Edge of Seventeen
Seventeen innings requires seventeen haiku, each of which has seventeen syllables.
Early home run by
Former Milwaukee player
Many beers needed
Chris Davis strikes out
Rain rapping on a tin roof
Repetitive sounds
Is this a repeat
Of the first inning? Solo
home run by Hardy
Reynolds walks, home run
By Andino.The world is
Coming to an end
Miller strikes out side
Can the Red Sox come back?
Middlebrooks grand slam
Valentine should have
Let Miller keep on pitching
Second guessing’s fun
Gonzalez grounded
Into the shift with two on
Eight men left stranded
Dropped foul pop error
By Saltalamacchia
Then drives in a run
Aviles singles
But is caught stealing after
Sweeney struck out, bah
Kevin Gregg can’t fight
With Ortiz thanks to Bobby
McDonald DH
Gammons quipped, “Chavez
Is designated bunter.”
Franklin catches bunt
Pedroia two-out
Base on balls but Gonzalez
Popped out on first pitch
Davis not only
Whiffs but grounds into double
Plays, neat 3-6-3
Middlebrooks rookie
Throwing error doesn’t cost
A run. Lesson learned.
Instead of ending
An inning Gonzalez just
Grounds out leading off
Mistake and Byrd’s on
Aviles’s double lands
Byrd thrown out at home
McDonald roughed up
Davis pitches better than
He hits. Ballmer wins.
| Game 27: May 6, 2012 ∙ 17 innings | ||
 Baltimore Orioles19-9 |
9 |
W: Chris Davis (1-0) |
| 2B: Adam Jones (7), Mark Reynolds (7), Matt Wieters (5), J.J. Hardy (5) HR: Hardy – 2 (6), Robert Andino (2), Jones (8) | ||
| Boston Red Sox 11-16 |
6 |
L: Darnell McDonald (0-1) |
| 2B: Mike Aviles – 2 (8), Jarrod Saltalamacchia (5), David Ortiz (12) HR: Will Middlebrooks (1) | ||
