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Friday - June 1, 2007
Austin Regional, Day 1
In the first game of the day, UC Irvine jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. The line:
| R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| UC Irvine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | x | - | 13 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
Wake Forest actually loaded the bases in the top of the first inning but could not capitalize. Wes Etheridge pitched a great game for UC Irvine, giving up only 4 hits while walking 4 and striking out 10 (!) over 8 innings. He threw 126 pitches by my count. Christian Bergman pitched the 9th for the Anteaters and threw a 1-2-3 inning to end the game. The offensive stars for UC Irvine were Taylor Holiday who went 3-for-3 and scored 3 and Bryan Petersen who went 2-for-3 with 2 walks and 3 runs scored.
In the second game of the day, Brown put up a good fight but could not hold on and Texas came away with the win. The line:
| R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
| Texas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | x | - | 8 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||
Kyle Russell hit the first pitch he saw off the lf foul pole. I think the ball hit about one-third of the way from the top. Wow. Alas, the Horns gave up two in the 4th and seemed unable to get anything going against the Brown starter (Jeff Dietz). Until the 6th inning, when Chais Fuller hit his second home run of the year (also his 2nd at Dell Diamond!) to give the Horns the lead for good. James Russell started for the Horns and gave up the 2 runs on 7 hits with a strikeout in 4 innings. He did not have a great day. Joseph Krebs went 3.1 innings, gave up 2 hits and struck out 7. Randy Boone pitched the final 1.2 innings, gave up 2 hits and struck out 5. All of the outs on Randy's watch came via the strikeout. Texas pitching did not give up any walks, although James and Joseph each hit one batter. Everyone in the Texas lineup hit at least once except for Jordan Danks (who did reach on a walk and score in the 8th). Travis Tucker went 4-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Texas had a tough time getting going offensively but they kept at it and once they struck, the floodgates opened. It was a good day.
Full game report coming shortly.
In tomorrow's action, Wake Forest and Brown meet at noon. Texas and UC Irvine play at 6.
Posted by Joanna at 11:56 PM