Playing for the series win!
Top of the 1st
Knight gives up 1 H, gets 2Ks. Dores get 1 stolen bag. Strands 1.
First licks for the Hogs coming up
Vandy pitcher, Kyle Wright is big time! We will have a work cut out for us tonight.
Wright strikes out the side. He has filthy stuff. Going to the 2nd.
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Top 2nd
Knight gets another K, gives up a walk. Dores leave a man stranded.
Going to the bottom 2nd
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Wright strikes out the first 2 batters of the second, first 5 batters faced. Hogs go down in order. This guy is showing why he is a top 3 pick in the upcoming draft.
Top of the 3rd
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Dores gets 2 hits on a bunt single and a blooper to left. Knight handles it with 2 more Ks! 2 left on base.
Going to bottom 3rd
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Grosser DHing get a walk on a 12 pitch at bat, fouling off 7 pitches… nice work senior!!!
Hogs get a lead off walk, but does nothing with it. Still looking for a hit off Wright. We did get him his pitch count up over 50 in the inning. That’s about all we got so far.
Top of the 4th coming up
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Knight gives up a lead off walk. Runner advances to 2nd on a passed ball. He pitches well after, and Shaddy makes a great play to leave the runner on 3rd.
Bottom 4th coming up.
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Hogs go down in order in the bottom 4th.
Starting to get good contact but no hits through 4.
Top 5th up
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Pitching duel thru 4
Knight= K 5, BB 2, H 3
Wright= K 6, BB 1, H 0
And then Knight gives up a solo shot to Toffey. Yikes
Knight gives up a solo home run and then a walk. But he works his way thru the inning. Pitch count is close to 90.
Bottom 5th coming up
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Wright gets 2 more Ks and set the Hogs down in order again. 5 innings, no hits for the Hogs.
6th cranking up.
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Knight gives up 2 hits to the first 2 batters and is done for the day.
Knight goes 5 innings
5 Ks
6 Hs
3 BB
1 Run
Book closed
Chadwick comes in and faces 1 batter. He fields the bunt and throws out the lead runner at 3rd. Great play by Gates to grab the wide throw. 2 on 1st and 2nd, 1 out.
Murphy on the mound.
Murphy gets a K and a fly out to end the inning. Vandy leaves 2 more on. Headed to the bottom of the 6th. Need to make some hay!
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Finally!!! Biggers with a base hit. 1 on 1 out
Hogs get 1 hit, leaves him stranded. Wright up to 94 pitches. Getting late.
Top of the 7th coming up
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