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Game 1 vs Milwaukee
We come into the series 2nd in batting average and 3rd in defensive efficiency. Timmy KGB leads the league batting .833 right now.
Mike Hampton vs Scott Karl I make a quick play near 2nd base and throw out to first to open the ballgame. Alomar gets a slow grounder and throws out by barely a step. Cirillo works a full count walk. Burnitz gets K'd. I open up by getting fooled on a pitch for strike two. I shake it off and lift a ball to the deep outfield, gapping between left and center field. I leg out a triple. Karl throws a wild pitch to bring me home. Then Floyd singles. Alomar doubles bringing Floyd to 3rd base. Sheffield hits an RBI grounder with Alomar taking 3rd. Griffey Jr skies one to the infield so Alomar needs Thome to hit to bring him home. Thome pops one foul to the catcher ending the inning. 2-0 Florida. A hard liner the announcer thinks I had no chance on but I still dove for it which means I think I should have had it. Fortunately after a K I setup the double play by getting a good grounder and a quick throw to Alomar who turns it. After two outs, Hampton hits a double. He still has arm left in him so we didn't PH and we aren't going to PR him. That means I'm up with a slow runner in scoring position. Hampton gets sent home and somehow scores on my medium depth single and I add steal #7. It's for not as Floyd lines out but I still made it 3-0 Florida. Milwaukee has seen enough of Karl and they pinch hit for him. Jenkins gets a 1-out double. Vina is retired sending Jenkins to 3rd on a grounder. Finley walks. Cirillo is robbed by a diving catch at CF. Alomar infield hits on Cirillo after D'Amico comes in at pitcher. Sheffield singles deep enough to get Alomar to 3rd. Griffey Jr lines out to first base fortunately avoiding a double play at the unexpected catch. Thome skies one deep enough for Alomar to tag. A Vina error puts runners on first and second. But Ventura flies out to Green to end the threat. 4-0 Florida. I track halfway up the outfield on a skied pop-up for out #1. After a walk, I get a grounder and throw to Alomar who turns 2. Hampton still has arm left so he hits again. But this time loops out to LF. Single, Steal, Steal for KGB. Score on wild pitch. That costs Floyd his RBI on the double he hits. Alomar grounds out as Floyd takes 3rd. Sheffield almost beats the shortstop to get the run in but a great play takes it away. 5-0 Florida. I make a hard charging play on a short grounder on the 2nd out. The announcer appreciates my hustle which is a nice feeling. The pitcher stays in and D'Amico triples. Vina is hit by pitch. Finley skies one to 3B to get our pitcher out of a jam. Griffey Jr gets a sliding double, hitting the fence right by the CF. Thome doubles on what for most would be a triple. Johnson has an RBI double as well. Ventura walks. Akin comes in for D'Amico but the damage is already done. Hampton singles, he'll pitch at least part of one more inning and I'm up. For the first time in my career I have the bases loaded. The slow runners hurt as I hit an RBI single when I could have had two RBI's. Floyd has the same problem, admittedly a nice one to have. Alomar hits an infield fly. Sheffield hits a sac fly. Griffey Jr can't get a two out hit so we end up at 10-0. 1 out, then a Burnitz triple. Hampton gets a big K. Alomar converts the ground out. Thome walks. Johnson flies out. Ventura grounds into the DP. I charge hard on a ground ball for the 2nd out of the inning. Akin is done as Mieske gets to PH. Trot Nixon will PH as Hampton has put in a credible starting performance. He unfortunately grounds out, but I go up and single. I once again put in a 5 hit performance tying the Florida Marlins record. I steal two bases but Floyd K's and Alomar pops out to strand me. Powell comes in and beans Vina. I start a double play but for once Alomar can't make the turn. We do it the other way, as Alomar gets the grounder and I turn it to end the inning. We scatter three singles amid 2 outs to get one runner home. We leave Powell in to finish the game and he grounds out before I can get a chance at my 6th hit. Powell rewards us by striking out the side. 11-0 Florida. My stat line is a solid 5 Hits, 2 runs, 2 RBIs. My average improves to a colossal .882. |
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#42 |
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Game 2 vs Milwaukee
Tapani vs Hernandez
K, groundout to Alomar, K makes an excellent start for Hernandez. Alomar leads off with me on the bench. We go 1-2-3. This time they go groundout, K, K. We groundout 3 times. Hernandez gets all 3 outs, K, K, 3-1. Milliard ends the no hitter, but Hernandez doesn't help his cause by hitting into a double play. Cirillo ends the no-hitter. Milliard can't turn the double play ball though. A pop out CF follows. After a routine out, Floyd goes yard. Thome skies one to 2nd. Griffey Jr tries to find the gap in the outfield but lifts it too much and the LF gets there. 1-0 Florida. Milliard makes a tough play for the 2nd out. Floyd grabs the other two easily. The Marlins go 3 up, 3 down. So do the Brewers. Alomar gets a single but Floyd doesn't bring him home. One out. Milliard misses a play resulting in a hit. Alomar can't get the ball out of his glove on another infield hit. Fortunately they hit into a double play which gets Hernandez out of trouble. Griffey Jr gets a 1-out single. Ventura adds a 2-out single putting runners on the corners. Johnson pops up to the catcher as this pitching duel continues. The Brewers go 1,2,3 as Hernandez gets another K. I come into the game batting for Milliard and presumably taking over at SS. My hot streak continues with a single, followed by running twice despite Jayhawk's strong catcher arm. Hernandez stays in as he wants his complete game shutout. He RBI grounds out. Alomar doubles to the RF corner. Floyd gets one just by the shortstop and we have runners at the corners. Thome adds insurance with an RBI single. Griffey Jr lines one unfortunately too close to their RF. Sheffield breaks his goose egg and loads the bases when we don't challenge Finley's arm on his shallow single. Ventura hits an RBI single, but we don't get two as Thome isn't about to challenge anyone running for home. Johnson walks in a run and we bat around. They finally give up on the complete game bringing in Hansell. I add a 2 RBI single. Hernandez flies out to end the rout. 7-0. Hansell gives Hernandez his 10th K. Vina goes 1-3. Cirillo K's. Another one where the pitcher gets all 3 outs. Hernandez gets player of the game with a 3-hit complete game shutout striking out 11. I'm batting a scorching hot .895 and am tied for the lead in RBI on the team. Tomorrow I pitch again. |
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KGB vs McDonald
Groundout 4-3, K, K.
