Middle 2 -- 1-0 Gamecocks
posted by David Cloninger, 6/01/2009 06:20:00 PM
Patrick Somers tries inside on two straight and it's two straight balls. Next one is down the middle and Bangs takes a mighty cut but fouls it down and off the plate. 2-1.
3-1 pitch and Bangs stings the next one down the line. Drew Schieber is again there, long throw across the diamond but Bangs ain't the quickest guy in the world. One away.
Andrew Crisp up. He takes two balls, then lines a shot past third and into left for a single. Yet another base knock for the fifth-year senior and the Gamecocks have one on, one out.
Bobby Haney, hitting .583 in the regional and with his season average up to .290, stands in. He's not a home run guy but he can drive it to all fields.
Something weird there -- second baseman Ryan Wood broke for the bag on perhaps an attempted steal although Crisp wasn't going. Haney one-handed the ball right where Wood was originally and it's through for a hit. Kind of an afflicted hit-and-run but it works -- Crisp is on third and Haney is on first.
Scott Wingo up. First-pitch swing and he knocks it right to first. Could have been two but the first baseman sees Crisp halfway down the line (why?) and throws home. They've got him pickled and although Wingo reaches first, Crisp is out at home 3-2-5-2. Since this might be the last time I get to say it, I'll say it -- that was stupid.
Whit Merrifield up with two on and two outs. He's quickly down 0-2, then 1-2, but takes the next pitch and dumps it inside the line. That's going to score Haney and the Gamecocks take a 1-0 lead. Wingo stops at second.
Conference on the mound as Jackie Bradley Jr. prepares to hit with two on and two outs. He hits a 1-2 dribbler that could be trouble but first baseman Brandon Henderson is quickly on it, flipping to the covering Somers a step ahead of Bradley Jr. Inning over.
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Parker Bangs stands in as designated hitter. Don't know if that would affect his possible pitching, but he deserves a shot after getting three hits on Friday.
Patrick Somers tries inside on two straight and it's two straight balls. Next one is down the middle and Bangs takes a mighty cut but fouls it down and off the plate. 2-1.
3-1 pitch and Bangs stings the next one down the line. Drew Schieber is again there, long throw across the diamond but Bangs ain't the quickest guy in the world. One away.
Andrew Crisp up. He takes two balls, then lines a shot past third and into left for a single. Yet another base knock for the fifth-year senior and the Gamecocks have one on, one out.
Bobby Haney, hitting .583 in the regional and with his season average up to .290, stands in. He's not a home run guy but he can drive it to all fields.
Something weird there -- second baseman Ryan Wood broke for the bag on perhaps an attempted steal although Crisp wasn't going. Haney one-handed the ball right where Wood was originally and it's through for a hit. Kind of an afflicted hit-and-run but it works -- Crisp is on third and Haney is on first.
Scott Wingo up. First-pitch swing and he knocks it right to first. Could have been two but the first baseman sees Crisp halfway down the line (why?) and throws home. They've got him pickled and although Wingo reaches first, Crisp is out at home 3-2-5-2. Since this might be the last time I get to say it, I'll say it -- that was stupid.
Whit Merrifield up with two on and two outs. He's quickly down 0-2, then 1-2, but takes the next pitch and dumps it inside the line. That's going to score Haney and the Gamecocks take a 1-0 lead. Wingo stops at second.
Conference on the mound as Jackie Bradley Jr. prepares to hit with two on and two outs. He hits a 1-2 dribbler that could be trouble but first baseman Brandon Henderson is quickly on it, flipping to the covering Somers a step ahead of Bradley Jr. Inning over.
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