OMAHA, Neb. — The game was already out of hand with Mississippi State up 12-5 in the fifth inning. Brady Singer had been scratched from his start and if that wasn’t bad enough JJ Schwarz had just taken a foul tip to his right throwing hand.
In the moment Schwarz was devastated.
The senior chose to come back to school for his senior season. He was named the team’s captain — the first player to be named captain during O’Sullivan’s tenure. Not to mention Schwarz was locked in. he was hitting .459 over his last 10 games prior to the Mississippi State series with two home runs and eight RBI.