What makes a video game an esport? Competitive titles explained
A game’s status as an esport rests on its popularity and organized leagues. Well-balanced and fair multiplayer games are the most likely to reach esports status. PvP games are often esports, whereas single-player titles are rarely considered esports. Sustained popularity and community engagement are critical in esports, especially through influential streamers and pro players. The […]
A game’s status as an esport rests on its popularity and organized leagues.
Well-balanced and fair multiplayer games are the most likely to reach esports status.
PvP games are often esports, whereas single-player titles are rarely considered esports.
Sustained popularity and community engagement are critical in esports, especially through influential streamers and pro players.
The line between games and esports is fluid; unconventional formats like speedrunning and niche titles (e.g., Farming Simulator, GeoGuessr) are increasingly recognized as esports.
Esports is projected to grow in popularity in 2025, possibly introducing leagues for more competitive games.
Despite its growing popularity and cultural relevance in 2025, esports is still hard to define. The relationship between gaming and esports – where one stops and the other begins – is often murky. As a result, there are many interpretations of what counts as esports. To define what makes a video game esports material, we must go back to the basics.
Esports, or electronic sports, is sometimes colloquially referred to as competitive gaming. However, not all competitive gaming is considered esports. Despite its popularity with FPS gamers, the Titanfall franchise has never had a major esports league, for example.
This article will dive into what makes a video game an esport and how leagues are started.
What defines an esports game?
Even in video games considered esports, like League of Legends and Counter-Strike, online ranked matches played between ordinary gamers are typically not considered esports. This stands in contrast to traditional sports, where even friendly matches between amateurs are widely considered to be a sports activity.
While exact wording differs, esports is most commonly defined as organized video game competitions played for spectators. These are usually online virtual tournaments or in-person events, played for online viewers or a crowd.
However, not all games that feature competitive gameplay are considered esports titles in popular conception. Rather, the label of esports is typically reserved for games that have sustained established esports scenes surrounding them.
This usually takes the form of regular leagues, tournament circuits, or other competitions that attract large audiences. Games that get updated regularly are prime material for a new esports league, as balancing patches are essential for any multiplayer title.
Athletes can make or break esports
Though the game itself and its popularity are both important factors in becoming an esport, the way athletes and coaches interact with fans can have a huge effect, too. Games with athletes and streamers who interact with their audiences may help increase viewership for a potential esports league.
Professor Jason Chung is a sports researcher who offered unique insight about the development of competitive video games during the Sports & Active Nutrition Summit in 2022. Chung explained that North American esports are centered around popular personalities, who may help grow the esports industry as a whole. He said:
“In North America, esports is all about gamers’ personality and how they engage their audience.”
Game industry expert Alan Chou explained how he believes esports was born in a LinkedIn post from 2019, which includes the addition of popularized story arcs for athletes and teams. He wrote:
“Established sports do a great job of painting a story arc for viewers. There is a beginning, middle, and end. There are heroes and villains, and there are ups and downs. In today’s short-form dominated media, it is harder to do storytelling in a compressed amount of time. But if done correctly, this leads to an emotional payoff at the end. People like that.”
If a community of online personalities can bring a multiplayer game to the forefront of platforms like YouTube and Twitch, viewers can easily transition between watching their favorite streamers casually and rooting for them in a competitive setting.
Examples of esports games
Minecraft allows for player-vs-player combat, which can become competitive, but Minecraft is not generally considered an esports title because the competitive scene in the game is minor. Though individually-owned servers might host the Hunger Games or other casual tournaments, this still isn’t enough to earn esports status in 2025.
Gambling and betting, while not an essential criterion for esports, are another factor that helps solidify a game’s presence on the global stage. The most notable leagues will typically appear on esports gambling sites, which bolster their popularity.
Another common criterion is whether the video game has a core focus on competitive game modes. Counter-Strike, Dota 2, VALORANT, Street Fighter, and other leading esports titles all have competitive player-vs-player modes as their core gameplay, for which numerous popular tournaments and leagues exist.
Nonetheless, modest esports scenes have developed around some games without competitive PvP game modes at their core.
How big does a game’s competitive scene need to be to count as an esports?