I help my cause out with a single and two stolen bases. Alomar gets the groundout RBI. Thome Pops out, Griffey Jr grounds out. Two nice plays in the outfield keep this one hitless with a K between them. We pop out 4 times, but one of them somehow gets down for a Ventura base hit. K,K, line out CF. 1 out. Then I double, steal third while the catcher throws it away giving me home as well. 2-0 I have both runs. Alomar line drives into a diving catch. Thome line drives into a double. Griffey Jr. Grounds out. 1-2-3 but no K's. Single, Pop out, Pop out, ground out. K, HR, pop out, spectacular catch Ken Griffey Jr. 2-1 Florida. I single, and steal two bases before Alomar hits a sac fly to score me. Thome pops out. We end the inning. They go 1,2,3. So do we. We get them 1,2,3 with no K's. We score a run after a double and a McDonald pitching error. I'm up with 1 out and a batter on 2nd. I ground out getting the runner to 3rd. Alomar goes 0-3. 3-1 lead in the 8th. They go 1,2,3. We go 1,2 then line a base hit. Floyd ends his hitless game and we have 2 outs runners on 1st and 2nd. Ventura pops out. Top of the 9th, 4-1 lead. K, Ventura throwing error to 2nd base. Pop out, K. Timmy KGB has a 1-run 1-hit 0-walk complete game, striking out 9. He also went 3 for 4 with his bat and stole 5 bases. In a total snub, Lieberthal is the NL player of the week, batting .471. What does Timmy KGB need to do to get considered? Apparently .870 AVG with 18/19 stolen bases won't cut it. He's also pitching extremely well 2 wins, 1.00 ERA, 19K, 0.28 WHIP. 6 games into the season he's a 1.8 WAR batter and a 0.9 WAR pitcher. These numbers won't last as he's not going to bat above .500 this season never mind .870. He leads the league in AVG, OBP, Slugging, OPS, War, Hits, Runs, Total Bases,Stolen Bases, and WOBA. He's tied for the EBH lead too and is 2nd in Win Probability Added with an impressive 0.92. He really deserves more consideration than the 7th best AVG hitter in the league. |
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#44 |
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Game Four vs Milwaukee
I was tired as a batter and exhausted as a pitcher so I sat this one out.
We got battered in the first. Double, single, double, double. Total of 3 runs scored. We answered back for 1 run with two singles in the 1st. The 2nd was much better with two K's and a groundout. Johnson hit a leadoff HR to claw back within 1 run. Millard put a one out single up. Fernandez infield flied. Alomar flew out to CF. A scary 3rd saw two Griffey plays at the warning track to go with a K. Groundout, Groundout, Diving catch saw us 1,2,3 as well. Fernandez gets 3 outs giving up a single. Thome with a leadoff walk, Johnson with a single. Ventura hits into double Play, Thome to 3rd. Milliard lines out to short. Still 3-2. Line out into a diving catch for the pitcher, Ground out for Alomar. Floyd solo HR to tie it up. Sheffield single. Griffey Jr pop up to get out of the inning. 3-3. They go 4 batters getting a single. Ground out. Johnson HR (4-3). Ventura HR (5-3). Milliard lines out. Nixon PH single. Alomar single, runners at the corners. Floyd Ground out. Bottalico in, 2K's and a ground out 3-U. Thome with a 2 out single. But a groundout ends the inning. Out, out, walk, out. Florie comes in for Milwaukee. Ground out. Ground out 1-3.Jeff King PH, HR (6-3). Alomar HR (7-3), pop out. Magnante in. Base hit Eddie Williams. Pop out. Base hit Jayhawk Owens. Base hit Tim Bogar. Mound visit. Florie stays in and strikes out! Vina groundout. That's the ballgame. I wasn't needed as a pinch hitter and got a needed full day of rest. |
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Diagnosis and Replacement
Andy Petitte will miss 4 months with a Ruptured Finger Tendon. Kerry Wood gets the call-up.
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First game vs Philly
Wood vs Smiley.
Marlins have won seven in a row, Philly are also hot having won 4 in a row. Alomar leads off and grounds out. Ken Griffey Jr singles. I single moving him to 2nd. My new spot in the order not yielding the RBI at the first asking. Sheffield and Thome fly out leaving two runners stranded. K, Single, Walk, Fly Out to KGB, Walk. Bases Loaded with 2 outs. He walks in a run. Mound Visit. Strike out. Strikeout, Single, Ground DP. Lineout to Alomar on a nice play. K. K. Ground out. Single. Single. I'm up with runners on the corners and 1 out. I sky the ball. Passed Ball 1-1. Pop out. Line drive center on Alomar side of 2B. K. Ground ball to Alomar, I turn the DP. 1-2, Ventura Legs out a single. Roskos reaches on error. Wood stays in and hits a single. Even with 2 outs we aren't going to challenge a cannon arm very shallow with a slow runner. Bases loaded for Roberto Alomar. Reaches on error 1 run scores. Griffey Jr fly ball gets them out of the inning. 2-1 Florida. Travis Lee HR (2-2), out, K, out. I lead off and pop out deep. Thome has a two out single. But a diving catch gets them out of the inning. K, Benard double, full count walk, walk, Infield fly, Wild Pitch, walk, 3 run double. Lowe comes in. Walk. ground out. Ugly inning 6-2 Philly. Ventura, Roskos and Lowe single, bases loaded. Alomar hits into double play negating the RBI but we score one. Ken Griffey Jr belts a 2-run HR, making it 6-5. I ground out. Philadelphia goes down in order. One out Thome single, Floyd double. Ventura gets his 4th hit of the game an RBI single (6-6). Roskos RBI single (7-6). Lowe single. Alomar hit into DP. Rolen single. Fielder's choice, I can't complete the double play. Error Thome, throwing wide to me. Runners on first and 2nd. Big K. Fly out to get out of the inning. HR Ken Griffey Jr (8-6), Gomes comes in at pitcher. I fly out in the infield. We get a single but 2 outs later nothing comes of it. Grounder comes right at me and I convert the easy out. We get two more after bringing in the closer. Robin Ventura gets two bases on an error from Rolen. Roskos walks. Nen hits into a double play. Alomar RBI single (9-6). Griffey Jr sharp line drive ended by a diving catch. Out, Out, Walk, Double, Runners at 2nd and 3rd, K to get out. My average falls to .750 after a 1 for 5 day but at least I keep my hit streak alive. Lowe gets his 2nd win and Nen gets his first save. |
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Hentgen vs Hampton
Alomar and Sheffield open on back to back singles bringing me up. A passed ball puts both runners in scoring position. I sac fly leaving a runner on 2nd. Thome grounds out. Griffey Jr pops out. 1-0 Florida.
