Arkansas Knocked Out of SEC Tournament

HOOVER, Ala. - Charley Boyce was the hard-luck loser again on Thursday as Arkansas bowed out of the SEC Tournament with a 5-4 loss to Alabama in front of 6,452 fans at the Hoover-Met. Boyce (10-9) came on in relief for the second straight day and threw five innings. The only hit he allowed all day was a RBI single by Cale Iorg in the eighth inning. It snapped Boyces streak of 10.1-scoreless innings against the Crimson Tide dating back to his complete game on May 15 in Tuscaloosa. The loss was the fifth straight for Head Coach Dave Van Horns team, and dropped their record to 37-20 on the season. Alabama improves to 38-20 and advances on to play the loser of the Ole Miss/Florida later tonight. Ben Tschepikow led the Razorbacks seven-hit with two base knocks. He smoked a ball up the middle with two runners on and two outs in the top of the ninth inning, but Crimson Tide closer David Robertson got a glove on it and threw to first for the final out. Robertson earned his seventh save of the season by getting the final two outs of the game. Brent Carter (7-3) got the win out of the bullpen with 6.1 scoreless innings. He allowed just three hits and struck out seven. Iorg got half of Alabamas three hits, including the game winner, and two RBI. Zac Welch also drove in two runs with a first inning double down the right-field line. Lee Land got the Razorbacks through three innings, allowing four runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out three. He gave way to Boyce, who was making his second appearance of the SEC Tournament and his 27th of the season. The Razorbacks broke through in the first inning with two runs with a little help from the Crimson Tide. Brock Bond singled home Craig Gentry, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the game, for the Hogs first run. Bond then stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher. Alabama starting pitcher T.J. Large unleashed a wild pitch to score Bond and give Arkansas a 2-0 lead. After tying the game at two, the Tide tacked on another run in the second as Irog scored on a ground ball to shortstop with one out in the inning. A sacrifice fly by Danny Hamblin and a RBI ground out by Clint Arnold gave the Razorbacks the lead again in the third inning, 4-3. The Hogs were also able to chase Large. Large allowed four runs - three earned - on four hits in two innings of work and struck out four. Alabama tied it up and got Large a no decision with a two-out RBI single by Iorg in the third inning. Arkansas will await word on their NCAA Regional fate with the selection show at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 31, on ESPN2. -- HOGS -- File: UA_SEC2 UA Box Score.pdf (111Kbytes) Arkansas Razorbacks vs Alabama Crimson Tide (May 26, 2005) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box score (NCAA) Play-by-Play -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box score (NCAA) Arkansas Razorbacks #16 Arkansas Razorbacks vs Alabama Crimson Tide May 26, 2005 at Birmingham, Ala. (Hoover-Met Stadium) Arkansas Razorbacks 4 (37-20) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Craig Gentry cf.......... 4 2 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 Ben Tschepikow dh........ 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 Brock Bond 2b............ 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 Danny Hamblin 1b......... 3 0 1 1 0 1 7 0 1 Clint Arnold lf.......... 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Stephen Robison ph/rf... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Walker c........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 Scott Hode ss............ 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 Jake Dugger rf/lf........ 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 Clay Goodwin 3b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 Lee Land p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Charley Boyce p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals................... 32 4 7 3 4 12 24 8 7 Alabama Crimson Tide 5 (38-20) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Scelfo 2b................ 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 Rice dh.................. 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Scott lf................. 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bush 3b.................. 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 Welch 1b................. 3 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 1 Thomley rf............... 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 Valverde c............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kirkland ph/c........... 3 0 1 0 0 2 11 1 2 Iorg ss.................. 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 Salem cf................. 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 Large p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B. Carter p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Robertson p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 29 5 6 5 5 4 27 8 8 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Arkansas Razorbacks. 202 000 000 - 4 7 1 Alabama Crimson Tide 211 000 01X - 5 6 2 ------------------------------------------- E - Hode(14); Thomley(5); Valverde(6). LOB - ARKANSAS 7; Alabama 8. 2B - Gentry(10); Welch(7); Iorg(11). HBP - Gentry; Rice; Scott. SH - Kirkland(3). SF - Hamblin(4). SB - Bond(4); Rice(8). CS - Hamblin(5). Arkansas Razorbacks IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Lee Land............ 3.0 5 4 4 2 3 15 18 68 Charley Boyce....... 5.0 1 1 1 3 1 14 19 65 Alabama Crimson Tide IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Large............... 2.0 4 4 3 1 4 10 12 48 B. Carter........... 6.1 3 0 0 3 7 20 24 86 Robertson........... 