Tonight the Lookouts play the first of a best of 3 series in the Southern League playoffs. They play at home against Huntsville who has gone 36-6 over the last 42 games since August began.
Tonight the Lookouts play the first of a best of 3 series in the Southern League playoffs. They play at home against Huntsville who has gone 36-6 over the last 42 games since August began.
Top of the 1st
1.Homer Bailey starts off with 2 straight strikes before throwing a ball. Foul ball. Pop up into the stands. Ball 2 high. Foul. Curve ball popped up to one of the outfielders.
2. Strike 1. Foul ball. Ball high. Popped up out of play. Fou ball again on an offspeed pitch. Inside for ball. Double.
3. Ground out to third for the second out of the game.
4. Low for ball 1. Low for ball 2. Strike down the middle. Strike 2 at the knees looking. Low for ball 3. Ball 4 gets away from the catcher and the runner advances to third.
5. Runners on the corners with 2 outs. Foul ball back to the screen. Grounder up the middle, Great play by Anderson Machado to save a run to end the inning.
Bottom of the first
Lookouts go 1-2-3
Just shut him down after this start.
Is that an opinion or did they actually shut him down?Just shut him down after this start.
Opinion.
Bailey pitched well (6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 WP) but he was outdueled by veteran Corey Thurman and two relievers (one of whom was ex-Red Joe Valentine), 2-0. The Lookouts could collect just two hits.
Last year at this time Corey Thurman was finishing up a stint with the Florence Freedom. The Reds gave him a look but he didn't stick with the organization. He had an ERA under 3.00 this year. but he is a 27 year old in AA ball coming back from an arm injury. He was with Toronto in 2002 and 2003.
To see Bailey return to form following that strange outing last time, is really encouraging. To hold Huntsville to 1 run over 6 innings is impressive considering their incredible hot streak coming into the playoffs.
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