Sam Houston State surprised many and won the Lubbock regional in this year’s NCAA baseball tournament, upending hosts and No. 5 overall national seed Texas Tech to advance into the Tallahassee super regional. This is Sam Houston’s first super regional appearance in program history.
Sam Houston State completes one of the smoothest triple plays ever witnessed
This is how you play defense.
So the Bearkats with a “K” are locked into action with Florida State in the opening volley of the best of three super regional series at the Seminoles’ home park. Sam Houston has been pestering their hosts all afternoon with their idiomatic style of play, bunting themselves around the bases to the the tune of a 5-2 lead.
In the bottom of the third inning and with the bases loaded, FSU designated hitter Quincy Nieporte slapped a hard grounder to third, and the Bearkats infield swallowed that thing up whole.
From third to second to first for three immediate outs, all in time. That’s how you tear off a 5-4-3 triple play.
