz(13); Bruce(7). DP - Rice 2. LOB - Rice 8; Houston 4. 2B -Stansberry(12); Emerson(1); Sullivan(4). 3B - Bourn(5). HBP - Janish. SH -Ueckert(1). SF - Farrington(3). SB - Stansberry(7); Davis(8).
Rice IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA--------------------------------------------------------Wade Townsend....... 8.0 4 2 1 2 9 27 30 127 1.90David Aardsma....... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 19 3.25
Houston IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA--------------------------------------------------------Brian Henderson..... 3.2 3 4 2 1 1 15 17 56 4.43Kevin Roberts....... 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 20 2.63Garrett Mock........ 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 3 5 14 4.50Ryan Wagner......... 3.0 2 0 0 1 6 11 12 51 1.93
Win - Townsend (10-1). Loss - Henderson (5-5). Save - Aardsma (11).HBP - by Henderson (Janish). Inherited runners/scored: Roberts 1/0.Pitches/strikes: Townsend 127/74; Aardsma 19/11; Henderson 56/36; Roberts 20/13;Mock 14/7; Wagner 51/34.Umpires - HP: Steve Manders 1B: Mark Chapman 2B: Randy Bruns 3B: Mike ConlinStart: 12:08 pm Time: 3:00 Attendance: 4417Game: UHBASE67
Play-by-Play
2003 Houston Cougars Baseball #1 Rice at #17 Houston - Play-by-Play June 9, 2003 at Houston, Texas (Reckling Park)
Score by Innings R H E-------------------------------------------Rice................ 020 201 000 - 5 7 1Houston............. 101 000 000 - 2 4 1-------------------------------------------
Rice starters: 7/lf Kolkhorst; 23/3b Stansberry; 27/1b Sinisi; 13/2b Cruz; 11/ssJanish; 9/cf Davis; 2/dh Emerson; 16/rf Bubela; 19/c Ruchti; 30/p Townsend;Houston starters: 2/cf Bourn; 15/rf Farrington; 1/3b Cho; 23/lf Tully; 14/2b Bruce;25/dh Papavasiliou; 20/1b Sullivan; 7/ss Musslewhite; 28/c Bott; 31/p Henderson;
Rice 1st - Kolkhorst struck out looking (1-2). Stansberry grounded out to 2b(1-2). Sinisi out at first 1b to p (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Houston 1st - Bourn struck out (3-2). Farrington reached on a throwing errorby 2b, advanced to second (3-2). Cho fouled out to 1b (1-1). Tully singled to centerfield, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (1-1); Farrington scored, unearned.Bruce struck out (1-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Rice 2nd - Cruz popped up to ss (0-1). Janish popped up to ss (1-2). Daviswalked (3-2). Emerson doubled through the right side (1-0); Davis advanced to third.Bubela reached on a fielding error by 2b (2-1); Emerson scored, unearned; Davisscored, unearned. Ruchti flied out to lf (0-0). 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1LOB.
Houston 2nd - Papavasiliou struck out (2-2). Sullivan doubled through theright side (2-1). Musslewhite struck out (0-2). Bott flied out to cf (2-0). 0runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Rice 3rd - Kolkhorst grounded out to ss (1-0). Stansberry flied out to lf(2-1). Sinisi grounded out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Houston 3rd - Bourn tripled through the right side (2-1). Farrington fliedout to rf, SF, RBI (2-1); Bourn scored. Cho flied out to rf (1-0). Tully popped upto p (3-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Rice 4th - Cruz grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). Janish hit by pitch(1-1). Davis singled through the left side (2-2); Janish advanced to third. Emersonpopped up to ss (0-2). Davis stole second. Bubela singled through the right side, 2RBI (3-2); Davis scored; Janish scored. Roberts to p for Henderson. Ruchti flied outto rf (0-1). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Houston 4th - Bruce struck out, out at first c to 1b (3-2). Papavasiliougrounded out to 2b (0-1). Sullivan fouled out to 1b (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0errors, 0 LOB.
Rice 5th - Kolkhorst singled through the right side (0-1). Stansberry reachedon a fielder's choice (1-2); Kolkhorst out at second ss to 2b. Sinisi walked (3-2);Stansberry advanced to second. Cruz flied out to rf (1-1). Janish flied out to cf(1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Houston 5th - Musslewhite struck out (1-2). Bott struck out, out at first cto 1b (2-2). Bourn struck out looking (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Rice 6th - Mock to p for Roberts. Davis walked (3-2). Ueckert pinch hit forEmerson. Ueckert grounded out to p, SAC (0-0); Davis advanced to second. Bubelaflied out to lf (1-0). Ruchti singled to right center, RBI (1-1); Davis scored.Kolkhorst flied out to lf (1-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Houston 6th - Farrington flied out to cf (1-0). Cho grounded out to ss (1-2).Tully walked (3-1). Bruce struck out (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Rice 7th - Wagner to p for Mock. Buchanan to 2b for Bruce. Logan to c forBott. Stansberry doubled to left center (1-0). Sinisi struck out (1-2). Cruz struckout (1-2). Janish flied out to lf (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Houston 7th - Papavasiliou walked (3-1). Sullivan reached on a fielder'schoice (2-2); Papavasiliou out at second 2b to ss. Musslewhite grounded into doubleplay ss to 2b to 1b (0-0); Sullivan out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0LOB.
Rice 8th - Davis fouled out to ss (1-0). Ueckert struck out (2-2). Bubelastruck out (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Houston 8th - Logan grounded out to p (3-2). Bourn flied out to lf (0-0).Farrington singled through the left side (3-2). Cho reached on a fielder's choice(2-1); Farrington out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Rice 9th - Ruchti struck out looking (3-2). Kolkhorst singled to third base(1-2). Stansberry reached on a fielder's choice (0-2); Kolkhorst out at second ss to2b. Stansberry stole second. Sinisi intentionally walked (3-0). Cruz struck outlooking (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Houston 9th - Aardsma to p for Townsend. Tully grounded out to 3b (2-2).Lucas pinch hit for Buchanan. Lucas walked (3-2). Papavasiliou grounded into doubleplay 3b to 2b to 1b (2-2); Lucas out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0LOB.
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