VMI vs Auburn (Mar 14, 2007)



News Box Score

                                  2007 AUBURN BASEBALL
                                 #30 VMI at #10 Auburn
                     Mar 14, 2007 at Auburn, Ala. (Plainsman Park)

VMI 8 (13-4)                                  Auburn 10 (18-3)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
RICE, Chad ss..............  6  2  1  1       Luke Greinke cf............  5  1  1  1
SMITH, Thane cf............  4  2  4  0       Ben Jones lf...............  3  0  3  1
YODER, A.J. 2b.............  3  1  1  1        Travis Coleman pr.........  0  0  0  0
 HESS, Justin 2b...........  1  0  0  0        Joseph Sanders lf.........  3  1  2  2
CRUMPLER, Robert 1b........  5  1  2  2        Bruce Edwards pr..........  0  1  0  0
VAN ES, Eddie rf...........  5  0  2  2       Josh Donaldson 3b..........  4  1  2  2
LITZ, Ryan dh..............  3  0  0  1       Mike Bianucci dh...........  5  1  0  0
 LOTTMAN, David ph/lf......  0  0  0  0       Robert Brooks 2b...........  4  1  1  0
FIELDS, Jacoby lf/p........  4  1  2  0       Andy Bennett 1b............  5  0  2  0
ROBERTS, Michael c.........  4  0  1  0       Ross Smith rf..............  2  0  0  1
BIAGINI, Tanner 3b.........  4  1  1  0        Josh Stapleton rf.........  2  1  0  1
BOWMAN, Michael p..........  0  0  0  0       Dustin Spruill c...........  5  2  4  0
 HENDERSON, Chris p........  0  0  0  0       Eric Skinner ss............  3  0  1  0
 BACHMAN, Corey p..........  0  0  0  0        Philip Stringer ss........  1  1  1  1
 CRUM, Kevin p.............  0  0  0  0       Austin Hubbard p...........  0  0  0  0
                                               Josh Blake p..............  0  0  0  0
                                               Johnny Thompson p.........  0  0  0  0
                                               Brett Butts p.............  0  0  0  0
                                               Chris Dennis p............  0  0  0  0
                                               Scott Shuman p............  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 39  8 14  7       Totals..................... 42 10 17  9

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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VMI................. 001 304 000 -  8 14  2
Auburn.............. 011 000 215 - 10 17  2
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Note: 1 out, 0 runners LOB when the game ended.

E - CRUMPLER, R.(4); FIELDS, J.(1); Donaldson(7); Skinner(8). DP - VMI 1; Auburn 1.
LOB - VMI 11; Auburn 13. 2B - RICE, C.(1); SMITH, T.(2); VAN ES, E.(3); Sanders
2(4); Spruill(4). HR - Donaldson(8). HBP - SMITH, T.; FIELDS, J.; Greinke; Smith. SF
- YODER, A.J.(1); LITZ, R.(2). SB - FIELDS, J.(1); Jones(1); Donaldson(6);
Brooks(7). CS - FIELDS, J.(1).

VMI                            IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOWMAN, Michael ...........   2.0  5  1  1  1  3   0  0  1  0   10 12   0  2  48
HENDERSON, Chris ..........   4.2  5  3  1  2  2   0  0  1  0   20 23   5  6  79
BACHMAN, Corey ............   0.1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    2  2   1  0   2
CRUM, Kevin  L,0-1.........   1.1  5  5  5  1  3   1  0  0  0    9 10   1  0  40
FIELDS, Jacoby ............   0.0  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0    1  1   0  0   4

Auburn                         IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Austin Hubbard ............   3.1  6  3  3  1  2   0  0  0  0   17 18   4  4  51
Josh Blake ................   1.2  2  1  0  0  1   0  0  2  0    5  8   1  2  22
Johnny Thompson ...........   0.1  4  4  2  0  0   0  0  0  0    6  6   0  1  19
Brett Butts ...............   1.2  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    4  5   3  1  15
Chris Dennis ..............   1.0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    3  3   1  1   6
Scott Shuman  W,4-0........   1.0  1  0  0  2  2   0  0  0  0    4  6   0  1  21

WP - CRUM, K.(1). HBP - by BOWMAN, M. (Greinke); by Blake (SMITH, T.); by Blake (FIELDS,
J.); by HENDERSON, C (Smith). PB - ROBERTS, M.(6); Spruill 2(5). Inherited
runners/scored: BACHMAN, C. 2/1; FIELDS, J. 1/1; Blake 2/2; Butts 2/1. Pitches/strikes:
BOWMAN, M. 48/29; HENDERSON, C 79/48; BACHMAN, C. 2/2; CRUM, K. 40/24; FIELDS, J. 4/3;
Hubbard 51/33; Blake 22/15; J. Thompson 19/14; Butts 15/12; Dennis 6/5; Shuman 21/9.

