Creighton vs Northern Iowa (04-10-04)



Box Score

                           Missouri Valley Conference
                      Creighton at Northern Iowa (Game 1)
                04-10-04 at Omaha, Nebraska (CU Sports Complex)

Creighton 7 (26-9-1,8-2 MVC)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Rybar cf.................  2  2  1  0   3  0  0  1   0
Dorsey lf................  3  0  1  0   1  0  2  0   0
Fukumoto rf..............  4  2  1  0   0  1  0  0   3
 Marcano ph..............  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
Nunnikhoven dh...........  4  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   2
 German pr...............  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Shank c..................  4  0  3  2   0  0  8  2   0
 Petullo pr..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Johnson 1b...............  3  1  2  3   0  0  4  0   1
Merkel ss................  3  0  0  0   1  2  1  0   2
Flores 2b................  1  0  0  0   1  0  4  0   0
Reiss 3b.................  4  0  1  0   0  1  2  3   0
Nielsen p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  5   0
Totals................... 29  7 10  5   6  7 21 11  11

Northern Iowa 3 (8-22,2-8 MVC)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Strellner 3b.............  4  0  3  2   0  0  0  1   0
Kumamoto cf..............  3  0  1  0   1  1  1  0   0
Rogers ss................  4  0  0  0   0  3  0  4   2
Davis 2b.................  2  0  0  0   1  1  3  2   0
Ibekwe dh................  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Sieleman 1b..............  3  0  0  0   0  0  7  0   0
King c...................  3  2  2  0   0  0  9  1   0
Gierman lf...............  2  1  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
Larson rf................  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
 Reed ph.................  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
 Burns pr................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Phillips p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Gerdes p................  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   2
Totals................... 25  3  7  2   3  7 21 11   6

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Creighton........... 201 013 0 -  7 10  3
Northern Iowa....... 001 000 2 -  3  7  3
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E - Fukumoto(1); Flores(8); Reiss(9); Strellner; Rogers; Davis. LOB -
Bluejays 11; Panthers 6. 2B - Nunnikhoven(7); Shank(4); Johnson(6);
Strellner. 3B - Rybar(3). HR - Johnson(4). HBP - Flores. SH - Dorsey(1);
Johnson(7); Flores(5); Gierman; Larson. SB - Fukumoto(5); Kumamoto. CS -
Petullo(1); Davis; Gierman.

Creighton              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Nielsen.............  7.0  7  3  2  3  7 25 30

Northern Iowa          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Phillips............  2.0  4  3  1  3  1  9 14
Gerdes..............  4.0  6  4  2  2  4 17 20
Ibekwe..............  1.0  0  0  0  1  2  3  5

Win - Nielsen (17-6).  Loss - Phillips (3-7).  Save - None.
HBP - by Ibekwe (Flores). PB - Shank(5).
Umpires -
Start: 12:00 pm   Time: 2:34   Attendance:
Game: CU36


Play-by-Play

                           Missouri Valley Conference
               Creighton at Northern Iowa (Game 1) - Play-by-Play
                04-10-04 at Omaha, Nebraska (CU Sports Complex)


Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Creighton........... 201 013 0 -  7 10  3
Northern Iowa....... 001 000 2 -  3  7  3
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Creighton starters: 12/cf Rybar; 1/lf Dorsey; 13/rf Fukumoto; 24/dh
Nunnikhoven; 16/c Shank; 22/1b Johnson; 19/ss Merkel; 9/2b Flores; 2/3b Reiss;
6/p Nielsen;
Northern Iowa starters: 1/3b Strellner; 3/cf Kumamoto; 9/ss Rogers; 6/2b Davis;
10/dh Ibekwe; 8/1b Sieleman; 20/c King; 11/lf Gierman; 4/rf Larson; 2/p
Phillips;

Creighton 1st - Rybar walked. Dorsey out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt;
Rybar advanced to second. Fukumoto reached on a fielding error by 3b; Rybar
advanced to third. Nunnikhoven struck out looking; Fukumoto stole second; Rybar
scored on the throw, unearned. Shank singled to right center, RBI; Fukumoto
scored, unearned. Johnson flied out to cf. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1
LOB.

