Tuesday’s Hot Clicks: Stanford Star Learns He’s Been Drafted While on Deck

His last home game ever was a memorable one.

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This can only happen in baseball

Kyle Stowers’s last game at Stanford’s home park was a memorable one. 

Stowers, one of the top college prospects available in the MLB draft, was taken by the Orioles with the 71st pick. The pick came down around midnight ET, while Stowers was busy taking on Fresno State in a College World Series regional final game. Actually, Stowers wasn’t just playing in the game when he got picked, he was standing in the on-deck circle waiting to step to the plate with a runner on second and a chance to continue a Stanford rally. During a Fresno State pitching change, Cardinal manager David Esquer decided it was as good a time as any to tell Stowers the good news. 

Awesome moment: David Esquer just came over to the on-deck circle to tell Kyle Stowers he had just been drafted.

Here's the team reacting during a pitching change: pic.twitter.com/EkRWb3gqDI

— Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSprD1) June 4, 2019

.@GoStanford @StanfordBSB @KyleStowers finds out he was drafted by the @Orioles in the middle of his Regional Final against @FresnoStateBSB pic.twitter.com/vOIpjoP5m7

— CB Daily (@CB_Daily) June 4, 2019

Here’s how it played out on the TV broadcast. 

Stowers grounded out to first to end the inning there, but he did lace a clutch double in his next at-bat. More importantly, Stanford held on to win 9–7 to advance to the super regional against Mississippi State in Starkville. 

Stowers said after the game that his last college home game will be something he’ll remember forever. 

Never gonna forget my last game at sunken! So thankful to everyone that was a part of it! https://t.co/wKsdlb3svc

— Kyle Stowers (@KyleStowers) June 4, 2019

Bad news for the Warriors

What’s something you don’t want to see if you’re the Warriors? Your backup center going down for the rest of the series. (Woj says it’s a broken collarbone but it’s actually a rib cartilage fracture.)

But what’s even worse is the possibility of not having Klay Thompson for Game 3. 

MRI on Golden State Warriors All-Star Klay Thompson confirmed a hamstring strain and he will likely be questionable for Game 3, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Thompson will test body over next two days with hope to play Wednesday night.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 4, 2019

If Kevin Durant doesn’t come back, Golden State could be in real trouble.

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Chara got his face all busted up

Brett Hull was fired up all night

Nobody home!

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Aaron Donald is a 285-pound ballerina

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Kawhi has always been like this

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No, stop this

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I’d watch a game there

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I kept waiting for them to fall

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This guy’s mouth sounds like all of Led Zeppelin

Bless this man

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A good song

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