Northern Iowa vs Illinois State (3-18-07)



Box Score

                           Missouri Valley Conference
                      Northern Iowa at #17 Illinois State
                  3-18-07 at Normal, Ill. (Redbird SB Complex)

Northern Iowa 0 (12-14,0-3)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Kumamoto cf..............  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   1
Paulson 1b/3b............  3  0  0  0   0  0  6  2   0
Aguero ss................  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  3   0
 Link pr.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Larsen p/rf..............  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
Gerking lf...............  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   1
Papesh c/dp..............  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
Lepley rf/p..............  1  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
Tarter dp/c..............  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   0
Machovec 2b..............  2  0  0  0   0  0  5  0   0
Bakey 3b.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 Adams p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 22  0  1  0   1  4 18  7   2

Illinois State 7 (23-6,3-0)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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NELSON 3b................  3  1  1  0   1  0  1  1   1
PRAGER 2b................  3  2  2  0   0  0  0  2   0
SMITH 1b.................  3  2  2  2   1  0  9  0   0
WARNING rf...............  2  1  1  0   2  1  2  0   0
BUKER lf.................  4  1  1  2   0  1  3  0   5
BIRK p...................  3  0  1  2   0  0  0  2   0
GORRELL c................  3  0  0  0   0  0  5  0   1
WILLIAMS, K ss...........  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  2   0
WILLIAMS, J cf...........  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
Totals................... 27  7  9  6   4  4 21  7   7

Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Northern Iowa....... 000 000 0 -  0  1  1
Illinois State...... 004 021 X -  7  9  1
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E - Machovec; NELSON. LOB - UNI 2; ILS 7. 2B - Aguero; WARNING; BIRK. HR -
SMITH; BUKER. SH - PRAGER. SB - WILLIAMS, K.

Northern Iowa          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Larsen..............  3.0  5  4  4  1  1 13 15
Lepley..............  2.1  3  3  3  1  3 11 12
Adams...............  0.2  1  0  0  2  0  3  5

Illinois State         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BIRK................  7.0  1  0  0  1  4 22 23

Win - BIRK (11-3).  Loss - Larsen (7-7).  Save - None.
WP - Lepley; Adams.
Umpires - HP: John Peterson  1B: Joe Reed  3B: Nick Finck
Start: 12 pm   Time: 1:47   Attendance: 172
Game notes:
ID-457224
Game: ILS-29


Play-by-Play

                           Missouri Valley Conference
               Northern Iowa at #17 Illinois State - Play-by-Play
                  3-18-07 at Normal, Ill. (Redbird SB Complex)


Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Northern Iowa....... 000 000 0 -  0  1  1
Illinois State...... 004 021 X -  7  9  1
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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/rf Lepley; 20/dp Tarter; 8/2b Machovec;
15/3b Bakey;
Illinois State starters: 5/3b NELSON; 8/2b PRAGER; 2/1b SMITH; 20/rf WARNING;
22/lf BUKER; 10/p BIRK; 7/c GORRELL; 21/ss WILLIAMS, K; 17/cf WILLIAMS, J;

Northern Iowa 1st - Kumamoto grounded out to 3b. Paulson grounded out to
ss. Aguero grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Illinois State 1st - NELSON singled to left field. PRAGER out at first
1b to 2b, SAC; NELSON advanced to second. SMITH popped up to 2b. WARNING
walked. BUKER struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Northern Iowa 2nd - Larsen struck out looking. Gerking flied out to rf.
Papesh struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Illinois State 2nd - BIRK grounded out to 3b. GORRELL fouled out to 1b.
WILLIAMS, K grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Northern Iowa 3rd - Lepley struck out swinging. Tarter grounded out to
2b. Machovec grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Illinois State 3rd - WILLIAMS, J out at first 1b to 2b. NELSON lined out
to 2b. PRAGER singled up the middle. SMITH homered to center field, 2 RBI;
PRAGER scored. WARNING doubled down the lf line. BUKER homered to center field,
2 RBI; WARNING scored. BIRK grounded out to ss. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Northern Iowa 4th - Kumamoto flied out to lf. Paulson grounded out to
ss. Aguero fouled out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Illinois State 4th - Larsen to rf. Lepley to p. GORRELL flied out to lf.
WILLIAMS, K reached on a fielding error by 2b. Papesh to dp. Tarter to c.
WILLIAMS, J struck out looking. NELSON lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.

Northern Iowa 5th - Larsen lined out to 1b. Gerking grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Papesh grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Illinois State 5th - PRAGER singled to second base. PRAGER advanced to
second on a wild pitch. SMITH walked. WARNING struck out swinging. BUKER flied
out to rf; SMITH advanced to second; PRAGER advanced to third. BIRK doubled to
right center, 2 RBI; SMITH scored; PRAGER scored. GORRELL grounded out to 3b.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Northern Iowa 6th - Lepley walked. Tarter struck out swinging. Machovec
popped up to 3b; Lepley advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b. Kumamoto
flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Illinois State 6th - WILLIAMS, K singled to second base. WILLIAMS, K
stole second. WILLIAMS, J struck out swinging. Paulson to 3b. Larsen to 1b.
Lepley to rf. Adams to p for Bakey. NELSON walked. PRAGER reached on a
fielder's choice; NELSON advanced to second; WILLIAMS, K out at third ss to 3b.
SMITH singled to shortstop; PRAGER advanced to second; NELSON advanced to
third. SMITH advanced to second on a wild pitch; PRAGER advanced to third on a
wild pitch; NELSON scored on a wild pitch. WARNING walked. BUKER flied out to
cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Northern Iowa 7th - Paulson flied out to ss. Aguero doubled to left
field. Larsen popped up to rf. Link pinch ran for Aguero. Gerking fouled out to
c. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Line score


Illinois State 7, Northern Iowa 0 (3-18-07 at Normal, Ill.)
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Northern Iowa....... 000 000 0 -  0  1  1      (12-14, 0-3)
Illinois State...... 004 021 X -  7  9  1      (23-6, 3-0)
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Pitchers: Northern Iowa - Larsen; Lepley(4); Adams(6). Illinois State - BIRK.
Win-BIRK(11-3)  Loss-Larsen(7-7)  T-1:47  A-172
HR ILS - SMITH; BUKER.
Game notes:
ID-457224
Game: ILS-29