Complex sentence: Drabek allowed an inning-opening double to Pendleton, and then in what would prove to be a crucial play, normally sure-handed second baseman Jose Lind booted David Justice's easy grounder.
Split into simpler sentences: Drabek allowed an inning-opening double to Pendleton. In what would prove to be a crucial play, normally sure-handed second baseman Jose Lind then booted David Justice's easy grounder.