In the top of the second inning of Saturday's Boston College-Pittsburgh softball game, Tatiana Cortez strode the plate as she'd done so many times in her four-year career. Acutely aware of who she was facing, Panther pitcher Brittany Knight delivered two pitches well outside. With a 2-0 count, she intended to keep the third pitch out away from Cortez, where she couldn't drive it.
Knight missed.
Cortez drove it, as she'd done 41 other times in her career. It was true and it was long gone. As she rounded the bases, it never dawned on her what had happened.