Baseball/USA Hockey Live Thread

Top of the first:
Brannon Champagne singled up the middle on a full count, and advanced to second on a Connor Mach groundout.
Brett Nicholas drove Champagne in with a single to left, the scored on a two-out double to right-center by Aaron Senne.

2:04 – Ryan Malone, unassisted
6:22 – Zach Parise (PP), assists by Stastny & Rafalski
8:36 – Erik Johnson (PP), assists by Pavelski & Malone
10:08 – Patrick Kane, unassisted
Mikka Kiprusoff pulls himself from the game and is replaced by Niklas Backstrom
12:31 – Kane, assisted by Rafalski
12:46 – Stastny, assisted by Langenbrunner & Parise

Eric Anderson throwing well for Mizzou, has a 3-hitter through four.

After giving up a leadoff triple in the bottom of the fourth, he got out of it by striking out FAU’s #5 hitter, and then inducing a 9-2 double-play to end the inning. Credit Dane Opel with the assist for gunning down the would-be shutout killer.

Anderson gets pulled after a solid five innings — four hits, no walks, five K’s, despite two HBP’s — and his replacement, Jeff Scardino, promptly gives up a leadoff homer in the sixth.

While Mizzou has had relatively even offensive distribution down the lineup through six — hits from the No. 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 slots in the order — All six of FAU’s hits have come from their top five slots.

2-1 Mizzou through 6.

No scoring changes through the 2nd period. Both teams have moved on to Sunday: USA in prepping for Gold, and Finland in resuming creation of obscure operating systems.

His scoreless streak is now around 104 minutes or so, and gets a standing O from his teammates as Tim Thomas sees his first action in Vancouver.

Over in Auburn…
Still 2-1 Mizzou heading to the bottom of the 8th.

Final, 6-1.

Top o the 9th with a runner on third… 2 outs.

Score is 3-1

Now 4-1

Runner on 1st,

Still two outs

In the top of the 9th, Tigers score a run without a hit:

• HBP


• Balk


• Walk (runners 1st/2nd)


• FC (1st & 3rd, 1 out)


• SB (2nd & 3rd)


• Liberto sac fly scores Brown

Mizzou tacks on another run on a LaFleur infield single to score Ampleman, who had advanced to 3rd on a WP.

Tigers three outs from a 4-1 win.

Jeff Emens allows a run, but Tigers win, 4-2. Next up are the host Tigers tomorrow at 3 p.m.