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Brought 2 Wins Out Of 3 Before Regional
On Saturday, May 4, 2002, Southern traveled to Nauvoo for an extra game only to come out tagged with a 6-1 loss.
Southern only scored once in the top of the seventh when Mike Lenahan crossed the plate.
Game Stats:
McIntire-1/4, Single, 2 K, RBI
Burrell-2/4, 2 Singles, K
Wisslead-0/3, 2 K
Morris-0/3
Corzatt—0/2, Walk
Rothzen-0/3
Pogue-1/3, Double
Linder-1/3, Single
Wilson-1/2, Single, Sac
Pitching Stats:
Wisslead-7 innings, 29 batters faced, 6 runs, 7 hits, 7 K, 3 BB
Southern returned home for a game against Farmington on Monday, May 6, 2002. Again Southern came away on the short end of the 8-5 score.
Scoring for the Rebels was Nick Morris in the third, Christopher Wisslead in the fifth, and Matt McIntire, Joshua Ragar, and Chris Wilson in the seventh.
Game Stats:
McIntire-1/4, Single
Ragar-1/4, Single
Wisslead-0/3, Walk
Morris-2/3, 2 Singles, Walk
Burrell-1/3, Single, K
Keever-1/4, Double, K
Corzatt-2/4, 2 Singles, K
Rothzen-2/4, 2 Singles
Pogue—-1/4, Single
Pitching Stats:
Morris: 6 2/3 innings, 29 batters faced, 5 runs, 7 K, 4 BB
McIntire: 1 1/3 innings, 10 batters faced, 3 runs, 0 K, 1 BB
In Double-header
On Wednesday, May 8, 2002 the Rebels traveled to Colchester for a doubleheader.
Under a gray, cloudy sky on this day, the Rebels offense came alive, scoring a total of 19 runs on the day.
In the first game, the Rebels jumped out in front scoring 5 runs in the first with Matt McIntire, Joshua Ragar, Nick Morris, Christopher Wisslead, and Ryan Keever crossing home plate.
The highlight of the inning was a gargantuan blast by Christopher Wisslead that cleared the left-centerfield fence by plenty giving Wisslead six homeruns on the season.
In the second inning, Joshua Ragar led off with his second homerun of the season over the left-centerfield fence.
Southern scored again in the fifth inning when Ryan Keever
Game 1 Stats:
McIntire-1/3, Single, K
Ragar-2/2, Single, HR, Walk, RBI
Morris-2/3, 2 Singles, RBI
Wisslead-1/3, HR, K, 3 RBI
Burrell-0/1, HBP, Walk
Keever-0/1, 2 Walks
Corzatt-1/3, Single
Rothzen-1/3, Single
Pogue-0/3, 2 K
Pitching Stats:
Leath: 5 innings, 23 batters faced, 3 runs, 6 hits, 8 K, 1 BB
In the second game, the Rebels prevailed 12-3 in a shortened game due to lightning.
The Rebels jumped out early again scoring 5 runs in the first when Matt McIntire, Joshua Ragar, Nick Morris, Nathan Corzatt, and Ryan Keever crossed the plate.
In the top of the second the Rebels added four more runs to their total when Ragar, Morris, Corzatt, and Keever all scored.
In the top of the third inning, the Rebels scored three more times when McIntire led off the inning with his fourth homerun of the season.
Ragar and Morris then scored.
The game was called in the top of the fourth due to lightning with a final score of 12-3 in favor of the Rebels.
Game 2 Stats:
McIntire-1/2, HBP, HR, RBI
Ragar-2/2, Triple, Single, Walk, RBI
Morris-3/3, 3 Singles, RBI
Wisslead-0/3, 2 K
Corzatt-1/2, Single, Walk, 2 RBI
Keever-0/1, 2 Walks
Burrell-2/3, Single, Double, 4 RBI
Rothzen-0/1, RBI
Pogue—-0/3
Leath-0/0, Walk
Pitching Stats:
Wisslead: 2 innings, 10 batters faced, 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 K, 1 BB
Burrell: 1 inning, 4 batters faced, 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 K, 0 BB
On Thursday, May 9, 2002 the Rebels traveled to LaHarpe for a rematch only to be turned away again with the loss.
The Rebels scored first when Matt McIntire and Joshua Ragar crossed the plate on a double of the fence by Christopher Wisslead.
LaHarpe came back in their half of the inning with three runs of their own to take the lead. LaHarpe added another run in the second for a 4-2 lead.
The Rebels pushed across another run in the bottom of the fourth when Nathan Corzatt doubled and was driven in on a double by Adam Burrell.
Unfortunately the Rebels could not muster any more runs against the Thunder. LaHarpe added one run in the fourth, three in the fifth, and one more in the sixth for a final score of 9-3.
Game Stats:
McIntire-0/2, HBP, Walk, K
Ragar-1/3, Single, Walk, K
Morris-1/3, Single, HBP
Wisslead-1/4, Double, 2 RBI
Leath-0/3, K
Corzatt-1/2, Double, K
Keever-0/3, K
Rothzen-0/2, Walk
Burrell-1/3, Double, RBI
Pitching Stats:
Wisslead: 3 innings, 22 batters faced, 5 runs, 7 hits, 3 K, 5 BB
Burrell: 1 2/3 innings, 11 batters faced, 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 K, 2
BB
McIntire: 1/3 inning, 1 batter faced, 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 K, 0 BB
**NOTE**
HOMERUN- A-THON
The Rebels' regular season is over and the final homerun count in their first annual Homerun-a-Thon has come to 22 homeruns.
The players will start to collect the money of those who donated or pledged to the Homerun-a-Thon.
The Rebel team appreciates all of those who donated money or pledged for each homerun. They also appreciate all the support.
Homerun Total:
Joshua Ragar 6
Christopher Wisslead 6
Matthew McIntire 4
Brandon Rothzen 3
Nick Morris 1
Ryan Keever 1
Mike Lenahan 1