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00:10:16So one away and now into the box.
00:10:19It will be the third baseman, number 33, Jacob Clifton.
00:10:25All right, Jacob.
00:10:28All young.
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00:10:45Come on, Cliff.
00:10:50All right, welcome back.
00:10:51We're in our next game, which is Alabama against Virginia.
00:10:54You just saw William Harris single.
00:10:56Do left field with one out as Donny Tab
00:10:59let out the ball game by making an out.
00:11:01So we got one out.
00:11:02Harris on first.
00:11:03And Daniel Caden is the batter.
00:11:11So again, Alabama in their typical red jerseys.
00:11:15I mean, it's kind of the football team, basketball team.
00:11:18They're always going to wear red and white numbers.
00:11:21Then Virginia in the all black with white numbers on the back.
00:11:27So again, one out single by Harris.
00:11:28He's on it first.
00:11:29You're on the top of the first.
00:11:30Just underway.
00:11:31There's a fly ball.
00:11:32Deep right center field.
00:11:34And this one is gone.
00:11:36Boy, that ball really carried.
00:11:38There's really not much wind.
00:11:39I thought that was going to be an easy play near the warning
00:11:42track by the center fielder.
00:11:43But not to be.
00:11:45Daniel Caden, a two-run homer.
00:11:52And team Virginia leads it.
00:12:05OK.
00:12:11There's a drive to left.
00:12:13And that'll be caught.
00:12:17That was Chris Serino hitting that ball.
00:12:21And into the box, the additional hitter, number 27, Adrian Ramos.
00:12:27All right.
00:12:28So the two-run homer was Trey Porter scoring Clifton.
00:12:34Here's Adrian Ramos.
00:12:51There's a ground ball in the hole.
00:12:52Nice play by the third baseman.
00:12:54Nice scoop at first.
00:12:56And the out is recorded.
00:12:57Five to three.
00:12:58I'll tell you, we have seen some great third baseman play throughout the day
00:13:01here at Space Coast Stadium, USSA Space Coast Stadium.
00:13:06So Virginia gets two, top of the first.
00:13:09Trey Porter, two-run homer, 2-0 Virginia.
00:13:12Alabama is coming up.
00:13:21Go, go, go, go.
00:13:32All our bats are very good.
00:13:33I haven't felt a bat as good as the one-piece, Andy Purcell,
00:13:38since I've been with Slaughter.
00:13:39So you a little bit agree that that one-piece was a game-changer?
00:13:43100%.
00:13:44I've swung a lot of bats over the course of my time in slow pitch.
00:13:47And I think still to this day, that black bat holds the number one spot.
00:13:52So today, I have great news because we're going to bring back
00:13:57the one-piece bat in the 240 standard.
00:14:00Wow.
00:14:01And we're going to have the chance to go hit those bats and do some tests.
00:14:04Let's do it.
00:14:18I just want it.
00:14:21I just want it.
00:14:27I just want it.
00:14:32Hi, JC Myhreld's with you, bottom of the first inning.
00:14:34You're at USSSAlive.com.
00:14:36This is continuing coverage of the Challenge Cup.
00:14:40We've got one more game left after this one,
00:14:43and then we'll be done for the evening.
00:14:44We'll be back here early, though, tomorrow morning.
00:14:48This is Donnie Tabb leading off for Alabama.
00:14:54He'll be followed by William Harris and Daniel Caton.
00:14:59That one is hit right back to the pitcher.
00:15:00Nice play.
00:15:01On to first in time.
00:15:03Again, pitching is Kyle Serter for V.A.
00:15:06And Tabb is out 1-3, 1 away.
00:15:09That'll bring up number 13, William Harris.
00:15:12There you get a good look at Kyle Serter.
00:15:19Wearing that face mask.
00:15:23There's a long drive to the left.
00:15:25That could hit the scoreboard.
00:15:28I believe it did.
00:15:29I lost track of it, but I was heading right for the big scoreboard
00:15:32on the video screen, so no doubt about it.
00:15:35William Harris with a solo homer.
00:15:37Let's see where that hit.
00:15:39Here's the replay.
00:15:43Maybe it didn't reach the scoreboard.
00:15:47In any event, a run for Alabama.
00:15:49They trail 2-1 here in the bottom of the first.
00:15:52And again, Daniel Caton, C-A-Y-T-O-N, is the batter.
00:15:59There's a long drive left center field.
00:16:01I think that one is going to leave the yard, and it does
00:16:03over the big M sign between the Marucci and Easton signs.
00:16:08And just to the right, a little bit over from the DiMarini sign.
00:16:12So back-to-back solo homers.
00:16:14Harris and Caton, and just like that, we are tied at 2.
00:16:23Deep into the night in Vieira.
00:16:28Here's Michael Raniere.
00:16:34There's a drive deep center field.
00:16:36The deepest part of the ballpark.
00:16:37Will it hold it?
00:16:39Oh, it's off the top of the wall.
00:16:41Just inches from going out of the park.
00:16:43This is going to be a triple for Raniere.
00:16:45Ball played back in.
00:16:48So a long triple by Raniere.
00:16:51If he had hit that to any other part of the park,
00:16:53it would have been long gone.
00:16:55But he hit it at the deepest part.
00:16:57Just about straightaway center, just to the left of the batter's eye.
00:17:06So one out triple Raniere.
00:17:08Here's Donta Frazier.
00:17:14He wears 77.
00:17:16He slices this one to right.
00:17:18That's going to be caught.
00:17:20Nice running catch there by the right fielder.
00:17:23That is Josh Rigney.
00:17:25You get a good look at Mr. Rigney.
00:17:27Getting a good work on that one.
00:17:29Or actually, that's Travis Fields in right field.
00:17:36For number 24, Tommy Ball.
00:17:40So again, Frazier flies out to right.
00:17:44That was a sacrifice fly.
00:17:46Scoring Raniere for the third run of the inning.
00:17:50And now it's 3-2 Alabama.
