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Back in the day, you choked up with two strikes and chopped a little pepper swing at the pitch.  
That's a pitcher's pitch.  Or it is just a few centimeters from it.  It came in at 96.  Punto got a pitch he couldn't handle and was perturbed that the umpire didn't reward him for that fact.  Even the machine (above) gave the benefit of the doubt to Zunino-Rodney (emphasis on Zunino).  
M's beat the Orcs, Ace vs. Ace, fielding a AAA trio at 1B/LF/RF:  As best I can figure (as of this morning and B-R), there are currently 9 starting OFer's in the AL with OPS's below 90.
Boston:  Bradley (71), Nava (76)
Chicago: DeAza ( 84)
Minn:  Arcea (87)
KC: Aoki (82)
Houston : Grossman (68), Hoes (49)
And Seattle: Chavez (81), Ackley (77)
Because Bradley get the CF bonus, essentially Ackley is the worst starting OF in the league, outside of Houston.  I"ll give Nava the advantage over him, because each and every one of us would prefer to see Nava out there in Safeco's LF.  And which of those guys would you choose Endy over?  Hoes, maybe.  Maybe.....because he's just 24, hit well last year in Houston, and has a career .305-.392 Avg./OBP in nearly 900 AAA PA's.  
Only one of the teams above, KC, is in a playoff race, BTW.
What was it Sean Connery said about bringing a knife to a gunfight?  Well, when we put Endy/Ackley (both) in the OF we've left the knife at home and we've armed ourselves with a fingernail file.  A potent weapon indeed.  
Make the bleepin' move Jack.