T6: Leadoff Stanford single

Smash left of Sheppard at 1st. He dives, gets it, throws to 2nd for the forceout. Great play!

Wild pitch allows runner to 2nd!! Grrr.

Another bouncer blocked by DiCaprio; runner doesn't advance. 3-1 count. Check swing strike 2. Wifff!! Whew. Two outs.

Kinaman wiffs on off-side pitch.
Low - Ball.
Bouncer up the middle. RBI. Bummer.

1-0 Stanford.

Runner goes. Safe, of course. Grrr.

2-0 Cardinal now

Graham makes mound visit. Very short. Enough time to say "pitch strikes" perhaps?

Next pitch is low. 2-1 count.

Soft liner to short right center on flailing swing on low/outside pitch. Warren dives ... can't make the catch. Ball bounces forward, fielded by 2nd baseman. RBI.

2-0 Stanford.

Pinch runner. What are the odds he steals?

The wheels are now coming off the wagon for Esquivel.

Smash down the 3B line. Myers gets it ... and throws out the batter. Nice play!!

2-0, Stanford, heading to B6. This is a 7-inning game, so Owls must start stringing hits together.

B6:

Moss walks!

Chandler:
Ball
Call strike.
Outside, ball
Call strike, outside corner must have been
Big swing, Foul to the left side
High fly to CF. One out.

B6, continued:

Warren:
Call strike
Outside. "Soft stuff, away"
Outside, again.
Foul, behind 3rd base.
High ... 3-2 count now.
Foul back
Slow bouncer up the middle. 2B dives to get it. Flips to SS to just barely get the force. Throw to first just late. Whew. But two out.

Piching change for Stanford.

Is it true the game ends at 5?

No inning starts after 5. So we better hurry up and rally or get out quick here again so we have a shot in B7.

B6: continued.

Stopper of the Year Watch list pitcher from Bloomsberg, Pa. in for Cardinal.

first pitch: Myers hits super-high fly about 6 feet right of home plate. Caught by 1B. We didn't want to look at even just one pitch by the new pitcher? WTF??

2-0, Stanford ... heading to final inning, the 7th.

T7:

Myers to pitch. Jeffries in at 3rd.

Wilson:After three fouled-off pitches, 3-2 popup foul behind the plate.

Winnaker: Called strike 3!!!

Horner: 2-1 pitch routine fly to CF.

Last chance now, Rice.

2-0, Stanford.

Myers looked good.

Needs some hits.

B7:

DiCaprio: First pitch ....grounder deep in the hole. SS can't snag it. single. Yay!!

Pinch runner: Cody Staub.

Leadoff runner squandered.

Proctor:

Called strike.
Foul down 1B line.

Ball in the dirt. Staub breaks late ... out by a mile at 2nd. SMH!! Grrr.

Foul back.

Routine 6-3. (Probably would have been a DP if Staub was still on base, BTW.)

I guess a split with a ranked team is improvement, but it wouldn't have taken much offense to get that third win.

Oh, well, let's not lose to SHS, and go from there.

6-3 in the hole. Game over. Double header and series split.

Lots of good playing in the last three games, Owls!!

Not a good steal attempt. Even though the ball was in the dirt, it seemed that the runner started late.