It was about the fifth inning when I realized he had a no-hitter going, the sixth when it registered that it was a perfect game because he hadn’t yet pitched from the stretch, and then probably about the eighth when I thought he might pull off an Enochs and throw a no-hitter.
But with two outs in the eighth, Jayhawk third baseman David Kyriacou lined a sharp single to center, breaking up Grove’s bid for history.
“After he got the first out in the fifth inning, I looked at the line on the scoreboard and said to myself ‘oh my goodness, he has a no-hitter going,’” West Virginia coach Randy Mazey said.