We’re about ~8 weeks into the season now, likely a bit more actually, and we’re starting to get our throwdown groove on - settling into the baseball marathon – like we’re stuck in our own version of Groundhog Day, effortlessly blending bad bounce induced cynicism with wide-eyed sentimentality while learning to love the whole thing – all of it. The short hops, the bad ones, bang-bang plays, a can of corn, and the one that gets lost in the lights… ya know, the whole “it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey” bit… And hey, Texas is in town. And, even though we dropped one to them yesterday, they still suck – so, if nothing else, we have a good shot at getting back on the moped here…
53 of 162: Hyun-jong Yang (1-4, 6.00) @ Logan Gilbert (1-0, 4.85)
Win, 5-4.
Logan looked brilliant tossing the ball to our catcher in this one – 8-innings, 5 hits, 2 earned, a walk, 9 K’s, and his 2nd W with the big club…
Tom Murphy, not content to just frame up a few of
Logan’s less-than-perfect offerings, went 2 for 3 with a 2-run jack, we got additional dingers from
Big Bat Bobby Dalbec (
HIS SEVENTEENTH) and
Fletch, a 2-out RBI from
Dylan Moore (who started in RF today), and no one put a Golden on the board (though,
K-Lew gave it the ol’ college try in an 0 for 4, 3 K day). 10th Save for
David Robertson too… oh, and the run that put us over the top came during the bottom of the 6th on a run-scoring hit by pitch for
Dylan Moore, who told reporters after the game that he was “satisfied” with the win today. We need to get that kid some media training… sheesh.
Vanilla – so, so vanilla.
Elsewhere: Gavin Lux, of Dodgers infamy, went 4 for 5 with THREE DING DONGS, 5 RBI, and 4 runs during LA’s 13-4 shellacking of the San Francisco Giants while Milwaukee’s
Keston Hiura tried to match
Gavin’s output during a 4 for 4 performance that included 2 solo jacks, 3 runs, and a walk – nothing doing though as his club dropped the tilt against the Nationals by a final tally of 12-8. And, because we’re talking about jacks,
Giancarlo Stanton put a 2-run ball out of the park as the Yankees dispatched the Tigers by a score of 7-3. Hell, while we’re at it, who else put balls over the fence today?
McCutchen put one out for Philly, their only run in what was ultimately a 7-1 loss against the Rays,
Adam Eaton put his 6th over the fence for the White Sox as they put the Orioles away by a score of 9-2, and Houston’s
Yordan Alvarez put his league-leading 23rd ball over the fence for Houston as they dropped the Padres by a score of 7-3. In all, there were
FIFTY balls hit beyond the field of play today – and, interestingly, 25 each in the National and American Leagues, respectively. I do like the synergy – but
50 seems like a lot, right?
Record: 35-18
Up Next: We’ll play our 4th and final (well, not "final" final, but you know what I mean) game against the Rangers and do our level best to keep them from knotting things up and securing a split.