College baseball game ends on obvious ball after player argues strike call: ‘That is horrific!’

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A college baseball game Friday night between New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State ended on a third strike.

With two outs in the ninth inning, left fielder Devon Mims was at the plate with a 1-1 count.

NCAA signage on the field before a game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Ole Miss Rebels during the Division I men’s baseball championship at Charles Schwab Field Omaha on June 26, 2022 in Omaha, Neb. (C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

Mims took a low pitch in the zone that was called a strike Home plate umpireAnd Mims resisted the call.

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On the next pitch, the New Orleans pitcher threw the ball clear down and out of the plate, but the home plate umpire Called strike threeEnd the game.

“Oh my gosh! Whoa! He got tangled up on two balls and it’s game over,” said the announcer. “Oh my goodness. This is terrible!”

The Privateers moved to 9-5 with the win while the Delta Devils fell to 6-7 on the year.

Mims was named Athlete of the Week on Thursday Mississippi Valley State Athletics.

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Mims, a junior, leads the nation in stolen bases with 21.

New Orleans jumped out to a 5-1 lead after three innings, getting three straight doubles in the bottom of the third.

A baseball and glove on the field before Game 1 of the College World Series championship series between the Michigan Wolverines and the Vanderbilt Commodores at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on June 24, 2019 in Omaha, Neb.

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The Delta Devils rallied in the fourth inning, scoring two runs to cut the deficit to two, but were unable to put any runs on the board the rest of the game.

Mississippi Valley State and New Orleans play Game 2 of their three-game series on Saturday.

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