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C Torrealba is killing (yorviting?) the ball in the playoffs, I almost batted him sixth, but he grounds out to short on Schmidt's first pitch of the third, a slider disguised as a fastball. That pitch maybe is made even more dangerous because Schmidt doesn't have a ton of zip on his fastball, you can't tell the difference between the two that way.
Garland can't hit at all and grounds out to first. Leadoff man Vazquez tries to work the count and take a strike, but then Schmidt goes in the zone with his second pitch and that plan is all fouled. A waste pitch runs the count to 1 and 2 but a strikeout pitch, a nasty changeup that drops in the dirst, does just that to Vazquez, strikes him out. And with the three in the books, their ace pitcher's allowed one hit and no runs, throwing 28 pitches. More intimidating is, he's flashing that nasty slider and worked through first inning control issues to get ahead in the count on almost everyone. This is on three days rest. Wouldn't know it if I didn't already know it.
Pale Hose 0, Yankees 1 after two and a half
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