Santa Clara series — SWEEP!

[Chop]

Shoos and Volantis couldn’t coordinate in time to get the runner on a slow ball that pulled Shoos off the bag. One on.

 

[Chop]

Pick off. Got him running to second! One down.

 

[Chop]

Hmmmm. Might want to bring the infield in closer with all these slow rollers. Two down.

 

[Chop]

Bunt. Great play by Chamberlain. Three down.

 

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To the bottom of the third.
1-0 us

 

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Mendoza

K

 

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Belyeu

Goes down looking. Two down.

 

[Chop]

The SC pitcher is working his slider effectively.

 

[aUTfan]

I'm thinking of changing my name to aphelis cause I didn't have learning the root of a name today on my bingo card, just happy to watch some Longhorn baseball.

Volantis doesn't appear to have a direct translation but could be stretched to mean "one who throws" or "casts".

 

[Chop]

Flores

Well hit

It’s going………..















Going…………..











Gone

Solo homer over the RF fence!!

2-0 UT

 

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[aUTfan]

geeez, Belyeu was goin to throw that guy out at 2nd and got too excited.

 

[Chop]

Top of the fourth

Lead off double. Max B lost the handle and it might have been a triple with some other arm.

 

[Chop]

Grounder to Shoos. Runner to third. One down.

 

[Chop]

Ground out, but the runner on third scores. Two down.

2-1 us

 

[Chop]

Ground out to Shoos. 3 away.

To the bottom of the 4th.

2-1 us

 

[Chop]

Shoos

Blooper to CF. Lead of single. Nice patience and hitting.

 

[aUTfan]

Schuessler singles and makes it down to 2nd, Chamberlain k's.

 

[Chop]

Chamberlain. K. One down.

But Shoos steals second.

 

[Chop]

Will goes golfing there.

K

 

[Chop]

This guy’s slider drops well at the plate.

 

[Chop]

Stewart

Swings. Shoos steals third.

 

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Stewart

K

End of four

2-1 us

 

[aUTfan]

Schuessler steals 3rd. close play, SC Coach decides not to challenge and gets out of the inning any way with a swinging k.

 

[Chop]

Top of 5

Nice play by Winfield in LF. One down.

 

[Chop]

Ground out to Mendoza. Two down.

 

[Chop]

Volantis has command of a lot of pitches. He’s not a normal 18-19 year old on the mound.

 

[Chop]

Walk

 

[Chop]

That was close to a balk.

 

[aUTfan]

Nice play by Rodriguez to end the inning.