00:17:52There's a ground ball right side.
00:17:54Should be the final out.
00:17:55Oh, hot potato, get that sour cream out.
00:17:57That'll be an error.
00:17:58That should have been fielded.
00:18:00So Tommy Ball reaches on the E4.
00:18:03That was pretty much a routine ground ball.
00:18:05But could not be handled by the second baseman, Chris Jones.
00:18:12Here it is, look at this.
00:18:14That's right there, right in the bread basket.
00:18:16Got to make that play.
00:18:19All the difference in the world.
00:18:21Runner reaches.
00:18:22There's a fly ball to right.
00:18:24That'll be a base hit.
00:18:26That'll send a runner to third.
00:18:28Ball played back in.
00:18:29Runners will be at the corners.
00:18:30Is he going to try and score?
00:18:32Oh, he threatened to score.
00:18:35He went about a quarter of the way down the line,
00:18:37then turned around.
00:18:39So Pritchett singles ball to third.
00:18:46And now Joshua Burkett.
00:18:57So again, first and third.
00:18:59Two outs, three runs in.
00:19:023-2 Alabama.
00:19:04There's a high pop-up.
00:19:05Should end the inning.
00:19:07Shortstop under it, makes the catch.
00:19:09That's Trey Porter with the home run in the first inning.
00:19:12So he gets a put out there.
00:19:14The inning is over, but three runs for Alabama,
00:19:17topping the two that Virginia scored in the top half of the inning.
00:19:20So already a high-scoring affair.
00:19:223-2 Alabama over Virginia.
00:19:26Yes, the all-black genesis one-piece was my signature bat
00:19:29when I first came back.
00:19:30The bat was just quite amazing.
00:19:32Up until present, the bats have just been top-notch.
00:19:35They've been just at the top of the game.
00:19:37We brought back that one-piece genesis,
00:19:39and it was like a light switch went off night and day.
00:19:42It was such an amazing bat.
00:19:44Everybody jumped back on to Louisville Slugger
00:19:46knowing that the product they were getting
00:19:48was just going to be amazing.
00:19:49And that was the start of what we have now,
00:19:51which is just unreal bats.
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00:20:29All right.
00:20:30We are back.
00:20:31The Commonwealth of Virginia is here.
00:20:34It'll be Travis Fields, Aaron Stidham,
00:20:37and Tanai Alston, 6, 7, and 8
00:20:40in the 11-person batting order for Virginia.
00:20:43Again, Virginia scored two in the top of the first,
00:20:45but Alabama came back with three in their half of the first,
00:20:48so 3-2 Alabama.
00:20:52So again, Travis Fields up.
00:20:54He plays right field.
00:20:55Passes to right center, and it'll be caught.
00:20:59The right fielder getting over there
00:21:00and making a nice running play.
00:21:03Let's see if that was.
00:21:04It looks like 13 made the play.
00:21:07They didn't label the positions for Alabama,
00:21:10so I'm going to do that.
00:21:12So that is William Harris playing right field for Alabama.
00:21:20That brings up Aaron Stidham, the catcher.
00:21:24So one out, nobody on here in the top of the second.
00:21:263-2 Alabama.
00:21:36Had a very nice gentleman bring up the Alabama lineup
00:21:39personally at the press box, and I just had to ask him,
00:21:43hey, are you a roll-tide guy or a War Eagle guy?
00:21:46And he said, oh, roll-tide.
00:21:49And I said, okay, I'll agree with you.
00:21:51Didn't want to get him upset.
00:21:57And ball four.
00:21:58I'll tell you, if you ever run into an Alabama fan,
00:22:00you better not say War Eagle,
00:22:01or you could get punched in the face.
00:22:03And likewise, don't go up to an Auburn fan and say,
00:22:06hey, roll-tide.
00:22:08That would not be wise.
00:22:11All right, one out walk to Stidham,
00:22:13after the fly out to right by Fields.
00:22:15Here's Tanai Alston, the middle infielder.
00:22:21Come on, Tanai.
00:22:28And the pitch is inside.
00:22:39Again, a beautiful night here at the ballpark.
00:22:42Lights are on, shining bright.
00:22:46No wind.
00:22:49That ball sliced to right foul.
00:22:52So that'll be a strike.
00:22:53You know, again, it's slow pitch softball.
00:22:55You're allowed one strike, but not two.
00:22:58So another foul ball or a swing and a miss,
00:23:00which doesn't really happen, and the batter will be out.
00:23:04That one is hit fair, though, down the left field line.
00:23:06There should be extra bases for Alston.
00:23:08He'll turn first, and he will coast in a second.
00:23:11Now he, oh, he just got there.
00:23:14Oh, my goodness, he was Cadillac-ing it
00:23:15like Robinson Cano used to do.
00:23:17And then he said, oh, I better speed up a little bit.
00:23:20So it's almost like he jumped on his motorcycle
00:23:22about halfway up.
00:23:25But he made it, barely.
00:23:29So one out double by Alston.
00:23:32And Stidham was able to make it a third.
00:23:35So second and third, one out for Chris Jones.
00:23:40And Jones made that error in the last inning.
00:23:44As it turned out, though, no more runs were scored
00:23:46after that.
00:23:47This one, he hits a pop-up to short.
00:23:49Easy player for the shortstop.
00:23:51He makes the catch.
00:23:53So Jones is retired, and that will bring up
00:23:55John Natalie, the first baseman.
00:24:00And you get a good look at the shortstop.
00:24:03That is number two.
00:24:07So Rainier is playing short.
00:24:10Donnie Tabb is playing third.
00:24:15Pitch on the way to John, I believe it's Natoli.
00:24:22And wearing Ed Cranepool's number from the Mets
00:24:24from 50 years ago.
00:24:25Ed Cranepool passed away around four months ago.
00:24:28I went to a card show.
00:24:31It was about a year ago and got his autograph.
00:24:33Very sad being a New York Met fan growing up.
00:24:37So Natoli walks down to first base with two outs.
