It's not all that detailed — you don't think three or four pitches ahead.
He led off the fifth by getting ahead in the count on Victor Zambrano, 3-1, then fouling off three pitches before lofting a ball to deep right.
Street has racked up 275 saves in 10 years while relying on pinpoint command of his three pitches, getting ahead in counts, an innate feel for hitters and an ability to make pitch-to-pitch adjustments.
Bailey also gets ahead of Buster Posey, striking him out on three pitches.
(Do RBI ground outs kill rallies? Someone get Lyons on his!) Lackey gets ahead 0-2, but Craig doesn't chase the next three pitches.
He used four pitches effectively, worked ahead of hitters and kept the ball down, striking out six in his second victory over Chicago this season.
It took the referee, Iain Williamson, three pitch inspections to give the go-ahead and it is possible there were severe doubts on his part even at 1.15pm, less than two hours before kick-off, when he carried out the last of his checks.
Nine pitches later, the Athletics were ahead, 2-0, and Larry Rothschild, the Yankees' pitching coach, was hurrying out to the mound.
He got ahead, 0-2, on the Cardinals' leadoff hitter, Skip Schumaker, before walking him on nine pitches.
Wendell (1-2) went ahead of Eric Owens, no balls and two strikes, before Owens fouled off four pitches in a 10-pitch at-bat to work a walk.
