AT THE PLATE: Justin Turner hit his..
That's the grizzled meat staring up at us from this plate, next to the potatoes served up in the name of "public health" but which are rotten to the core.
A 0.1 mL aliquot of this culture was plated onto an LB plate, again at 37.0 °C, and colonies from this plate were used to inoculate each of the 115 independent lines for the evolution experiment.
So it should be no surprise that the Cardinals have been unusually clutch at the plate this season.
Also joining the outfield carousel Wednesday was Andrew Brown, who was hot at the plate this month in Class AAA.
Nix is certainly a capable defender who has also looked strong in limited opportunities at the plate this postseason.
"It was time," said Joyner, who was struggling at the plate this season, hitting.243 with three homers and 14 runs batted in.
Despite his troubles at the plate this season, Ventura was in the clean-up spot in the batting order last night.
For Ramirez, who already displayed instinctive patience at the plate, this provided an added incentive to wait on pitches, see them longer, and drive them the opposite way, a rare habit among pros, let alone teen-agers.
The two best hitting catchers in the National League during the regular season entered Game 4 of the N.L. Championship Series here on Thursday relatively quiet at the plate this postseason.