Ultimately, the question of how big an esports scene has to be before it is considered an esports title is subjective and varies according to the whims of popular opinion. While the subjective elements above are informally agreed upon by many, the consensus of which games count as esports changes over time.
As esports has grown as an industry and phenomenon, the concept has broadened to become more inclusive. These days, many games that are not considered esports titles are developing competitive communities of their own.
Unconventional forms of competition, like speedrunning, are increasingly seen as esports. Speedrunners compete to complete a game or piece of in-game content in the quickest time possible. An example is World of Warcraft’s Race to World First, where players race to beat computer-controlled characters rather than each other.
Niche, not-traditionally-competitive games are developing dedicated esports communities, including Farming Simulator and even GeoGuessr. As chess is more frequently played and broadcast online, the 1500-year-old game is also increasingly seen as an esport.
Is esports’ popularity on the rise?
Yes, esports popularity is on the rise internationally. More viewers are tuning in to each competition, especially for popular games like League of Legends and Counter-Strike.
According to Esports Charts, the League of Legends Worlds in 2024 reached a peak viewership of 6.94 million, up from 2023’s Worlds, which reachedaround 6.4 million.
A near 10% increase in viewership is massive if it occurs each year. As esports grow in popularity, we may see the creation of additional leagues for less-popular competitive titles, like anime fighters and Nintendo games. Overall, esports viewership is projected to increase in 2025, so this phenomenon should only keep getting bigger.
DemandSage reported that the esports audience is expected to reach a new high of 640 million in 2025, as the total viewership has increased each year. Smaller esports leagues still retain limited viewers, but they’ll likely grow with the industry.
Conclusion
Technically, competitive PvP video games with significant tournament infrastructure form the core of what are considered esports titles. However, players have found ways to make almost any form of video game competitive.
Speedruns are becoming a solid way to compete against other players, while games like League of Legends still occupy the forefront of the esports industry.
Ultimately, it is up to the fan bases that surround each game to decide whether it meets esports criteria, but organizers also need to be involved for new leagues to gain popularity.
Many more games may be considered esports in the future, but for now, they are generally titles that have a large multiplayer scene for solo or team-based competition.
What makes a video game an esport?
Regular competitive tournaments and the organization of leagues internationally typically help mold a multiplayer video game into an esport. Other factors include popularity and the presence of a large online community.
What are the key features of esports?
The key features of esports usually include immense popularity, online multiplayer, and regular updates by the game’s developer. Esports games also often have support from their developer or publishers.
What classifies a game as esports?
The features of an esports title are different from its classification. Typically, an esports game should be well-balanced so that every competitor has a fair chance to win. In addition to skill-based gameplay, an esports game must have an organized structure for its leagues and teams.
References
https://www.newhaven.edu/news/blog/2022/jason-chung.php (New Haven)
New High Performance Director of Pathways appointed
Jamie Bahnisch has been appointed as Golf Australia’s new High Performance Director of Pathways. Most recently the High Performance Manager for the Queensland Academy of Sport, Bahnisch brings to the role a wealth of knowledge and experience guiding Australian athletes. In his new role, he will be focused primarily on delivering three key objectives. Focus […]
Jamie Bahnisch has been appointed as Golf Australia’s new High Performance Director of Pathways.
Most recently the High Performance Manager for the Queensland Academy of Sport, Bahnisch brings to the role a wealth of knowledge and experience guiding Australian athletes.
In his new role, he will be focused primarily on delivering three key objectives. Focus on pathway athletes in the US College system, further parent education framework delivery, and create greater focus, engagement, and connection with athletes at the 12-16 age bracket.
Prior to his role at the QAS, Bahnisch also worked in roles at the Victorian and South Australian Sports Institutes, Walford School for Girls and his experience across a wide-variety of sports such as volleyball, football, hockey, rugby 7s, water polo, and archery, and these systems will ensure the successfully delivery of the key objectives.
“It’s going to be really exciting. I’m really looking forward to it,” said Bahnisch.
“I’m very keen to be able to listen, observe, and learn from everyone. For me that’s a really big part, learning from people and understanding from them what’s working, where do we need to get better, and what are the opportunities. It’s an amazing role to help develop and contribute to the foundations for others to succeed in.
