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

Now or never. 2 of our (at the moment) worst hitters are due up.

Should have started Chris Cotton

Here we go.

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UNC Pitching:
Trent Thornton 7.0+ IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Chris McCue 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 0 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 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K


UNC Lineup:
1) Chaz Frank 1 for 5, 3 K
2) Landon Lassiter 2 for 5, 2B, K, R
3) Colin Moran 3 for 5, RBI, 2 R
4) Brian Holberton 2 for 4, 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 2, BB, SH
9) Parks Jordan 0 for 3, BB, K

LSU Lineup:
1) Sean McMullen 2 for 4, HBP, 2 R
2) Mark Laird 3 for 5
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, BB
7) Ty Ross 1 for 4
8) JaCoby Jones 1 for 4, K
9) Andrew Stevenson 1 for 3, K
--Tyler Moore 0 for 1

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

Top 8
Zolk grounded out to 1st (1 out)
Jordan flied out to right (2 outs)
Frank struck out swinging (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 4-2 UNC after 7.5

Bot 8
Ibarra walked
UNC pitching change from Trent Thornton to Chris McCue
Ross lined out to 2nd (1 out)
Jones singled to left, Ibarra to 2nd
Moore flied out to left (2 outs)
McMullen hit by the pitch, Ibarra to 3rd, Jones to 2nd
Laird flied out to left (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB; 4-2 UNC after 8

Top 9
Lassiter struck out swinging (1 out)
Moran grounded out to 2nd (2 outs)
Holberton flied out to center (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; Going to the bottom of the 9th, LSU trails North Carolina 4 to 2.

Please let there be some magic in the bottom of the 9th

rhymes will end the 9th too

Titties

ryan

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