Throwing it all out there
Giants 4, Brewers 2
When you watch enough ball, you get a feel for the timing of the game. Game after game, year after year, quietly fills your baseball memory bank. It gives you a heightened sense of anticipation when bat hits ball.
That's why my wheels were turning when Sal Frelick rolled a base hit into right field.
By the time it reached Mike Yastrzemski, I knew we'd have action. All at once you’re gauging the speed of the ball, the runner, and the throw.
The hit dribbled through the infield slowly enough to tempt the runner on first to try for third. Yastrzemski has a strong, accurate arm in right. As he released the ball I figured the runner couldn't have been more than halfway to third base.
The anticipation builds until every force collides in one camera shot. There's the runner hurtling toward third. There's the ball shooting across the frame.
Your baseball brain is running 10,000 calculations in a split second, trying to tell you what's about to happen.
Then it actually happens, the umpire punctuating the moment with a defiant gesture.
Out.
Up next: The Giants go for the series win with Landon Roupp opposing Tobias Myers, who’s making his first start of the season. He faced the Giants a year ago and allowed three runs across five innings. First pitch at 12:45 pm.