CWS One-on-One: Virginia’s Smith, Sborz
OMAHA — After Pavin Smith struck out three times in the first game of the College World Series championship on Monday, his father called him and told him to keep his head up, that things would turn around.
Sometimes a little fatherly advice can be quite prescient.
In the final game of the championship series against Vanderbilt, Smith was the offensive hero. Virginia fell behind 2-0 in the first inning and Vanderbilt starter Walker Buehler cruised through the second and third innings. But in the fourth, Kenny Towns led off the inning with a seven-pitch walk after falling behind 1-2 in the[…]
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