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 'I'm having fun' Seminoles second baseman enjoys 6-HR, 16-RBI game
Posted: Sunday May 09, 1999 07:41 PM
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Marshall McDougall hit six consecutive homers and knocked in 16 runs -- both NCAA records -- in Florida State's 26-2 rout of Maryland on Sunday. The second baseman opened his astounding day with an RBI single, then hit six straight homers. The junior's 7-for-7 performance was a school and Atlantic Coast Conference record. "It's already passed my goal for the year," he said. "I'm having fun." He broke the NCAA single-game home run mark set by Henry Rochelle of Campbell, who hit five against Radford in 1985. The RBI record was 14 by Louisville's Jim LaFountain against Western Kentucky in 1976. By late in the game, McDougall's teammates and the 247 fans at the game were all cheering for him to hit another one out. And another. "It was a great feeling because everyone was rooting for me," McDougall said. "Seeing my teammates react and the fans react, it was great. They were laughing and jumping around. They couldn't believe it." No major league player has ever hit more than four homers in a game, not even in extra innings. Nine major leaguers have hit four homers in a nine-inning game, the last being Mark Whiten of St. Louis -- against Cincinnati in 1993. The major league record for RBIs is 12 by Whiten -- in the same game in which he had four -- and Jim Bottomley, who did it for St. Louis in 1924. After his base hit, McDougall had a solo homer to left-center in the second, a three-run shot in the fourth, a solo homer to left in the sixth, a three-run homer to center in the seventh, a grand slam in the eighth and a three-run shot in the ninth. "Luckily, we had people on base, so they couldn't walk me," he said. "My teammates came through for me." McDougall leads the ACC with 23 homers. The highly ranked Seminoles had nine home runs during the game, with Kevin Cash, Ryan Barthemely and Sam Scott hitting the others. McDougall has played baseball since he was five, encouraged by his father, a former softball player. This is his first year at FSU, after playing two years at Sante Fe Community College in Gainesville, Fla. He hit three homers as a freshman and nine as a sophomore. As a Seminole, he has already had two earlier multihomer games. He hit two against University of North Carolina-Asheville, and three against Miami. "I just go up there and try to make good contact," said McDougall, who hopes to become a professional some day. Nick Stocks (9-1) earned the win, allowing two runs on four hits. For Maryland, Jamie Hammond (4-3) gave up 10 runs and 13 hits over 5 1/3 innings.
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