00:24:44When you talk about being a Met fan of the 70s,
00:24:46you certainly remember Tom Seaver, 41,
00:24:49and I also remember Ed Cranepool, 7.
00:24:51Here's Josh Rigney, the left fielder.
00:24:53This one is sliced to right.
00:24:55That'll fall for a base hit.
00:24:56That'll play two runs.
00:24:58It'll send Natoli to third.
00:25:00And in with a double, just making it, is Rigney.
00:25:06So Josh Rigney, two RBI double, scoring
00:25:13Stidham and Alston, sending Natoli to third.
00:25:23So two spots in each inning for Virginia.
00:25:27Two in the first, two in the second.
00:25:29They have Leapfrog back into the lead, four to three.
00:25:32They have runners on second and third, two outs,
00:25:34and here's Kyle Serter, the pitcher,
00:25:37who flew out to center field his first time up,
00:25:39but there's no fly ball here out.
00:25:41It goes over the wall.
00:25:43A three-run homer for Serter.
00:25:46For center, it is.
00:25:48Okay.
00:25:53With a name like center, you would think he'd hit it to center,
00:25:55but he hit it to left, but it all counts.
00:25:58Nice leaping try there by the left fielder,
00:26:01but could not come up with it.
00:26:05So that's a three-run homer,
00:26:08and it's a five-run top of the second inning for Virginia.
00:26:14So Virginia led two-nothing.
00:26:16Alabama scored three in the first to make it three-two,
00:26:18and Virginia right back out in front, seven to three.
00:26:21There's a high pop-up down the right-field line.
00:26:23This one is going to make the stands.
00:26:25No play.
00:26:27Jacob Clifton, the batter, singled and scored
00:26:29in that two-run first inning.
00:26:38And you get a good look at Mr. Clifton.
00:26:44There's a fly ball deep left field, and sayonara.
00:26:49Home run.
00:26:51Clifton going back-to-back with center.
00:26:56That is run number eight for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
00:27:00So two in the first and currently six in the second.
00:27:04They might not be done yet,
00:27:06but there are two outs with nobody on.
00:27:08Here's Trey Porter, the shortstop,
00:27:10and Porter had a two-run homer in the first,
00:27:13so he's going for a second one here.
00:27:22We'll double-check if there is a limit
00:27:24on how many home runs you can hit in a game at this level.
00:27:28Try and find that out here.
00:27:30Hit right back to the pitcher.
00:27:32That'll be out number three, so retired is Porter,
00:27:35but Virginia, again, leapfrogs back in the lead.
00:27:38Six-run top of the second.
00:27:40We'll see if Alabama responds positively
00:27:42in the bottom half of the second,
00:27:43but it's Virginia eight, Alabama three,
00:27:45and we'll be right back.
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00:28:51All right, welcome back.
00:28:52We are going to the bottom of the second inning,
00:28:55and already 11 runs have been totally scored,
00:28:58eight by Virginia, three by Alabama.
00:29:01Again, Alabama had a three-run bottom of the first,
00:29:03so they're going to try and at least match it here
00:29:05or score some more to get back in the game.
00:29:07This is Darius English at the plate.
00:29:14Kyle Senter, who hit a home run, is pitching for Virginia,
00:29:17and there's a base hit for English.
00:29:20Oh, balls bobbled, so that'll be a single and an error.
00:29:24So single, English moves up to second on the E-7.
00:29:30I mean, if the error's not made,
00:29:31I don't think English gets the second.
00:29:38Now bring up Maurice Leverett.
00:29:41I want to say Everett.
00:29:42There was an Everett in one of the previous games,
00:29:44but this is Leverett.
00:29:46Don't forget that L in the beginning of the name.
00:29:54There's a pop-up.
00:29:55Oh, is the catcher going to catch that?
00:29:56They don't catch too many.
00:29:57Into the breadbasket.
00:29:5977.
00:30:00Aaron Stidham is the catcher.
00:30:02He makes the play.
00:30:04One away.
00:30:05We go back to the top of the batting order, third baseman Donnie Tabb,
00:30:08who hit one back to the pitcher.
00:30:10One to three is first time up.
00:30:19This is Justin Lutheran.
00:30:22He flies out to center field.
00:30:24Runner at second goes back to second.
00:30:34Now the final batter in the 12-person lineup, Marcus Hardy.
00:30:40Oh, wait a minute.
00:30:47Okay.
00:30:51One batter behind, folks, trying to catch up.
00:30:53This game moves about as fast as a hockey game does.
00:30:57Try doing hockey on the radio.
00:30:59I've never done it, and I probably never will.
00:31:01Donnie Tabb.
00:31:07There's a base hit to right by Tabb, and that's going to drive in a run.
00:31:12It's going to drive in English.
00:31:29That brings up William Harris, the right fielder, had a solo homer
00:31:33in the previous inning, which was the first.
00:31:37Pitch in for a strike.
00:31:51There's a high pop-up, foul territory down the left field line,
00:31:54and the third baseman cannot get to it, but he doesn't have to
00:31:58because you're on the second strike.
00:32:00You are out, and the inning is over.
00:32:03So that goes down as a strikeout.
00:32:07So Harris retired.
00:32:09Alabama does get one in the second, following up their three in the first.
00:32:14But Virginia in control.
00:32:16This one early at the end of two.
00:32:18Virginia 8-4 over Alabama.
00:32:50Let's go!
00:33:20All right, welcome back.
00:33:48So, 8-4 Virginia, trying to add to their lead here.
00:33:53There's a fly ball, shallow center.
00:33:56Boy, the shortstop had a long run for that one, but he makes the catch.
00:34:00That was Chris Arenos hitting a fly to shallow left,
00:34:08and the shortstop, making the play, went away.
00:34:14Here's Adrian Ramos, who grounded out the third his first time up.
00:34:29There's a ground ball to short.
00:34:30Throw to first on a bounce.
00:34:32In time, nice scoop there by the first baseman.
