Thursday, June 7, 2007

Pronkless at the Denouement

Pronkwatch: 2/4, with 1 RBI. 0K, 0BB. Indians lose to KC 4-3.

The good news: Mark Teahen got to feel the power of Pronk's Mojo, as a mighty shot of Pronkitude caused Teahen to misplay a fly ball to right field into an RBI double for Pronk as Kelly Shoppach scored the Indians first run in the 6th.

The bad news: After singling in the 8th to load the bases, Pronk, representing the tying run, was lifted for pinch-runner Franklin Gutierrez. Alas, Gutierrez did not score that inning, and the move had dire consequences, as Gutierrez came up in the ninth with the game on the line and the tying run at third base and the winning run at second base. Gutierrez grounded out weakly to short, ending the game. What would Pronk have done? We'll never know.

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