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36th NCAA D-II Baseball Championship
#13 Grand Valley State vs #6 Slippery Rock
May 26, 2003 at Montgomery, AL (Paterson Field)
Grand Valley State 9 (41-13)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Mike McCallister cf...... 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Tony Pfennig ss.......... 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0
Joe Brunink 1b........... 5 1 1 0 1 1 15 0 3
Kevin Boyd lf............ 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 3
Elijah Beckwith c........ 4 2 2 2 1 1 5 3 0
Scott Allen 3b........... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chris TerVree dh/ph..... 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Wright dh........... 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2
Joe Mertes rf............ 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1
Jeremy Lundberg 2b....... 5 0 2 1 0 2 1 4 2
Matt Rafeld p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Nick Bultema p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Joe Finnerty p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 41 9 14 9 4 8 27 15 12
Slippery Rock 8 (48-12)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Joe Neidrick cf.......... 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0
Nathan Statzer ss........ 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 0
Alan Reichl 2b........... 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 0
Bill Wolfe dh............ 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
Trent Berner pr/dh...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Pascarella ph....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Stewart 1b....... 5 1 3 3 0 0 8 0 0
Chase Rowe 3b............ 5 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 2
Jason Curry rf........... 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Luke Mollis c............ 3 0 0 1 1 0 7 1 0
Matt Kozusko lf.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Mike Sikorski p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Armstrong p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Katich p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 36 8 11 8 4 5 27 10 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Grand Valley State.. 000 001 620 - 9 14 1
Slippery Rock....... 000 420 002 - 8 11 2
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E - Allen(16); Reichl 2(9). LOB - Lakers 12; The Rock 7. 2B - Pfennig(14);
Boyd(11); Wright(12); Mertes(6); Stewart 2(18); Rowe(8). HBP - McCallister;
Wright. SH - Boyd(4); Statzer(6). SF - Reichl(5). SB - Statzer(17).
Grand Valley State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Matt Rafeld......... 4.2 7 6 4 1 2 21 23 72
Nick Bultema........ 3.1 1 0 0 3 2 9 13 49
Joe Finnerty........ 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 6 6 18
Slippery Rock IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Mike Sikorski....... 6.1 6 4 3 3 8 26 31 106
Nick Armstrong...... 0.0 4 3 2 0 0 4 4 10
John Katich......... 2.2 4 2 2 1 0 11 13 35
Win - Bultema (4-2). Loss - Armstrong (5-2). Save - Finnerty (8).
WP - Sikorski(6). HBP - by Sikorski (McCallister); by Sikorski (Wright). BK -
Rafeld(4); Bultema(1); Sikorski(1); Katich(2). Pitches/strikes: Rafeld 72/48;
Bultema 49/26; Finnerty 18/12; Sikorski 106/62; Armstrong 10/7; Katich 35/24.
Umpires - HP: Robert Wilson 1B: Chris Coskey 2B: Hank Himmenan 3B: Rick
Santilli Start: 2:28 pm Time: 2:49 Attendance: 667
Game notes:
Game 5 Division II National Baseball Championship
Grand Valley St. advances to play the Kennesaw St./Tampa loser on Wednesday
at 6:30 p.m.
Slippery Rock is eliminated...
Armstrong faced 4 batters in the 7th.
Game: WS5
Play-by-Play
36th NCAA D-II Baseball Championship
#13 Grand Valley State vs #6 Slippery Rock - Play-by-Play
May 26, 2003 at Montgomery, AL (Paterson Field)
Score by Innings R H E
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Grand Valley State.. 000 001 620 - 9 14 1
Slippery Rock....... 000 420 002 - 8 11 2
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Grand Valley State starters: 26/cf McCallister; 5/ss Pfennig; 6/1b Brunink; 25/lf
Boyd; 16/c Beckwith; 8/3b Allen; 21/dh Wright; 42/rf Mertes; 10/2b Lundberg; 32/p
Rafeld;
Slippery Rock starters: 20/cf Neidrick; 18/ss Statzer; 9/2b Reichl; 35/dh Wolfe;
29/1b Stewart; 19/3b Rowe; 8/rf Curry; 4/c Mollis; 24/lf Kozusko; 14/p Sikorski;
Grand Valley State 1st - McCallister grounded out to 3b (0-1). Pfennig
grounded out to 2b (1-0). Brunink struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (3-2).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Slippery Rock 1st - Neidrick singled up the middle (0-0). Statzer flied out
to 2b (1-1). Neidrick advanced to second on a balk. Reichl flied out to lf (1-2).
Wolfe grounded out to p (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Grand Valley State 2nd - Boyd doubled to right field (1-1). Beckwith grounded
out to 3b (0-2). Allen flied out to cf (1-1); Boyd advanced to third. Wright struck
out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Slippery Rock 2nd - Stewart grounded out to c (1-0). Rowe grounded out to c
(1-1). Curry struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Grand Valley State 3rd - Mertes flied out to lf (1-1). Lundberg singled to
right center (0-2). McCallister hit by pitch (0-1); Lundberg advanced to second.
