Stanford baseball walks off on fly ball lost in lights

In the deciding Game 3 of NCAA baseball super regionals between Stanford and Texas, the Cardinal walked off to earn a spot in the 2023 Men's College World Series on a fly ball that the Longhorns could not see.
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[@robsimpson6537]

Camera guy didn’t see it either.

[@perfect1150]

Heartbreaking!!!!! Neither of the outfielders could see it nor could the second baseman when it first came off the bat. Watch his reaction when the ball was first hit.

[@webzii_]

This is the definition of “put the ball in play and good things can happen”

[@theblackmountainlion]

I’m an California Aggie and I saw this happen at least 4 or 5 times in the regional because we played at every game at night. Stanford decided to play the early game Friday for this reason. It’s a brutal way to go out. To add on to it the grass gets wet and fog comes in at night, it’s some strange elements to play in.

[@mikewalters3048]

Really, kind of unfortunate. Unfortunate for the spirit of the competition. I would see it as akin to winning due to a competitor slipping on a wet surface, something like that.

[@retiredrookie7146]

Texas fans were chanting "Omaha" towards the Razorbacks earlier this season taunting them over the missed foul ball....... this is karma at its best. Their fan base deserves this.

[@asics1149]

Huh? Texas fans never chanted that. And it doesn’t change the fact that our fanbase has seen our team win 6 of what your team will never win 😂 if there’s anything that’s deserved, it’s the perpetual mediocrity of Arkansas sports because of their reject fans 😂😂😂

[@hightail92]

Cope my guy, what a loss 😂

[@briffonmoore1269]

@@hightail92 I’m sorry but uhhh didn’t y’all lose the college World Series because of a ball that fell in between 3 of your players?

[@asics1149]

@@hightail92 lol no coping needed. Can’t go to the World Series EVERY year… but going half the time is good enough for me (and better than any other program out there) 🤷🏼‍♂️ Most of us fans are even surprised they made it past regionals since this year was a total rebuild, so everything else was gravy anyway

[@asics1149]

@@hightail92lololol schooled you so hard you never had an answer 🫵🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@TJS1028]

Batter running and posing like he did something LOL

[@yawdaorb]

He could've struck out. Sometimes putting the ball in play is all you need to do

[@kicks2024]

@@yawdaorbyeah but finger in the air, running from teammates and beating your chest like you blasted one in the gap ain’t it

[@jpalmer9286]

​@@kicks2024Right

[@chucknorris5141]

He got the game winning hit so there's that

[@Mackeyp]

@@kicks2024idk how else I would react if I was going to Omaha I def wouldn’t be golf clapping

[@oscarkelly7386]

What a way to go

[@bvalenz]

7 Songs the TX Longhorns will never play @ their home games ever again: Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann Blinding Lights - Wkend Fly Routine - Hostile Groove Staring at the Sun - U2 Pop Goes the World - Men Without Hats Twilight Zone theme song Super Mario Theme song (Bowser hit the walk-off in case you didn’t get the last 1)

[@michaellindenberger2681]

I have to take exception to crediting Manfred Mann with "Blinded by the Light." That's a Springsteen tune with a mere cover by Mann!

[@bvalenz]

@@michaellindenberger2681 good call

[@steeleboy09]

Peaches, Peaches, Peaches for Bowser actually

[@JM-rp9qf]

You took the time to write out some random jibberish *for the likes?! Weirdo

[@debbiehenson1096]

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

[@JM-bd6ml]

Couldn’t happen too a better bunch. Shorthorns bite the big one yet again.

[@JM-rp9qf]

Too a better bunch? Stay in school there, Einstein

[@asics1149]

Yet again? You… you do realize that Texas is the most successful team in the history of super regional rounds. Sounds like someone’s a little jealous his team isn’t as consistently good as Texas 🫵🤣😂

[@ryanting5690]

Following the Denver Nuggets' 1st NBA Title, The Cardinal of Stanford won Game 3 of the Super Regional at their homefield on a fly ball that lost the lights & won 7-6 over Texas to advance to their 3rd Men's College World Series.

[@A-TrainBaby]

me and my dad were watching this and me and him thought it was gonna go to extra innings, but then i saw it hit the ground and was in disbelief.

[@nextfriiday]

Infielders and outfielders dread the gray light time.

[@gregthegroove]

Wow man. This totally sucks. This is my worst nightmare as a Cubs fan in the World Series type situation. I feel terrible. If there’s any solace, it’s 3 players couldn’t locate it either. Crazy.

