June 20, 2004
Box Score
By ERIC OLSON
Associated Press Writer
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - David Maroul's three-run double highlighted Texas'
five-run first inning and Seth Johnston and Dooley Prince had four hits apiece
to lead the Longhorns to a 9-3 victory over Georgia in the College World Series
on Sunday night.
The top-seeded Longhorns earned the inside track to a spot in the
best-of-three championship series. They will go to the finals next weekend if
they beat the winner of Tuesday's Georgia-Arizona game.
Texas (57-13), which beat Arkansas 13-2 in the CWS' first round, has
outscored its opponents by a combined 71-21 in seven NCAA tournament games.
The Longhorns had their first three batters reach against starter Sean
Ruthven, who needed 55 pitches in the opening inning. Johnston and Carson
Kainer drove in runs before Maroul's bases-loaded double into the left-field
corner for a 5-0 lead.
Ruthven (7-2) gave up an RBI double to Curtis Thigpen in the fourth and left
in favor of Mitchell Boggs to start the fifth.
Sam LeCure, making his school-record 22nd straight start this season,
allowed three hits and one run in four innings. J. Brent Cox (6-1) got the win
in relief after giving up two runs on four hits in three innings.
Huston Street pitched one-hit relief over the last two innings.
Georgia (44-22) scored once in the first on Josh Morris' sacrifice fly and twice in the fifth on a Marshall Szabo single and a Josh Morris groundout.