Arkansas came from behind to win their second game of the season 5-4 against Wright State on Saturday. Juco transfer Aaron Murphree, 6-foot-5, 235-pounds, lifted the Hogs over the Raiders with a 2-run shot in the sixth inning. On his next at bat WSU's pitcher threw a bad, blatently intentional, pitch that hit Murphree in the head. We almost had a fight at the mound. The Raiders' catcher positioned himself between Murphree and his pitcher. It was a tense moment and had Murphree wanted to go after the pitcher, that catcher would've been flattened in a heartbeat. Aaron is a big, no huge, guy.
Murphree makes contact with the ball. Not the homer shot, but my first ball-on-bat shot of the season.
Murphree watches his shot sail over the opposite field wall in the sixth inning.
A little love at the plate.
Shaun Seibert returned for the Hogs after missing most of last year's season due to Tommy Johns (elbow) surgery.
WSU did get four runs on five hits. They didn't just give the game away.
Spent a good part of the game trying to get a tight, clean feature shot of this kid. Wasn't close enough to get the tight shot when I snapped this one. But he stood up and mugged for a friend's cell phone camera. Nice. As luck would have it though he left his seat and didn't return once I turned my attention back to the game. No name, no picture in the paper. Ah well. It can still go in an online gallery from the game.
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3 comments:
Wow, is it really baseball season already? Great shots. Too bad about the kid's name, but it's a nice expression.
baseball in this region is a double-edged sword. dying from the cold at the start of the season and dying from the heat at the end of the season. thank God the Hogs have a good program, a top-rated ball park and the RBI girls, otherwise covering the team would suck during those extremes.
I have to admit, as much as I like women, I really hate the RBI girls. Seems like a strange example for kids and though I have always thought that about cheer squads, the RBI girls seem a bit of a stretch to call 'athletes.'
Go ahead. Blast me.
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