Wednesday, March 07, 2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Despite getting an early lead, the Lipscomb baseball team watched a ninth-inning solo home run sail over the left field fence giving San Diego a 3-2 comeback win on Tuesday afternoon at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium in Nashville.

Lipscomb (4-10) led San Diego (11-3) for the first seven innings of the contest thanks to a first-inning two-run bomb by senior left fielder M.L. Williams. The veteran got Lipscomb out to the 2-0 lead driving a 2-0 pitch over the fence that plated senior right fielder Lee Wilson, who led off the bottom of the first with an infield bunt single.

“M.L.’s home run was a great lift for us coming off a game last night where we fought back and had a chance in the end,” said Lipscomb head coach Jeff Forehand. “To get us off to that start is really important.  That was a big swing in the first inning to give us a lift. I feel like he’s really coming on with the bat.”

The Toreros first cut into the lead in the third inning when San Diego made freshman starter Will Blalock pay for a leadoff walk to make it a 2-1 game. That score held until the eighth inning when again an leadoff walk would come in to score after junior reliever Chris Nunn had worked a solid two and one-third innings in relief of Blalock.

That set the stage for the ninth inning with the score tied at two.  After getting the first out of the frame, senior southpaw reliever Gil Rehwinkel (2-2) gave up a pinch hit home run to Austin Green that sealed the win for the Toreros.

“Their pitchers are really good,” said Forehand. “We jumped out to a 2-0 lead and then put up eight zeros.  I think their pitchers had a lot to do with that. They’ve got some good arms out there.

“From our standpoint, I feel like Blalock competed and gave us a chance. Nunn came in and did a great job. Gil makes one bad pitch and the guy hit it. You have to give him credit for doing that.”

James Pazos (3-1) picked up the win for San Diego working a flawless final two innings including four strikeouts.

“It’s disappointing for our team,” said Forehand. “We play well and then we don’t have anything to show for it. We’ve got to be able to keep our heads up and push on to the next game.”

The Bisonss continue home action this weekend taking on Siena for a three-game set beginning with Saturday’s doubleheader slated for a Noon start at Dugan Field.


2012 Lipscomb Baseball
San Diego at Lipscomb
Mar 07, 2012 at Nashville, TN (Dugan Field)

San Diego 3 (11-3)

Player 

 ab 

  r 

  h 

rbi 

 bb 

 so 

 po 

  a 

lob 

avg 

DURAN, Julian 3b/2b 

.429 

BAILEY, Austin 2b 

.314 

   JOE, Connor ph 

.217 

   RASOR-THOMPSON, Vict ph/cf 

.400 

BRYANT, Kris cf/3b 

.426 

LeVIER, Corey lf 

.385 

HAUPT, Dillon c 

.378 

DANIEL, Andrew ss 

.333 

HAAR, Bryan 1b 

.370 

ROBINSON, AJ rf 

.231 

   HAGBERG, Lucas ph 

.333 

   HOTTA, Jon rf 

.250 

   GREEN, Austin ph/rf 

.500 

LECHICH, Louie p/dh 

.393 

   KELLER, Ryan p 

   SHANNON,, Jack p 

   YOUPEL, Nick p 

   MacNABB, Max p 

   PAZOS, James p 

Totals 

31 

27 

11 

 

  

Lipscomb 2 (4-10)

Player 

 ab 

  r 

  h 

rbi 

 bb 

 so 

 po 

  a 

lob 

avg 

WILSON, Lee rf 

.393 

MEHRING, Shawn dh 

.278 

WILLIAMS, M.L. lf 

.237 

MESSER, Zak 2b 

.263 

MOORE, Griffin 1b 

10 

.222 

   LOWERY, Zach ph 

.280 

SANDOVAL, Aaron ss 

.217 

ASHCRAFT, Tyson 3b 

.100 

   HUTCHINSON, Gray 3b 

.100 

HOSTETTLER, Logan c 

.136 

   STEWART, Taylor c 

.227 

COLEMAN, Ricky cf 

.294 

BLALOCK, Will p 

   NUNN, Chris p 

   REHWINKEL, Gil p 

Totals 

31 

10 

27 

 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E

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San Diego........... 001 000 011 -  3  7  0

Lipscomb............ 200 000 000 -  2  8  1

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E - BLALOCK(2). DP - LIP 1. LOB - USD 7; LIP 5. 2B - BAILEY, A(3); DANIEL, A(4); HOSTETTLER(2). HR - GREEN, A(1); WILLIAMS(1). SH - LeVIER, C.(2); MEHRING(2). SF - HAUPT, D.(2). SB - DANIEL, A(1). CS - STEWART(1).

