#146---ATL @ NYN, 4/25/2010

This isn’t the shortest possible scoresheet for a game that counts, but it’s close. Most of the key moments in this game came with two outs in the first. In the top, Atlanta loaded the bases before Jason Heyward popped up. In the bottom, Jose Reyes dropped a single into left. He stole second on the second pitch to Jason Bay, and on the next pitch Bay singled to Chipper Jones, who threw it away to allow Reyes to score.

Rain came after one pitch was thrown in the top of the sixth. I’ve always thought that would wipe Raul Valdes’ relief appearance out of history, resulting in a pair of complete games after the starters combined to make 199 pitches through five innings, but who really cares about the intricacies of the complete game rule?

My notation for Hanson's strikeout in the second deserves a little exposition. The squiggly line underneath is my symbol for bunt. If its attached to a strikeout, by default it should be interpreted as a foul bunt for the thirds trike. In this case, Hanson offered at the pitch but did not make contact, so the brace indicates a swinging bunt K (the brace is my usual symbol on a pitch letter for a swinging strike, as seen on pitch B to Jose Reyes in the bottom of the first and many other places on the sheet. You could have a backwards K with a bunt line too, in the event the batter showed bunt but took the pitch for strike three.