Out, single, walk, walk, mound visit. K. Ground out. Gets out 1-0 up. Ventura single, Hildalgo HR. Out. Hampton Triple. Alomar Sac Fly. Sheffield infield fly. Walk, hit, mound visit. Double Play, I pivot. RBI Single (4-1). Pop out short center. I ground out. Thome pops out. Griffey Jr pops out. 1-2-3 on the Phillies with a K. Robin Ventura with the leadoff triple. Hildalgo infield single. Johnson sac fly. Hampton ground out. Alomar single, ends up at second scoring 1. Sheffield grounds out. 6-1 Florida. Walk, Single, runners on corners. 5-4-3 double play, a run but no RBI. Hentgen is out stretching a double into a triple. I ground out. So do Thome and Griffey. We get them out in 3 straight. Ventura and Hidalgo go down before a Johnson double but Hampton strands him. Philly goes 1-2-3. Alomar is a ground ball out. Sheffield the same. Single, steal and a questionable steal of 3rd on 2 outs. Thome singles me home for an RBI. Griffey Jr skies one and unless something goes crazy that will end his hitting streak. Single. I cover 2nd but can't make the double play. The next ball is a double play without me involved. Hentgen gets a 1-2-3 inning. I grab a Rolen popout as we return the favor. Tyler Greene pitches, Trot Nixon pinch hits for a double. Alomar singles putting runners on the corners. Sheffield attempts a sac fly but the runner is thrown out. Cookson makes a spectacular lunging one handed grab to take away extra bases from me. Magnante into pitch. Single. Infield pop up. Single. Pop up. K. 7-2 final. I go 1 for 4 with 1 Run and 1 RBI. My average drops to .688. Still happy to keep the hit streak alive though. There will be better games, there will be worse games. |
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Hernandez vs Portugal
Portugal is injured in the first at bat and has to leave the game. Brett Black comes in for long relief. They combine to 1-2-3 the inning.
We answer back 1-2-3 with a K. I get the first hit of the ballgame before stealing 2nd and 3rd. Griffey Jr sac flies me in. Thome K's. Ventura fly ball ends the inning. Cookson gets a hit in between 3 outs, one of them a K. We go down in order. I get a fly ball out but miss another that wasn't really catchable. They get a hit in the inning but don't make anything of it as we still lead 1-0. I get a 2 out base hit and steal 2nd but Griffey Jr flies out. Rolen hits a double to leadoff the inning. They sac fly him to 3rd. Hernandez gets a crucial K. Cookson grounds out to Alomar. Still 1-0. Single, Single, HR. Just like that it's 4-0. Single, Mound visit. Pitching change. FC, FC, Single. I ground out stranding 2 runners. K, Single, K, Single, Walk, Mound Visit. RBI Single, runner thrown out trying to stretch for home. Ground out. Ground out. K. Double, I cut off the outfield throw and throw to 2nd too late. K. Ground Out, runner held. HR 4-3. K dropped 2-3. Ground Out, K, Double, Reach on Error. 2 RBI double. I line drive into a diving catch to end the inning. 6-3 Florida. They 1-2-3. Thome single erased by double play to end the inning. Fly out, Double, Walk, I pick up the ground out and give Alomar a quick ball to turn the double play. Trot Nixon pinch hit walks for Livian Hernandez with 1 out. Alomar flies out. Wild Pitch. Floyd flies out. Inning over. I defend and get the last out of the game on a beautiful throw after fielding a Lieberthal ground ball in shallow left field. It feels nice to take away his hit after he took my award. 6-3 final, it's in the books. I go 2 of 4 to get my average down to .667, but score a run. |
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Timmy KGB vs Kris Benson
Alomar opens with a leadoff single. Sheffield and I pop up and Thome draws a 2-out walk. Griffey Jr Grounds out into a fielders choice for the 3rd out.
I give up two singles in the first but get 3 outs easily. Trot Nixon solo homers (1-0), Johnson singles, Ventura flies out, Milliard hits into Fielder's choice. Alomar hits into FC. Ending the inning. K, K, Single, K. I stroke a one out base hit to CF. Stealing 2nd and getting 3rd for free on the bad overthrow. Thome Homers me in (3-0), Griffey Jr K's, and Trot groundouts 3-U. Strike out, hit batter, fielders choice, single, ground out. We get a double, a ground out advancing the runner, a single, a single, and a single. I come up with the bases loaded and one out. All I can do is hit a sac fly. Thome grounds out 3-1 and it's 5-0 Florida. Pirates go 1,2,3 with a K. We go 1,2,3 right back. K, K, Pop out is another quick inning. Ventura singles but that's erased by Milliard hitting into a DP. Alomar goes 4-3. Randa gets a 2 out double. A single follows up to score a run (5-1) and Timmy KGB continues to search for a 0-run performance. I ground out. But Thome adds a 2 out single. Griffey Jr hits into a fielders choice getting an 0 for 4 game going to end the inning. I start the 7th with a single and a walk. But I get a 10th strikeout and a double play ball to get out of the inning. Nixon Singles. Johnson skies one in the infield. After a rain delay Robin Ventura pops up to shallow center field. Milliard pops one foul to end the inning. Ground out, Ground out, K. I sky one for the 2nd out inbetween two singles. Griffey Jr goes 0-5 but reaches on an error loading the bases. Nixon adds a 2 RBI single (7-1). Johnson brings home two with a double and ends up at 3rd base on the challenge throw. Ventura has an RBI single and it's 10-1. Milliard walks and they finally pull Benson. Rekar gets the pop out to end the inning. I go 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 9th. I go 9 innings with 1 ER, scattering 7 hits and a walk, while K'ing 12. I improve to 3-0 on the year, although my WHIP took a beating. At bat I went 1-4 with a run and an RBI. I had a stolen base to go with my single. Final score 10-1 Florida. Elsewhere in the league, Jose Canseco had a 3 HR game vs the Yankees. His 6 RBI game nearly equals my 7 for the year. Last edited by LordTC; 05-03-2021 at 01:39 AM. |
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Fernandez vs Lieber
I was extremely tired after pitching 9 full innings and hoped to sit this one out.
