4th AB for Beckham
Time: 8:53
Inning: Bottom 7
Situation: One out, no one on. Score tied 5-5.
Outcome: Tapper back to the mound.
Facing a lefty for the first time, John Flanagan, Beckham took a ball before getting fooled on Flanagan's second pitch. He was way out in front, tried to hold up his swing and ended up with a check-swing tapper back to Flanagan. Flanagan's got a real funky delivery and comes from a three-quarters arm slot and the guess here is Beckham didn't see too much of that in high school. Flanagan's tossed three scoreless innings, so it's not just Beckham having trouble picking the ball up.
So Beckham is 1-for-4 tonight. Combined distance of all of his balls in play, I think, would be about 300 feet. But hey, he hasn't struck out yet.
Inning: Bottom 7
Situation: One out, no one on. Score tied 5-5.
Outcome: Tapper back to the mound.
Facing a lefty for the first time, John Flanagan, Beckham took a ball before getting fooled on Flanagan's second pitch. He was way out in front, tried to hold up his swing and ended up with a check-swing tapper back to Flanagan. Flanagan's got a real funky delivery and comes from a three-quarters arm slot and the guess here is Beckham didn't see too much of that in high school. Flanagan's tossed three scoreless innings, so it's not just Beckham having trouble picking the ball up.
So Beckham is 1-for-4 tonight. Combined distance of all of his balls in play, I think, would be about 300 feet. But hey, he hasn't struck out yet.
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