What a game...

Being able to lay down and have some beers, help my brother unload his car, lay down some more, order pizza, pull weeds out on the lawn, sit down and eat pizza, try and fix the central air in my house, and watch my brother mess with the surround sound on the television. This all happened in a 5 hour and 40 minute span. The exact amount of time it took for the UC Irvine Anteaters to pull off the come-from-behind victory over Conference rival Cal State Fullerton 5 to 4. Down by as many as two runs and showing no signs of getting anything going, UC Irvine without a homerun in the College World Series yet hit two, both to tie the game up. Down 3 to 1 in the sixth Taylor Holiday hit a two -run blast to right center to tie the game, not to mention it was his first HR since April 1st. Then in one of the greatest at-bats you would ever see Cody Cipriano, after fouling off 8 pitches in a 3-2 count hit a absolute bomb clearing the right center field fence by more than 20 feet tying the game at 4 in the seventh. The drama didn't stop there. With the relief pitching from both teams getting their squads out of jams through the extra frames until the bottom of the 13th. With one out, UC Irvine's Matt Morris hit a basehit to left with Holiday on second, he came racing home for the potential winning run. Before leftfielder Josh Fellhauer even came up with the ball Holiday had already hit third, but Fellhauer threw an absolute seed to the plate to get the winning run out at home. With first base open now and runners on second and third with two outs in steps Bryan Peterson, lefty on lefty. Personally I was thinking, don't give him anything to hit with first base open. Nothing good! But the left-handed reliever for Cal State threw a hanging breaking ball on a 1-0 pitch and Peterson ripped it to center for the game winning hit.

This World Series have seen comeback after comeback so far, and I am loving it. With Oregon State and Rice sitting pretty and waiting. Mississippi State and Cal State Fullerton are the first to leave the CWS. Today, decides the fate of two more teams. The high scoring power club of Louisville will be facing North Carolina, who got embarrassed by Rice on Sunday night. The second game starting at 7 tonight, will be Anteaters from UC Irvine against Arizona State who lost to Oregon State 12-6 yesterday after the marathon game. I like Louisville to continue there run along with UC Irvine today. Let the drama continue!