CINCINNATI – In his first two-bats of the game, both against Reds starter Tanner Roark, Cardinals rookie Tommy Edman had already been fed his recommended daily allowance of curveballs. Roark struck him out twice with a curve, and the only thing that travels faster than a spent sunflower seed through a dugout is a scouting report.
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“I was pretty confident that Stephenson was going to try and spin me, spin me into the ground,” Edman said. “Watching the at-bats before (mine) he was throwing tons of sliders.