pitch-out

Three players on the Houston bench immediately yelled, “Pitch-out!”

After faking a pitch-out to Graupner, Dowdle flung the ball no-look style behind his back toward the end zone, where Matt Christianson made the two-handed catch among Carleton defenders.

Hill fumbled a pitch-out near midfield during the third quarter on Sunday and didn’t get back on the field again.

It looked like catcher Kyle Gibson was setting up for a pitch-out, but reliever Kyle McGrath pitched to the plate and Gibson let the ball get past him, allowing Vince Conde to score.

That's the kind of danger that could make a player lay up with a 40-yard pitch-out if his tee shot finds a not-so-good lie the rough this week, but a good tee shot affords a birdie opportunity.