Creighton vs Iowa (05-21-04)



Box Score

                           Missouri Valley Conference
                               Creighton vs Iowa
                 05-21-04 at Lincoln, Nebraska (Bowlin Stadium)

Creighton 8 (43-16-1)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Rybar cf.................  4  1  3  0   0  1  2  0   0
Dorsey lf................  5  1  1  1   0  3  2  0   1
Fukumoto dh..............  2  2  1  1   3  1  0  0   0
Shank c..................  3  0  0  0   0  2  9  1   1
Johnson p................  5  1  2  4   0  1  2  2   0
Merkel ss................  4  0  0  0   0  2  2  1   1
 Marcano ph..............  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Flores 2b................  4  0  0  0   0  3  3  2   0
Ayers rf.................  4  2  1  0   0  1  2  0   0
Reiss 3b.................  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
German 1b................  0  0  0  0   0  0  8  1   0
 Nielsen p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 35  8  8  6   3 15 30  9   4

Iowa 4 (39-24)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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JOHNSON rf...............  5  1  3  0   0  0  0  0   1
HENTGES lf...............  3  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   1
 HEIDGERKEN ph...........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
MAY ss...................  4  0  1  1   1  0  1  2   2
 SPRATT pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
MURRAY dh................  4  0  0  0   1  2  0  0   1
ARNOLD p.................  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BIROCCI p...............  3  0  0  0   1  1  0  1   1
THOMSON 1b...............  5  0  1  0   0  3  5  1   0
CHIPMAN cf...............  4  1  0  0   1  2  1  0   3
GERLICK 2b...............  4  1  1  0   0  0  5  2   0
HUSE c...................  3  0  0  0   0  0 17  4   0
 Baugh ph................  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
RUFF 3b..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
Totals................... 38  4  7  2   4 10 30 11   9

Score by Innings                      R  H  E
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Creighton........... 300 010 000 4 -  8  8  3
Iowa................ 000 002 200 0 -  4  7  2
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E - Merkel 2(16); Flores(9); THOMSON; RUFF. LOB - Bluejays 4; Hawkeyes 9. 2B
- Rybar(14); Johnson(11); JOHNSON. HR - Johnson(7). HBP - Reiss. SH -
Rybar(7); Shank 2(12). SF - HENTGES. SB - Rybar(9); Dorsey(16); Ayers 2(11).
CS - Fukumoto 2(2).

Creighton              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Johnson.............  6.1  6  4  3  2  7 26 28
Nielsen.............  3.2  1  0  0  2  3 12 15

Iowa                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ARNOLD..............  2.0  3  3  3  0  2  8  9
BIROCCI.............  8.0  5  5  1  3 13 27 33

Win - Nielsen (27-12).  Loss - BIROCCI (22-14).  Save - None.
WP - BIROCCI. HBP - by BIROCCI (Reiss). PB - HUSE.
Umpires - HP: Rick Havercroft  1B: Patti Gunst  3B: Smokey Eeds
Start: 8:00 pm   Time: 3:11   Attendance: 1650
Game notes:
NCAA Region Five Game 10
Game: CU60


Play-by-Play

                           Missouri Valley Conference
                        Creighton vs Iowa - Play-by-Play
                 05-21-04 at Lincoln, Nebraska (Bowlin Stadium)


Score by Innings                      R  H  E
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Creighton........... 300 010 000 4 -  8  8  3
Iowa................ 000 002 200 0 -  4  7  2
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Creighton starters: 12/cf Rybar; 1/lf Dorsey; 13/dh Fukumoto; 16/c Shank; 22/p
Johnson; 19/ss Merkel; 9/2b Flores; 11/rf Ayers; 2/3b Reiss; 5/1b German;
Iowa starters: 9/rf JOHNSON; 6/lf HENTGES; 10/ss MAY; 17/dh MURRAY; 3/p ARNOLD;
16/1b THOMSON; 14/cf CHIPMAN; 22/2b GERLICK; 7/c HUSE; 12/3b RUFF;

