Northern Iowa vs Illinois State (3-17-07)



Box Score

                           Missouri Valley Conference
                  Northern Iowa at #17 Illinois State (Game 1)
                  3-17-07 at Normal, Ill. (Redbird SB Complex)

Northern Iowa 8 (12-12,0-1)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Kumamoto cf..............  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Paulson 1b...............  4  1  2  0   0  0  7  0   0
Aguero ss................  4  1  1  1   0  0  1  2   4
Larsen p.................  3  2  3  4   1  0  0  2   0
Gerking lf...............  3  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
Papesh c.................  3  1  1  1   0  0  5  0   0
Lepley dp................  4  1  2  2   0  1  0  0   0
Shalla rf................  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   2
Machovec 2b..............  1  1  0  0   1  0  2  4   0
Link 3b..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 28  8 10  8   2  2 18  9   6

Illinois State 11 (21-6,1-0)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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NELSON 3b................  3  4  3  2   0  0  1  5   0
PRAGER 2b................  2  0  1  1   0  0  4  0   0
SMITH 1b.................  2  1  0  0   2  1  7  0   0
 SHIFFLET pr.............  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WARNING rf...............  4  2  2  4   0  1  0  0   1
BUKER lf.................  4  1  2  1   0  0  2  0   0
BIRK p...................  4  1  3  3   0  0  1  3   1
GORRELL c................  3  0  0  0   1  0  2  0   1
 TURNER pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
HENDERSON dp.............  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
WILLIAMS, J cf...........  4  1  0  0   0  1  1  0   4
WILLIAMS, K ss...........  2  0  1  0   0  0  3  1   0
Totals................... 30 11 12 11   3  5 21  9   7

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Northern Iowa....... 203 100 2 -  8 10  2
Illinois State...... 203 204 X - 11 12  0
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E - Aguero; Larsen. DP - ILS 1. LOB - UNI 6; ILS 7. 2B - BUKER 2. 3B -
NELSON. HR - Larsen 2; Papesh; Lepley; NELSON; WARNING; BIRK. HBP -
Kumamoto; NELSON. SH - Kumamoto; Gerking; Papesh; Machovec; PRAGER 2.

Northern Iowa          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Larsen..............  6.0 12 11 10  3  5 30 36

Illinois State         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BIRK................  7.0 10  8  8  2  2 28 35

Win - BIRK (10-3).  Loss - Larsen (7-6).  Save - None.
HBP - by BIRK (Kumamoto); by Larsen (NELSON).
Umpires - HP: Joe Reed  1B: Nick Finck  3B: John Peterson
Start: 1:08 pm   Time: 1:53   Attendance: 264
Game notes:
ID-457222
Game: ILS-27


Play-by-Play

                           Missouri Valley Conference
          Northern Iowa at #17 Illinois State (Game 1) - Play-by-Play
                  3-17-07 at Normal, Ill. (Redbird SB Complex)


Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Northern Iowa....... 203 100 2 -  8 10  2
Illinois State...... 203 204 X - 11 12  0
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Northern Iowa starters: 3/cf Kumamoto; 18/1b Paulson; 14/ss Aguero; 10/p
Larsen; 9/lf Gerking; 5/c Papesh; 19/dp Lepley; 11/rf Shalla; 8/2b Machovec;
7/3b Link;
Illinois State starters: 5/3b NELSON; 8/2b PRAGER; 2/1b SMITH; 20/rf WARNING;
22/lf BUKER; 10/p BIRK; 7/c GORRELL; 18/dp HENDERSON; 17/cf WILLIAMS, J; 21/ss
WILLIAMS, K;