Alomar and Sheffield singled, but Thome hit into a double play. Griffey grounded out 1-3 to end the inning. Fernandez gave up two singles as well, albeit with 2 outs. He got a grounder to Miliard to get out of the inning. Ventura and Roskos singled with 1 out. Milliard walked. Fernandez K's with the bases loaded. Alomar grounds out and they get out of a sticky situation. A Thome error prevented getting out of the inning 1-2-3. But we got out on the 4th batter. Thome hit a 1-out double and got sac flied to 3rd. Floyd walked for runners on the corners. Ventura struck out to end the inning. Pittsburgh goes down 1-2-3. Roskos singles and Milliard hit a FC. Fernandez hits into a DP. Garcia doubles after a single and an outfield assist keeps the score at 0-0. A ground out gets out of the inning. An Alomar single is negated by a Sheffield double play ball. Thome singles but Griffey Jr hits a FC. They get a single from their pitcher but two pop outs and a FC later nothing comes of it. Floyd singles but Ventura K's. Roskos doubles Floyd home for the 1-0 lead. Milliard reaches on error. Fernandez hits an inadequate sac fly ball for 2 outs. Griffey Jr gets a highlight reel play for the 3rd out of a 1-2-3. Alomar singles, Sheffield pops out then Thome puts runners on the corners with a single. Griffey Jr hits a FC getting the out at 2nd, without advancing the runner. Floyd flies out to short. Still 1-0. K, single, K, ground out. We get a single and 3 outs. They get 2 singles to put runners at the corners with one out. A third single ties it 1-1. Mound visit. K. Pop out. Finally two outs top of the 9th, Thome singles and Griffey Jr goes yard. A series of singles later and Roskos has 5 hits with an RBI single. They get Milliard to get out of the inning but not before its 4-1 Florida. K, K, Walk, Wild Pitch, Pop Out, Ball Game. Fernandez is day-to-day with a mild shoulder strain. Last edited by LordTC; 05-03-2021 at 02:06 AM. |
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Wood vs Cordova
We open with a single, an out, a single, reaching on error. One out bases loaded. Griffey Jr Sac flies. Johnson grounds out. 1-0 is a good start to the game.
Single, hit batter, wild pitch. 2 RBI single. Walk, mound visit, sac fly. Infield pop-up. Balk. K. 1-3 is less good. Single, FC, Double. Infield pop-up. Ground out. Still trailing by two. 3 outs in 4 batters with a walk. KGB singles and steals but then gets thrown out at 3rd. 2 outs later and it's still 3-1. Walk, Single, KGB turns an infield hit into an out, but unfortunately can't get any of the advancing runners. Failed sac fly gets out of the inning. Hit by pitch, walk, mound visit, K, 5-1 Pittsburgh on a Young triple. 6-1 on a single before K's get them out of the inning. One single and 3 outs later Pittsburgh is up again. Single, K, K, K. Florida goes 1-2-3. K, K, and a hard charging ground ball my way that I convert for the out. Florida goes 1-2-3 again. Single, Wild Pitch. Bottalico comes in. Walk. FC to KGB but a slide breaks up the double play. Walk. Walks in a run (7-1), pop out, ground out. I hit into a FC after a single. Steal two bases. Thome skies it in the infield. Griffey Jr grounds out and I don't get home. Strike out, double, K, I convert a grounder nicely to get out of the inning. Single, reach on error, Pop out, pinch hit into FC. Ground out. Ball game. Pirates 7 Florida 1. We end our large win streak. Despite the loss Johnson wins player of the week for the NL with a .500 avg including 3 HR and 8 RBI's. |
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Hampton vs Schmidt
Back in the lineup and batting 3rd. We start the game going 1-2-3.
They do similarly. We go 1-2-3 with a K. A wilson soft liner is just out of my reach when I dive and they get a two out base hit. Alomar grabs and runs to 2nd though so no runs. We go 3 up, 3 down. Kelly gets one through Thome at 2 outs, but Hidalgo makes a solid catch at CF to get out of it. 2 outs then I get too far under a pitch and lift it to right field giving the fielder an eternity to get there. He makes the catch. Giambi K's, Karros doubles, Randa RBI doubles, Wilson K's, Halter walks, Cummings flies out. 1-0 Pittsburgh. Thome K's, Nixon breaks up the no hitter, Ventura flies out, Hidalgo ties the game with an RBI double. Johnson goes yard (3-1). Hampton K's. 1-2-3 with nothing coming my way. Alomar sends a 2-strike pitch all the way (4-1). Floyd tries his best but the wind keeps it in. I can't quite connect on a pitch and bounce it to the first baseman. Thome scratches out an infield hit. Nixon singles, runners on the corners. Wild Pitch (5-1). Ventura has extra bases taken away by a diving catch. Liner far over my head gets down for a single. I chase a pop up to the right side of center field. I play a quick grounder to Alomar who turns 2. We go 1-2-3 keeping the pitcher in as he still has more arm left. They go 1-2-3 with nothing my way. Alomar walks, Floyd hits a double play ball to third but Alomar has a nice take out side to convert it to a FC. I wanted to bring Floyd home but settled for a single that got him to second, keeping my hit streak alive. Thome singles him home. With 1 out I steal third. Trot Nixon grounds into a FC to the pitcher, without advancing me. Ventura has a 2-RBI double to get me home (8-1). Hildalgo RBI singles and ends up at 2nd. Johnson pops out to 3. Out, Walk, Base hit over 2nd. I get a double play ball and Alomar turns it. Hampton going for a complete game grounds out. Alomar does as well but Floyd singles, giving me another AB. I lazy fly a wide pitch to end the inning. K, Pop Out, Ground Out. Ballgame. 9-1. I was a disappointing 1-5 with my average down to .571. Got a run but no RBI. I can't wait for my batting to get hot again, I've been putting in extra work with the batting coach. Still kept the hit streak alive and got a solid win, both of which are consolation for a bad stat line. |
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Curt Schilling vs Timmy KGB
They pop 3 but Rolen gets on 2nd base with a 2 out error. I get out with a K.
