Long Beach: Game Two Final Numbers
By Lara Boyko - June 03, 2007
Despite only being able to score three runs off of 14 hits, those three little runs were all the UCLA needed to win 3-1 over UIC and stay in the winner's bracket heading into Showdown Sunday here at Blair Field.
Here's the final boxscore from game two:
UCLA 3 14 1
UIC 1 2 0
Winning pitcher was UCLA's Gavin Brooks (6-6) who went the distance with his second complete game of the season. Brooks walked three, recorded seven strikeouts in 118 pitches.
The losing pitcher was UIC's Zach Peterson (7-4) who also went the distance with his second complete game of the season. Peterson finised with three errors and two strikeouts on 121 pitches.
With the win, UCLA will have the luxury of waiting to see who survives the elimination game at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the deja vu game between UIC and Long Beach State. Game two tomorrow is expected to start around 6 p.m.
The probable starting pitcher for Long Beach State tomorrow is Omar Arif (5-5, 3.11 ERA) while UIC is expected to start with Steve Crnkovich (4-3, 2.27 ERA).
Memorable quote for the day
With his team losing from the fourth inning on and his pitcher getting shelled with 14 hits, UIC's coach Mike Dee could have easily pulled Peterson to do some damage control. Instead, Dee decided to leave in Peterson and let him finish the game for part selfish reasons -- wanting to save his bullpen for tomorrow -- and partially out of respect for a career that most likely ended tonight. Here's what Dee had to say:
"I've known Peterson since he was 7 years old so we go way back. I thought he pitched with tremendous heart. Yes, you are looking ahead, so I think it was a combination of respect for him and what he's done for our program, how he's complete and how he competed tonight. He wanted to finish."
Posted by Lara Boyko at 01:17 AM on June 03, 2007
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