Strikeouts - VAN ES, E. 2; LITZ, R.; FIELDS, J.; BIAGINI, T. 2; Greinke; Bianucci 4;
Brooks 2; Stapleton. Walks - LOTTMAN, D.; ROBERTS, M.; BIAGINI, T.; Donaldson 2;
Brooks; Stringer.

Umpires - HP: Arthur Schmidt  1B: Ken Couch  3B: Darrin Padgent
Start: 3:00   Time: 3:30   Attendance: 1855

Game notes:
ID-482132
FIELDS, J. faced 1 batter in the 9th.
Game: AU21


Box Score

                              2007 AUBURN BASEBALL
                             #30 VMI at #10 Auburn
                 Mar 14, 2007 at Auburn, Ala. (Plainsman Park)

VMI 8 (13-4)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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RICE, Chad ss............  6  2  1  1   0  0  2  5   5
SMITH, Thane cf..........  4  2  4  0   0  0  1  0   0
YODER, A.J. 2b...........  3  1  1  1   0  0  2  3   0
 HESS, Justin 2b.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   0
CRUMPLER, Robert 1b......  5  1  2  2   0  0  6  0   1
VAN ES, Eddie rf.........  5  0  2  2   0  2  1  0   2
LITZ, Ryan dh............  3  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   1
 LOTTMAN, David ph/lf....  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
FIELDS, Jacoby lf/p......  4  1  2  0   0  1  3  0   1
ROBERTS, Michael c.......  4  0  1  0   1  0  8  1   0
BIAGINI, Tanner 3b.......  4  1  1  0   1  2  0  2   0
BOWMAN, Michael p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HENDERSON, Chris p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BACHMAN, Corey p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 CRUM, Kevin p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 39  8 14  7   3  6 25 12  11

Auburn 10 (18-3)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Luke Greinke cf..........  5  1  1  1   0  1  2  0   2
Ben Jones lf.............  3  0  3  1   0  0  1  0   0
 Travis Coleman pr.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Joseph Sanders lf.......  3  1  2  2   0  0  1  0   0
 Bruce Edwards pr........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Josh Donaldson 3b........  4  1  2  2   2  0  1  3   3
Mike Bianucci dh.........  5  1  0  0   0  4  0  0   2
Robert Brooks 2b.........  4  1  1  0   1  2  1  6   2
Andy Bennett 1b..........  5  0  2  0   0  0 10  0   1
Ross Smith rf............  2  0  0  1   0  0  3  0   0
 Josh Stapleton rf.......  2  1  0  1   0  1  1  0   0
Dustin Spruill c.........  5  2  4  0   0  0  6  0   0
Eric Skinner ss..........  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   2
 Philip Stringer ss......  1  1  1  1   1  0  1  1   0
Austin Hubbard p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Josh Blake p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Johnny Thompson p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Brett Butts p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Chris Dennis p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Scott Shuman p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 42 10 17  9   4  8 27 12  13

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
VMI................. 001 304 000 -  8 14  2
Auburn.............. 011 000 215 - 10 17  2
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Note: 1 out, 0 runners LOB when the game ended.

E - CRUMPLER, R.(4); FIELDS, J.(1); Donaldson(7); Skinner(8). DP - VMI 1;
Auburn 1. LOB - VMI 11; Auburn 13. 2B - RICE, C.(1); SMITH, T.(2); VAN ES,
E.(3); Sanders 2(4); Spruill(4). HR - Donaldson(8). HBP - SMITH, T.; FIELDS,
J.; Greinke; Smith. SF - YODER, A.J.(1); LITZ, R.(2). SB - FIELDS, J.(1);
Jones(1); Donaldson(6); Brooks(7). CS - FIELDS, J.(1).

VMI                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
--------------------------------------------------
BOWMAN, Michael.....  2.0  5  1  1  1  3 10 12  48
HENDERSON, Chris....  4.2  5  3  1  2  2 20 23  79
BACHMAN, Corey......  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  2   2
CRUM, Kevin.........  1.1  5  5  5  1  3  9 10  40
FIELDS, Jacoby......  0.0  1  1  1  0  0  1  1   4

Auburn                 IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
--------------------------------------------------
Austin Hubbard......  3.1  6  3  3  1  2 17 18  51
Josh Blake..........  1.2  2  1  0  0  1  5  8  22
Johnny Thompson.....  0.1  4  4  2  0  0  6  6  19
Brett Butts.........  1.2  0  0  0  0  1  4  5  15
Chris Dennis........  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  3  3   6
Scott Shuman........  1.0  1  0  0  2  2  4  6  21

