Notre Dame 6, West Virginia 2

Recap

Univ. of Notre Dame vs West Virginia (Mar 28, 2004)

Box score (NCAA)
                            2004 Notre Dame Baseball
                    #6 Univ. of Notre Dame at West Virginia
                Mar 28, 2004 at Morgantown, W.Va. (Hawley Field)

Univ. of Notre Dame 6 (17-3,3-0 BIG EAST)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Danny Dressman cf........  6  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   3
Steve Sollmann 2b........  2  2  1  2   3  0  3  6   0
Steve Andres lf..........  3  0  1  1   2  1  1  0   0
Matt Edwards 1b..........  5  0  2  1   0  0 13  0   0
Cody Rizzo rf............  4  0  0  0   0  3  1  0   6
Javi Sanchez c...........  5  1  1  0   0  2  7  0   0
Matt Macri 3b............  4  0  0  0   1  1  0  2   2
Matt Bransfield dh.......  4  0  1  0   0  2  0  0   2
Greg Lopez ss............  4  3  3  0   1  0  0  3   0
Grant Johnson p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 Joe Thaman p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Jeff Samardzija p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Ryan Doherty p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37  6  9  4   7 10 27 14  13

West Virginia 2 (8-13,0-3 BIG EAST)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Casey Bowling rf.........  5  0  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
Jake Serfass lf..........  4  1  1  1   1  1  0  0   2
Lee Fritz cf.............  5  1  3  0   0  0  1  0   0
Stan Posluszny dh........  4  0  1  1   1  1  0  0   4
Grant Psomas ss..........  4  0  1  0   0  0  3  2   1
Kurtis Clinton 1b........  4  0  0  0   0  1  8  0   2
Michael Christoforo 3b...  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  3   2
 Justin Richrds ph/3b....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Travis D'Amico c.........  3  0  1  0   0  0 11  1   0
 David Carpenter c.......  0  0  0  0   1  0  1  0   0
Doug Nelms 2b............  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  3   0
 Kyle Matuszek ph/2b.....  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
Travis McGrath p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Todd Dunham p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37  2  8  2   3  7 27 12  11

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Univ. of Notre Dame. 001 021 110 -  6  9  2
West Virginia....... 100 000 100 -  2  8  3
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E - Matt Macri(5); Greg Lopez(6); Jake Serfass; Christoforo; K. Matuszek.
LOB - IRISH 13; Mountaineers 11. 2B - Greg Lopez(8); S. Posluszny. HR - S.
Sollmann(2); Jake Serfass. HBP - Cody Rizzo; Bransfield. SB - S. Sollmann
2(5); Steve Andres(2); Matt Edwards(1); Greg Lopez 2(3); T. D'Amico. CS - S.
Sollmann(1).

Univ. of Notre Dame    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Grant Johnson.......  2.0  5  1  1  0  1 12 12  49
Joe Thaman..........  5.0  1  1  1  2  5 17 19  67
Jeff Samardzija.....  1.2  2  0  0  1  1  7  8  29
Ryan Doherty........  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1   3

West Virginia          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Travis McGrath......  6.0  7  5  4  5  8 25 30 109
Todd Dunham.........  3.0  2  1  1  2  2 12 16  61

Win - Joe Thaman (2-1).  Loss - T. McGrath (1-2).  Save - Ryan Doherty (5).
WP - G. Johnson(1); T. McGrath. HBP - by Todd Dunham (Cody Rizzo); by Todd
Dunham (Bransfield). Inherited runners/scored: Joe Thaman 1/0; Ryan Doherty 3/0;
Todd Dunham 2/1. Pitches/strikes: G. Johnson 49/30; Joe Thaman 67/41; J
Samardzija 29/16; Ryan Doherty 3/2; T. McGrath 109/65; Todd Dunham 61/31.
Umpires - HP: Robert Mancz  1B: Mike Rose  3B: Mark Schmidt
Start: 1:00 PM   Time: 2:53   Attendance: 607
G. Johnson faced 1 batter in the 3rd.
T. McGrath faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Game: WVU-3

Play-by-Play
                            2004 Notre Dame Baseball
             #6 Univ. of Notre Dame at West Virginia - Play-by-Play
                Mar 28, 2004 at Morgantown, W.Va. (Hawley Field)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Univ. of Notre Dame. 001 021 110 -  6  9  2
West Virginia....... 100 000 100 -  2  8  3
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Univ. of Notre Dame starters: 6/cf D. Dressman; 3/2b S. Sollmann; 36/lf Steve
Andres; 14/1b Matt Edwards; 17/rf Cody Rizzo; 15/c Javi Sanchez; 5/3b Matt Macri;
12/dh Bransfield; 4/ss Greg Lopez; 22/p G. Johnson;
West Virginia starters: 4/rf C. Bowling; 42/lf Jake Serfass; 34/cf Lee Fritz; 32/dh
S. Posluszny; 10/ss Grant Psomas; 24/1b K. Clinton; 3/3b Christoforo; 9/c T.
D'Amico; 5/2b Doug Nelms; 11/p T. McGrath;

