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A victory from out of left field

By Eric Neel
ESPN.com

Thursday, October 8, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- James Loney was dead. He wished he had hit the ball a little lower, maybe then it would bounce in front of Matt Holliday and he'd have a shot. He wished he had hit the ball a tick higher, because it's tailing away a bit, so maybe it would get over Holliday's glove and he would get on and there'd be reason to hope. But he hit it right at Holliday. With two outs and his team down 2-1 in the ninth inning. He was dead. He knew it before he reached first base. Only it turned out ...

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