00:34:38Donnie Tabb, he started the game playing third base.
00:34:41Now he's playing first.
00:34:43Take a note of that.
00:34:45So evidently they do move the players around defensively.
00:34:51So two up, two down.
00:34:52That'll bring up Travis Fields, the right fielder,
00:34:55who flew out to right field back at the second.
00:34:57So he's 0-1.
00:35:01Fly ball, left center field.
00:35:03That might find the gap.
00:35:04No, it's going to be cut off.
00:35:05Base hit.
00:35:06Actually, he's going to go for two and make it.
00:35:07So that will be a double to left field.
00:35:10Didn't make it in the gap, but it made it far out enough
00:35:12where Fields could coast in the second with a two-out double.
00:35:23Here's Aaron Stidham.
00:35:24He walked and scored back in the second inning.
00:35:36Speaking of Alabama, there was a quarterback by the name of Stidham,
00:35:39who I think played at Auburn quite a few years ago.
00:35:42There was a fly ball to left.
00:35:45This will fall in for a base hit,
00:35:47and it will score a run right along the left field line.
00:35:50That was about 10 feet inside the line.
00:35:52Fair ball.
00:35:53Long run for the left fielder on that play.
00:35:56Couldn't get to it.
00:35:57So RBI single by Stidham scores Fields.
00:36:03And Virginia adds to their lead.
00:36:05It's now 9-4.
00:36:06That will bring up Tenaya Alston, the middle infielder,
00:36:09who doubled and scored in the second inning,
00:36:13which was a six-run second inning for Virginia.
00:36:25There's a fly ball very high in the air.
00:36:27Can anybody get to it?
00:36:29No.
00:36:30It falls in for a base hit.
00:36:33That was very high in the air,
00:36:35but it was also a very long run for the left fielder.
00:36:37Couldn't get there.
00:36:38The shortstop couldn't get there.
00:36:40So Alston with a single, and he single Stidham to third base.
00:36:49So the inning is still alive for Virginia, up by five,
00:36:53looking to add to it some more.
00:36:54Here's the second baseman, Chris Jones,
00:36:56who popped up the short in the second.
00:37:05There you get a good look at second base.
00:37:07Alston is there, and Chris Jones is there.
00:37:13So second and third, and two outs.
00:37:32There's a ground ball second.
00:37:33Out is recorded, and that is the third out.
00:37:38But an RBI single by Stidham brought in fields.
00:37:43So one run top of the third for Virginia.
00:37:45They lead a nine to four as you go to the bottom of the third,
00:37:48and we'll be right back.
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00:39:05All right, welcome back.
00:39:08There you see a flag.
00:39:09What flag is that?
00:39:10That's not the Canadian flag.
00:39:11I wish it was.
00:39:12It's just the USASA flags.
00:39:14Oh, the USASA flags.
00:39:16That's what it is.
00:39:17All right, pop up to short.
00:39:18First ball swinging.
00:39:21Out recorded.
00:39:27Again, Alabama batting.
00:39:28So that was Daniel Caton on the first pitch.
00:39:31Popping it up to short.
00:39:33That'll bring up Michael Rainier, who tripled and scored
00:39:38in the first inning.
00:39:41Scored on the sacrifice fly, but the next batter,
00:39:43that being Frazier.
00:39:46Pitch misses.
00:39:52There's a fly ball left center field, and it'll be oh.
00:39:56It could have been caught, but it's off the glove
00:39:58of the center fielder.
00:40:00So he's going to go to third.
00:40:02The throw to third is not in time.
00:40:05I'll tell you what, I'm going to have to give a three-base error.
00:40:07I hate to do that, but that should have been caught.
00:40:11I mean, he had a run after it for a while,
00:40:13but it should have been caught.
00:40:21So that'll bring up Dante Frazier, who hit a sacrifice fly
00:40:25back in the second to score Rainier.
00:40:28So he has a chance to bring in Rainier again from third base
00:40:31like he did in the second.
00:40:39So again, bottom of the third inning, it's 9-4 Virginia.
00:40:42Alabama trying to get closer.
00:40:44Ground ball is short.
00:40:45That'll help.
00:40:46It'll also be an out, but it will be an RBI ground out.
00:40:48Middle infielder to third by Frazier,
00:40:52and that scores Rainier from third.
00:40:55That's down 9-5.
00:40:57I mean, Alabama is definitely not out of this game.
00:41:00I mean, we're scheduled for seven innings,
00:41:03but in this game the time limit could interfere around the 5th or 6th.
00:41:09I can't quite remember what time we started,
00:41:11but we've been on I think for probably about 45 minutes.
00:41:16Here's Tommy Baugh, who reached on an error back at the second inning.
00:41:21This time he gets a base hit to right.
00:41:23Is he going to try and go for two?
00:41:24Yes, he will, and he will make it.
00:41:26He will make it.
00:41:27That will be a double by Tommy Baugh, B-A-U-G-H on the last name.
00:41:39Courtesy runner going to second is Caton.
00:41:46That will bring up Landon Pritchett, who singled back in the second inning.
00:41:53So, again, the slow pitch softball, if you're down by four in the third inning,
00:41:57don't panic.
00:41:58Just keep swinging the bats,
00:42:00and then try and not give up any runs defensively.
00:42:03Easier said than done sometimes.
00:42:07So, again, this is Landon Pritchett, who sliced it down the left field line.
00:42:11This will make the stands.
00:42:12No play.
00:42:16And Pritchett still at the plate, again on second,
00:42:19after the two-out double, Tommy Baugh.
00:42:29On deck we've got Joshua Burkett.
00:42:33Fly ball left field.
00:42:34This one is deep.
00:42:35This one is on the warning track.
00:42:37This one is off the top of the wall.
00:42:39It's in play.
00:42:40It'll be an Orbea triple, barely missing a home run by inches.
00:42:47So, Orbea triple, Pritchett scores Baugh, and now it is 9-6.
00:42:56And if they can get one more runner on base,
00:42:58it'll bring the potential tying run to the plate.