Creighton 1st - Rybar doubled to right center. Dorsey struck out
swinging. Fukumoto singled up the middle, RBI; Rybar scored. Shank out at first
c to 2b, SAC, bunt; Fukumoto advanced to second. Johnson homered to left
center, 2 RBI; Fukumoto scored. Merkel grounded out to c. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Iowa 1st - JOHNSON grounded out to 2b. HENTGES struck out swinging. MAY
walked. MURRAY grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Creighton 2nd - Flores struck out swinging. Ayers grounded out to ss.
Reiss fouled out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Iowa 2nd - ARNOLD grounded out to 1b unassisted. THOMSON struck out
swinging. CHIPMAN popped up to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 3rd - BIROCCI to p for ARNOLD. Rybar struck out looking.
Dorsey struck out looking. Fukumoto walked. Fukumoto out at second c to ss,
caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Iowa 3rd - GERLICK out at first 1b to 2b, bunt. HUSE grounded out to 3b.
JOHNSON singled up the middle. HENTGES grounded out to p, bunt. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Creighton 4th - Shank grounded out to 2b. Johnson struck out swinging.
Merkel struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Iowa 4th - MAY grounded out to p. MURRAY struck out swinging. BIROCCI
flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 5th - Flores struck out swinging. Ayers singled to third base.
Reiss grounded out to c unassisted. Ayers stole second. Rybar singled to
pitcher; Ayers advanced to third. Rybar stole second, advanced to third; Ayers
stole home. Dorsey struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Iowa 5th - THOMSON struck out swinging. CHIPMAN struck out swinging, out
at first c to 1b. GERLICK popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Creighton 6th - Fukumoto walked. Shank reached on a fielding error by
1b, SAC, bunt; Fukumoto advanced to second. Johnson popped up to 2b. Marcano
pinch hit for Merkel. Marcano struck out looking. Fukumoto out at third c to
3b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Iowa 6th - Merkel to ss for Marcano. Baugh pinch hit for HUSE. Baugh
singled up the middle. JOHNSON doubled to center field; Baugh advanced to
third. HEIDGERKEN pinch hit for HENTGES. HEIDGERKEN struck out swinging. MAY
singled, advanced to second on a fielding error by 2b, RBI; JOHNSON scored,
unearned; Baugh scored. SPRATT pinch ran for MAY. MURRAY flied out to rf.
BIROCCI grounded out to 1b unassisted. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Creighton 7th - HENTGES to lf for HEIDGERKEN. MAY to ss for SPRATT. HUSE
to c for Baugh. Flores struck out looking. Ayers struck out looking. Reiss
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Iowa 7th - THOMSON struck out swinging. CHIPMAN walked. GERLICK singled
through the right side; CHIPMAN advanced to second. HUSE reached on a fielding
error by ss; GERLICK advanced to second; CHIPMAN scored. JOHNSON singled to
center field; HUSE advanced to second; GERLICK advanced to third. Johnson to
1b. Nielsen to p for German. HENTGES flied out to cf, SF, RBI; JOHNSON advanced
to second; HUSE advanced to third; GERLICK scored. MAY flied out to cf. 2
runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Creighton 8th - Rybar singled through the left side. Dorsey reached on a
fielder's choice; Rybar out at second ss to 2b. Fukumoto struck out looking.
Dorsey stole second. Shank struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Iowa 8th - MURRAY struck out swinging. BIROCCI struck out swinging.
THOMSON popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Creighton 9th - Johnson grounded out to 2b. Merkel struck out swinging.
Flores out at first 1b to 2b, bunt. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Iowa 9th - CHIPMAN out at first p to 2b, bunt. GERLICK grounded out to
2b. HUSE reached on a fielding error by ss, advanced to second. JOHNSON fouled
out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Creighton 10th - Ayers reached on a throwing error by 3b. Reiss hit by
pitch; Ayers advanced to second. Rybar out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; Reiss
advanced to second; Ayers advanced to third. Dorsey singled to left field, RBI;
Reiss advanced to third; Ayers scored, unearned. Dorsey advanced to second on a
wild pitch. Fukumoto walked. Fukumoto advanced to second on a passed ball;
Dorsey advanced to third on a passed ball; Reiss scored on a passed ball,
unearned. Shank struck out swinging. Johnson doubled to right center, 2 RBI;
Fukumoto scored, unearned; Dorsey scored, unearned. Merkel flied out to cf.
4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Iowa 10th - HENTGES lined out to rf. MAY flied out to lf. MURRAY walked.
RUFF pinch ran for MURRAY. /  for RUFF. BIROCCI walked; RUFF advanced to
second. THOMSON singled to left field; BIROCCI advanced to second; RUFF
advanced to third. CHIPMAN struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3
LOB.

Line score


Creighton 8, Iowa 4 (05-21-04 at Lincoln, Nebraska)
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Creighton........... 300 010 000 4 -  8  8  3      (43-16-1)
Iowa................ 000 002 200 0 -  4  7  2      (39-24)
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Pitchers: Creighton - Johnson; Nielsen(7). Iowa - ARNOLD; BIROCCI(3).
Win-Nielsen(27-12)  Loss-BIROCCI(22-14)  T-3:11  A-1650
HR CU - Johnson (7).
Game notes:
NCAA Region Five Game 10
Game: CU60