Very Peavy-like
Peavy pitched three innings for the United States against Mexico today before Buck Martinez replaced him to start the top of the fourth with Mike "You Forget That I Was Instrumental in Helping the Blue Jays Win the World Series in the Early '90s" Timlin. To summarize, Peavy faced nine batters over three innnings (the mininum for all you math majors), induced two double plays and did not allow a run. In a word, he was dominant.
A pitch-by-pitch, batter-by-batter account follows:
Batter 1: Karim Garcia
Pitch 1: Outside, just off the plate (ball is deservedly thrown into the dugout after the pitch as keepsake I will likely purchase on Ebay someday - Peavy is given fresh ball).
Pitch 2: Inside, moves Garcia off the plate. (Sutcliffe says that Peavy probably threw the first pitch outside on purpose to ensure it would not be fouled off, but "he's trying to throw a strike now." Hey Sutcliffe, I have a tape of Game 5 of the '84 NLCS if you want to get together and watch it sometime, buddy.).
Pitch 3: Low and in. Garcia makes a little contact and hits an easy groundball to Utley ... who slips on the grass and falls and his throw pulls Lee off the bag. Garcia safe at first.
Batter 2: Jorge Cantu (I have a special interest in this at-bat because Cantu was on the Bevormos' last season and performed impeccably).
Pitch 4: Fastball tailing in, called strike.
Pitch 5: Chest high and in, Cantu tips it foul.
Pitch 6: Fastball up and over the plate, Cantu grounds it to A-Rod, who flips it to Utley and on to Lee for the double play.
Batter 3: Vinny Castilla (A battle of teammates. Peavy seems neither concerned nor interested.)
Pitch 7: Fastball middle-in. Castilla grounds it to Jeter and on to Lee for the third out.
First innning summary: 7 pitches, 1 hit (official scorer effs Peavy and gives Garcia a single when Utley slipped), 1 double play.
Batter 4: Erubial Durazo
Pitch 8: Down the pipe, strike looking.
Pitch 9: Down the pipe, a ton of movement, strike looking.
Pitch 10: Down the pipe, a ridiculous amount of late movement, fouled off.
Pitch 11: Inside, diving down and in. Ball.
Pitch 12: Fastball at Durazo's knees, exotically absurd late movement puts ball out over the plate just as it passes by Durazo. He can do nothing with it. Strikeout looking.
Batter 5: Luis A. Garcia
Pitch 13: Inside, Garcia hits soft grounder to Jeter who throws low to Lee. Lee can't scoop it and Garcia is on base. (This one is clearly an error and hard evidence that the U.S. infield is part of a vast inter-league conspiracy to make Peavy pitch from the stretch.)
Batter 6: Adrian Gonzalez (Again, Peavy does not seem concerned facing Padre stalwarts.)
Pitch 14: Some kind of strike. (Candidly, I turned my head to look out at my Times Square view for this pitch and missed what happened in the game. Odds are it was an incredibly nasty pitch which would explain why Gonzalez was in tears when I turned my attention back to the screen.)
Pitch 15: Inside, carves off Gonzalez's wrists and "may have broken his bat." Lee fields the grounder cleanly and the U.S. turns the easy double play. (Conspiracy?)
Second inning summary: 8 pitches, 1 error (Jeter ... phooey), two Adrian Gonzalez wrists, 1 double play.
Batter 7: Geronimo Gil
Pitch 16: Fastball just nips the outside corner.
Pitch 17: Rising, moving fastball. Gil fouls it the opposite way.
Pitch 18: Cut fastball (according to Sutcliffe at least) that dives away and outside and into the dirt. But it dives late and Gil swings and misses and strikes out.
Batter 8: Mario Valenzuela
Pitch 19: Outside corner, moving ... but hits the corner for a strike.
Pitch 20: Foul ball, inside off the wrist.
Pitch 21: Fastball looks like its rising, but then dips just under the swinging bat of Valenzuela. K.
Batter 9: Juan Castro
Pitch 22: Just off the plate, outside. Ball.
Pitch 23: Low strike, Castro laces a soft liner to left center, Griffey eases over and makes the catch.