00:43:02Here's Joshua Burkett.
00:43:06Burkett hits this one deep to right center field,
00:43:09and this one will find the gap as it hits off the worth sign.
00:43:13That'll be an Orbea double for Burkett.
00:43:18So, the last three batters have been double, triple, and double.
00:43:24So, Pritchett scores.
00:43:26Burkett's on second.
00:43:28And now the potential tying run will come to the plate.
00:43:33Thank you, sir.
00:43:36Okay, I got the scoop on the next game, at least for one of the teams,
00:43:39the great state of Arizona,
00:43:41where the Phoenix Suns are pretty mediocre right now.
00:43:44But you can be mediocre in that division in the NBA,
00:43:47and, I mean, they're not very far even out of first place.
00:43:51And they're not really a bad club, but they're kind of 500.
00:43:53That ball is hit foul down the right field side by Darius English.
00:44:00So, Darius English is the potential tying run at the plate
00:44:04after Burkett doubled in Pritchett.
00:44:07So, three runs have scored here in the bottom of the third inning.
00:44:10So, for Alabama, three-run first, one-run second.
00:44:14So far, three-run third.
00:44:16For Virginia, two-run first, six-run second, one-run third.
00:44:20So, there's not been a scoreless inning yet.
00:44:26And, really, there aren't too many in a usual
00:44:30or a particular slow-pitch softball game.
00:44:33It's all about offense.
00:44:37Pitcher goes down to one knee.
00:44:39Now he straightens up.
00:44:40There's a ground ball in the hole.
00:44:42Cut off beautifully.
00:44:43Throw to first in time.
00:44:45Oh, that was a big play.
00:44:47Called six to three.
00:44:50And the inning is over.
00:44:51So, let's watch that replay.
00:44:54So, that was the shortstop.
00:44:56He has to make that play or another run scores.
00:44:58Good stretch at first base.
00:45:00And the inning ends.
00:45:01So, the good news for Alabama was they scored three.
00:45:04They could have had more, but a great play by the shortstop for Virginia.
00:45:07So, three-run third inning for Alabama.
00:45:10They still trail nine to seven at the end of three.
00:45:12And we'll be right back.
00:45:14So, we played three this week.
00:46:14All right, welcome back.
00:46:24Virginia batting here in the top of the fourth inning
00:46:27and clinging to a nine to seven lead.
00:46:41There's a base hit.
00:46:42Lofted into left field.
00:46:59So, that was John Natalie with a single to left field.
00:47:10So, I've said this before many times.
00:47:12I'll say it again.
00:47:13You can never have enough runs in slow pitch softball.
00:47:16I mean, Virginia jumped out to a lead early.
00:47:18Alabama came back.
00:47:19Virginia took the lead.
00:47:21And they've had the lead for a couple of innings at least.
00:47:25They're probably going to need some more runs.
00:47:27And off to a good start here.
00:47:28Back-to-back singles by Natalie and now Josh Rigney.
00:47:32Ball played back in.
00:47:34So, Natalie on second and Rigney is on first.
00:47:38So, the bottom of the batting order getting it done for Virginia
00:47:41as Natalie batted 11th.
00:47:43Josh Rigney or Natalie batted 10th.
00:47:47Josh Rigney batted 11th.
00:47:49And now we go back to the top of the batting order, the pitcher, Kyle Center,
00:47:53who has a three-run homer.
00:47:54He hit that in the second inning.
00:47:57That was part of a six-run second.
00:47:59This one is high in the air, pretty deep, but playable.
00:48:02Catch is made.
00:48:03Runners are tagged, both of them.
00:48:05Runner from second to third.
00:48:07Runner to first to second.
00:48:09So, a productive fly-out by Center.
00:48:16So, Natalie to third.
00:48:18Rigney to second.
00:48:22And here's Jacob Clinton, the third baseman.
00:48:24He has singled and homered and has two runs scored.
00:48:36On deck is Trey Porter.
00:48:39And ball fouled off right side.
00:48:42Oh, no, wait a minute.
00:48:45Excuse me.
00:48:46That's a home run.
00:48:48I barely lost track of that one.
00:48:52I'll take a mulligan on that.
00:48:57So, that's a deep fly ball, and that is a home run.
00:48:59Sorry, folks.
00:49:00Man.
00:49:03So, two-run homer by Clifton.
00:49:07Sometimes you whiff on one, and they did a good job whiffing on that.
00:49:12So, that was a three-run homer by Clifton, scoring Natalie and Rigney in front of him.
00:49:23So, 12-7.
00:49:24Virginia back up by five after being up by just two in the start of the inning.
00:49:30So, it's a three-run inning.
00:49:31We got a double here.
00:49:32We got a triple.
00:49:33It's going to be a triple for Trey Porter.
00:49:36So, Porter is halfway to the cycle.
00:49:39He's got a homer and a triple.
00:49:41So, he's got the two most difficult hits out of the way.
00:49:45And he has a legitimate chance to maybe hit for the cycle.
00:49:51So, Porter on third base.
00:49:54One out.
00:49:55Here's Chris Arenos, the center fielder.
00:49:58He has flied out to left, and he has popped up to short.
00:50:01He's 0 for 2.
00:50:07There's a long fly to left.
00:50:08See you later.
00:50:11The baseball visiting beyond the scoreboard in left field.
00:50:15I don't think that hit Stadium Parkway.
00:50:17It came sort of close, though.
00:50:19So, two-run homer Arenos will bring up Adrian Ramos.
00:50:23Come on, 2-7.
00:50:26Come on, AJ.
00:50:27Come on, AJ.
00:50:28High five.
00:50:31Ramos 0 for 3.
00:50:32Ground ball to third, and a ground ball to short.
00:50:35Go hard, AJ.
00:50:36Come on, boy.
00:50:37So, it's a five-run top of the fourth for Virginia.
00:50:40This one is lined and just over the outstretched glove of the shortstop.
