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Green light: Diaz goes deep on 3-0 count
- Updated: June 5, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Typical baseball logic says not to swing on a 3-0 count with two outs and runners on second and third trailing by three runs in the fifth inning. That’s the situation Cardinals rookie shortstop Aledmys Diaz found himself in as he stared down Giants starter Jeff Samardzija.
Diaz decided to test the odds and promised himself he would only swing if he saw a fastball. When one came his way, he connected for a three-run home run off the left-field foul pole to tie the game. It gave the Cardinals the boost they needed, and St. Louis went on to win, 7-4, Saturday.
“It was quick,” Diaz said. “I didn’t see it hit the foul pole. I just started running and looked at the umpire to say, ‘Fair ball.'”
Diaz is the first Cardinal to hit a home run on a 3-0 count since Mark Reynolds against the Marlins on Aug. 15, …
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