Found my way over to the
Trident Booksellers Café (about half a mile from Fenway) this morning to rustle up some migas, and since they have them, grab a book to read on the plane down to Houston… First, they didn’t have migas, so the guy at the hotel will have some explaining to do (no worries though - I had a
Mega Benedict which is basically some short rib gravy ladled over giant tots with cheese, poached eggs and hollandaise – a delicious breakfast that I’ll likely pay for later), and second, I grabbed a copy of
Savage Country by Robert Olmsted mostly because the cover looked cool. The blurb on the back sounded bleak though…
20 of 162: Marco Gonzales (2-1, 3.67) @ Matt Andriese (1-0, 5.27)
Loss, 6-3. Things were going fine – not swimmingly, exactly, just fine – until the bottom of the 6th when
Christian Vazquez decided to get cute and burn Marco on a 2-run dinger (
his second on the day) that would ultimately be the difference-maker here.
Bobby Dalbec hit a 2-run blast against his former employer, our defense was stout (
3 expertly crafted double plays), and the pitching was (mostly) good until the 6th. A tough day at the office… just couldn’t find our groove – so, as any downtrodden baseball GM should, I’ll be retiring to my quarters early to drown my sorrows in that classic combo of an ice-cold Sam Adams paired with a bowl of Boston-style clam chowder.
Elsewhere: Baltimore’s
Freddy Galvis went 4 for 4 with a double,
TWO JACKS, 3 RBI, and 3 runs during the Orioles’ complete and utter dismantling of the Oakland Athletics.
Mancini went 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI,
DJ Stewart hit a 3-run blast, and the pitching held firm with
Kremer, Armstrong, and Mattson all contributing to the cause. Good day to be a skipjack city fan.
Record: 15-5
Up Next: We pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and take another crack at these clowns tomorrow in Fenway.