“From my experience at the Queensland Academy of Sport, I will bring the learnings from team sport environments, and I guess bigger squad environments.
“Being able to identify what are the skills or what are the transferables from other systems that you could bring into a golf environment will be important.
“I’m very grateful for the development and lessons learned through my time at the QAS, where I look forward to applying these experiences with our team at Golf Australia.”
Bahnisch will be with Australia’s top golf talent from the moment they are identified as a junior, all the way until they have established themselves as a professional.
“We couldn’t be more pleased to have Jamie on board to continue the success of the Golf Australia High Performance program,” said Brad James, Golf Australia’s General Manager – High Performance.
“Working with athletes, parents, coaches and Australian Golf stakeholders, Jamie will work collaboratively to help our golfers realise their potential.
“He brings aligned skills from his previous role in Queensland and other sports and will hit the ground running and be an invaluable asset to the team.”
To find out more about Golf Australia’s High Performance program, CLICK HERE.
Former Wisconsin volleyball standout Lola Schumacher commits to UCLA
Wisconsin volleyball unveils Final Four banner inside UW Field House The Badgers unveiled the banner from their 2023 Final Four appearance before their exhibition match against Bradley on Aug. 20. MADISON – Lola Schumacher is moving across the country, but she is staying in the Big Ten. The 5-foot-5 libero, who was an all-Big Ten […]
Wisconsin volleyball unveils Final Four banner inside UW Field House
The Badgers unveiled the banner from their 2023 Final Four appearance before their exhibition match against Bradley on Aug. 20.
MADISON – Lola Schumacher is moving across the country, but she is staying in the Big Ten.
The 5-foot-5 libero, who was an all-Big Ten freshman selection last season with Wisconsin, announced her transfer to UCLA on social media on May 15. She played 30 of 33 matches and had 23 starts. She missed three matches due to injury.
At UCLA Schumacher will be in the hunt for a starting role. One of the players the Bruins lost to graduation was their three-year starter at libero, Peyton Dueck.
Schumacher led the Badgers with 3.64 digs per set. She entered the program after receiving All-American distinction from Under Armour as a high school senior in Indiana.
UCLA plays Wisconsin at the Field House this upcoming season. The date of the match, along with the complete Badgers schedule, has not been announced.
Schumacher’s replacement in the starting lineup at UW may not have arrived on campus yet. Two highly regarded freshmen, Aniya Warren and Kristen Simon, are set to arrive next month.
Warren, a native of Lockport, Illinois, is one of 19 players selected to prepare for the FIVB Girls U19 World Championship. Simon, who is from Louisville, was the Gatorade state player of the year in Kentucky. Both players were MaxPreps first-team All-Americans.
The Badgers also return sophomore Maile Chan, who worked at the position during spring matches at the Field House.
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Fast start propels Parkway Central to district quarterfinal win over Lafayette
By Greg Uptain | Special to the Post-Dispatch SAPPINGTON — A fast start was just what the doctor ordered for Peyton Dimmock and the Parkway Central water polo team. Dimmock scored three of his game-high four goals during a 7-1 first-half blitz and the Colts went on to an 11-8 win over Lafayette in a Missouri […]
SAPPINGTON — A fast start was just what the doctor ordered for Peyton Dimmock and the Parkway Central water polo team.
Dimmock scored three of his game-high four goals during a 7-1 first-half blitz and the Colts went on to an 11-8 win over Lafayette in a Missouri Water Polo district tournament boys quarterfinal game Thursday evening at Lindbergh High.
“That was huge,” said Dimmock, a junior. “Toward the end, they started to get a little comeback going. But that fast start just carried us all the way through the game.”
The fast start was somewhat of a surprise to Central coach Andrew Schonhoff.
“I didn’t see that coming. I thought it was gonna be a dogfight the entire time,” he said. “So obviously it was great to build ourselves a little bit of a cushion in the first half.”
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The slow start proved to be Lafayette’s undoing.
“Unfortunately, the first quarter did us in,” Lancers coach Jamie Waeckerle said. “They came ready to go and we were a little slow starting on the defensive end. You dig yourself a hole, sometimes you can’t get out of it and that’s kind of what happened.”
