With the score tied at three in the bottom of the first, Jason Heyward comes to bat against Carlos Zambrano with one out and two on. Zambrano falls behind 2-0, and I’m thinking, this is a great chance for Heyward to get a hit. Carlos throws it in the lower half of the strike zone, right down the middle, and Heyward smacks it into the back of the bullpen in right. He’s a classic lefty power hitter, using a uppercut on a low pitch to power the ball out of the park. Very impressive.
Yikes. Rough day for Zambrano, who left the game 1.1 innings in with a 54.00 ERA.