 Mertens ready. The pitch in there. Strike one. One strike the count to Ecker. There's two outs. Nobody on. Pitch from Mertens. That's hit up the middle. The second baseman Baumgartner. He gets over to it. Throws it to first. It's in time. So Ecker is out. On the ground out to the second baseman for the third out of the inning. Crookston retired in 1-2-3 fashion for the first time in the game.