LAFAYETTE, La. -- UCF gave up five runs in the fourth inning allowing Louisiana-Lafayette a chance to rally and take a 6-4 lead and eventually the game in the series opener of a three-game series at Tigue Moore Field Friday night.
UCF (1-4) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. David Mann walked to lead off the game. Ty Hanson reached first on a bunt single. Mike Myers drove home Mann with a single up the middle. After a Jeremy Frost single to load the bases, Blaine Schulte hit into a 4-6-3 double play to score Hanson. Adam Miller singled home Myers to cap the scoring.
The Ragin Cajuns (3-1) cut the lead to 3-1 as Chase Lambin smashed a solo home run to right field.
The Golden Knights would add a run in the second inning as Clay Timpner hit the first home run of his collegiate career, a solo shot to right field. The Cajuns pitching staff would not allow another run and only one hit over the next seven inning.
UL-Lafayette scored five runs in the fourth inning off UCF starter Lincoln Mincks (0-1). Mincks walked lead-off hitter Mike Kabel to start the inning. Phillip Hawke doubled to continue the inning. Mincks hit Charles Redmond, then gave up a two-RBI single to Lambin. Corey Coles slammed a tripled to right field to knock home two more runs. Reliever Nick Whidden entered and set down three of the next four to end the inning. Bryan Sneed's ground out scored Coles from third to make the score 6-4.
Whidden threw four innings of shutout relief, giving up two singles, while fanning three. Zach Sutton struck out the side to close out the eighth and continued five innings of scoreless relief from the Golden Knights bullpen.
Tim Ramon (1-0) picked up the win after completing six innings after the rough start. Ramon struck out eight and gave up four runs on seven hits in 104 pitches. Andy Gros picked up his first save of the season with three no-hit scoreless inning and four strikeouts.
The Golden Knights will take on the Cajuns tomorrow afternoon at Tigue Moore Field. First pitch is slated for 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Mark Michael (0-1, 6.75 ERA) will face Justin Gabriel (0-0, 2.35 ERA), one of two pitchers left from the ULL 2000 College World Series team.
UCF Baseball
UCF at Louisiana-Lafayette
Feb 15, 2002 at Lafayette, La. (Tigue Moore Field)
UCF 4 (1-4)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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MANN, David dh........... 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250
BEAR, Ryan ph/dh........ 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000
HANSON, Ty 3b............ 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .308
HALL, Bo ph/3b.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
MYERS, Mike ss........... 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 2 1 .167
FROST, Jeremy c.......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 4 0 .263
SCHULTE, Blaine rf....... 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000
SUMMERS, Wayne rf....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
MILLER, Adam 2b.......... 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 2 .235
BROWN, Dee lf............ 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .286
WALLACE, Rich 1b......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 .000
TIMPNER, Clay cf......... 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 .455
MINCKS, Lincoln p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
WHIDDEN, Nick p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
SUTTON, Zach p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 34 4 7 3 3 12 24 13 6
Louisiana-Lafayette 6 (3-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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REDMOND, Charles cf...... 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
RAMOS, Alberto rf....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000
LAMBIN, Chase ss......... 5 2 2 3 0 2 1 5 0 .333
COLES, Corey rf/cf....... 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 .571
SNEED, Bryan lf.......... 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250
VERRET, Chad lf......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333
SALOOM, Brad dh.......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273
SHELTON, Robert 3b....... 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .214
BOURQUE, Justin 2b....... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 .083
KABEL, Mike c............ 1 1 0 0 1 1 10 0 0 .111
CARBONI, Scott ph....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
MORGAN, Justin c........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000
HAWKE, Phillip 1b........ 3 1 2 0 1 1 10 1 0 .500
RAMON, Tim p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
GROS, Andy p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
Totals................... 32 6 10 6 5 8 27 11 9
Score by Innings R H E
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UCF................. 310 000 000 - 4 7 1
Louisiana-Lafayette. 100 500 00X - 6 10 2
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E - HANSON(2); LAMBIN, C.(1); RAMON, T.(1). DP - La-Lafayette 1. LOB - UCF
6; La-Lafayette 9. 2B - HANSON(1); SNEED, B.(2); HAWKE, P.(1). 3B - COLES,
C.(1). HR - TIMPNER(1); LAMBIN, C.(1). HBP - REDMOND, C.; KABEL, M.. SB -
MANN(1); FROST(1). CS - REDMOND, C.(1); LAMBIN, C.(2); CARBONI, S.(1).
UCF IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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MINCKS, Lincoln..... 3.0 8 6 6 3 2 17 21 75 10.38
WHIDDEN, Nick....... 4.0 2 0 0 2 3 12 15 54 0.00
SUTTON, Zach........ 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 11 0.00
Louisiana-Lafayette IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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RAMON, Tim.......... 6.0 7 4 4 2 8 25 27 104 4.38
GROS, Andy.......... 3.0 0 0 0 1 4 9 10 35 1.69
Win - RAMON, T. (1-0). Loss - MINCKS (0-1). Save - GROS, A. (1).
WP - RAMON, T.(1). HBP - by MINCKS (REDMOND, C.); by WHIDDEN (KABEL, M.).
Inherited runners/scored: WHIDDEN 1/1. Pitches/strikes: MINCKS 75/39; WHIDDEN
54/33; SUTTON 11/9; RAMON, T. 104/68; GROS, A. 35/25.
Umpires - HP: LeCAMUS, Kevin 1B: MILLER, Myron 3B: LeBLANC, Herb
Start: 6:30 PM Time: 2:33 Attendance: 1784
MINCKS faced 5 batters in the 4th.
Game: UCF05