[@hrbllc4206]

Way too much celebration these days. Especially when you hit a pop up out and got lucky.

[@hsh1950]

Second year in a row that Stanford advances by beating a Texas team in the bottom of the ninth.

[@kirkrivas8172]

I wish Augie Garrido was around, I would love to hear what he would say in the locker room behind closed doors.

[@robsimpson6537]

Unreal 😢

[@chucknorris5141]

Neither one saw it. Can't put any blame on either. Sucker must've been up there.

[@cecivizz]

as an aggie, this is beautiful

[@swallman]

My mom always said it's a good day when the Huskers win and/or Texas loses, at anything.

[@jaredr991]

Aggies are strange. The cult brain washing in College Station is strong. And weird to everybody else.

[@asics1149]

Didn’t the exact same thing happen to the aggies multiple times in the round prior? You think it’s beautiful watching texas play in rounds your team wasn’t good enough to advance to? 😂😂

[@alv2601]

It’s the trees! Go Stanford!

[@brandifritsche309]

Best ending ever!!!

[@StoneyPaBoxing]

From what I heard Texas had this game in the bag the WHOLE time

[@cynthiatravers8757]

Of course, if you are going to win a game like this it better be the last one, the championship game, because otherwise these things have a way of evening out and this could happen to Stanford next game. Heart breaking way to lose.

[@jackkuna5899]

Better than Yordan walking off the mariners

[@DONMADDENDOESITALL]

Let's go PAC 12....it doesn't matter how you did it as long as you got it done ....rise in the east and lost somewhere in the lights out West ⬅️ PAC 12 sports let's get it

[@lj5245]

yep pac12 will get a ride to omaha and then get their ass handed to them by the SEC just like they do in football

[@brucetelfeyan]

It was scored as a base hit, not an error.

[@ThreeEyedPea]

I think it has to touch a player for it to count as an error. Like if it hits one of their gloves but bounces right out, it'd be an error.

[@nairda38]

@@ThreeEyedPeaErrors are subjective calls. It doesn’t have to touch the fielder, but it has to be hit to the fielder in such a way that the out could have been made had the fielder not made a mistake (fielders running into each other resulting in a ball dropping into the field of play can be an error against the out-of-position fielder, for instance). If a fielder saw the ball and then it just fell to the side, that could subjectively be called an error, but here, the fielders never had the opportunity to make the out because they never saw the ball, so the scorekeeper recorded it in their view as a single base hit (to center) RBI.

[@doblegcanusee9311]

And that ladies and gentlemen is why it is called America's favorite pastime. The weather, lighting, time of day is just as much part of the game as the players and umpires.

[@christopherbennett6481]

Why didn't the batter have to finish running the bases?

[@ykocho]

A runner hit home already game over

[@jamedlock83]

There's no point

[@Ikcor_]

Runner on 2B already scored.

[@lapnguyen2898]

Once the winning run crosses the home plate, the game is over; therefore, the remaining players don't have to continue.

[@angelcanetti8176]

Runner on base scored. Game over 7 - 6 .

[@dusterbuster]

Arkansas’ blunder was worse-

[@DC-fi3ew]

We had muuuuch more at stake tht shit still hurts 5 years later

[@dusterbuster]

I feel for the coach most of all. Year in year out - he has teams that can when it all. Sucks more when you see Ole Miss and State Win it all then quickly dwindle down ( ugh-gain) to the bottom of the league (ugh-gain). Fitting for all of their programs. Memba that year when football was #1 & 2 in November then crashed, burned and disappeared? Nope. No one else either. Last year Ole Miss was ranked 7 before LSU sent them to the back of the line to be spoilers at best- just like the rest of their programs- Men’s and Women’s. Am I wrong?

[@jamedlock83]

It's JUNE MADNESS

[@jackkuna5899]

By the way I like the mariners. Who else is a fan of them?

[@champv6129]

I’m not a fan of Texas, but Simmerdown, Stanford

[@scottberdahl6957]

stop it Stanford..you got homered. you got beneficial calls all game and got lucky because of your home poor lighting....👏

[@jmag579]

Sounds like someone needs to make love to their fleshlight 🤔

[@MB-ed2qj]

Congratulations Stanford

[@randymalacas]

Dang, Luis Castillo now this. Don’t count out easy pop flys on June 12.

