2003 Division I Baseball: Southern Mississippi 18, Southern 1
May 31, 2003
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Southern Miss produced a carbon copy
of this afternoon with an 18-1 victory over Southern University
this evening. The Golden Eagles face Baylor in the NCAA Regional
Final, on Sunday at 1 p.m., and a second game will follow if
Southern Miss wins the opener.
After claiming an 18-0 win over Murray State earlier today,
Southern Miss (47-15) also repeated its hitting total as 18
hits were slaughtered against the Jaguars (47-7). Clint King
hit for the cycle with a 4-for-6 plate performance, three runs,
a double, a triple, his 23rd home run of the season and four
RBIs.
Beau Griffin was 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, and Brad
Willcutt batted 2-for-5 with two runs, a grand slam home run
and five RBIs. Jeff Cook was 1-for-2 with three runs, his 23rd
home run of the season and two RBIs.
Two other Eagles whacked homers, including Jarrett Hoffpauir
and Ryan Frith, as Southern Miss tacked on five bombs in the
game. Starting pitcher Stephen Castleman (8-2) went seven innings
and tossed a five-hit performance with one run, four walks
and six strikeouts.
Southern Miss tallied 10 runs in the first three innings,
including four runs in the top of the first. Cook claimed a
two-run homer, and King and Hoffpauir whacked solo bombs to
start the game.
The second inning featured Willcutt's grand slam, and Matt
Shepherd's RBI single. A pair of runs each were scored in the
third and fourth innings, and three runs were collected in
fifth inning. The Eagles closed the game with four runs in
the top of the ninth.
Kevin Vital's solo home run to centerfield was the only offense
produced by Jaguars. He hit 3-for-4 to lead Southern's hitters.
Vince Davis (8-2) collected the loss, going one inning and
surrendering three hits, four runs, one walk and striking out
two.
POST-GAME NOTES Southern Miss
* Tonight marked the 20th time this season that
Southern Miss has scored 10 or more runs in a game.
* Jeff Cook, Clint King and Brad Willcutt became the most prolific home run
hitting trio in USM history. Cook and King each have 23 homers and Willcutt
has 12 for a total of 58. In the 1988 season, Sedgewick McCollum (20), Doug
Cronk (18) and Fred Colley (17) combined for 55 homers.
* King and Cook each tied the single-season home run record in the win over
Southern, hitting their 23rd home runs. Fred Cooley hit 23 during the 1989
season and Bill Selby matched it in 1992.
* King has set a new record for single-season total bases with 191.
* King hit for the cycle in tonight's game, hitting a home run in his first
at-bat, a single in his second at-bat, a triple in his fourth at-bat and a
double in his sixth at-bat.
* In today's games, Southern Miss set new record for team RBI and total bases
in a season. The Golden Eagles finished Saturday's play with 452 RBI on the
year and 1,143 total bases.
* As a team, Southern Miss has hit 89 home runs this season, which ties the
1988 team for second-most in school history. The 1997 team hit 95 home runs.
* USM has now scored 495 runs this season, which is a new school record. The
old mark was 489, set by the 1994 team.
* After having eight of nine starters get a hit in the opening game win vs.
Murray State, all nine starters recorded at least one hit in the win vs. Southern.
* With nine doubles in two games today, Southern Miss has recorded 139 on the
season, the second-most in school history. Seven different players have now
recorded 10 or more doubles.
* The Golden Eagles have now scored double-digit runs in all five of their
all-time NCAA victories. USM posted 20-13 and 10-9 victories over South Alabama
in the 1999 Regional at Tuscaloosa and a 14-10 win over Southwestern Louisiana
in 1990 at the Baton Rouge Regional before an 18-0 win over Murray State earlier
today.
* Tonight's attendance of 4,553 is a new Pete Taylor Park record crowd. Three
of the 10 largest crowds in USM history have taken place in this regional.
Southern University
* Southern had given up double-digit runs
in just three games prior to today before allowing 10 runs
to Baylor and 18 to
Southern Miss. The 18 runs and 18 hits by USM were new season-highs.
* Rickie Weeks closes out his Southern University career by setting new single-season
records for batting average, runs scored and hit by pitches.
#12 Southern Miss at #29 Southern
5/31/2003 at Hattiesburg, Miss. (Pete Taylor Park)
Southern Miss 18 (47-15)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Matt Shepherd ss......... 5 2 1 1 2 2 2 5 1
Marc Maddox 1b........... 6 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 0
Jeff Cook cf............. 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 0
Carlos Velasquez ph..... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brad Willcutt c.......... 5 2 2 5 1 1 7 0 3
Kevin Coker pr.......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Clint King rf............ 6 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
Jarrett Hoffpauir 2b..... 6 1 2 2 0 1 2 3 0
Jason Lowery lf.......... 5 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1
Ryan Frith dh............ 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2
Griff Israel ph......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Beau Griffin 3b.......... 5 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 0
Stephen Castleman p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
John Nicholas p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 46 18 18 17 7 11 27 10 10
Southern 1 (47-7)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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B. Mason c............... 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
A. Anderson c........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3
A. Gray 3b............... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
R. Weeks 2b.............. 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
K. Vital 1b.............. 4 1 3 1 0 1 5 1 0
A. Toussaint lf.......... 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 1
F. Puebla ss............. 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
J. Ernest dh............. 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
M. Townsend rf........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2
J. LeBlanc ph........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
J. Trim cf............... 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
V. Davis p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Kohn p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Anderson p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
J. Sanchez p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Ursin p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 1 6 1 4 9 27 5 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Southern Miss....... 451 130 004 - 18 18 1
Southern............ 000 000 100 - 1 6 3
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E - Hoffpauir(16); A. Gray(16); K. Vital(5); M. Townsend(10). DP - Eagles 3.
LOB - Eagles 10; Jaguars 7. 2B - King(23); Lowery 2(11); Frith(3). 3B -
King(2). HR - Cook(23); Willcutt(12); King(23); Hoffpauir(10); Frith(1); K.
Vital(16). HBP - Cook 2. SB - Cook(16); F. Puebla(12).
Southern Miss IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Stephen Castleman... 7.0 5 1 1 4 6 24 28 134
John Nicholas....... 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 7 7 28
Southern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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V. Davis............ 1.0 3 4 4 1 2 6 7 27
J. Kohn............. 0.1 4 5 5 1 1 5 6 25
J. Anderson......... 3.1 4 5 2 3 1 15 19 62
J. Sanchez.......... 1.1 3 0 0 0 2 7 8 33
D. Ursin............ 3.0 4 4 4 2 5 13 15 55
Win - Castleman (8-2). Loss - V. Davis (8-2). Save - None.
WP - Castleman 3(9); V. Davis(3); J. Sanchez(1). HBP - by J. Anderson (Cook); by
J. Sanchez (Cook). Pitches/strikes: Castleman 134/79; Nicholas 28/19; V. Davis
27/16; J. Kohn 25/13; J. Anderson 62/34; J. Sanchez 33/19; D. Ursin 55/34.
Umpires - HP: Bryant Woodall 1B: Ron Ridd 2B: Dave Savage 3B: John Magnusson
Start: 6:59 pm Time: 2:55 Attendance: 4553
