Lewiston,ID (Sporting Alert, NAIA) — Result and Box Score of the opening day 2014 Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series game between Faulkner (Ala.) and Georgetown (Ky.) on Friday from Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.
The No. 4-seeded Faulkner (50-14), who is also the defending World Series champion, edged No. 5 Georgetown (Ky.) (46-10), 5-4 to move into the winners bracket.
2014 Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series – Day 1 – Friday, May 23
No. 4 Faulkner (Ala.) (50-14) def. No. 5 Georgetown (Ky.) (46-10), 5-4
Faulkner advances to play the winner of the game between No. 9 Tabor (Kan.) and No. 1 Oklahoma Baptist at 3 p.m. PDT on Monday.
With the defeat, Georgetown falls into the elimination bracket and will next face the No. 8-seeded Southern Poly (Ga.) at 9 a.m., also on Saturday.
Southern Poly (Ga.), 1-0 suffered a 1-0 defeat to No. 9 Tabor (Kan.) in their opening game on Friday.
| Georgetown (Ky.) at Faulkner (Ala.) |
| 5/23/2014 Lewiston, ID (Harris Field) |
| Georgetown (Ky.) (46-10) | Faulkner (Ala.) (50-14) |
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PO | A |
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| Elmore, Duran CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Moore, Justin LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Coker, Tyler RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | Lemus, Martin 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | | Unkel, Tanner PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Mancilla, Steven SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | | Lomeli, Armando C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | | Rodriguez, Ryan PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Santiago, Edwin DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Reyes, Rick 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | | Higuera, David PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Gross, Trey 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Arthur, Tyler P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Meyer, Shaun P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Total: | 34 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 12 |
| | Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PO | A |
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| Sanchez, Luis 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | | Madera, Chris CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Cruz, Michael RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | Llera, Robert C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | | Rodriguez, Elvis PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Sanchez, Sergio 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | | Paula, Esteban LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | Joung, Randy DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Holguin, Dauris SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | | Figueroa, Edgar 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | Dorminy, Thomas P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Holcombe, Jeremy P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Griffis, Brad P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total: | 33 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 13 |
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| Score by Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | – | R | H | E |
| Georgetown (Ky.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Faulkner (Ala.) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| E– Mancilla, Gross(2), Holguin |
| DP– GC(2): Lemus(2),Mancilla(2),Gross; FALK(0): | LEFT– GC(7): Higuera,Santiago(4),Elmore,Gross; FALK(7): Holguin,Sanchez,Figueroa,Paula(3),Cruz |
| 2B– Moore | 3B– |
| HR– Lemus |
| SB– Elmore(2), Sanchez, Paula(2) | CS– |
| SH– | SF– |
| Georgetown (Ky.) | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AB | FO | GO | NP |
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| Arthur, Tyler | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 79 | | Meyer, Shaun | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 38 | | Total: | 8.1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 117 |
| | Faulkner (Ala.) | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AB | FO | GO | NP |
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| Dorminy, Thomas | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 93 | | Holcombe, Jeremy | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | | Griffis, Brad | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | | Total: | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 123 |
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| Winner- Griffis, Brad (5-2) | Loser- Meyer, Shaun (9-2) | Save- |
| WP– | PB– | BK– |
| HBP– Arthur, Griffis, Dorminy(2) |
| U– Cory Spangler (HP), Steve Miller (1B), Sean Bolte (2B), Eric Johnson (3B) | T– 02:30 | A– 1190 |
| Georgetown (Ky.) vs. Faulkner (Ala.) |
| 5/23/2014 |
| Score by Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | – | R | H | E |
| Georgetown (Ky.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Faulkner (Ala.) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | 9 | 1 |
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Georgetown (Ky.) Starting Lineup-
Elmore (CF), Moore (LF), Coker (RF), Lemus (1B), Mancilla (SS), Lomeli (C), Santiago (DH), Reyes (3B), Gross (2B), Arthur (P). |
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Faulkner (Ala.) Starting Lineup-
SANCHEZ (2B), MADERA (CF), CRUZ (RF), LLERA (C), SANCHEZ (1B), PAULA (LF), JOUNG (DH), HOLGUIN (SS), FIGUEROA (3B), DORMINY (P). |
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| Umpires- Cory Spangler (HP), Steve Miller (1st), Sean Bolte (2nd), Eric Johnson (3rd) |
