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To: Cactus Jack who wrote (52266)	6/9/2006 5:13:08 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Did you catch the game? I love it when the majors play like Little Leaguers :>) San Francisco 5, Pittsburgh 4 By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Sports Writer June 9, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Eliezer Alfonzo has had quite a first week in the big leagues. First, he hit a two-run homer against the Mets in his debut Saturday at Shea Stadium. He caught ace Jason Schmidt's 16-strikeout game Tuesday night -- then found himself in the middle of the action again two days later in his fourth career start. Alfonzo scored the winning run on a wild pitch by Matt Capps with two outs in the ninth inning, and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 Thursday night. "He's a good player -- a good hitter and a decent catcher," manager Felipe Alou said. "I liked what I saw in spring training." Moises Alou hit a two-run homer and was at the plate with the bases loaded when Capps bounced a pitch past catcher Ronny Paulino and Alfonzo scurried home. Alfonzo, a rookie catcher recently called up from Double-A Connecticut, blooped a single to left to start the inning. Pinch-hitter Steve Finley sacrificed him to second, then Randy Winn reached when second baseman Jose Castillo dropped a catch in shallow right for an error that moved Alfonzo to third. "I can run. I want to steal bases, too," Alfonzo said, noting he didn't have the green light to go. "No chance. He gave me the yellow light." more sports.yahoo.com The bloop single to left was a dying quail that fell into the 3 inch gap between the third baseman and the left fielder. The dropped catch was another dying quail, headed for the 4 foot gap between the second baseman and the right fielder. Castillo caught it going away, and it bounced out; I couldn't tell if he started slipping before or after he lost it. The right fielder should have taken it. I'm sure I watched my LL team pull off the same stunt :>)