[BA] Texas Wins Sixth National Championship

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Texas Wins Sixth National Championship by Will Kimmey June 26, 2005 OMAHA–Augie Garrido predicted it, and David Maroul delivered. "We want a hero," the Texas coach said before the College World Series championship round began. "Somebody's going to do something they've never done before to win it all and it's going to change his life." Maroul, who entered the CWS batting .229-9-27, drove in four runs with a single and a three-run home run Sunday to send Texas to a 6-2 win that clinched the school's second national title in four years, and its sixth overall in front of 19,836 at Rosenblatt Stadium. That pulled Texas out of a tie with Arizona State and Louisiana State for the second-most NCAA baseball championships and helped ease the pain of losing this series to Cal State Fullerton a year ago. "I have no feelings right now," said Garrido, whose second title at Texas and fifth overall tied him with LSU's Skip Bertman for the second-most by any coach. "As I said the other day, it is mandantory for us to be here and it was a relief to get here. I'm kind of in a state of shock. "Isn't it cool that these kids here today are the best at what they are doing? How many times in our lives are we able to say we are the best at what we do? It's pretty special." The game ended as most close Texas games have this year, with J. Brent Cox on the mound. The junior righthander entered with runners at the corners and one out in the eighth inning, struck out Bryson Barber and induced a Brian LeClerc fielder's choice to end the threat. He pitched in all five Longhorns wins in Omaha to tie a CWS record, ringing up 12 strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings. Fittingly, Cox struck out Brian Barton to end the game and fell to his knees while pumping both fists in the air before the celebratory dogpile enveloped him. "I guess it's a dream come true," said Cox, whose 19th save tied a Texas season record and extended his NCAA lead. "It's pretty corny, but it's true." Cox was the known quantity entering the CWS; Maroul's heroics were much less expected. Excellent defense kept Maroul in the lineup at third base through the season, and he made several outstanding plays with his glove in Omaha, including starting a 5-4-3 double play in the ninth inning Sunday. But the senior surprised with his bat. He was named the CWS Most Outstanding Player after collecting eight hits (two home runs) and eight RBIs in 16 at-bats, with two home runs and six RBIs coming in the two-game sweep of Florida. "It feels good to help your team as much as you can," said Maroul, a 23rd-round Giants draft pick. "I just didn't think as much; I relaxed more." Maroul drove in the first run for Texas (56-16) on Sunday with a second-inning single. His three-run sixth-inning home run capped a four-run rally, the first time Texas had scored more than two runs in an inning at any point in the CWS. "Every day there's somebody new stepping up," shortstop Seth Johnston said. "David Maroul, College World Series MVP, he hit, what, .230 on the year? But when we got here and it counted, he stepped up for us big time. He was the man for us here this week and this weekend. All these guys stepped up, maybe they didn't have a main role, but they did it when we needed it. Like Chance Wheeless, you know? It's a different guy every time." Wheeless, whose walk-off home run against Baylor sent Texas to the championship round, hit an opposite-field homer into the left-field seats with one out in the sixth. ("When Chance hit an oppo home run, I had pretty much seen everything," Jonhston said.) That gave Texas a 3-0 lead and ended the day for Florida starter Bryan Ball (7-6). Connor Falkenbach replaced Ball and allowed a double, a walk and Maroul's home run, as he didn't have the same stuff he possessed Saturday when he held Texas scoreless for 3 2/3 innings. Kyle McCulloch cruised through the first six innings for Texas, allowing two hits. He didn't allow a hit until Brandon McArthur beat out a ground ball to shortstop in the fourth inning. A 110-pitch effort and temperatures that pushed 100 degrees led McCulloch (12-4) to tire in the seventh, when he allowed three hits in a span of four batters--including a two-run home run to Leclerc. The righthander possessed enough energy to tie his career high with strikeout No. 8 before exiting after 6 1/3 innings. "I was just trying to get ahead of their hitters," McCulloch said. "Once we got ahead and put up a lead early, the hitters tend to try to press. I tried to extend the strike zone and make them overswing." Florida (48-23) nearly tied the game in the top of the sixth inning. With Texas leading 2-0 and a Florida runner on third base, NCAA home run leader Matt LaPorta lined 1-1 pitch deep to left field. Carson Kainer raced to the wall, extended his arms skyward and calmy caught it. Things seemed to fall that way often for Florida, which scored four runs on 10 hits while making four errors in the two losses to Texas. "I thought we were a lot better ballclub than we played like the last two days. And we are