1. Astacio regularly worked his fastball inside on lefthanders and away to righthanders and had the young Marlins hitters chasing the first pitch. 2. Boldly and consistently, Fassero threw fastballs inside. 3. But instead of pounding the fastball inside, Rogers threw another curveball outside, and Williams smacked a double to left. 4. But Yarnall fell behind in the count to David Segui, fired a fastball inside, and Segui blistered it. 5. Cone started him with a fastball inside for a ball, then came back with a slider on the outside corner for a strike. 6. Cut fastball inside. 7. Hamilton buzzed a fastball inside, intending to knock Ochoa off the plate. 8. He could have wasted a fastball inside. 9. He threw me a couple of fastballs inside. 10. He threw a few fastballs inside but every Mets hitter, Estes included, knew they were not about to get hit in the head. |