We pop 3 as well, it's a real air show today. Travis Lee reaches on a strike 3 passed ball. Cookson and Estralla are K's as is Sefcik. I strike out the side the hard way, losing the no hitter. After two more line outs to CF, Floyd gets on board with an infield hit. Johnson FC's to end the inning. K, K, Ground out. Ventura extends his hit streak to 12. Milliard hits a double play ball but it's dropped and we have runners on first and second. Alomar flies out too shallow to make a difference. Sheffield repeats that. And I can't keep the ball down, inning over. Ground out, K, HR, still chasing that 0.00 ERA game, K. We go 1-2-3 by air and ground. They go 1-2-3 as I get my 11th strikeout. We go 1-2-3 as well. K,K, Rolen works a long at at hurting my pitch count before grounding. Alomar singles and makes a takeout slide on the sheffield FC. I single getting the runner to 2nd. Thome loads the bases. Griffey Jr ties it on an infield hit. I get the game-leading run on a Sac Fly. Johnson makes it 4-1 with a 2-RBI double. Ventura knocks one in on another double. Mound Visit, Schilling wants to stay in. He gets Milliard to end the inning. 5-1 Florida. I set them down in 3 straight, tying the Marlins record for strikeouts at 14. Sheffield doubles. I want my RBI. I single shallow but Sheffield is stopped at 3rd. I get the green light and steal second. Thome hits an infield hit that he turns into an out with his slow speed. He gets an RBI and I advance to third though. Griffey Jr goes down looking and I'm stranded. Estarella chases and I solo the strikeout record. I thought I was getting Sefcik but he punishes me with a triple. They PH Schilling. I get the shallow fly ball out. But Bernard RBI singles ruining my streak of 1.00 ERA games. I get K number 16 to end the inning. Tyler Green comes in. Floyd takes him for a single. Two hard hit balls are handled by their CF, Benard. Milliard goes 0 for 4. I stay in for a 127 pitch count complete game. I get my 4th win, giving up 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 ER, 0 BB, getting 16K. Still giving up a HR, which is too many for my taste. My ERA is now 1.25 which is good but not moving in the right direction. I lead starters in AVG, WHIP, K's, CG's, Wins, Quality Starts, WAR, rWAR, BB/9. I'm grateful for the fielding behind me, I'm 2nd in BABIP. 5th in ERA, 8th in ERA+. I have to chase down Peters's 0.57 ERA but otherwise I'm in good shape for a triple crown. Wouldn't that be something. |
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Wolf vs Hernandez
Ventura is off to a rough start, dropping an easy catch for an error then missing a liner that seemed catchable. Runners at first and second.
Rolen gives me a double play ball but I put Alomar in the wrong position to turn it and he takes a hard slide. Thome doesn't do any better on the next ball and they scratch out a run. I play a ground out to 2nd to get out of the inning. 1-0 Philadelphia. Alomar works a full count before grounding out. Floyd skies one to the outfield on the first pitch. I bloop one to left field and get on board. I steal 2nd but with two out don't risk third. Thome grounds out. Lee works a walk. I turn the double play. I backup Ventura but he doesn't need help on the ground out. Griffey Jr, Ventura and Johnson single. Bases loaded 1 out. We have to leave Hernandez in we need his arm. He sac flies, tie ballgame. Alomar almost gets an infield hit but he's a step to slow, inning over. I backup Ventura on the 2nd out and he needs the help so I convert it. A liner to center later we're back at bat. I work a 1 out walk in a long at bat. Steal 2nd and Steal 3rd. Thome walks. Sheffield singles shallow but Thome can't run to 3rd. Griffey chases a pitch and skies it to get the 2nd out, Ventura gets the 3rd. Still 2-1 Florida. K of Rolen, Phillies go 1-2-3. We go 1-2-3 as Hernandez stays in the game. Phillies go 3 up, 3 down with 2 K's. Floyd leadoff doubles and he can run. I have a decent RBI chance. Unfortunately I line out right at the shortstop. The batters after me fair no better and we strand one. I play a nice grounder as part of a 1-2-3. Griffey Jr floats a nice base hit. Then makes a good takeout slide preventing a double play on Ventura. Johnson hits the leftside gap for a single. Hernandez stays in and flies out. Alomar is having a rough day 0 for 4. Rolen eats up that pitch count but grounds out. 3 up 3 down 1 K. I nub one and can't race it out despite my great speed. Thome sits on the fastball and it goes broadway and gone. Sheffield singles and Griffey Jr skies one to get them out of the inning. Wolf is done. Cookson delivers a 2 out HR to close the gap to one. Estralella pinch hits because they want power but strikes out. Spradlin gets the nod. Hernandez could go 9 but we decide we want our closer and PH him. Our PH is the 3rd out. Benard scratches out an infield single. Morandini K's Rolen K's. One out needed. Petagine singles runners to the corners. Mound visit. Ground out that I play to 2nd. Ballgame. 3-2 for Florida. I go 1 for 3 with a BB and 3 steals. Hernandez is at 1.44 ERA with his 3rd win. Nen is still ERA perfect with his 2nd save. Despite all the wins we haven't had many close games to use him. We've also had a lot of starters going long. Hernandez gets the player of the game nod. 8 innings with 2 hits and 1 BB will do that even if they result in 2 runs (1 Earned). My average falls to .554 my 7 RBI is middling for the team. I still lead the NL in Runs, Stolen Bases, AVG, OBP, WAR, and Hits. I haven't been clutch in close situations so I've fallen off the WPA chart completely. I'm proud of my steals though, I've got 32, the next highest is 8. I need to get more runs though, 3 players from BAL have 21,20 and 18 while I have 19. Baltimore is keeping pace with our great start they are 13-1 to our 15-1. The Expos, Cardinals and Reds are all 10-5. The Braves are on a 5 game winning streak to get out of the basement and finally look like the team that won spring training. It brings them to 8-7 so they still have work to do. All of the teams we played are basement dwellers, I'm not sure if that's just the effect of us having such a good record or whether we actually haven't had tough competition yet. We face 7-9 Arizona next, which should be interesting as their 2nd in their division and will really want to close that 1/2 game gap to the 7-8 Giants. |
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Saunders vs Rueter
Saunders came up for Wood after the disappointing performance last time out.
