Tennessee Baseball Report      Sun Belt Tournament 2003

Sophomore Series Junior Series Sunbelt Classic Baseball  
Roster Roster Team Georgia  
Scores/Highlights Scores/Highlights Team Arizona    azbca  
  Series Statistics Team Ontario  
Schedule subject to change      
Junior Schedule TEAM TN OPPONENT DATE/TIME
@ McAlester Tennessee 3 Georgia 0 Fri June 6   5:00pm
@ Legion Tennessee 5 Oklahoma Gold 6 Fri June 6   7:30pm
@ McAlester Tennessee 6 Arizona 2 Sat June 7      2:00pm
@ Legion Tennessee 11 Texas 3 Sat June 7       7:45pm
@ Harthshorne Tennessee 7 Mississippi 6 Sun June 8       2:00pm
@ McAlester Tennessee 0 California 9 Mon June 9      2:00pm
@ McAlester Tennessee 8 Oklahoma Blue 9 Mon June 9      7:45pm
@ Harthshorne Tennessee 8 Canada 4 Tue June 10  11:00am
@ Legion Tennessee 12 Missouri 2 Tue June 10   7:45pm
@ McAlester Tennessee 6 Mississippi 2 Wed June 11   7:45pm
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FROM OKLAHOMA
Lefty Carlton entertains Sunbelt banquet crowd Sunbelt play full of action
Arizona gives California first Sunbelt loss Hartshorne helping make Junior Sunbelt a success
Sunbelt pace on the rise OK Blue off to rocky start in Sunbelt Series
Sunbelt race wide open (6/9) Texas plays in fifth run-rule
Texas tops California (6/11) Gold takes Oklahoma title; Blue falls by run-rule(6/11)
Roster
Name School Position
Lavonte Barber Cleveland OF
Rawley Bishop Houston IF
Zach Cozart Collierville P/OF
Harrison Eldridge Farragut OF
Jeremy Finney Christian Brothers IF
Nate Hall Webb OF/P
Nick Latimer USJ P/IF
Matt McGahey Science Hill P/IF
Stephen May Beech P
Ryan Moore McCallie P/OF
Kellen Pickel Bradley Central IF/P
Justin Pickett White House C
Brad Robinson Oakland P
Kyle Waldrop Farragut P/IF
Steven Watson Oakland C
Alex Watson Riverdale C
Ryan Wilkes Chattanooga Central IF/P
Coaches
Mike Hayes Beech
Bobby Milam Red Bank
Clay Sanders Hickman County
These scouts were at the tournament this week, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Duke, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas Little Rock, and Oklahoma.
Game One  Linescore 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Tennessee 0 0 0 0 2 0 1       3 6 0
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0       0 4 0

WP- Kyle Waldrop

LP-
2B- Moore, Hall    3B-     HR-  Nate Hall   
HIGHLIGHTS- Ryan Moore had 2 hits.  Hall also had 2 hits.   Waldrop had 6 K's and 1 BB. 
Ryan Wilkes had an rbi single in the 5th and Hall hit his HR in the 5th.
Game Two  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Oklahoma Gold 0 2 0 3 0 1 0       6 9 3
Tennessee 0 1 0 0 0 3 1       5 5 1

WP-

LP- Brad Robinson
2B- Rawley Bishop, Harrison Eldridge, Lavonte Barber    3B-     HR-  Bishop    
HIGHLIGHTS- Bishop had 2 hits and an rbi.  Barber-rbi, McGahey- rbi, 
Game ended with runners on 1b and 2b and Zach Cozart lined out to the rightfielder.
Game Three 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Tennessee 0 2 0 1 0 0 3       6 9 0
Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 1 1       2 4 0

WP- Matt McGahey

LP-
2B-  Ryan Wilkes, Lavonte Barber, Kellen Pickel   3B-     HR-    
HIGHLIGHTS-  Pickel 2-3, 3 rbi; Ryan Moore 1-3, rbi; Wilkes 1-2, rbi; other hits by Alex Watson, Eldridge, Barber, Waldrop, Bishop
McGahey went 5 innings, Wilkes threw the final 2 innings.  McGahey gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits while striking out 7 batters and walking 2 .  Wilkes gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits while walking 1 batter and striking out 1 as well.
Game Four 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Texas 0 0 1 2 0 x x       3 5 2
Tennessee 8 1 0 1 1 x x       11 8 0

