Ten Top Memphis Sports Moments Of 2010 Part One

9) Redbirds 3, Royals 2 (July 20) — I love introducing baseball fans to AutoZone Park. On this night, a friend from Cincinnati — devoted to his Reds and their Great American Ballpark — joined me behind the home team’s dugout for a nail-biter with division-rival Omaha. St. Louis Cardinal rightfielder Ryan Ludwick — in his first at-bat on a rehab assignment — launched a home run over the centerfield wall to give Memphis a two-run first-inning lead. Also on the field was former Redbirds star Rick Ankiel. Like Ludwick, Ankiel was a member of the 2008 Cardinal outfield and, like Ludwick, was rehabbing an injury on his way back to the Kansas City Royals. (He went 0-4 with three strikeouts.) Lance Lynn struck out 11 Royals and Josh Kinney pitched the ninth to earn a save and send our Ohio visitor home suitably impressed.

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