From
Chad Jennings:
Mariano Rivera gave up a home run to Rich Thompson -- who went to high school just outside Scranton -- on his second pitch of the game. From there, Rivera was so effective that the first inning kept going after the third out. All told, Rivera retired five in a row in his "one inning" of work. I had him at 18 pitches, 14 strikes. Apparently the Yankees media relations staff had him at 21 pitches, which is a pretty huge difference for that small of a pitch count. Might have been a low point in my note-taking career.
Best moment that came from Rivera's five-out inning: You know how ball players will say "that's one" or "that's two" after the first or second out of an inning? Well after a groundout to shortstop to end the first inning, catcher Chris Stewart held up all five fingers to the infielders and said, "That's five."
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