HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- A tight ball game ended with a scoring
flurry, as No. 1 seed Baylor defeated No. 3 Southern University,
10-3, after the Bears collected seven runs in the final three
innings. The victory allows Baylor to advance to the NCAA Regional
Final on Sunday at 1 p.m., while Southern faces Southern Miss
on Saturday at 7 p.m., with the winner playing Baylor in the
final.
With the game tied 3-3 in the top of the seventh, Micheal
Griffin gave Baylor (43-21) the advantage with a solo blast
over the left centerfield fence. The Bears increased the lead,
5-3, in the eighth, when Trey Webb scored on a wild pitch.
The scoring did not end there for Baylor, as the Bears collected
five runs in the top of the ninth. After subbing in at second
base, Kevin Reynolds highlighted the frame with a three-run
home run on his only at bat.
Finishing with 12 hits, Baylor featured four players with
two hits each, including David Murphy (2-for-3 with a run),
Josh Ford (2-for-5 with a run and an RBI), Mark Saccomanno
(2-for-4 with a run) and Trey Webb (2-for-4 with two runs and
two RBIs).
Southern (47-5) held a 2-1 lead after Marcus Townsend started
the fifth inning with a home run over centerfield. Baylor added
two runs in the sixth, when Kevin Sevigny doubled to left field
for two RBIs, scoring Reid Brees and Saccomanno.
The Jaguars' Joey Mouton knotted the game, 3-3, in the bottom
of the sixth, as his single up the middle plated Andrew Toussaint.
Steven White (8-4) collected the win for Baylor. He went 7.2
innings, gave up seven hits, three runs and five walks and
struck out five. Zane Carlson recorded his 10th save, going
1.1 innings, surrendering one hit and fanning three.
Emary Frederick (1-2) received the loss, as he came on in
relief, pitching one inning and was credited with giving up
one hit, three runs and one walk.
Post-Game Notes
Baylor
* Kevin Sevigny's double in the sixth inning was the 157th
double of the year for the Bears, tying the school record.
* Mark Saccomanno extended his hitting streak to 18 games.
* Steven White picked up his eighth win of the season, which moved him into
a tie for second place on Baylor's all-time victory list with 27 (tying 1999
Consensus National Player of the Year and 2002 National League Rookie of the
Year Jason Jennings).
* Zane Carlson was credited with his 10th save of the year, the fourth time
that a Baylor pitcher has recorded 10 or more saves in a season. Carlson holds
the school record with 15 and two other individuals have also accomplished
the feat.
* Today's win was the 43rd of the season for the Bears, tying the 1977 College
World Series team for the third-most in school history.
* With the victory, Baylor advances to a regional championship game for the
fourth time in five years (1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003). It is the third time
in those five years (1999 and 2001) that the Bears won their first two games
to advance to Sunday.
Southern
* Today marked just the fourth time this season that
Southern has given up double-figure runs in a game and just
the second
time they have lost a game when surrendering 10 or more runs.
* The Jaguars eight hits were compiled by eight different players. Only 1b
Kevin Vital failed to register a hit among the starters.
The Automated ScoreBook
#14 Baylor at Southern
5/31/2003 at Hattiesburg, Miss. (Pete Taylor Park)
Baylor 10 (43-21)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Durbin, C. cf............ 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
Murphy, D. rf............ 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0
Ford, Josh c............. 5 1 2 1 0 0 11 1 0
Griffin, M. 3b........... 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 3
Saccomanno 1b............ 4 1 2 0 1 1 7 1 0
Brees, Reid dh........... 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bennett, Ro. dh......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Webb, Trey ss............ 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 0
Witt, Paul 2b............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Clements, J. ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reynolds, K. 2b......... 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Sevigny, K. lf........... 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0
White, S. p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Carlson, Z. p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 10 12 9 6 4 27 6 8
Southern 3 (47-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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B. Mason dh.............. 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
A. Gray 3b............... 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0
R. Weeks 2b.............. 4 0 1 1 1 2 7 2 1
K. Vital 1b.............. 5 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 7
A. Toussaint lf.......... 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
F. Puebla ss............. 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
J. Mouton c.............. 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
A. Anderson c........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
M. Townsend rf........... 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 2
A. Ard cf................ 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0
D. Mouton pr............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Poret p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
E. Frederick p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
R. Moore p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Beasley p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 34 3 8 3 5 12 27 11 10
Score by Innings R H E
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Baylor.............. 001 002 115 - 10 12 1
Southern............ 001 011 000 - 3 8 4
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E - Ford, Josh(5); A. Gray 2(15); R. Weeks(13); A. Toussaint(2). DP - Bears
1; Jaguars 3. LOB - Bears 8; Jaguars 10. 2B - Sevigny, K.(4). 3B - Durbin,
C.(4). HR - Griffin, M.(11); Reynolds, K.(2); M. Townsend(7). HBP - Griffin,
M.; A. Gray. SH - Webb, Trey(5); Reynolds, K.(3). SB - B. Mason 2(10); R.
Weeks 2(31); A. Toussaint(8). CS - Griffin, M.(2).
Baylor IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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White, S............ 7.2 7 3 3 5 9 29 34 122
Carlson, Z.......... 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 5 6 27
Southern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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C. Poret............ 6.0 5 3 0 5 3 22 28 105
E. Frederick........ 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 6 6 23
R. Moore............ 1.0 1 3 3 1 0 3 6 12
A. Beasley.......... 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 5 5 16
Win - White, S. (8-4). Loss - E. Frederick (1-2). Save - Carlson, Z. (10).
WP - White, S.(9); R. Moore(2). HBP - by R. Moore (Griffin, M.); by Carlson, Z.
(A. Gray). Pitches/strikes: White, S. 122/70; Carlson, Z. 27/17; C. Poret
105/61; E. Frederick 23/16; R. Moore 12/5; A. Beasley 16/9.
Umpires - HP: John Magnusson 1B: Steve Ricciarini 2B: Ron Ridd 3B: Scott
Inman Start: 3:00 pm Time: 2:58 Attendance: 3684
E. Frederick faced 1 batter in the 8th.
R. Moore faced 3 batters in the 9th.