Northern Iowa 1st - Kumamoto grounded out to 3b. Paulson singled down
the lf line. Aguero grounded out to 1b unassisted; Paulson advanced to second.
Larsen homered to right field, 2 RBI; Paulson scored. Gerking popped up to lf.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Illinois State 1st - NELSON singled up the middle. PRAGER out at first
3b to 2b, SAC; NELSON advanced to second. SMITH struck out swinging. WARNING
singled to left field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; NELSON scored.
BUKER doubled to left field, RBI; WARNING scored. BIRK grounded out to 2b. 2
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northern Iowa 2nd - Papesh grounded out to 3b. Lepley out at first 3b to
ss to 1b. Shalla popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Illinois State 2nd - GORRELL grounded out to 2b. HENDERSON struck out
swinging. WILLIAMS, J grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Northern Iowa 3rd - Machovec walked. Kumamoto out at first p to 2b, SAC;
Machovec advanced to second. Paulson grounded out to p; Machovec advanced to
third. Aguero singled to center field, RBI; Machovec scored. Larsen homered to
right field, 2 RBI; Aguero scored. Gerking fouled out to ss. 3 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.

Illinois State 3rd - NELSON homered to right center, RBI. PRAGER
grounded out to ss. SMITH walked. WARNING struck out looking. BUKER doubled to
right field; SMITH advanced to third. BIRK singled to left field, advanced to
second on the throw, 2 RBI; BUKER scored; SMITH scored. GORRELL grounded out to
2b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northern Iowa 4th - Papesh homered to left field, RBI. Lepley singled up
the middle. Shalla reached on a fielder's choice; Lepley advanced to second.
Machovec out at first 3b to 2b, SAC; Shalla advanced to second; Lepley advanced
to third. Kumamoto hit by pitch. Paulson popped up to ss. Aguero grounded out
to 1b unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Illinois State 4th - HENDERSON struck out swinging. WILLIAMS, J reached
on a fielding error by ss. NELSON tripled to left field, RBI; WILLIAMS, J
scored, unearned. PRAGER singled to left field, advanced to second on the
throw, RBI; NELSON scored. SMITH grounded out to p; PRAGER advanced to third.
WARNING flied out to lf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Northern Iowa 5th - Larsen singled up the middle. Gerking reached on a
fielder's choice, SAC; Larsen advanced to second. Papesh grounded out to 3b,
SAC; Gerking advanced to second; Larsen advanced to third. Lepley struck out
swinging. Shalla flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Illinois State 5th - BUKER grounded out to 2b. BIRK singled to right
field. GORRELL reached on a throwing error by p; BIRK advanced to second.
WILLIAMS, K to ss for HENDERSON. /  for WILLIAMS, K. WILLIAMS, K fouled out to
rf; GORRELL advanced to second; BIRK advanced to third. WILLIAMS, J lined out
to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Northern Iowa 6th - Machovec fouled out to 3b. Kumamoto flied out to cf.
Paulson singled to shortstop. Aguero popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Illinois State 6th - NELSON hit by pitch. PRAGER out at first p to 2b,
SAC; NELSON advanced to second. SMITH walked. SHIFFLET pinch ran for SMITH.
WARNING homered, 3 RBI; SHIFFLET scored; NELSON scored. BUKER flied out to lf.
BIRK homered, RBI. GORRELL walked. TURNER pinch ran for GORRELL. WILLIAMS, K
singled through the left side, advanced to second on the throw; TURNER advanced
to third. WILLIAMS, J struck out swinging. 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

Northern Iowa 7th - SMITH to 1b for SHIFFLET. GORRELL to c for TURNER.
Larsen walked. Gerking singled to left field; Larsen advanced to second. Papesh
lined into double play p to 2b; Larsen out on the play. Lepley homered to right
center, 2 RBI; Gerking scored. Shalla struck out looking. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Line score


Illinois State 11, Northern Iowa 8 (3-17-07 at Normal, Ill.) (Game 1)
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Northern Iowa....... 203 100 2 -  8 10  2      (12-12, 0-1)
Illinois State...... 203 204 X - 11 12  0      (21-6, 1-0)
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Pitchers: Northern Iowa - Larsen. Illinois State - BIRK.
Win-BIRK(10-3)  Loss-Larsen(7-6)  T-1:53  A-264
HR UNI - Larsen 2; Papesh; Lepley.
HR ILS - NELSON; WARNING; BIRK.
Game notes:
ID-457222
Game: ILS-27