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Schmidt comes out throwing strikes in the second inning, pumping in two quick ones to Vernon Wells. Forced to swing defensively with an 0-2 count, he doesn't get much wood on a fastball on the outside half and rolls over a little grounder to second for the first out.
Frank Catalnotto takes another overthrown fastball in the dirt for a first pitch ball, so Schmidt goes to the changeup on 1-0 and an eager Cat is a cranky Cat, because he hits a soft little liner towards center field that's no trouble for Randy Winn to haul in.
Adam Kennedy grounds out to third on a one-one pitch to end the inning. What scares me is that Schmidt got him on a slider. He doesn't have much on his fastball with so much mileage on his arm right now, but if he can snap off those sliders there might not be much scoring by the visitors until we get to the bullpen.
Pale Hose 0, Yankees 0 heading to the bottom of the second
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