With Chase visibly tiring, Prairie View delivered the Little League play people expect of a SWAC team. With two runners on, Jared Gayhart laid a bunt down the first-base line. Chase came over to field the ball, angling himself to tag Gayhart. When the runner proved too fast, Chase was forced into a bad-angle throw from foul territory that got by first baseman Paul Johnson. Rightfielder Robert Tolan, backing up the play, air-mailed his throw to the plate to allow an additional run to score and make it 4-0.

Chase left the game to an ovation, allowing three earned runs in six innings. Reliever Terry Salter, who does not throw hard enough to break a pane of glass, got out of the inning without allowing any more damage. Rice scored two runs in the inning on no hits and leads 4-0 after seven innings.

Big cheer just now for the Brown 2, Texas 1 score. It's still early, folks.