OMAHA, Neb. – Enrique Bradfield Jr. enjoyed the view from second base as the biggest play of the season unfolded for Vanderbilt’s baseball team.
Bradfield had just driven in the tying run against Stanford, and what happened next was nearly unimaginable for the Commodores after playing from behind almost the entire game.
Spencer Jones scored from third on Brendan Beck’s wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, allowing Vanderbilt to stay alive in the College World Series with a 6-5 victory Wednesday night.
“We’ve done some crazy things this year, down in the last inning, two outs,” Bradfield said. “Nobody’s on to start the inning. We get to two outs, we get a baserunner, another base hit follows. So we knew it was always possible.”
Possible, yet improbable.