Virginia OF Casey Saucke (Shotgun Spratling)

Casey Saucke Breaks Out as Virginia Makes Statement

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The impending text message will probably read something like, “Finally got you,” though a less couth player than Casey Saucke might send something much more crude and graphic.

To the victor go the spoils, as well as the bragging rights, especially when the defeated is a lifelong friend you grew up facing off with repeatedly. So when Saucke, a Virginia sophomore outfielder, eventually shoots a text to his buddy Miami righthander Gage Ziehl, he’ll be able to say pretty much whatever he wants after smashing a home run — out of the yard over the Disharoon Park[…]