Luyện nghe bài hát The Blues, Pt. 1

a game worth winnin' from the beginnin' of the inning.
an essential day off since it's playoffs,
and i'm shortstop, batting fourth in the line-up,
the opposing pitcher's a right-hander an unorthodox wind-up.
and a good to first, throws a curve, and changes speeds.
can be wild at and known to blow the strangest leads.
like the last time we him, he turned one savage
lead into a loss for his team, and inflated his run average.
but today he focused and we were stuck out to dry
in the top of the first he struck out the side.
but in the bottom half, the bad came out swingin'.
a lot of coaches to choose takin' the same route,
bringing the big hitters to the plate, and that are purely speed,
and try to manufacture runs and jump out to an lead.
and this time it worked, so we were gonna a hero,
'cause one complete, the score's already 3 to 0.
leadin' off the second, i swung at the pitch.
no wonder the center back-peddled to the track and settled under it.
0 for 1 and get goin'.
the ball's around the horn and back to the pitcher now.
and all is good for the bad guys, but not so hot for the visitors.
the big right-hander is no prisoners.
he seems to have us out, the question is, can we compete?
he's pitching perfect 3 complete and has a 3-1 lead.

top of the fourth and our hitter makes it to first base.
and we go, it's the worst-case
scenario for any opposing pitcher because he got a
that the first he gets, he's gonna try to steal second,
he does. so for the first time during the mission,
we've got out and a man in scoring position.
the next batter out to right, but yo word,
that's only one out and a runner on third.
so then the 3 hitter steps up to the conventional talk,
showin' where he'll hit, but the intentional walk.
it's an old maneuver they 'cause trouble may follow
they get the double play from the clean-up hitter and that's me.
the infielder's set up a play depth when they're ready,
but i smack a line drive left-center for a double, bringing two across,
which just it up to me to do the damage in the clean-up spot,
'cause now the was 3 to 2.
the score the same through five past hits to pretense.
we kept it with a dazzling display of defense.
we had to the starting pitcher, the one that was left handed.
the story of the sixth inning was runners left stranded
and bullpen activity. but still the job is gettin' it
after a executed hit and run
and what may later prove to be the ultimate catch.
we got a tie game going into the inning stretch.