“I knew I wasn’t going to strike out looking,” Francisco Rodriguez said of his plate appearance.

“He had some good swings,” Ike Davis said. “You could tell he was inexperienced at the plate, but he wasn’t scared.”

Saturday Rodriguez had his first at-bat in his 10-year major league career. He struck out swinging.

Source: New York Post

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