Saturday, October 27, 2007

WS Game 3 Bottom 6

Strike one to Holliday. Youk has taken over at first. At 2-2 Holliday grounds sharply to Lowell.
Helton takes strike one. He works it full, and walks on the 8th pitch of the at bat. Todd has seen 24 of the 97 pitches Dice K has thrown tonight.
Ball one to Atkins. Garrett walks on four straight, and that'll do it. With first and second and one out, Tito comes to get Dice K. He wants to stay, but he's done a great job tonight.
Counts, Inning: 18 pitches, only 8 strikes; Game: 101 pitches, 66 strikes.
Javier will pitch to Hawpe; probably be Timlin for Torrealba, and then the seventh.
Hawpe is in the box. He has a first pitch single into left center and Helton comes around to score. 6-1 Sox, men on first and second with one out.
Ball one to Torrealba. Timlin should be in here. The odds would favor Tim against Sullivan more than they do Lopez versus Torrealba. Yorvit knocks in Atkins with a single to Manny. Hawpe stops at second. Still first and second and one out, now 6-2 Sox. That'll get Timlin into the game, as Spilborghs is announced as the pinch-hitter.
Leaving Lopez in for Torrealba may be the first decision that Tito Francona has made that hasn't worked in this World Series.
Timlin throws strike one on a foul tip to Spilborghs. Ball one. Jacoby goes as far as he can to dead center to haul in out number two.
Jeff Baker will hit for Affeldt. A big swing and a miss for strike one. And the same for strike two. Ball one, 1-2. Foul, off to the right side, still 1-2. Ball two. Lugo jumps as high as he can go to snag a liner ticketed for left. Three down. Whew! That saved at least one more; if it had gone to the wall, it'd be 6-4.
Still 6-2, Sox, after 6.

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