MEDLEN NEARLY MATCHES TEAMMATE

Medlen was denied perfection by one runner

Righty settles for one baserunner exactly one week after Price reaches perfection

Kris Medlen was paying attention May 11. His teammate, left-handed pitcher David Price, threw the first perfect game in BARB history in a 6-0 victory over the visiting Casselton Horned Toads.

May 18, Medlen went out on the mound and faced a total of 28 Frostbite Falls batters—IN the opposition’s home park.

Medlen, one of the less-heralded of the Yuma pitching staff, was perfect through five innings against the Flying Squirrels’ powerful offense.

With one out in the sixth, Frostbite shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria hit a slow hopper to his counterpart, Andrelton Simmons. Simmons, as you may remember, made an outstanding play to close out Price’s perfect game. This was more of a routine play, but he hurried the throw with the speedy Hechavarria heading down the baseline. It bounced and caused Joey Votto to bobble the ball as Hechavarria crossed the bag safely. Clearly a runner, but clearly an error. no room for a hit from the hometown scorekeeper.

Medlen cruised through the rest of the game, throwing 107 pitches and striking out the final two hitters to complete the no-no.

Andrew McCutchen’s homer and two RBI against Frostbite starter Carlos Villanueva provided half of the offense in Yuma’s 4-0 victory to increase their West lead. Frostbite Falls, the East leader for much of the first month of the season, continued to fall behind new leader Worcester.