a better ballclub," said Jeff Corsaletti, Florida's senior center fielder. "I'm disgusted with myself for not showing up these two games. You've got to give them a lot of credit. "We had our chances, but we didn't capitalize--and we didn't have a lot of chances." Meanwhile, Texas played with poise, executing a nearly flawless gameplan during its championship run. The Longhorns allowed seven earned runs and committed just two errors. They scored first in all five games, often bunting baserunners over with one of their 10 sacrifice hits. They also hit seven home runs in Omaha after totaling just 49 in their 67 previous games. "We like to play small ball: move a guy to second on a bunt and get on the board early. It works," said catcher Taylor Teagarden, who batted .353 in Omaha. "It works. Obviously, when we need to, we can hit the longball, but people don't talk about that much. But that's just Texas baseball right there, with good defense and strong pitching." ROSENBLASTS . The tournament set a new attendance record with 263,475 fans coming to Rosenblatt. The average per session of 23,952 also set a record. . Texas became the second consecutive team to win the national championship after not being a top eight national seed. The first five years of the current 64-team format, only top eight national seeds had played in the championship game/series and won the championship. . This was the first CWS since 1971 that no team scored 10 or more runs in a game, and the first since 1966 that no team scored more than eight runs in a game. In 15 games, 124 runs were scored, and the 8.27 average runs per game is the lowest since 1974, when the DH and metal bats were introduced. Florida 2 (48-23) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Corsaletti cf....... 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Adam Davis 2b............ 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 Matt LaPorta 1b.......... 2 0 0 0 2 1 12 0 1 Brian Jeroloman c........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 Brandon McArthur 3b...... 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 Bryson Barber ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Matt Gaski 3b........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Leclerc rf......... 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 2 Gavin Dickey lf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Andy Davis ph........... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Justin Tordi ss.......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 1 Stephen Barton dh........ 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Bryan Ball p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Connor Falkenbach p..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Darren O'Day p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 32 2 6 2 4 10 24 12 7 Texas 6 (56-16) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Peoples, Nick rf......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Stubbs, Drew cf.......... 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 Johnston, Seth ss........ 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Crouch, Will dh.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Wheeless, Chance 1b...... 4 2 2 1 0 0 6 2 0 Teagarden, Taylor c...... 3 2 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 Kainer, Carson lf........ 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 Maroul, David 3b......... 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 Hudson, Robby 2b......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 McCulloch, Kyle p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Boone, Randy p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cox, J. Brent p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 31 6 10 5 2 5 27 7 6 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Florida............. 000 000 200 - 2 6 1 Texas............... 010 104 00X - 6 10 0 ------------------------------------------- E - Dickey(8). DP - Gators 2; Longhorns 1. LOB - Gators 7; Longhorns 6. 2B - Teagarden(22). HR - Leclerc(15); Wheeless(6); Maroul(11). HBP - Stubbs. SH - Stubbs(21); Teagarden(8). Florida IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Bryan Ball.......... 5.1 6 3 2 1 3 19 23 65 Connor Falkenbach... 0.0 3 3 3 1 0 3 4 14 Darren O'Day........ 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 9 9 40 Texas IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- McCulloch, Kyle..... 6.2 5 2 2 1 8 25 26 110 Boone, Randy........ 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 3 5 22 Cox, J. Brent....... 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 4 5 22 Win - McCulloch (12-4). Loss - Ball (7-6). Save - Cox, J.B. (19). HBP - by Ball (Stubbs). Pitches/strikes: Ball 65/44; Falkenbach 14/8; O'Day 40/33; McCulloch 110/65; Boone 22/10; Cox, J.B. 22/13. Umpires - HP: Jim Garman 1B: Bill Davis 2B: David Wiley 3B: Andy Eaves Start: 2:11 pm Time: 2:50 Attendance: 9336 Falkenbach faced 4 batters in the 6th. -- If you're not have fun in baseball, you miss the point of everything. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.141.146.206