Eastern Ky

[Levon]

8-pitch walk and HBP puts Colonels on 1st & 2nd as a steady rain falls. Strikes out the next 2, strong finish!

[Levon]

Designated Hitter CJ Rodriguez lines his 4th single of the night to left to open the Vandy 7th. Very nice

[Levon]

Noland Ks, Thomas flies out, CJ takes 2nd on wild pitch, Romero flies out to deep right-center, nice running catch by RF.

[Levon]

Hunter Owen in to pitch 8th, still only a 4-run lead. Leadoff single to right. Need a strong Owen outing, gets a good start on stranding the runner with a looking K. Need 2 more...

[Levon]

Gets #2 on a sweet short-hop pick and throw by Gonzo, runner to 2nd. Next guy hard single to right, Thomas can't get his feet set to throw, runner scores from 2nd, 6-3 Vandy. Soft single between the 3-4 hole puts runners at 1st & 2nd. Need that 3rd out now.

[charlestonalum]

We are not playing great ball: seem to be timid. Need more confidence, play relaxed. We are being pushed by a 10-20 Eastern Kentucky. 6-3.

[Levon]

Gets it on a screamer that Keegan snags. That was a 4th run waiting to happen. Whew, that was close, nice play by Keegs. To the bottom of 8th.

[charlestonalum]

Top of 9th - need 3 quick outs and prepare to get a hot, very good UT.

[Levon]

Gonzo looking K on sweet breaking ball. EBjr lines single to right-center, thrown out on strong throw by CF. No way that could've been a double, still required an on-the-money throw to barely get him. Dude is FAST! Is that the first time I've ever said that? Hmmm...
Young flies out to deep left.
Donye Evans on to pitch the 9th, Ks leadoff man on tight slider! BAM!

[Levon]

Gets ahead 2-0 on next guy then hits him in the tookus. Ouch. Gonzo throws away check-swing grounder, runners at 2nd & 3rd, 1 out. This isn't going to be easy. Here comes Corbs, he talks with ump long enough that ump finally calls in the reliever. Pretty funny exchange. Here comes Murphy. Evans pitched much better than the results indicate.

[geeznotagain]

Safe or out, why throw home?

[charlestonalum]

Wow - home cooking on high heat: we get benefit of the clear doubtful call at home. 2 outs.

[charlestonalum]

We limp into UT: not a lot of momentum. Hope we are learning. ,6-4 win.

[Levon]

Bouncer to Gonzo at 3rd, throws home for out, but I think he missed the tag. Under review. Shouldn't even have been close, looked like Romero just whiffed on the tag. Call upheld. Wow, I think Vandy got a little fortunate on that call. Especially since the next smokes a short hopper that eats up Young for an infield RBI single. 6-4, 2 outs, runners on 1st & 2nd. Romero whiffs on ball in dirt, no attempt to block, runners move up. Not a good inning for Romero.. Tense...straight-away fly to EBjr and Dores win 6-4. Shouldn't have been that hard.