South Alabama vs. Tennessee Tech
2015 NCAA Softball Tournament

5/16/2015
Jane B. Moore Field (Auburn, Ala.)



Final Stats






South Alabama
(40-12)
9
Tennessee Tech
(33-28)
3
Win - Brown, D. (12-5).
Loss - KETCHUM (1-2).
Save - None.


Umpires - HP: Ron Alexander; 1B: Tanya Garig; 2B: ; 3B: Kevin Davis.
Start: 5:52 pm. Duration: 2:32. Attendance: 1714
Weather: .


Official Box Score - Final
South Alabama at Tennessee Tech
5/16/2015 at Jane B. Moore Field (Auburn, Ala.)


South Alabama 9 (40-12)

Playerabrhrbibbkpoalob
Messer, E. 3b421010021
Todd, K, 2b221020200
Pilkington c5000001112
Rathburn, C. dp310011001
Jones, G. pr010000000
Griffith, K. ss301010310
Minahan, A. cf322400010
Johnson, B. lf211121100
Herron, A. 1b100011320
Foster, K. ph100000000
Linn, A. rf100001002
Lowe, H. ph/rf201111003
Totals27976952179
Tennessee Tech 3 (33-28)

Playerabrhrbibbkpoalob
SAKAMOTO cf301000300
NEEB ss311101300
ELDRIDGE 2b301102153
RICHARDS dp301001000
PEREZ pr000000000
BENNETT rf311101110
CRUSE 1b300001500
FRY 3b311001321
KENNEDY c300001410
TAYLOR lf300003100
Totals27363112194


Score by Innings1234567RHELOB
South Alabama10022409719
Tennessee Tech12000003604


E - Todd, K, ; DP - South Alabama 0; Tennessee Tech 1.
RBI - Minahan, A. 4 (36) ; Johnson, B. (28) ; Lowe, H. (12) ; NEEB (21) ; ELDRIDGE (34) ; BENNETT (48) ; 3B - Minahan, A. (5) ; HR - Minahan, A. (7) ; BENNETT (17) ; KL - ELDRIDGE ; FRY ; HBP - Todd, K, (3) ; Minahan, A. (6) ; Herron, A. (6) ; SAKAMOTO (14) ; LOB - South Alabama 9; Tennessee Tech 4.


South Alabamaiphrerbbkbfabnp
McGill, K. 1.253101111037
Brown, D. 5.1100010171772

Tennessee Techiphrerbbkbfabnp
KETCHUM 4.1455622416102
LIBERATORE 2.234433151173

Win - Brown, D. (12-5). Loss - KETCHUM (1-2). Save - None.
WP - KETCHUM 3 (8) ; LIBERATORE (9) ; HB - McGill, K. (16) ; KETCHUM 2 (6) ; LIBERATORE (9) ; BK - KETCHUM 2 (8) ; PB - Pilkington 2 ;
Inherited runners/scored - Brown, D. 3/0; LIBERATORE 3/1; Groundouts/Flyouts - McGill, K. 3/0; Brown, D. 3/3; KETCHUM 4/6; LIBERATORE 1/4; PItches/strikes - McGill, K. 37/25; Brown, D. 72/51; KETCHUM 102/52; LIBERATORE 73/45;

Umpires - HP: Ron Alexander; 1B: Tanya Garig; 2B: ; 3B: Kevin Davis.
Start: 5:52 pm. Duration: 2:32. Attendance: 1714


Play By Play (Full) - Final
South Alabama at Tennessee Tech
5/16/2015 at Jane B. Moore Field (Auburn, Ala.)


Score by Innings1234567RHELOB
South Alabama10022409719
Tennessee Tech12000003604

South Alabama starters: 24/3b/Messer, E.; 7/2b/Todd, K,; 18/c/Pilkington; 22/dp/Rathburn, C.; 21/ss/Griffith, K.; 9/cf/Minahan, A.; 2/lf/Johnson, B.; 13/1b/Herron, A.; 14/rf/Linn, A.; 8/p/McGill, K.;
Tennessee Tech starters: 12/cf/SAKAMOTO; 1/ss/NEEB; 8/2b/ELDRIDGE; 17/dp/RICHARDS; 3/rf/BENNETT; 44/1b/CRUSE; 10/3b/FRY; 11/c/KENNEDY; 19/lf/TAYLOR; 14/p/KETCHUM;

USA 1st - Messer, E. walked (3-1).; Messer, E. stole second.; Todd, K, grounded out to 2b (1-2); Messer, E. advanced to third.; Messer, E. scored on an illegal pitch.; Pilkington grounded out to 2b (1-2).; Rathburn, C. popped up to 2b (0-0).;
1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

TTU 1st - SAKAMOTO singled through the right side (0-1).; NEEB reached on a fielder's choice to first base (1-2); SAKAMOTO out at second 1b to ss.; NEEB advanced to second on a passed ball.; ELDRIDGE singled to center field, RBI, out at second cf to c to ss (1-0); NEEB scored, unearned.; RICHARDS grounded out to 3b (1-1).;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

USA 2nd - Griffith, K. walked (3-1).; Minahan, A. lined into double play 3b to 1b (3-2); Griffith, K. out on the play.; Johnson, B. walked (3-1).; Herron, A. walked (3-1); Johnson, B. advanced to second.; Linn, A. struck out swinging (3-2).;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.

