He has the memory and the ball, although at least one of them already is fading just a bit.
“I think it was off a guy named Hill or Hall,” Andrew Heaney said. “It was a four-letter name. I remember that much.”
Taylor Hill, that’s who gave up a single to Heaney on Sept. 26, 2014, the only hit of Heaney’s big league career in 15 at-bats — until Saturday.
This game marked a somewhat reluctant return to the batter’s box for Heaney, who would have been perfectly comfortable avoiding the place
“I don’t love it,” the left-hander said of hitting.