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Vanderbilt Baseball’s Series Opener Against Missouri Suspended
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Vanderbilt Baseball’s Series Opener Against Missouri Suspended

Vanderbilt Commodores·Graham Baakko·24 days ago
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Vanderbilt and Missouri will finish their chaotic first game of the series Saturday afternoon as the game Friday night was suspended. The game was suspended in the top of the ninth due to minimal visibility caused by fog in Columbia, Missouri. The chaos of the night started in the bottom of the eighth inning after Missouri stormed back down 6-1 to take a 7-6 lead going into the ninth inning. Vanderbilt was down to its last strike in the ninth with a runner on base, but Brodie Johnston drew a walk to keep Vanderbilt alive. Then, after a 0-1 count, Braden Holcomb drove a pitch deep into right field amidst the fog. Because the fog made it impossible to see, there was a long conversation between the umpires and head coaches of both teams on where the ball landed. Though Holcomb ran around the bases for what could have been a three-run home run, the umpires concluded their discussion and called Holcomb’s hit a ground rule double, tying the game at 7-7.…

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