Saturday, June 02, 2007

Wake Forest eliminates Brown

Round Rock — I'm at Dell Diamond where the Demon Deacons just bounced the Bears 4-2 from postseason play. The game was a pitcher's duel with both starters going at least 8 innings. Brown's James Cramphin went 8.2 before things got interesting. With his team already trailing and a runner on first, head coach Marek Drabinski elected to bring in closer Will Weidig.

After Weidig's first pitch struck Ben Terry. Terry, who has been warned for standing too locse too first base by an umpire earlier this season, was awarded first. Drabinski, thinking the pitch was a strike, went out and made his case to plate umpire John Johnston. On his way back to the dugout, he stepped across the third base line and into fair territory to "fix a divot." Despite not saying a word to Weidig, crossing the line counted as a mound visit — his fourth of the game — and the closer had to be pulled.

"That's baseball, and that's the way life goes," Drabinski said.

Things got even stranger when the next pitcher, Peter Moskal, also hit a batter with his first offering. Drabinski then pulled Moskal in favor of Anthony Vita. Vita then walked in a run and was replaced by Alex Silverman who also walked in a run before striking out Tyler Smith to end the top of the ninth.

Wake Forest's insurance runs came in handy as Jeff Dietz homered in the ninth off Josh Ellis to give the Bears their second and final run of the game.

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