Chavez has to hit there after we use Michael Tucker and Howard, ... Lidge throws one of those 90 mile per hour sliders that eats right-handers up. We thought that Chavez could put the ball in play. All we needed was a base hit, and we win the ballgame. We didn't need a home run
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