I rewatched the 7th inning
Earlier this morning and rewinded that play multiple times. When the second baseman went to the bag to setup for the throw, her backfoot was clearly off of the bag, as she was (incorrectly) setting up to sweep back to make the tag. And then after the safe call when they were zooming in and analyzing and what not … you couldn’t clearly see that her foot was definitely on the bag. From that zoom angle it looked like her foot was probably on the bag, but you couldn’t tell for sure. And based on the fact she clearly setup off of the bag, it’s reasonable to think she didn’t adjust it in that split second
Bottom line - as other posters suggested real time yesterday, there probably wasn’t enough to overturn it.
Obviously it’s great that our bats came alive in the 7th but Akron mistakes definitely helped us a lot. In addition to that second baseman incorrectly positioning for the tag when she had a force:
- That first Aldridge double probably should have been caught. If CF just stays put or drop steps to start off, she makes that catch. But instead she initially stepped forward and as we know it sailed over her head (the benefits of #11 smashing that ball so hard to make CF make a quick decision)
- Also on that Gaby chopper that got through up the middle … if their CF comes up gunning to 3B, it looked like our baserunner would have been out by several steps. But she hesitated and held it and ended up just lobbing it in.
Akron had multiple chances to slow our momentum by getting early outs and just didn’t do it.
Hopefully LSU has a few mental lapses today as well we shall see.
Thread Replies (4)
Regarding the controversial second base call, the outfielder was slow
-- IB4TECH
May 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM ET
IB4TECH
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05/17/26 12:22 PM ET
Eh, not hiding it IMO, lost it underneath her and it rolled away....**
-- RRHokie90
May 17, 2026 at 01:22 PM ET
RRHokie90
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05/17/26 01:22 PM ET
I don;t think she was hiding anything. She hit the ground
-- VAHokie89
May 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM ET
VAHokie89
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05/17/26 12:42 PM ET
I always gave the runner situational options for fly or grounder, and field
-- TomTurkey
May 17, 2026 at 12:59 PM ET
TomTurkey
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05/17/26 12:59 PM ET