Diamondback Rally Falls Short

By Tom Jalana
for TJSN.com

Published: May 11, 2009

Like a great heavyweight title bout, the Evergreen Park Diamondbacks and Lansing Nuts exchanged blows inning by inning, with each team’s pitching staff on the receiving end.

Trailing 7-3, the Diamondbacks mounted a late-inning comeback in the bottom of the 7th. With the bases loaded, veteran Sergio Senese sent a 2-1 fastball deep to right-center field, clearing the bases for the D-Backs, putting them within one run of tying the game. The extra-base hit by Senese was his first since last year’s steroid allegations resurfaced in Jose Canseco’s second book, His buttock, my needle, your entertainment.

Senese advanced to third on a pass ball, but was stranded there when Ted Andrysiak grounded out to the shortstop for the third out in the inning.

Said Senese, “I was looking for a pitch to drive. I wanted to pull the ball, but my bat speed is down from last year. I’m just fortunate to make contact with the ball, seeing that my eyes were closed.”

Although the Diamondback rally fell short, signs of their hitting slump coming to an end were evident. In his first at-bat with the Diamondbacks, rookie catcher Karl Gotsch smashed a 385-foot solo homer to left-center field and the rest of the offense contributed with 8 additional hits.

“Next week, we should finally be at full strength,” said manager Joe Cipolla. “We have a hole that we’ve dug for ourselves, and the only way out of it will be by throwing our opponents in this ditch with us.”

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