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| that's *right* off the shin |
This was a tough one, to come up short with Berríos pitching like he did through six innings of a seven-inning game. It wouldn't have taken much! And yet the bats were silenced, for the most part, which, I mean, it happens. Something else that happened, but that, unlike those other happenings, pleased me greatly, was when Reese McGuire totally took over the seventh inning. Trevor Richards walked Marwin Gonzalez to open the inning, and then a Christian Vazquez single made it two-on, nobody out. Franchy Cordero (a lot of good names in this story!) dropped what looked like a pretty good bunt down the third base line, so good that if it rolled fair, everybody would have been be safe all aroumnd, so McGuire dove at it -- like totally stretched out -- to touch it in foul territory. It was quite an effort! Later in that same at-bat, McGuire picked Gonzalez off second as Bo Bichette snuck behind him after his secondary lead got a little out of hand. Still in Cordero's at bat, full count this time, Vazquez took off for third, and we had a strike-'em-out, throw-'em-out double play (one of the best kinds) to end the inning. It was a bright moment in a somewhat disappointing game. And yet we have already taken two out of these three so far from a team we are chasing, so what's my problem?
KS
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