Univ. of Notre Dame 1st - D. Dressman grounded out to p (2-2). S. Sollmann
walked (3-1). S. Sollmann out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Steve Andres
struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

West Virginia 1st - C. Bowling grounded out to p (3-2). Jake Serfass grounded
out to p (2-2). Lee Fritz singled through the left side (2-0). S. Posluszny doubled
to center field, RBI (0-0); Lee Fritz scored. Grant Psomas singled to shortstop
(2-1); S. Posluszny advanced to third. K. Clinton grounded out to 2b (0-1). 1
run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Univ. of Notre Dame 2nd - Matt Edwards singled to third base (0-0). Cody
Rizzo struck out swinging (1-2). Javi Sanchez struck out looking (0-2). Matt Macri
walked (3-0); Matt Edwards advanced to second. Bransfield struck out swinging (1-2).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

West Virginia 2nd - Christoforo popped up to 2b (2-2). T. D'Amico singled to
third base (2-2). Doug Nelms struck out swinging (0-2). T. D'Amico stole second. C.
Bowling reached on a throwing error by 3b (2-0). C. Bowling advanced to second on a
wild pitch; T. D'Amico advanced to third on a wild pitch. Jake Serfass grounded out
to ss (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Univ. of Notre Dame 3rd - Greg Lopez singled through the left side (0-0). D.
Dressman grounded out to 2b (1-1); Greg Lopez advanced to second. S. Sollmann flied
out to rf (1-1); Greg Lopez advanced to third. Steve Andres walked (3-1). Matt
Edwards reached on a fielding error by 3b (0-1); Steve Andres advanced to second;
Greg Lopez scored, unearned. Cody Rizzo struck out swinging (1-2). 1 run, 1 hit,
1 error, 2 LOB.

West Virginia 3rd - Lee Fritz singled to third base (1-1). Joe Thaman to p
for G. Johnson. S. Posluszny walked (3-2); Lee Fritz advanced to second. Grant
Psomas flied out to cf (0-0). K. Clinton out at first ss to 2b to 1b (0-0); S.
Posluszny advanced to second; Lee Fritz advanced to third. Christoforo grounded out
to 3b (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Univ. of Notre Dame 4th - Javi Sanchez popped up to ss (1-0). Matt Macri
fouled out to c (1-2). Bransfield struck out looking (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

West Virginia 4th - T. D'Amico grounded out to p (0-2). Doug Nelms struck out
swinging (2-2). C. Bowling grounded out to 2b (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Univ. of Notre Dame 5th - Greg Lopez doubled to left field (1-0). D. Dressman
out at first 3b to 2b (0-0); Greg Lopez advanced to third. S. Sollmann homered to
right field, 2 RBI (1-0); Greg Lopez scored. Steve Andres grounded out to 2b (1-1).
Matt Edwards singled to second base (1-0). Matt Edwards stole second. Cody Rizzo
struck out swinging (2-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

West Virginia 5th - Jake Serfass walked (3-0). Lee Fritz grounded out to 1b
unassisted (2-2); Jake Serfass advanced to second. S. Posluszny struck out looking
(3-2). Grant Psomas flied out to rf (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Univ. of Notre Dame 6th - Javi Sanchez singled to left field, advanced to
second on a fielding error by lf (0-1). Matt Macri grounded out to 3b (0-1); Javi
Sanchez advanced to third. Javi Sanchez scored on a wild pitch. Bransfield singled
to third base (2-2). Greg Lopez reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); Bransfield out
at second 2b to ss. Greg Lopez stole second. D. Dressman struck out looking (2-2).
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

West Virginia 6th - K. Clinton struck out looking (2-2). Christoforo struck
out swinging (1-2). T. D'Amico popped up to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Univ. of Notre Dame 7th - S. Sollmann walked (3-2). S. Sollmann stole second.
Steve Andres walked (3-1). Todd Dunham to p for T. McGrath. Steve Andres stole
second; S. Sollmann stole third. Matt Edwards grounded out to ss, RBI (3-1); S.
Sollmann scored. Cody Rizzo hit by pitch (2-1). Javi Sanchez struck out swinging
(1-2). Matt Macri struck out swinging (2-2). 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

