As in most baseball sims, the player can take direct control of individual fielders, which in the case of Super Mega Baseball 2 helps balance the sometimes incompetent AI, prone to ignoring
a deep fly ball or showing a surprising lack of grounder - chasing hustle without player intervention.
The backs ran back like an outfielder going after
a deep fly ball, while the offensive backs kept time to offensive backfield Coach Merrill Green's «Catch, cut, go, catch, cut, go.»
Gimenez got the Mariners shortstop out on
a deep fly ball on Tuesday night, and he had a helpful suggestion for him:
Jacoby Ellsbury hit
a deep fly ball to center field with the bases loaded in the third inning, but Carrera, who is replacing recently traded Austin Jackson, made the diving catch to save multiple runs from scoring.
In the same vein, wind blowing out can push
deep fly balls into first - row souvenirs.
Not exact matches
As Kisner was drowning his
ball, Matsuyama
flew the green with his approach to the par - 4 eighth with a gap wedge — a shot CBS commentator Dottie Pepper termed a «bad, bad miss» that left Kisner's closest challenger in
deep grass just above the green.
I think both the goals came from a combination of Jenkinson could have done better to snuff out the cross and Coquelin just seeming off the pace, in other games I think he would have gotten to make the challenge but this time he was too
deep and was just another body that the
ball flew past.
More significant than the extra
fly balls are their outcomes: After a career in which about one in nine of his
flies went for homers, Bautista is going
deep on one in five.
Besides his assist for Van Persie from
deep, his other most memorable moment in a midfield role probably came against Newcastle United last season, where Rooney
flew from box to box, starting off a move with a pass out wide before surging forward to meet the return
ball and scoring at the other end.