June 22, 2005
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Averill Notches Fifth CG -- Junior left-handed pitcher Erik Averill recorded his fifth complete-game victory of the year with a five-hit gem in Wednesday's 6-1 win over Florida. In 20 starts this season (24 appearances), Averill is 11-4 with a 3.39 ERA. He has struck out 99 and walked only 30 while holding opponents to a .266 batting average. The five complete games are the most by a Sun Devil since Kaipo Spenser also had five in 1995. 1993 Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year Marc Barcelo recorded 10 complete games and a 12-4 record. In four postseason starts this season, Averill is 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA and has recorded a pair of complete games against Coastal Carolina and Florida. Here is a look at Averill's regular season, postseason and combined season statistics:
| ERA | W-L | APP | GS | CG | SHO/CBO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB B/Avg | WP | HBP | BK | SFA | SHA |
| Overall | 3.39 | 11-4 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 1/0 | 0 | 127.1 | 131 | 57 | 48 | 30 | 99 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 492/.266 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| NCAA Tournament | 2.01 | 3-0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 31.1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 116/.224 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Regular Season | 3.84 | 8-4 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1/0 | 0 | 96.0 | 105 | 50 | 41 | 23 | 77 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 376/.279 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Quick Hits -- With the first-inning home run by Travis Buck, Florida trailed for the first time in 43 innings dating back the Gainesville Regional against Notre Dame (June 5)... ASU handed Florida its first loss in the NCAA Tournament, ending a seven-game win streak... senior catcher Tuffy Gosewisch went 1-for-3 with a RBI to extend his hitting streak to six games... Gosewisch is hitting .417 (9-for-21) during the hitting streak... Gosewisch is 11-for-19 (.579) with runners in scoring position during the College World Series...
The Hitting Machine -- Junior right fielder Travis Buck has been a hitting machine this season. He has recorded at least one hit in all but 11 games (55 of 66) this season, including a stretch of hits in 27 of the last 30 games. He launched his second home run of the postseason and his sixth of the year in the first inning of Wednesday's 6-1 win over Florida. For the season, Buck is hitting .384 (109-for-284) with 23 doubles, six homers, 42 RI and 27 stolen bases. He also leads the team with 35 multi-hit games. His 109 hits are tied for ninth in the ASU single-season record books with Willie Bloomquist (1998). Buck also ranks eighth in the ASU career record books with 271 hits and ninth with 202 runs scored. He is only the fourth player in ASU history to record a season with at least 100 hits, 20 doubles and 20 steals and is one of only 21 players to record 100 hits in a season. Here is a look a the top single-season hitting performances in school history:
| Player | Hits | G | Avg. | Year | 2B | SB |
| Paul Lo Duca | 129 | 66 | .446 | 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| Hubie Brooks | 126 | 67 | .432 | 1978 | 24 | 13 |
| Kevin Romine | 121 | 73 | .406 | 1982 | 15 | 59 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 120 | 65 | .404 | 2003 | 34 | 3 |
| Ken Landreaux | 119 | 75 | .406 | 1976 | 25 | 34 |
| Oddibe McDowell | 117 | 74 | .405 | 1984 | 18 | 36 |
| Mike Sodders | 114 | 68 | .424 | 1981 | 19 | 14 |
| Dan McKinley | 113 | 61 | .423 | 1997 | 21 | 32 |
| Travis Buck | 109 | 66 | .384 | 2005 | 23 | 27 |
| Willie Bloomquist | 109 | 64 | .414 | 1998 | 14 | 33 |
No. 200 For Larish -- Senior first baseman Jeff Larish went 1-for-3 and drew his 200th career walk. He also moved up into ninth place in the ASU career record books with his 55th double. The school record for walks in a career is 207 set by former major leaguer Alvin Davis (Seattle Mariners) from 1979-82. Larish and Davis are the only players to record 200 walks in a career and each established a rarity with at least 70 walks and 90 RBI in a single season. Larish had 78 walks and 95 RBI during his record-breaking sophomore season in 2003.
Curtis Finds His Groove -- Sophomore left fielder Colin Curtis had an auspicious start to the CWS going just 1-for-8 (.125), but has since turned it around. After an extra-long hitting session with Coach Murphy at Monday's practice (at Millard South High School), Curtis has responded by going 6-for-8 (.750) over the last two games against Nebraska (3-for-5, 2 RBI) and Florida (3-for-3, RBI). Overall, Curtis is second on the team hitting .339 (87-for-257) with 14 doubles and 45 RBI. In 10 NCAA Tournament games he is hitting .378 (14-for-37) and is batting .438 (7-for-16) in the CWS. Curtis has also been invited to the USA Baseball National Team Trials that will be held next week at NC State University in Raleigh, N.C.
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. Head coach Pat Murphy started Garrison at designated hitter in Tuesday's game against Florida to honor the freshman right-hander and he was pinch-hit for by Rocky Laguna.
Mr. Omaha, Joey Hooft -- Senior third baseman Joey Hooft entered the College World Series hitting only .125 (2-for-16) in the NCAA Tournament. But, Hooft has caught fire while making his third trip to the College World Series (2003 and 2004 with Miami, Fla.). In four CWS starts this season, Hooft is 6-for-15 (.400) and is 10-for-26 (.385) in career in Omaha. Hooft went 2-for-4 with a run scored Wednesday against Florida and was 1-for-5 in Tuesday's win come-from-behind win over Nebraska, including scoring the game-winning run on J.J. Sferra's single to right field.
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. Wednesday's win over Florida also marked the 13th time (out of 19) that ASU has won at least three games on a trip to Omaha and the CWS. ASU owns an all-time 58-31 (.652) record in the College World Series.
The Elimination 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. With Wednesday's 6-1 win over Florida, ASU is now 5-0 in elimination games this season.
Arizona State is now 5-0 in elimination games this season and Erik Averill has pitched in three of those games.
Since the NCAA changed its format in 1988 to include two four-team brackets, 36 teams have started the College World Series 2-0. With Florida's loss today, the 2-0 team is now 21-14 in its third game (with Texas currently playing). Teams such as Arizona State, which has to beat the 2-0 team twice to win its bracket, have had a lot of success once it picks up the first win to stay alive. Of the previous 13 teams that have defeated the 2-0 club, 10 have gone on to defeat that opponent again to advance to the championship series.