TWIN FALLS — The ball left Mack Evans’ bat at about a million miles per hour, fast enough to look like a walk-off single right away, fast enough to zip into the centerfield grass quicker than a fighter jet, fast enough to bring every Pocatello fan to their feet and prompt them to raise their arms over their heads.
Just not fast enough for the hero himself.
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