Alomar leads off with a double. Floyd raises him an RBI. I ground out disappointingly to 3rd base. Thome just gets enough of it to put it in the stands. Sheffield grounds out. Griffey Jr works a long at bat into a walk. Ventura singles. But a FC groundout does it. I use my arm to make a slow grounder the 2nd out on a ball that might have been legged out. Floyd catches the 3rd out. The first out was a K. Saunders flies out. Alomar is robbed of extra bases by a great defensive play. Floyd lines out. Hammonds finds the gap for a leadoff triple. RBI groundout to Ventura. Aurilia K's. Steinbech works a full count then lines on JUST out of my reach. Walk. Rueter grounds one to me and I get us out of the inning. I leadoff and fly out. Thome grounds out. Sheffield gets one by the shortstop a play that could have been made. Griffey Jr grounds out and ends the inning. Williams K's after a long at bat. Loretta bounds one by me, I really think I should have had it. They get one by Alomar for runners on the corners. We get out of trouble with a double play I'm not involved in. Johnson gets a 1-out double. Saunders flies out. Alomar grounds out. Still 3-1. Ventura plays a ground out well. Aurilia works a long at bat but K's. Steinbach has been the pitchers bane with another extra base hit. Lockhart works a 3-1 count but doesn't walk again and flies out to Griffey Jr. Floyd singles and I hit a grounder to 3rd. It's unfortunately a double play ball. Thome grounds out. Rueter has more arm and stays in. He's a K. Williams works a long at bat but K's for the 3rd time today. Griffey Jr goes yard with 1 out (4-1). We don't add anything more of note this half inning. I catch a fly ball that took some chasing down. Hammonds drops an unplayable one between me and Alomar. Another double play without me. Saunders is done so Nixon PH's and gets a single. Alomar gets a lucky single as fielders get their wires crossed. Floyd gets HR number 3. I keep grounding out to 3B. Thome has his 2nd HR of the game. Sheffield singles. But the remaining two batters are outs. Magnante comes in. Steinbach has been trouble today and works a long at bat into a walk. I catch a skied one in front of the pitchers mound. Strawberry PH's and goes down swinging. Hidalgo PH's for Magnante but is the 2nd out. We go 1-2-3 when Alomar grounds out. Rhodes comes in and I catch another pop out near the pitchers mound. Loretta walks. One gets skied to Alomar. Hammonds lines an unplayable ball to my side of center field. Mound Visit, ground out. I come up going 0 for 4 so far. I really want my 15 game hit streak. Fortunately, I barely manage to get single down in front of the RF. I predictably steal 2nd and 3rd. Not going on the first pitch which is a pitchout. Thome makes my efforts on the basepaths moot with his third HR of the game. The next two batters get out easily. Rhodes slices one to RF. Then Steinbach finally looks human on a 3 pitch strikeout. Lockhart lines one to LF and that's the ballgame. 10-1 Florida. I go 1 for 5 and bring my average down to .525 my OPS is down to 1.212. Still I have a 15 game hitting streak and it feels great. |
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Fernandez vs Harnisch
Fernandez is recovered from his day-to-day injury and is raring to go.
Alomar singles, Sheffield lines out 3B. I work a long at bat and frustrate the pitcher getting a bad pitch that I convert into my 2nd dinger of the season. Thome flies out. Griffey Jr flies out. 2-0 Florida. Fernandez opens on a K, but the stands turn a Surhoff triple into a double as we get a friendly bounce that slows the ball. Zeile K's chasing. The wind keeps a Hammond ball in the park and we make a warning track catch. Ventura legs one out to hit 15 games in a row. Hidalgo flies out. Johnson flies out to the infield. Fernandez hits extra bases but Ventura is too slow to come home. Alomar has a 2-RBI single and advances to 2nd base on the throw home. Sheffield singles for his own 15 game hitting streak but Alomar doesn't get enough on the basepaths to come home. I get runners on the corners and like the first pitch I saw. I get too far under it and pop out to the warning track though. Leadoff Walk. Loretta triples 4-1. Sac Fly 4-2.Base hit. Fielders Choice. Liner far to one side of me not playable. 3-1 Out. Gets out of the inning. 4-2 Florida. Thome singles. Griffey Jr Doubles. Ventura RBI ground out. Hidalgo RBI stand-up double. Johnson ground out. Fernandez lifts one to deep RF and it pops out of the glove. He ends up at 2nd base. Hidalgo scores. RBI single Alomar he ends up at 2nd on the throw home. Roller Sheffield ends the inning. Zeile works a long at bat into a walk. Hammonds bloops one over 3B. Aurilia K's. A ball I feel I should have had gets by me for an RBI single. It was a tough play but I make tough plays. We get out with a double play I'm not involved in. I ground out to 2B. Thome beats 1B for a single. Griffey Jr lines out. Ventura works a single in a long at bat also beating 1B. Hidalgo has a 2-RBI Double. Johnson pops out foul to end the inning. 10-3 Florida. Lockhart works a long at bat into a walk. Harnisch K's. We get a 2nd out at the plate from a Sheffield assist. Thome's range gets exploited for an RBI single. Zeile lifts one over the pitcher and past 2nd base to get runners on 1st and 3rd. Hammonds pops out deep to end the inning. 10-4. Fernandez has more arm left and pops out. Alomar doubles for a 4-hit day. Sheffield sac fly. I almost outrun the play but groundout. Unfortunately 2 outs so no RBI. I make an easy out to start their inning off. Loretta hits the right side gap for a single. I get a pop out near the plate. Ventura prevents me from getting all three outs as he waves me off a fly ball. Thome walks. Griffey Jr singles. Ventura flies out without a tag up. Griffey is thrown out at the plate as Hidalgo ends up on 3rd with an RBI-double. Harnisch stays in and K's. Ground out. K. Fernandez stays in and grounds out. Alomar flies out missing out on a 5-hit day. Sheffield gets a base hit up the middle. I work a walk. Thome singles. Bases loaded, 2 out. Griffey Jr likes the first pitch he sees but it doesn't like him much, 3 out. Walk, pull Fernandez for Powell. K. Double play without me involved. Ventura leads off with his 3rd single. Hildalgo gets an RBI-double his fourth double of the game. Johnson goes 0 for 5. Powell stays in and grounds out. Alomar grounds out so misses the 5 hit game again. Loretta grounds out to Alomar. Nevin grounds out to Alomar. Lockhart flies out to Sheffield. Sheffield also has 3 singles. Some of our players should start a band, together we have enough for an album. I add a single going 2 for 5. Thome hits a dinger getting 3 in. Griffey Jr gets one past a diving shortstop. Ventura singles. They finally pull Harnisch. McClaskey gives up an infield single. Hildalgo has 5 hits and 9 bases. Johnson hits into a DP to lose the RBI, 0 for 6 today. Nixon PH's for Powell and gets a 2 run dinger. That gives Alomar a last shot at 5 hits but he goes 4 for 7. 2 Pinch hitters are outs. Then Surhoff goes 3 for 5 with another single. Zeile lines one to the outfield and I don't quite have a play. Hammonds pops out to Sheffield. 18-4. Ballgame. I seem to be out of the semi-slump. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1BB and 5 AB. Average continues to decline reaching .515. Thome gets the player of the game although I think Hidalgo really deserved it. We had 7 of 9 batters at 4+ total bases today. The others had 3 and 2. It was a solid rout. Fernandez improves to 3-0 although his ERA jumps to 4.00. 14 hits and walks over 6 innings don't do his WHIP any favors either. Powell had 2 innings of WHIP free ball and Heredia ended the game ERA free. Lots of records, Hidalgo sets FLO for doubles, and ties NL for doubles. Hidalgo ties FLO for hits. Thome and Ventura tie NL for runs. |
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Garcia vs Hampton
Roskos gets a start at catcher batting .615 so far on the year.
