03-30-2019, 06:27 PM
Early in the day, I pulled up scores, and things were not looking good. Softball again gave up a grand slam in the first inning, women's tennis was tied 3-3 with Lampl behind the 8 ball late in the third set, women's water polo was two or three goals behind the Vavic-less Toejams... and the women's basketball team was struggling mightily with Missouri State.
Okay, softball couldn't rally. But Lampl did, 4-3 Stanford. Women's water polo did, as detailed in another thread. The women's basketball team didn't rally, but managed to survive and advance.
And baseball rallied from an early 5-2 deficit to score 6 unanswered runs and stay undefeated in the Pac-12. If they complete the sweep tomorrow, they could be the #1 team in the land, with both UCLA and Mississippi State losing (UCLA the opener against $C last night, and the Bulldogs 2 out of 3 vs. LSU).
Kudos to Alex Williams, who pulled Palisch and Rudd's fat out of the fire, striking out two with the bases loaded and the Cougars having already scored 3 in the third, then finishing with 4 2/3rd of PERFECT relief as Stanford mounted its comeback. Little finished it off with a perfect two innings of his own.
Meanwhile, Stanford scored three in the fifth with Daschbach, Stowers, and Tawa in the middle of it, then took the lead in the eighth with Daschbach again singling, then Stanford scoring on a wild pitch and a Tawa sac fly. They added an insurance run in the ninth on a walk, bunt, and double by Matthiesen.
So what started off slow ended up pretty darned good for a Stanford fan.
One thing: is WSU just cougin' it? I click on the watch link, and get Stanford's radio announcers. I clicked on the stats link, and it originally sent me to tomorrow's game page. Sheesh.
Hoping the good things continue tomorrow. UCLA exacting a measure of revenge on History's Most Famous Losers today, up 7-0 in the top of the ninth.
VG
Okay, softball couldn't rally. But Lampl did, 4-3 Stanford. Women's water polo did, as detailed in another thread. The women's basketball team didn't rally, but managed to survive and advance.
And baseball rallied from an early 5-2 deficit to score 6 unanswered runs and stay undefeated in the Pac-12. If they complete the sweep tomorrow, they could be the #1 team in the land, with both UCLA and Mississippi State losing (UCLA the opener against $C last night, and the Bulldogs 2 out of 3 vs. LSU).
Kudos to Alex Williams, who pulled Palisch and Rudd's fat out of the fire, striking out two with the bases loaded and the Cougars having already scored 3 in the third, then finishing with 4 2/3rd of PERFECT relief as Stanford mounted its comeback. Little finished it off with a perfect two innings of his own.
Meanwhile, Stanford scored three in the fifth with Daschbach, Stowers, and Tawa in the middle of it, then took the lead in the eighth with Daschbach again singling, then Stanford scoring on a wild pitch and a Tawa sac fly. They added an insurance run in the ninth on a walk, bunt, and double by Matthiesen.
So what started off slow ended up pretty darned good for a Stanford fan.
One thing: is WSU just cougin' it? I click on the watch link, and get Stanford's radio announcers. I clicked on the stats link, and it originally sent me to tomorrow's game page. Sheesh.
Hoping the good things continue tomorrow. UCLA exacting a measure of revenge on History's Most Famous Losers today, up 7-0 in the top of the ninth.
VG