The defending champs fall in game one of their series, and CMU Softball has fallen into murky waters, regarding a NCAA Tournament berth, that and more on this week's edition of The Final Whistle
CMU now finds themselves on the bubble for an NCAA Regional berth. The top eight teams in the South Central Region will make the field, CMU was listed as 6th in the last rankings
In case you are wondering, the NCAA Baseball record for most runs in a game was 50 by the Nebraska Cornhuskers back in 1999 in a game against Chicago state.
Ryan McMahon homered into the Allegheny River, Cal Quantrill pitched into the eighth inning and the Colorado Rockies edged struggling Pittsburgh 3-2. Colorado led the entire way after trailing at some point in each of its first 31 games this season, a modern-era record.
The CMU Softball team had not lost a game since the beginning of March, but the Regis Rangers snapped the 33-game winning streak, and sent the Mavs to the elimination bracket and sent the Mavs to the elimination bracket
The Rockies lost their fifth straight and are the first team since 1900 to have trailed at one point in each of their first 31 games. They dropped to an NL-worst 7-24 and manager Bud Black met with the club after game. Black didn't elaborate what was discussed.