We go 1-2-3 to start. They go ground out, K, hit a catchable ball that just barely gets missed. Line out deep right. Line out. HR Griffey Jr. Ground out Ground out. 1-0 Florida. Steinbach continues to impress with a 1 out single. Strawberry flies out. Nevin lines out. Roskos, Hampton and Alomar ground out. 1-2-3. K, K, Line out deep CF. I double and get my 35th stolen base. Thome doubles he has a habit of making my steal irrelevant which I like because of more offense. Griffey Jr grounds out without advancing the runner. Floyd grounds out to end the inning. 2-0 Florida. Strike Out, long at bat into a walk, ground into fielder's choice. I get my first minor injury at 2B when I'm unable to turn. Fortunately I can stay in the game. Steinbach grounds to me and I get the ball to Alomar to end the inning. Ventura stretches his hit streak to 16 with a single. Roskos wipes it out with a double play ball. Hampton grounds out 3-U to end the inning. Strawberry K's. Nevin flys out. Garcia K's. 4 pitch walk to Alomar. No relay on the FC. I hit a Texas Leaguer for a single. I get my first takeout slide to breakup the double play when Thome hits a FC. Always impressive breaking it up when the guy going to first is that slow. Griffey Jr strands two with a deep fly ball. Amaral gets one past a diving Ventura for 2 bases. Shallow fly ball keeps the runner at 2nd. RBI single for Surhoff 2-1 game. Single for Zeile. Mound visit. RBI double, runners on 2nd and 3rd. Tie game. Steinbach doesn't get the sac fly back far enough and we gun one down at the plate. Ground out. Ventura home run. Roskos walks on 5 pitches. Hampton stays in and singles. Alomar singles, bases loaded one out. Mound Visit. RBI single Sheffield. I hit a 2-RBI single. That's all for Garcia, McClaskey comes in. K. Griffey Jr loads the bases again on a single. Floyd has extra bases taken away by a diving catch in the outfield to get out of the inning. Strawberry walks. I catch a pop out in CF. Ron Gant pinch hits and walks. I start a double play ball as Hammons comes in at CF but Alomar can't turn. Runners at the corners. Loretta hits the top of the fence to get 2 runs in instead of 3. Surhoff has an awkward hit to score Loretta and it's 6-5. Bottalico comes in for Hampton. 4 pitch walk. Full count swinging K to get out of the inning. 6-5 Florida. Ventura gets his 2nd HR (7-5). Roskos lines out to CF. Nixon pinch hits for the pitcher and lines out CF. Alomar hits a liner to RF. We bring in our closer in the 8th. They punish us with long at bats. First a K then a double. Then a 5 pitch K. Their pinch hitter lines out and that's the 8th. They think they can close the 2-run gap and bring in the closer in the 9th. I almost outrun a ground ball but I'm still out number 2. Thome K's and we go 1-2-3. Nen still has gas so he's going to try and last the inning. K. Double. HR. Tie game. Rhodes comes in. Line out, ground out. We go 1-2-3. They fly out then one I don't have a play on goes into Center. Pop out to Alomar. PH groundout to me getting the runner at 2B. Roskos doubles. Hidalgo PH groundouts but gets the runner to 3B. Alomar reach on error, RBI. Sheffield FC. I get the pitch I wanted and go yard for the 2 run dinger (10-7). Thome singles. Griffey Jr FC for out number 3. Magnante gets the relief effort. Line out CF. Double. Groundout runner to 3rd. K. Ballgame. 10-7 in 11. I have a spectacular day going 4 for 6 with 4 RBI's and 2 R's. 8 Total bases with a dinger and a double. To think, the game wanted to sit me today. |
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Timmy KGB vs Kenny Rogers
Reach on Error, Single. I get runners on first and 2nd. I fly out. Sheffield loads the bases with a single and Thome is up. He K's. Ventura hits a fielder's choice and they get out of the inning.
Pop Fly. K. K. Floyd doubles off the wall. Johnson ground out. Milliard ground out advancing the runner to 3rd. Slow grounder by Alomar... the throw.. just in time. K, K, Groundout 3-U. K, I reach on error. The lefty stops me from stealing on 3 attempts and with two strikes they let the batter hit. I get thrown out in an FC. I shake off a back injury on the takeout slide. Thome singles. But we fly out to end the inning. 1-2-3 with a K and a fielding out as pitcher. They barely get him on the grounder. Pop out 3B. Pop out LF. 1-2-3 with a K. Alomar and Griffey Jr have singles. I single to load the bases, we don't challenge the cannon arm very shallow. Sheffield GRAND SLAM (4-0). Thome IF pop-up. Ventura keeps his 17 game hit streak. Floyd singles. Johnson with the RBI single. Ulloa is in. WP, ground ball. Alomar Pops out. 5-0 Marlins. Strawberry gets one to the track but Griffey Jr is there. K. Pop out CF. Single. Then I get one to the track but no further. FC. Thome home run. Ground out. 7-0 Florida. K, 1-pitch pop out, K. Floyd HR. Johnson ground out. Milliard pop out. Alomar rips a single to left. Griffey Jr HR. I eat 10 pitches before tripling. Cho is in at pitcher. Sheffield K's. 1-2-3 with a K. Thome hits a slow grounder and a faster runner would have singled. Ventura grounds one over 2B for a single. Floyd rattles one to the corner an RBI triple. HE HAS HIT FOR THE CYCLE. Johnson singles. Milliard eats a lot of pitches before lining out. Alomar singles. Griffey Jr has a 2-RBI double ending up at 3rd. He has a 5-hit game. I put just a bit too much carry on the ball and it gets to the CF. No RBI. 14-0 Florida. K, K, 1-pitch groundout. Sheffield HR. Thome single. Ventura HR, his 4th of the year. Floyd walks. Cho is lifted for Chergey. Johnson doubles. Milliard lines out, 0 for 6. Alomar sac fly both runners advance. Griffey Jr grounds out. K, K, Zeile PH. He squibs one that goes 2-3. Timmy KGB has pitched a PERFECT GAME striking out 14. He went 2 for 6 with 1 Run bringing his average down to .513. 5 Wins, ERA back to 1.00, good for 1st in the NL. 5 Wins is 1st in the NL as well, 61K's is ahead of Pedro Martinez by a solid 15. He's currently leading the triple crown. Only Orel Hershiser has a lower ERA in the Majors. He leads all pitchers in WHIP, FIP, WAR, rWAR and his OAVG is a staggering .099. He owes his fielders a lot as his BABIP is down to .146. Perfect game is good for player of the game. Ken Griffey Jr ties the FLO record for hits with 5, bringing his average up to .299. |
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Hernandez vs Darwin
Trot Nixon gets a start at RF.