00:50:44Base hit, and actually it's going to turn into a double.
00:50:47A double for Ramos.
00:50:49Or it could be Ramos.
00:50:51Either way.
00:50:52Still just one out for the left fielder, number 2, Travis Fields.
00:50:56And that will bring up Travis Fields, the right fielder.
00:50:59He has flied out to right, and he has doubled and scored.
00:51:02That game in the third inning.
00:51:04So, just when Alabama really needed a shutdown inning, they are not getting it.
00:51:09Instead, a five-run top of the fourth for Virginia.
00:51:16So, for Virginia, they're scoring tonight 2-6-1-5 in their first four innings.
00:51:22For Alabama, 3-1-3.
00:51:26I think that's an area code somewhere.
00:51:28And that will be a walk to Fields.
00:51:36And that will bring up Aaron Stidham, the catcher.
00:51:38He has walked, and he has singled in a run.
00:51:41He also has a run scored.
00:51:44And the base on balls for Travis Fields.
00:51:47And now into the box, Aaron Stidham.
00:51:52Stidham lines this one to right.
00:51:54It's going to fall in for a base hit.
00:51:56Gets past the right fielder.
00:51:58I think we're going to have an inside-the-park homer.
00:52:01At least a triple.
00:52:02Ah, they're going to settle for a triple.
00:52:04Stidham, two RBI triple.
00:52:06Thought that one had a chance because it got by the right fielder.
00:52:10And it got pretty far behind,
00:52:11and he's going to recover to at least get it in and hold it to a triple.
00:52:19So Aaron Stidham, a one-out, two RBI triple, scoring Ramos and Fields.
00:52:29Here's Taniyah Alston, the middle infielder.
00:52:32He has two doubles and a run scored.
00:52:3516-7.
00:52:40That was not old enough for Super Bowl III,
00:52:42but that was the Jets beating the Colts by that score.
00:52:45There's a ground ball in the hole, and that'll be a base hit.
00:52:48It sneaks under the glove of the shortstop, RBI single, Alston.
00:52:51He takes a wide turn at first, but he'll hold there.
00:52:54With an RBI single, scoring Stidham.
00:52:57And that is the eighth run of the inning, and now a 17-7 lead,
00:53:01which is a more conventional football type of score.
00:53:05So, Virginia has batted around in this inning.
00:53:09All 11 batters will bat.
00:53:11The only one that hasn't batted in this inning, Chris Jones,
00:53:14who has popped up the short and grounded out to second.
00:53:19This one is punched to right, base hit, and another batter will come up,
00:53:23stopping at second.
00:53:25Alston on at first, Jones.
00:53:32So, John Natalie was the one who started out this eight-run
00:53:37fourth inning with a double.
00:53:40And he is up for the second time in the inning.
00:53:46He has walked, he has singled, he has scored two runs.
00:53:50This one is sliced.
00:53:51Oh, beautiful play by the first baseman.
00:53:55Who is that guy?
00:53:56Number zero, Joshua Burkett.
00:54:00Joshua Burkett.
00:54:01Look at that guy.
00:54:02He's got nice glasses, too.
00:54:05He's laughing about it.
00:54:12Beautiful play.
00:54:13Here's the replay.
00:54:14He stretches out just enough.
00:54:18And probably good that he was a left-handed thrower.
00:54:21Ball fouled off and out of play.
00:54:23He wears the glove on the – that's the interesting thing.
00:54:26You wear the glove on the right hand, but you are a left-handed thrower.
00:54:29He probably helped him that he was a lefty.
00:54:34Here's Justin Lutheran who flew out to center field in the second inning.
00:54:43There's a fly ball.
00:54:44Center field should be the final out.
00:54:46Center fielder will make the catch and the inning is over.
00:54:50But in the inning, let's see here.
00:54:5414 batters came up.
00:54:56Virginia scored eight.
00:54:59And they lead 17-7 as we go to the bottom of the fourth,
00:55:03and we'll be right back.
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00:56:15All right, there you see the score, 17-7, Virginia leading Alabama.
00:56:19You know, in the football field,
00:56:20Alabama would probably beat Virginia pretty easily.
00:56:22But on the slow-pitch softball diamond, it is all Virginia so far.
00:56:27So a 10-run lead for Virginia in the fourth.
00:56:30I mean, is Alabama necessarily out of this game?
00:56:32You know what, I'm just going to say no.
00:56:34I mean, they could come back.
00:56:37Maurice Leverett, Justin Lutheran, Marcus Hardy,
00:56:40the bottom of the batting order for Alabama, 10, 11, and 12,
00:56:43scheduled here in the bottom of the fourth.
00:56:47Leverett with a foul pop-up to the catcher, his first time up.
00:56:51There's a bounce at her short, one hopper for the shortstop,
00:56:53on to first on the bounce, in time, and Leverett is retired, 6-3, one away.
00:56:58That will bring up Justin Lutheran,
00:57:00who flew out to center field back in the second inning.
00:57:13Memories of the Mets again from the 70s, that was Cleon Jones' number,
00:57:17way back when.
00:57:19There's a pop-up left side, out of play, right near the dugout.
00:57:27Cleon Jones, probably a top-10 Mets player all time
00:57:31in the history of the New York Mets, who were born in 1962
00:57:34and went 40-120, had a horrible first year,
00:57:37but of course won that memorable World Series in 69 over the Orioles.
00:57:41There's a high pop-up, can the left fielder get there?
00:57:44No, can the shortstop get there?
00:57:46He doesn't have to get there, it's a foul ball and it's an out,
00:57:49so Lutheran is retired.
00:57:54So that will actually be a strikeout, and that will bring up Donnie Tabb.
00:58:06Not sure what happened to Hardy.
00:58:11Tabb is the batter.
00:58:13Ground out 1-3, and then an RBI single in the second inning.
00:58:21That one is lined to center field by Tabb, base hit, so he's now 2-3.
