Both pitchers pitched a great game...although the umpire was less than the model of consistency. She was calling strikes out of the zone.
Osorio had found that a pitch a couple of inches high in the middle of the plate was being called a strike. So, she started throwing that pitch...a lot. It was extremely effective. But, she got into a pattern. She would throw the same pitch two or three times until the umpire called it a strike. In other words, she got into a pattern. Patterns are deadly against good hitters.
Good batters started looking for that pitch. Sydney Romero almost hit it out in the 6th.
Two on in bottom of 8th. Knighten comes up. Osorio throws the rise up but in the middle of the plate, and game over.
Osorio is not calling the pitches...but, whoever was should not have fallen into a pattern.
A couple of other points...slow motion shows that she didn't get any back spin on the ball. So, it was simply a high fastball.
Knighten mishit the ball, and it still went out.
Osorio had found that a pitch a couple of inches high in the middle of the plate was being called a strike. So, she started throwing that pitch...a lot. It was extremely effective. But, she got into a pattern. She would throw the same pitch two or three times until the umpire called it a strike. In other words, she got into a pattern. Patterns are deadly against good hitters.
Good batters started looking for that pitch. Sydney Romero almost hit it out in the 6th.
Two on in bottom of 8th. Knighten comes up. Osorio throws the rise up but in the middle of the plate, and game over.
Osorio is not calling the pitches...but, whoever was should not have fallen into a pattern.
A couple of other points...slow motion shows that she didn't get any back spin on the ball. So, it was simply a high fastball.
Knighten mishit the ball, and it still went out.