Long Beach: Worth-y

By Lara Boyko - June 01, 2007

I owe an apology to Pepperdine's Danny Worth.

After going 0-4 into his final at-bat, he just proved himself at crunch time.

Pepperdine is currently down 7-3 and there are two outs. Worth steps up to bat and hits a beauty of a grounder towards third base. It's one thing that the Waves' runners -- Travis Tartamella and Adrian Ortiz -- have enough wheels to advance to the next base. It's another thing that Worth's hit was shallow enough that UCLA's Jermaine Curtis was unable to pick up the ball in time and have his throw to first base beat out Worth's speed.

So Worth just became a very valuable player for the Waves as his hit loaded up the bases.

Stay tuned...there's a pop fly in the air to third base.