Notre Dame vs Nebraska (Feb 28, 2003)



Box score (newspaper)

                            University of Nebraska Baseball
                             #14 Notre Dame vs #16 Nebraska
                     Feb 28, 2003 at Minneapolis, Minn. (Metrodome)

Notre Dame 1 (2-3)                            Nebraska 7 (5-2)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
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Cody Rizzo cf..............  4  0  0  0       Jeff Leise cf..............  4  1  2  3
Steve Sollmann 2b..........  4  0  1  0       Bubbs Merrill 2b...........  5  0  0  0
Matt Macri ss..............  4  1  1  0       Matt Hopper 1b.............  4  2  3  0
Kris Billmaier rf..........  4  0  2  0       Brandon Fusilier lf........  4  1  2  1
Matt Edwards dh............  4  0  1  1        Daniel Bruce lf...........  0  0  0  0
Javi Sanchez c.............  4  0  1  0       John Grose c...............  4  0  1  1
Joe Thaman 1b..............  3  0  0  0       Drew Anderson rf...........  4  1  2  1
Greg Lopez 3b..............  3  0  0  0       Joe Gullion dh.............  2  1  0  0
Craig Cooper lf............  3  0  0  0       Alex Gordon 3b.............  2  1  1  0
Chris Niesel p.............  0  0  0  0        Chase Odenreider ph/3b....  2  0  0  1
 Tom Thornton p............  0  0  0  0       Joe Simokaitis ss..........  4  0  1  0
                                              Aaron Marsden p............  0  0  0  0
                                               Jason Burch p.............  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 33  1  6  1       Totals..................... 35  7 12  7

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Notre Dame.......... 000 001 000 -  1  6  1
Nebraska............ 121 020 01X -  7 12  2
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E - S. Sollmann(1); Anderson, D.(1); Simokaitis(2). DP - Huskers 1. LOB - Irish 5;
Huskers 7. 2B - Hopper, M.(1); Fusilier, B. 2(2); Anderson, D. 2(1). 3B - Leise,
J.(3). HR - Leise, J.(1). HBP - Gullion, J.. SB - S. Sollmann 2(3); Leise, J. 2(4).
CS - Leise, J.(1).

Notre Dame                     IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
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Chris Niesel  L,0-1........   4.0  9  6  6  1  2   0  0  0  0   22 23   4  6  87
Tom Thornton ..............   4.0  3  1  0  1  1   0  0  1  0   13 15   7  2  39

Nebraska                       IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
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Aaron Marsden  W,1-0.......   8.0  5  1  1  0 10   0  0  0  0   30 30   9  5 104
Jason Burch ...............   1.0  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   0  1  13

HBP - by Tom Thornton (Gullion, J.). PB - Javi Sanchez(2). Inherited runners/scored: Tom
Thornton 2/1. Pitches/strikes: Chris Niesel 87/58; Tom Thornton 39/28; Marsden, A.
104/72; Burch, J. 13/11.

Strikeouts - Cody Rizzo 2; Matt Macri; K. Billmaier; Matt Edwards 2; Joe Thaman 3;
Greg Lopez; Craig Cooper; Fusilier, B.; Gordon, A.; Odenreider. Walks - Leise, J.;
Gullion, J..

Umpires -
Start: 12:15   Time: 2:25   Attendance:

Game notes:
Dairy Queen College Classic
Chris Niesel faced 3 batters in the 5th.
Game: NU07


Box score (NCAA)

                        University of Nebraska Baseball
                         #14 Notre Dame vs #16 Nebraska
                 Feb 28, 2003 at Minneapolis, Minn. (Metrodome)

Notre Dame 1 (2-3)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Cody Rizzo cf............  4  0  0  0   0  2  2  0   0
Steve Sollmann 2b........  4  0  1  0   0  0  2  1   0
Matt Macri ss............  4  1  1  0   0  1  1  2   0
Kris Billmaier rf........  4  0  2  0   0  1  2  0   1
Matt Edwards dh..........  4  0  1  1   0  2  0  0   0
Javi Sanchez c...........  4  0  1  0   0  0  4  1   2
Joe Thaman 1b............  3  0  0  0   0  3  9  0   0
Greg Lopez 3b............  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  2   1
Craig Cooper lf..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  1   1
Chris Niesel p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Tom Thornton p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 33  1  6  1   0 11 24  8   5

