re: CWS: North Carolina 4, LSU 2 - Final - Tigers are eliminated

LSU will have a chance if they can get back to Katz in the 9th.

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RAPH s last ab typical 2013 RAPH

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Nah typical 2013 Raph would've been his last AB against UCLA.

Raph has left 8 runners on base today by himself and ended 4 innings at the plate.

Yikes.

If Bregs and Rhymes aren't hitting, we had no chance at Omaha.

They have both been generally terrible at the plate, but those double plays essentially have ended games.

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UNC Pitching:
Trent Thornton 7.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K

LSU Pitching:
Cody Glenn 2.0+ IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K
Brent Bonvillain 4.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Chris Cotton 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K


UNC Lineup:
1) Chaz Frank 1 for 4, 2 K
2) Landon Lassiter 2 for 4, 2B, R
3) Colin Moran 3 for 4, RBI, 2 R
4) Brian Holberton 2 for 3, HR, SH, 2 RBI, R
5) Cody Stubbs 0 for 2, BB, HBP
6) Skye Bolt 2 for 4, K, RBI
7) Michael Russell 1 for 4
8) Mike Zolk 0 for 1, BB, SH
9) Parks Jordan 0 for 2, BB, K

LSU Lineup:
1) Sean McMullen 2 for 4, 2 R
2) Mark Laird 3 for 4
3) Alex Bregman 0 for 3, BB, K, GIDP
4) Mason Katz 2 for 2, 2 BB, RBI
5) Raph Rhymes 0 for 4
6) Christian Ibarra 0 for 3
7) Ty Ross 1 for 3
8) JaCoby Jones 0 for 3, K
9) Andrew Stevenson 1 for 3, K

Top 1
Frank struck out swinging (1 out)
Lassiter flied out to center (2 outs)
Moran singled to right
Holberton homered to right center, Moran scored; 2-0 Tar Heels
Stubbs hit by the pitch
Bolt reached on a fielder's choice, Stubbs out at 2nd (3 outs)
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; UNC 2, LSU coming to bat

Bot 1
McMullen flied out to center (1 out)
Laird grounded out to 2nd (2 outs)
Bregman walked
Katz walked, Bregman to 2nd
Rhymes flied out to right (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB; 2-0 UNC after 1

Top 2
Russell singled over the pitcher to short
Zolk sacrifice bunted to the pitcher, Russell to 2nd (1 out)
Jordan walked
Frank lined out to 1st, Jordan doubled off of 1st (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 2-0 UNC after 1.5

Bot 2
Ibarra lined out to short (1 out)
Ross flied out to center (2 outs)
Jones flied out to right (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 2-0 UNC after 2

Top 3
Lassiter doubled down the left field line
Moran singled off of 1st base, Lassiter scored; 3-0 Tar Heels
LSU pitching change from Cody Glenn to Brent Bonvillain
Holberton singled up the middle
Stubbs walked, Moran to 3rd, Holberton to 2nd
Bolt struck out swinging and hit by the pitch results in a dead ball, runners hold (1 out)
Russell popped out to 3rd (2 outs)
Zolk grounded out to 2nd (3 outs)
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB; 3-0 UNC after 2.5

Bot 3
Stevenson singled to left center
McMullen popped out foul to 3rd (1 out)
Laird singled up the middle off the 2nd base umpire, Stevenson to 2nd
Bregman reached on a fielder's choice to the pitcher, Laird out at 2nd, Stevenson to 3rd (2 outs)
Katz walked, Bregman to 2nd, Stevenson holds 3rd
Rhymes popped out to 2nd (3 outs)
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB; 3-0 UNC after 3

Top 4
Jordan grounded out to 3rd (1 out)
Frank struck out looking (2 outs)
Lassiter singled to left
Moran flied out to left (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-0 after 3.5

Bot 4
Ibarra grounded out to short (1 out)
Ross grounded out to short (2 outs)
Jones popped out foul to the catcher (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 3-0 UNC after 4

Top 5
Holberton grounded out to 2nd (1 out)
Stubbs grounded out to 2nd (2 outs)
Bolt doubled to left
Russell grounded out to 2nd (3 outs
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; Halfway home in Omaha, North Carolina leads LSU 3 to nothing.

Bot 5
Stevenson popped out foul to 1st (1 out)
McMullen singled up the middle to short
Laird singled to left, McMullen to 2nd
Bregman struck out swinging (2 outs)
Katz singled to left, McMullen scored, Laird to 2nd; 3-1 Tar Heels
Rhymes flied out to right (3 outs)
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB; 3-1 UNC after 5

Top 6
Zolk walked
Zolk caught stealing 2nd (1 out)
Jordan struck out swinging (2 outs)
Frank singled up the middle
Lassiter grounded out to the pitcher (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-1 UNC after 5.5

Bot 6
Ibarra grounded out to short (1 out)
Ross singled up the middle
Jones struck out swinging (2 outs)
Stevenson struck out looking (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 3-1 UNC after 6

Top 7
Moran singled up the middle
Holberton sacrifice bunted to the pitcher, Moran to 2nd (1 out)
LSU pitching change from Brent Bonvillain to Chris Cotton
Stubbs lined out to short (2 outs)
Bolt singled to left, Moran scored; 4-1 Tar Heels
Russell grounded out to 3rd (3 outs)
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 4-1 UNC at the stretch

Bot 7
McMullen doubled down the right field line
Laird singled to left center, McMullen to 3rd
Bregman grounded into a double play, Laird out at 2nd, McMullen scored; 4-2 Tar Heels (2 outs)
Katz singled up the middle to short
Rhymes flied out to center (3 outs)
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 4-2 UNC after 7

Bergman and rhymes did us in

Just can't get the ball down. You know he has to feel like shite.

did you know rhymes made a promise as a 12 year old he'd play in Omaha one day? Good thing he made the most of it

Should have benched raph earlier in the game