Good News Folks!!! Stephen Drew and Eddie Martinez-Esteve are both back in the lineup. Drew had flu-like symptoms and didn't play in yesterday's game. Eddie has been out for at least 6 weeks with a ham-string injury. Not sure at this point whether Eddie will be playing 3rd base or just batting. Eddie is FSU's top hitter with a .367 batting average.
Here's some more stats before last night's game...
Stat Highlights:
Batting Average
Team BA is .308 (up from .307
Martinez-Esteve .367
Richie .339
Balkcom .333
Drew .328
Doubles
Richie 22
Drew 17
Balkcom, Martinez-Esteve 15
Triples
Drew 8
McQuade 3
Sauls 2
Homeruns
McQuade 12
Richie 10
Martinez-Esteve 9
Runs
Drew 77
McQuade 67
Brown 59
RBIs
Richie 69
McQuade 54
Drew 49
Stolen Bases
Drew 32
McQuade 23
Sauls 13
ERA (minimum 25 innings)
Team ERA is 2.72 (down from 2.77)
Hodges 0.92
Simon 1.80
Davidson 2.35
Strikeouts
Peterson 100
M. Lynch 80
Davidson 72
Top of the 1st...
Drew hits a fly ball. McQuade walks and get's picked off 1st base... :rolleyes: Richie hits a fly ball and it's caught.
Trent Peterson is pitching for the Seminoles!
Bottom of the 1st
1st batter is struck out for South Alabama.
2nd batter 1-1... and he's struck out...
3rd batter 0-1, 1-2, 3-2, base hit.
4th batter 0-1, 1-2, and he's struck out.
Top of the 2nd
3 up and 3 down for the Noles.
Bottom of the 2nd
1st batter hits a fly ball and is caught by Blake Balkcom.
2nd batter - base hit and is safe at 1st.
3rd batter hits a ball and is out. 2 outs
4th batter gets a base hit. Runners now on 1st and 2nd.
5th batter hits a fly ball and Lonewolf McQuade catches it.
Florida State 0, South Alabama 1
Top of the 3rd
Chris Hart flies out.
Brian Zech just got hit by the ball and is on 1st base. Zech steals second.
Matt Sauls 3-0; 3-1; gets a base hit. Zech is out at 3rd.
Drew is up. Sauls steals second.
0-1 to Drew. Drew is out at 1st base... :rolleyes:
Bottom of 3rd
1st batter pretended he got hit and went to 1st base. Count is 3-2. And he's struck out.
2nd batter walks. :rolleyes:
3rd batter fly ball. Runners at the corners. Come on Noles - get serious!!!
4th batter hits a ball and Zech catches it and he's out.
5th batter hits an infield single and is safe at 1st. South Alabama scores and it's...
FSU 0, South Alabama 1
6th batter hits a single. And the runner who went home is
OUT!!! Blake Balkcom threw to home and beat out the runner!!!
So after 3 innings, it's
FSU 0, South Alabama 1
Top of the 4th
McQuade hits a fly ball that is caught...
Ritchie gets a base hit.
Brown strikes out.
Balkcom is struck out... :frown:
Bottom of the 4th
No runs on one hit.
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Top of the 5th
Eddie Martinez-Esteve gets a base hit...
Chris Hart 3-0... and Chris walks. Runners on 1st and 2nd!
Brian Zech is out.
Sauls 2-0 - 3-0 - 3-1 - bouncer to second and double play. Ugh :mad:
Not sure if the net boxscore is up to date , is it still 1-0 SA?
I think the Noles will pull it out, they will burst out and score a few runs!
SDSundevil Wrote:Not sure if the net boxscore is up to date , is it still 1-0 SA?
I think the Noles will pull it out, they will burst out and score a few runs!
No, unfortunately, South Alabama just hit a 2-run homer and it's South Alabama 3, FSU 0 :bang: If we lose this game today, we have to play tonight... :rolleyes:
Brian Zech just made a HUGE throwing error... :bang: 2 outs and a runner's on 3rd base. Get your *&% together NOLES!!! :bang: :bang: :bang:
Should be a good finish, sounds like SA is getting some great pitching.
ASU starts in 5 minutes, gotta find the internet feed, no TV coverage :frown:
SDSundevil Wrote:Should be a good finish, sounds like SA is getting some great pitching.
