Texas Tech hits three homers in a row to win in extras, a breakdown
What Happened
In a hard-fought battle between two March Madness contenders, the 7th-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders come from behind to defeat the unranked UConn Huskies in extra innings. The game is tied 6-6 in the top of the 10th inning when UConn's Ben Maycock grounds out, but successfully advances the runner to second base. Next up is UConn's Kyler Fedko, who has been tormenting Texas Tech all game, going 4-for-4 with a walk. The Texas Tech pitching coach visits the mound and decides to pitch Fedko carefully, opting for a breaking ball. However, Fedko is unfazed, lacing the offering into deep right field to drive in the go-ahead run. UConn tacks on another run to take a 8-6 lead heading to the bottom of the 10th. But the resilient Red Raiders refuse to go down quietly. The first batter, Kurt Wilson, steps up and crushes a solo home run to cut the deficit to one. Next, Cal Conley follows suit, launching another solo shot to tie the game at 8-8. The UConn dugout is stunned as the Texas Tech players celebrate with the "cowboy salute" in the bullpen. With the game knotted, Braxton Fulford steps to the plate for Texas Tech and completes the incredible three-homer barrage, blasting a go-ahead solo shot over the left field wall. "What the hell's going on?" the UConn players must be thinking, as they watch their hard-earned lead evaporate in the span of three batters. Texas Tech holds on to win 9-8 in a thrilling extra-innings clash between these two NCAA Tournament hopefuls. The Red Raiders' late-game heroics, capped by the trio of solo homers, stun the Huskies and have the Texas Tech dugout exploding in celebration. It's a gut-punch loss for UConn, who nearly pulled off the upset, only to see victory slip through their fingers in dramatic fashion.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentwe had a pretty fun finish to the game
the other day between yukon and texas
tech texas tech is ranked 7th uconn
not ranked tied up at 6 in the 10th
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both these teams are in march madness so
make some bets they got a crazy underdog
deal i'll tell you afterwards
anyway top ten and yukon scored
two in the ninth to tie it and now
they're about to put two more across in
the tent that dude
bunts his bat into his helmet but gets
the bunt down moves the runner from
first to second
that's what uconn's got to do now this
guy comes up ben
maycock and he just looks like a really
nice guy
he looks like he would hit a home run
off you and you wouldn't even mind
look how friendly he looks little
mustache making funny faces like huh
how'd we get ourselves in this situation
he's gonna ground out
to the pitcher who covers first base
first baseman pitcher covers slides he's
out but he moved the runner over too now
this dude's up
kyler fedco he's four for four on the
day so the pitching coach comes out
talks to the pitcher like hey
this dude spread singles all over the
field all day so let's not throw him a
fastball
let's throw him a breaking pitch let's
make sure he chases a little bit
they put down the three fingers the
breaking pitch comes
kyler doesn't give a [ __ ] pushes that
one into deep
right that's gonna score the go-ahead
run that dude's five for five with the
walk on the day and just looking
beautiful as he rounds first and heads
into second kyler fedco how about it
his brother's on uconn as well so it's
just a fedco fun fest
anyway then there's a little botched
play that moves fedco to third
and then there's another ground out or
base hit
yeah there's another base hit up the
middle that pushes another one across so
now yukon
they're sitting pretty they were down in
this game to a top 10 ranked team they
scored two in the ninth
two in the tenth they're about to win
this damn thing and it's gonna be fun
oh wait first batter comes up for texas
tech
and he hits an easy home run and the
bullpen gives him the cowboy salute
next better cal conley he's over three
on the day
he comes up he pushes one over the left
field wall
now it's a tie game cowboy salute from
the bullpen again
uconn's thinking what the hell's going
on now braxton is up
and he's gonna go ahead and simply hit
another home run
left field wall uconn thought they were
gonna have some fun texas tech said
we'll just pop three solo shots
win this baby and get on our way i like
number 25 going with the double cups
and number 35 comes up with the gatorade
but he's struggling i don't think he
should be on gatorade duty
he has to set down he has to re-grip he
picks it back up
they didn't drink a lot of gatorade i'm
guessing and then he just soaks number
19 and only number 19.
he's just soaking wet throws the
gatorade bottle away and celebrates
number 19. i hope he you know had a a
nice fun day i hope he had broken a
sweat
because now he's just fully gatorade
bath than no one else is
and texas tech wins and they beat uconn
and maybe these two teams will meet up
in march madness i think they'd have to
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