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Miley or Justin? It’s the players’ choice
chicago — Fans in Chicago might have been a bit surprised last week when the White Sox’ Mark Teahen stepped to the plate against Kansas City. Not only did Justin Bieber throw out the first pitch, but the teen sensation’s hit “Baby” blast- ed through U.S. Cellular Field when Teahen came up to bat. Teahen usually plays a reggaeton song by former teammate Jose Lima’s band and mixes in other tunes such as “Barbie Girl” by Aqua and “A Bay Bay” by Hurri- cane Chris. Not this night. With Bieber at the park, Teahen figured why not use “Baby”? Although he’s not necessarily a die-hard fan of the singer, he said he got turned on to the song a few months ago by his girlfriend and even has it on his iPhone. “The Bieber thing kind of
started as a joke,” Teahen said. Yet teen hits keep popping up
at the ballparks alongside the usual rock, rap and hip hop sta- ples. The Yankees’ Nick Johnson, Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki and Florida’s Cameron Maybin have all used Miley Cyrus’s “Party In The USA” at the plate. Not that they plan to use the songs for the entire season. “I used it for like one day, and
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Ryan Zimmerman shatters his bat in the first inning but is able to muscle the ball into center field for an RBI single to put the Nats up 1-0.
Nationals get no relief against the Rockies
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After the game, Bruney sat in
a video room inside the Nation- als clubhouse, staring at a mon- itor. As he tried to figure it out, he watched what could have been his final performance with the Nationals. Bruney is out of options, meaning he will have to go through waivers if the Nationals send him to Class AAA. The Na- tionals, Manager Jim Riggle- man said, are considering tak- ing that chance. “We’re going to have to talk about it,” Riggleman said. “You’ve got to be able to use your guys how you want to use them. And if you’re down in a game, you’ve got to hold them right there.” Though Bruney marred the
game’s end, the Rockies scored the game-winning run before he entered. Hernández took his second loss of the season, both coming against Jiménez, “the Cy Young [winner] for the first quarter of the season,” Riggle- man said. During the game, Hernández did not think about his counterpart. Afterward, he couldn’t help it. “I lose two games this year,”
Hernández said. “That guy is hot right now. He’s at the top of
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the game.” In the sixth, Hernández put men on first and second with one out, his toughest circum- stance of the day. He struck out Miguel Olivo swinging at a 62- mph curveball. One more out, and the Nationals could have moved on, still tied. With two outs, Ian Stewart roped a line drive to left field. Willie Harris charged the sink- ing liner. He dived at the last in- stant, but he fell inches short. Harris could only trap the ball on a short hop, allowing Troy
Tulowitzki to cruise home with the go-ahead run. After Doug Slaten pitched a scoreless seventh, the Nationals still trailed by only a run enter- ing the eighth. Riggleman did not want to use his best relievers while trailing, preferring to save them for the second game when the Nationals might have a late lead to protect. “Our hands were tied a little bit there,” Riggleman said. If it had not been a double- header, Tyler Clippard, Sean Burnett or Matt Capps would not have stayed in the bullpen. Instead, Bruney came trotting to the mound. Bruney walked the first two
batters he faced but nearly es- caped with two quick outs on balls that didn’t leave the in- field. But a double by Stewart and a two-RBI single by Clint Barmes scored three runs. For the season, Bruney has a 7.64 ERA with 21 hits and 20 walks in
17 2
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innings. “We’ve seen that too many
times,” Riggleman said. “It just wasn’t good enough.” In the top of the sixth, Adam Dunn had tied the game by do- ing something no one had done all season: He hit a home run off Jiménez. Dunn launched a 90- mph change-up into the third deck, about 100 feet above right
field. The first home run Jimé- nez had yielded in 54 innings doubled as the first third-deck blast at Coors Field since Stew- art’s on June 7, 2008. The Nationals struck early against Jiménez, taking a 1-0 lead in the first. Nyjer Morgan led off the game by chopping a single over third baseman Stew- art’s head, then moved to sec- ond on a groundout. With two outs, Ryan Zimmerman shat- tered his bat on a 96-mph fast- ball, but still flared a single up the middle to score Morgan. The run sent Jiménez’s ERA to 1.09, and Hernández looked at the scoreboard and thought, “I’ve got the lowest ERA.” For a fleeting instant the Nationals had the major league leader in ERA (Hernández, 1.03 at the time), wins (Clippard, seven) and saves (Capps, 14). By the end of the afternoon,
Hernández had allowed a pair of solo homers and his ERA had risen to 1.46. The Nationals shook off their
loss between games by singing “Happy Birthday” and present- ing a cake, replete with candles, to Tyler Walker. The Nationals, one of whom was facing an un- certain future, had another game to play.