00:58:31And that will bring up William Harris, who has reached the pinnacle
00:58:36by hitting a home run and scoring, and then striking out,
00:58:40which was actually a foul ball, a two-strike strikeout.
00:58:44Again, when you hit a foul ball for the second strike, you are out.
00:58:48The ball does not have to be caught.
00:58:51So extremes for him.
00:58:53There's a ground ball short and the second for one.
00:58:58So 6-4, fielder's choice, will end the inning.
00:59:02And Alabama remains down by 10.
00:59:04In fact, that is the first scoreless inning by either team.
00:59:08Alabama does not score in the fourth, and they trail 17-7 at the end of four.
00:59:16All our bats are very good.
00:59:18I haven't felt a bat as good as the one-piece Andy Purcell
00:59:22since I've been with Slugger.
00:59:24So you a little bit agree that that one-piece was a game-changer?
00:59:28100%.
00:59:29I've swung a lot of bats over the course of my time in slow pitch,
00:59:32and I think still to this day that black bat holds the number one spot.
00:59:36So today, I have great news because we're going to bring back
00:59:41the one-piece bat and a 240 sender.
00:59:44Wow.
00:59:45And we're going to have the chance to go hit those bats and do some tests.
00:59:48Let's do it.
01:00:06All right, welcome back.
01:00:18We go to the top of the fifth inning.
01:00:19Virginia appears to be in control this one as they lead at 17-7.
01:00:24Again, JC Myles with you, USSSAlive.com.
01:00:27Proud to bring you this broadcast.
01:00:29This is the Challenge Cup.
01:00:30We've got one more game after this one, and then we'll be done for the evening.
01:00:33But we'll be back here bright and early about 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
01:00:40So leading off for Virginia is the top of the batting order, Kyle Senter,
01:00:47the pitcher.
01:00:48And Senter is one for three, but the one was a big one,
01:00:52a three-run homer in the second.
01:00:54There's a fly ball left.
01:00:55This might be homer number two, and it is.
01:00:58So a three-run homer and then a solo shot.
01:01:02So solo homer, Senter.
01:01:14So he's got four runs batted in.
01:01:17So two for four, two homers, two runs scored, four RBIs.
01:01:25There's a fly ball left.
01:01:26That one's in orbit because that could hit the scoreboard.
01:01:30It might have.
01:01:31It was heading right for it.
01:01:33So back-to-back solo homers, Senter and Clifton.
01:01:40Oh, my goodness, that's the hat trick for Clifton to steal a hockey term,
01:01:44three homers in the game.
01:01:50So Virginia playing some home-run derby in this game.
01:01:55There's a ground ball to second.
01:01:57Oh, it gets by the second baseman.
01:01:58Tough play.
01:01:59That'll be a single.
01:02:01Going to second and making it.
01:02:04A ground ball single to right center field.
01:02:07Turns into a ground ball double.
01:02:09Trey Porter.
01:02:11Porter has a two-run homer, a triple, and now a double.
01:02:18Well, I'll tell you what, he has gotten the most difficult ones out of the way
01:02:21if you're thinking about the cycle.
01:02:24He has the homer, the triple, and the double.
01:02:26All he needs is a single.
01:02:27I don't know if he's going to get up again.
01:02:29If Virginia can have another big inning, he might get up one more time.
01:02:33Here's Chris Arenos, the center fielder.
01:02:35He's got a two-run homer and a run scored.
01:02:37He is one for three.
01:02:42So recapping, Senter has a home run.
01:02:47Clifton has three home runs, and there's a walk.
01:02:53Porter has a home run, a triple, and a double.
01:02:57Arenos has a home run.
01:03:02And that's about it for the home runs.
01:03:06That's enough.
01:03:08This one is to second.
01:03:09Four to six to three.
01:03:12Double play.
01:03:15Nicely turned by Alabama.
01:03:19Roll tide or war eagle on that one.
01:03:22I want to make everybody happy.
01:03:25I'll tell you, throughout the day, we've had a bunch of four to six to three
01:03:28double plays, more than six to four to three.
01:03:31Now, there's a runner on third.
01:03:33That's Porter.
01:03:34He made it over.
01:03:43So, again, two runs are into the inning.
01:03:46Got a runner on third, two outs.
01:03:49And this is Travis Fields, the right fielder.
01:03:51He has doubled.
01:03:52He has walked.
01:03:53He has flied out to right.
01:03:54He's got two runs scored.
01:03:56He doesn't have an RBI yet.
01:03:58He might get one here.
01:04:05That one is a bouncer to second.
01:04:07They have to hurry.
01:04:09And he was off the bag.
01:04:10I think if he had kept his foot in the bag, the runner would have been out.
01:04:14But he stretched a little bit too much.
01:04:16I mean, good effort.
01:04:17The foot came off the bag.
01:04:18It happens.
01:04:20That's an RBI single by Fields.
01:04:22And that scores Porter.
01:04:24And that is the third run of the inning.
01:04:26And it's now 20-7.
01:04:31Maybe the Chiefs will lead the Eagles 20-7 at some point in the Super Bowl,
01:04:35which is still, oh, what is it?
01:04:41Nine days away, at least.
01:04:43There's a ball into the gap.
01:04:44Nobody there.
01:04:45Off the Louisville sign.
01:04:48One run is going to score.
01:04:50This will be another triple.
01:04:53Loose ball.
01:04:54Runner will hold at third.
01:04:55Stidham.
01:04:57RBI triple.
01:05:02That is the fourth run of the inning.
01:05:06There are two outs.
01:05:09Now we've got a true football score, 21-7.
01:05:12Don't forget about that extra point, which is now 33 yards when it used to
01:05:16have been 20.
01:05:17Can you believe back in the 60s and early 70s,
01:05:20an extra point was 10 yards?
01:05:22And now it's like 33.
01:05:24I mean, for many years it was 20.
01:05:26Not a gimme anymore.
01:05:29Pitch is outside for a ball.
01:05:32Won't be any wind in the Superdome, though,
01:05:34so no excuse to miss gimme field goals or extra points with no wind.
