Miss State pitchers as a whole are holding opponent batters to a .189 batting avg, and they are #2 in the NCAA in fewest hits allowed per 9 innings with 5.60 (#1 is Dartmouth) LSU pitchers are holding opponents to a .211 batting avg and allowing 6.69 hits per 9 innings (#5 in the SEC behind Miss St, Vandy, Arkansas, South Carolina)
Top 2 Big Katz leading off. Takes 3 balls, then a strike, THEN SLAMS A TOWERING SOLO HOME RUN TO LEFT! 7 HOME RUNS IN LAST 5 STRAIGHT GAMES FOR KATZ! 1-0 L S U !
Top 5 Ross goes 3-1, walks. Stevenson, great bunt, everybody safe! Announcers: "that's what speed does" Jones, in massive slump, up, goes 2-2 AND BLASTS IT INTO THE GAP IN OF!! Ross headed home!! It's going to be close....SAFE!!!! Catcher loses control of the ball at the plate! Stevenson, who was so fast he was a few strides behind Ross, SCORES FROM FIRST BASE!!! 2 RBI DOUBLE FOR JONES! 3-0 TIGERS!!!
Bot 5 CF Stevenson with good play to end inning with runners on Announcers: "Stevenson has made a number of fine plays in CF tonight"
Bot 6 Eades (74 pitches) Fly out Announcers: "Eades is really starting to settle in...if you're Miss St, your game plan is to get Eades out of the game...Eades has got better and better as game goes on" Porter goes 0-2, rockets a double Announcers: "mistake by Eades hanging a 0-2 pitch...Eades would like to have that back... but that's what good hitters do, they take advantage of mistakes" Robson up, 3rd wild pitch by Eades sends runner to 3rd, goes 1-1 groundout to Jones, run scores... Rea up. Ball. Foul. Strike 2. Strike 3!!! K K K K K K K K
