#3 Florida vs #15 Missouri Game 2 | Women Softball May 1,2021
THE OFFENSE. PRODUCING SIX RUNS A GAME. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT MATCHUP TODAY.
>> Mark: LOOK AT THE LINE-UP FOR THE GATORS. PRESENTED BY TIM WALTON ON SATURDAY. YOU CAN SEE HANNAH ADAMS WITH THE .400 AVERAGE AT THE TOP OF
THE ORDER. JAIMIE HOOVER, THE HOME RUN LAST NIGHT WAS HER FOURTH OF THE YEAR IN A HUGE SPOT. SHE IS BACK IN LEFT FIELD.
>> Madison: HOOVER IS SOMEBODY AGAIN WITH SO MUCH POWER, SO GREAT TO SEE HER FINALLY COME THROUGH FOR HER TEAM. SHE NEEDS TO DO IT TODAY. >> Mark: LAURIN KRINGS FRESHMAN FOR THE TIGERS PITCHED EXTREMELY WELL WHEN THEY TOOK TWO OF THREE IN ARKANSAS LAST WEEKEND.
>> Madison: FOR KRINGS, USUALLY GO THROUGH THE SEASON AND I DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE SCOUTING REPORT BUT FOR LAURIN KRINGS I HAD TO BRING THE WE HAVES TOTY FROM HIGH 60 TO THE -- VELOCITY FROM THE HIGH 60s TO THE LOW 60s. THEY HAVE DONE THAT SO SHE WOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT. SHE WILL THROW THE RISE BALL LOW IN THE ZONE.
THIGH HIGH, HIGH AND UP OUT OF THE ZONE WITH THE CHANGEUP. >> Mark: SO OFF WE GO FROM COLUMBIA. FIRST PITCH IS A STRIKE. ADAMS LEADING OFF FOR FLORIDA.
THE SENIOR HITTING RIGHT AT .400 ON THE SEASON COMING IN. RARE GAME WITHOUT A HIT YESTERDAY. SHE HAD A WALK AND A RUN SCORED.
ADAMS CAME IN THIS SERIES WITH A 27-GAME ON BASE STREAK. THE LONGEST THIS YEAR BY A GATOR. SHE DID EXTEND IT DESPITE THE 0 FOR 3 YESTERDAY. SHE DID HAVE A WALK.
THAT COUNTS. THAT EXTENDS THE ON-BASE STREAK. SHE SAW THE MODEST FIVE-GAME HITTING STREAK COME TO AN ENDS. >> Madison: THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SHE IS SO GOOD AT THE TOP OF THE FLORIDA LINE-UP.
SHE DOESN'T RELY HITTING THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK EVERY GAME BUT SHE CAN WORK THE COUNT AND FIND A WAY TO GET ON BASE AND SET THE TABLE FOR THE BIG-TIME HITTERS IN THE LINE-UP. >> Mark: TIM WALTON HAS KNOWN WHO HE WILL PENCIL IN AT SECOND BASE. HANNAH ADAMS. SHE HAS STARTED EVERY GAME FOR FOUR YEARS IN A ROW. PLAY AND STARTED IN 43 GAMES, NOW 44 FOR FLORIDA THIS YEAR.
>> Madison: THE LAST TIME THAT HANNAH ADAMS WASN'T STARTING AT SECOND BASE FOR THEM WAS WHEN THEY PLAYED OKLAHOMA IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES IN 2017, I BELIEVE. >> Mark: YES. >> Madison: I HAD TO GO TO THE DEPTH FOR THAT. BUT A SURE THING FOR FLORIDA AT SECOND BASE, HANNAH ADAMS. >> Mark: IN 2018 WAS HER FRESHMAN YEAR.
SHE STARTED EVERY GAME AT SECOND BASE AND DIDN'T COMMIT AN ERROR. FULL COUNT LEADING OFF THE GAME. THE 3-2 PITCH COMING FROM LAURIN KRINGS. TO LEFT CENTER FIELD.
THAT IS GONE! TO THE BERM. HANNAH ADAMS BEGINS THE GAME FOR THE GATORS WITH THE SEVENTH HOME RUN OF THE YEAR. JUST LIKE THAT, FLORIDA IS ON THE BOARD. >> Madison: THERE IS A PITCH THAT IS LEFT IN THE ZONE. BELT HIGH. HANNAH ADAMS UNLOADS ON IT.
WITH THE GREAT PITCH SELECTION, SHE FOULED OFF THE PITCHES UNTIL SHE GOT ONE THAT SHE COULD HANDLE AND DRIVES THAT OUT OF THE PARK TO GIVE THE TEAM THE EARLY LEAD. >> Mark: ADAMS TAKES KRINGS DEEP TO START THINGS TODAY. WE MENTIONED HOW WELL KRINGS PITCHED AT ARKANSAS LAST WEEKEND. SHE PITCHED IN TWO OF THE THREE GAMES.
COMBINED 6 2/3 INNINGS AND DIDN'T ALLOW A HIT MUCH LESS A RUN IN THE 6 2/3 INNINGS. YOU CAN SEE THE IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES LAST WEEKEND IN FAYETTEVILLE. >> Madison: WE TALKED TO LARISSA ANDERSON ABOUT LAURIN KRINGS POSSIBLY GETTING THE START ON SATURDAY AND IT'S IF SHE COULD TAKE THE APPROACH SHE COULD HAVE IN RELIEF IN THE GAME. IF SHE COULD HAVE THE SAME MENTAL CONSISTENCY IN THE CIRCLE AS A STARTER. AS A STARTER YOU HAVE MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE OPPONENT AND WHO WILL FACE.
YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF SHE WAS TENSING UP A BIT KNOWING SHE WAS FACING A TOUGH FLORIDA LINE-UP. KNOWING THEY ARE A TEAM THAT DOESN'T CHASE OUT OF THE ZONE AS WELL. SO AT TIMES YOU SEE PITCHERS TRYING TOO HARD TO MAKE THE PITCHES ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. ON THAT, ADAMS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. >> Mark: LINDAMAN SHOOTS IT TO RIGHT.
RIGHT AT ALEX HONNOLD WHO IS GETTING THE START IN RIGHT FIELD. ALEX HONNOLD IS GETTING THE START BECAUSE OF INJURIES IN RIGHT FIELD. OVER IN LEFT.
THE TIGER OUTFIELD HAS IN CENTER. OUTSIDE. CHARLA ECHOLS, WHAT A SEASON ECHOLS IS HAVING. >> Madison: YOU ARE ALLUDING TO THAT AND THAT IS WHY THE COACH ANDERSON WILL COME OUT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. WE KNOW TALKING TO HER THAT KRINGS IS THROWING HER BEST BRINGING THE BALL 66, 67 MILES PER HOUR. THE REASON SHE IS THROWING BETTER AT THE SLIGHTLY BETTER VELOCITY IS MORE MOVEMENT ON THE BALL.
IF YOU GET IN THE S.E.C. AS A PITCHER YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BLOW IT PAST PEOPLE. THEY HAVE SUCH QUICK HANDS THEY CAN CATCH UP TO THE 60-MILE-PER-HOUR PITCH SO YOU NEED THE LATE BREAK AND THE LATE MOVEMENT TO GET THEM TO MISS HIT THE BALL. >> Mark: THERE ARE GREAT NUMBERS FOR ECHOLS LEADING THE TEAM.
PUT THE BALL IN PLAY. >> Madison: THAT IS LITERALLY TWO STRIKEOUTS ON THE SEASON. INCREDIBLE. IF YOU SEE THE POWER NUMBERS YOU SEE THE STRIKEOUTS GO UP AS WELL. SHE IS JUST SO CONSISTENT UP AT THE PLATE.
AND YOU TALK TO COACH TIM WALTON WHAT MAKES YOU SO GOOD? SHE SAYS SHE IS JUST A PROFESSIONAL IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES. IN THE MENTAL APPROACH AT THE AT-BAT. AND THE SWING MECHANICS AND EVERYTHING IS TIP TOP. THAT IS WHY SHE PRODUCES SO WELL FOR THE GATORS OFFENSE. >> Mark: REACHED BASE IN 25 CONSECUTIVE GAMES. 1 FOR 3 EFFORT.
THAT IS FIELDED CLEANLY AND SHE STEPS ON THE BASE FOR THE THREE UNASSISTED PUT-OUT. >> Madison: AND I LIKE THAT LOCATION ON THE PITCH FROM KRINGS. YOU NOTICE THAT CHARLA ECHOLS WAS CROWDING THE PLATE. THE TOES TOUCHING THE CHALK LINE. CHALLENGED HER ON THE INSIDE HALF OF THE PLATE AND WAS ABLE TO GET HER JAMMED UP FOR THE EASY GROUND BALL TO FIRST. >> Mark: AFTER THE GAME LEAD OFF HOMER BY HANNAH ADAMS.
THAT BRINGS LINDAMAN AND ECHOLS. THE FIRST HACKING. SHOOTS IT FOUL -- AND COTTRILL SHOOTS IT FOUL. THE NUMBERS FOR THE SOPHOMORE FROM WICHITA, KANSAS. FROM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
COTTRILL COMES IN NOW WITH A SIX-GAME HITTING STREAK. 1 FOR 2 IN THE OPENER LAST NIGHT. >> Mark: THEY WILL HAVE SUCCESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ZONE OFF-SPEED. >> Madison: THAT CHANGEUP, YOU SAID IT. IF YOU CAN GET THE PITCH IN THE ZONE IT'S HARD FOR THE HITTERS TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON THAT AND GET UNDERNEATH THE PITCH.
LET ALONE BEING ON TIME WITH IT SEEING THAT IT IS COMING IN, IN THE MID-50s COMPARED TO THE MID-60s ON A REGULAR BASIS. DIDN'T MISS BY A LOT. >> Madison: AFTER SEEING THIS IN THE MID-50s, THIS ONE MIGHT SEEM LIKE IT IS COMING IN AT 75 MILES PER HOUR. >> Mark: THAT IS GATHERED BY TIM WERTZ AND FLORIDA WILL SETTLE FOR ONE AT THE TOP OF THE >> Madison: FLORIDA'S NATALIE LUGO WAS OUTSTANDING IN THE CIRCLE LAST WEEKEND FOR THEM. ONE OF THE S.E.C. COPITCHERS
OF THE WEEK. REALLY HAD ALL OF HER PITCHES WORKING IF FOR HER. SOMEBODY WHO CAME IN TO FLORIDA PRIMARILY AS A RISE BALL PITCHER. DEVELOPED A CHANGE-UP. YOU CAN SEE THE LATE BREAK DOWN IN THE ZONE THAT SHE HAS ON THE PITCH.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT SO EFFECTIVE TO HITTERS. NOT ONLY IS SHE CHANGING SPEEDS, GETTING HITTERS OUT IN FRONT. BUT THE LATE BREAK, THE LATE MOVEMENT IN THE ZONE MAKES IT HARD TO BARREL IT UP.
THAT IS WHY YOU SEE HER SO SUCCESSFUL FOR FLORIDA THIS YEAR. SHE WORKS BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE. SHE IS A PITCHER THAT DOESN'T HAVE A TON OF VELOCITY BUT RELIES ON THE MOVEMENT AND LOCATION. THAT IS SOMETHING SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PERFECT THIS SEASON.
