Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 14, 2007
Poke by Pronk Procured

In the bottom of the eight in Cleveland, Byrdak walks two batters with two out to bring up Travis Hafner. He lines one to left center, where Granderson lays out to make a fantastic diving catch to keep the game tied. If Detroit wins this one, Curtis gets the game ball.

Update: In the bottom of the ninth, Chris Gomez leads off with a double. That brings up Peralta against Rodney. Jhonny was 0 for 8 vs. Rodney with three Ks. However, he's batted very well this season with men on base and with runners in scoring position. The announcers thought Peralta should bunt, but Wedge has him swing away and he strikes out on a heater right down the middle of the plate. I could go either way on this one, but it seems Peralta has a decent chance of ending the game by letting him swing away.

Update: Rodney strikes out the final two batters in the inning. They'll go to extra innings. The Indians struck out 13 times in the first nine, Detroit 11.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:38 PM | Defense | TrackBack (0)
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