San Diego  

ip 

er 

bb 

so 

wp 

bk 

hbp 

ibb 

ab 

bf 

fo 

go 

np 

era 

LECHICH, Louie  

5.0 

17 

18 

75 

4.50 


KELLER, Ryan  

0.2 

11 

2.70 


SHANNON,, Jack  

0.0 

12.00 


YOUPEL, Nick  

1.0 

14 

0.00 


MacNABB, Max  

0.1 

2.08 


PAZOS, James W,3-1 

2.0 

29 

1.26 

  

Lipscomb  

ip 

er 

bb 

so 

wp 

bk 

hbp 

ibb 

ab 

bf 

fo 

go 

np 

era 

BLALOCK, Will  

4.2 

18 

21 

80 

4.38 


NUNN, Chris  

2.1 

34 

8.31 


REHWINKEL, Gil L,2-2 

2.0 

22 

5.91 


Win - PAZOS, J. (3-1). Loss - REHWINKEL (2-2). Save - None. WP - BLALOCK(2). Pitches/strikes: LECHICH, L. 75/47; KELLER, R. 11/5; SHANNON, J. 5/1; YOUPEL, N. 14/9; MacNABB, M. 3/2; PAZOS, J. 29/18; BLALOCK 80/47; NUNN 34/20; REHWINKEL 22/17.

Umpires - HP: Stephan Hagan 1B: Chuck Pack 3B: Mike Thomas
Start: 4:06 pm Time: 2:46 Attendance: 297
Weather: 70 degrees, cloudy, Wind S20
SHANNON, J. faced 1 batter in the 6th.
NUNN faced 2 batters in the 8th.


 

Play-by-Play

 

2012 Lipscomb Baseball
San Diego at Lipscomb
Mar 07, 2012 at Nashville, TN (Dugan Field)

San Diego starters: 13/3b DURAN, J; 12/2b BAILEY, A; 23/cf BRYANT, K.; 28/lf LeVIER, C.; 20/c HAUPT, D.; 4/ss DANIEL, A; 24/1b HAAR, B.; 25/rf ROBINSON, A.; 21/p LECHICH, L.;

Lipscomb starters: 16/rf WILSON; 27/dh MEHRING; 18/lf WILLIAMS; 12/2b MESSER; 44/1b MOORE; 29/ss SANDOVAL; 10/3b ASHCRAFT; 19/c HOSTETTLER; 11/cf COLEMAN; 14/p BLALOCK;

San Diego 1st - DURAN, J grounded out to 3b (1-1). BAILEY, A flied out to lf (1-2). BRYANT, K. struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Lipscomb 1st - WILSON singled to second base, bunt (0-0). MEHRING grounded out to c, SAC, bunt (1-1); WILSON advanced to second. WILLIAMS homered to left field, 2 RBI (2-0); WILSON scored. MESSER grounded out to 3b (0-0). MOORE popped up to 3b (3-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

San Diego 2nd - LeVIER, C. singled to right center (0-0). LeVIER, C. advanced to second on an error by p, failed pickoff attempt. HAUPT, D. struck out swinging (2-2). DANIEL, A grounded out to p (1-2). HAAR, B. flied out to rf (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Lipscomb 2nd - SANDOVAL struck out swinging (1-2). ASHCRAFT struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (1-2). HOSTETTLER doubled to left field (0-0). COLEMAN struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