>> Mark: THE TIGER LINE-UP THAT NATALIE LUGO WILL FACE TODAY. WILMES UP TOP. D.P. SPOT AGAIN IS CAYLA
KESSINGER, WHOSE TENTH HOME RUN OF THE YEAR YESTERDAY. TWO-RUN SHOT COUNTED FOR ALL THE MIZZOU SCORING. LINE-UP, THE OFFENSE I SHOULD SAY, HITTING .334 AS A TEAM. 69 HOME RUNS ON THE YEAR.
COMPARE IT TO FLORIDA. HOME RUN BY HANNAH ADAMS TO BEGIN THE GAME. THE 40th OF THE YEAR FOR FLORIDA. >> Mark: POWER UP AND DOWN THE LINE-UP. WILMES, WITH SEVEN HOMERS OF HER OWN AT THE TOP OF THE ORDER.
FLOATS IT OUT TO SHALLOW CENTER FIELD. A HEAD-LONG DIVING ATTEMPT BY LINDSEY BUT IT DROPS IN. A NICE EFFORT BY CHEYENNE AT CENTER BUT THE BALL FADING AND WILMES WINDS UP WITH A LEAD-OFF BASE HIT.
>> Madison: CHANGEUP OUT OF THE HANDS OF NATALIE LUGO. AND WAY OUT IN FRONT OF IT BUT ALMOST MISHIT IT ENOUGH TO GET A BASE HIT. CHEYENNE LINDSEY ALMOST LOOKS LIKE SHE OVERRAN THAT A BIT, TRIED TO DIVE AND CATCH IT BEHIND HER. BECAUSE OF THE POWER, FLORIDA OUTFIELD PLAYING CLOSE TO THE WARNING TRACK.
BECAUSE OF THAT, CHEYENNE LINDSEY HAD TO GET ON HER HORSE AND RUN A LONG WAY FROM THAT AND WASN'T ABLE TO COME UP WITH IT. >> Mark: HAD IT IN HER GLOVE FOR A MOMENT UNTIL IT POPPED OUT. JENNA LAIRD, OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN SHORTSTOP. FROM NEW YORK. EAST MEADOW NEW YORK, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY.
THAT IS FOUL AT THE PLATE. HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HEAD COACH LARISSA ANDERSON GOES BACK, WELL, I ASKED COACH ANDERSON ABOUT IT. SHE THOUGHT THAT JENNA WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE STARTED COMING TO CAMPS, CLOSE TO HOFSTRA, WHERE LARISSA ANDERSON WAS AN ASSISTANT AT THE TIME. HEAD COACH BILL EDWARDS BEFORE TAKING OVER AS THE HEAD COACH. LUGO WITH THE UNDERHAND TOSS TO LINDAMAN TO GET LAIRD.
ADVANCES WILMES TO SECOND. COACH ANDERSON, THIRD SEASON. I THINK MIZZOU FANS WOULD HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN OF THE TENTH HODE COACH IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
>> Madison: I THINK ONE THING YOU GET QUICKLY WHEN YOU TALK TO HER IS THAT SHE, FROM DAY ONE HAS TRIED TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE PROGRAM. SHE HAS A CLEAR OUTLOOK OF WHERE SHE SEES THE TEAM BEING ABLE TO END UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AND IT ALL STARTS FROM THE CULTURE. SHE STARTS WORKING WITH THAT DAY ONE. OFF THE FIELD, ON THE FIELD.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS THAT SHE WANTED TO BRING TO THE PROGRAM. I THINK WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE SUCCESS IN REAPING THE BENEFITS OF HER INSTILLING THAT CULTURE. >> Mark: HATTI MOORE FOULS IT.
SHE IS IN THE HOLE, 0-2. IF YOU TALK TO LARISSA ANDERSON, SHE IS -- WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE HER MIND, MADISON? IT'S VERY MECHANICAL. IT'S VERY -- >> Madison: THERE IS A CLEAR PLAN THAT SHE HAS IN PLACE AND SHE EXECUTES EVERY DAY. EVERY SINGLE THING SHE DOES IN PRACTICES OR THE WAY THAT SHE TALKS TO THE TEAM OR THEIR GOALS, EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS GEARED TOWARD ONE COMMON GOAL. THAT IS CREATING THE CULTURE WITHIN THE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SHE HAS A VERY HIGH STANDARD FOR HER TEAM. SHE NEVER LET UP ON THAT. I THINK THAT THE TEAM EMBRACED THAT MENTALITY AND THE COMPETITIVENESS THEY SEE FROM THE HEAD COACH EVERY DAY. >> Mark: MOORE DUMPS THAT TO RIGHT FIELD FOR A HIT.
STOPPING AT THIRD IS WILMES. THAT BALL IS QUICKLY BACK TO AVERY IN RIGHT FIELD. TIGERS HAVE RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS WITH ONE OUT AFTER HATTI MOORE'S BASE HIT. >> Madison: GOOD PIECE OF HITTING BY HATTI MOORE. GOING WITH THE PITCH.
NOT TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH. KNOWING THAT LUGO HAS THAT CHANGE OF SPEED OPTION. SHE KEPT HER SWING RELATIVELY SHORT. POKES IT TO RIGHT FIELD AND THAT ALLOWS WILMES TO HEAD TO THIRD BASE.
>> Mark: SO TWO HITS IN THE INNING FOR THE TIGERS. CASIDY CHAUMONT FOULS IT NEAR HOME PLATE. GAP SINGLE, SINGLE AND A RUN SCORED IN THE OPENER LAST NIGHT. PLAYED VERY WELL LAST WEEKEND AT ARKANSAS. HIT SAFELY IN ALL THREE GAMES. WENT 5 FOR 10 WITH A COUPLE OF R.B.I.s IN THAT SERIES.
MAKES IT HARD TO FOUL AT THIRD. >> Madison: CHAUMONT IS A HITTER REALLY COMING ON STRONG AS THE SEASON HAS GONE ON. TALKING TO COACH, WHEN SHE GOT THE START EARLIER IN THE YEAR, SHE WAS SWINGING AT EVERYTHING.
SO FOR HER IT WAS CALMING DOWN AND STAYING IN THE MOMENT. SHE ENDED UP GETTING BENCHED FOR A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE OF HER ERRATIC SWINGS. BUT EVER SINCE SHE HAS COME BACK IN THE LINE-UP, SHE HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY. SWINGING IN THE ZONE. GETTING PITCHES YOU CAN DRIVE. THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE SEEN A JUMP IN THE BATTING AVERAGE FROM THE OVERALL BATTING AVERAGE TO HER CONFERENCE BATTING AVERAGE.
OVERALL HITTING .317. BUT IN CONFERENCE PLAY, HITTING .404. THAT IS A DRAMATIC SPIKE. WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE FACING THE BEST PITCHES IN THE CONFERENCE.
>> Mark: YOU SEE THE OPPOSITE, NORMALLY, DON'T YOU? >> Madison: YES. >> Mark: IN THE S.E.C. PLAY NORMALLY THE IT BAHING AVERAGE WILL GO DOWN AFTER PLAYING NONCONFERENCE WHEN YOU ARE AN S.E.C. TEAM. >> Madison: SHE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS TRULY STEPPED UP TO THE LEVEL OF THE COMPETITION AND SHE HAS CONTINUED TO GET BETTER AS THE SEASON HAS GONE ON.
>> Mark: CHAUMONT JUST MISSED IT. FOULS THAT BACK. WE MENTIONED THAT SHE SEEMED ANXIOUS ACCORDING TO COACH ANDERSON. SHE DIDN'T PLAY LAST YEAR.
CHAUMONT. SHE WAS REDSHIRTING AS A TRANSFER, LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE. COACH ANDERSON SAYS THIS OTHER SIDE OF IT, THAT WE HAD TO TRANSITION TO THE OUTFIELD. TO THE INFIELD. THAT IS A LINE DRIVE TO ADAMS WHO TURNS IT IN AN INNING-ENDING DOUBLE PLAY AS SHE DOUBLES UP HATTI MOORE.
MIZZOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. THEY FAILED TO SCORE. 1-0 FLORIDA AT THE END OF >> Mark: YOU ARE ON THE BERM. YOU HAVE SUNSHINE.
YOU HAVE A BIG BAG OF POPCORN AND GREET SOFT BALL TO WATCH FROM MIZZOU SOFTBALL STADIUM AND COLUMBIA. GO TO FLORIDA. NUMBER THREE, FLORIDA.
NUMBER 15, MIZZOU. YOU CAN SEE IT'S WINDY IN MISSOURI. BUT ALL IN ALL A PLEASANT WEATHER DAY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. >> Madison: IT COULDN'T GET MUCH BETTER WISE.
>> Mark: I AGREE. AND ADAMS, THE GAME LEAD OFF HOME RUN. SECOND TIME SHE HAS DONE IT THIS YEAR, BY THE WAY. >> Madison: I THINK COACH WALTON WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING IN COLUMBIA, HOPING THERE MIGHT BE WIND TO HELP THEM GET SOME OF THE BALLS OUT OF THE PARK. SO FAR IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WORKING IN THEIR FAVOR. >> Mark: THIS IS FLORIDA'S FIRST TRIP TO MIZZOU SINCE 2018 WHEN THEY FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
FLORIDA SWEPT THE SERIES AND WOUND UP STAYING IN COLUMBIA, BECAUSE THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT WAS BEGINNING A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT. AT THE MIZZOU SOFTBALL STADIUM. THEN, OF COURSE, WENT ON AND WON THE S.E.C. TOURNAMENT AS WELL IN 2018.
AS THEY DID IN 2019. UP AND IN AND TO THE BACKSTOP. THAT GETS AWAY FROM FRANKS. >> Madison: AFTER THAT PITCH, HATTI MOORE TALKING TO LAURIN KRINGS BEHIND THE PLATE. TELLING HER TO CALM DOWN.
TRYING TO THROW IT TOO HARD. SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS TO SIT BACK AND RELY AND TRUST IN THE MEGANICS. >> Mark: TIES UP LINDZY. AHEAD A BALL AND TWO STRIKES.
CHECK SWING FOULED. LINDSEY SAYING IT GOT HER ON THE HAND OR THE FOREARM. SHE IS HEADING TO FIRST. THE UMPIRES WILL TALK ABOUT THIS. >> Madison: TAKE A LOOK AT THE PITCH. SEE WHERE IT ENDS UP HITTING HER.
LOOKS LIKE IT HITS HER ON THE HAND. HER LEFT HAND. >> Mark: THEY HAVE THE BACK HAND.
THE WRIST AREA. >> Madison: DID IT HIT THE BAT OR LINDSEY? BY LINDSEY'S REACTION IT LOOKS LIKE IT HIT HER. LASHES LIKE IT HIT HER IN THE BACK OF THE HAND. >> Mark: ALL RIGHT. >> Mark: THEY ARE ALWAYS SAYING IS THE HAND PART OF THE BAT OR NOT? NO ONE IS SAYING THAT IF IT HIT HER HAND, THAT THAT IS PART OF THE BAT. BUT NOT THE CASE THERE.
>> Madison: MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S PART OF THE BAT. MAYBE THE UMPIRE SAID HE THOUGHT IT HIT HER WRIST. >> Mark: THAT IS SPLITTING HAIRS THERE. ADDISON IS THE PLATE UMPIRE. AND SCOTT MERYL AT FIRST DISCUSSED IT AND DECIDED THAT WAS A HIT-BY-PITCH TO BEGIN THE INNING. JAIMIE HOOVER.
