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'These were the best years of my life': MSU's former pitcher of the year ends 'storybook' career

Keith Guttin, Jake Fromson and Logan Wiley put 2018 season into perspective. Wyatt D. Wheeler, wwheeler@news-leader.com

OXFORD, Mississippi — In the eighth inning of the opening game of the Oxford Regional, Bears reliever Jake Fromson threw a ball away that turned into a two-run error and a Game 1 loss.

For the senior and 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year, it could have been his last appearance in a Bears uniform and something he'd look back on for the rest of his life.

But Fromson was given another opportunity in Sunday's first elimination game when he pitched 3.