West Virginia 7th - K. Matuszek pinch hit for Doug Nelms. K. Matuszek
grounded out to 2b (0-0). C. Bowling struck out swinging (1-2). Jake Serfass homered
to right field, RBI (2-1). Lee Fritz reached on a throwing error by ss (2-1). S.
Posluszny flied out to lf (1-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Univ. of Notre Dame 8th - K. Matuszek to 2b. Bransfield grounded out to 3b
(0-0). Greg Lopez singled up the middle (2-2). Greg Lopez stole second. D. Dressman
grounded out to 2b (2-1); Greg Lopez advanced to third. S. Sollmann walked (3-1).
Steve Andres singled to right field, RBI (1-1); S. Sollmann advanced to second; Greg
Lopez scored. Matt Edwards reached on a fielding error by 2b (0-0); Steve Andres
advanced to second; S. Sollmann advanced to third. Cody Rizzo reached on a fielder's
choice (2-2); Matt Edwards out at second ss to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3
LOB.

West Virginia 8th - J Samardzija to p for Joe Thaman. Grant Psomas grounded
out to 2b (2-2). K. Clinton grounded out to ss (3-1). J. Richards pinch hit for
Christoforo. J. Richards grounded out to 2b (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Univ. of Notre Dame 9th - J. Richards to 3b. D. Carpenter to c for T.
D'Amico. Javi Sanchez grounded out to 2b (0-1). Matt Macri popped up to c (2-2).
Bransfield hit by pitch (0-0). Greg Lopez walked (3-1); Bransfield advanced to
second. D. Dressman flied out to cf (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

West Virginia 9th - D. Carpenter walked (3-0). K. Matuszek reached on a
fielder's choice (3-1); D. Carpenter out at second 3b to 2b. C. Bowling singled up
the middle (0-1); K. Matuszek advanced to second. Jake Serfass struck out swinging
(1-2). Lee Fritz singled to second base (0-1); C. Bowling advanced to second; K.
Matuszek advanced to third. Ryan Doherty to p for J Samardzija. S. Posluszny flied
out to cf (1-1). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Plate appearance breakdown

                                                      2004 Notre Dame Baseball
                                #6 Univ. of Notre Dame at West Virginia - Plate Appearance Breakdown
                                          Mar 28, 2004 at Morgantown, W.Va. (Hawley Field)

                                             Univ. of Notre Dame 6 (17-3,3-0 BIG EAST)

                  ----Plate appearances---   vs    vs   RBI   With  Adv   With  Lead Bases Runnr Rnrs Rnrs 2out  Gnd  Fly
Player            TPA AB  H BB HP SH SF CI  Left Right  Ops  Runrs  Ops  2outs  Off%  Full On3rd  Adv  LOB  RBI  Out  Out
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D. Dressman cf....  6  6  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-6   0-4   0-5   3-5   0-2   0-1   0-0   0-0     3    3    0    4    1
S. Sollmann 2b....  5  2  1  3  0  0  0  0  0-0   1-2   1-2   1-2   2-2   0-0   1-1   0-0   1-1     1    0    0    0    1
Steve Andres lf...  5  3  1  2  0  0  0  0  0-0   1-3   1-1   1-1   1-1   1-2   0-0   0-0   0-0     0    0    1    1    0
Matt Edwards 1b...  5  5  2  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   2-5   0-3   0-3   3-3   1-3   1-1   0-0   1-1     1    0    0    1    0
Cody Rizzo rf.....  5  4  0  0  1  0  0  0  0-0   0-4   0-3   0-4   0-4   0-3   0-0   0-1   0-0     0    6    0    1    0
Javi Sanchez c....  5  5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   1-5   0-1   0-2   0-2   0-0   1-3   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    1    1
Matt Macri 3b.....  5  4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-4   0-2   0-2   2-3   0-1   0-0   0-0   0-0     1    2    0    1    2
Bransfield dh.....  5  4  1  0  1  0  0  0  0-0   1-4   0-1   0-1   0-1   0-2   0-1   0-0   0-0     0    2    0    1    0
Greg Lopez ss.....  5  4  3  1  0  0  0  0  0-0   3-4   0-0   0-1   1-2   0-0   2-2   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    1    0
G. Johnson p......  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    0    0
Joe Thaman p......  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    0    0
J Samardzija p....  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    0    0
Ryan Doherty p....  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    0    0
Totals............ 46 37  9  7  2  0  0  0  0-0   9-37  2-17  2-21 12-23  2-13  5-9   0-1   2-2     6   13    1   11    5

