We faced Torrance HS in a non-league match up. My son came in to relieve, already down. He was looking pretty good having K'd a few and kept most from hitting anything hard; he fanned Gumbs with a high fastball that I knew he was going to throw. One batter knew he was k'd and started for the dugout before the Blue made the call.
He kept most from hitting anything cleanly until he faced Gumbs again (Gumbs had jacked one off the starting pitcher). He started Gumbs with a cutter that he meant to throw more inside which tailed down and away and then struck the barrel of Gumbs' bat cleanly and firmly and in my son's words "was the longest homerun he's seen." My son said in retrospect he would have thrown the same pitch but more inside.
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