But she was already on 2nd right? Was she holding up to see if the ball was caught? I'm guessing it wasn't a ground ball single?
Hayden was at 2nd. Elkins hit a line drive up the middle. The center fielder fielded it off a hop and thew a strike to home. Hayden didn't have a chance.
One of the strikes ended up being called an illegal pitch which made that pitch a ball.
Not saying you are incorrect, but neither the announcers on TV nor Stevie P caught that and no where on TV was that apparent. But if a pitch was called illegal, that would make sense.
I understood that, just figured she would have been almost to 3rd before the ball got to the center fielder.
Let's go Cajuns!
It was a shot to center by Elkins. The ball was already in the outfield by the time the runner took off. Probably should have held her at 3rd. However, even with the shot, it still took a perfect throw to home to get her. And it was a perfect throw.