Whew, what a game at the College World Series!
Tennessee and Florida State went back and forth on Friday night, trading leads late into the game, and thanks to Christian Moore’s cycle, the Volunteers emerged victorious.
But there was some controversy! With Tennessee’s Blake Burke up and a 2-2 count on him, Burke checked his swing, and the third base umpire confirmed that was the case.
But the replay shows it was … questionable at best. It really looked like he offered. Then, Burke tied the game at 11. Tennessee went on to win, and FSU manager Link Jarrett didn’t go too hard on the umpire for the call, as you’ll see below:
This was ruled a check swing instead of ending the game, and Tennessee goes on to walk off Florida State #MCWS pic.twitter.com/cWTDQSuP2K
— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) June 15, 2024
THIS. IS. JUNE.
THIS. IS. OMAHA.
THIS IS (what happens when you give Blake Burke a 50/50 check swing call that would have ended the game but he gets 2nd life and capitalizes) pic.twitter.com/1MpKPjwDcF— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) June 15, 2024
Link Jarrett talked about the Blake Burke check swing in the last part of his opening statement, not a single reporter asked a follow up about it:
“I can’t tell from 90 feet away in the side… every pitch matters in these games… we did not play well enough to separate.”… https://t.co/REqoOsJ3Hh pic.twitter.com/Kz2QVqWbJa
— Noah Bieniek (@NoahB77_) June 15, 2024
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