It was one of the oldest hostelries in all of Scotland, and yet Edinburgh's romantically-named Castle O'Clouts suffered the indignity of being flattened for what would become a DIY chain car park.

In his second at-bat, in the ninth inning, Festa got him swinging at a cutter and looking at a four-seamer to quickly get ahead 0-2. But Eldridge wound down his racing mind and tried to shorten up ...