South Carolina Refuses To Lose Again At The College World Series
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I have been saying for a few months now that the Gamecocks refuse to lose and it happened again last night. South Carolina pulled out a 2-1 victory against Florida. Florida had so many chances to win the game I couldn’t keep track of them.
Ray Tanner has to be living right. Florida had the bases loaded with no outs. With the infield
playing in Wingo makes a diving stop, jumps to his feet and quickly throws a ball that makes a short hop that Beary backhanded with his catchers mitt and kept his foot on home plate. The throw from Wingo actually barley missed hitting the catcher’s mask. The next man up hit another grounder to Scott Wingo who again made a great throw to Beary who then fired the ball to first base to complete the double play.
Wingo made some great stops again last night, but that play made by Robert Beary was the play of the game. Wingo also drove in the run that tied the game at 1-1 with a single to center that scored Peter Mooney.
Another huge play was Beary concentrating, hanging on to the throw from Williams and applying the tag. The throw from left fielder Jake Willams was a little off line but it was the throw of his career without a doubt.
After the game Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan- “Bottom line, South Carolina is the champ for a reason,” O’Sullivan said. “They made plays when they needed to. This thing is a long way from over. This is a series. We’re disappointed tonight. But when we come out (Tuesday), we’ll be ready to go.”
Regardless the Florida players have to be down after blowing so many chances.
The winning run was scored by Christian Walker who was not expected to play because of the broke bone in his hand. However they put a brace on it, sprayed it with a numbing spray and he looked and felt good during batting practice.The Gators were not expecting him to steal so he took off to second, made it on a wild throw, took off for third, that throw skipped up into the stands so he was waved home and scored the winning run.
Game 2 tonight.
Somebody needs to make a movie about this team.
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