Cade Cabbiness intently watched the baseball as it sailed toward him in right field.
His eyes followed its path until it was about 20 feet ahead of him. As the evening sun glared onto the diamond, the Oklahoma State outfielder could no longer track it.
John Toppa took advantage of the early fielding error in UConn’s 5-2 victory against the Cowboys in the NCAA regional on Sunday. As Cabbiness lost the ball, Toppa ran to second base, setting himself up to score the Huskies’ first run on a first-inning sacrifice fly.
In the second, Cabbiness figured out how to combat the sun and caught two sacrifice flies, though the Huskies extended their lead to 3-0.