With rain pouring down on McKethan Stadium play stopped briefly so the grounds crew could dry the mound. Jordan Butler stood there for two or three minutes that probably felt likes hours given the situation. When Wesley Sweatt fell behind 2-0 Butler was looking for one pitch in one spot and he got it. The sophomore who made a surprise start at first base got what he was looking for and took advantage.
“I knew it was gone,” Butler said. “I destroyed it.”
Butler crushed a fastball low and inside over the scoreboard in right field sending his teammates over the dugout railing and into a frenzy.