Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Weekly Report
2/20/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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OVERALL RECORD: 5-2 (.714)
LAST WEEK: 3-0 (1.000)
STREAK: 4-game winning streak
LAST WEEK'S SCORES:
Alabama 7, UNC Asheville 2
Alabama 6, UNC Asheville 0 (DH)
Alabama 10, UNC Asheville 4 (DH)
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE:
at UAB (Feb. 23) 6 PM
Duquesne (Feb. 25) 6:30 PM
Duquesne (Feb. 26) 4 PM
Duquesne (Feb. 27) Noon
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Morrow Thomley (Sr., OF, 6-2, 218, Tuscaloosa)
STATS: 3 G, .500 (7-for-14), 3 R, 3 RBI, 4-4 SB
NOTES: Recorded two hits and one RBI in series opener... Career-high three hits and two RBI in UA's 6-0 win... Posted first career game-winning RBI in game two of series... Collected two hits and scored two runs in series finale... Thomley leads the team with a .417 clip (10-for-24), with three extra base hits and five RBI... Thomley has also hit safely in all six games.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: T.J. Large (Jr., RHP, 6-4, 220, Seminole, Fla.)
STATS: 1 GS, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 7 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K
NOTES: In just his second career start, Large threw seven shutout innings in a 6-0 win over UNC Asheville... He scattered seven hits and did not allow a walk... The right-hander also added a career-high 11 strikeouts... For the year, Large is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two starts (12.2 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 17 K)... Dating back to high school, Large is 38-2 (.950) in his 40 career decisions.
TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
After losing two of its first three games, Alabama has now won four consecutive games following a three-game sweep against UNC Asheville this past weekend ... The Crimson Tide is batting .348 (48-for-138) during the four-game winning streak, compared to a .232 (23-for-99) clip in the first three games ... Overall, Alabama is batting .301 (71-for-236), with one home run and 32 RBI ... The Crimson Tide averages 5.4 runs and 10.1 hits per game through seven games ... Bama has also collected 15 extra base hits and is 13-for-16 in stolen bases thus far... Against UNC Asheville, the Crimson Tide batted .363 (37-for-102), with one home run and 19 RBI ... Senior OF MORROW THOMLEY (7-for-14) and sophomore OF EMEEL SALEM (6-for-13) were a combined 13-for-27 (.481) in the UNCA series ... Thomley (.417, 0 HR, 5 RBI) and junior 3B EVAN BUSH Bush (.250, 0 HR, 6 RBI) have hit safely in six straight games for Alabama ... Freshman SS CALE IORG (.273, 0 HR, 4 RBI) has a four-game hitting streak ... Bush is the only UA player to play in all seven games this season ... Bama pinch-hitters are 4-for-6 (.667) this season, with one home run and two RBI ... The UA pitching staff appears to be solid once again this season ... After leading the SEC last year with a 3.86 ERA, Alabama has posted a 1.92 ERA (61 IP, 48 H, 20 R, 13 ER, 19 BB, 76 K) in its first seven games of 2005 ... UA pitchers have a nearly 4:1 strikeout to walk ratio ... Alabama allowed only one earned run (0.33 ERA) in the UNC Asheville series ... Bama has six pitchers who average 10+ strikeouts per nine innings pitched ... UA had 39 strikeouts and three walks against UNCA ... Senior LHP BRENT CARTER (15 IP, 22 K) and junior RHP T.J. LARGE (12.2 IP, 17 K) have combined for 39 strikeouts in 27.2 innings ... Carter (7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, ER, 0 BB, 12 K) and Large (7 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K) both had double-figure strikeout games against Asheville ... Large and junior RHP MATT DOWNS (5) combined for a season-high 15 strikeouts in Bama's 6-0 win over UNCA on Feb. 19 ... Alabama has 10 or more strikeout in six of seven games ...
