Greinke getting hit some in this first inning, poor location on RBI double by Arenado

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trading young number one over all talent for back end of the rotation talent was fundamentally irresponsible. BFDD

Greinke made a decent pitch there, but he still needs to just not come even close to the strike zone with Story

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trading young number one over all talent for back end of the rotation talent was fundamentally irresponsible. BFDD

<first inning summary will go here>

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All yours brother.

Nobody had started a thread, so I figured I'd get the ball rolling

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trading young number one over all talent for back end of the rotation talent was fundamentally irresponsible. BFDD

Blackmon hit a change, the other two hits on 4 seam fastballs. Watched the first inning on game day and got volumes more info than I get from these pompous peacock announcers,

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Thanx.

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OBRIEN: grounder right on the third base line, Arenado makes it look easy with a laser beam to first. 1 out
GOSSELIN: screaming liner, amazing diving stop by Story, and Reynolds keeps his foot on the bag on the wide throw. 2 out
BEEF: flies to right. 1-2-3
at least no one struck out that inning. Lamb and Tomas K'd on sliders in the first
2-0 Colorado going to last of 2

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REYNOLDS: 4 straight fouls. Where's the putaway? home run about 20 feet fair inside the right field foul pole. 3-0 Roxs. Hey, ZG? Where's the diving breaking ball? leave it up and look what he does.
HUNDLEY: threw the diving breaker on the first pitch and Hundley whiffed badly. strikes out on a check swing on a ball almost in the dirt. 1 out
BUTLER: slow bouncer, Segura grabs it, makes sure he has the handle, and guns him down. 2 out
BLACKMON: long drive to the left field corner and O'Brien makes the grab
3-0 Rockies after 2
pitch to Reynolds was a fast ball, fat on the outside

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GREINKE: high fast ball ripped into right for a single. Hanging sinker or slider.
BRITO: fouls off ball 4 low to go 3-2, Long bomb right of center and into the woods out there under the Coors sign. 3-2
SOCRATES BRITO!

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these check swing strike calls are just ridiculous

Tomas didn't even come close on that called check swing.

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trading young number one over all talent for back end of the rotation talent was fundamentally irresponsible. BFDD

SEGURA: 1-2 bounces to short, 1 out
TOMAS: swing and a miss at one in the dirt. Give him a chance to hit in the 2 hole and he responds with two miserable Ks.
GOLDY: smash to left, single
LAMB: can he hit a slider with 2 strikes? foul back on the first pitch on a low fast ball. Good idea. Try to make contact early before the 2 strike slider. LONG DRIVE DEAD CENTER CLEARS AT THE 415!!
JAKE LAMB!!

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OBRIEN: drops one into right for a single. Cargo too far back and can't get it.
GOSSELIN: smash single to left, OB to second
too hard for even Arenado to get it
BEEF: 4- last 25 with 16 strikeouts. grounder to short, over to second
4 run rally wipes out Rox lead, AZ 4, Colorado 3 going to last of 3 in what is shaping up
to be a typical Coors Field slugfest

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Clearly he was ripped off and that may have caused him to lose interest in the AB.

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LEMAHIEU: comebacker to Greinke taken off the dirt. Good fielding position. 1-3, 1 out
ARENADO: ZG paints two pretty fast balls and he stands 0-2. up the middle, Gosselin positioned perfectly, throws him out, 2 out
CARGO: leaves a 2-1 up, and he rips it to left for a single
STORY: bouncer to Lamb, runs toward first double checking to see if he has the handle
and gets him on a close play.
ZG gets his shutdown inning
after 3
4-3 AZ

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GREINKE: works a walk on 3-2.
BRITO: lines to Blackmon, 1 out
SEGURA: Greinke steals second easily. Could have come in standing up. Throw way left.
slap single to right, Greinke held at third.
TOMAS: first and third 1 out. bashed into left center, single, Greinke scores, Segura to third.5-3 AZ

Butler throwing up fat stuff and it's getting hammered
GOLDY:

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GOLDY: looper into left for a single, Segura scores. 6-3
LAMB: roxpen stirring. 1-0 fast ball at the knees. That was the one he wanted. grounds to first, Reynolds started to go to second, held the ball and took the out at first unassisted.
OBRIEN: second and third, 2 out. strikes out swinging 2-3
6-3 AZ going to last of 4
Rox getting murdered now, and it's the Butler that did it.

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Just throw it in the dirt every time to Obrien, he will swing

RABURN: grounds to Lamb, throws way wide to Goldy's right, goes into right field, Raburn to second. E-5
REYNOLDS: bouncer to Lamb, checks Raburn, out at first. 1 out
HUNDLEY: walks on five pitches
BUTLER to bunt for himself: bunts to Greinke, sac works out at first, runners move up
BLACKMON: screaming liner right at Gosselin. anything but right at him, and it's a hit.
6-3 AZ after 4

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GOSSELIN: Butler walks Gosselin and has thrown 98 pitches.
BEEF: single to right, beating the shift, Gosselin to third.
GREINKE: bunt right side. Gosselin caught in a run-down and out. WTF? THat was a safety squeeze and it was not far enough from the defense to work. 3-2-5.
BRITO: first and second 1 out. grounds to short 6-4-3.
YOU KNOW, IF I DIDN'T KNOW IT BEFORE HAND, I WOULD LOOK AT PLAYS LIKE THAT BOTCHED SQUEEZE AND THINK I WAS WATCHING AMATEURS.
midway point
6-3 AZ

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They haven't got the balls to work a suicide squeeze, so they try a safety squeeze
and fuck that up completely.

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