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College basketball is receiving the bulk of attention in collegiate sports right now, with both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s NCAA tournaments right around the corner. But things are starting to heat up on the diamonds as well, as both baseball and softball seasons are getting into gear.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday the George Mason baseball team hosted Holy Cross for the final game of an eight-game homestand at Spuhler Field in Fairfax, Virginia. Left-hander Ty Uchman was on the bump for the Patriots, who looked to improve on their 7-4 record against the 5-4 Crusaders.<\/p>\n
Not only did George Mason get the win on Tuesday in Fairfax, they set a new NCAA record along the way.<\/p>\n
The game began innocently enough as Uchman set the Crusaders down in order in the first, and George Mason went 1-2-3 themselves in the bottom of the inning. After Uchman pitched a scoreless top of the second Patriots infielder Jake Butler led off the bottom of the second with an out on a bunt attempt toward third base.<\/p>\n
After that, 27 more batters came to the plate as the Patriots scored an astonishing 23 runs in the frame. Butler\u2019s out was followed by eight walks, six singles, five doubles, four hit batters, three throwing errors \u2014 two of which came on the same play \u2014 one passed ball, four pitching changes, and two stolen bases. Both of those steals came from the same player, on two different plate appearances in the inning.<\/p>\n
You can see the entire box score here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2b06\ufe0f3\ufe0f\u20e3 The Patriots set a new NCAA record of runs scored in an inning (23).<\/p>\n The previous record was 21 runs scored by Wichita State (1984) and Penn State (1983) pic.twitter.com\/4TZBl330Qg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n