Nebraska 7 (5-2)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Jeff Leise cf............  4  1  2  3   1  0  1  0   0
Bubbs Merrill 2b.........  5  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   4
Matt Hopper 1b...........  4  2  3  0   0  0  7  0   0
Brandon Fusilier lf......  4  1  2  1   0  1  0  0   0
 Daniel Bruce lf.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
John Grose c.............  4  0  1  1   0  0 11  1   1
Drew Anderson rf.........  4  1  2  1   0  0  5  0   0
Joe Gullion dh...........  2  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   1
Alex Gordon 3b...........  2  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Chase Odenreider ph/3b..  2  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   1
Joe Simokaitis ss........  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  2   0
Aaron Marsden p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 Jason Burch p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 35  7 12  7   2  3 27  6   7

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Notre Dame.......... 000 001 000 -  1  6  1
Nebraska............ 121 020 01X -  7 12  2
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E - S. Sollmann(1); Anderson, D.(1); Simokaitis(2). DP - Huskers 1. LOB -
Irish 5; Huskers 7. 2B - Hopper, M.(1); Fusilier, B. 2(2); Anderson, D.
2(1). 3B - Leise, J.(3). HR - Leise, J.(1). HBP - Gullion, J.. SB - S.
Sollmann 2(3); Leise, J. 2(4). CS - Leise, J.(1).

Notre Dame             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Chris Niesel........  4.0  9  6  6  1  2 22 23  87
Tom Thornton........  4.0  3  1  0  1  1 13 15  39

Nebraska               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Aaron Marsden.......  8.0  5  1  1  0 10 30 30 104
Jason Burch.........  1.0  1  0  0  0  1  3  3  13

Win - Marsden, A. (1-0).  Loss - Chris Niesel (0-1).  Save - None.
HBP - by Tom Thornton (Gullion, J.). PB - Javi Sanchez(2). Inherited
runners/scored: Tom Thornton 2/1. Pitches/strikes: Chris Niesel 87/58; Tom
Thornton 39/28; Marsden, A. 104/72; Burch, J. 13/11.
Umpires -
Start: 12:15   Time: 2:25   Attendance:
Game notes:
Dairy Queen College Classic
Chris Niesel faced 3 batters in the 5th.
Game: NU07


Play-by-Play

                        University of Nebraska Baseball
                 #14 Notre Dame vs #16 Nebraska - Play-by-Play
                 Feb 28, 2003 at Minneapolis, Minn. (Metrodome)Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Notre Dame.......... 000 001 000 -  1  6  1
Nebraska............ 121 020 01X -  7 12  2
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Notre Dame starters: 17/cf Cody Rizzo; 3/2b S. Sollmann; 5/ss Matt Macri; 8/rf K.
Billmaier; 14/dh Matt Edwards; 15/c Javi Sanchez; 21/1b Joe Thaman; 4/3b Greg Lopez;
9/lf Craig Cooper; 10/p Chris Niesel;
Nebraska starters: 1/cf Leise, J.; 9/2b Merrill, B.; 16/1b Hopper, M.; 14/lf
Fusilier, B.; 21/c Grose, J.; 11/rf Anderson, D.; 19/dh Gullion, J.; 3/3b Gordon,
A.; 2/ss Simokaitis; 36/p Marsden, A.;

Notre Dame 1st - Cody Rizzo flied out to rf (0-0). S. Sollmann singled to
left center (3-2). S. Sollmann stole second. S. Sollmann stole third. Matt Macri
struck out looking (3-2). K. Billmaier grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Nebraska 1st - Leise, J. homered to right field, RBI (2-1). Merrill, B.
grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-2). Hopper, M. singled to right field (0-0).
Fusilier, B. struck out looking (1-2). Grose, J. flied out to rf (0-2). 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Notre Dame 2nd - Matt Edwards struck out looking (2-2). Javi Sanchez reached
on a throwing error by ss (2-2). Joe Thaman struck out looking (0-2). Greg Lopez
struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Nebraska 2nd - Anderson, D. grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-0). Gullion, J.
walked (3-2). Gordon, A. singled to second base (2-2); Gullion, J. advanced to
second. Simokaitis flied out to rf (3-2). Leise, J. tripled down the rf line, 2 RBI
(1-1); Gordon, A. scored; Gullion, J. scored. Merrill, B. grounded out to p (0-0).
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Notre Dame 3rd - Craig Cooper struck out looking (0-2). Cody Rizzo struck out
looking (1-2). S. Sollmann flied out to rf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Nebraska 3rd - Hopper, M. singled to left field (0-1). Fusilier, B. doubled
to left center (1-0); Hopper, M. advanced to third. Grose, J. grounded out to 3b,
RBI (2-2); Hopper, M. scored. Anderson, D. grounded out to 2b (1-1); Fusilier, B.
advanced to third. Gullion, J. popped up to 2b (0-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Notre Dame 4th - Matt Macri fouled out to c (0-0). K. Billmaier struck out
looking (1-2). Matt Edwards flied out to rf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.

