End 3 -- 6-0 Gamecocks
posted by David Cloninger, 6/01/2009 07:02:00 PM
Drew Schieber leads off. First-pitch swing and it's deep to short. Bobby Haney has to stretch, throw is there but it bounces and the runner is ruled safe. Looks like Haney had him by a step but oh well.
Jared Avchen up with a man on and nobody out. Brown behind 2-1, then 3-1. Not the way to start off. Got to make him hit this next pitch, no matter what.
Avchen bounces the next pitch through third and no one will touch it. Singles to the bottom two hitters in the order and that will bring up Trent Whitehead. Mark Calvi runs out to talk to Brown.
Whitehead drives the first pitch into the gap but Whit Merrifield's going to run it down. Schieber tags and runs to third but there's one out.
Ryan Wood up. Brown quickly ahead 0-2. He struck him out last time with outside black heat.
Tried the off-speed there, crept too far out, 1-2. Same pitch, 2-2. Ball three almost clips Wood's shin, full count.
Wood fouls down the line -- the Pirates love that location. Keep it here. Payoff, swing and popped up. Scott Wingo settles under it, caught, hustles in to keep the runner at third. Two down.
Stephen Batts up with two on, two outs. He hits one that could be trouble to right, what am I thinking? Jackie Bradley Jr. makes another routine play, inning over.
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Jay Brown up and this game is far from over. A six-run lead just means he can relax a tad.
Drew Schieber leads off. First-pitch swing and it's deep to short. Bobby Haney has to stretch, throw is there but it bounces and the runner is ruled safe. Looks like Haney had him by a step but oh well.
Jared Avchen up with a man on and nobody out. Brown behind 2-1, then 3-1. Not the way to start off. Got to make him hit this next pitch, no matter what.
Avchen bounces the next pitch through third and no one will touch it. Singles to the bottom two hitters in the order and that will bring up Trent Whitehead. Mark Calvi runs out to talk to Brown.
Whitehead drives the first pitch into the gap but Whit Merrifield's going to run it down. Schieber tags and runs to third but there's one out.
Ryan Wood up. Brown quickly ahead 0-2. He struck him out last time with outside black heat.
Tried the off-speed there, crept too far out, 1-2. Same pitch, 2-2. Ball three almost clips Wood's shin, full count.
Wood fouls down the line -- the Pirates love that location. Keep it here. Payoff, swing and popped up. Scott Wingo settles under it, caught, hustles in to keep the runner at third. Two down.
Stephen Batts up with two on, two outs. He hits one that could be trouble to right, what am I thinking? Jackie Bradley Jr. makes another routine play, inning over.
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