May 28, 2000

Recap

                        2000 STARKVILLE REGIONAL                         Notre Dame at Tulane         May 27, 2000 at Starkville, Miss. (Dudy Noble Field)
Notre Dame 10 (45-17)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB AvgKen Meyer dh.............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .333 Matt Bok ph/dh............ 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 .262Steve Stanley cf.......... 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .363Alec Porzel ss............ 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 6 0 .343Jeff Felker 1b............ 4 0 2 4 0 2 13 0 0 .303Kris Billmaier lf......... 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 .356 Ben Cooke lf.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224Brian Stavisky rf......... 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 .292Matt Nussbaum 2b.......... 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 6 3 .262 Jeff Perconte 2b.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205Paul O'Toole c............ 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 .288Andrew Bushey 3b.......... 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 .273J.P. Gagne p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Laird p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 John Corbin p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Totals.................... 38 10 13 10 7 11 27 18 9
Tulane 6 (38-22-1)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB AvgAndy Cannizaro ss......... 4 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .298Matt Groff cf/rf.......... 4 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 .292James Jurries lf.......... 3 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 .338Jake Gautreau 3b.......... 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 .388Steve Shirley 1b.......... 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 .362Jay Heintz rf............. 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .324 Jon Kaplan pr/cf.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .264 Aaron Feldman ph.......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200Mickey McKee 2b........... 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .322James Burgess dh.......... 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .325Nick Herz c............... 4 1 1 1 0 0 12 0 3 .256Dan O'Gara p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Nick Bourgeois p/dh....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Brandon Belanger p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167Totals.................... 35 6 10 6 6 3 27 5 11

Score by innings: R H E----------------------------------------------Notre Dame 000 001 441 - 10 13 3Tulane 320 001 000 - 6 10 1----------------------------------------------
E - M. Nussbaum 3(7), Herz(13).DP - Notre Dame 1. LOB - Notre Dame 9, Tulane 11.2B - Matt Bok(4), Alec Porzel(23), Jeff Felker 2(20), K. Billmaier(3), Paul O'Toole(8), A. Bushey(10), Burgess(3).HR - Jurries(12).SB - Alec Porzel(10), Cannizaro 2(20), Feldman(4). CS - Heintz(2).SH - McKee(3). SF - Jeff Felker(7), Jurries(2).
Notre Dame IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NPJ.P. Gagne.......... 2.0 6 5 5 2 1 11 13 4.29 42Matt Laird.......... 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 7 9 3.83 33John Corbin......... 5.0 3 1 1 3 2 17 22 4.21 98
Tulane IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NPDan O'Gara.......... 6.1 6 5 5 6 7 24 30 4.00 117Nick Bourgeois...... 1.0 4 4 4 1 0 6 8 5.82 27Brandon Belanger.... 1.2 3 1 1 0 4 8 8 3.99 29

Win - John Corbin 5-3. Loss - Bourgeois 1-2. Save - None.WP - Bourgeois(6). BK - John Corbin(1).HBP - by Matt Laird (Jurries).Umpires - Home:Dave Buck 1st:Bill Davis 2nd:Chuck Lyon 3rd:Rick HallStart: 7:05 pm Time: 3:28 Attendance: 1585
Game Notes:Game 5 of the 2000 Starkville Regional/Regional Semi-Final 2Game was delayed for 2 hours and 19 minutes in the bottom of the third dueto inclement weather...#3 Notre Dame will play #1 Mississippi State Sundayat 2:00 p.m. in the championship game...Tulane is eliminated.

