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cknox0723 · 09-03-2006, 05:20 PM

Then the real hitters step in. "Buddha" Ordonez has shown a more discerning eye than a gardener at the farmer's market this series, and his first at-bat of this game is no exception; he passes over a few bad ones and a few good ones, waiting for one that really catches his eye. After seven previous pitches, left-hander Perez delivers his third 3-2 payoff offering and it's a sweet, juicy, and ripe slider that doesn't do much sliding. Ordonez doesn't do much sliding, either; after pouncing on the fat one and walloping it into the oblivion of the left field corner, he's got an easy stand-up double, giving us a man in scoring position with two outs for the cleanup man Vernon Wells.

"Vernon Wells digs into the right-handed batter's box, hoping for a repeat performance of yesterday's two-for-four line. Ordonez at second, two men out here in the top of the first. The left-hander Perez coming from the stretch, catcher Hammock setting up on the outside half. In comes Odalis's offering...wide, ball one. With that last one, he hit ninety-five on the gun for the first time today, but Vernon wouldn't've touched it with a ten-foot pole and wisely held back. Let's see if Odalis can dial it down with his 1-0 pitch. To the stretch...the offering, breaking ball, in the dirt and nicely smothered by Hammock, keeping Ordonez at second. Count's two and a goose egg, you can bet Wells will have the green light flashing from third base coach Pasqua. Perez to the set, kicks and deals, Wells swings and cracks the fastball on a line down the third base line and into the corner. Gottlieb tearing down into the corner, but the ball kicks around down there and rolls back past him. Wells is tearing around second and heading for third...the relay from Aurilia to third, the tag and Wells is OUT to end the inning, out trying to stretch a two-bagger into three. But his extra base knock plates Magglio Ordonez and gives the Pale Hose a 1-0 lead after half an inning."

Leadoff man Juan Pierre cracks a hard grounder to the right side on a 1-1 slider; Frank Thomas, at the sprightly age of 39, makes a diving stop and flips to Loaiza to nip the speedster. Esteban strikes out speedy second baseman Castillo on three pitches and powerful first baseman Dunn fans on a 1-2 slider. If first innings were horses, then the Pale Hose would ride.

Somehow we one-up ourselves in the second; Wil Cordero leads off by blasting a ball into the left field seats. Thomas and Olivo and Wilson all ground out, which means Esteban will lead off the third, but why **** when you can hold it in?

Esteban quickly gets ahead of dynamic .344 hitter Ichiro!, but that is really not too important as he just don't strike out. Sure enough, the left-hander cleanup man makes contact on a tough 1-2 two-seam fastball, and because he can really hit, it's smacked hard to the right side. But in a strange bit of deja vu, Frank Thomas makes a diving stop -- seemingly effortlessly -- and tosses to Loaiza, IN time. Rich Aurilia hits a three-hop ground ball to his counterpart Jack Wilson, and third baseman Doug Mientkiewicz grounds to his apparent student of the glove, the 39 year old "Big Hurt". Two innings, twenty-one pitches from Esteban and he's got a two-nothing lead.

09-03-2006, 05:20 PM	#869
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	fall in two Then the real hitters step in. "Buddha" Ordonez has shown a more discerning eye than a gardener at the farmer's market this series, and his first at-bat of this game is no exception; he passes over a few bad ones and a few good ones, waiting for one that really catches his eye. After seven previous pitches, left-hander Perez delivers his third 3-2 payoff offering and it's a sweet, juicy, and ripe slider that doesn't do much sliding. Ordonez doesn't do much sliding, either; after pouncing on the fat one and walloping it into the oblivion of the left field corner, he's got an easy stand-up double, giving us a man in scoring position with two outs for the cleanup man Vernon Wells. "Vernon Wells digs into the right-handed batter's box, hoping for a repeat performance of yesterday's two-for-four line. Ordonez at second, two men out here in the top of the first. The left-hander Perez coming from the stretch, catcher Hammock setting up on the outside half. In comes Odalis's offering...wide, ball one. With that last one, he hit ninety-five on the gun for the first time today, but Vernon wouldn't've touched it with a ten-foot pole and wisely held back. Let's see if Odalis can dial it down with his 1-0 pitch. To the stretch...the offering, breaking ball, in the dirt and nicely smothered by Hammock, keeping Ordonez at second. Count's two and a goose egg, you can bet Wells will have the green light flashing from third base coach Pasqua. Perez to the set, kicks and deals, Wells swings and cracks the fastball on a line down the third base line and into the corner. Gottlieb tearing down into the corner, but the ball kicks around down there and rolls back past him. Wells is tearing around second and heading for third...the relay from Aurilia to third, the tag and Wells is OUT to end the inning, out trying to stretch a two-bagger into three. But his extra base knock plates Magglio Ordonez and gives the Pale Hose a 1-0 lead after half an inning." Leadoff man Juan Pierre cracks a hard grounder to the right side on a 1-1 slider; Frank Thomas, at the sprightly age of 39, makes a diving stop and flips to Loaiza to nip the speedster. Esteban strikes out speedy second baseman Castillo on three pitches and powerful first baseman Dunn fans on a 1-2 slider. If first innings were horses, then the Pale Hose would ride. Somehow we one-up ourselves in the second; Wil Cordero leads off by blasting a ball into the left field seats. Thomas and Olivo and Wilson all ground out, which means Esteban will lead off the third, but why ** when you can hold it in? Esteban** quickly gets ahead of dynamic .344 hitter Ichiro!, but that is really not too important as he just don't strike out. Sure enough, the left-hander cleanup man makes contact on a tough 1-2 two-seam fastball, and because he can really hit, it's smacked hard to the right side. But in a strange bit of deja vu, Frank Thomas makes a diving stop -- seemingly effortlessly -- and tosses to Loaiza, IN time. Rich Aurilia hits a three-hop ground ball to his counterpart Jack Wilson, and third baseman Doug Mientkiewicz grounds to his apparent student of the glove, the 39 year old "Big Hurt". Two innings, twenty-one pitches from Esteban and he's got a two-nothing lead.