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Game 35
13 – Royals
3 – Texas
WP – Buddy Black (2-3)
LP – Joe Price (2-4)
Sometimes nearly everything clicks. All starters got a hit except Frank White, who did still score once and knock in a run. Wilson and Brett had 4 hits each; Cowens and Wathan had 3. The latter two also had their first home runs of the year. 31 Total bases!
Black pitched OK after missing a week. 6 walks against 2 K's, but only 2 hits and 2 runs. Farr allowed a run in a 3-inning save.
Game 36
10 – Royals
5 – Texas
WP – Mark Gubicza (3-2)
LP – Mike Mason (2-3)
God Bless Texas! Concepcion was the odd man without a hit today. White seems to be breaking from his slump. He and Brett had 3 hits. No home runs, but Sundberg had a triple.
Gubicza pitched well. 3 hits, 3 walks, 3 K's in 7 innings. He gave up an unearned run in the 7th, so with a shutout out of the equation, I wanted to get a couple innings for the bullpen. LaCoss gave up 4 in 1.2 innings. 2 blowouts in his 8 games and his ERA has ballooned to over 10. He has an ERA of 3.17 in the other 8 games.
Game 37
1- Royals
0 – Texas
WP – Bret Saberhagen (4-4)
LP – Dave Rozema (1-3)
Certainly not the same offensive output, just 6 hits and the lone run scored by Willie Wilson in the 3rd off a Brett double, but with Saberhagen in nearly unstoppable form, it didn't matter.
I don't necessarily trust a starter in the 9th with a 1-run lead, but with uneven results from Holland and Quisenberry, I let Saberhagen roll.
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Chicago is the only AL West team over .500, at 18-17. They are up next at home.
I shopped LaCoss, and there is a market for him. The highly paid veteran pitcher market. I could get Phil Niekro for $1m a year, and even Rollie Fingers at $212k a year. Niekro seems like a lot just to push a young starter out of the rotation, but Fingers. It seems a little unrealistic, even with Milwaukee in 6th place.
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My record 13-24; 7th; 6 games behind Chicago
Real Life: 20-18; 4th; 2.5 games behind California
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