THE THREE-RUN HOME RUN IN THE SIXTH INNING YESTERDAY PROVED TO BE THE DECIDING BLOW IN THAT ONE. >> Madison: HOOVER IS SOMEBODY WITH SO MUCH POWER POTENTIAL IN THE SWING. YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAY SHE SWINGS AT EVERY PITCH SHE IS GIVEN, SHE IS NOT CHEATED ON THE CUTS.
>> Mark: FLORIDA HAS TWO ON, NOBODY OUT. >> Madison: THIS IS THE SAME SITUATION FLORIDA WANTS TO GET IN TO. THEY WANT TO SET THE TABLE UP FOR THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE LINE-UP. THIS IS WHERE COACH TIM WALTON WANTS TO SEE THE TEAM COME THROUGH FROM THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE ORDER AND NOT RELY ON THE SAME HITTERS EVERY GAME. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE.
>> Mark: EMILY WILKIE HAD A HUGE HIT LAST NIGHT WITH THE BASES LOADED AND TWO OUTS AND MIZZOU UP 2-0. A TWO-RUN SINGLE UP THE MIDDLE. TIED THE GAME.
MIZZOU HAD NOT LOST A GAME ALL SEASON AND LEADING AFTER FIVE INNINGS. THEY WERE 24-0. THE HIT TIED AND HOOVER HAD THE GAME WINNER AND FLORIDA WON GAME TWO HERE. >> Madison: THAT INNING LAST NIGHT IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH AS YOU TALK ABOUT STARTED OFF WITH A LEAD-OFF WALK TO ADAMS. THEY GOT EVERYTHING GOING FOR FLORIDA. LATER IN THE INNING.
COTTRILL HAD A LONG AT-BAT THAT LEAD TO ANOTHER WALK BEFORE WILKIE WAS ABLE TO GET A BASE HIT UP THE MIDDLE TO SCORE THE FIRST RUN. THE HOOVER THREE RUN HOME RUN. THE THREE PASSES THAT LED TO THE RUNS FOR FLORIDA.
>> Mark: HIT BY A PITCH. WALK TO BEGIN THIS FOR THE GATORS. TWO ON, NOBODY OUT. WILKIE IN THE SEVENTH SPOT WITH A ONE BALL, TWO STRIKE COUNT. PUT THAT IN PLAY.
OUT TO SHALLOW CENTER. WILMES THERE TO MAKE THE CATCH. COURTNEY AND KAYLA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WELCOME THOSE OF YOU WHO JUST WATCHED MISSISSIPPI STATE WIN AT SOUTH CAROLINA.
WE'RE AT THE MIZZOU SOFTBALL STADIUM. ALONG WITH FORMER TENNESSEE ALL-AMERICAN SHORTSTOP MADISON SHIPMAN, I'M MARK NEELY. HANNAH ADAMS LEAD OFF THE GAME WITH A HOME RUN FOR FLORIDA. THEY LEAD IT 1-0. GATORS BATTING TOP OF THE SECOND. FLORIDA WON THE OPENER OF THE SERIES LAST NIGHT BY A SCORE OF 5-2 WITH FIVE RUNS IN THE SIXTH TO COME FROM BEHIND TO WIN GAME ONE.
HIGHLY RANKED TEAMS. NUMBER THREE FLORIDA AND NUMBER 15, MISSOURI. AVERY GOELZ THE RIGHT FIELDER IN THE EIGHTH SPOT FOR THE GATORS.
DOWN THE LEFT FIELD SIDE GIVING CHASE. AND CAUGHT. CASIDY CHAUMONT WITH A DIVING EFFORT AND GRAB IN LEFT FIELD. [APPLAUSE] >> Madison: CHAUMONT MAKING HIGHLIGHT WORTHY CATCHES EVERY WEEKEND, WHEREVER WE SEE HER IN LEFT FIELD. SHE HAS SO MUCH RANGE, SO MUCH QUICKNESS.
SHE JUST HAS THAT BALL ALL THE WAY. IT'S TIMED PERFECTLY ON HER DIVE. COMING IN.
MAKING THE CATCH. LIKE THIS ONE FOR THE TEAM. I LOVE HOW IMMEDIATELY SHE GETS UP FROM THE DIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT CHEYENNE LINDSEY DOES NOT TAG UP AND ADVANCE TO THIRD BASE AND KEEPS THE RUNNERS WHERE THEY ARE.
>> Mark: "SPORTSCENTER" TOP TEN NOMINEE. CASIDY CHAUMONT, SHE IS NEW TO THE OUTFIELD THIS YEAR. SHE MADE THE TRANSITION FROM THE INFIELD TO THE OUTFIELD THIS SEASON. LARISSA ANDERSON TALKED TO US ABOUT THAT THE OTHER DAY. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS ON CASIDY'S PLATE AS WELL AS NOT PLAYING LAST YEAR AFTER SHE REDSHIRTED FROM TRANSFERRING TO MIZZOU FROM LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE. >> Madison: COACH ANDERSON SAID SHE WAS PUSHING BROOKE WILMES OUT THERE IN CENTER FIELD FOR HER POSITION AND MAKING WILMES NERVOUS AT TIMES BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH RANGE THAT CASIDY CHAUMONT HAD OUT THERE IN LEFT FIELD.
>> Mark: CHAUMONT MADE A TOP TEN NOMINEE AND WOUND UP BEING NUMBER EIGHT ON THE NIGHT. WE'LL SEE IF SHE MAKES A REPEAT PERFORMANCE A WEEK LATER. 2-1 PITCH TO LONGLEY. FOUL TIPPED IN THE GLOVE OF HATTI MOORE. >> Mark: GATORS PUT THE FIRST TWO ON. HIT-BY-PITCH BY LINDSEY AND WALK TO JAIMIE HOOVER.
BUT THE PITCHER GOT THE NEXT TWO ON FLYBALLS AND SOME DEFENSIVE HELP. IT STAYS 2-2 AFTER A FOUL BALL OFF THE BAT OF LONGLEY. IN THE AIR TO RIGHT. BACKING UP THE SECOND BASEMAN.
THAT IS CAUGHT BY KENDYLL BAILEY. FLORIDA PUT THE FIRST TWO ON AND STRAND BOTH AFTER AN INNING AND A HALF. 1-0, >> Mark: HANNAH ADAMS' HOME RUN THE ONLY RUN SO FAR IN THIS GAME.
NUMBER THREE FLORIDA LEADING NUMBER 15 MIZZOU EARLY IN THIS ONE. 1-0. GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US. MARK NEELY WORKING REMOTELY. MY PARTNER MADISON SHIPMAN, FORMER TENNESSEE ALL-AMERICAN SHORTSTOP. A LOT TO PLAY FOR, FOR BOTH OF THE TEAMS, MADDY.
YOU HAVE FLORIDA WHO STILL HAS VISIONS OF WINNING THE REGULAR SEASON. THEY ARE JUST ONE GAME BEHIND ARKANSAS FOR THE S.E.C. GOT THIS WEEKEND. ONE MORE. FOR MIZZOU, THEY WANT TO KEEP MAKING AN IMPRESSION. THEY HAVE BEEN SLOWLY CLIMBING UP THE RANKINGS ALL SEASON.
>> Madison: NOT JUST ALL SEASON BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO LAST YEAR AS WELL. THEY WERE DEALING WITH THE POSTSEASON BAN. FOR DAY ONE FOR MISSOURI, COACH LARISSA ANDERSON SAID THE GOAL WAS TO PROVE TO EVERYBODY THEY BELONG AT THE WORLD SERIES. THEY HAVE COME IN THIS SEASON WITH THE SAME MENTALITY. YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE THEM BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE MENTALITY BUT ULTIMATELY FOR BOTH TEAMS THE ULTIMATE GOAL AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS TO BE PLAYING IN THE POSTSEASON, TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST A REGIONAL.
BOTH OF THE TEAMS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF BEING ABLE TO SET THEMSELVES UP WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. >> Mark: THE NCAA COMING OUT YESTERDAY WITH 20 REGIONAL SITES. THAT WILL BE WHITTLED DOWN TO 16. IT WAS REALLY A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT FLORIDA WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE TEAMS. TIM WALTON'S TEAM IS. LARISSA ANDERSON SAID TO US ALL YEAR ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS IS HOST A REGIONAL.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE 20 TEAMS AS WELL THAT WAS NAMED SO THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET THAT GOAL. WERT POPS OUT TO THE FIRST BASEMAN LINDAMAN. EIGHT S.E.C. TEAMS OF THE 20 THAT WERE NAMED, AS YOU LOOK TO SPLIT THEM IN HALF.
'BAMA, GATORS, LSU AND ARKANSAS. THEN TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, MIZZOU, KENTUCKY THE OTHERS. SO EIGHT S.E.C. TEAMS. THE MOST OF ANY CONFERENCE. 20 TOTAL. AGAIN IT WILL BE WHITTLED DOWN TO 16.
SO IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE. I THINK IF YOU ARE FLORIDA YOU CAN FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE THAT YES, YOU WILL HOST A REGIONAL. MIZZOU HOPING SO AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. TIM WALTON'S TEAM RIGHT NOW RANKED THIRD IN THE RANKINGS, WHICH IS AS HIGH AS THEY HAVE BEEN ALL YEAR. MIZZOU HAS CLIMBED UP TO 15. NATALIE LUGO, WHO IS CURRENT CO-S.E.C. PITCHER OF THE WEEK. SHE SHARED THAT AWARD WITH ALABAMA'S MONTANA FAUST THIS WEEK. THE NUMBERS JUST FOR THE PAST WEEK SIGNIFY SHE IS PITCHING REALLY WELL.
BUT NATALIE LUGO HAS WON THE LAST NINE DECISIONS. SO IN HER LAST NINE APPEARANCES SHE HAS MADE EIGHT STARTS. SHE HAS GONE 8-0 WITH A SAVE IN THE GAME SHE DIDN'T WIN.
WITH A 0.63 E.R.A. SO SHE HAS ALLOWED FOUR EARNED RUNS IN HER LAST 45-PLUS INNINGS. >> Madison: I THINK SHE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR AS WELL. SHE JUST CONTINUES TO GET BETTER OOZE THE SEASON GOES ON.
I THINK FOR HER, THE KEY TO HER SUCCESS IS REALLY BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE THE CHANGEUP AND THROW IT IN ANY COUNT. SO SHE LIKES TO SET THE HITTERS UP BY MOVING THE BALL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. AND UP IN THE ZONE WITH THE RISE BALL. BUT THEN THE CHANGEUP, NOT ONLY IS IT DROPPING SPEEDS. BUT IT HAS SUCH GOOD LATE BREAK IN THE ZONE.
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR HITTERS TO SQUARE UP THAT PITCH. >> Mark: THE CHANGEUP YOU SEE THERE. IS THAT THE PITCH SHE DEVELOPED THIS YEAR? IT REQUEST BE NASTY -- IT CAN BE NASTY.
>> Madison: SHE HAS HAD THAT PITCH. BE THIS YEAR SHE -- BUT THIS YEAR SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO COMMAND IT. THAT IS A CHASE PITCH.
