USC 5, No. 22 Mississippi State 4
March 12, 2004.

Recap

                           2004 USC Trojans Baseball
                      USC Trojans at #22 Mississippi State
              Mar 12, 2004 at Starkville, Miss. (Dudy Noble Field)

USC Trojans 5 (6-9)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Michael Moon 3b.......... 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Blake Sharpe ss.......... 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 Joey Metropoulos 1b...... 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 Jeff Clement c........... 3 1 1 0 1 1 12 0 1 Baron Frost lf........... 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Daniel Perales cf........ 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 Jon Brewster dh.......... 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 Billy Hart rf............ 3 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 Hector Estrella 2b....... 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Paschal ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Rafael Torres 2b........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Ian Kennedy p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Clayton Wentworth p..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Rummonds p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bret Butler p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 34 5 10 4 2 8 27 5 6

Mississippi State 4 (9-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Jeffrey Rea 2b........... 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 Steve Gendron ss......... 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 Brad Corley rf........... 5 0 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 Craig Tatum c............ 5 0 1 1 0 2 8 2 2 Brian LaNinfa dh......... 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 Thomas Berkery 3b........ 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 Brad Jones 1b............ 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 0 Joseph Hunter cf......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Jeff Butts lf............ 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 Jamie Gant p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Todd Doolittle p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 37 4 9 3 3 13 27 12 10

Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- USC Trojans......... 012 100 001 - 5 10 1 Mississippi State... 000 010 102 - 4 9 0 -------------------------------------------

E - Sharpe. DP - USC Trojans 1. LOB - USC Trojans 6; Miss. State 10. 2B - Moon; Metropoulos; Clement; Rea; Gendron. 3B - Frost. HBP - Estrella; Jones, B. SH - Hart. CS - Moon; Clement.

USC Trojans IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Ian Kennedy......... 6.2 5 1 1 2 9 25 28 Clayton Wentworth... 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 7 7 Josh Rummonds....... 0.0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 Bret Butler......... 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 4 4

Mississippi State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Jamie Gant.......... 8.0 9 4 3 1 7 31 33 Todd Doolittle...... 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 3 5

Win - Kennedy (3-0). Loss - Gant (2-1). Save - Butler (1). WP - Wentworth; Rummonds 2; Gant 2; Doolittle. HBP - by Kennedy (Jones, B); by Gant (Estrella). BK - Gant. PB - Tatum. Umpires - HP: Owen Butts 1B: Rickey Armstrong 3B: Scott Clin Start: 4:02 Time: 2:51 Attendance: 6102 Rummonds faced 2 batters in the 9th. Game: 031104

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Play-by-Play 2004 USC Trojans Baseball USC Trojans at #22 Mississippi State - Play-by-Play Mar 12, 2004 at Starkville, Miss. (Dudy Noble Field)

Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- USC Trojans......... 012 100 001 - 5 10 1 Mississippi State... 000 010 102 - 4 9 0 -------------------------------------------

USC Trojans starters: 4/3b Moon; 20/ss Sharpe; 21/1b Metropoulos; 24/c Clement; 3/lf Frost; 12/cf Perales; 47/dh Brewster; 13/rf Hart; 14/2b Estrella; 31/p Kennedy; Mississippi State starters: 7/2b Rea; 8/ss Gendron; 26/rf Corley; 39/c Tatum; 31/dh LaNinfa; 20/3b Berkery; 23/1b Jones, B; 5/cf Hunter; 2/lf Butts; 11/p Gant;

USC Trojans 1st - Moon flied out to lf. Sharpe flied out to rf. Metropoulos grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mississippi State 1st - Rea walked. Gendron flied out to lf. Corley singled to left field; Rea advanced to second. Tatum struck out swinging. LaNinfa struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

USC Trojans 2nd - Clement doubled to right center. Clement advanced to third on a passed ball. Frost grounded out to ss, RBI; Clement scored, unearned. Perales struck out looking. Brewster struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mississippi State 2nd - Berkery grounded out to ss. Jones, B struck out looking. Hunter struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

USC Trojans 3rd - Hart singled to left field. Estrella grounded out to 2b; Hart advanced to second. Moon singled to right field; Hart advanced to third. Moon advanced to second on a balk; Hart scored on a balk. Moon out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. Sharpe singled to center field. Sharpe advanced to second on a wild pitch. Metropoulos doubled down the rf line, RBI; Sharpe scored. Clement struck out swinging. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mississippi State 3rd - Butts singled to left field. Rea singled to center field; Butts advanced to second. Gendron flied out to rf. Corley struck out swinging. Tatum struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

USC Trojans 4th - Frost flied out to rf. Perales singled to center field. Brewster struck out swinging. Hart singled to center field; Perales advanced to second. Estrella singled to center field, RBI; Hart advanced to second; Perales scored. Moon reached on a fielder's choice; Estrella advanced to second; Hart out at third 3b unassisted. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Mississippi State 4th - LaNinfa struck out swinging. Berkery walked. Jones, B hit by pitch; Berkery advanced to second. Hunter flied out to cf. Butts flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

USC Trojans 5th - Sharpe flied out to cf. Metropoulos struck out swinging. Clement popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mississippi State 5th - Rea doubled to left center. Gendron struck out looking. Corley flied out to rf. Tatum singled to left field, RBI; Rea scored. LaNinfa struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

USC Trojans 6th - Frost tripled to right center. Perales grounded out to 2b. Brewster grounded out to 3b. Hart struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mississippi State 6th - Berkery flied out to rf. Jones, B flied out to cf. Hunter flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

USC Trojans 7th - Estrella hit by pitch. Estrella advanced to second on a wild pitch. Moon out at first 1b to p; Estrella advanced to third. Sharpe struck out swinging. Metropoulos flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mississippi State 7th - Butts out at first 1b to p. Rea flied out to rf. Wentworth to p for Kennedy. Gendron doubled to right field. Gendron advanced to third on a wild pitch. Corley singled to left field, RBI; Gendron scored. Tatum reached on a fielder's choice; Corley advanced to second on a throwing error by ss. LaNinfa struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

USC Trojans 8th - Clement walked. Clement out at second c to 2b to 1b to ss, caught stealing. Frost grounded out to ss. Perales flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mississippi State 8th - Berkery struck out looking. Jones, B grounded out to ss. Hunter lined out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

USC Trojans 9th - Doolittle to p for Gant. Brewster walked. Hart out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; Brewster advanced to second. Paschal pinch hit for Estrella. Paschal struck out looking. Moon doubled down the lf line, RBI; Brewster scored. Moon advanced to third on a wild pitch. Sharpe flied out to rf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mississippi State 9th - Torres to 2b for Paschal. Rummonds to p for Wentworth. Butts struck out, reached first on a wild pitch. Butts advanced to second on a wild pitch. Rea walked. Butler to p for Rummonds. Gendron singled to right field; Rea advanced to second; Butts advanced to third. Corley singled to left field, RBI; Gendron advanced to second; Rea advanced to third; Butts scored. Tatum grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Corley out on the play; Gendron advanced to third; Rea scored. LaNinfa struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.