TTU 2nd - BENNETT homered to left field, RBI (0-1).; CRUSE reached on a fielding error by 2b (2-1).; FRY singled through the left side (3-2); CRUSE advanced to second.; KENNEDY reached on a fielder's choice to third base (0-1); FRY advanced to second; CRUSE out at second 3b to ss.; TAYLOR struck out swinging (2-2).; SAKAMOTO hit by pitch (2-1); KENNEDY advanced to second; FRY advanced to third.; NEEB singled up the middle, RBI (0-1); SAKAMOTO advanced to second; KENNEDY advanced to third; FRY scored, unearned.; Brown, D. to p for McGill, K..; ELDRIDGE struck out swinging (3-2).;
2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.

USA 3rd - Messer, E. flied out to lf (2-1).; Todd, K, singled to third base, bunt (0-0).; Todd, K, stole second.; Pilkington flied out to cf (1-0).; Todd, K, advanced to third on a wild pitch.; Rathburn, C. flied out to cf (2-2).;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

TTU 3rd - RICHARDS singled to left field (1-1).; PEREZ pinch ran for RICHARDS.; BENNETT struck out swinging (0-2).; CRUSE struck out swinging (0-2).; PEREZ advanced to second on a passed ball.; FRY struck out looking (2-2).;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

USA 4th - Griffith, K. grounded out to 2b (2-2).; Minahan, A. homered to left center, RBI (0-1).; Johnson, B. walked (3-1).; Johnson, B. advanced to second on an illegal pitch.; Herron, A. hit by pitch (3-2).; Lowe, H. pinch hit for Linn, A..; Lowe, H. singled to right field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (2-0); Herron, A. advanced to second, out at second rf to c to 3b to ss; Johnson, B. scored.; Messer, E. grounded out to 2b (0-1).;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

TTU 4th - Lowe, H. to rf.; KENNEDY struck out swinging (1-2).; TAYLOR struck out swinging (2-2).; SAKAMOTO grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1).;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

USA 5th - Weather delay in top 5th at 7:29 p.m.; Todd, K, walked (3-0).; Play resumed at 7:54 pm after 25-minute rain delay.; Todd, K, advanced to second on a wild pitch.; Pilkington flied out to rf (3-2); Todd, K, advanced to third.; Rathburn, C. struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch (1-2); Todd, K, scored.; Jones, G. pinch ran for Rathburn, C..; Griffith, K. singled down the lf line (0-1); Jones, G. advanced to second.; Minahan, A. hit by pitch (1-0); Griffith, K. advanced to second; Jones, G. advanced to third.; Another rain delay at 8:03 p.m.; LIBERATORE to p for KETCHUM.; Play resumes at 8:32 pm after 29-minute delay.; Johnson, B. singled to right field, RBI (2-0); Minahan, A. advanced to second; Griffith, K. advanced to third; Jones, G. scored.; Herron, A. struck out swinging (2-2).; Lowe, H. struck out swinging (2-2).;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.

TTU 5th - NEEB struck out swinging (0-2).; ELDRIDGE struck out looking (3-2).; RICHARDS to dp for PEREZ.; RICHARDS struck out swinging (1-2).;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

USA 6th - Messer, E. singled to left center (2-1).; Todd, K, hit by pitch (1-1); Messer, E. advanced to second.; Pilkington fouled out to 3b, bunt (0-0).; Rathburn, C. to dp for Jones, G..; Rathburn, C. walked (3-2); Todd, K, advanced to second; Messer, E. advanced to third.; Griffith, K. popped up to ss (0-0).; Minahan, A. tripled to center field, 3 RBI (1-2); Rathburn, C. scored; Todd, K, scored; Messer, E. scored.; Minahan, A. scored on a wild pitch.; Johnson, B. struck out swinging (1-2).;
4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

TTU 6th - BENNETT popped up to 2b (0-0).; CRUSE grounded out to ss (0-2).; FRY out at first 1b to 2b (0-0).;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

USA 7th - Foster, K. pinch hit for Herron, A..; Foster, K. lined out to 3b (1-2).; Lowe, H. walked (3-2).; Messer, E. reached on a fielder's choice to second base (3-2); Lowe, H. out at second 2b to ss.; Messer, E. stole second.; Todd, K, walked (3-2).; Pilkington flied out to cf (1-2).;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.

TTU 7th - Herron, A. to 1b for Foster, K..; Linn, A. to rf for Lowe, H..; KENNEDY flied out to lf (3-2).; TAYLOR struck out swinging (1-2).; SAKAMOTO popped up to p (3-2).;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.