NOT SURE WHERE IT MISSED ON THE OUTSIDE CORNER. THAT WASN'T A CHANGE-UP. LOOKED GOOD FROM MY VIEWPOINT. FOR ME, WE GET THE LUXURY OF WATCHING THIS IN SLOMO. IT NICKS THE OUTSIDE CORNER BUT HER COMMAND OF THE STRIKE ZONE AND THAT PITCH SPECIFICALLY. A LOT OF THE HITTERS HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE AFRAID OF THE CHANGE-UP.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO UP TO THE AT-BAT HUNTING THAT PITCH. THAT IS SOMETHING SHE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF WITH HER ABILITY TO THROW IT IN ANY COUNT. >> Mark: SMILE IF THEY WALK ON THE 3-2 PITCH. THE NATIONAL E.R.A. LEADERS INVOLVING THE S.E.C. ENTERING THIS WEEKEND, LUGO AND HIGHTOWER.
THAT IS A ONE-TWO PUNCH IN THE CIRCLE FOR FLORIDA HEADING TO THE POSTSEASON. >> Madison: FOR FLORIDA WE USUALLY SEE ONE PITCHER SHOULDERING THE MAJORITY OF THE LOAD. >> Mark: THE DRIVE, RIGHT CENTER. AND IT DID GET OUT, RAABE! IT CLEARED THE PADDOCKS FENCE AND NOT THE CHAIN LINK BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
THAT IS A TWO-RUN HOME RUN FOR EMMA RAABE. AND MIZZOU HAS JUST TAKEN A 2-1 LEAD. >> Madison: THAT IS A BIG-TIME CLUTCH HIT BY EMMA RAABE.
WE SAW THE HOME RUN SHE HIT LAST WEEKEND AGAINST ARKANSAS. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT ONE STILL HASN'T LANDED. IT WENT 320 FEET DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE. THIS ONE SHE HITS THE OPPOSITE FIELD. A PITCH UP IN THE ZONE.
SHE DRIVES THAT ONE OUT. YOU ARE RIGHT, MARK. IT HITS A CHAIN LINK FENCE. BUT THAT IS A HOME RUN IN COLUMBIA. THAT WILL GIVE MIZZOU TIGERS A 2-1 LEAD. >> Mark: SO THE TIGERS WITH THEIR 70th HOME RUN AS A TEAM THIS YEAR.
NUMBER 7 FOR EMMA RAABE AFTER HITTING THE HOME RUN GETS TO WEAR THE HAT. LOOKING VERY TROPICAL. SHE NEEDS TO GO TO A BEACH STRAIGHTAWAY. >> Madison: I DID NOTICE THE HAT IN LAST NIGHT'S GAME. THE HOME RUN HAT. CAYLA KESSINGER GOT TO WEAR THAT FOR THEM LAST NIGHT.
I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE "HOME RUN HAT." I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE OFFICIAL NAME FOR IT. >> Mark: GOOD ENOUGH.
>> Madison: IT ROLLS OFF THE TONGUE. >> Mark: GOT THE MIZZOU LOGO ON IT. BUT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE COME OUT OF JIMMY BUFFETT CLOSET IF YOU'RE A MIZZOU FAN.
MAYBE HE IS. I DON'T KNOW. DRAGGED ON THE INSIDE CORNER. KENDYLL BAILEY. BAILEY OUT OF GREEN VALLEY, MISSOURI. A SMALL TOWN REALLY ON THE FAR EASTERN SIDE OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.
FULL COUNT. MIZZOU GOT A HOME RUN LAST NIGHT. CAYLA KESSINGER DIDN'T SCORE THE REST OF THE WAY. BUT THEY GOT THE TWO-RUN HOME RUN TO TAKE THE LEAD TODAY. EMMA RAABE, ALSO IN THE SECOND INNING.
>> Madison: IF YOU LOOK AT LAST NIGHT'S GAME, MISSOURI HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE GAME TO SCORE. BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COME ONE A TIMELY HIT AFTER THE HOME RUN WE SAW FROM CAYLA KESSINGER. SO I THINK THE MESSAGE HAS TO BE TODAY FOR THE OFFENSE TO CONTINUE TO CAPITALIZE AND TO CONTINUE TO SCORE AGAINST THE FLORIDA TEAM WHO WE KNOW HAS POTENTIAL TO BE EXPLOSIVE OFFENSIVELY. >> Mark: UP THE MIDDLE.
UNDER SARAH LONGLEY AND IN TO LEFT CENTER FIELD. A DIVING ATTEMPT BY LONGLEY. BAILEY ABOARD WITH A HIT.
STILL ONLY ONE OUT. >> Madison: A GOOD BATTLE UP THERE BY KENDYLL BAILEY. TAKING SOME PITCHES THAT WERE TOO FAR ON THE INSIDE HALF OF THE PLATE.
IN TO SOMETHING SHE CAN HANDLE. DRIVES IT RIGHT BACK UP TO CONTINUE THE RALLY FROM MISSOURI. BAILEY IS ON FOR SAMANTHA HOLLE, THE RIGHT FIELDER. SWINGS AT THE FIRST PITCH.
OUT TO SHALLOW CENTER AND THAT DROPS IN OUT OF THE REACH AND HEADING FOR THIRD. THE THROW THERE. ECHOLS UNABLE TO FIELD IT CLEANLY. HAD A CHANCE FOR THE LEAD RUNNER BAILEY BUT COULD NOT.
TIGERS HAVE THE RUNNERS AT SECOND AND THIRD WITH ONLY ONE OUT. >> Madison: BAILEY REALLY AGGRESSIVE ON THE BASE PATHS ON THE BALL. OUT TO CENTER FIELD.
I LIKE TO CALL THAT THE "BERMUDA TRIANGLE" BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH TO MAKE THE PLAY. SARAH LONGLEY GOING BACK ON IT. I THOUGHT FOR A SECOND SHE WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT BALL. AT THE LAST MINUTE SHE WASN'T ABLE TO COME UP WITH IT. I THINK ECHOLS GOT EXCITED AT THIRD BASE THINKING THEY WOULD HAVE BAILEY AT THIRD.
AND BECAUSE SHE WENT TO TAG BAILEY BEFORE SHE SECURED THAT BALL, IT COMES LOOSE. TWO RUNNERS IN TO SCORING POSITION NOW FOR MIZZOU. >> Madison: I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAW.
I SAW BAILEY HEADING FOR THIRD AND MY THOUGHT MAYBE IT WASN'T A GREAT IDEA FOR KENDYLL BAILEY. >> Mark: SHE IS ABLE TO GET IN THERE WITH THE THROW WIDE. >> Madison: SHE WAS TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE INFIELDERS WERE OUT THERE IN CENTER FIELD. >> Mark: THAT IS OFF THE THIRD BASEMAN.
ECK NECK TO LEFT. IT SCORES ONE. HERE COMES THE SECOND. SAFE THERE. THROW DOWN TO SECOND.
AND WILMES IS IN SAFELY. TWO-RUN BASE HIT FOR BROOKE WILMES. THE TIGERS NOW MADE IT A FOUR-RUN SECOND.
[APPLAUSE] >> Madison: MAY CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE AT THE PLATE KNOWING THAT NATALIE LUGO DOESN'T GIVE MANY. THIS TIPS OFF OF CHARLA ECHOLS GLOVE AND IT SKIPS OUT TO LEFT FIELD. THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AGGRESSIVE BASE RUNNING TO SEE ALEX HONNOLD SCORE ALL THE WAY FROM SECOND BASE ON THE BALL OUT TO SHALLOW LEFT. >> Mark: AFTER THE ONE-OUT WALK TO KESSINGER IN THE INNING. MIZZOU HAS FOUR CONSECUTIVE HITS.
RAABE A TWO-RUN HOMER. FOLLOWED BY BAILEY, HONNOLD AND WILMES BASE HIT. SCORING A SINGLE FOR WILMES AFTER TAKING SECOND ON THE THROW.
WILMES, THE 43rd AND 44th RUNS BATTED IN OF THE SEASON. THE MOST RUNS THAT FLORIDA ALLOWED IN AN S.E.C. GAME THIS YEAR IS FOUR. MIZZOU HAS FOUR WITH A LOT OF SOFTBALL STILL TO PLAY. THE FIFTH TIME THIS YEAR THAT FLORIDA ALLOWED FOUR. SEE IF THEY CAN KEEP IT AT THAT OR NOT.
RIGHT NOW MIZZOU HAS THE BATS ROLLING. THE 1-2 COUNT ON THE SHORTSTOP JENNA LAIRD. THAT GETS AWAY. ALLOWS WILMES TO TAKE THIRD ON A WILD PITCH. >> Madison: THAT IS UNCHARACTERISTIC PITCH OUT OF THE HANDS OF LUGO. IT LOOKED LIKE SHE HUNG ON TO THAT TOO LONG.
MAYBE STARTING TO PRESS AGAIN KNOWING THAT YOU CAN FEEL THAT MIZZOU HAS MOMENTUM ON THEIR SIDE. >> Mark: TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THE PLAY MADE BY LINDAMAN TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT WILMES WHO STARTED TO COME HOME AND THEN STOPPED.
THEN LINDAMAN BY THE TIME SHE DID MAKE A THROW HOME HAD NO PLAY ON LAIRD WHO FLASHED BY AND SHE REACHES AS WELL. >> Madison: FLORIDA IS USUALLY SO SURE HANDED DEFENSIVELY. SHE FIELDS THIS CLEANLY BUT YOU ARE RIGHT.
BROOKE WILMES AT THIRD BASE CAUGHT HER EYE LONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW JENNA LAIRD TO RUN OUT THE BALL TO FIRST. ON PLAYS LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO THROW IT TO THIRD OR TURN AROUND TO TRY TO GET THE OUT. >> Mark: NOW THEY HAVE WILMES HUNG UP. WAIT A MINUTE. THEY SAY SHE WAS HIT BY A PITCH. THAT IS THE BALL PATESON.
>> Madison: THAT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THAT HIT THE TOP OF THE HATTI MOORE FOOT, HER RIGHT FOOT. >> Mark: SO THAT WILL NOW LOAD THE BASES FOR MIZZOU. AND LUGO IS COMING OUT OF THIS GAME. SEVEN CONSECUTIVE TIGER BATTERS HAVE REACHED SAFELY. FLORIDA IS GOING TO GO GET RYLEE TRLICEK. SO TRLICEK WILL BE THE NEW PITCHER WITH THE PITCHING CHANGE.
TAKE A QUICK >> Mark: QUITE A TURN OF EVENTS. RYLEE TRLICEK, THE TEXAS NATIVE COMES IN TO PITCH FOR FLORIDA. >> Madison: TRLICEK IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOK FROM WHAT WE SAW OUT OF NATALIE LUGO. SHE WILL COME FROM THE LEFT SIDE. A CURVE AND A DROP COMBO.
SHE RELIES ON THAT MOVEMENT, THE LATE BREAK OUT OF THE LEFT HAND, SWOOPING ACROSS THE PLATE INSIDE TO THE RIGHT-HANDED BATTERS DOWN IN THE ZONE AS WELL. SHE WILL INDUCE A LOT OF THE GROUNDBALL OUTS THAT RELY ON THE DEFENSE. STEADY DEFENSE WE ARE USED TO SEEING FROM FLORIDA. BUT A COUPLE OF THE UNCHARACTERISTIC MISTAKES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING. >> Mark: BOTH OF THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN SOUND DEFENSIVELY.