                     ------Batters faced-----                     vs    vs   With  With  Lead  Gnd  Fly
Univ. of Notre Dame   BF AB  H BB HP SH SF CI 2B 3B HR WP BK KL  Left Right Runrs 2outs  Off%  Out  Out  NP
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G. Johnson..........  12 12  5  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  1-4   4-8   2-6   3-6   1-3     4    1  49
Joe Thaman..........  19 17  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  2  1-3   0-14  0-7   1-7   1-4     6    4  67
J Samardzija........   8  7  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-2   2-5   2-4   1-2   1-2     4    0  29
Ryan Doherty........   1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-1   0-0   0-1   0-1   0-0     0    1   3


                                                      2004 Notre Dame Baseball
                                #6 Univ. of Notre Dame at West Virginia - Plate Appearance Breakdown
                                          Mar 28, 2004 at Morgantown, W.Va. (Hawley Field)

                                                West Virginia 2 (8-13,0-3 BIG EAST)

                  ----Plate appearances---   vs    vs   RBI   With  Adv   With  Lead Bases Runnr Rnrs Rnrs 2out  Gnd  Fly
Player            TPA AB  H BB HP SH SF CI  Left Right  Ops  Runrs  Ops  2outs  Off%  Full On3rd  Adv  LOB  RBI  Out  Out
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C. Bowling rf.....  5  5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0-2   1-3   0-1   1-2   1-2   0-2   0-1   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    2    0
Jake Serfass lf...  5  4  1  1  0  0  0  0  1-1   0-3   0-2   0-2   0-2   1-2   1-1   0-0   0-0     0    2    1    2    0
Lee Fritz cf......  5  5  3  0  0  0  0  0  0-2   3-3   1-1   1-2   2-2   2-3   1-1   0-0   0-0     1    0    0    1    0
S. Posluszny dh...  5  4  1  1  0  0  0  0  0-2   1-2   0-2   1-4   2-5   1-3   0-0   0-1   0-0     0    4    1    0    2
Grant Psomas ss...  4  4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0-2   1-2   1-3   1-3   1-3   1-2   0-1   0-0   0-0     0    1    0    1    2
K. Clinton 1b.....  4  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-2   0-2   0-2   0-2   1-2   0-1   0-1   0-0   0-0     2    2    0    3    0
Christoforo 3b....  3  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-2   0-1   0-1   0-1   0-1   0-1   0-1   0-0   0-0     0    2    0    1    1
J. Richards ph/3b.  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-1   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-1   0-0   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    1    0
T. D'Amico c......  3  3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0-2   1-1   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-1   0-1   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    1    1
D. Carpenter c....  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   1-1   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    0    0
Doug Nelms 2b.....  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-1   0-1   0-0   0-1   0-1   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    0    0
K. Matuszek ph/2b.  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-1   0-1   0-0   0-1   0-1   0-0   0-1   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    2    0
T. McGrath p......  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    0    0
Todd Dunham p.....  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0   0-0     0    0    0    0    0
Totals............ 40 37  8  3  0  0  0  0  1-17  7-20  2-12  4-18  7-19  5-16  3-9   0-1   0-0     3   11    2   14    6

                     ------Batters faced-----                     vs    vs   With  With  Lead  Gnd  Fly
West Virginia         BF AB  H BB HP SH SF CI 2B 3B HR WP BK KL  Left Right Runrs 2outs  Off%  Out  Out  NP
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T. McGrath..........  30 25  7  5  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  1  0  3  0-6   7-19  1-13  1-8   5-7     6    3 109
Todd Dunham.........  16 12  2  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1-3   1-9   1-8   1-5   0-2     5    2  61


Line score

Univ. of Notre Dame 6, West Virginia 2 (Mar 28, 2004 at Morgantown, W.Va.)
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Univ. of Notre Dame. 001 021 110  -  6  9  2      (17-3, 3-0 BIG EAST)
West Virginia....... 100 000 100  -  2  8  3      (8-13, 0-3 BIG EAST)
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Pitchers: Univ. of Notre Dame - G. Johnson; Joe Thaman(3); J Samardzija(8); Ryan Doherty(9).
West Virginia - T. McGrath; Todd Dunham(7).
Win-Joe Thaman(2-1)  Save-Ryan Doherty(5)  Loss-T. McGrath(1-2)  T-2:53  A-607
HR NOTRDAME - S. Sollmann (2).
HR WVU - Jake Serfass.
G. Johnson faced 1 batter in the 3rd.
T. McGrath faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Game: WVU-3