427-ft HR to center by Teddy Tokheim on a pitch that might have been a low ball brings Stanford within 1! Now 3-2 Miami, with the Hurricanes coming up to bat in the bottom of the thrid.
Gomez still pitching for Stanford, but he doesn't seem to be fooling Miami hitters. Runner on first with no outs.
1-out double off the center field wall and the Gomez's day is done. Runners on 2nd and 3rd. Kassius Thomas, transfer from Duke, 5.04 ERA, coming in to pitch.
Kassius Thomas gets out of the jam in three pitches! The runner on third broke for home on a sharply hit ground ball to 3B JJ Moran, who easily throws the runner out at home. Next pitch is a ground ball to 2B Jeon.
Still 3-2 Miami top of the 4th.
More ugly ball in the bottom of 4th. E-4 on a routine grounder, walk, sacrifice bunt, single up the middle scores two runs to make it 5-2 Miami.
Groundout followed by a walk and Miami has runners on first and second, 2 outs. Stanford bringing in closer Trevor Moore, 3.61 ERA, to stop the bleeding. Critical moment coming up.
Gomez still pitching for Stanford, but he doesn't seem to be fooling Miami hitters. Runner on first with no outs.
1-out double off the center field wall and the Gomez's day is done. Runners on 2nd and 3rd. Kassius Thomas, transfer from Duke, 5.04 ERA, coming in to pitch.
Kassius Thomas gets out of the jam in three pitches! The runner on third broke for home on a sharply hit ground ball to 3B JJ Moran, who easily throws the runner out at home. Next pitch is a ground ball to 2B Jeon.
Still 3-2 Miami top of the 4th.
More ugly ball in the bottom of 4th. E-4 on a routine grounder, walk, sacrifice bunt, single up the middle scores two runs to make it 5-2 Miami.
Groundout followed by a walk and Miami has runners on first and second, 2 outs. Stanford bringing in closer Trevor Moore, 3.61 ERA, to stop the bleeding. Critical moment coming up.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)