Following some touching pregame festivities featuring a couple Bush presidents and an aging but still very much alive Lyle Lovett, it was time for Game 4 of the World Series to get started. Tommy Hunter jogged out to the mound looking to get things off to a good, scoreless start.
World Series Game 4, Giants Vs. Rangers: Tommy Hunter Works Through Early Trouble
It wasn't easy. Andres Torres led off with a groundball up the middle, and though Ian Kinsler was able to range to his right to keep it in the infield, he couldn't make a clean throw to first, and Torres reached base.
Freddy Sanchez then stood in showing bunt, but after a couple pitches Torres took of for second and slid in safely, meaning the Giants had a runner in scoring position with nobody out. And Sanchez worked a long, tough at bat before grounding out to Michael Young.
In stood Aubrey Huff - the Giants' second chance to drive in the runner. But Huff grounded out to first, and with two down and a man on third, Buster Posey came up and bounced a 3-1 cutter to short. Elvis Andrus made the routine play, and Hunter finished off a scoreless frame. It took him 21 pitches.
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