Lexington: Lehmann Lays Out

By Chris Glasser - June 04, 2006

Shaun Lehmann may only bat in the .230s for Kentucky, but he's more than made up for it this weekend with his glove work in left field. He made a diving catch on the warning track yesterday, and just now, in the bottom of the fifth with one man on, he tracked down a ball that was drilled to left-center field. It was a ball he had no business catching -- and I'm not the only one who felt that way. CJ Webb, who opened the inning with a single, was already half way to third when Lehmann came out of nowhere to make the diving catch. Lehmann sprung to his feet and fired to first to double up Webb. Pretty good for a guy who, according to press box legend, never played the outfield before this season.