Clean top of the 1st for Betsa.
It's Penn State. At this juncture nothing should surprise you.
I got concerned earlier when I saw a team wearing white against Minnesota and got scared that we laid an egg in the semis, and that it was a Minnesota-PSU final. I did not take into account a lenghty rain delay, and it did not occur to me that the first game was not yet finished.
Susalla drives in Lawrence with a bloop into RF.
1-0 Michigan, bottom 1.
Let's run-rule em! But, more importantly, WIN THE GAME.
Blanco goes BOOM!
3-0 Michigan
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Falk goes back to back.
4-0 Michigan.
Whole lot of two-out lightning.
I can imagine this conversation in the circle:
"Oh shit, now what?"
"I dunno"
4-0 Michigan, end 1
Win with character. Win with cruelty.
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You'd better chew fast. We're already rolling.
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And it makes me wonder. What would Harbaugh think of the run-mercy rule?
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If we get to 8 or 9 runs, we'll see if Hutch pulls Betsa for the championship.
Wow. Betsa should be back in the dugout after that pitch. That was a strike.
And naturally, the next pitch is ball four.
Betsa is filthy when she's hitting the strikezone.
Betsa gets through the 2nd unscathed
00 = PSU
4- = Michigan
New pitcher for Penn State.
If she got hit like that by Nebraska, she might be better off going and hiding under the dugout.
A rare baserunning error. That's gonna happen from time to time.
Of course I tune in the game, see the baserunning SNAFU and then the DP...
Romero ends the 2nd with a GIDP
00 = 0 PSU
40 = 4 Michigan
unlucky there. Baserunning error and lucky double play. We had 2 hits on the inning though.
Betsa having a small issue of finding the strike zone. 3 walks now in the last two innings.
BUT...shes often inconsistent and not mentally tough...That will bite us in the Tournament against a Auburn or UCLA etc. She needs to be more mentally tough...
Shes good for one win and one good game in a 3 game series but thats about it and its been that way all year. Shes not a pitcher that you can ride to a title
That seems to be Betsa's modus operandi. Was the same in last year's NCAA finals.
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just throw it over the plate. Walks kill you when you have such a good offense.
Dodged a bullet there...
WTF??? How was that not a strike?
because it was outside.
Umpire not doing us any favors here
She's gone full Dontrelle Willis on us all of a sudden.
This umpire hasn't given anyone that particular corner at any time in this game.
For the record, I thought the last two pitches were a smidge off the plate, given this ump's strike zone so far.
Piss off, PSU
Hopefully Drisenga is throwing strikes.
suck on it PSU
Horrible calling. IDK how on earth that wasn't a strike.
But this is the problem with Betsa; she's either all strikeouts or all walks.
Driesenga gets out of it with one pitch.
001 = PSU 1
40- = Michigan 4
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like a 5th yr senior she shuts em down...whew! that was close to being a disaster inning
He's squeezing both pitchers in this semi. Terrible.
It's like he's shifted the entire strike zone about 4 inches to the right.
This umpire is not giving anyone ANYTHING on that inside corner on the LH batter's box side. Blanco probably should have been rung up there.
Alright, my outrage meter is scaling back since he called the same pitch a ball for us.
He's not giving any of the pitchers that outside corner.