21. However, because of his defense, he could be an ideal late-inning defensive replacement for Kevin Elster, who is consistent at shortstop but lacks range. 22. In the ninth, Trot Nixon, who entered the game as a defensive replacement, had to be told to go to first base after taking ball four. 23. It is a defensive replacement. 24. Lampkin, in the game as a defensive replacement, started the ninth with a line-hugging fly ball to left that Al Martin short-hopped. 25. Luis Sojo is the defensive replacement for Mariano Duncan so Kelly had basically become a pinch-runner. 26. Merloni made his first appearance at short as a late-inning defensive replacement Tuesday. 27. Now a daily ritual, the club turned to defensive replacements in the late innings. 28. Oriole right fielder Tony Tarasco, a defensive replacement, went back to the wall and camped under the descending ball. 29. Outfielder Marvin Benard, a defensive replacement for Glenallen Hill, had the pitch lightly skim his right knee. 30. Slocumb then got Rene Gonzales, who had entered the game as a defensive replacement for Will Clark, to ground out to end the game. |