YOU MENTION A COUPLE OF PLAYS. FLORIDA IS PROBABLY THINKING WE SEEM SO CLOSE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF DEFENSIVELY PLAYS THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE INNING. >> Madison: THE DIVING PLAY FOR SARAH LONGLEY, A TOUGH PLAY FOR ANY SHORTSTOP TO MAKE. AS A SHORTSTOP IT HITS YOUR GLOVE AND YOU THINK I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE BALL. THEN IT DROPS A AND THE THROW TO CHARLA ECHOLS AT THIRD BASE.
I THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAD KENDYLL BAILEY OUT AT THIRD. ECHOLS NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE CATCH THERE. AND MISSOURI HAS BEEN ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MISTAKES SO FAR THIS INNING. >> Mark: YEAH. NO ERRORS ASSESSED DEFENSIVELY TO THE GATORS. BUT AGAIN, THE PLAYS THAT YOU THINK A LOT OF TIMES THEY CAN MAKE THOSE.
THEY ARE CLOSE TO BEING MADE. THEY HAVE ALLOWED FOUR RUNS IN THIS INNING. THE BASES ARE LOADED FOR CASIDY CHAUMONT. IT'S 2-0. THIS SOUNDS FUNNY TO SAY. STRANGE TO SAY, THE BEST WAY I CAN PUT IT.
FLORIDA HAS TO BE CAREFUL HERE. MIZZOU MAY BE ONE SWING FROM IF NOT PUTTING IT OUT OF REACH GOING A LONG WAY TO DOING SO, THOUGH IT'S STILL ONLY THE SECOND INNING. >> Madison: SOMETHING THAT MAKES THE OFFENSE SO POWERFUL, 1 THROUGH 9 THE BATTERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK AT ANY TIME. THEY DON'T GET CHEATED ON ANY OF THE SWINGS. EVEN COACH MALVO SAID IF YOU ARE CHECKING YOUR SWING, DON'T COME BACK TO THE DUGOUT. >> Mark: THEY GET A FORCE OUT THERE AND THROW BACK TO THIRD.
AND FLORIDA ALMOST GOT THE INNING-ENDING DOUBLE PLAY. CHAUMONT WITH THE BASES LOADED 1-0 IN THE 3-0 COUNT GOT A GREEN LIGHT. THAT ALMOST GOT THEM ON THE BACKSIDE. >> Madison: THE AGGRESSIVE WE TALKED ABOUT. THE GREEN LIGHT ON 3-0. WE ARE USED TO SEEING THAT.
HANNAH ADAMS THROWING TO JULIA COTTRILL BEHIND THE PLATE WHO DOESN'T HESITATE TO THROW THE BALL OVER TO ECHOLS TO GET THE DOUBLE PLAY. THE BASES LOADED TWO-OUT. CAM WARD AT THE PLATE. BEGAN THE WINNING THE POP OUT TO THE FIRST BASEMAN LINDAMAN. DO YOU LIKE THE CALL? >> Madison: I TYPICALLY SAY YES BUT WITH THE NEW PITCHER ALL THE PRESSURE IS ON HER AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKING IN THE SITUATION.
>> Mark: NOW IF YOU'RE FLORIDA IT SEEMS LIKE IF THEY COULD GET OUT OF THE INNING ONLY ALLOWING FOUR, THAT WOULD BE A LIFT FOR THEM. >> Madison: WE MENTIONED IT EARLIER MISSOURI NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES IN LAST NIGHT'S GAME. THIS WOULD BE A BIG MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO PUT UP THE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE RUNS ON FLORIDA.
>> Mark: TWO-RUN HOME RUN FOR EMMA RAABE. TWO-RUN SINGLE FROM BROOKE WILMES. FLORIDA TRYING TO LIMIT THE DAMAGE FROM FOUR. 2-2 PITCH FROM TRLICEK. STRIKEOUT ENDS THE INNING AND MIZZOU WINDS UP WITH FOUR. AND TAKES THE LEAD.
>> Madison: RAABE SHOWING OFF THE POWER. THE OPPOSITE FIELD. GIVING HER TEAM LEAD 2-1. BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THERE. BROOKE WILMES TACKING ON GOT, M? >> Madison: I THINK 12 OF THE 13 WILL MAKE IT.
I THINK MISSISSIPPI STATE HAS A BIT TO GO TO MAKE IT IN TO THE POSTSEASON. LOOKING BACK HISTORICALLY GEORGIA IN 2018 MADE IT IN AND THEY HAD SIX WINS IN CONFERENCE PLAY. THEY MADE IT IN THE POSTSEASON. SO I THINK THAT MISSISSIPPI STATE HAS A WAYS TO GO. BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THEY COULD COME OUT WITH A WIN TOMORROW. THEY DID END UP RESCHEDULING THAT SERIES AGAINST TENNESSEE THAT WAS POSTPONED SO THEY WILL PLAY A MID-WEEK DOUBLE HEADER TO MAKE UP FOR THE SERIES THEY MISSED OUT ON.
>> Madison: SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUTH CAROLINA TO HELP THE RESUME. I'M THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THE LAST THREE TOURNAMENTS. WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE LAST YEAR.
THE S.E.C. SENT EVERY TEAM. >> Madison: YOU ARE CORRECT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN A FEW YEARS NOT EVERY TEAM FROM THE S.E.C. MADE IT. MISSISSIPPI STATE DEFINITELY HAS A CHANCE BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO WIN QUITE A FEW BALLGAMES TO FINISH OUT THE REGULAR SEASON.
>> Mark: AND ADAMS LEAD OFF THE GAME WITH A HOME RUN TO LEFT CENTER FIELD. THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR SHE LEAD OFF THE GAME WITH A HOME RUN FOR THE GATORS. MIZZOU RESPONDING WITH FOUR-RUN BOTTOM OF THE SECOND BUT IF YOU'RE FLORIDA IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
LINE DRIVE TO CENTER FIELD. HIT WELL OVER THE HEAD OF BROOKE WILMES. UP AGAINST THE FENCE.
THAT WILL TURN IN TO A REALLY SHARP SINGLE OFF THE CENTER FIELD FENCE FOR HANNAH ADAMS WHO HIT THAT BALL SO HARD. THAT WENT RIGHT BACK TO WILMES. COULDN'T GET EXTRA BASES OUT OF IT.
>> Madison: GOOD PLAY AROUND. NICE SWING BY ADAMS WITH THE RISE BALL ON THE OUTSIDE HALF OF THE PLATE. DRIVING THE BALL RIGHT BACK UP THE MIDDLE. LOOK AT THE WAY THAT BROOKE WILMES READS THIS BILLION OFF THE WALL. THE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO CUT DOWN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A STAND UP FIELD FOR ADAMS AND THEY TURNED THAT IN A SINGLE. >> Mark: KENDYL LINDAMAN PLAYING FIRST BASE TODAY FOR FLORIDA. LINED OUT TO THE RIGHT FIELDER HONNOLD IN THE FIRST INNING. >> Mark: GAME BACK FOR A FIFTH YEAR. THEY STARTED THE PLAYING CAREER, TWO YEARS IN MINNESOTA. ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED THE BIG TEN WITH THE POWER.
20 HOME RUNS AS A FRESHMAN. HIT 20 MORE. SOPHOMORE YEAR AT MINNESOTA. >> Madison: THE BIGGEST QUESTION FOR HER IS WAS SHE GOING TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL IN THE S.E.C. AS AT MINNESOTA?
I THINK SHE HAS PROVEN THAT SHE IS SOMEBODY THAT IS A FEARED HITTER IN THE FLORIDA LINE-UP. ONE OF MY FAVORITE AT-BATS FROM HER THIS SEASON WAS AGAINST ALABAMA. WHERE ALABAMA WALKED CHARLA ECHOLS TO LOAD THE BATESS TO GET TO KENDYL LINDAMAN. MIND YOU, KENDYL LINDAMAN FOR THE MAJORITY OF HER CAREER HAS BEEN A BATER THAT THE PITCHERS SWITCHED AROUND.
BUT WHEN SHE GOT UP TO BAT SHE LOOKED AT COACH TIM WALTON SMILED AND HAD A SMIRK ON HER FACE. DROVE IN A GRAND SLAM. >> Mark: SHE SHOOTS THIS ONE UP THE ALLEY TO RIGHT CENTER FIELD. ADAMS WITH A HEAD OF STEAM AND STOPPED AT THIRD.
THAT IS A DOUBLE FOR LINDAMAN. HER SYMP -- HER SEVENTH OF THE YEAR. WITH NOBODY OUT WE WILL GET THE TYING RUN TO THE PLATE. >> Madison: SOMETHING THAT MAKES KENDYL LINDAMAN A GOOD HITTER IS HER ABILITY TO HIT TO ALL FIELDS. THIS IS GOING OPPOSITE FIELD. A PITCH LOW IN THE ZONE.
SHE DROPS HER BARREL DOWN TO GET UNDERNEATH THE BALL AND LIFT IT TO THE RIGHT CENTER GAP FOR EASY DOUBLE AND PUT TWO RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION HERE. >> Mark: THE FLORIDA-'BAMA SERE, GAME TWO? FOUR HOME RUN? >> Madison: IT WAS. GRAND SLAM. SHE GOT ALL OF THAT BALL. SHE LOOKED DOWN AT COACH WALTON AND HAD A SMIRK ON HER FACE.
YOU COULD TELL THAT SHE WOULD GET IT DONE AND SHE EMBRACED THAT MOMENT OF THE ALABAMA PITCHING AROUND ECHOLS TO GET TO HER. >> Mark: I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE GAME YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. HERE IS CHARLA ECHOLS.
THROW TO FIRST HER FIRST TIME. 2-0. COACH ANDERSON COMING BACK OUT. COMING UP TOMORROW, 6:00 EASTERN/5:00 CENTRAL ON THE SEC NETWORK.
SECOND GAME OF A HUGE SERIES. NUMBER 7 ARKANSAS AND NUMBER 14 LSU IN BATON ROUGE. THEN THEY WILL FINISH UP THE SERIES AND THE REGULAR SEASON MONDAY ON THE S.E.C. NETWORK.
COVERAGE STARTING AT 7:00 EASTERN. THAT IS THE LAST MONDAYS GAME. THE REGULAR SEASON WON'T END BUT OUR MONDAY, OUR MONDAY GAME. >> Madison: DEFINITELY A SERIES I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING FOR THE PAST 12 SEASONS. THE REGULAR SEASON TITLE WENT TO FLORIDA OR ALABAMA. WE HAVE SEEN THAT ARKANSAS HAS BEEN IN THE CHASE TO CHANGE THAT PATTERN AND BE THE FIRST ONE IN OVER A DECADE THAT IS NOT ALABAMA OR FLORIDA TO COME AWAY WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THEY ENDED UP DROPPING THE SERIES LAST WEEKEND AT HOME TO MISSOURI. SO THEY ARE GOING IN THE SERIES AGAINST LSU TO TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS AND FINISH OUT THE REGULAR SEASON STRONG. >> Mark: SEE IF THIS WILL STAY IN PLAY.
