2014 College Baseball

[PT Sox Fan]

All even!

Thrilled to finally break the seal, but really felt like we had a chance to bust it wide open there.

 

[VORP Speed]

Thrilled to finally break the seal, but really felt like we had a chance to bust it wide open there.

Yeah, but could have stayed 2-1 if not for that error, so I'll take it

 

[mabrowndog]

Campbell whiffs on high heat to start off the t-7th. Lewicki still throwing 94-mph gas with pinpoint control.
 
EDIT - Papi catches Ellison's sky-high pop-up. Two down.
 
EDIT - Swanson smokes the first pitch into LF for a single.
 
EDIT - Wow, ALMOST picked him off. The sweep tag by Papi was late (the scourge of righthanded throwing first basemen).
 
EDIT - Swanson running, and would've had the bag, but Wiseman whiffs on Lewicki's 97th pitch of the night. On to the b-7th.

 

[VORP Speed]

That guy has a sweet swing

 

[mabrowndog]

Downes leads off with the base hit to LF. Up steps Robbie Coman in the 9-hole.

 

[VORP Speed]

A #9 hitter who looks like he really knows how to bunt. Crazy.

 

[mabrowndog]

A #9 hitter who looks like he really knows how to bunt. Crazy.

 
Indeed. Hailed as a hero back at the Hoos dugout.

 

[VORP Speed]

Squared around early. Watched it to the bat. Ask a major leaguer to bunt and they stab at it and look terrible.

 

[mabrowndog]

That was a "fuck you" strikeout pitch by Stone on that sick slider as Cogswell golfs helplessly at it.

 

[VORP Speed]

Looked like some kind of hard knuckle curve on the grip close up. Nasty.

 

[PaulinMyrBch]

Shocking to see a guy who knows the difference bw a sac and a bunt for a hit.

 

[VORP Speed]

That is a filthy, filthy out pitch. Damn.

 

[mabrowndog]

Stone lays waste to Pinero. Inning over. On to the 8th.

 

[mabrowndog]

Rob Anderson ‏@_robanderson 1m
Virginia is 50-2 this year when leading (44-1) or tied (6-1) after 7 innings this year.

 

[mabrowndog]

Here comes Sir Howard of Asskick.  We're seeing some seriously great pitchers tonight.

 

[mabrowndog]

The final line on Lewicki: 6 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 5 K, 97 pitches (66 strikes).
 
Virginia Baseball ‏@UVABaseball 54s
Lewicki: longest outing for UVa reliever since 4/29/12 (Shane Halley 6 IP at Miami).
 
Steve Pivovar ‏@PivOWH 2m
Lewicki did not give up an earned runs (2 total) in 23 1/3 innings of NCAA tournament; allowed just 10 hits

 

[mabrowndog]

Reynolds flies to RF. One down, Norwood up.

 

[VORP Speed]

Ugh

 

[mabrowndog]

Holy shit. Norwood absolutely demolished that pitch. 3-2 Vandy.

 

[mabrowndog]

Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB 1m
First ER allowed by Virginia bullpen in 27 IP in @NCAACWS.
 
Aaron Fitt ‏@aaronfitt 48s
That was Vanderbilt's first home run since May 16.

 

[PaulinMyrBch]

Pimped a ball over by 5 feet. Crushed it though.

 

[mabrowndog]

Papi with the leadoff single to LF. Tying run aboard for the Hoos.

 

[mabrowndog]

Pimped a ball over by 5 feet. Crushed it though.

 
I think he was pimping the moment more than the trajectory.

 

[mabrowndog]

Now a McCarthy walk puts 2 on, no out for Fisher.
 
EDIT - Out goes Stone, in comes Ravenelle.

 

[VORP Speed]

In business again

 

[VORP Speed]

Fundamentals!

 

[mabrowndog]

Close call on the bunt by Fisher as the throw was inside the baseline. 2nd & 3rd, 1 out for Towns.

 

[PaulinMyrBch]

 
I think he was pimping the moment more than the trajectory.

He didn't pimp it for long. He knew it was close.

 

[mabrowndog]

Fundamentals!

 
Rob Anderson ‏@_robanderson 59s
Virginia's 12th sac bunt of the CWS ties a record done previously by Santa Clara (1962) and UCLA (2013).

 

[mabrowndog]

Wow. How many times in this CWS have we seen a hit batter to load the bases?

 

[VORP Speed]

Bases juiced. Gotta get their runs here and now.

 

[mabrowndog]

Not the worst thing for Vandy, with the force at all bases now.

 

[VORP Speed]

Should have turned 2 on that

 

[canderson]

Wow that was close at 2nd.

 

[mabrowndog]

Ravenelle and Ellison both delayed their throws. Potentially costly, but lead man retired at the plate.
 
Holy crap, that's a great play by Conde on the 6-4 grounder. On to the 9th.

 

[VORP Speed]

Tough to not score there. Probably going to regret that for awhile.

 

[PaulinMyrBch]

As pretty as those bunts looked, hard not to call a suicide.

 

[mabrowndog]

Tough to not score there. Probably going to regret that for awhile.

 
They'll have 9-1-2 (Coman-Cogswell-Pinero) due up in the b-9th.

 

[mabrowndog]

Tough to not score there. Probably going to regret that for awhile.

 
Rob Anderson @_robanderson  ·  1m

Virginia is 0-for-5 with the bases loaded tonight in a game it's losing 3-2 after 8 innings.

 

[PaulinMyrBch]

Howards played some infield

 

[mabrowndog]

Rob Anderson ‏@_robanderson 4m
Teams leading after 8 innings at the #CWS have won 62 straight games. Vandy is 47-2 this year when up after 8 innings.
 
Rob Anderson ‏@_robanderson 4m
Virginia is 0-13 this year when trailing after 8 innings.
 
Rob Anderson ‏@_robanderson 3m
Vanderbilt is 46-7 when scoring 3+ runs this year.
 
Rob Anderson ‏@_robanderson 12s
The last walk-off hit to decide a CWS came in 2010, when South Carolina's Whit Merrifield drove home Scott Wingo in a 2-1, 11 inning win.

 

[PT Sox Fan]

They'll have 9-1-2 (Coman-Cogswell-Pinero) due up in the b-9th.

Papi walkoff?

 

[mabrowndog]

Pride of Mansfield MA, Rhett Wiseman, ladies & gentlemen. Great catch.

 

[VORP Speed]

He must have been shaded way towards the line

 

[mabrowndog]

Another sick slider for strike three. Two down.

 

[mabrowndog]

He must have been shaded way towards the line

 
He was indeed.
 
Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 1m
Whoever's in charge of defensive positioning for Vanderbilt deserves a bonus.

 

[VORP Speed]

Bah

 

[canderson]

Awesome. Glad Vandy won. #HookEm

 

[mabrowndog]

There it is. Condolences to all the Hoos fans in here.
 
Vanderbilt wins the 2014 College World Series. Tremendous game, superb CWS, incredible tourney from start to finish.

 

[mabrowndog]

Four Massachusetts natives just won a national title. Wiseman (Mansfield) made the huge catch. Ravenelle (Sudbury) got the final out. Tyler Beede (Auburn) was their ace, and Ben Bowden (Lynn) was a key lefty on the staff.