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Update on Jeff Francoeur in the minors
Monday 07-07-2008 11:29am CT
Francoeur update: 4 hits SundayBy AJC | Sunday, July 6, 2008, 11:06 PM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jeff Francoeur of the Braves had four hits in his first four at-bats Sunday night, raising his average to .538, as the Class AA Mississippi Braves played the Chattanooga Lookouts. He struck out looking in his final at-bat. Francoeur went 2-for-4 in his first game Friday after being demoted from Atlanta, then went 1-for-4 Saturday. The right fielder had a .234 average with Atlanta before being sent down and told he would rejoin the big-league club within three weeks. Rashad Johnson videotape
Friday 06-13-2008 9:42am CT
Here are the surveillance videos from Rashad Johnson's incident at The Legacy. Here's a link to the video of what happened or didn't happen. Rashad completed his 40 hours of community service, so the charges were dropped. Judge for yourself... RashadNew Line-Up On 1420 The Tusk
Thursday 06-12-2008 7:46pm CT
We launched a new on-air line-up this week. Hope you're enjoying the expanded local sports coverage here on 1420 The Tusk (WACT-AM). You can hear Vinny's Sports Hour from 7 to 8am. I host the live afternoon sports talk show here in Tuscaloosa, The Sports Breakdown from 2 to 6pm CT. That's 5 hours a day of local sports talk plus local Tusk Sports Reports all day during our national shows. We always stream our shows on this site. Just go back to the main page and click on Listen Live. You can always go back and listen to anything you missed on our Podcast page. Feel free to call in and talk sports with us at 205-752-WACT, 205-752-9228. Give me your feedback, send me your sports opinions, comments, predictions or anything else. VinceFerrara@clearchannel.com Thanks. Hope to talk to you and meet you soon. Be good. - Vince Ferrara NCAA Baseball Tournament Field
Monday 05-26-2008 5:55pm CT
This is a great layout of the 64 teams in the tournament from SEBaseball.com... http://sebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=811441Sun SEC Baseball Tournament Blogs w/Updates
Sunday 05-25-2008 6:09pm CT
Sunday, May 25
Game 14 - #2 LSU vs. #8 Ole Miss (Championship Game)
LSU wins 8-2 (Ole Miss is eliminated and LSU wins the tournament title)
LSU put up a 5 spot in the 5th and Louis Coleman came in to work the final 6 innings of scoreless relief to lead the Tigers to the SEC title. Coleman struck out the side in the 9th and only allowed 3 hits in the game. Ole Miss is now 37-24 and awaits Monday's selection show. LSU enters the NCAA tournament at 43-16-1 and having won an incredible 20 games in a row with all but 4 of those games coming againgst tough SEC teams. LSU has a shot at earning a top 8 national seed. We'll recap the weekend and the NCAA Tournament Tuesday morning on my show. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Sat SEC Baseball Tournament Blog w/Updates
Sunday 05-25-2008 4:52pm CT
Saturday, May 24
Game 11 - #6 Vanderbilt vs. #8 Ole Miss
Vanderbilt wins 7-4
Vandy jumped on Ole Miss early leading 7-2 after 3 and held on for the 7-4 win. Ole Miss reliever Justin Cryer gave the Rebels a chance by holding VU scoreless and allowing only 2 hits over the final 7 innings. Ole Miss just couldn't convert on their offensive opportunities. Vandy forces another game tonight between these two teams, with the winner advancing to Sunday's Championship game. Earlier in the game, Vandy and Ole Miss had some heated words after Vandy's 1st Base Coach took offense to Ole Miss Pitcher Justin Cryer's actions on the 3rd out at first and said something to him about it. It did not escalate beyond both managers arguing with the umpires and the fans booing. Bama has to beat LSU today twice to advance to Sunday's single game championship againgst either Vanderbilt or Ole Miss. Robert Phares will start for Bama. Alabama/LSU is next. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Saturday, May 24
Game 12 - #2 LSU vs. #5 Alabama