Pfennig struck out looking (0-2). Brunink walked (3-0); McCallister advanced to
second; Lundberg advanced to third. Boyd flied out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
Slippery Rock 3rd - Mollis grounded out to ss (2-1). Kozusko grounded out to
2b (1-1). Neidrick grounded out to p (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Grand Valley State 4th - Beckwith struck out swinging (1-2). Allen flied out
to lf (3-1). Wright doubled to left center (3-1). Wright advanced to third on a wild
pitch. Mertes struck out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Slippery Rock 4th - Statzer singled, bunt (0-0). Statzer stole second. Reichl
walked (3-2). Wolfe singled through the left side, RBI (2-2); Reichl advanced to
second; Statzer scored. Stewart singled to third base, bunt (0-0); Wolfe advanced to
second; Reichl advanced to third. Rowe doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI (2-2);
Stewart advanced to third; Wolfe scored; Reichl scored. Curry grounded out to 3b
(0-1). Mollis grounded out to 2b, RBI (1-0); Rowe advanced to third; Stewart scored.
Kozusko grounded out to ss (0-2). 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Grand Valley State 5th - Lundberg struck out swinging (1-2). McCallister
lined out to ss (0-0). Pfennig walked (3-2). Brunink grounded out to 1b unassisted
(1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Slippery Rock 5th - Neidrick reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to
second on the error (0-1). Statzer singled to right field (0-0); Neidrick advanced
to third. Reichl flied out to rf, SF, RBI (1-0); Statzer advanced to second;
Neidrick scored, unearned. Wolfe struck out looking (2-2). Stewart doubled to right
center, RBI (1-0); Statzer scored, unearned. Bultema to p for Rafeld. Rowe struck
out swinging (1-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Grand Valley State 6th - Boyd lined out to ss (0-0). Beckwith walked (3-0).
TerVree to dh for Allen. Beckwith advanced to second on a balk. TerVree pinch hit.
TerVree struck out swinging (3-2). Wright hit by pitch (2-1). Mertes doubled to
center field, RBI (0-0); Wright advanced to third; Beckwith scored. Lundberg struck
out swinging (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Slippery Rock 6th - TerVree to 3b. Curry flied out to lf (2-2). Mollis
grounded out to ss (0-0). Kozusko grounded out to 2b (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Grand Valley State 7th - McCallister reached on a fielding error by 2b (0-1).
Pfennig doubled to left field, RBI (2-1); McCallister scored, unearned. Brunink
grounded out to p (1-0); Pfennig advanced to third. Boyd singled to right center,
RBI (1-0); Pfennig scored. Armstrong to p for Sikorski. Beckwith singled to right
field (2-2); Boyd advanced to third. TerVree singled to left field, RBI (0-0);
Beckwith advanced to second; Boyd scored. Wright singled to center field, advanced
to second on the throw, RBI (1-0); TerVree advanced to third; Beckwith scored.
Mertes singled to left field, RBI (0-0); Wright advanced to third; TerVree scored.
Katich to p for Armstrong. Lundberg reached on a fielder's choice, RBI, advanced to
second on an error by 2b (3-2); Mertes out at second ss to 2b; Wright scored,
unearned. McCallister grounded out to ss (1-0). 6 runs, 6 hits, 2 errors, 1
LOB.
Slippery Rock 7th - Neidrick singled to right field (1-1). Statzer grounded
out to p, SAC (0-0); Neidrick advanced to second. Reichl flied out to cf (3-1).
Neidrick advanced to third on a balk. Wolfe walked (3-1). Berner pinch ran for
Wolfe. Berner out at first p to 1b, picked off. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Grand Valley State 8th - Berner to dh. Pfennig walked (3-2). Brunink singled
to first base, bunt (1-0); Pfennig advanced to second. Boyd out at first p to 2b,
SAC (1-1); Brunink advanced to second; Pfennig advanced to third. Beckwith singled
to second base, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI (0-0); Brunink scored;
Pfennig scored. TerVree flied out to cf (0-1). Wright grounded out to 3b (0-0). 2
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Slippery Rock 8th - Stewart flied out to cf (0-0). Rowe grounded out to 2b
(0-1). Curry walked (3-1). Mollis walked (3-2); Curry advanced to second. Kozusko
struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Grand Valley State 9th - Mertes singled to right center (0-0). Lundberg
singled to second base, bunt (0-1); Mertes advanced to second. McCallister reached
on a fielder's choice (1-2); Lundberg advanced to second; Mertes out at third p to
3b. Pfennig lined out to rf (0-1). McCallister advanced to second on a balk;
Lundberg advanced to third on a balk. Brunink flied out to cf (0-2). 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Slippery Rock 9th - Finnerty to p for Bultema. Neidrick struck out swinging
(1-2). Statzer singled through the left side (3-0). Reichl singled to third base
(1-2); Statzer advanced to second. Pascarella pinch hit for Berner. Pascarella
grounded out to c (0-0); Reichl advanced to second; Statzer advanced to third.
Stewart doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI (0-1); Reichl scored; Statzer scored. Rowe
flied out to lf (1-1). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.