Well, this is not good.
ASU is on the verge of being sent home from Omaha early. Aftrer losing 6-3 to the upstart Clemson Tigers, the Sun Devils will face the South Carolina Gamecocks on Tuesday for the right to live another day.
Some reaction to the game:
Blair took the loss, his first of the season, to drop to 12-1. He allowed seven hits and five earned runs and matched his career high with five walks over 4.1 innings. Brady Rodgers allowed a run over 1.2 innings of relief, while Jimmy Patterson and Mitchell Lambson combined to throw three scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
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"There's a reason why we haven't lost consecutive games and there's a reason why we have the record we do because we're able to bounce back," third baseman/captain Raoul Torrez said. "We'll be ready to go."
ASU has not gone 0-2 at Rosenblatt Stadium since 1993 and only twice in 21 previous CWS appearances (also 1987). To do so as the No. 1 national seed would be a major embarrassment and a setback for first-year coach Tim Esmay, whose interim status was upgraded earlier this month.
South Carolina is no pushover. The Gamecocks swept No. 4 national seed Coastal Carolina in a Super Regional and went 21-9 in the rugged Southeastern Conference.
Looks like we're in for a battle tomorrow.