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Baseball Musings
August 17, 2008
Bad Play?

I'm watching the Cubs-Marlins game. Pinto comes in to relieve Volstad with men on first and third and none out in the top of th seventh. He walks pinch-hitter DeRosa and then gives up a sinking line drive to Soriano. The ball is hit to left and fading toward the line. It looks like Luis Gonzalez has a chance to catch it, so he dives and misses. The ball goes by him and two runs score to tie the game at two.

It looked to me that Gonzo had less of a chance to catch the ball than I originally thought. If he stays on his feet, he probably gets in front of it and holds it to a one-run single, since the runners had to hold in case it was caught. As a veteran outfielder, I would think Luis would get a better read on the ball. Did anyone else see the play?

A nice job of hitting by Soriano, as he was fooled on the previous change-up, but hit this one solidly.

Update: Renyel Pinto is not getting the job done. He makes a nice fielding play on a grounder up the middle for an out, but Aramis Ramirez doubles down the line to drive in two, then gives up a sacrifice fly to Fukudome. A good game by Volstad goes down the drain as the Cubs take a 5-2 lead.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:35 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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Saw the play... it was a bad play, but still not sure that 2 runs don't score on that play... if the runner sees him pull up for the ball, he can break and would have scored.

A good game by Volstad goes down the drain as the Cubs take a 5-2 lead.

Volstad didn't pitch that well - 6 hits and 3 BB's in 6 innings... decent, but not great.

He was able to get out of some jams.

Posted by: dave at August 17, 2008 04:14 PM
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