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 11 Win - B. Carter (7-3). Loss - Boyce (10-9). Save - Robertson (7). WP - Large(11). HBP - by Large (Gentry); by Land (Scott); by Boyce (Rice). BK - Land(1). Inherited runners/scored: B. Carter 3/1; Robertson 2/0. Pitches/strikes: Land 68/41; Boyce 65/38; Large 48/25; B. Carter 86/55; Robertson 11/7. Umpires - HP: Tony Walsh 1B: Mark Chapman 2B: Paul Gullie 3B: Scott Erby Start: 2:00 pm Time: 2:46 Attendance: 6452 Large faced 3 batters in the 3rd. Game: AR57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play-by-Play Arkansas Razorbacks #16 Arkansas Razorbacks vs Alabama Crimson Tide - Play-by-Play May 26, 2005 at Birmingham, Ala. (Hoover-Met Stadium) Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Arkansas Razorbacks. 202 000 000 - 4 7 1 Alabama Crimson Tide 211 000 01X - 5 6 2 ------------------------------------------- Arkansas Razorbacks starters: 12/cf Gentry; 8/dh Tschepikow; 5/2b Bond; 3/1b Hamblin; 4/lf Arnold; 21/c Walker; 6/ss Hode; 24/rf Dugger; 18/3b Goodwin; 13/p Land; Alabama Crimson Tide starters: 8/2b Scelfo; 6/dh Rice; 21/lf Scott; 14/3b Bush; 12/1b Welch; 27/rf Thomley; 9/c Valverde; 16/ss Iorg; 2/cf Salem; 18/p Large; Arkansas Razorbacks 1st - Gentry hit by pitch (2-0). Tschepikow grounded out to 2b (1-2); Gentry advanced to second. Bond singled through the right side, RBI (2-1); Gentry scored. Bond stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c. Hamblin struck out swinging (3-2). Bond scored on a wild pitch, unearned. Arnold popped up to 2b (1-0). 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Alabama Crimson Tide 1st - Scelfo fouled out to rf (1-1). Rice walked (3-0). Scott hit by pitch (0-2); Rice advanced to second. Bush struck out swinging (2-2). Scott advanced to second on a balk; Rice advanced to third on a balk. Welch doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI (1-2); Scott scored; Rice scored. Thomley singled to center field (3-2); Welch advanced to third. Kirkland pinch hit for Valverde. Kirkland struck out looking (0-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Arkansas Razorbacks 2nd - Kirkland to c. Walker struck out swinging (2-2). Hode singled to left field (2-1). Dugger struck out swinging (1-2). Goodwin struck out looking (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Alabama Crimson Tide 2nd - Iorg doubled to right center (0-0). Salem flied out to cf (2-2); Iorg advanced to third. Scelfo reached on an error by ss, RBI (2-0); Iorg scored. Rice flied out to rf (1-0). Scott flied out to cf (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Arkansas Razorbacks 3rd - Gentry doubled down the lf line (1-1). Tschepikow singled, bunt (0-0); Gentry advanced to third. Bond walked (3-1); Tschepikow advanced to second. B. Carter to p for Large. Hamblin flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-1); Tschepikow advanced to third; Gentry scored. Arnold reached on a fielder`s choice, RBI (0-2); Bond out at second ss to 2b; Tschepikow scored. Walker grounded out to 3b (0-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Alabama Crimson Tide 3rd - Bush struck out (1-2). Welch walked (3-1). Thomley flied out to cf (0-0). Kirkland singled to third base (1-2); Welch advanced to second. Iorg singled to left field, RBI (0-0); Kirkland advanced to second; Welch scored. Salem grounded out to 2b (2-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Arkansas Razorbacks 4th - Hode flied out to rf (0-0). Dugger struck out looking (2-2). Goodwin struck out (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Alabama Crimson Tide 4th - Boyce to p for Land. Scelfo grounded out to 3b (0-2). Rice walked (3-2). Scott flied out to rf (0-0). Bush popped up to ss (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Arkansas Razorbacks 5th - Gentry struck out looking (1-2). Tschepikow walked (3-2). Bond struck out (3-2). Hamblin grounded out to p (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Alabama Crimson Tide 5th - Welch grounded out to p (1-1). Thomley flied out to rf (0-0). Kirkland struck out (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Arkansas Razorbacks 6th - Arnold flied out to cf (3-2). Walker struck out (0-2). Hode lined out to 1b (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Alabama Crimson Tide 6th - Iorg grounded out to ss (0-1). Salem grounded out to p (1-0). Scelfo flied out to lf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Arkansas Razorbacks 7th - Dugger walked (3-1). Goodwin reached on a fielder`s choice (0-0); Dugger out at second 2b to ss. Gentry flied out to rf (0-0). Tschepikow singled to right field, advanced to second on a throwing error by rf (0-1); Goodwin advanced to third. Bond struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Alabama Crimson Tide 7th - Rice hit by pitch (2-2). Scott popped up to 2b (0-0). Bush flied out to cf (2-2). Rice stole second. Welch popped up to ss (2-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Arkansas Razorbacks 8th - Hamblin singled (3-1). Robison pinch hit for Arnold. Robison popped up to p, bunt (0-0). Hamblin out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Walker grounded out to p (2-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Alabama Crimson Tide 8th - Robison to rf. Dugger to lf. Thomley walked (3-0). Kirkland grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt (0-1); Thomley advanced to second. Iorg singled, RBI, out at second cf to c to ss (1-0); Thomley scored. Salem walked (3-1). Scelfo popped up to 1b (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Arkansas Razorbacks 9th - Hode struck out (1-2). Dugger walked (3-2). Goodwin singled to right field (0-0); Dugger advanced to third. Robertson to p for B. Carter. Gentry struck out (1-2). Tschepikow grounded out to p (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.