Bottom of the 7th... Dean goes to full count and walks. Gibbs singles to left. Runners on 1st and 2nd, zero outs. Hanover up, and he immediately hits into a 1-6-3 double play. Dean to 3rd. 2 outs. Runner on 3rd. Landry up, and he immediately grounds out to 2B for out #3 (although making it a close play at 1B).
Top of the 8th... Foul. Popout to Dean, 1 out. Next Brown batter: Strike 1. Ball 1. Ball 2. Single to center. Brown's catcher, the team captain, has 3 hits for Brown. Next Brown batter pops out to 1B Dean. 2 outs. Next Brown batter takes the first pitch and singles to center. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 outs. Come on Cotton! Ball 1. Ball 2. Strike 1 swinging. Foul. Foul. Ball 3. Full count. Strike 3 swinging to end the inning! There ya go little guy!!!
Bottom of the 8th... Mahtook up. Ball 1. And then Mahtook hits a solo homer to left!!! (Run #13 for LSU). Mahtook's first home run of the season!!! He had 7 home runs in 196 at-bats last season as a freshman. Next, DH Gaudet goes to full count and then strikes out swinging. Dishon up for Delatte... and he strikes out swinging. Top of the order up for LSU. Watkins walks. Nola up. He goes to full count and then walks. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 outs. Dean up... and he flies out to CF for out #3. 13-6 Tigers!
Top of the 9th. Little Cotton still on the mound to finish it off for LSU. Ball 1. Foul. Foul. Grounder.. and nice play by 2B Hanover for out #1. Strike 1 swinging. Ball 1. Foul. Strike 3 swinging!!! 2 outs. Strike 1. Strike 2 swinging. Single. Runner on 1st, 2 outs. Ball 1. Strike 1. Strike 2. Ball 2. Single. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 outs. Strike 1. Foul. Ball 1. Single, run scores (run #7 for Brown). Runners on 1st and 2nd. The team captain, 3rd-year starter junior catcher up for Brown, he has 3 hits tonight. Ball 1. Strike 1. Strike 2. Ball 2. Foul. Strikeout looking!! Way to go little Cotton!!!!!! :geauxtige Tigers win 13-7!! :geauxtige
btw...Godwin said on Buddy's show today that he had a feeling Mahtock was going yard tonight. Also said Dean is due for a long ball this weekend so I fully expect one tomorrow :grin:
I agreed. Enjoyed your pbp, John. I didn't get to listen to the game but reading your recap gave me a feel for what happened. Thanks.
I'm in Metairie so I can't get 98.1 at my house. Thank you very much for the updates, John. I really appreciate it.
Pepperdine baseball has gone to two College World series ('79, '92), won the 1992 National Championship, has 17 WCC Titles, 25 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, and 32 straight 30-win seasons. This is how they have done in recent history: 2009 -- 31-23 (57.4%) 2008 -- 38-21 (64.4%) -- 2nd place, Stanford Regional 2007 -- 35-22 (61.4%) -- 4th place, Long Beach Regional 2006 -- 42-21 (66.7%) -- 2nd Place, Malibu Regional 2005 -- 41-23 (64.1%) -- 2nd Place, Long Beach Regional 2004 -- 30-32 (48.4%) -- 2nd Place, Fullerton Regional 2003 -- 36-25 (59.0%) -- 4th place, Long Beach Regional