WP- Ryan Moore

LP-
2B-  Eldridge, Bishop, Wilkes, Cozart   3B-     HR- Eldridge, Pickett   
HIGHLIGHTS- Harrison Eldridge 3-4, 3 runs, 2rbi; Pickett 1-3, Grand Slam HR, 4 rbi; Waldrop 1-2, 2 rbi; Bishop 1-3, 2 runs, rbi; Wilkes 1-3; Cozart 1-3
Ryan Moore pitched 5 innings, gave up 5 hits and 3 earned runs while striking out 4 and walking 3 batters.  8 run rule ended game after 5 innings.
Game Five 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mississippi 2 1 2 0 0 1 0       6 9 3
Tennessee 0 2 0 0 2 1 2       7 12 3

WP- Zach Cozart

LP-
2B- Jeremy Finney, Eldridge    3B-     HR-  Bishop (2) 
HIGHLIGHTS-  Rawley Bishop 2 run walk off HR in the bottom of the 7th, Bishop had  2 hits, Lavonte Barber had 2 hits and scored 2 runs;  Finney had 3 hits and 2 rbi and scored a run; Eldridge had 2 hits, an rbi, Wilkes had one hit, Nate Hall had a hit, scored 2 runs and an rbi.
Nick Latimer started and went 5 innings, giving up 7 hits, 6r/2 er with 1k, 1bb.   Cozart pitched the final 2 innings giving up 2hits and  0 runs to get the win.  Cozart relieved Latimer in the 6th with no outs and a runner on 1b and 2b.
Game Six 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
California 4 0 1 1 3           9 13 0
Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0           0 5 2

WP-

LP- Nate Hall
2B- Eldridge    3B-     HR-    
HIGHLIGHTS- Bishop 1-2; Moore 2-2; Barber 1-1 and a walk; Eldridge 1-2 and a walk
Nate Hall started and pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up 4 runs and 5 hits .  Ryan Wilkes pitched 3 innings, gave up 4 hits and 1 earned run. Kellen Pickel pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up 5 hits and 3 earned runs.
Game Seven 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Tennessee 2 0 0 1 2 2 1       8 7 3
Oklahoma Blue 2 1 0 5 0 0 1       9 10 3

WP-

LP- Zach Cozart
2B- Bishop, Alex Watson 3B- Eldridge    HR-    
HIGHLIGHTS- Moore 1-3, walk; Wilkes 2-3, walk, rbi, 2 runs; Bishop 1-3, walk, 1 run, rbi; Alex Watson 1-2, 2 walks, 2 rbi, 2 runs; Barber 1-4, run, rbi; Eldridge 1-3, walk, 2 runs;
Cozart entered in the 5th with 1 out and gave up 1 hit and 1 earned run, 6 walks and 2 strike outs.  Steven May started and went 4 innings, giving up 7 hits, 4 earned runs (8 overall) with 3 strike outs and 2 walks. TN rallied to tIe the game in the 7th inning as Alex Watson walked with 2 outs, Ryan Moore reached on an error, and Lavonte Barber also reached on an error and courtesy runner Jeremy Finney scored on the throw.  Oklahoma wins on a bases loaded walk.
Game Eight 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Tennessee 0 0 1 1 0 3 1       8 11 0
Canada 1 0 0 2 1 0 0       4 8 2

WP- Kyle Waldrop(2-0)

LP-
2B- Eldridge, McGahey, Cozart, Waldrop    3B-     HR- Bishop  (3) 
HIGHLIGHTS-  Eldridge 1-3, 3rbi; Bishop 2-3, 2 runs, 2rbi; McGahey 2-3; Cozart 2-3, 2 runs; Waldrop 2-4, rbi; Finney 1-2, 3 sb's; Pickett 1-1, rbi; Wilkes 0-2, sac fly, rbi
Kyle Waldrop threw a complete game, giving up 8 hits and 4 runs (3 er) while striking out 5 and walking no batters. 
Game Nine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Tennessee 1 0 5 2 1 3         12 15 0
Missouri 0 2 0 0 0 0         2 3 3