01:05:40Here's Tanai Allston.
01:05:43He has tripled.
01:05:44Or he has doubled.
01:05:46He has doubled.
01:05:47He has singled.
01:05:48So he's got three hits.
01:05:49He's three for three.
01:05:52So he's got two doubles, a single, and an RBI and a run scored.
01:06:00A little pro peri.
01:06:02That one was hit in the hole.
01:06:03Long throw by the shortstop is what?
01:06:06Safe.
01:06:07And another run scores.
01:06:08Infield hit.
01:06:09Nice try by the shortstop.
01:06:12But it was hit just way too deep.
01:06:14And Allston feeds it out for the infield hit.
01:06:19So that scores Stidman.
01:06:21That is the fifth run of the inning, and it's now 22-7 in favor of Virginia.
01:06:26Here's Chris Jones, the second baseman.
01:06:28He popped up the short and a ground ball a second.
01:06:31He is 0-2.
01:06:34And he is going to be 1-3 as that falls into left field for a base hit.
01:06:42In fact, he was the only one in the entire lineup that did not have a hit,
01:06:48but now he has a hit.
01:06:49He's 1-3.
01:06:51So Allston moves up to second on the Jones single,
01:06:55and that brings up the first baseman, John Natoli.
01:06:59Or it might be Natoli, but actually that's not him.
01:07:01That's number 16.
01:07:03So that's the mystery player.
01:07:05Can't believe I got all that in.
01:07:10Again, we didn't really have a chance to get any of the reserves.
01:07:12There's a base hit by number 16.
01:07:17And that will be another RBI.
01:07:20Okay.
01:07:26So another run scores.
01:07:28I quickly try and catch up.
01:07:29That is the sixth run of the inning, and it's the 23rd run for Virginia.
01:07:34We've got runners on first and third with two outs.
01:07:38And this will be Josh Rigney, the left fielder, who has a double, a single.
01:07:44The double was of the two RBI variety, and he's got two runs scored.
01:07:49Slices this one foul off the net, and right on top of the dugout,
01:07:52first base hide, strike one on him.
01:07:56So Rigney, two RBI double, a single, and two runs scored.
01:08:02And I mentioned Super Bowl III.
01:08:04The final score is 16-7 Jets.
01:08:07And you know what Super Bowl IV was?
01:08:09That was Chiefs over the Vikings.
01:08:11It was 23-7, which is the current score here,
01:08:15which could change here in a moment.
01:08:18And it might not.
01:08:20Throw to second is in time.
01:08:22Beautiful play by the shortstop.
01:08:246-4, fielder's choice.
01:08:26So it will remain that way.
01:08:28Shortstop, 6-4, fielder's choice.
01:08:30So it will remain 23-7.
01:08:34As everybody batted around for Virginia, they score six.
01:08:3823-7, Virginia.
01:08:40Might be reaching the time limit here pretty soon.
01:08:42We'll go to the bottom of the fifth, and we'll be right back.
01:08:46Yes, the All-Black Genesis one-piece was my signature bat when I first came back.
01:08:51That was just flat amazing.
01:08:53Up until present, the bats have just been top-notch.
01:08:56They've been just at the top of the game.
01:08:58We brought back that one-piece Genesis, and it was like a light switch went off,
01:09:02night and day.
01:09:03It was such an amazing bat.
01:09:05Everybody jumped back on to Louisville Slugger
01:09:07knowing that the product they were getting was just going to be amazing.
01:09:10And that was the start of what we have now, which is just unreal bats.
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01:09:50All right, welcome back.
01:09:52Alabama's got a long road in this one.
01:09:54They trail by 16.
01:09:56We're in the bottom of the fifth inning.
01:10:03Here's Daniel Caton.
01:10:06Fly ball, left center field.
01:10:08He'll be caught by the center fielder.
01:10:11I want to say that's still Chris Arenos, but actually, you know what?
01:10:14It's Adrian Ramos who started out as the extra hitter.
01:10:17Now he's playing center field.
01:10:19So, again, the players move around.
01:10:21So if somebody makes a great play,
01:10:22I can't really say it's by the original person in the original position.
01:10:27But that was Ramos with a catch, one away, and that brings up Michael Rainier.
01:10:35Rainier has reached out a triple and also a three-base error.
01:10:39Ouch.
01:10:40Two runs scored.
01:10:43So one out, nobody on, and things are looking bleak for Alabama
01:10:47as they're down 23-7.
01:10:51We might be getting pretty close to the time limit,
01:10:53so this might be the final inning.
01:10:55There's a high fly ball, deep left field,
01:10:57and this one is going to stay in the park.
01:11:01About five yards shy of the warning track.
01:11:03I thought maybe they had a chance to go out, but the ball is caught.
01:11:07There you get a good look at the left fielder,
01:11:11and that's Chris Serinos who started the game at center.
01:11:14Now he's playing left.
01:11:16So he makes the play.
01:11:19So in this inning, a fly ball to center by Caton, a fly ball left by Rainier,
01:11:24and here is Donta Frazier who has hit a sacrifice fly
01:11:28and also had an RBI ground out.
01:11:32And that one is going to be caught once again by the left fielder
01:11:36and the Virginia inning is over.
01:11:38So the left fielder in that inning getting two put outs.
01:11:42And that is actually the first 1-2-3 inning that Alabama has gone down on
01:11:47in this game, and that is actually the game.
01:11:49So we have reached the time limit of the run rule.
01:11:53It doesn't matter.
01:11:54The final is Virginia 23 and Alabama 7.
01:11:57So that is a wrap on this one.
01:12:00I am JC Meyerholz.
01:12:02Thank you for tuning in.
01:12:03We've got one more game to go,
01:12:05and then we'll be done for the evening.
01:12:07So if you tuned in for this game just played, thanks for tuning in.
01:12:11We'll have our next game coming up in about 10 or 15 minutes.
01:12:15Thanks for watching.
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