GRANVILLE, W.Va. — In the end, Brandon White was less concerned with how the aftermath of his headfirst dive into the center field wall looked and more disappointed that he didn’t make the catch.
“Yeah, I should have caught that ball,” White said of the first-inning play Saturday during West Virginia’s 4-0 loss against Duke in the NCAA tournament at Monongalia County Ballpark.
It was a deep fly ball off the bat of Duke catcher Michael Rothenberg that ended as an RBI triple that put White into motion.
The ball slightly tailed away from West Virginia’s speedy outfielder who made one spectacular grab after another in last week’s Big 12 tournament, but this one play was not meant for White’s highlight reel.