Luyện nghe bài hát The Blues, Pt. 1

a game worth winnin' the beginnin' of the first inning.
an essential day off since it's playoffs,
and i'm playin' shortstop, fourth in the line-up,
the pitcher's a right-hander with an unorthodox wind-up.
and a move to first, throws a curve, and changes speeds.
can be at times and known to blow the strangest leads.
like the last time we faced him, he turned one
into a loss for his team, and inflated his earned run average.
but today he seems focused and we were out to dry
in the top of the first 'cause he out the side.
but in the bottom half, the bad guys out swingin'.
a lot of coaches like to choose the same route,
bringing the big hitters to the plate, and players are purely speed,
and try to runs and jump out to an early lead.
and this it worked, so we were gonna need a hero,
'cause after one complete, the score's 3 to 0.
off the second, i swung at the first pitch.
no wonder the center fielder 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 us figured out, the question is, can we compete?
he's pitching perfect 3 complete and has a 3-1 lead.

top of the and our lead-off hitter makes it to first base.
and here we go, it's the
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 nobody out and a man in position.
the batter flies out to right, but yo word,
still only one out and a runner on third.
so then the number 3 hitter up to the conventional talk,
showin' where he'll hit, but the intentional walk.
it's an old maneuver they 'cause trouble may follow
unless they get the double from the clean-up hitter and that's me.
the infielder's set up a double play depth when ready,
but i smack a line drive into for a double, bringing two across,
which just it up to me to do the damage in the clean-up spot,
now the score was 3 to 2.
the score the same through five past hits to pretense.
we it close with a dazzling display of defense.
we had to pull the starting pitcher, the one was left handed.
the story of the inning was base runners left stranded
and bullpen activity. but still the job is gettin' it
a perfectly executed hit and run
and what may later prove to be the ultimate catch.
we got a tie game into the seventh inning stretch.