IT WILL. BEHIND THE BAG AT FIRST. KENDYLL BAILEY. A BIG OUT FOR MIZZOU.
THEY GET THE FIRST OUT OF THE INNING TO GET CHARLA ECHOLS. >> Madison: A BIG OUT MIGHT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THAT IS A HUGE OUT. CHARLA ECHOLS IS SO GOOD UP AT THE PLATE. I LOVE THE LOCATION. THROWING THAT UP AND IN ON THE HANDS, A PITCH THAT WE KNOW CHARLA ECHOLS HAS THE ABILITY TO TURN ON THE INSIDE PITCH SO WELL.
IF YOU GET IT UP IN THE ZONE AS WELL THAT IS A TOUGH PITCH TO HIT. SHE HIT THAT NICE AND EASY POP-UP FOR OUT NUMBER ONE OF THE INNING. >> Mark: APPARENTLY I HAVE TO KICK UP MY ADJECTIVE GAME TODAY.
THE LAST ONE DID NOT MEET THE APPROVAL OF MADISON SHIPMAN. >> Madison: CHARLA ECHOLS IS SUCH A TOUGH OUT. ONLY TWO STRIKEOUTS ON THE SEASON. INCREDIBLE HITTER.
>> Mark: NO QUESTION. I DISLIKE EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT WHO IS THE BEST, WHO IS NUMBER ONE? IF YOU SAY THAT ECK SEC THE TOUGHEST OUT, I COULDN'TING A AGAINST THAT. >> Madison: I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE WITH YOU. ESPECIALLY THOSE FACING HER IN THE S.E.C. >> Mark: RISE BALL POPPED IN THE AIR.
SHALLOW LEFT. IT WILL DROP. DIVING ATTEMPT BY CHAUMONT.
COMING IN IS ADAMS. DOWN TO SECOND. COTTRILL GETS IN SAFELY. >> Madison: AGGRESSIVE BASE RUNNING FROM MISSOURI EARLIER IN THE GAME. NOW WE SEE AT IT BIT FROM FLORIDA. COTTRILL TAKING TWO ON THE LOOPED SINGLE TO LEFT FIELD.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HESITATED A BIT. LOOKS LIKE SHE WAS OUT FROM OUR VIEW. I'M GUESSING THEY SAW THAT KENDYLL BAILEY PUT THE TAG DOWN HIGH ON COTTRILL.
IT DOESN'T MAKE CONTACT UNTIL IT HITS HER AT THE BELT. IF SHE WOULD HAVE PUT THE GLOVE DOWN ON THE GROUND AND COTTRILL STRAIGHT IN THE GLOVE. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CLEARER OUT FOR THE UMPIRE TO MAKE. BUT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TAG. I THINK FROM THAT VIEW SHE WAS STILL OUT. BUT THE HIGH TAG THREW OFF THE UMPIRE VIEW TO ALLOW HER TO GET IN THERE.
CALLED SAFELY. >> Mark: I THINK THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS COTTRILL'S RIGHT LEG WITH OVER THE BASE WITHOUT TOUCHING IT. IT MAY HAVE GIVEN OPTICAL ILLUSION TO THE UMPIRE SHE WAS TOUCHING THE BASE. >> Madison: LOOKS LIKE THE LEG WAS UP IN THE AIR. AND SLID OVER THE BASE AND THAT SHE DIDN'T MAKE CONTACT WITH SECOND BASE UNTIL HER RIGHT LEG GOT IN THERE. >> Mark: I THINK THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE IF THIS WERE A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
SHE IS OUT. SHOULD HAVE BEEN. >> Madison: DEFINITELY OUT.
DEFINITELY OUT. I WAS TRYING TO GIVE PERSPECTIVE OF THE UMPIRE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE SEEING THAT MADE THEM CALL THAT. SHE WAS DEFINITELY OUT ON THAT ONE.
>> Mark: TYING RUN IN SCORING POSITION FOR FLORIDA. PUT UP A FOUR SPOT AND FLORIDA HAS COME BACK. THEY ANSWERED WITH ONE SO FAR AND THEY ARE TRYING TO ADD MORE. FOULED OFF BY LINDSEY. ITS A FULL COUNT. >> Madison: YOU REMEMBER, LINDSEY IN HER LAST AT-BAT GOT HIT ON THE BACK OF THE HAND.
THE TALK IS THE HANDS ARE PART OF THE BAT. UMPIRE MADE THE CORRECT CALL ON THAT. SLOMO VIEW WE SAW IT HIT THE BACK OF HER HAND. SO UNLESS YOU ARE SWINGING THROUGH THE PITCH, THEN IT IS AWARDED A HIT BY PITCH. YOU CAN GET FIRST BASE WHEN IT HITS YOU IN THE BACK OF THE HAND.
>> Mark: FOULED AT THE PLATE. GOOD TO GET IN THE MINUTIA OF THE RULES. I LOVE THAT.
>> Madison: YOU MENTION THE TALK IS ARE THE HANDS PART OF THE BAT? IF YOU ARE SWINGING AND SWING THROUGH THE PITCH AND IT HITS YOU IN A HAND, THEN IT IS CONSIDERED A FOUL BALL. BUT BECAUSE SHE DID NOT SWING THROUGH THE PITCH AND IT HIT HER ON THE BACK OF THE HAND IT'S A HIT-BY-PITCH AND SHE WAS AWARDED FIRST BASE. >> Mark: A BIG 3-2 PITCH COMING. STRIKEOUT.
THAT IS HER FIRST OF THE GAME THAT COMES IN A BIG SPOT. >> Madison: PUMPING THE GAS ON THIS ONE. OVER THE HEART OF THE PLATE. CHALLENGING CHEYENNE LINDSEY TO CATCH UP WITH THE PITCH. NOT ABLE TO DO IT.
A BIG STRIKEOUT FOR KRINGS. >> Mark: JAIMIE HOOVER. WALKED IN HER ONLY PLATE APPEARANCE SO FAR TODAY AFTER HAVING THE AT-BAT THAT DECIDED THE GAME LAST NIGHT. AFTER EMILY WILKIE'S TWO-RUN SINGLE TIED IT, THEY FOLLOWED WITH A THREE-RUN HOME RUN. >> Madison: YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH POWER, HOW MUCH POWER SHE HAS IN THE SWING AND HER LEGS. SHE GETS THAT IN THE PITCH AND SHE IS ABLE TO DRIVE IT OVER THE CENTER FIELD WALL.
FLORIDA SCORING ALL THE RUNS WITH TWO OUTS. THAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE. IT'S A GRIT FACTOR THAT YOU SEE WITH TEAMS AND THE ABILITY TO SCORE WITH TWO OUTS. BEING ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THE SITUATIONS.
A BIG-TIME HIT FROM HOOVER. SOMETHING THAT COACH TIM WALTON WANTS TO SEE MORE OF AS THE SEASON GOES ON. >> Mark: INSIDE, 3-0. A THREE-RUN HOME RUN LAST NIGHT FOR HOOVER.
TWO RUNNERS ABOARD HERE. TWO OUTS AND A 3-0 COUNT. UP HIGH, BALL FOUR.
A WALK LOADS THEM UP. THE SECOND WALK ALLOWED BY KRINGS. BOTH COME TO HOOVER. THEY ARE LOADED UP FOR EMILY WILKIE WHO HAD THE OTHER BIG HIT.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR WILKIE'S HIT, IT WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED IT TO GET TO HOOVER WITH THE THREE-RUN HOMER. >> Madison: IT LOOKS LIKE PATTY MOORE WILL COME OUT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LAURIN KRINGS. A LOT OF THE PITCHES FROM THE HANDS OF LAURIN KRINGS, HATTI MOORE IS SETTING UP IN ONE POSITION AND THE BALL IS ENDING UP IN A DIFFERENT SPOT. SO NOT ONLY IS IT HARD FOR THE UMPIRES TO CALL A CONSISTENT STRIKE ZONE WHEN THAT IS HAPPENING BUT KRINGS ISN'T THROWING IT IN THE POSITION THEY WANT. WE KNOW THAT THE COACHES HAVE SCOUTED THE HITTERS AND THEY HAVE A GAME PLAN UP AGAINST THEM.
IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY THROW THE BALL WHERE YOU WANT TO IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING. YOU ADD ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE HAD CONTROL ISSUES. FREE PASSES. THAT IS A BAD COMBINATION. >> Mark: 0-2.
BASES LOADED. WILKIE. SHE HAD A GRAND SLAM AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA IN NONCONFERENCE PLAY IN MID-MARCH.
I THINK YOU AND I DID THAT GAME TOGETHER. DID WE NOT, MADISON? >> Madison: I THINK I'M HAVING DÉJÀ VU WITH YOU IN MY EAR. EMILY WILKIE COMING UP.
>> Mark: THAT RESULTS IN NO CHANGE. CAME BACK TO HATTI MOORE. ELECTS NOT TRY TO SCORE THERE AND PROBABLY WISELY SO.
>> Mark: BASES LOADED TWO OUTS. 1-2 PITCH TO WILKIE IS UPSTAIRS. >> Mark: LEFT TO THROW HERE AND MOVE ON AND A BIT INSIDE. THAT IS A FULL COUNT.
>> Madison: A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE AFTER THAT. SHE WANTED THAT CALLED FOR A STRIKE. THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN THE RIVER TO CHALK INSIDE TO EMILY WILKIE.
A REALLY TOUGH TAKE TO WATCH THAT INSIDE PITCH GO BY. FINDS HERSELF IN A FULL COUNT HERE. BASES LOADED, TWO OUTS. >> Mark: FOULED BACK. WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
>> Madison: THIS IS THE TYPE OF SITUATION YOU DREAM COMING UP. A YOUR TEAM NEEDS A COUPLE OF RUNS AND DOWN BY TWO AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TIE UP THIS BALLGAME OR GIVE YOUR TEAM THE LEAD. >> Mark: ANOTHER BIG 3-2 PITCH COMING FROM LAURIN KRINGS. THAT IS HIT TO LEFT TOWARD THE LINE.
THAT IS CAUGHT. CHAUMONT REACHED UP OVER HER HEAD TO SNAG IT. FLORIDA DOES SCORE A RUN. THEY LEAVE THE BASES >> Madison: THE FLORIDA GATORS HAVE BEEN NOTORIOUS FOR HAVING STELLAR ARMS IN THE CIRCLE. AND SHE LOVES TO LOCATE THAT OUTSIDE, TOPAZ THE PITCHERS LIKE ME.
LAUREN HAGIN, ANOTHER CLUTCH PITCHER FOR THEM. DELANEY GORLEY WITH THE DEVASTATING CHANGE-UP. AND OCASIO, PHENOMENAL HITTER, A GREAT OUTFIELDER AND EXTRAORDINARY IN THE CIRCLE. WE ALL REMEMBER KELLY BARNHILL AND HER RISE BALL AND THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE BALL THROUGH THE ZONE. FLORIDA IS A TEAM THAT HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR THE PITCHING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
BUT SOMETHING THEY HAVE CHANGED THIS YEAR. NOW THEY STILL HAVE A GOOD PITCHING STAFF. BUT THEY RELY AS A STAFF AS A WHOLE. IF YOU THINK BACK TO FLORIDA THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD ONE STRONG ARM IN THE CIRCLE.