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ROCKIES 6, NATIONALS 2
Washington
Morgan cf
A.Kennedy 2b A.Dunn 1b
Zimmerman 3b W.Harris lf
I.Rodriguez c Bernadina rf Desmond ss
L.Hernandez p Slaten p
Willingham ph Taveras pr Bruney p
Totals
Colorado
C.Gonzalez cf-lf S.Smith lf
Tulowitzki ss Giambi 1b Olivo c
Stewart 3b Barmes 2b Jimenez p
Fowler ph-cf
Totals
Washington Colorado
AB R H BI BB SO AVG
2 1 2 0 1 0 .274 4 0 0 0 0 0 .247 4 1 1 1 0 1 .256 4 0 3 1 0 0 .337 4 0 0 0 0 0 .169 4 0 0 0 0 1 .353 3 0 1 0 0 1 .279 3 0 0 0 0 1 .255 2 0 0 0 0 1 .067 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
30 2 7 2 1 5 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG
4 0 1 0 0 0 .323 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Spilborghs ph-lf-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Hawpe rf Corpas p
3 1 3 0 1 0 .362 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 1 0 0 1 2 .310 3 2 1 1 1 0 .207 4 1 1 1 0 1 .286 4 1 2 2 0 0 .301 4 0 2 2 0 0 .234 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235
33 6 10 6 3 3 —
100 001 000 — 2 7 0 010 101 03x — 6 10 0
LOB: Washington 4, Colorado 6. 2B: Zimmerman (12), Hawpe 3 (9), Stewart (6). HR: A.Dunn (8), off Jimenez; Giambi (1), off L.Hernandez; Olivo (8), off L.Hernandez. RBI: A.Dunn (18), Zimmerman (23), Giambi (5), Olivo (18), Stewart 2 (20), Barmes 2 (15). CS: Morgan (8), Bernadina (1). S: Morgan.
Washington
L.Hernandez (L, 4-2)
Slaten Bruney
Colorado
IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
6 7 3 3 1 3 100 1.46
1 1 0 0 0 0 10 2.25 1 2 3 3 2 0 22 7.64
IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Jimenez (W, 7-1) 8 7 2 2 1 5 115 1.12 Corpas
HBP: by Jimenez (Willingham). T: 2:29. A: 29,111 (50,449).
HOW THEY SCORED
Nationals first: Morgan singled. A.Ken- nedy grounded out, Morgan to second. Dunn struck out. Zimmerman singled, Morgan scored. W.Harris grounded out.
Nationals, 1-0.
Rockies second: Giambi homered to
right. Olivo grounded out. Stewart grounded out. Barmes singled. Jimenez grounded out to first baseman Dunn.
Tied, 1-1.
Rockies fourth: Giambi popped out.
Olivo homered to center. Stewart fouled
out. Barmes flied out.
Rockies, 2-1.
Nationals sixth: Morgan singled.
A.Kennedy hit into a double play, Mor-
gan out. Dunn homered to right. Zimmer-
man singled. W.Harris grounded out.
Tied, 2-2.
Rockies sixth: Hawpe doubled. Tulo-
witzki grounded into fielder’s choice, Hawpe out. Giambi walked, Tulowitzki to second. Olivo struck out. Stewart sin- gled, Tulowitzki scored, Giambi to sec- ond. Barmes lined out.
Rockies, 3-2.
Rockies eighth: Bruney pitching.
Hawpe walked. Tulowitzki walked, Hawpe to second. Giambi grounded into fielder’s choice, Hawpe to third, Tulo- witzki out. Olivo popped out. Stewart doubled, Hawpe scored, Giambi to third.
Barmes singled, Giambi scored, Stewart
scored. Fowler pinch-hitting for Jimenez. Fowler flied out.
Nyjer Morgan dives back to first base just ahead of a pickoff attempt by Rockies starter Ubaldo Jiménez in the fifth inning at Coors Field.
Final Score: Rockies, 6-2.
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“Party In The USA” by Miley Cyrus, above, has been the choice of several major league players when they step to the plate, but “Baby,” by Justin Bieber, right, recently got singled out by Mark Teahen of the White Sox.
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then got rid of it after the first day. I wanted to change it. It was kind of for laughs,” Maybin said. “It wasn’t too serious.” For Bieber, hearing his song when Teahen stepped to the plate was another neat twist on an eventful day for the 16-year- old. He taped an appearance on
“Oprah” and received star treat- ment at the stadium. He smiled at the sight of his name on the scoreboard during the introduc- tion, and with a black cap and a No. 10 “Bieber” White Sox jersey, he did a good imitation of a big leaguer when he shook off Mark Buehrle behind the plate and glanced toward second like he was checking the runner, all while “Baby” was playing. When Teahen used the song again, Bieber “was sitting up in the box, and we all got excited. He was very honored,” the sing- er’s publicist, Melissa Victor, wrote in an e-mail. To her knowledge, Teahen was
the first player to use a Bieber tune, but if others did, “that would be cool.” “He’s catchy,” said White Sox second baseman Gordon Beck- ham, who uses the Outfield’s “Your Love” when he bats.
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