USC-ECU Baseball Blog - Game 2
posted by Scott Hood on Saturday, February 23, 2008
8:50 - Grand slam for ECU off Bangs. The Pirates lead 11-3. Bangs is out, Wideberg is in.
8:40 - Bangs will have to work out of trouble here in the 5th. ECU has the bases loaded with no outs and they lead 7-3. There's a fly to short center. 1 out. Calvi is out.
8:30 - ECU adds a run in the 4th. They lead 7-3. We go to the bottom of the 4th.
8:20 - Disher strikes out badly, waving at two pitches well outside the strike zone. Hopper strikes out, too. We have a new pitcher for USC. Parker Bangs replaces Cooper on the mound. Cooper's line: 3 Inn, 6 hits, 6 runs, 0 K, 1 BB. USC committed three errors behind him. Let's see how Bangs does. First pitch is ripped into CF for a single. Ouch.
8:15 - Havens did it again. His solo HR leading off the 3rd cuts the deficit to 6-3. Darnell just singled. Smoak is up. He walks. Disher is up. This could become a tied game very quickly.
8:05 - ECU has scored 5 runs here in the top of the 3rd to take a 6-2 lead. Bases loaded triple and throwing error did the damage. Merrifield tried to make a shoestring catch but the ball skipped past him. Bad play by the freshman. He'll learn not to take such a risk the next time. ECU leads, 6-2, as we go to the bottom of the 3rd.
7:50 - Lail is gunned down trying to steal 2nd to end the bottom of the 2nd. USC leads, 2-1, going to the third.
7:40 - We've seen the first sign that everything is A-OK with Andrew Crisp. He made a diving stop on a grounder and flipped the ball behind his back to havens at second for the inning-ending forceout. What a play! USC leads 2-1.
7:30 - USC scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st. The first two batters, Reese Havens and White Merrifield, circled the bases but under different circumstances. Havens scored on a 4-base error by the ECU LF and then Whit Merrifield hammered a HR to LF. It's 2-1 USC as we go to the second.
7:10 - Cooper was one strike away from getting out of the inning but an error and double has given ECU a 1-0 lead. 6-3 for the third out. We go to the bottom of the 1st with ECU leading, 1-0.
7:05 - We're underway at SFF. L-7 for the first out. Cooper is pitching for USC. He looks strong here early in the first inning. He's throwing mostly strikes. Error by Darnell at 3B with 2 outs.
6:40 - We're back at Sarge Frye Field for Game 2 of the day-night DH. It will be hard to duplicate what USC did in Game 1. Buit ECU is throwing a true freshman, so we'll see. It could be another big game for the Gamecocks. Here is USC's starting lineup:
Havens - 6
Merrifield - 8
Darnell - 5
Smoak - 3
Disher - 2
Hopper - 7
Enders - DH
Crisp - 4
Lail - 9
Cooper - P
The most interesting thing about that lineup is the inclusion of Andrew Crisp. He appears recovered from back surgery. When we talked with him on Thursday, he felt he was ready to play. Hopper also gets his first career start in LF.
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9:55 - We're heading to the ninth inning of Game 2 with USC trailing, 13-3. USC has 4 errors in Game 2. They haven't played well at all at night. It looks like the rubber game of the series will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
8:50 - Grand slam for ECU off Bangs. The Pirates lead 11-3. Bangs is out, Wideberg is in.
8:40 - Bangs will have to work out of trouble here in the 5th. ECU has the bases loaded with no outs and they lead 7-3. There's a fly to short center. 1 out. Calvi is out.
8:30 - ECU adds a run in the 4th. They lead 7-3. We go to the bottom of the 4th.
8:20 - Disher strikes out badly, waving at two pitches well outside the strike zone. Hopper strikes out, too. We have a new pitcher for USC. Parker Bangs replaces Cooper on the mound. Cooper's line: 3 Inn, 6 hits, 6 runs, 0 K, 1 BB. USC committed three errors behind him. Let's see how Bangs does. First pitch is ripped into CF for a single. Ouch.
8:15 - Havens did it again. His solo HR leading off the 3rd cuts the deficit to 6-3. Darnell just singled. Smoak is up. He walks. Disher is up. This could become a tied game very quickly.
8:05 - ECU has scored 5 runs here in the top of the 3rd to take a 6-2 lead. Bases loaded triple and throwing error did the damage. Merrifield tried to make a shoestring catch but the ball skipped past him. Bad play by the freshman. He'll learn not to take such a risk the next time. ECU leads, 6-2, as we go to the bottom of the 3rd.
7:50 - Lail is gunned down trying to steal 2nd to end the bottom of the 2nd. USC leads, 2-1, going to the third.
7:40 - We've seen the first sign that everything is A-OK with Andrew Crisp. He made a diving stop on a grounder and flipped the ball behind his back to havens at second for the inning-ending forceout. What a play! USC leads 2-1.
7:30 - USC scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st. The first two batters, Reese Havens and White Merrifield, circled the bases but under different circumstances. Havens scored on a 4-base error by the ECU LF and then Whit Merrifield hammered a HR to LF. It's 2-1 USC as we go to the second.
7:10 - Cooper was one strike away from getting out of the inning but an error and double has given ECU a 1-0 lead. 6-3 for the third out. We go to the bottom of the 1st with ECU leading, 1-0.
7:05 - We're underway at SFF. L-7 for the first out. Cooper is pitching for USC. He looks strong here early in the first inning. He's throwing mostly strikes. Error by Darnell at 3B with 2 outs.
6:40 - We're back at Sarge Frye Field for Game 2 of the day-night DH. It will be hard to duplicate what USC did in Game 1. Buit ECU is throwing a true freshman, so we'll see. It could be another big game for the Gamecocks. Here is USC's starting lineup:
Havens - 6
Merrifield - 8
Darnell - 5
Smoak - 3
Disher - 2
Hopper - 7
Enders - DH
Crisp - 4
Lail - 9
Cooper - P
The most interesting thing about that lineup is the inclusion of Andrew Crisp. He appears recovered from back surgery. When we talked with him on Thursday, he felt he was ready to play. Hopper also gets his first career start in LF.
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