The nations longest winning streak moved to 19 straight games as LSU came from behind to beat the Tide 12-8. The Bama defense allowed 3 unearned runs on 3 errors and the Tide bullpen, other than Will Stroup, was hit hard. The Tide had a 6-4 lead starting the 8th with closer Austin Graham pitching for Bama. Here's what happened next...Clark walked, LaMahieu stuck out, Landry singled, Schimpf walked to load the bases and Hollander walked to score a run and make it 6 to 5. Jim Wells then pulled Graham for RHP Josh Copeland to face a lefty hitter in Mitchell, even though Copeland has struggled mightily recently after left-handed hitters. Austin didn't have his usual good control so Wells felt like he had to make the move. Mitchell then singled to score the tieing run with the bases still loaded, the Blake Dean hit a grand slam to put LSU up by 4 and they would never look back. It was a disappointing late inning meltdown by Bama and early errors left LSU within striking distance. LSU is now 42-16-1 and will play in the championship. Alabama is now 34-26 and awaits Monday's NCAA Selection Show where its expected to get a Regional bid, probably as a 3-seed. Vandy/Ole Miss is next. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Saturday, May 24
Game 13 - #6 Vanderbilt vs. #8 Ole Miss
Ole Miss wins 8-7 (Vanderbilt is eliminated)
Michael Guerrero homered twice (now has 4 for the tournament) to lead Ole Miss to the win 8-7 Saturday night. This has been an improbable run to the championship game for the 8-seed that has likely not only locked up a tourny bid but perhaps even move them to a 2-seed. Jordan Henry collected 4 hits and the Rebs had to hold on late to win it 8-7. Vanderbilt finished at 40-20 and will await Monday's selection show. Ole Miss improves to 37-23 and will play LSU for the SEC Tournament Championship. Ole Miss/LSU is next. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Fri SEC Baseball Tournament Blogs w/updates
Saturday 05-24-2008 12:39pm CT
Friday, May 23
Game 9 - #6 Vanderbilt vs. #7 South Carolina
Vanderbilt wins 7-5 (South Carolina eliminated)
Pedro Alvarez and Andrew Giobbi hit home runs, David Macias collected 3 hits and Vandy received a strong start from Nick Christiani as the Commodores held on for a 7-5 win. Vandy led 7-1 but SC scored 4 times in the 8th and brought up the tieing run in the 9th. South Carolina awaits Monday's selection show at 38-21. Vandy (39-20) will play Ole Miss at 10am on Saturday. Alabama/Kentucky is next at Regions Park. Del Howell or Miers Quigley will start for Bama. Kentucky will send out their Sunday starter Greg Dombrowski who beat Bama in Lexington, has 5 wins and an ERA under 4. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Friday, May 23
Game 10 - #4 Kentucky vs. #5 Alabama
Alabama wins 13-4 (Kentucky eliminated)
The Crimson Tide finally broke through againgst Kentucky and pounded Wildcats pitching for 13 runs on 15 hits, getting their first win in 5 tries. CF and #9 hitter Alex Kubal hit a grand slam in the 2nd, one of his 2 hits. Kent Matthes and Alex Avila had 3 hits. Brandon had 4 hits in the game, the 5th time this year he's had a 4-hit game. Del Howell recorded his first career win in only his 2nd start. He gave Alabama a strong start, going 6 1/3 giving up 3 runs on 7 hits. Kentucky (42-17) is out and they await the NCAA Selection Show on Monday. Alabama (34-25) moves on to play the hottest team in the country, LSU at 1:30 on Saturday. Bama has to beat LSU twice on Sat to advance to Sunday's single game championship againgst either Vanderbilt or Ole Miss. No decision on a starter for Bama, as of yet. Some possibilities for one or two games on Sat would be Miers Quigley, Robert Phraes, Will Stroup, Nathan Kilcrease or Austin Evans. Vandy/Ole Miss is next. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Thur SEC Baseball Tournament Blogs w/Updates
Friday 05-23-2008 5:39pm CT
Thursday, May 22
Game 5 - #3 Florida vs. #7 South Carolina
South Carolina wins 11-3 (Florida eliminated)
South Carolina jumped on the Gators early with 5 runs in the secon cruised to an 11-3 win over Florida, making the Gators the first team dropped from the tournament. Justin Smoak had a HR and 4 RBI. Florida awaits the NCAA Regional Selection show on Monday with a 34-22 record, 17-15 in SEC games. South Carolina (38-20, 16-16 SEC) advances to Friday's first elimination game againgst the loser of the LSU/Vandy matchup. Alabama/Georgia is next at Regions Park. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Thursday, May 22
Game 6 - #1 Georgia vs. #5 Alabama
Alabama wins 5-2 (Georgia eliminated)
A great pitching performance by Alabama starter Austin Hyatt was the story in the Tide's 5-2 win over SEC regular season champion Georgia. Hyatt threw a complete game, allowing only 2 runs and 4 hits, striking out 6. At one point he retired 20 Bulldogs in a row. Rutledge, Wilson and May each had 2 hits a piece. Wilson extended his hitting streak to 13 games. Georgia (35-21-1) is bounced from the tournament and awaits to see if they will get a top 8 national seed they are hoping for. Alabama is 33-25 and will play the second elimination game on Friday againgst the Ole Miss/Kentucky loser. LSU and Vanderbilt is next at Regions Park. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Thursday, May 22
