All Manny Machado could do -- after one of the young season's most riveting showdowns between a batter and a pitcher -- was tip his cap.
St. Louis Official Site
By the time Cardinals closer-in-training Jordan Hicks readied to throw the ninth pitch of the at-bat, Manny Machado had his timing against the young, heat-seeking reliever. Machado had fouled off fastballs at 102 mph and 101 mph, and seen six pitches at 100 mph or faster. One of baseball’s newest $300-million men was primed to launch Hicks’ best pitch.
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