(05-07-2026, 01:59 PM)M T Wrote: You left us hanging, so I had to go check.
Stanford wins 6-5 in the bottom of the 8th !!
Got called into a meeting. Thanks for finishing. Things not looking great right now, FSU leading 6-0 in the bottom of the fourth with two runners on and no one out. Heading toward mercy territory.
Zoe Prystajko threw over 100 pitches yesterday, so this was going to be an uphill battle.
They brought in Prystajko who promptly gave up a double. Now 7-0 FSU, runners on second and third no one out.
Now a sac fly and the run rule is looming. 8-0 one out runner on third.
Ground ball to second, throw home not in time. 9-0, one out, runner on first. I have a noon meeting, but I don't know if this game will still be going on.
Deep fly ball to center ends the inning. Stanford needs two, but pitcher Dimitrijevic for FSU has only allowed a single to Emily Jones (who was called out on the base paths) and a walk to Taryn Kern in 46 pitches.
FSU brings in Danley. With two outs, Stanford has runners on 1st and 2nd but the final batter grounds out to pitcher for the third out.
Stanford is in the running for a top 16 seed, but this was a wipeout.
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)