Friday, March 21, 2008

Action? Some. Scoring? None.

Elliot Johnson just made the play of the night in the fifth inning, going behind second base to field Chad Moeller’s roller then spinning and throwing off-balance to first to nail the not-so-speedy Yankee catcher.

Johnson is having an outstanding spring for the Rays. He scored major points in the clubhouse with the way he handled himself after the play-at-the-plate incident two weeks ago here at Legends, and his impressed Maddon with his hitting and his ability to play several positions.

Don’t be surprised if the rookie is in Baltimore on Opening Day.

Sonnanstine ran into a little trouble. Robinson Cano reached on an infield single and moved to second on Moeller’s ground out. Sonny walked Cabrera with two out, but got Damon to line out to Crawford in left to end the threat.

Sonny is have a heck of a night against a good Yankee lineup.

He’s thrown 68 pitches, 43 for strikes.

But the question in the press box is this: Which will happen first? Someone scores a run in this game of North Carolina scores 100 on Mount St. Mary’s.

A side note to the UNC game: My nephew Kyle played lacrosse for the Mountainers.

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