Game 7 - #2 LSU vs. #6 Vanderbilt
LSU wins 8-2
The hottest team in the country did it again. LSU won their 18th straight game. This is their second longest streak in school history. The win snaps a 5-game losing streak againgst the Commodores. Vandy (38-18) falls to the losers bracket and will play South Carolina on Friday. LSU (41-16-1) now has Friday off and will play the second game on Saturday at 1:30. Ole Miss/Kentucky is next at Regions Park. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Thursday, May 22
Game 8 - #4 Kentucky vs. #8 Ole Miss
Ole Miss wins 8-7
Michael Guerrero hit a one, 2-run, walkoff home run in the bottom of the 9th to win it for Ole Miss 8-7 over Kentucky. That was the second walkoff home run of the tourny. LSU's Blake Dean beat SC on Wed with one. That's Guerrero's 2nd home run of the tournament. Both teams either tied or exchanged leads 9 times during the ballgame. Ole Miss is now 14-7 all time in the SEC Tournament againgst Eastern Division teams. Ole Miss (36-22) moves to the winners bracket early game on Saturday to face the Vandy/SC winner. Kentucky (42-13) will be the opponent for Alabama at 6:30 on Saturday. South Carolina/Vanderbilt is next at Regions Park. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
SEC Baseball Tournament Blog w/Updates
Thursday 05-22-2008 2:04am CT
Wednesday, May 21
Game 1 - #2 LSU vs. #7 South Carolina
LSU wins 5-4 in 10 innings
South Carolina dominated LSU for 8 innings, leading 4-0. However, in the bottom of the 9th, after 2 walks, Matt Clark hit a 3-run HR to cut it to 4-3. Then DJ LaMahieu walked and scored from first on a Ryan Schimpf bloop double down the left field line to tie the game at 4. Then in the bottom of the 10th, LSU's Blake Dean hit a solo HR to win it for the Tigers, 5-4 in another wild LSU comeback win. LSU came from nowhere to extend the nations longest winning streak to 17 games, 13 of those in SEC play. LSU is now 40-17-1 and will play in the first winners bracket game on Thursday againgst the Vandy/Fla winner. South Carolina falls to 37-20 and will play in the first elimination losers bracket game on Thursday. Florida and Vanderbilt is next. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Wednesday, May 21
Game 2 - #3 Florida vs. #6 Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt wins 7-3
Two teams that were headed in opposite directions, after Florida sweep Vandy last weekend, went back the other way today. Vandy snapped a 5-game losing streak and Florida had their 4-game winning streak ended. Vandy scored 3 in the top of the 2nd and never looked back. Mike Minor pitched 5 solid innings for the Commodores and 3 relievers combined to work the last 4 innings scoreless. Florida left 14 men on base. Vanderbilt is now 6 and 0 againgst Florida in the SEC Tournament. Vandy will play LSU in the first winners bracket game in the night session Thursday. Florida will take on South Carolina in the first elimination game Thursday morning at 10am. Georgia vs. Ole Miss is next. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Wednesday, May 21
Game 3 - #1 Georgia vs. #8 Ole Miss
Ole Miss wins 4-1
The 8 seed Rebels sent their ace to the mound againgst the SEC regular season champs and it paid off. Lance Lynn and Scott Bittle combined to hold down and explosive Bulldogs offense as the 8-seed beat the 1-seed. Ole Miss will play the Ala/Ken winner in the second winners bracket game Thursday night. Georgia will play the loser in the second elimination game. Alabama/Kentucky is next. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
Wednesday, May 21
Game 4 - #4 Kentucky vs. #5 Alabama
Kentucky wins 9-3
This game started at 10:51pm and ended at 1:55am Thursday. UK's Aaron Lovett, a reliever, started and pitched a complete game, with 12 strikeouts to beat Bama. Two Tide errors led to 5 unearned runs. Austin Hyatt is scheduled to start for Alabama in their elimination game at 1pm vs. Georgia on Thursday. Kentucky will play Ole Miss in the second winners bracket game. South Carolina/Florida is next on Thursday. Check back for the story on that game. Don't forget to listen to The Sports Breakdown, weekday mornings 7 to 9 in Alabama on Sports Radio 1420 The Tusk and online worldwide at 1420TheTusk.com. Thanks!
-Vince Ferrara
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