Costello, Pineda Pull Miracle
Fans Tepid on Future
With the Nine reeling and looking at three games in the mud-pits of Louisville. Rookie Carlos Pineda (who finished the year 7-1 after a late season call-up) put the ballclub on his shoulders and said “this way, boys,” striking out 8 Sluggers and walking only one while throwing 7.2 scoreless innings. He allowed only 3 hits while throwing 90 pitches. Home runs by Dong-po Thum and late-season acquisition Luis Costello provided the 2-0 margin.
“That was a veteran performance right there,” manager Bill Inkster said, noting that—given the team us still behind in the series 2-1, there was still a lot of baseball left to play, but that ifit came down to Pineda throwing in a game seven he’d be fine. “Carlos is cool as a breezy day in April,” he said.
Fans in Ohio continue to be unimpressed.
“We’ve seen this movie before,” said Willow Reid as show cleaned tables after the post-game crowd had thinned at Jake’s Bar. “It’s good to see them win for the scratch, but no one is getting any thoughts of grandeur. Our guys will find a way to fade. Sure as rain, you know?”
That’s baseball, after all.
Especially for Yellow Springs fans in October.