The Blues (Pt. 1) - Buck 65

A game worth winnin' from the beginnin' of the first inning

An essential day off since it’s provincial playoffs

And i’m playin' shortstop, batting fourth in the line-up

The opposing pitcher’s a right-hander with an unorthodox wind-up

And a good move to first, throws a curve, and changes speeds

Can be wild at times and known to blow the strangest leads

Like the last time we faced him, he turned one savage

Lead into a loss for his team, and inflated his earned run average

But today he seems focused and we were stuck out to dry

In the top of the first 'cause he struck out the side

But in the bottom half, the bad guys came out swingin'

A lot of coaches like to choose takin' the same route

Bringing the big hitters to the plate, and players that are purely speed

And try to manufacture runs and jump out to an early lead

And this time it worked, so we were gonna need a hero

'cause after one complete, the score’s already 3 to 0

Leadin' off the second, i swung at the first pitch

No wonder the center fielder back-peddled to the track and settled under it

0 for 1 and can’t get goin'

The ball’s thrown around the horn and back to the pitcher now

And all is going good for the bad guys, but not so hot for the visitors

The big right-hander is takin' no prisoners

He seems to have us figured out, the question is, can we compete?

He’s pitching perfect after 3 complete and has a 3−1 lead

Top of the fourth and our lead-off hitter makes it to first base

And here we go, it’s the worst-case

Scenario for any opposing pitcher because he got a reckon

That the first chance he gets, he’s gonna try to steal second

Which he does.

so for the first time during the mission

We’ve got nobody out and a man in scoring position

The next batter flies out to right, but yo word

That’s still only one out and a runner on third

So then the number 3 hitter steps up to the conventional talk

Showin' where he’ll hit, but draws the intentional walk

It’s an old maneuver they made 'cause trouble may follow

Unless they get the double play from the clean-up hitter and that’s me

The infielder’s set up a double play depth when they’re ready

But i smack a line drive into left-center for a double, bringing two across

Which just leaves it up to me to do the damage in the clean-up spot

'cause now the score was 3 to 2

The score remained the same through five past hits to pretense

We kept it close with a dazzling display of defense

We had to pull the starting pitcher, the one that was left handed

The story of the sixth inning was base runners left stranded

And bullpen activity.

but still the job is gettin' it done

After a perfectly executed hit and run

And what may later prove to be the ultimate game-winning catch

We got a tie game going into the seventh inning stretch