Familiar foes
The quarterfinal marked the fourth time Lafayette and Central had played this season.
The Colts won the first game 15-9, but the second meeting was a lot closer (a one-point Central win) and the third resulted in a Lancers victory.
“It was kind of going the opposite direction of what we wanted,” Schonhoff said. “Especially that third time we played them, they really had us figured out, so we knew that we needed to give them a different look this game.”
Colts spread the scoring love
As it is most nights, Central was paced by its leading scorer Dimmock. But the Colts were able to get offensive contributions up and down the lineup with six different players finding the back of the cage.
“We’ve got a lot of offensive weapons,” Schonhoff said. “Peyton attracts so much attention in the middle that we knew there were gonna be cross-cage opportunities. The big thing was to be patient with those.”
Dimmock said the emergence of younger players has helped Central get back to another final four.
“We’ve got these guys coming up from JV from last season and the season before and just the incredible step up they’ve all made,” he said. “They’ve helped not only myself get better, but the whole team.”
Lafayette ends strong season
Fifth-seeded Lafayette (19-9), which co-ops with neighboring rival Eureka, had high hopes for a semifinal berth coming in but couldn’t quite make it out of the quarterfinal round.
“Overall, a successful season,” Waeckerle said. “The 19 wins, I think, is maybe fourth-most in our history. We got a good seed to give ourselves a chance to make the semis, but we just couldn’t get over the hump.”
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Fourth-seeded Central (13-7) will see a familiar foe in the MWP semifinals when it takes on top seed SLUH (16-3) at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday at Pattonville High.
The Colts and Junior Billikens have squared off in each of the last two district championship games with Central winning two years ago and SLUH victorious last spring.
“Obviously, there’s a reason SLUH’s No. 1,” Schonhoff said. “Whether we play them in the final or the semifinal, if you want to win in Missouri, you’ve got to get through the best.”
Cris Cyborg plans PFL return against undefeated star after upcoming boxing match
Cris Cyborg has two more MMA fights left on her ‘legacy tour’. This weekend, the five-promotion women’s featherweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of all time will celebrate her 20th anniversary in MMA from inside the boxing ring. That’s right, Cris Cyborg will look to improve to 7-0 as a pro boxer when […]
Cris Cyborg has two more MMA fights left on her ‘legacy tour’.
This weekend, the five-promotion women’s featherweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of all time will celebrate her 20th anniversary in MMA from inside the boxing ring.
That’s right, Cris Cyborg will look to improve to 7-0 as a pro boxer when she takes on the 4-1 Precious Harris-McCray at Fight Night San Jose on Saturday.
Cyborg holds an impressive MMA record of 28-2 (1 NC) with many of those championship wins.
After her upcoming boxing match, Cyborg will look to have two more MMA fights in the PFL before she calls it a career, one of which she wants against an undefeated star.
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Cris Cyborg believes she’s fighting Bellator’s Sara Collins next
Earlier this week, 6-0 Bellator star Sara Collins tagged the champ Cyborg on an Instagram story, posing with the belt. Cyborg replied to Collins: “Be careful what you wish for…”
“I believe she’s gonna be my next opponent,” Cyborg confirmed to Bloody Elbow.
“She’s the next one on the line for the belt. Sara Collins, she’s the girl that beat Leah McCourt, she was the next challenger.”
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Ireland’s McCourt was long thought to be the next to face Cyborg for the Bellator title but before that could happen, Collins submitted her in the first round last September.
The Australian Collins also defeated Sinead Kavanagh, who was a former title challenger of Cyborg’s in Bellator.
“I believe she’s gonna be next,” Cyborg said of Collins.
“I’m excited. I like to think about the next fight in my line. Probably after this [boxing] fight, I’m gonna have the announcement for my next MMA fight.”
Cris Cyborg is enjoying the end of her run at 39
After 40 fights across combat sports, Cyborg still enjoys the journey in her 20th year of fighting.
Cyborg has fought the likes of all-time great Amanda Nunes, Holly Holm, Gina Carano, Cat Zingano, Marloes Coenen and many more.
“I enjoy it; I believe we are in the end—the end [of] the run. So, I’m really happy.