WP-Brad Robinson   (1-1)

LP-
2B- Bishop, Cozart, Moore    3B- Eldridge, Pickett     HR- Hall, Pickett   
HIGHLIGHTS- Pickett 3-4,2 runs, 2 rbi; Eldridge 3-4, run, rbi; Cozart 3-4, run;  Hall 2-4,2 runs,  rbi; Finney 1-3, run, 2 rbi; Bishop 1-4, run , 2 rbi; Moore 1-3, run, 2 rbi; Pickell 1-2, 2runs, 2 walks,  rbi.
Brad Robinson started and threw 5 strong innings.  Robinson gave up 2 runs, both earned on 3 hits.  He struck out 5 and walked 4 batters.  Ryan Wilkes finished the 6 inning game by throwing the final inning and striking out 2 batters.
Game Ten  Championship Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mississippi 0 1 0 0 1 0 0       2 6 1
Tennessee 1 1 3 1 0 0 0       6 5 0

WP- McGahey

LP-
2B- Cozart 2    3B-     HR- Waldrop   
HIGHLIGHTS- Wilkes 1-2, run, walk; Waldrop 1-3, 3 rbi; Alex Watson 1-3; Cozart 2-3, run, rbi;
McGahey started and went 5 innings, giving up 4 hits and 4 walks, 1 strikeout, and 2 earned runs.  Moore pitched final 2 innings, giving up 1 hit and struck out 2 hitters.  TN scored in the first as Eldridge walked and stole 2b, Wilkes moved him to 3b and Eldridge scored on passed ball. In the second Alex Watson singled, Pickel courtesy ran and stole 2b and scored on rbi double by Zach Cozart.  In the 3rd - Wilkes singled, Bishop walked, and Kyle Waldrop hit a 3 run home run which effectively drove the nails in the coffin. In the 4th- Cozart led off with double, Eldridge walked with 1 out, Cozart and Eldridge pulled off a double steal of 2nd and 3rd bases and Cozart scored on a wild pitch.  "This bunch ain't hard to coach", said a jubilant and victorious Coach Mike Hayes, from McAlester at 11:30pm Wednesday evening.  All Tournament Team - Ryan Moore, Matt McGahey, Rawley Bishop                       Outstanding Pitcher - Kyle Waldrop   MVP- Harrison Eldridge

Team Tennessee Jr. Sunbelt Statistics
Offensive Statistics Def.  
Name G INN AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HP SO SAC SB SLG OB%
BARBER, LAVONTE 9 43 .273 6 22 6 1 0 0 1 6 0 8 0 0 .318 .429
BISHOP, RAWLEY 9 43 .370 10 27 10 3 0 3 8 5 0 4 0 0 .815 .469
COZART, ZACH 9 39 .400 8 20 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 .650 .400
ELDRIDGE, HARRISON 10 49 .414 12 29 9 5 1 1 6 7 0 5 1 3 .759 .528
FINNEY, JEREMY 6 31 .313 5 16 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 4 2 3 .375 .368
HALL, NATE 9 27 .217 5 23 7 0 0 2 5 3 0 5 0 0 .478 .308
LATIMER, NICK 1 5 .000 0 0 0
McGAHEY, MATT 7 17 .200 2 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 .300 .333
MAY, STEPHEN 1 5 .000 0 0 0
MOORE. RYAN 8 13 .471 8 17 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 .588 .571
PICKELL, KELLEN 8 29 .200 3 15 3 1 0 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 .267 .350
PICKETT, JUSTIN 6 6 .313 5 16 3 0 1 2 7 0 0 6 0 0 .813 .313
ROBINSON, BRAD 2 6 .000 0 0 0
WALDROP, KYLE 8 43 .280 7 25 5 1 0 1 7 3 0 3 0 1 .440 .357
WATSON, ALEX 6 33 .176 3 17 6 1 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 2 .235 .300
WATSON, STEPHEN 3 11 .143 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .143
WILKES, RYAN 9 41 .280 7 25 6 3 0 0 4 5 0 3 1 0 .400 .387
TEAM TOTALS 10 49 .305 82 269 66 24