1. But Kelly took a fastball for strike three. 2. He fouled off a slider, and took two fastballs out of the strike zone. 3. It appears that TCU took a fastball in the ribs for the Southwest Conference. 4. Lee Stevens takes a fastball on the hip. 5. Mazeroski took a fastball high. 6. Martinez was playing his first game since taking a fastball between the shoulder blades Tuesday from Orioles reliever Armando Benitez, which touched off a bench-clearing brawl. 7. That brought up Erubiel Durazo, who fouled off three sliders, then took a fastball for strike three. 8. Then he would take a fastball over the heart of the plate and push the catcher over. 9. Valentine noted that Payton took a fastball for a strike before fouling a pitch back and grounding out and suggested that maybe the team was not aggressive enough. 10. Wade Boggs took a fastball for a called strike three in the fifth, as did Mark Whiten at the start of the sixth inning. |