Final Box Score for Kavan:
5.2 IP, 7K, 5H, 0R, 1BB
Incredible game last night. So much fight in our team to not give up and keep grinding.
Kavan was most impressive in the bottom of the 8th when Clemson had Pipkins on 2nd and Collins on 3rd with no outs. All Clemson needed was to get Collins across home plate and our season was over. Kavan got the next 3 batters (Johnson, Brockenbrough and Brown) all out on 12 pitches.
Then in the the bottom of the 9th for an encore, Kavan gave up 1 hit and she got 3 strikeouts (all 3 swinging) to shut the Tigers down. Bottom of the 10th with 2 run lead, Kavan put it away. Will make for an awesome comeback if the Lady Longhorns can pull off the W today.
Thinking about what a killer it was last fall when we lost our all-American shortstop (Vivi Martinez) to injury. That’s really hard to overcome. This year’s team may not be quite as dominant as the #1 seed Horns Team last season, but they’ve got grit and fight. Atwood, Scott, Kavan are our 3 all-Americans on the team but Mitchell, Maloney and Goode were extremely clutch last night with 7 hits and 5 RBIs.
Overall, our Longhorns had 13 Hits, 7 Runs and only 3 Strikeouts. Again, great win, clutch performance. Let’s go get the series win today and see what happens in the World Series.
Hook em!! 🧡🐂🤘🏼