Sure enough, Ichiro Suzuki hit a soft grounder to second and Altuve fielded it.
With two out, Greg Thumm hit a soft grounder to shortstop that he beat out.
The Never Before moment arrived early, when Ortiz, the fourth Boston batter of the evening, hit a soft grounder to the right, where second baseman Matt Carpenter flipped to Kozma to begin a potential double play.
The Red Sox put two runners on in the fifth with two outs on singles by Damon and Nomar Garciaparra, but Walker hit a soft grounder to Zito, who tossed to Scott Hatteberg at first in plenty of time.
Miguel Montero hit a soft grounder to short, but Simmons, shifted toward second base, could only stop it from reaching the outfield, not get an out, and another run came in.
Two down, one on for Andino, and what does he have up his sleeve now? 3.08am BST Orioles 2 - Yankees 1, Top 4th Jeter hits a soft ground ball to Machado who steps on third for the third out - inning over.
The first-base umpire, Jim Joyce, called the 27th Cleveland hitter, Jason Donald, who'd hit a soft infield grounder, safe at first base, though replays — and it may be the most replayed play in baseball history — showed Donald to be out.
But Lieberthal hit a soft liner over the mound and shortstop Rey Ordóñez lunged at it with his feet still on the ground.
But this spring we hit a soft patch.
Service industries in America hit a soft patch in February.
