Springfield Cardinals reliever Frank Speek came on with nobody out and one on in this June 1992 game. He let the next two batters reach, The South Bend Tribune wrote.
Speek then proceeded to strike out the next three batters as South Bend went on to win the game, The Tribune wrote.
"It took two hits to wake me up," Speek told The Tribune afterward. "I think the couple days off I had might have had something to do with it. I felt a little stiff. The first two sliders I hung. I didn't want to be taken out, so I beared down and made good pitches."
Speek struck out those batters in his third season as a pro. That season also turned out to be his last. He topped out at single-A.
Speek's career began in 1990, taken by the Cardinals in the 35th round of the draft out of Liberty University.
At Liberty, Speek went 9-4, with 126 strikeouts, a school record.
Speek started with the Cardinals at rookie Johnson City. He picked up an early win in relief. That August, he picked up another relief win, with one inning of work. He went 3-2 overall, with a 1.78 ERA in 27 appearances.
Speek moved to single-A Savannah for 1991. He saw 48 outings, two starts there. He went 0-4, with a 2.42 ERA.
He then arrived at single-A Springfield for 1992. He saw 58 relief outings there, went 2-1 and ended with a 1.07 ERA to end his career.
Made the Majors:1,418-32.1
Never Made Majors:3,004-67.9%-X
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