Northern Iowa 1st - Strellner flied out to lf. Kumamoto struck out
looking. Rogers struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 2nd - Merkel walked. Flores out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt;
Merkel advanced to second. Reiss fouled out to c. Rybar intentionally walked.
Dorsey singled to shortstop; Rybar advanced to second; Merkel advanced to
third. Fukumoto grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Northern Iowa 2nd - Davis grounded out to 3b. Ibekwe struck out
swinging. Sieleman fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 3rd - Nunnikhoven doubled to center field. German pinch ran
for Nunnikhoven. Shank doubled to right field, RBI; German scored. Gerdes to p
for Phillips. Petullo pinch ran for Shank. Johnson out at first p to 2b, SAC,
bunt; Petullo advanced to third. Merkel struck out looking. Flores walked.
Petullo out at home c to 2b to c, caught stealing. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors,
1 LOB.

Northern Iowa 3rd - Shank to c for Petullo. King singled through the
right side, advanced to second on an error by rf. Gierman reached on a fielding
error by 2b, assist by p, SAC, bunt; King scored. Larson out at first p to 2b,
SAC, bunt; Gierman advanced to second. Strellner singled to center field, out
at second cf to p to 2b; Gierman advanced to third. Kumamoto walked. Gierman
out at third c to p to 3b to c to 3b, caught stealing. 1 run, 2 hits, 2
errors, 1 LOB.

Creighton 4th - Reiss singled to left center. Rybar walked; Reiss
advanced to second. Dorsey flied out to lf. Fukumoto struck out looking.
Nunnikhoven to dh for German. Nunnikhoven struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Northern Iowa 4th - Rogers fouled out to lf. Davis walked. Ibekwe fouled
out to c, bunt. Davis out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 5th - Shank grounded out to ss. Johnson homered to right
field, RBI. Merkel struck out looking. Flores grounded out to ss. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northern Iowa 5th - Sieleman popped up to ss. King singled to left
field. Gierman grounded out to 3b; King advanced to second. Reed pinch hit for
Larson. Reed struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Creighton 6th - Larson to rf for Reed. Reiss grounded out to 2b. Rybar
tripled to right field, scored on a throwing error by 2b. Dorsey grounded out
to p. Fukumoto singled to second base. Nunnikhoven reached on a fielding error
by ss; Fukumoto advanced to second. Shank singled through the left side;
Nunnikhoven advanced to second; Fukumoto advanced to third. Johnson doubled to
left center, 2 RBI; Shank advanced to third; Nunnikhoven scored, unearned;
Fukumoto scored, unearned. Merkel grounded out to ss. 3 runs, 4 hits, 2
errors, 2 LOB.

Northern Iowa 6th - Strellner doubled to right center. Kumamoto singled
up the middle; Strellner advanced to third. Kumamoto stole second. Rogers
struck out swinging. Davis struck out looking. Gerdes to p for Ibekwe. /  for
Gerdes. Gerdes popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Creighton 7th - Ibekwe to p for Gerdes. Flores hit by pitch. Reiss
struck out looking. Rybar grounded out to 1b unassisted; Flores advanced to
second. Dorsey walked. Marcano pinch hit for Fukumoto. Marcano struck out
looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Northern Iowa 7th - Fukumoto to rf for Marcano. Sieleman grounded out to
p, bunt. King reached on a fielding error by 3b. Gierman singled to shortstop;
King advanced to second. Gierman advanced to second on a passed ball; King
advanced to third on a passed ball. Larson walked. Burns pinch ran for Larson.
Strellner singled up the middle, 2 RBI, advanced to second on the throw; Burns
advanced to third; Gierman scored; King scored, unearned. Kumamoto fouled out
to 3b. Rogers struck out looking. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Line score


Creighton 7, Northern Iowa 3 (04-10-04 at Omaha, Nebraska) (Game 1)
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Creighton........... 201 013 0 -  7 10  3      (26-9-1, 8-2 MVC)
Northern Iowa....... 001 000 2 -  3  7  3      (8-22, 2-8 MVC)
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Pitchers: Creighton - Nielsen. Northern Iowa - Phillips; Gerdes(3); Ibekwe(7).
Win-Nielsen(17-6)  Loss-Phillips(3-7)  T-2:34  A-0
HR CU - Johnson (4).
Game: CU36