Cishek retired his first batter in the ninth before Ruben Tejada was hit by a pitch.

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He also walked two and plunked his first batter of the year.

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But I do know that facing his first batter in the ALDS, he got behind Russell Martin 2-0 and then gave Martin something to hit.

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While the first batter Harvey faced homered, Sanabia was bailed out when center fielder Jake Marisnick made a nice catch to rob Mets leadoff hitter Collin Cowgill of a would-be extra base hit.

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He took the mound to thunderous applause, induced a pop-up from the first batter, and then struck out the next two men looking, walking off the mound to another standing ovation, the first two of what are sure to be dozens this year.

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Hudson gave up a hit to the first or second batter in each inning and often found himself in tough spots.

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In the top of the first, the third batter, Ritchie Sexton of the Seattle Mariners, rolled a foul to the backstop.

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Jayson Nix, filling in for Derek Jeter's injured backup, Eduardo Nunez, failed to field a routine grounder that allowed leadoff batter Austin Jackson to reach first.

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"We felt that we probably underperformed a little bit on the first day and as a captain and a top-order batter the last thing I want to do is bat on a wicket that I don't think we can make any runs on, " he said.

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We forget that when deciding whether a batter checked his swing, the homeplate umpire will routinely ask for the alternative perspective from the first or third base umpire before calling a "swing and a miss" a strike.

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