Lineout 1. K. K on Larry Walker. Lineout. Walk, I walk on 4 pitches. Thome RBI single. I steal 3rd. Sheffield RBI single, 18 game hit streak. Nixon 2-RBI triple. Ventura sac fly. Johnson single. Hernandez double, we bat around. Alomar has a 2-RBI single staying at first. Griffey Jr HR. I single, 19 game hit streak. Steal 2nd, get 3rd because the catcher throws it away. Thome lines out as the shortstop makes a fantastic diving catch. Still we pelt them 9-0. I make a play on a routine grounder for the 3rd out of the inning. Gotta feel sorry for Darwin, with the state of the bullpen they left him out there though this. Sheffield singles before he gets two outs. Johnson hits an RBI double. Hernandez K's to end the inning. I play a ground ball deep and throw out the runner easily. Pitcher hits a single. Reed K's. RBI triple for Cairo. Wild pitch, 10-2. Walks him. Walker pops out to Ventura. Alomar pops out. Griffey lines out deep center. I line one to left center field for a single. Get my 38th steal. Thome always makes my baserunning irrelevant, this time he goes yard. Pop out to walker. I backup Ventura. Instead of letting me get it he makes an error. I get the FC at 2nd but can't turn it. Walk. Runners on first and second. Darwin smashes one to RF but we catch it to get out of the inning. 12-2 Marlins. Nixon infield hit. Ventura hits into the DP. Johnson lifts it a bit too much and the CF gets there. Sort of 1-2-3. 3 pitch K, I make a hard charging play on the ball and get a bang-bang out at first. Line out to Alomar. 1 out, Alomar single, Ken Griffey Jr RBI double. I ground out getting Griffey Jr to 3rd. Thome pops out to end the inning, 13-2. I get Walker on a groundout right at me. Helton K's. Thome catches a pop-up. Darwin is finally gassed after 5.1 innings. Haynes comes in and gets a K. But gives up a dinger to Ventura (14-2). Johnson grounds out to short. K, groundout 3B very close to a hit, out. 3 popouts. Nubber 2-3, 3 pitch K, 1 pitch fly out LF. I leadoff with a solo jack (15-2). Thome makes it back-to-back. Sheffield Singles. They reluctantly lift Haynes for Miller. He gets them out of the inning with an out, and then a Robin Ventura double play ball. Hernandez if nearing his pitch count limit. K, pop out. He goes 8.2 but gives up a hit on his last batter. Powell comes in and gives up a single over 2B. A Ventura error loads the bases. The bat makes a solid crack but the ball doesn't go far enough, that's the ball game. 16-2 Florida. I went 3-4 with 3 Runs, 1RBI, 1BB and 3 SB. 6 total bases because of the HR. My BA is up to .524. I know it's a dream to do so but I want to keep it above .500 as long as possible. |
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Fernandez vs Williams
It opens with a rangy diving stop by me, which I unfortunately have to eat. Cairo was too fast. Pop out, single to the right side. Runners at the corners. Big K. Walk. Two outs, bases loaded for Neifi Perez. Ground out to Alomar, they get out of a jam.
Alomar returns it becoming a ground out himself. Floyd gets one down for a single. I work a full count but the grounder doesn't get through at 2B. I get onboard on a FC. Stolen base on a pitchout. Thome pops out. Pop out, Pop Out, K. Ground out, Infield hit Griffey Jr, Ventura hits into a DP. Sort of 1-2-3. I field an easy one and convert the out. K. Floyd makes a diving catch to take away Walker's EBH. Johnson single. Fernandez grounds out getting him to 2nd. Alomar grounds out, runner on third. Floyd grounds out. Still 0-0. Helton singles and injures himself sliding into me to break up the double play. It's not serious. Ventura get an FC ball that Alomar doesn't turn. Sheffield makes a diving catch. Highlight reel play. I see one pitch and single it, getting the 20 game hit streak. I steal 2nd and get 3rd for free as the catcher throws it away. Thome singles me home. 2 deep fly balls follow. Ventura singles putting Thome on 3rd and keeping a 19 game hit streak. Johnson flies out stranding two. I catch a ball halfway up left field for out number 2. A K ends the inning. Fernandez infield pop-up. Alomar ground out, Floyd pop-out. 2 batters work long at bats. But we get 3 up, 3 down. I leadoff and put to too much under it. Thome singles. Sheffield walks. Griffey Jr just barely goes yard. Ventura singles. Mound visit. Base hit Johnson. Fernandez ends his support by hitting into a double play. Still 4-0 Florida. K, Pop out LF, Pop out 1B. Alomar gets one by their diving 2B. Floyd FC. I find the gap in LF for a single. Thome crushes a double and I win vs Helton's arm. We get 2 straight outs stranding him. They leave Williams in and he K's, Reed works a long at bat before being a ground ball out. Base hit. Single. They don't get the runner going for 3rd. Walker goes yard (6-3). Helton works a long at bat into a walk. Mound Visit. Pop out. Nixon PH's with 2 outs and singles. Alomar walks. Floyd walks. They load the bases for me with 2 outs. I get a 2 RBI single. Thome gets and RBI single with runners on the corners now. Ground out Sheffield but the damage is done (9-3). Magnante comes in and gets 2 before they leave Williams in to double. Sheffield gets a fly ball to end the game. I go 3 for 5 with 2 RBI, 2 Runs and 2 SB. My 16 RBI is among the worst on the team, but at least I'm catching up. My AVG improves to .529 and I'm enjoying riding the .500+ run. |
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