Tempe: Yep -- It's Hot Again

By Jason Owens - June 02, 2007

We're back live for day two in Tempe and it's still hot. I walked out of my sweet sweet air-conditioned hotel room around 11 this morning to overcast skies and a bearable temperature. It was just a tease. The sun's out at Brock Ballpark and pushing 100 degrees again. Though I have to admit, it is slightly better than Friday.

No. 3 seed Nebraska and 4th-seeded Monmouth get the party started here today in the losers' bracket. If the same teams show up today that played yesterday, I'm calling the upset right now. Monmouth brought grit and fight to a matchup with powerhouse ASU that came down to the last pitch. Nebraska -- well, not so much -- in the grit and fight department that is.

The Huskers went through seven pitchers and a myriad of control issues in a 10-5 loss to UC Riverside that really wasn't that close.

Monmouth brings stud pitcher Ryan Buch (9-2, 2.17 ERA) to the mound while Nebraska starts Tony Watson (6-4, 3.94 ERA). The winner gets the loser of tonight's ASU-Riverside matchup. The loser goes home.