Creighton vs Florida Atlantic (05-20-04)



Box Score

                           Missouri Valley Conference
                         Creighton vs Florida Atlantic
                 05-20-04 at Lincoln, Nebraska (Bowlin Stadium)

Creighton 6 (42-15-1)

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

Florida Atlantic 2 (54-17)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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SACHS 3b.................  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   1
PIPER c..................  3  0  1  0   0  1  4  1   0
 Lopez, M. pr............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
MAZZARELLA 1b............  3  1  0  0   0  0 11  1   0
BRAGGINS dh..............  2  1  1  2   1  0  0  0   0
PIAZZA lf................  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
FREEL p..................  3  0  0  0   0  3  1  3   2
CAVANAUGH rf.............  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
MATTHEWS cf..............  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
BELLISARI 2b.............  2  0  1  0   0  0  4  3   0
LOPEZ ss.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  4   0
Totals................... 25  2  3  2   1  6 21 13   3

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Creighton........... 200 031 0 -  6  8  1
Florida Atlantic.... 000 002 0 -  2  3  2
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E - Merkel(14); MATTHEWS(2); LOPEZ(22). DP - Owls 1. LOB - Bluejays 6; Owls
3. HR - Rybar 2(13); BRAGGINS(9). HBP - Flores. SH - Reiss(7).

Creighton              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Nielsen.............  7.0  3  2  0  1  6 25 26

Florida Atlantic       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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FREEL...............  7.0  8  6  4  2  4 29 33

Win - Nielsen (26-11).  Loss - FREEL (27-9).  Save - None.
HBP - by FREEL (Flores).
Umpires - HP: Susie Benzel  1B: Ed Rado  3B: Ed Crane
Start: 10:00 am   Time: 1:35   Attendance: 1585
Game notes:
NCAA Region Five - Game One
Game: CU58


Play-by-Play

                           Missouri Valley Conference
                  Creighton vs Florida Atlantic - Play-by-Play
                 05-20-04 at Lincoln, Nebraska (Bowlin Stadium)


Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Creighton........... 200 031 0 -  6  8  1
Florida Atlantic.... 000 002 0 -  2  3  2
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Creighton starters: 12/cf Rybar; 1/lf Dorsey; 13/rf Fukumoto; 20/dh Marcano;
22/1b Johnson; 16/c Shank; 19/ss Merkel; 9/2b Flores; 2/3b Reiss; 6/p Nielsen;
Florida Atlantic starters: 11/3b SACHS; 9/c PIPER; 24/1b MAZZARELLA; 21/dh
BRAGGINS; 31/lf PIAZZA; 1/p FREEL; 8/rf CAVANAUGH; 25/cf MATTHEWS; 17/2b
BELLISARI; 5/ss LOPEZ;

Creighton 1st - Rybar homered to right field, RBI. Dorsey singled up the
middle. Fukumoto lined into double play p to 1b; Dorsey out on the play.
Marcano walked. Johnson walked; Marcano advanced to second. Petullo pinch ran
for Marcano. Shank singled to center field, RBI; Johnson advanced to second;
Petullo scored. Nunnikhoven pinch hit for Merkel. Nunnikhoven struck out
looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Florida Atlantic 1st - Marcano to dh for Petullo. Merkel to ss for
Nunnikhoven. SACHS out at first p to 2b, bunt. PIPER fouled out to c.
MAZZARELLA grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 2nd - Flores hit by pitch. Reiss out at first p to 2b, SAC,
bunt; Flores advanced to second. Rybar struck out swinging, out at first c to
1b; Flores advanced to third. Dorsey grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Florida Atlantic 2nd - BRAGGINS popped up to ss. PIAZZA popped up to 2b.
FREEL struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 3rd - Fukumoto grounded out to ss. Marcano popped up to 2b.
Johnson grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Florida Atlantic 3rd - CAVANAUGH struck out swinging. MATTHEWS grounded
out to 2b. BELLISARI singled to center field. SACHS flied out to lf. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Creighton 4th - Shank struck out swinging. Merkel grounded out to 3b.
Flores lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Florida Atlantic 4th - PIPER singled up the middle. Lopez, M. pinch ran
for PIPER. MAZZARELLA flied out to cf. BRAGGINS walked; Lopez, M. advanced to
second. LOPEZ pinch ran for BRAGGINS. /  for LOPEZ. PIAZZA flied out to lf.
FREEL struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Creighton 5th - PIPER to c for Lopez, M.. BRAGGINS to dh for LOPEZ.
LOPEZ to ss. Reiss singled to pitcher. Rybar homered to left center, 2 RBI;
Reiss scored. Dorsey grounded out to ss. Fukumoto reached on a fielding error
by cf, advanced to second. Marcano struck out swinging. Johnson singled up the
middle, RBI; Fukumoto scored, unearned. Shank grounded out to 2b. 3 runs, 3
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Florida Atlantic 5th - CAVANAUGH flied out to rf. MATTHEWS struck out
swinging. BELLISARI flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 6th - Merkel out at first 1b to 2b. Flores grounded out to c
unassisted. Reiss reached on a throwing error by ss. Rybar singled, bunt; Reiss
advanced to second. Dorsey singled to center field, RBI; Rybar advanced to
second; Reiss scored, unearned. Ayers pinch hit for Fukumoto. Ayers grounded
out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Florida Atlantic 6th - Ayers to rf. SACHS lined out to 2b. PIPER struck
out looking. MAZZARELLA reached on a fielding error by ss. BRAGGINS homered to
left field, 2 RBI, unearned; MAZZARELLA scored, unearned. PIAZZA flied out to
lf. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB.

Creighton 7th - Marcano grounded out to ss. Johnson popped up to 2b.
Shank grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Florida Atlantic 7th - FREEL struck out looking. CAVANAUGH flied out to
lf. MATTHEWS grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Line score


Creighton 6, Florida Atlantic 2 (05-20-04 at Lincoln, Nebraska)
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Creighton........... 200 031 0 -  6  8  1      (42-15-1)
Florida Atlantic.... 000 002 0 -  2  3  2      (54-17)
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Pitchers: Creighton - Nielsen. Florida Atlantic - FREEL.
Win-Nielsen(26-11)  Loss-FREEL(27-9)  T-1:35  A-1585
HR CU - Rybar 2 (13).
HR FAU - BRAGGINS (9).
Game notes:
NCAA Region Five - Game One
Game: CU58