Was artificial turf the reason the ball bounced high enough for the runner to get home?

Probably

No doubt.

It did take one hell of a bounce!

Even in the Box that run likely still scores…

But it didn’t hurt… runner from 3rd was going and even on turf I think that it scores

On grass, probably not, but I’ve seen balls bounce like that when it hits the ground in front of the mound or near it because it’s usually much shorter there or it’s dirt so it definitely happens in a similar way on a real field.

There are pros and cons to playing on both. I always prefer the real stuff myself. A field is a field and you play with an advantage if it’s your field, for sure. LSU just got hot at the exact right time with some luck on their side in both these games. This stuff doesn’t happen very often much less two games in a row. It’s crazy! But I love it!

Not sure if it gets over the pitchers head on grass

It hit a moth

If so we learned that at Vandy. Damn trampoline under the turf in front of the plate!

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Not sure if it gets over the pitchers head on grass

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Now you are exaggerating quite a bit. On a grass field that ball would have still bounced off the dirt area, not the grass. So the hop would not have been quite as high, but he still pounded that thing into the ground right in front of the plate. It was going over the pitchers head anywhere.

The ole “ Baltimore Chop” was named long before artificial turf. It does require hard dirt in front of home plate and hitting on top of the ball.