May 31, 2002

Box Score

                     2002 NCAA South Bend Regional                      Kent State vs South Alabama                   May 31, 2002 at Notre Dame, Ind.
Kent State 4 (37-21)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB AvgEric O'Brien cf........... 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0Phil LoCascio 3b.......... 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2Chris Welsch 2b........... 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 3 5Pat O'Brien c............. 4 1 0 0 1 3 6 0 1Brady Glass ss............ 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Tom Martin rf............. 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0Casey Ellis 1b............ 3 1 2 1 0 0 7 0 0Chad Kinyon lf............ 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 3Eric Holick dh............ 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0Dirk Hayhurst p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shane Curry p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Galbreath p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gus Hlebovy p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals.................... 34 4 11 4 5 8 24 6 11

South Alabama 7 (42-17)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB AvgT.J. Touchstone cf........ 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 0Erik Smallwood rf......... 4 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 0Jansen Rayborn 1b......... 3 0 1 1 0 1 5 2 2 Ben Nelson 1b............. 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0Ryan Mulhern lf........... 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1Josh Touchstone 2b........ 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1Jason Gross dh............ 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Buck Pettus ph............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Shane Scoville c.......... 4 0 1 2 0 2 8 0 0Kevin Sytko 3b............ 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0Brett Parker ss........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 2Sam Smith p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bert Heath p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals.................... 35 7 12 7 5 6 27 12 9


Score by innings: R H E----------------------------------------------Kent State 022 000 000 - 4 11 0South Alabama 102 121 00 - 7 12 0----------------------------------------------
DP - Jaguars 1. LOB - G. Flashes 11; Jaguars 9.2B - Chad Kinyon(11); J Touchstone(15); S Scoville(13). 3B - Brady Glass(3).HR - E Smallwood(14).SB - Casey Ellis(4); Kevin Sytko 2(11).SF - Tom Martin 2(4).
Kent State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NPDirk Hayhurst....... 4.1 8 6 6 4 2 21 25 92Shane Curry......... 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 6 6 26Ben Galbreath....... 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 21Gus Hlebovy......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 14

South Alabama IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NPSam Smith........... 7.0 11 4 4 4 5 28 35 136Bert Heath.......... 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 6 7 30


Win - Sam Smith 9-1. Loss - D Hayhurst 8-4. Save - Bert Heath (2).WP - D Hayhurst 2(6); Shane Curry(5). BK - D Hayhurst(1).HBP - by Sam Smith (Casey Ellis).Umpires -Start: 7:05 pm Time: 2:58 Attendance: 963Sam Smith faced 2 batters in the 8th.

Play-by-play

                     2002 NCAA South Bend Regional                      Kent State vs South Alabama                   May 31, 2002 at Notre Dame, Ind.

