And That Happened

Athletics 14, Tigers 4: We had this game on for a bit, got bored and decided to watch some random stuff we had recorded. When the show ended we went back to the game to see the A’s up 14-1. Allison lets out a big “oh for f***’s sake!” and quickly turns on the “Awesom-O” episode of “South Park.” So what I’m saying is, she salvaged the evening for herself a little bit.  Brandon Moss with two homers. Brett Anderson comes back and gets a save because he pitched three innings, coming in to protect a 13-run lead. Saves are the best, you guys.

Dodgers 4, Cubs 0: The story here is all Puig-Puig-Puig, but the better story is Ricky Nolasco, who tossed eight shutout innings while striking out 11. He has given up just four runs over his last 25.1 innings, spanning four starts. He’s 5-0 with a 2.01 ERA since the break. Kershaw, Greinke, Nolasco is no one you want to see in games 1-3 of the NLDS.

Rangers 12, Mariners 4: You’re not gonna see Felix Hernandex give up nine runs (eight earned) in three innings while allowing 11 hits very often. Even the best ones have their bad days.

Nationals 4, Marlins 3: The Nats are playing their best ball of the season, having won seven of eight. Do they have a shot at the wild card? Maybe. Seven games is hard to make up — and they’d have to jump over the D-backs too — but their schedule is insanely weak right now. They are in a stretch where they’ve beaten the Cubs, Royals and Marlins. Then, in order, they have series against the Mets-Phillies-Marlins-Mets-Phillies. After that they still have yet ANOTHER series against the Marlins and one head-to-head against the D-backs. It’s doable.

Red Sox 4, Orioles 3: A pinch-hit bloop single in the bottom of the eighth by Mike Carp gave the Sox the winning margin. Victorino got another RBI. Chris Davis hit his 47th homer.

Pirates 7, Brewers 1: Welcome to the club, Marlon Byrd. The Pirates’ newest player hits a three-run homer. Give him a second t-shirt night.

Blue Jays 7, Yankees 2: The Jays leapt out to a seven-run lead after three with help from an Edwin Encarnacion homer and a passed ball/throwing error combo by Yankees catcher Chris Stewart. Hiroki Kuroda was the best starter the Yankees had going for most of the year but now he’s lost four of five. Mark Reynolds got an emergency start at second base and managed to not make any errors. I haven’t seen game highlights yet, but given how these things usually go, the guy we all mocked when he was penciled in at second probably probably had three web gems or whatever.

Braves 3, Indians 2: A walkoff single for Chris Johnson and a nice night from leadoff man Jordan Schafer (3 for 4, BB, 2 RBI) who singled and stole second to set up Johnson’s heroics. Cleveland is now four back in the wild card race.

Phillies 6, Mets 2: Cole Hamels in a helped-his-own-cause special. Seven strong innings and a two-run single for the Phillies starter. Daisuke Matsuzaka was in vintage Dice-K form: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 BB, 4 ER, 5K and contributed greatly to the game’s three and a half hour running time.

Rays 4, Angels 1: With a losing streak afoot and the Rays coming off a dispiriting late-inning loss, Chris Archer played stopper. He allowed one run in seven innings while the offense scored on singles, sacrifices and an error.

Reds 10, Cardinals 0: Brandon Philips started the day with a rather unfortunate rant at a reporter who criticized his on-base skills. He then managed to get on base twice which totally killed all the snark I had saved up for him. Oh well. The Reds romp behind Jay Bruce’s five-RBI night and Homer Bailey’s solid outing.

White Sox 6, Astros 1: Chris Sale’s fantastic year continues. He struck out 12 in eight innings and allowed just the one run. Avisail Garcia launched a three-run homer.

Rockies 5, Giants 4:  Jhoulys Chacin pitched six and two-thirds no-hit innings and struck out nine. It coulda been a no-decision, what with the Giants staging a rally in the eighth, but it fell just short.

Royals 8, Twins 1: Two homers for Sal Perez. Danny Duffy comes up and takes over Wade Davis’ rotation spot and showed just why he was the better choice, throwing six and two-thirds shutout innings while striking out seven.

Padres 5, Diamondbacks 1: Three driven in for Will Venable, including a two-run homer to help the Padres avoid the sweep.


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Jim
10 years ago

I take it Ms. Allison is a Tigers fan.  Top of 4th and no better today.  Hopefully that quitter Leyland will be able to pull this one out.  Have another cigarette and go to your favorite piano bar, you bum (Leyland).