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and we give up a homer... 9-9 in the ninth.

Murphy looked unhittable. Son of a gun.

Two outs. One out away......

You know how I feel about insurance runs....

We need them.

It is Murphy. He is throwing flames.

Interesting decision now for the braintrust.

Leave McIlvain in - bring in Murphy or Smith.

I'd be tempted to leave McIlvain in. He has been good. But Tech has some sluggers -

fresh arm makes sense too.

admin wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 11:15 pmSo happy for Gonzo

Me too. Huge.

Keegan gets one too!!!!!! 9-8 Vandy - top of the eighth.

Two strike homer. Nails.

Gonzalez SMOKES one. And we are back to even.

The announcers are - uncharacteristically - making clear just how bad the home plate ump is.

He will be embarrassed if he watches a replay.

An "I know it when I see it" strike zone is about right.

Really frustrating.

Now they are ahead and have a junkballer going. Smart.

I have to say, home plate ump has beern inexplicable both ways. He likes the high outside "strike." Does not like the right down the middle, lower half strike, He is not screwing one side - he is wrong both ways. We drop a fly ball - now it is 7-5 and Reilly should come out... and he does ...

Wow. We have bases loaded none out - and we fly out... and LaNeve is out trying to score. And no one else moves up. Chance to bust this open just vanished. Ball seemed deep enough - LaNeve seemed to slide real early? It was a good throw. Hate to see opportunities squandered though. 7-3 after four an...

LaNeve delivers with a sharp single. 6-3. Maxwell is in now. 1st and 3rd - still no outs in the fifth. Team is showing some fire tonight. Aggressive. And Reilly really turned things around - coaches are grooming him for next year and it took some stones to leave him in in the first frame. It has pro...

I am wrong. LaNeve up with runners on first and second, no one out... Maxwell still warming.

Keegan shows patience and takes a four pitch walk to start the fifth.

We could use some quick runs here. Maxwell - who shut us down the other day - is warming in the pen. Current pitcher is having a hard time finding the zone.

Maxwell was rough on LaNeve - I expect he will be in to face him.;

Reilly gets a lead and....

walks the first batter in the fourth. But THEN, to his credit, he rallies and k's the next two impressively. And the inning ends with a ground out. Good job, Reilly. Around 85 pitches through four.

Bradfield strokes a two out double down the line and we are up 5-3.

Irony, as ump called ball four a strike to keep him at the plate.

We have 6 stolen bases so far - and we are in the fourth inning. 4 by Bradfield.

Huff is taken out. 3-3 - Noland on first with one out in the fourth.

Young will be up. And he is batting from the right side!

LaNeve puts one into orbit. And we are tied.

He has been getting a lot of curveballs lately. He hammered a 2-0 fastball.

Reilly is even better in the third. I give him credit for that.

He is near 70 pitches through three innings - because of the first inning.