Third inning summary: 8 pitches, all heart.
In other news, Derrek Lee and Chipper Jones (a two-season Bevormo player who desperately wants to be drafted on to my team again) both went yard in the United States' 2-0 victory.
A pitch-by-pitch, batter-by-batter account follows:
Batter 1: Karim Garcia
Pitch 1: Outside, just off the plate (ball is deservedly thrown into the dugout after the pitch as keepsake I will likely purchase on Ebay someday - Peavy is given fresh ball).
Pitch 2: Inside, moves Garcia off the plate. (Sutcliffe says that Peavy probably threw the first pitch outside on purpose to ensure it would not be fouled off, but "he's trying to throw a strike now." Hey Sutcliffe, I have a tape of Game 5 of the '84 NLCS if you want to get together and watch it sometime, buddy.).
Pitch 3: Low and in. Garcia makes a little contact and hits an easy groundball to Utley ... who slips on the grass and falls and his throw pulls Lee off the bag. Garcia safe at first.
Batter 2: Jorge Cantu (I have a special interest in this at-bat because Cantu was on the Bevormos' last season and performed impeccably).
Pitch 4: Fastball tailing in, called strike.
Pitch 5: Chest high and in, Cantu tips it foul.
Pitch 6: Fastball up and over the plate, Cantu grounds it to A-Rod, who flips it to Utley and on to Lee for the double play.
Batter 3: Vinny Castilla (A battle of teammates. Peavy seems neither concerned nor interested.)
Pitch 7: Fastball middle-in. Castilla grounds it to Jeter and on to Lee for the third out.
First innning summary: 7 pitches, 1 hit (official scorer effs Peavy and gives Garcia a single when Utley slipped), 1 double play.
Batter 4: Erubial Durazo
Pitch 8: Down the pipe, strike looking.
Pitch 9: Down the pipe, a ton of movement, strike looking.
Pitch 10: Down the pipe, a ridiculous amount of late movement, fouled off.
Pitch 11: Inside, diving down and in. Ball.
Pitch 12: Fastball at Durazo's knees, exotically absurd late movement puts ball out over the plate just as it passes by Durazo. He can do nothing with it. Strikeout looking.
Batter 5: Luis A. Garcia
Pitch 13: Inside, Garcia hits soft grounder to Jeter who throws low to Lee. Lee can't scoop it and Garcia is on base. (This one is clearly an error and hard evidence that the U.S. infield is part of a vast inter-league conspiracy to make Peavy pitch from the stretch.)
Batter 6: Adrian Gonzalez (Again, Peavy does not seem concerned facing Padre stalwarts.)
Pitch 14: Some kind of strike. (Candidly, I turned my head to look out at my Times Square view for this pitch and missed what happened in the game. Odds are it was an incredibly nasty pitch which would explain why Gonzalez was in tears when I turned my attention back to the screen.)
Pitch 15: Inside, carves off Gonzalez's wrists and "may have broken his bat." Lee fields the grounder cleanly and the U.S. turns the easy double play. (Conspiracy?)
Second inning summary: 8 pitches, 1 error (Jeter ... phooey), two Adrian Gonzalez wrists, 1 double play.
Batter 7: Geronimo Gil
Pitch 16: Fastball just nips the outside corner.
Pitch 17: Rising, moving fastball. Gil fouls it the opposite way.
Pitch 18: Cut fastball (according to Sutcliffe at least) that dives away and outside and into the dirt. But it dives late and Gil swings and misses and strikes out.
Batter 8: Mario Valenzuela
Pitch 19: Outside corner, moving ... but hits the corner for a strike.
Pitch 20: Foul ball, inside off the wrist.
Pitch 21: Fastball looks like its rising, but then dips just under the swinging bat of Valenzuela. K.
Batter 9: Juan Castro
Pitch 22: Just off the plate, outside. Ball.
Pitch 23: Low strike, Castro laces a soft liner to left center, Griffey eases over and makes the catch.
Third inning summary: 8 pitches, all heart.
In other news, Derrek Lee and Chipper Jones (a two-season Bevormo player who desperately wants to be drafted on to my team again) both went yard in the United States' 2-0 victory.
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