Play-by-play

                       2000 STARKVILLE REGIONAL                         Notre Dame at Tulane         May 27, 2000 at Starkville, Miss. (Dudy Noble Field)
Score by innings: R H E----------------------------------------------Notre Dame 000 001 441 - 10 13 3Tulane 320 001 000 - 6 10 1----------------------------------------------
Notre Dame inning 1
Ken Meyer grounded out to 3b (2-2). S. Stanley walked (3-1). Alec Porzel flied out to cf (0-1). S. Stanley out at first p to 1b, picked off. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Tulane inning 1
Cannizaro walked (3-1). Groff singled up the middle (0-0), Cannizaro advanced to third. Jurries homered to left field, 3 RBI (1-0), Groff scored, Cannizaro scored. Gautreau struck out (3-2). Shirley singled through the right side (0-0). Heintz walked (3-2), Shirley advanced to second. McKee grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (0-0), Heintz out on the play. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Notre Dame inning 2
Jeff Felker struck out looking (1-2). K. Billmaier walked (3-0). B. Stavisky flied out to cf (0-0). M. Nussbaum flied out to cf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tulane inning 2
Burgess doubled to left center (0-0). Herz singled down the lf line, RBI (2-2), Burgess scored. Cannizaro singled to left field (1-0), Herz advanced to second. Groff reached on a fielder's choice (2-0), Cannizaro out at second ss to 2b, Herz advanced to third. Jurries reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-0), Groff out at second 2b to ss, Herz scored. Gautreau grounded out to 2b (3-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Notre Dame inning 3
Paul O'Toole flied out to rf (0-0). A. Bushey popped up to ss (1-1). Ken Meyer struck out (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Tulane inning 3
Matt Laird to p for J.P. Gagne. Shirley grounded out to ss (0-0). Heintz reached on a fielding error by 2b (1-2). Heintz out at second c to ss, caught stealing. McKee grounded out to ss (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Notre Dame inning 4
S. Stanley grounded out to 2b (2-2). Alec Porzel flied out to cf (0-0).
Jeff Felker struck out (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Tulane inning 4
Burgess singled to second base (1-1). Herz reached on a fielder's choice, bunt (0-2), Burgess out at second p to ss. Cannizaro reached on a fielder's choice (0-2), Herz out at second 2b to ss. Cannizaro stole second. Groff walked (3-1). Jurries hit by pitch (2-1), Groff advanced to second, Cannizaro advanced to third. Gautreau grounded out to 1b unassisted (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Notre Dame inning 5
K. Billmaier struck out (1-2). B. Stavisky walked (3-2). M. Nussbaum singled down the rf line (1-0), B. Stavisky advanced to third. Paul O'Toole struck out (2-2). A. Bushey walked (3-0), M. Nussbaum advanced to second. Ken Meyer reached on a fielder's choice (0-2), A. Bushey out at second 2b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Tulane inning 5
John Corbin to p for Matt Laird. Shirley walked (3-1). Shirley advanced to second on a balk. Heintz grounded out to p (1-2), Shirley advanced to third. McKee walked (3-2). Burgess struck out (1-2). Herz grounded out to ss (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Notre Dame inning 6
S. Stanley struck out looking (3-2). Alec Porzel singled to right field (1-2). Alec Porzel stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c. Jeff Felker doubled to left center, RBI (0-1), Alec Porzel scored. K. Billmaier walked (3-0). B. Stavisky struck out (3-2). M. Nussbaum grounded out to ss (1-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Tulane inning 6
Cannizaro singled to center field (3-2). Groff grounded out to 2b (0-2), Cannizaro advanced to second. Cannizaro stole third. Jurries flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-0), Cannizaro scored. Gautreau walked (3-2). Shirley grounded out to ss (3-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Notre Dame inning 7
Paul O'Toole walked (3-2). A. Bushey fouled out to 3b (1-1). Matt Bok pinch hit for Ken Meyer. Matt Bok doubled to center field, RBI (2-0), Paul O'Toole scored. S. Stanley singled to shortstop (0-1). Alec Porzel doubled to center field, RBI (0-1), S. Stanley advanced to third, Matt Bok scored. Bourgeois to p for O'Gara. Jeff Felker flied out to lf, SF, RBI (3-2), Alec Porzel advanced to third, S. Stanley scored. K. Billmaier doubled to center field, RBI (0-0), Alec Porzel scored. B. Stavisky grounded out to 3b (3-2). 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tulane inning 7
Heintz reached on a fielding error by 2b (2-2). McKee grounded out to p,
SAC, bunt (1-1), Heintz advanced to second. Kaplan pinch ran for Heintz. Bourgeois to p for Burgess. / for Bourgeois. Bourgeois grounded out to 2b (1-2), Kaplan advanced to third. Herz popped up to 2b (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Notre Dame inning 8
Groff to rf. Kaplan to cf. M. Nussbaum walked (3-0). Paul O'Toole popped up to c, bunt (0-1). A. Bushey singled to pitcher (1-2), M. Nussbaum advanced to second. A. Bushey advanced to second on a wild pitch, M. Nussbaum advanced to third. Matt Bok to dh. Matt Bok singled to center field, RBI (1-0), A. Bushey advanced to third, M. Nussbaum scored. S. Stanley singled to second base, bunt, RBI (0-0), Matt Bok advanced to second, A. Bushey scored. Bourgeois to dh. Belanger to p. Alec Porzel flied out to cf (0-0). Jeff Felker doubled to left center, 2 RBI (0-0), S. Stanley scored, Matt Bok scored. K. Billmaier struck out (2-2). 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tulane inning 8
Cannizaro singled to center field (2-2). Groff reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b (0-1), Cannizaro out at second ss to 2b. Jurries lined out to ss (3-2). Gautreau grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Notre Dame inning 9
B. Stavisky struck out looking (0-2). M. Nussbaum struck out looking (0-2). Paul O'Toole doubled down the lf line (1-2). A. Bushey doubled to center field, RBI (3-2), Paul O'Toole scored. Matt Bok struck out (1-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tulane inning 9
J. Perconte to 2b for M. Nussbaum. Ben Cooke to lf for K. Billmaier. Shirley grounded out to 3b (3-1). Feldman pinch hit for Kaplan. Feldman singled to shortstop (1-2). McKee flied out to rf (3-2). Feldman stole second. Bourgeois struck out (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Game Notes:Game 5 of the 2000 Starkville Regional/Regional Semi-Final 2Game was delayed for 2 hours and 19 minutes in the bottom of the third dueto inclement weather...#3 Notre Dame will play #1 Mississippi State Sundayat 2:00 p.m. in the championship game...Tulane is eliminated.