A pitcher’s duel on a Saturday afternoon. How fitting for these two teams that claim to play ‘small ball,’ or ‘the right way,’ or ‘holy shit we have to bunt because we have limited power.’
Jeff ‘the King of the Anthills’ Albrecht had a perfect first but hiccuped a bit in the 2nd when he allowed a lead-off double. That lead off double turned into a run after an RBI groundout just a few pitches later, but the King was able to work himself out of the inning without any pause.
He’d run into trouble again in the seventh, letting the first two batters he faced get on with back to back basehits.