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Middle Tennessee vs Alabama Crimson Tide (Feb 25, 1997) Box score (NCAA)
                       1997 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
                    Middle Tennessee at Alabama Crimson Tide
              Feb 25, 1997 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Sewell-Thomas)

Middle Tennessee 5 (0-4)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Owens cf.................  5  1  2  0   0  0  4  1   1
Snyder lf................  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Fraley ph...............  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Davis lf................  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Snellgrove ss............  4  1  2  2   0  1  1  1   0
Dillard rf...............  4  0  1  0   0  0  3  0   1
Thompson c...............  3  0  0  0   1  1  3  1   2
Beddies dh...............  2  1  0  0   2  0  0  0   1
Johnson 1b...............  4  1  2  1   0  0  9  0   0
Marbet 3b................  4  1  2  1   0  0  1  2   1
Case 2b..................  3  0  0  1   0  0  2  6   0
Kirby p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jones p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Elling p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 34  5  9  5   3  4 24 11   6

Alabama Crimson Tide 12 (9-0)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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David Tidwell cf.........  4  1  0  0   1  0  3  0   2
 Drew Bounds lf..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Roberto Vaz lf/cf........  5  2  2  4   0  0  3  0   2
G.W. Keller 2b...........  4  0  0  0   1  0  2  3   0
Matt Frick c.............  3  2  3  1   2  0  4  0   0
Dustan Mohr rf...........  4  2  2  2   1  0  3  0   2
Joe Caruso ss............  5  1  1  1   0  1  0  3   2
Brandon Watson dh........  3  1  2  0   1  1  0  0   0
 Heath Davis pr..........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jayson Cox ph...........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Andy Phillips 3b.........  4  1  2  1   1  0  2  4   0
Robbie Tucker 1b.........  5  1  0  0   0  0 10  0   1
Andy Bernard p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Doug Hurst p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37 12 12  9   8  2 27 10   9

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Middle Tennessee.... 000 000 500 -  5  9  3
Alabama Crimson Tide 000 300 90X - 12 12  0
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E - Snellgrove; Marbet; Case. DP - Alabama 1. TP - MTSU 1. LOB - MTSU 6;
Alabama 9. 2B - Frick; Watson. 3B - Johnson; Marbet. HR - Snellgrove; Vaz;
Mohr. SF - Case. SB - Owens; Vaz; Mohr; Caruso.

Middle Tennessee       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Kirby...............  6.2 11  8  6  3  2 31 34
Jones...............  0.1  1  4  0  4  0  3  7
Elling..............  1.0  0  0  0  1  0  3  4

Alabama Crimson Tide   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Andy Bernard........  6.0  5  2  2  2  2 23 25
Doug Hurst..........  3.0  4  3  3  1  2 11 13

Win - Hurst (1-0).  Loss - Kirby (0-2).  Save - None.
WP - Jones; Elling.
Umpires - HP: Owen Butts  1B: Hal Rozzelle  3B: Larry Gray
Start: 7:02 pm   Time: 2:58   Attendance: 1594
Game notes:
Alabama ties school record with its 5th consecutive double-figure scoring
game (1895, 1896, 1956 and 1997)...UA's 9-run 7th inning is the most since
Princeton (1996), when scoring 9 runs in 5th inning...VAZ 1st career Grand
Slam...UA 36th come-from-behind win under Wells...MTSU triple play/2nd inn.
A.Bernard faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Game: BAMA09

Play-by-Play
                       1997 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
            Middle Tennessee at Alabama Crimson Tide - Play-by-Play
              Feb 25, 1997 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Sewell-Thomas)


Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Middle Tennessee.... 000 000 500 -  5  9  3
Alabama Crimson Tide 000 300 90X - 12 12  0
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Middle Tennessee starters: 8/cf Owens; 10/lf Snyder; 7/ss Snellgrove; 14/rf Dillard;
18/c Thompson; 4/dh Beddies; 17/1b Johnson; 20/3b Marbet; 6/2b Case; 24/p Kirby;
Alabama Crimson Tide starters: 26/cf Tidwell; 28/lf Vaz; 9/2b Keller; 16/c Frick;
32/rf Mohr; 5/ss Caruso; 33/dh Watson; 2/3b Phillips; 35/1b Tucker; 21/p A.Bernard;