San Diego 3rd - ROBINSON, A. walked (3-1). LECHICH, L. grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1); ROBINSON, A. advanced to second. DURAN, J walked (3-0). BAILEY, A flied out to lf (0-1). BRYANT, K. singled to center field, RBI (0-1); DURAN, J advanced to second; ROBINSON, A. scored. BRYANT, K. advanced to second on a wild pitch; DURAN, J advanced to third on a wild pitch. LeVIER, C. grounded out to p (2-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Lipscomb 3rd - WILSON singled to left field (3-2). WILSON out at first p to 1b, picked off. MEHRING popped up to 1b (0-2). WILLIAMS struck out looking (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

San Diego 4th - HAUPT, D. flied out to cf (1-0). DANIEL, A doubled to left center (2-1). HAAR, B. struck out swinging (3-2); DANIEL, A stole third. ROBINSON, A. grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Lipscomb 4th - MESSER lined out to 3b (3-2). MOORE flied out to cf (1-0). SANDOVAL lined out to ss (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

San Diego 5th - LECHICH, L. singled to right field (2-2). DURAN, J grounded into double play ss to 1b (1-0); LECHICH, L. out on the play. BAILEY, A doubled to right field (0-2). BRYANT, K. walked (3-0). NUNN to p for BLALOCK. LeVIER, C. reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); BRYANT, K. out at second 2b to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Lipscomb 5th - ASHCRAFT struck out looking (3-2). HOSTETTLER struck out swinging (3-2). COLEMAN grounded out to ss (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

San Diego 6th - HAUPT, D. struck out swinging (2-2). DANIEL, A fouled out to 1b (0-0). HAAR, B. flied out to cf (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Lipscomb 6th - LECHICH, L. to dh. KELLER, R. to p. WILSON walked (3-0). MEHRING singled through the left side (1-1); WILSON advanced to second. WILLIAMS singled to right field (1-0); MEHRING advanced to second; WILSON advanced to third, out at third rf to 2b to 3b. MESSER grounded out to 2b (0-1); WILLIAMS advanced to second; MEHRING advanced to third. SHANNON, J. to p for KELLER, R.. MOORE walked (3-1). YOUPEL, N. to p for SHANNON, J.. SANDOVAL flied out to lf (1-0). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

San Diego 7th - HAGBERG, L pinch hit for ROBINSON, A.. HAGBERG, L flied out to cf (0-0). LECHICH, L. struck out swinging (1-2). DURAN, J struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Lipscomb 7th - HOTTA, J. to rf for HAGBERG, L. ASHCRAFT grounded out to 2b (1-2). HOSTETTLER singled up the middle (0-1). STEWART to c for HOSTETTLER. STEWART out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. COLEMAN singled to third base (3-2). MacNABB, M. to p for YOUPEL, N.. WILSON flied out to lf (1-1). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

San Diego 8th - HUTCHINSON to 3b for ASHCRAFT. JOE, C pinch hit for BAILEY, A. JOE, C walked (3-2). RASOR-THOMPS pinch hit for JOE, C. BRYANT, K. singled through the left side (2-1); RASOR-THOMPS advanced to second. REHWINKEL to p for NUNN. LeVIER, C. grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-0); BRYANT, K. advanced to second; RASOR-THOMPS advanced to third. HAUPT, D. flied out to rf, SF, RBI (1-2); BRYANT, K. advanced to third; RASOR-THOMPS scored. DANIEL, A struck out swinging (0-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Lipscomb 8th - PAZOS, J. to p for MacNABB, M.. DURAN, J to 2b. RASOR-THOMPS to cf. BRYANT, K. to 3b. MEHRING struck out swinging (2-2). WILLIAMS struck out swinging (3-2). MESSER struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

San Diego 9th - HAAR, B. flied out to rf (2-2). GREEN, A pinch hit for HOTTA, J.. GREEN, A homered to left field, RBI (1-1). LECHICH, L. grounded out to p, bunt (0-0). DURAN, J struck out swinging (0-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Lipscomb 9th - GREEN, A to rf. LOWERY pinch hit for MOORE. LOWERY flied out to cf (1-2). SANDOVAL struck out swinging (1-2). HUTCHINSON grounded out to 2b (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.