Sunday, July 10, 2011

Beckham plays part in winning Futures rally

Biscuits shortstop Tim Beckham hit the game-tying double and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of Sunday's Futures Game, helping the U.S. team claim a 6-4 win over the World in Phoenix.

Beckham doubled in Grant Green and scored on an Austin Romine single in a three-run eighth for the U.S. Beckham struck out in his other at-bat.

Biscuits pitcher Matt Moore tossed a perfect fourth inning for the Americans. He struck out one and induced two groundouts. Shortstop Hak-Ju Lee of the Rays' high-Class A Charlotte team started for the World and was 0-for-2 with a strikeout.

4 comments:

Kevin G said...

Hey Stacy, I'm really curious about the breaking pitch Moore was throwing. It really, REALLY looked like a slider (according to Gameday and apparently scouts quoted by some reporters) but everything I've seen, read, and heard says his breaking pitch is a curve. Any chance you could ask him about this when (if, I guess, since there's a chance he just gets promoted to Durham) he gets back with the Biscuits? Thanks!

Kevin G said...

Or if there's anything you've noticed or heard this season covering him?

Stacy Long said...

To me, it acts like a slider. Late break. When it's really snapping, almost hits a right-hander's back foot.

But I'll ask.

Kevin G said...

Ben Badler at BaseballAmerica basically said it's a curveball but he throws it so hard that it acts like a slider, which would make sense along with what you said. Thanks.