“I’ve been telling people, my legacy tour started in my last fight when I fought Pacheco.
“I have two fights left in my MMA career. I’m really happy.”
Cris Cyborg has 17 title wins between UFC, PFL, Bellator, Strikeforce and Invicta. Only three women have gone the championship distance with the Brazilian.
Cyborg once went on a 13-fight finish streak, cementing herself as one of the most destructive fighters we’ve ever seen.
Penn-Trafford knocks off 3rd-seeded Latrobe in Class 3A boys volleyball thriller
By: Paul Schofield Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 10:46 PM Paul Schofield | TribLive Latrobe senior Owen Ward hits against Penn-Trafford forward Ethan McDonald in a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal Thursday. Paul Schofield | TribLive Latrobe middle hitter Jayden Holnaider gets blocked by Penn-Trafford senior Owen Gisi during a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal Thursday. Paul […]
Latrobe senior Owen Ward hits against Penn-Trafford forward Ethan McDonald in a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal Thursday.
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Latrobe middle hitter Jayden Holnaider gets blocked by Penn-Trafford senior Owen Gisi during a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal Thursday.
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Latrobe setter Eric Bisignani sets up a teammate in a WPIAL 3A quarterfinal against Penn-Trafford on Thursday.
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Penn-Trafford senior Owen Gisi hits against Latrobe in the WPIAL 3A quarterfinals Thursday.
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Latrobe setter Eric Bisignani sets up a teammate in a WPIAL 3A quarterfinal against Penn-Trafford on Thursday.
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Penn-Trafford veteran boys volleyball coach Jim Schall looked exhausted after Thursday’s WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal against No. 3 Latrobe, and he did not even play.
But the cagey coach had his team ready for a thrilling match as his No. 6-seeded Warriors stunned the Section 2-3A champs, 3-2, by scores of 21-25, 28-26, 25-18, 18-25 and 16-14.
The Warriors (12-6), who lost twice to the Wildcats (16-2) in the regular season, will face No. 2 Seneca Valley in the semifinals Tuesday.
Schall said the match swung in the second game when his team started to serve better.
“Once we did that, we put them on their heels,” Schall said. “I am really proud of how we played. It was a tough match, and we put everything we had into it. I guess I did too.
“In Game 1, we did not give them much trouble with our serves. We served better starting in Game 2. We had some guys who really served well. We started putting them in some tough spots.”
Latrobe dominated the first game behind the setting of senior Eric Bisignani and the hitting of Owen Ward.
Penn-Trafford swung the momentum its way in Game 2 early, but Latrobe battled back and tied the score at 25. The Wildcats actually toook a 26-25 lead before the Warriors, behind kills by Caiden McDonald and Nick Laskey, rallied to tie the match, 1-1.
Schall felt Owen Gisi played well up front in all five games with his blocking ability.
The teams split the next two games, Penn-Trafford winning 25-18 and Latrobe answering 25-18, to set up the thrilling Game 5.
“This is playoff volleyball,” Latrobe coach Drew Vosefski said. “We had beaten them twice, but there is an old saying that when you get punched to the face, how much do you punch back? They punched back.
“Beating a team for a third time bothered me, but I am not going to make excuses. They played well, and I think we got the short of the stick on a few calls that we should have gotten.”
In a fifth game, the first team to 15, win by two, moves on. The game was close and went back and forth.
Penn-Trafford took a 12-10 lead, but the Wildcats tied it 12-12. P-T went back up 14-12 as Gisi, McDonald and setter Natheniel Rugh started making plays.
Latrobe senior Luke Fiore tied the score at 14 with a service ace, but the next serve sailed long, setting up the final point and McDonald finished it with a block.
“That was a tremendous team we beat,” Schall said. “They have an excellent setter and hitter. But we stepped up. I knew we would have to be really good, and I thought we’d be in the ballgame.”