Middle Tennessee 1st - Owens singled to right field. Snyder struck out
looking. Owens stole second. Snellgrove struck out swinging. Dillard flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 1st - Tidwell grounded out to 3b. Vaz grounded out to
2b. Keller grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 2nd - Thompson flied out to cf. Beddies popped up to 3b.
Johnson singled to left field. Marbet fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
1 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 2nd - Frick singled to third base. Mohr singled to right
field; Frick advanced to third. Caruso flied into triple play cf to c to ss; Mohr
out on the play; Frick out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 3rd - Case grounded out to ss. Owens grounded out to 3b.
Snyder grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 3rd - Watson singled to left field. Phillips singled to
center field; Watson advanced to second. Tucker flied out to rf. Tidwell reached on
a fielder's choice; Phillips out at second ss to 2b; Watson advanced to third. Vaz
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 4th - Snellgrove grounded out to ss. Dillard lined out to
2b. Thompson walked. Beddies flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 4th - Keller popped up to 3b. Frick doubled to center
field. Mohr homered to right field, 2 RBI; Frick scored. Caruso struck out looking.
Watson doubled to left center. Phillips singled to left field, RBI; Watson scored.
Tucker reached on a fielding error by 2b; Phillips advanced to second. Tidwell flied
out to cf. 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 5th - Johnson flied out to rf. Marbet singled to left field.
Case grounded out to ss. Owens flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 5th - Vaz grounded out to 2b. Keller reached on a
fielding error by ss. Frick walked; Keller advanced to second. Mohr flied out to cf;
Frick advanced to second; Keller advanced to third. Caruso popped up to 2b. 0
runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 6th - Snyder grounded out to 3b. Snellgrove singled to
center field. Dillard flied out to lf. Thompson grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 6th - Watson struck out swinging. Phillips lined out to
rf. Tucker grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 7th - Beddies walked. Johnson tripled to center field, RBI;
Beddies scored. Hurst to p for A.Bernard. Marbet tripled to left center, RBI;
Johnson scored. Case flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Marbet scored. Owens singled to third
base. Fraley pinch hit for Snyder. Fraley struck out swinging. Snellgrove homered to
right field, 2 RBI; Owens scored. Dillard singled to right field. Thompson struck
out swinging. 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 7th - Davis to lf for Fraley. Tidwell flied out to lf.
Vaz singled to center field. Keller flied out to cf. Vaz stole second. Frick singled
to center field, RBI; Vaz scored. Mohr walked; Frick advanced to second. Caruso
singled to left center, RBI; Mohr advanced to third; Frick scored. Caruso stole
second; Mohr stole home. Watson walked. Jones to p for Kirby. Watson advanced to
second on a wild pitch; Caruso advanced to third on a wild pitch. Davis pinch ran
for Watson. Phillips walked. Tucker reached on a fielding error by 3b; Phillips
advanced to third; Davis scored, unearned; Caruso scored, unearned. Tidwell walked;
Tucker advanced to second. Vaz homered to right center, 4 RBI, unearned; Tidwell
scored, unearned; Tucker scored, unearned; Phillips scored, unearned. Keller walked.
Frick walked; Keller advanced to second. Mohr grounded out to 3b. 9 runs, 4 hits,
1 error, 2 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 8th - Bounds to lf for Tidwell. Vaz to cf. Beddies walked.
Johnson grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Beddies out on the play. Marbet
fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Alabama Crimson Tide 8th - Elling to p for Jones. Caruso lined out to 1b. Cox
pinch hit for Davis. Cox walked. Cox advanced to second on a wild pitch. Phillips
grounded out to 2b; Cox advanced to third. Tucker flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 9th - Case grounded out to 2b. Owens flied out to cf. Davis
flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.