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cknox0723 · 09-19-2006, 02:32 AM

Garland surrenders Adam Dunn's leadoff single in the top of the third but responds with a crescendo of sorts, striking out Ichiro Suzuki after a tense, brilliant 16-pitch at-bat. He follows that up with a punch out of Rich Aurilia, the world's worst number five hitter, but then Dunn steals second on the first pitch to Doug Mientkietriple. I argue the call, trying to spare myself the misery of watching us blow the entire series in one game, but no luck. Garland throws another lousy pitch to "Zwieback", who hits another hard bouncer that cuts up the infield dirt, but this time it is up the middle and Adam Kennedy is able to keep it in the first line. Because he is eXtreme, he even converts the out over at first with a gladiatorial strike.

The bottom of our order goes down without a peep in the third, putting Ohka at twenty-seven pitches through nine outs, with Garland at a count roughly two-hundred twenty-five percent higher. Then the rains fall too heavily for baseball for about an hour, making pitch counts sort of irrelevant and allowing at least one senseless idealist to see a little bit of sunshine even as the downpour subsides only to a drizzle.

Jon Moo puts a damper on that by immediately surrendering a home run to Rob Hammock to start the fourth, a titanic blast to left-center that a hydrogen-and-oxygen soaked Raul "The Element" Gonzalez doesn't even bother to look at. Only saving grace is that when the ball lands, it sends up a little spray, giving us a little bit of Kauffman Stadium at home; comforting, considering how the visitors usually fare there.

Mike "

" Nannini gets up in the bullpen at that point, but there is no joy in Mudville, Chicago, even when a muddy Garland muddles his way through the rest of the inning without mucking things up more. We're knee-deep in a three-nothing puddle.

Ohka's perfect game finally ends with the start of his second trip around the order, as Ramon Vazquez cracks a hard grounder to the left side of the infield that Rich Aurilia can't do anything but stop. Adam Kennedy improbably follows with a single through the middle and Vazquez pushes himself toward third and, with a grand slide into the mud, makes good on it, giving us runners at the corners with no one out and the heart of the order up.

09-19-2006, 02:32 AM	#897
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	fakeout Garland surrenders Adam Dunn's leadoff single in the top of the third but responds with a crescendo of sorts, striking out Ichiro Suzuki after a tense, brilliant 16-pitch at-bat. He follows that up with a punch out of Rich Aurilia, the world's worst number five hitter, but then Dunn steals second on the first pitch to Doug Mientkietriple. I argue the call, trying to spare myself the misery of watching us blow the entire series in one game, but no luck. Garland throws another lousy pitch to "Zwieback", who hits another hard bouncer that cuts up the infield dirt, but this time it is up the middle and Adam Kennedy is able to keep it in the first line. Because he is eXtreme, he even converts the out over at first with a gladiatorial strike. The bottom of our order goes down without a peep in the third, putting Ohka at twenty-seven pitches through nine outs, with Garland at a count roughly two-hundred twenty-five percent higher. Then the rains fall too heavily for baseball for about an hour, making pitch counts sort of irrelevant and allowing at least one senseless idealist to see a little bit of sunshine even as the downpour subsides only to a drizzle. Jon Moo puts a damper on that by immediately surrendering a home run to Rob Hammock to start the fourth, a titanic blast to left-center that a hydrogen-and-oxygen soaked Raul "The Element" Gonzalez doesn't even bother to look at. Only saving grace is that when the ball lands, it sends up a little spray, giving us a little bit of Kauffman Stadium at home; comforting, considering how the visitors usually fare there. Mike "" Nannini gets up in the bullpen at that point, but there is no joy in Mudville, Chicago, even when a muddy Garland muddles his way through the rest of the inning without mucking things up more. We're knee-deep in a three-nothing puddle. Ohka's perfect game finally ends with the start of his second trip around the order, as Ramon Vazquez cracks a hard grounder to the left side of the infield that Rich Aurilia can't do anything but stop. Adam Kennedy improbably follows with a single through the middle and Vazquez pushes himself toward third and, with a grand slide into the mud, makes good on it, giving us runners at the corners with no one out and the heart of the order up.