Bat Sports: The 2025 college baseball/softball thread

[Batman]

Another drunk game. Division II Missouri Southern beat Newman University 25-24 in 12 innings. This one had:
• Missouri Southern overcoming a six-run deficit by scoring 11 runs in the seventh inning, then blowing a 10-run lead in the bottom of the ninth, before finally winning it in the 12th.
• Nine home runs
• Missouri Southern hit two grand slams — and two other home runs — in the seventh inning
• Newman scored the tying run in the ninth inning on a two-out wild pitch
• Game time was 5 hours, 5 minutes
• They combined to use 22 pitchers who threw a total of 531 pitches
• There were 11 hit batters and 22 walks. And 42 hits.

Southern Edges Out Newman in 12-Inning Thriller - Missouri Southern State University Athletics

 

[dixiehack]

To me, Division II baseball was lower quality than the juco league I had covered at my previous stop. Once watched Valdosta State score a run after tagging up on a foul ball.

 

[BTExpress]

Not that unusual.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Virginia loses, breaking its 31-game home midweek winning streak, dating back to 2022.

 

[dixiehack]

Pointing this out now before things go pear shaped against the Vols. But Alabama is now 21-1. Granted it has been mostly tomato cans, but there are also wins against N.C. State and Troy and a sweep of Texas A&M.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Pointing this out now before things go pear shaped against the Vols. But Alabama is now 21-1. Granted it has been mostly tomato cans, but there are also wins against N.C. State and Troy and a sweep of Texas A&M.

I don't care how many tomato cans are involved. If there are any at all, the schedule invites the opportunity to use the phrase "tomato can," which is one of the greatest expressions in sports even if I have no idea how it started in boxing.

 

[dixiehack]

 

[tapintoamerica]

Texas College has an enrollment of ~ 642 and a four-year graduation rate of 9% according to US News. Seems like losing a baseball game by 38 runs may be the least of its issues.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Texas College has an enrollment of ~ 642 and a four-year graduation rate of 9% according to US News. Seems like losing a baseball game by 38 runs may be the least of its issues.

A dude who went to my high school years after I graduated played basketball at Texas College. He started his career playing football and basketball at Kansas; kicked off of teams there. Then spent a year at Sam Houston State; then ended up at TC.

 

[dixiehack]

This was a league game. The Red River Athletic Conference has 14 schools and a combined enrollment per Wikipedia of 32,095. By comparison the University of Arkansas has 32,140 students and is only the 11th-largest SEC school.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Liberty forfeits to Jacksonville State after one pitch due to the starting pitcher not being on the roster.

 

[Batman]

FWIW, LSU Shreveport is ranked No. 1 in NAIA and is 33-0 after that win.
Texas College is now 2-27.
But still, LSUS is really damn good.

Oh, and game one of the series was 37-0, which somehow ended up being only the second-worst drubbing Texas College took this weekend.