There were two outs and no one on in the 7th inning of the College World Series and then this happened
The College World Series Of Softball game between Tennessee and UCLA almost had what would have been one of the most talked about finishes in the history of college sports.
Tennessee was leading 4-2 with two outs and no one on base for UCLA as they batted in the final inning. Then the next batter hit a single, bringing UCLA's best home run hitter to the plate needing a home run to tie the game. Lo and behold, it happened, a blast over the left field fence. As the UCLA players screamed with joy and raced onto the field in celebration, and the batter approached home to be mobbed by her team mates the unthinkable happened . As she approached home plate she took a joyous skip into the air and landed her lead foot beyond the home plate. One of the UCLA players noticed she had missed touching home plate with her foot, and nudged her by the arm to go back and touch it.
But the Tennessee coach had been watching too, and immediately challenged the play on the basis that the runner missed home plate and then was physically assisted to back and touch it. For 10 agonizing minutes the replay booth reviewed the play. What was at stake? If they ruled she missed home plate UCLA's season was over and Tennessee would move on in the tournament. The batter, a young woman named Megan Grant would have made one of the biggest blunders in college sports history, and who knows, maybe haunted by this for the rest of her days.
After ten minutes the decision came, and the run was allowed to count. The umpire said the play was not reviewable under college softball rules. Appendix G of the rules lists all the plays of the game that can be reviewed by video replay, but missing home plate was not on the list.
The score was tied and the game went two extra innings , with Tennessee winning in the bottom of the ninth.
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(1) CJ Fogler 🫡 on X: "Umpires are reviewing this UCLA HR as the runner stepped over home plate and was "assisted" to go back and touch it - the result of this will either continue the game tied at 4 or end it with Tennessee winning https://t.co/mER8n09vbH" / X
An interesting situation, and one for the books, but then Tennessee prevailed anyway so I suppose the eventual winner can consider their win to be justifiable.
By the way, the seed speaks of the incident taking place in the final inning and the title says the 7th inning. Are there only 7 innings of regular play in Women's College Softball?
Yes.
Thank you Sandy.
cool story