With Game 1 of the College World Series tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth, Scott Forbes knew he needed to mix things up to have a chance to win. The bottom of the order was coming up, and he needed to get men on base in order to give Vance Honeycutt and Casey Cook a chance to decide the game.
Alberta Osuna, dropped down to seventh in the batting order, was struggling. He was 0-3 on the day with three strikeouts. In came Jackson Van De Brake to lead off for the Diamond Heels. The senior has been in and out of the line-up after starting the first five games of the season, and only had 74 at-bats all year, with a batting average of .