Win - Shuman (4-0).  Loss - CRUM, K. (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - CRUM, K.(1). HBP - by BOWMAN, M. (Greinke); by Blake (SMITH, T.); by Blake
(FIELDS, J.); by HENDERSON, C (Smith). PB - ROBERTS, M.(6); Spruill 2(5).
Inherited runners/scored: BACHMAN, C. 2/1; FIELDS, J. 1/1; Blake 2/2; Butts 2/1.
Pitches/strikes: BOWMAN, M. 48/29; HENDERSON, C 79/48; BACHMAN, C. 2/2; CRUM, K.
40/24; FIELDS, J. 4/3; Hubbard 51/33; Blake 22/15; J. Thompson 19/14; Butts
15/12; Dennis 6/5; Shuman 21/9.
Umpires - HP: Arthur Schmidt  1B: Ken Couch  3B: Darrin Padgent
Start: 3:00   Time: 3:30   Attendance: 1855
Game notes:
ID-482132
FIELDS, J. faced 1 batter in the 9th.
Game: AU21


Play-by-Play

                              2007 AUBURN BASEBALL
                      #30 VMI at #10 Auburn - Play-by-Play
                 Mar 14, 2007 at Auburn, Ala. (Plainsman Park)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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VMI................. 001 304 000 -  8 14  2
Auburn.............. 011 000 215 - 10 17  2
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VMI starters: 4/ss RICE, C.; 20/cf SMITH, T.; 10/2b YODER, A.J.; 36/1b
CRUMPLER, R.; 32/rf VAN ES, E.; 25/dh LITZ, R.; 21/lf FIELDS, J.; 6/c ROBERTS,
M.; 24/3b BIAGINI, T.; 17/p BOWMAN, M.;
Auburn starters: 8/cf Greinke; 9/lf Jones; 4/3b Donaldson; 3/dh Bianucci; 5/2b
Brooks; 10/1b Bennett; 7/rf Smith; 14/c Spruill; 42/ss Skinner; 12/p Hubbard;

VMI 1st - RICE, C. lined out to lf (1-1). SMITH, T. singled to left
field (1-0). YODER, A.J. reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); SMITH, T. out at
first 2b to 1b. CRUMPLER, R. singled up the middle (2-0); YODER, A.J. advanced
to second. VAN ES, E. struck out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

Auburn 1st - Greinke struck out looking (3-2). Jones singled to left
field (2-1). Jones stole second. Donaldson walked (3-2). Bianucci struck out
(1-2). Brooks struck out (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

VMI 2nd - LITZ, R. grounded out to 3b (1-1). FIELDS, J. singled up the
middle (2-1). FIELDS, J. stole second. ROBERTS, M. popped up to rf (1-2).
BIAGINI, T. walked (3-0). BIAGINI, T. advanced to second on a passed ball;
FIELDS, J. advanced to third on a passed ball. RICE, C. flied out to rf (1-2).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Auburn 2nd - Bennett singled to right field (1-0). Smith grounded into
double play 2b to ss to 1b (0-1); Bennett out on the play. Spruill singled to
center field (1-2). Skinner singled to right center (2-2); Spruill advanced to
second. Greinke hit by pitch (1-1); Skinner advanced to second; Spruill
advanced to third. Jones singled to shortstop, RBI (3-1); Greinke advanced to
second; Skinner advanced to third; Spruill scored. Donaldson reached on a
fielder's choice (0-0); Jones out at second ss to 2b. 1 run, 4 hits, 0
errors, 3 LOB.

VMI 3rd - SMITH, T. doubled down the rf line (0-0). YODER, A.J. grounded
out to 2b (1-0); SMITH, T. advanced to third. CRUMPLER, R. grounded out to 2b,
RBI (2-1); SMITH, T. scored. VAN ES, E. reached on a throwing error by 3b
(0-1). LITZ, R. struck out (0-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Auburn 3rd - HENDERSON, C to p for BOWMAN, M.. Bianucci struck out
(1-2). Brooks walked (3-1). Bennett singled to right field (1-0); Brooks
advanced to third. Smith grounded out to 2b, RBI (0-2); Bennett advanced to
second; Brooks scored. Spruill singled (0-2); Bennett advanced to third, out at
home 2b to c. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

VMI 4th - FIELDS, J. singled through the right side (1-0). ROBERTS, M.
popped up to 2b (0-1). BIAGINI, T. singled to left center (0-2); FIELDS, J.
advanced to second. Blake to p for Hubbard. RICE, C. doubled down the lf line,
RBI (1-0); BIAGINI, T. advanced to third; FIELDS, J. scored. SMITH, T. hit by
pitch (0-1). YODER, A.J. flied out to rf to right center, SAC, RBI (0-0); RICE,
C. advanced to third; BIAGINI, T. scored. SMITH, T. advanced to second on a
passed ball; RICE, C. scored on a passed ball, unearned. CRUMPLER, R. grounded
out to 2b (1-2). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Auburn 4th - Skinner grounded out to ss (3-2). Greinke grounded out to
3b (2-2). Jones singled to first base (2-0). Coleman pinch ran for Jones.
Coleman advanced to second on a passed ball. Donaldson walked (3-0). Bianucci
struck out (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

