Sabin Ceballos celebrates his go-ahead home run. (Shotgun Spratling)
Pac-12 Dispatches: International mix helping propel Oregon to regional bid
ColumnsSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sabin Ceballos jumped up and down, writhing in pain.
Stanford’s Alberto Rios had taken off for third base on the ball in the dirt. Josiah Cromwick fired a strike that was at the bag in plenty of time, but Rios slid in hard with his foot going directly into the glove of Oregon’s Ceballos. The ball popped free putting the winning run 90 feet away in the bottom of the ninth inning.
The slide had also ratcheted Ceballos’ arm backwards, putting undue stress on his shoulder. He went down to his knees in foul territory and had[…]
