Romero

First pitch is a strike, a ball, then a strike swinging, and Romero strikes out looking

Szabo Curveball outside, another ball, fouled off to the right, 2 - 1 fastball high, 3 - 1 fastball is bounced to 2nd baseman Eric King who throws on to Sheldon fore the out.

Drennen first pitch is a curveball strike; second pitch looked like a split finger. Another one bounces. Fastball high to even the count. Drennen homers on the next pitch to right field and there was no doubt at all.

Fornasiere hits a hanging curve up the alley to reight center, he turns at first and ggressively turns it into a double as Clemens takes a tour of the mound.

Conroy is fooled by a curve to start but manages to foul it off in the dirt. Next pitch is a fastball strike, then a fastball off the inside part of the plate. Bakdoor curveball is hacked at, Conroy stays alive. Looks at a breaking ball inside strike three.

2 hits a run and two strikeouts for Roger in the inning

22 pitches in his frst inning, Clemens is expected to throw about 60.

Flores leads off and reaches on an error, and King reaches as well.

With one out, and King and Flores at second and third, Ori taps to the mound and the Captains pitcher catches Flores in a rundown that Flores does well enough in so that King can reach third and Ori can reach second before he is tagged out.

Sheldon singles to short right King scores and they tie the game for Roger Iorg grounds it to Petrucci, who makes another error, and Ori scores 2- 1 Legends Ryan Reed pops to third to end the frame.

Petrucci flies out to Iorg on a 1 - 2 pitch, nice running play for Eli The lefthanded Noviskey takes a fastball high and away, then swings at another heater, foul. Slow breaking ball outside, then maybe a split finger? that's called a strike. Fastball blown past him, strikeout number three.

Sharply breaking split to start off the lefty Pacheco , savage swing, no chance. Another split, this one over, and it's 0 - 2. Fastball inside pushes the Captains first baseman off the plate. Then a sharp breaking pitch that bounces in the dirt to even the count. A couple foul balls off to the right hand side. Fastball that is swung through. Four strikeouts for Rocket, and a 1-2-3 inning.

Koby Clemens, hitting .200 in 45 at bats, just got back from his injury yesterday, count goes to 2 -2. He flies to center fielder Drennen

Mackor just demoted to Lexington from Salem. Wonder if that means Towles was promoted? Don't see anything at the Kentucky.com, but I could be missing it . . .Mackor is HBP

Flores tries to drop down a bunt, like StrosDux says veddy interesting. Flores lines a hit into left, Mackor takes second.

King pops out to the Captains first baseman Pacheco, but like you sometimes see in the minors, no-one is covering second base, and Mackor and Flores are able to move up a base.

Two on in RISP for Manzella, who homers on a very low changeup and it's 5 - 1 Legends. Number five for Tommy

Ori goes to 2 - 1 and another low changeup is grounded to second, inning over.

Rocket has been as high as 92 mph, and he's thrown 38 pitches through two, 26 for strikes.

Valdes the Captains rightfielder grounds a ball to Eric King that King is able to stop, but he can't get up to make the throw in time. It's a single.

Romero goes to a 3 - 1 count when Valdes breaks for second. Mackor throws but the bag is swiped. The 3 - 2 pitch is hit well to Flores but Josh is able to turn on the ball and make an over the shoulder catch at the wall. Valdes taks third

Szabo has a 2 - 2 count when he is hit by pitch. No word if that is retaliation for the Mackor HBP.

Roger has 52 pitches and pitching coach Charley Taylor, who's been in the Astros organization like, forever, goes out and says hello to Rocket.

Hmmmm.

Runners at the corners and one out for Drennen, who homered. Different result here, and did you doubt that? Drennen K's. Two outs.

Fornasiere quickly 0 - 2. Next pitch is a fastball high. Curveball misses, and the announcers are saying that it's been a well-called zone (to their surprise) 'cause these are replacement umps. Strike three swung through K # 6 for Roger, Roger strands the guys at the corner, and that will be all for Roger, he gets the Standing O.

How ya feeling, Rocket?

Ole Sheldon singles, and takes second on a wild pitch that strikes out Eli Iorg.

Ryan Reed strikes out on what I'm beginning to see is Vargas' best pitch, a slow curve.

Koby Clemens hits a double down the left field line, Sheldon scores. Cool. That's double # 3, hit # 10, and RBI # 12 for Koby.

Mackor hacks at a couple of those slow curves, looks at the last one, and the inning is over. But 6 - 1 Legends.

So, so am I. He threw 63 pitches in total. If anything, like, incredible happens, I will surely report, but masochist that I am, I wanna check in on the Cubs game . . . .

Top of the Eighth Now 6 - 4 Legends as James Gant gave up three runs in relief of Clemens and I'm watching Samuel Gervacio throw, who Sickels liked as a dark horse.

Gervacio is known for the outstanding K/BB ratio, he's at 41:14 right now, but watching the guy makes you wonder how.

He's a tall stringbean who even as he's throwing appears to be falling off directly towards first, and is definitely moving away from the batter as the ball is moving towards the plate.

Incredible that he could show any kind of control this way, but there he goes, throws some more strikes.

Gervacio strikes out the side, and got four in three innings while giving up no runs and no walks.

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