EVEN WITH ROGERS, 988 INNINGS PITCHED OVER HER CAREER. JUST INCREDIBLE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TEAM THIS SEASON, THEY ARE REALLY USING EACH OTHER AS A STAFF. AND WORKING TO MATCHUP WHICH PITCHER WORKS BEST AGAINST WHICH OFFENSE. THEY STILL HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT APPROACH THIS SEASON.
>> Mark: IF YOU THINK OF THE INNINGS THAT HANNA ROGERS THREW, GONE SERVE YEARS AND HAEGER AFTER THAT A YEAR LATER. WE HAVE SEEN SOFTBALL EVOLVE A BIT, MADISON. BACK IN THE DAY YOU COULD RIDE ONE ARM A LOT OF TIMES THROUGH A WEEKEND. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD RIDE IT THROUGH THE NCAA TOURNAMENT BUT NOW IT'S MUCH MORE STAFF IMPORTANT IN SOFTBALL TO HAVE MULTIPLE ARMS.
>> Madison: A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SCOUTING AND THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT IS AVAILABLE. ALL OF THE FILM, BEFORE YOU PLAY YOUR FIRST GAME IN S.E.C. PLAY A TEAM CAN PULL UP 20 GAMES OF FILM AND CHART AND SEE WHERE YOUR TENDENCIES ARE AND WHERE THE BALL IS MOVING AND YOU CAN SPEND ALL WEEK PREPARING FOR ONE PITCHER. SO BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN TECHNOLOGY YOU ARE SEEING THE TEAMS MORE RELY ON A STAFF RATHER THAN JUST THAT ONE ARM IN THE CIRCLE. >> Mark: THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE THESE DAYS, IS THERE? >> Madison: NO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> Madison: FRESHMEN WILL COME OUT HOT IN THE YEAR AND STRUGGLE WHEN THEY HIT ALL THE S.E.C. PLAY. BECAUSE THE COACHES HAVE HAD FILM TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY EXPLOIT WEAKNESSES. THEY WILL MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AS THE YEAR GOES ON. THE PITCHING STAFF FOR FLORIDA. THE JOB THAT THE PITCHING COACH MIKE BOSH HAS DONE TO ENHANCE THE PITCHES AND PERFECT THEM IS INCREDIBLE.
>> Mark: LONGLEY AT SHORT, THROWS OUT KESSINGER. MIA BUFFANO NOW IN RIGHT FIELD FOR FLORIDA. AND AVERY GOELZ MOVED FROM RIGHT FIELD TO FIRST BASE.
YOU MENTION THE WORDS "ADJUSTMENTS." THIS GAME IS ABOUT ADJUSTMENTS. MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT ADJUSTMENT.
THEN SOMEBODY MAKES AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT ADJUSTMENT AND IT'S NEVER ENDING. >> Madison: IT'S LIKE A CHESS MATCH IS WHAT I THINK OF IT. ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR ME BEING FROM A HITTER'S PERSPECTIVE, WHEN I APPROACH THE PLATE. IT WAS A MENTAL CHESS MATCH WITH THE PITCHER.
WHAT WERE THEY GOING TO THROW TO ME IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTS AND THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS? LAUREN HAEGER AND I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY TOGETHER ON THE JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM BACK BEFORE LAUREN GOT TO COLLEGE. BUT WHEN SHE DID START THROWING FOR FLORIDA WE JOKED BACK AND FORTH SHE THREW ME THE SAME PITCH COMBINATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL SHE COULD PROVE TO HER I COULD MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON IT. ONCE I MADE AN ADJUSTMENT THERE, SHE CHANGED HER PITCHING APPROACH AND IT WAS BACK AND FORTH WHO ULTIMATELY WOULD COME OUT ON TOP. I WILL SAY LAUREN HAEGER WON THE MAJORITY OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN US TWO. I MIGHT HAVE SQUEAKED ONE HIT IN THERE.
>> Mark: YOU ARE TOO MODEST. >> Madison: IF YOU DID GET A HIT OFF OF LAUREN HAEGER SHE WOULD COME UP TO PLATE AND HIT A BALL OVER THE FENCE. >> Mark: WHAT A GREAT TWO-WAY PLAYER.
I REMEMBER SEEING HER HIT BOMBS OVER THE LEFT FIELD SCOREBOARD. IN GAINESVILLE. >> Madison: BALLS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE LANDED YET. SHE HIT THE BALL A LONG WAY.
THAT IS FOR SURE. >> Mark: TRLICEK CAME IN WITH THE LAST TWO BATTERS OF THE SECOND. 3-2 PITCH TO RAABE. PULLED TO THIRD. RIGHT TO CHARLA ECHOLS.
COMING UP NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 2:00 EASTERN, 1:00 CENTRAL, WITH SERIES FINALE BETWEEN NUMBER 6 MISSISSIPPI STATE AND THE NUMBER 13 SOUTH CAROLINA FROM FOUNDERs PARK TOMORROW AFTERNOON. YOU CAN WATCH ANYWHERE. MISSISSIPPI STATE AND SOUTH CAROLINA SUNDAY MAY 9.
>> Madison: A FUN BASEBALL SERIES AS WELL. PLAYERS TO WATCH. ALLEN FOR MISSISSIPPI STATE HAS THE FIFTH BEST BATTING AVERAGE IN S.E.C. GRADY ALLEN FOR SOUTH CAROLINA HAS 11 HOME RUNS AND THE 33 R.B.I. NO, THEY ARE NOT RELATED.
THEY JUST HAVE THE LAST NAME ALLEN AND ARE VERY GOOD AT BASEBALL. >> Mark: SOUTH CAROLINA-OLE MISS FOLLOWS US ON S.E.C. NETWORK. YES, MADISON SHIPMAN KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE S.E.C. BASEBALL AS WELL BECAUSE SHE DOES A SHOW CALLED "RALLY CAP." WHATEVER SHE MIGHT NOT KNOW, WHICH IS RARE, DAVID DELUCCI FILLS HER IN AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THE SHOW.
>> Madison: DAVID DEFINITELY HAS MY BACK ON THAT ONE. >> Mark: HE HAS EVERYBODY'S MATCH. ONE OF THE NICEST MEN ON THE PLANET.
>> Madison: ABSOLUTELY. 100% AGREE WITH THAT. >> Mark: BAILEY LOOK LIKE SHE WENT AROUND AND THE PLATE UMPIRE CONCURS. 2-2.
TRLICEK TRYING TO SEND MIZZOU DOWN IN ORDER FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. MIZZOU SCORED FOUR RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND. THEY HAD THE BASES LOADED. ONLY ONE OUT. A CHANCE TO ADD MORE.
DID NOT. FLORIDA COULD HAVE ARGUED THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE THAN ONE IN THE TOP OF THIS INNING BUT THERE IS STILL A GOOD GAME BETWEEN THE HIGHLY RANKED TEAMS. >> Madison: KEEP HAVING TO DOUBLE CHECK. ONLY THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING AND WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL BASE RUNNERS ON. >> Mark: SLOW RUNNER FINDS A HOLE UP THE MIDDLE.
BAILEY IS ON FOR HER SECOND INNING OF THE GAME. >> Madison: BAILEY FOULED OFF A PITCH REALLY HARD DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE AND MAKES A GOOD ADJUSTMENT ON THIS. DRIVING IT BACK UP THE MIDDLE.
NOT HIT HARD BUT HIT IN THE RIGHT SPOT. SKIP THROUGH FOR THE OUTFIELD TO GET A RUNNER ON BOARD WITH TWO AWAY. >> Mark: ABBY GEORGE IS STILL OUT.
A CAST ON HER HAND. FRACTURED. HOPE TO COME BACK SOON BUT NOT THIS WEEKEND. BASE HIT AND THE FIVE/SIX HOLE IN HER SECOND HIT TODAY. GEORGE. COACH ANDERSON DESCRIBED HOW THE INJURY HAPPENED IN PRACTICE.
FLUKISH. RUNNING AT FIRST. BANGED HER HAND IN THE HIP OF THE FIRST BASEMAN. FRACTURE.
THE CAST COMING OFF NEXT WEEK ON THE LEFT HAND. THAT IS NICE. OFF THE GLOVE OF GOELZ. BACKING UP BUT NOT BEFORE BAILEY IS ABLE TO SCORE. HONNOLD ALL THE WAY TO THIRD.
>> Madison: THE ABILITY TO DROP A BUNT AT ANY TIME IS WHY SHE IS SO GOOD IN THE LEAD-OFF SPOT. DEADEN THAT BALL OUT IN FRONT OF THE PLATE FOR JULIA COTTRILL. COTTRILL COMES UP ANDS MAKES A NICE PLAY. I THINK THAT SHE WOULD BE SAFE REGARDLESS.
A GOOD THROW BUT IT GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE LEGS OF GOELZ AT FIRST BASE. YOU MENTIONED, MARK THEY JUST MADE THAT SWITCH. WE HAD SEEN LINDAMAN IN THE BASE FOR THE FIRST TWO INNINGS BUT THEY PUT GOELZ THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT SKIPPED OFF HER GLOVE AND BETWEEN HER LEGS TO ALLOW ANOTHER RUN TO COME ACROSS FOR MISSOURI.
>> Mark: THEY HAVEN'T SCORED IT YET. I THINK SHE SHOULD GET CREDIT FOR THE BASE HIT BUT THE BALL GETTING BY ALLOWED BAILEY TO SCORE. >> Madison: IT'S A BALL THAT SHOULD BE CAUGHT AT FIRST BASE. >> Mark: THIS IS THE MOST RUNS THEY HAVE GIVEN UP TO AN S.E.C. OPPONENT THIS YEAR: FIVE.
THEY DID GIVE UP EIGHT RUNS TO CENTRAL FLORIDA IN A NONCONFERENCE GAME. AS FAR AS THE S.E.C. PLAY, FOUR WAS THE MOST AND THEY HAD DONE IT FOUR TIMES COMING IN TODAY. THE CHECK SWING. TO THIRD.
OVERTHROWN TO COTTRILL DOWN THE LEFT FIELD SIDE. AND HONNOLD WILL SCHOOL IN TO SCORE. THIS IS WILL BE THE SECOND ERROR OF THE INNING AGAINST FLORIDA AND TIGERS ARE UP 6-2. >> Madison: THAT LOOKED LIKE A DESIGN PLAY. FIRST TO THIRD. AND SHE TOOK OFF AND COTTRILL DID NOT HESITATE AT ALL AND THROWS IT TO THIRD.
THIS SAILS A BIT OUT OF HER HANDS. ECHOLS MAKES A GOOD EFFORT AND TRIES TO STOP IT BUT IT'S SO HIGH THAT IT SKIPS IN LEFT FIELD AND THAT ALLOWS BAILEY TO SCORE EASILY FROM THIRD BASE. THAT IS UNCHARACTERISTIC -- >> Mark: YEAH. FLORIDA, ONLY 25 ERRORS ON THE SEASON COMING IN. PLAYING THE 44th GAME OF THE YEAR.
SO WAY UNDER AN ERROR A GAME. TWO IN THIS INNING BACK-TO-BACK PLAYS. LONGLEY TO FIRST TO GET THE OUT TO RETIRE THE SIDE AND MISSOURI GETS A COUPLE UNEARNED TALLIES. AT THE END OF THREE. MIZZOU IN FRONT 6-2. >> Mark: HANNAH ADAMS LEAD OFF THIS GAME WITH A HOME RUN.