VMI 5th - Sanders to lf for Coleman. VAN ES, E. struck out looking
(1-2). LITZ, R. grounded out to 3b (0-1). FIELDS, J. hit by pitch (0-0).
ROBERTS, M. singled to right field (0-1); FIELDS, J. advanced to second.
FIELDS, J. out at third p to 3b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Auburn 5th - Brooks reached on a fielding error by 1b, assist by 3b
(0-1). Brooks stole second. Bennett lined out to lf (3-2). Smith hit by pitch
(0-1). Spruill popped up to ss (1-1). Skinner reached on a fielder's choice
(0-0); Smith out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

VMI 6th - Stapleton to rf for Smith. J. Thompson to p for Blake.
BIAGINI, T. grounded out to 3b (0-0). RICE, C. reached on a fielding error by
ss (2-1). SMITH, T. singled to first base, bunt (1-0); RICE, C. advanced to
second. YODER, A.J. singled down the lf line (1-2); SMITH, T. advanced to
second; RICE, C. advanced to third. CRUMPLER, R. singled to right center, RBI
(1-2); YODER, A.J. advanced to second; SMITH, T. advanced to third; RICE, C.
scored, unearned. VAN ES, E. doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI (0-2); CRUMPLER,
R. advanced to third; YODER, A.J. scored; SMITH, T. scored. Butts to p for J.
Thompson. LITZ, R. flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (0-1); CRUMPLER, R. scored,
unearned. FIELDS, J. grounded out to 2b (1-2). 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.

Auburn 6th - HESS, J. to 2b for YODER, A.J.. Greinke popped up to 2b
(1-0). Sanders grounded out to 2b (0-2). Donaldson flied out to rf (2-2). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

VMI 7th - Stringer to ss for Skinner. ROBERTS, M. flied out to cf (1-0).
BIAGINI, T. struck out (1-2). RICE, C. flied out to cf (0-0). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Auburn 7th - Bianucci reached on a fielding error by lf, advanced to
second on the error (0-1). Brooks singled to right field (1-1); Bianucci
advanced to third. Bennett fouled out to lf (1-0). Stapleton reached on a
fielder's choice, RBI (1-0); Brooks out at second ss to 2b; Bianucci scored,
unearned. Spruill singled to right field (1-0); Stapleton advanced to third.
BACHMAN, C. to p for HENDERSON, C. Stringer singled, bunt, RBI (0-0); Spruill
advanced to second; Stapleton scored, unearned. Greinke lined out to lf (0-0).
2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

VMI 8th - Dennis to p for Butts. SMITH, T. singled down the rf line
(1-2). HESS, J. grounded into double play p to ss to 1b (0-0); SMITH, T. out on
the play. CRUMPLER, R. flied out to rf (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Auburn 8th - HESS, J. to 2b. CRUM, K. to p for BACHMAN, C.. Sanders
doubled down the lf line (0-0). Donaldson singled to left field (2-0); Sanders
advanced to third. Donaldson stole second. Bianucci struck out (2-2). Brooks
struck out, out at first c to 1b (1-2); Donaldson advanced to third on the
throw; Sanders scored on the throw. Bennett lined out to cf (0-0). 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

VMI 9th - Shuman to p for Dennis. VAN ES, E. singled to center field
(1-0). LOTTMAN, D. pinch hit for LITZ, R.. LOTTMAN, D. walked (3-1); VAN ES, E.
advanced to second. FIELDS, J. struck out, bunt (0-2). ROBERTS, M. walked
(3-0); LOTTMAN, D. advanced to second; VAN ES, E. advanced to third. BIAGINI,
T. struck out (2-2). RICE, C. grounded out to 2b (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 3 LOB.

Auburn 9th - Stapleton struck out looking (1-2). Spruill doubled to
right field (1-0). Stringer walked (3-2). Greinke singled to right center, RBI
(2-2); Stringer advanced to second; Spruill scored. Greinke advanced to second
on a wild pitch; Stringer advanced to third on a wild pitch. Sanders doubled
down the lf line, 2 RBI (3-2); Greinke scored; Stringer scored. Edwards pinch
ran for Sanders. LOTTMAN, D. to lf. FIELDS, J. to p. /  for CRUM, K.. Donaldson
homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-2); Edwards scored. 5 runs, 4 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.