[@deanhirakawa8436]

That’s stupid to be playing a game in twilight, especially one with this much ramifications

[@kevinmatte5443]

What? 🤣🤣 That’s the lamest of the lame excuses

[@Tacofiend92]

🧂🧂🧂🧂

[@lapnguyen2898]

Both teams have to deal with the same elements. Also, it is played based on TV contracts.

[@jamesspalten5977]

​@@lapnguyen2898Stanford is used to that being that they play there all the time. We will see what happens in the CWS.

[@markeross]

Not a way that I personally would want to win. The lack of sportsmanship in the "victory" is disgusting and unsurprising considering the trajectory of many American sports over the last 30 years, in my opinion.

[@robertpalatsky5017]

When the pitcher thinks it's going to extras and his piss poor defense sends the opponent to Omaha. Sorry Stanford. Congrats Stanford

[@humdinger77]

Nothing you can do when you can’t see the ball.

[@robertboyd8974]

Stanford hitter acting like he did something special.

[@lapnguyen2898]

He did. His hit won the game. If he was struck out instead of getting that ball in play, it would have gone to extra innings.

[@doblegcanusee9311]

He did! He put the ball in play!

[@jarius6881]

Always keep the eye on the ball .

[@BoltFlash]

Even if that was done, it could still get lost in the lights if it's peak is at the same height as the lights

[@josephcastro736]

It's not that easy, for some reason, at this time of the year, this happens a lot, I have seen games at Dodger Stadium where the outfielders lose fly balls. Something about the sunset in California.

[@Jmat2345]

I’m a college baseball player myself and our field suffers the same problem, if it’s night time and the ball is hit higher than the lights then only jesus can see that ball. I myself have lost a ball at night while fielding batting practice

[@joboots007]

Much like Tennessee the year before,the Orange got crushed again!!!!!!

[@mmmedits678]

Terrible sportsmanship they celebrated where the ball landed and when the other guy thought he hit a homer he threw his helmet he should have been called out and he was acting like he hit a home run and it wasn’t even called a hit

[@jpalmer9286]

He's celebrating like he actually did something

[@chucknorris5141]

Because he did.

[@jpalmer9286]

@chucknorris5141 actually he didn't but ok if not for the guy losing sight of the ball he really didn't

[@22bk113]

@@jpalmer9286 was the ball put in play? Then he did something although not spectacular.. but Mookie Wilson went on to win the World Series by putting the ball in play..might wanna read up on the game.. and difficult sight.. goes for both teams.. the sky doesn’t change based on who’s up..🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jpalmer9286]

@22bryanking I don't like the fact how he was celebrating I get it he won the game for them I just don't like how he's beating his chest and running around as if he just hit a walkoff homerun that's my main issue with him.

[@22bk113]

@@jpalmer9286 understandable .. but that’s this generation.. show everyone up.. ur a good guy take care

[@lightingbolt8148]

😅😅😅 Texas

[@scottberdahl6957]

it is well known to Pac 12 baseball fans that..Stanford sunken Dimond. has substandard lightning...nicely done...lucky-good enough...

[@hrbllc4206]

Our society takes these dumb sports games way too seriously.

[@kjb422]

Seeing Texas lose in anything puts a smile on my face.

[@captain54526]

Sub-par stadium !

[@soonerborn7603]

Hahahaha!

[@asics1149]

Did OU even make it to regionals that year? Lol

[@soonerborn7603]

@@asics1149 Charlotte regionals. Google is free and available to everyone. I actually don’t really care about OU baseball…

[@kateduncan50]

boomer sooner

[@Crankinstien]

Hilarious! Typical texas

[@raymondsublett3108]

@Marty Cloyd tyical Texas? Lol they been to Omaha 38 times. If anything we're Texas baseball and sports in general are spoiled. Rebuilding team anyway, they'll be back

[@asics1149]

If you knew anything about college baseball, this is the most atypical thing that has happened to texas

[@EvilSurroundsUs]

It's okay. Baseball sucks.

[@Tacofiend92]

That’s your opinion

[@zacharydarrington3437]

That’s your opinion

[@jamedlock83]

You must be extremely BORING to hang out with. . What do you do all day? Watch paint dry? Watch the grass grow? hehe

[@TheBigRedOutlaw]

lol you got three people salty with that one. keep up the good work brutha let em know

[@raymondsublett3108]

@Jeremy A. Medlock Kentucky is only good in one sport and that ain't baseball lol. Even basketball you guys have been meh lately.

[@edc1377]

Funny