ASU starts in 5 minutes, gotta find the internet feed, no TV coverage :frown:
This game isn't on TV. No more tv coverage till tomorrow. South Alabama came to Tallahassee last season and the beat the Noles. We need the Nole bats to get real <span style='color:red'>HOT</span> !!!
Top of the 6th
Drew walks.
McQuade - 2-0... 3-0... 3-1... 4-1 and McQuade walks.
Ritchie 1-0... base hit into left field and Drew scores.
Brown bouncer to 2nd. McQuade is on 3rd and 2 outs.
Balkcom 1-0... Balkcom is out at 1st.
FSU 1, S. Alabama 3
Bottom of the 6th
Ritchie (FSU's catcher) guns out the SA base stealer at 2nd base for the 3rd out.
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This could be what youre waiting for!!
The SunDevil internet feed is out :bang: :mad: :mad: :crying:
Hopefully it comes up soon, ASU went 3 up 3 down in top of first NMSU is batting in the bottom of 1 the first batter struck out, this sucks if the feed doesnt come up
:devil: GO DEVILS!!
Top of the 7th
Basehit by
Eddie Martinez-Esteve. Wild pitch and Eddie steals second. :D
Chris Hart pops up and is out.
Zech hits a fly ball and is out.
Sauls walks.
Stephen DREW is up. Fly ball for Drew and it's caught... :frown:
Bottom of the 7th
Rhett James is coming in as pitcher for the Noles.
3 up and 3 down for South Alabama.
Top of the 8th
One out and Ritchie's on 1st.
Brown 3-0... 3-1 and 4-1 Brown walks. Ritchie's on 2nd and Brown's on 1st.
Balkcom 1-0... 1-1... 2-1... 3-1... (load up rag-arm) 4-1!!! Bases loaded!!!
Martinez-Esteve (they called a BALK and then overturned it.) boooooooo
Give 'em hell Seminole fans and the Animals of Section B!! 2-0 to Eddie. Here comes SA's coach. New pitcher for South Alabama. All the umpires went down into the dugout. Perhaps they need to read the rulebook and see that they made a mistake on the BALK!!! NCAA reps are heading into the dugout too. :eek: Chip Baker is explaining to someone what is going on. Wish they would hurry up and tell us.
Oh, they're talking about extra trips to the mound. The 3rd baseman went into his dugout while the new pitcher was warming up.
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Still the Top of the 8th
after a 28-minute delay...
Eddie Martinez-Esteve 2-0 count... bases loaded, one out... 2-1; 3-1; and they WALK him. And Ritchie scores!!! Noles 2, SA 3. Still only one out. Kevin Richmond is pitch running for Eddie!
Chris Hart is up!!! 0-1; Bases still loaded... 1-1; 2-1; chopper and South Alabama throws the ball away and 2 Noles SCORE!!!
Seminoles 4 South Alabama 3!!! The Fans are Cheering so loud it's hard to hear
Runners are on 1st and 3rd.
Seminoles get another run and I don't even know who was hitting. It's
Seminoles 5, SA 3
Sauls is on 1st. 2 outs.
Drew is hitting for the Noles. 0-2... chopper foul; 1-2... Drew out at 1st.
<span style='color:red'>Seminoles 5</span> South Alabama 3
Bottom of the 8th
Daniel "Hog" Hodges is pitching for the Seminoles.
1st batter is on base.
2nd batter... 1-1; 2-1; Noles are booing the home plate umpire. 2-2; base hit for South Alabama. Runners on 1st and 2nd.
3rd batter 0-1; 1-1; 2-1; 3-1; and he walks. Bases loaded.
4th batter 0-1; 0-2; 2-2; Strike OUT!!! One out.
5th batter 1-0; base hit. One run is in.
It's Noles 5, South Alabama 4.
6th batter 0-1; and he hits a looper and there's 2 outs, but the score is tied... at 5.
7th batter 0-1; 2-1; UGH ---- 3 run homer for South Alabama... :bang:
FSU 5, South Alabama 8 :rolleyes:
8th Batter pops up and that the end of this inning... thank GOD!!! :eek:
Sounds like the umps really screwed up, but the Noles overcame, now if your D holds up its all good!!!
Top of the 9th
Brown hits it off the wall. McQuade scores all the way from 1st. It's Seminoles 6, South Alabama 8.
Seminoles LOSE. :crying:
The Seminoles play again in about 45 minutes.