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
Long Beach Poly Walks Off Mayfair on Carey’s Big Day – The562.org
The562’s baseball coverage in 2025 is sponsored by the Millikan, Long Beach Poly, Lakewood and Wilson baseball boosters. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly is sponsored by Bryson Financial. A main storyline from the 2025 Long Beach Poly baseball season has been the Jackrabbits’ lack of a true home field. And while Gwynn Family Field remains […]
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A main storyline from the 2025 Long Beach Poly baseball season has been the Jackrabbits’ lack of a true home field. And while Gwynn Family Field remains under construction during Poly’s campus overhaul, the program may have stumbled upon a permanent home for their playoff games.
The magic of the 2023 postseason was in the air on Thursday afternoon on LBCC’s Joe Hicks Memorial Field, where the Jackrabbits (15-13) opened this year’s CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs with a 2-1 walk-off win over Mayfair High (20-9).
Poly has walked off winners in their last two games at LBCC, with both of those wins coming in the playoffs. In fact, the last three playoff home games for Poly have ended in walk-off victories.
Thursday’s hero for the Jackrabbits was senior Daylen Carey, who was wearing a Moore League champion shirt earned during that 2023 season. That Poly team opened the playoffs with a dramatic victory over Beckman, and made a triumphant return to the scene just two years later.
“I was just really excited,” said Carey of his walk-off hit. “I can’t really describe it, but yeah, it was fun.”
Carey not only delivered the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh, scoring Giovanni Migliazza from third, he was also the starting pitcher for the Jackrabbits, allowing only one run on four hits while striking out eight Monsoons in his complete game effort.
This was the first time head coach Solomon Williams and his Jackrabbits have played a game at LBCC this season, and it ended up as their first walk-off victory in their 28th game of the season. He was understandably impressed by what he saw from his senior right-hander on the mound, as he locked in down the stretch to keep Mayfair off the scoreboard and without a hit over the final three frames.
“What I saw was just utter domination,” Williams said of Carey. “If you’re going to make a playoff run, that’s what it’s going to need to be, is your seniors that have been here for four years, been invested in this program, they’re going to need to take control. And that’s what Daylen Carey did today for us.”
Mayfair took the lead in the fourth inning when freshman Jacob Brown lined a ball into right field that snuck under the glove of the diving Poly outfielder and bounced all the way to the fence for a leadoff triple. He would then score on a balk to put the Monsoons up 1-0, but Mayfair’s offense didn’t do much after that. Carey would retire the next 10 batters he faced, and only gave up a walk the rest of the afternoon.
But Poly’s offense had yet to collect a hit at that point, going up against Mayfair junior Spencer Cummins. It was Carey who finally broke Poly into the hit column, beating out a grounder to short with two outs in the bottom of the fifth.
After a passed ball put pinch runner Alex Morales into scoring position, leadoff man Tate Hammond delivered with a clutch two-out RBI single into left center, tying things up at 1-all.
“We were stoked to answer back right there and not let it go too long (with Mayfair in the lead),” said Williams of that two-out rally. “Just because we go through the lineup twice with no hits, we’ve got to stay with our exact same approach. It’s not time to give up. It’s time to stick with the same thing we’ve been working on and it paid off for (Hammond( right there.”
The Jackrabbits also supported Carey with some solid defense around the infield. Third baseman Deven Munoz had a great diving catch to rob extra bases, and both Izaiyah Gutierrez and Hammond made terrific plays charging ground balls from shortstop and second base, respectively.
Poly’s decisive seventh inning rally started with the No. 6 hitter in the lineup, Migliazza, laying down a great bunt for a hit. The throw to first base sailed high, allowing him to advance to second base to start the frame. Antonio Yepez came in as a pinch hitter and placed a textbook sac bunt that turned into another infield hit, putting Jackrabbits at the corners. Once Fausto Gaxiola was hit by a pitch, it loaded the bases and set the stage for Carey’s heroics.
“I was just thinking, hit the ball hard,” Carey said of his approach in that at-bat. “With no outs, there’s no pressure, because you’ve got three chances, plus the top of the lineup is right behind me. So I was just thinking, hit the ball hard, and whatever happens, happens. I got into a fastball count, so I figured it was coming. I was late on the first one, but I got my pitch on that one.”
Long Beach Poly will be hosting their second round game on Tuesday, welcoming Riverside Poly to (where else?) the LBCC campus. A walk-off win is never guaranteed, but at this point it would be unwise to bet against it.
