2009-03-13 Royals (Greinke) at Brewers (Gallardo) [Brewers win, 5-1]

[1992casey]

This is after the fact as there was no in-game thread started in time for this game, but Gallardo looked good and Fielder homered.

 

From the AP / USAToday:

''Seriously, that was the best pitch I've ever made that got hit over the fence. That was probably the only pitch today that I did exactly what I wanted to do. When I bunted and bunted it foul, I was like, 'How did you hit that?''' Greinke said. ''That pitch was everything I wanted to do. It just shows you how good of a hitter he is.''

Fielder, who told Greinke he was just lucky, laughed about the run-in down the line.

''I just reacted. He throws so hard you can't be looking for anything off speed and he's got a great fastball and it's all down. I was trying to just meet it. I got lucky that time. The next AB, he threw a changeup, same swing, perfect everything but I just missed,'' said Fielder, who finished 2-for-3. ''It's just how it is sometimes.''

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[And That]

What if Mark DiFelice retired all nine men he faced, struck out six of them, and no one started a spring training IGT - would it have really happened?

[1992casey]

No, I don't believe it would have happened. In the same vein, I think we could probably restore Hank Aaron as the home run king by hiding any IGTs for games where Barry Bonds homered against the Brewers.