Nebraska 4th - Gordon, A. struck out looking (1-2). Simokaitis grounded out
to ss (0-1). Leise, J. reached on a fielding error by 2b (3-1). Leise, J. stole
second. Leise, J. stole third. Merrill, B. popped up to 1b (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits,
1 error, 1 LOB.

Notre Dame 5th - Javi Sanchez singled to center field (0-0). Joe Thaman
struck out swinging (1-2). Greg Lopez flied out to rf (0-0). Craig Cooper popped up
to 2b (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Nebraska 5th - Hopper, M. doubled to center field (1-0). Fusilier, B. doubled
to right center, RBI (1-2); Hopper, M. scored. Grose, J. singled to left field
(0-2); Fusilier, B. advanced to third. Tom Thornton to p for Chris Niesel. Anderson,
D. doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1); Grose, J. advanced to second, out at third
lf to 3b; Fusilier, B. scored. Gullion, J. fouled out to 1b (1-0). Odenreider pinch
hit for Gordon, A.. Odenreider struck out looking (0-2). 2 runs, 4 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.

Notre Dame 6th - Odenreider to 3b. Cody Rizzo grounded out to p (1-0). S.
Sollmann grounded out to p (2-1). Matt Macri singled to left field (2-1). K.
Billmaier singled to left field (2-1); Matt Macri advanced to second. Matt Edwards
singled, advanced to second on an error by rf, RBI (3-2); K. Billmaier advanced to
third; Matt Macri scored. Javi Sanchez grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). 1
run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Nebraska 6th - Simokaitis flied out to cf (0-1). Leise, J. walked (3-1).
Leise, J. out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Merrill, B. grounded out to 3b
(1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Notre Dame 7th - Joe Thaman struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2).
Greg Lopez grounded out to p (2-2). Craig Cooper flied out to rf (0-0). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Nebraska 7th - Hopper, M. flied out to cf (0-0). Fusilier, B. flied out to lf
(1-1). Grose, J. flied out to lf (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Notre Dame 8th - Bruce, D. to lf for Fusilier, B.. Cody Rizzo struck out
swinging (1-2). S. Sollmann flied out to cf (0-0). Matt Macri popped up to 2b (1-0).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Nebraska 8th - Anderson, D. doubled to left center (1-2). Anderson, D.
advanced to third on a passed ball. Gullion, J. hit by pitch (0-0). Odenreider
reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-1); Gullion, J. out at second ss to 2b;
Anderson, D. scored, unearned. Simokaitis singled, bunt (0-0); Odenreider advanced
to second. Leise, J. flied out to lf (1-2). Merrill, B. fouled out to c (0-1). 1
run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Notre Dame 9th - Burch, J. to p for Marsden, A.. K. Billmaier singled to
third base (0-1). Matt Edwards struck out looking (1-2). Javi Sanchez grounded into
double play ss to 1b (1-2); K. Billmaier out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Line score


Nebraska 7, Notre Dame 1 (Feb 28, 2003 at Minneapolis, Minn.)
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Notre Dame.......... 000 001 000  -  1  6  1      (2-3)
Nebraska............ 121 020 01X  -  7 12  2      (5-2)
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Pitchers: Notre Dame - Chris Niesel; Tom Thornton(5). Nebraska - Marsden, A.; Burch, J.(9).
Win-Marsden, A.(1-0)  Loss-Chris Niesel(0-1)  T-2:25  A-0
HR NEBRASKA - Leise, J. (1).
Game notes:
Dairy Queen College Classic
Chris Niesel faced 3 batters in the 5th.
Game: NU07