THE SECOND TIME SHE LED OFF THE GAME WITH A HOME RUN. BOTTOM OF THE SECOND, MIZZOU COMES BACK. TWO-RUN HOME RAN TO EMMA RAABE. HER SEVENTH. 2-1, TIGERS THEN LATER WILMES SCORES TWO MORE. THE TIGERS SCORE TWO IN THE SECOND.
THEN THEY GET A RUN BACK IN THE THIRD. AND COTTRILL DROPS BACK TO SCORE ADAMS. 6-2, MIZZOU TOP OF THE THIRD. >> Madison: I THINK MISSOURI HAS DONE A GOOD JOB TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DEFENSIVE MISCUES FROM FLORIDA. AS FAR AS THE S.E.C. GOES
DEFENSIVELY FLORIDA AND MISSOURI RANKED NUMBER ONE AND TWO. UNCHARACTERISTIC MISTAKES AND A COUPLE OF THE MISCUES WE SAW THAT DON'T GO DOWN AS THE ERRORS. BUT PLAYS THAT I THINK FLORIDA WOULD MAKE ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
>> Mark: GOELZ LEADING OFF. FLIED TO LEFT HER FIRST TIME UP. THE EIGHT, NINE, ONE BATTERS FOR THE GATORS TOP OF THE FOURTH.
A LITTLE BIT LOW. KRINGS. WHAT DO WE SAY ABOUT KRINGS SO FAR TODAY? WORKED AFTER GIVING UP A GAME LEAD-OFF HOMER TO ADAMS. HAS HAD ISSUES IN EVERY INNING. ALLOWED TWO RUNS THROUGH THREE HEADING IN TO FOUR NOW.
>> Mark: OUT TO CENTER. RIGHT THERE, BROOKE WILMES. >> Madison: I THINK THAT KRINGS HAS DONE A NICE JOB OF GETTING HERSELF OUT OF JAMS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARN GOING THROUGH THE S.E.C. ESPECIALLY AS A FRESHMAN LEARNING HOW TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF THE SITUATIONS. BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART, FRESHMEN YOU COME IN, WHETHER IT BE ON YOUR TRAVEL BALL TEAM OR YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT USED TO FACING THAT MUCH ADVERSITY, ESPECIALLY GOING UP AGAINST A LINE-UP LIKE FLORIDA THAT HAS GOOD HITTERS WIN THROUGH NINE. YOU CAN'T TAKE AN AT-BAT OFF.
SO FOR THE PITCHERS, THEY HAVE TO LEARN TO GET THEMSELVES OUT OF THE JAMS. WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL? I THINK WE HAVE SEEN HER PINPOINT THE LOCATIONS. GET A COUPLE OF THE MISHITS FROM FLORIDA.
SHE IS RELYING ON THE DEFENSE TO MAKE PLAYS OUT THERE IN THE FIELD. >> Mark: LONGLEY. POPPED OUT TO SECOND.
APPARENTLY SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER JERSEY. SHE HAS CHANGE FROM HER NORMAL 52 TO 60. ALWAYS GOT TO TRAVEL WITH A FEW SPARE JERSEYS JUST IN CASE. >> Madison: I KNOW WE ALWAYS DID. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN OUT THERE. >> Mark: ONE BALL, TWO STRIKES.
FRESHMAN LAURIN KRINGS FROM COLORADO. WE MENTIONED HOW WELL SHE PITCHED LAST WEEKEND IN FAYETTEVILLE AGAINST ARKANSAS. TWO GAMES, 6 2/3 INNINGS. DID NOT ALLOW A HIT OR A RUN. DIDN'T WALK ANYBODY. STRUCK OUT SEVEN.
YOU MENTIONED HER VELOCITY HAS COME DOWN BUT IT'S ALLOWED HER TO HELP HER COMMAND. SHE HAS ALWAYS CHANGED HER MOTION. SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT. >> Madison: IT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE MADE RELATIVELY RECENTLY. SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD ADJUSTMENT IN HER PITCHES.
>> Mark: MAKES THE CATCH. AND TAKE YOU THROUGH THE CHANGES FOR LAURIN KRINGS. ON THE LEFT, THE WAY SHE WAS PITCHING. ON THE RIGHT IS THE CHANGE. TAKE A LOOK. >> Madison: YOU NOTICE WHERE SHE STARTS HER PITCHING.
NOW LOOKING AT THE PITCH FROM APRIL 25 AT ARKANSAS. SHE IS STANDING MUCH MORE UPRIGHT. IN MARCH, SHE WAS MUCH MORE BENT OVER IN THE WAY SHE STARTED.
THE REASON THEY DECIDED TO MAKE THE CHANGE WAS TO GET HER MORE STACKED, MORE BALANCED AT THE START OF HER PITCHING. NOW IT'S BROUGHT HER VELOCITY DOWN A BIT. SHE USED TO THROW MORE CONSISTENTLY. 69ISH. NOW SHE IS BRINGING THE BALL TO 66, MID-60s. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE AND HER BEING MORE UPRIGHT, THAT HAS ALLOWED HER TO BE MORE CONSISTENT IN HER STRIKE ZONE.
YOU TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR OVER SHE HAS BEEN. A LOT MORE MOVEMENT IN HER MOTION. PREVIOUSLY IN THIS YEAR VERSUS NOW.
IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT THAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN HER EXECUTION OUT THERE. >> Mark: THAT IS ONE TO DEEP CENTER FIELD. CAUGHT BY WILMES ON THE TRACK.
ADAMS MAKING A BID FOR THE SECOND HOMER OF THE DAY BUT CO >> Mark: THAT IS STARTING TO GRIT HEATED THERE. I LIKE THAT. FIRE. >> Madison: HOLLE WAS PASSIONATE. SAYING THAT BEST ALL-AROUND SHORTSTOP IN THE -- SAYING THAT SID BATES IS IF ALL-AROUND BEST SHORTSTOP IN THE NATION.
BUT I'M WITH THE OTHERS THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME TO KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR. THE FRESHMAN IS OUTSTANDING FOR MISSOURI. KENZIE McGUIRE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. SHE IS SO FUN TO WATCH DEFENSIVELY.
>> Mark: HAVING TO GONE TO SEATTLE FOR WASHINGTON AND KENTUCKY SUPER REGIONAL IN 2019. SEEING SID BATES UP CLOSE I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE SAY THAT SHE IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. >> Madison: SHE IS SO SMOOTH IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES DEFENSIVELY. PLUS SHE IS HAVING A FANTASTIC YEAR AT THE PLATE. IT'S SOMEBODY A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH. BUT THERE, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING OF THE SHORT STOPS IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE ALL RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND. GRACE LIONS AT OKLAHOMA, PEREZ AT UCLA. THERE SO MANY AROUND THE COUNTRY TO GET IT DONE ON THE FIELD AND THE PLATE. SID BATES IS ONE TO WATCH. HUMAN HIGHLIGHT REEL FOR SURE.
>> Mark: A PRETTY GOOD HITTER. DOESN'T HIT IT OUT OF THE BALLPARK EVERY TIME -- >> Madison: SHE IS CONSISTENT. >> Mark: YES. >> Madison: SHE IS CONSISTENT.
>> Mark: THAT IS THE FORMER ALL-AMERICAN SHORTSTOP MADISON SHIPMAN KEEPS A PARTIAL EYE ON THE OTHER SHORTSTOPS OUT THERE. >> Mark: HATTI MOORE. CENTER FIELD.
LINDSEY MAKES THE CATCH. BRING IN CASIDY CHAUMONT WHO HAS MADE GREAT CATCHES IN THIS GAME AND LAST WEEKEND. THIS IS IN FAYETTEVILLE.
A "SPORTSCENTER" TOP TEN NOMINEE AND WOUND UP BEING NUMBER EIGHT THAT NIGHT ON "SPORTSCENTER." SO NOW, FOR TODAY, THIS SATURDAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER "SPORTSCENTER" TOP TEN NOMINEE. SHE PULLED THIS RABBIT OUT OF HER HAT, A GREAT DIVING CATCH EARLIER IN THIS GAME. SEE WHERE IT FINISHES.
NO PRESSURE, BRISTOL. >> Madison: SHE MAKES THE CATCHES LOOK EASY AND SHE IS RUNNING A LONG WAY FOR EACH ONE OF THE CATCHES. GOOD JUMP. A GOOD READ OFF THE BAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T TEACH. SHE JUST HAS THE INSTINCTS AND THEY HAVE ENMENACED THE INSTINCTS IN LEFT FIELD. >> Mark: THIS IS HER FIRST SEASON IN OUTFIELD. THEY SWITCHED HER, MIZZOU DID, FROM INFIELD TO OUTFIELD BECAUSE OF HOW PERSONNEL WAS. LARISSA ANDERSON SAYS WE WANT HER BACK BUT WE NEED TO SHIFT HER TO THE OUTFIELD.
>> Madison: IF YOU MAKE PLAYS LIKE THAT, THEY WILL JUST KEEP YOU OUT IN THE GRASS. IF YOU MAKE THOSE HIGHLIGHT REEL CATCHES WE KEEP YOU OUT THERE IN LEFT. NOT TO MENTION SHE HAS SO MUCH RANGE IN LEFT AND THAT ALLOWED BROOKE WILMES TO PLAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF SECOND BASE IN CENTER FIELD. BECAUSE SHE CAN COVER SO MUCH GROUND.
THEY MOVE WILMES OVER TO COVER THE RIGHT FIELD GAP. >> Mark: SPEAKING OF BROOKE WILMES, I REMEMBER HER FRESHMAN YEAR IN 2018. SHE PLAYED SECOND BASE.
I REMEMBER HER PLAYING SECOND BASE BEFORE MOVING TO THE OUTFIELD. >> Madison: A BUNCH OF ATHLETES ON THE FIELD. >> Mark: THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE.
NO QUESTION. TO THE RIGHT. THAT WILL LAND FOUL BY A FEW FEET. OUT THERE IN RIGHT AND TOOK OVER THAT SPOT AN INNING OR SO AGO. >> Mark: CHOPPED RIGHT TO THE SECOND BASEMAN, ADAMS. TWO OUTS.
COMING UP TOMORROW NIGHT, THE RALLY CAP CREW BREAKS DOWN THE WEEK THAT WAS IN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WITH HIGHLIGHTS, ANALYSIS AND INTERVIEWS AND ALSO GET YOU STOT LOOK AT THE UPCOMING WEEK'S BEST MATCH-UP. RALLY CAP AT 8:00 EASTERN, 7:00 CENTRAL ON THE SEC NETWORK AND THE ESPN APP. ONE OF THE THREE HOSTS I'LL CALL THEM, OF COURSE, MY PARTNER TODAY, MADISON SHIPMAN. DELUCCI TAKES CARE OF THE BASEBALL SIDE. >> Madison: ACTUALLY THIS WEEK WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY ALYSSA LANG. ON THE SHOW WITH DAVID DELUCCI AND I TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> Mark: BREAKING NEWS. >> Madison: YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. >> Mark: KIMBERLY WERT TAKES INSIDE. >> Mark: NIPS THE OUTSIDE CORNER FROM TRLICEK. >> Ma
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