Score by innings: R H E----------------------------------------------Kent State 022 000 000 - 4 11 0South Alabama 102 121 00 - 7 12 0----------------------------------------------
Kent State inning 1
E O'Brien struck out swinging (2-2). P LoCascio walked (3-1). Chris Welsch struck out looking (2-2). Pat O'Brien struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
South Alabama inning 1
T Touchstone singled to right field (0-0). E Smallwood flied out to lf (0-0). T Touchstone advanced to second on a balk. J Rayborn singled through the left side, RBI (2-2); T Touchstone scored. Ryan Mulhern fouled out to 1b (2-2). J Touchstone fouled out to 3b (1-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kent State inning 2
Brady Glass tripled to right center (1-2). Tom Martin flied out to rf, SF, RBI (1-1); Brady Glass scored. Casey Ellis singled down the rf line (1-1). Casey Ellis stole second. Chad Kinyon singled to right field, out at second rf to 1b to ss (2-2); Casey Ellis advanced to third. Eric Holick singled to left field, RBI (0-0); Casey Ellis scored. E O'Brien walked (3-2); Eric Holick advanced to second. P LoCascio out at first 1b to p (3-2). 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
South Alabama inning 2
Jason Gross flied out to rf (0-0). S Scoville grounded out to 3b, bunt (0-0). Kevin Sytko singled to shortstop (1-1). Kevin Sytko stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch. Brett Parker flied out to rf (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kent State inning 3
Chris Welsch singled up the middle (1-1). Pat O'Brien walked (3-2); Chris Welsch advanced to second. Brady Glass singled, bunt (0-1); Pat O'Brien advanced to second; Chris Welsch advanced to third. Tom Martin flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-0); Pat O'Brien advanced to third; Chris Welsch scored. Casey Ellis singled, bunt, RBI (0-1); Brady Glass advanced to second; Pat O'Brien scored. Chad Kinyon grounded into double play ss to 1b (0-2); Casey Ellis out on the play. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
South Alabama inning 3
T Touchstone flied out to lf (1-2). E Smallwood homered, RBI (0-0). J
Rayborn grounded out to 3b (1-1). Ryan Mulhern walked (3-1). J Touchstone doubled to center field, RBI (0-0); Ryan Mulhern scored. Jason Gross flied out to cf (3-1). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kent State inning 4
Eric Holick grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-2). E O'Brien walked (3-1). P LoCascio grounded out to 2b (2-2). Chris Welsch flied out to cf (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
South Alabama inning 4
S Scoville struck out (1-2). Kevin Sytko walked (3-1). Brett Parker flied out to rf (2-2). Kevin Sytko stole second. T Touchstone walked (3-2). E Smallwood singled up the middle, RBI (2-1); T Touchstone advanced to second; Kevin Sytko scored. J Rayborn struck out looking (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Kent State inning 5
Pat O'Brien grounded out to ss (2-2). Brady Glass singled up the middle (0-2). Tom Martin singled to center field (1-1); Brady Glass advanced to second. Casey Ellis reached on a fielder's choice (1-1); Tom Martin out at second ss to 2b; Brady Glass advanced to third. Chad Kinyon struck out (2-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
South Alabama inning 5
Ryan Mulhern walked (3-2). J Touchstone singled to left field (0-0); Ryan Mulhern advanced to second. Jason Gross popped up to 2b (0-2). J Touchstone advanced to second on a wild pitch; Ryan Mulhern advanced to third on a wild pitch. S Scoville doubled to left center, 2 RBI (1-1); J Touchstone scored; Ryan Mulhern scored. Shane Curry to p for D Hayhurst. Kevin Sytko struck out (2-2). Brett Parker grounded out to 2b (0-0). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kent State inning 6
Eric Holick singled down the lf line (2-2). E O'Brien fouled out to 1b (2-0). P LoCascio flied out to lf (0-0). Chris Welsch flied out to cf (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
South Alabama inning 6
Ben Nelson to 1b for J Rayborn. T Touchstone singled through the left side (2-2). T Touchstone advanced to second on a wild pitch. E Smallwood singled to right field, RBI (2-1); T Touchstone scored. Ben Nelson singled to third base (1-2); E Smallwood advanced to second. Ryan Mulhern struck out (1-2). B Galbreath to p for Shane Curry. J Touchstone popped up to 1b (1-2). Buck Pettus pinch hit for Jason Gross. Buck Pettus grounded out to 2b (1-0). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Kent State inning 7
Pat O'Brien struck out (1-2). Brady Glass grounded out to ss (1-1). Tom
Martin grounded out to ss (3-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
South Alabama inning 7
S Scoville struck out (2-2). Kevin Sytko grounded out to 2b (3-2). Brett Parker singled down the lf line, out at second lf to 2b (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kent State inning 8
Casey Ellis hit by pitch (0-1). Chad Kinyon doubled to right field (2-2); Casey Ellis advanced to third. Bert Heath to p for Sam Smith. Eric Holick struck out (2-2). E O'Brien struck out looking (1-2). P LoCascio walked (3-1). Chris Welsch grounded out to ss (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
South Alabama inning 8
Gus Hlebovy to p for B Galbreath. T Touchstone struck out (2-2). E Smallwood walked (3-2). Ben Nelson popped up to 2b (1-0). Ryan Mulhern popped up to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kent State inning 9
Pat O'Brien struck out looking (1-2). Brady Glass grounded out to ss (1-2). Tom Martin grounded out to ss (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sam Smith faced 2 batters in the 8th.