June 21, 2005
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· Colin Curtis recorded his 26th multi-hit game of the year and seventh game with three or more hits after going 3-for-5... J.J. Sferra recorded his team-leading 16th bunt hit of the season and his 18th multi-hit game... Travis Buck went 1-for-5 and now has at least one hit in 26 of the last 29 games and has gone hitless only 11 times this season... Buck now has catcher Tuffy Gosewisch has a current five-game hitting streak in which he is hitting .429 (9-for-21)... Gosewisch caught an attempted base stealer and has thrown out 9 of the last 15 runners trying to steal.
· Larish Goes Deep... Three Times -- Senior first baseman Jeff Larish tied an ASU and College World Series record with three home runs in Tuesday's dramatic 8-7 victory. It was Larish's fifth multi-homer game of the season and the seventh of his career. He now has six home runs in nine postseason games this season. With his three home runs, he now has 51 in his career to rank second in the ASU career record books and 23 on the season to rank tied for third. In addition, Larish also recorded his 49th career multi-walk game and now has 199 walks in his four-year career. He needs only one more walk to become the first Pac-10 player to record 50 home runs and 200 walks in a career. Here is a look at where Larish ranks in the ASU record books for career and single-season home runs:
Career Home Runs:
1. Bob Horner (1976-78) 56
2. Jeff Larish (2002-P) 51
3. Mike Kelly (1989-91) 46
4. Barry Bonds (1983-85) 45
5. Dan Rumsey (1986-89) 44
Single-Season Home Runs:
1. Mitch Jones (2000) 27
2. Bob Horner (1978) 25
3. Jeff Larish (2005) 23
Barry Bonds (1985) 23
Oddibe McDowell (1984) 23
· ASU Plays Again Without Garrison -- Freshman right-handed pitcher Seth Garrison underwent emergency appendectomy surgery early Sunday morning at Bergan-Mercy Hospital in Omaha. Garrison was in ASU's dugout in street clothes and will most likely not be available to pitch the rest of the College World Series. ASU's players scribbled #17 into their hats with white-out.
· Winning at the CWS -- Arizona State is playing in its 19th College World Series (fourth most in NCAA history) and have won two or more games in all but three of those appearances. The exceptions are 1-2 in the first appearance in 1964, and 0-2 showings in 1987 and 1993. ASU now owns an all-time 57-31 record in CWS play, trailing only Texas (75) and USC (74) for most wins in Omaha.
· The Comeback Kids -- ASU's come-from-behind win was the latest installment of ASU's comeback heroics. ASU trailed 7-2 to Cal State Fullerton in the Super Regional final and rallied for 9-8 victory. ASU also came from behind in Sunday's 4-2 win over Tennessee, trailing 2-0 after six innings and 2-1 after seven innings. Four of ASU's seven NCAA Tournament wins have been come-from-behind victories.
· Eliminating the Big Boys -- In the Super Regional and College World Series, ASU has had a flare for the upset knocking off the a pair of national seeds (No. 3 Nebraska, No. 6 Cal State Fullerton) and sixth-ranked Tennessee. ASU is now 4-0 in elimination games this season.
· No Rest For Bordes -- Junior LHP Brett Bordes made his 37th appearance of the season, moving into second place all alone in the ASU single-season record books. Bordes is 5-6 with a 3.87 ERA after allowing only two hits in three shutout innings Tuesday vs. Nebraska. The lefty has pitched in 13 of ASU's last 16 games, including seven of nine postseason games, and ranks fourth in the ASU record books with 77 career pitching appearances. In two appearances in the CWS he has allowed one run and struck out seven in 5.1 innings.
ASU Single-Season Pitching Appearances:
1. Noah Peery, 1994 39
2. Brett Bordes, 2005 37
3. Chuck Crumpton, 1998 36
4. Ryan Bradley, 1997 35
5. Ryan Bradley, 1996 34
Kevin Dukes, 1981 34
7. Dave Graybill, 1984 33
8. Rusty Kilgo, 1988 31
Linty Ingram, 1987 31
10. Ryan Schroyer, 2003 30
ASU Career Pitching Appearances:
1. Kendall Carter, 1981-84 102
2. Ryan Bradley, 1995-97 99
3. Kevin Dukes, 1978-81 82
4. Brett Bordes, 2003-P 77
5. David Cassidy, 1986-89 74
Ken Hansen, 1968-71 74
7. Jim Crawford, 1969-72 73
· From Batboy To Game-Winner -- Freshman center fielder J.J. Sferra drove in the winning run with a bloop single in the bottom of the 11th inning. Sferra was ASU's batboy during its last trip to the College World Series in 1998 and is now hitting .312 (59-for-189) with 20 RBI.
· Extra Innings -- ASU improved to 3-2 in extra inning this season and played in extra frames in postseason play since the 1994 College World Series (6-3 loss to Oklahoma in 11 innings)... it is the 76th extra-inning game in CWS history and the 43rd to go beyond 10 innings.