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Old 09-30-2011, 12:43 AM   #81
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Game 12-Reyes-ing our game?

Sunday, April 18, 2010

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Rough pitching matchup as we try to salvage one game of the series, but hopefully the returning Jose Reyes and Daniel Murphy will provide a spark. And Pelfrey's better than that record, obviously.

Pelfrey's a little rocky in the bottom of the 1st (we went out 1-2-3 against Wainwright), yielding a leadoff single to Brendan Ryan, but then getting David Freese to hit into a 6-4-3 DP. This gives him enough leeway to give up a single to Prince Albert and walk Matt Holliday, yet still get out of the inning when Ryan Ludwick grounds to Reyes. No sweat, right?

In the top of the 2nd, Jason "Oy" Bay works Wainwright for a lead-off walk, and (after Elijah Dukes and Fernando Tatis strike out), Russ Adams sends a ground ball up the middle for a single. Bay unnecessarily goes for 3B again, but he beats the throw this time, so I don't have to beat him over the head with that copy of Ball Four. (Yet.) Runners on the corners for Rod Barajas, who pulls a line shot…right into the glove of Freese at third to end the inning. Damn.

Pelfrey gives up a leadoff walk to Colby Rasmus in the bottom half, then gets Skip Schumaker to hit into the 4-6-3 DP, once more helped by the pitcher's friend. Yadier Molina rolls one past Pelfrey for an infield hit, but Wainwright pops up, and we're still scoreless.

With one out in the 3rd, Reyes announces his return with a shot into the RF gap, good for two bases. (Probably didn't try for the triple because he's still cautious about the knee.) Luis Castillo flies to left, but Murphy lines a hit to short left, and Reyes (going on contact with two out) scores easily. Almost as easily as Wainwright then picks Murphy off 1st to end the inning. But still, a lead is a lead. 1-0.

Freese doubles over Bay's head with one out in the bottom half, but after Pujols lines softly to center and Holliday walks again, Ludwick hits into another force play to end the threat. Seven baserunners for the Cards in 3 innings…but no runs yet.

Deciding he hasn't put enough men on base yet, Pelfrey hits Rasmus with a pitch to open the home 4th. Rasmus promptly gets thrown out trying to steal second, so after Schumaker flies out, two-out singles by Yadi and Wainwright do no harm when Ryan strikes out to end it. 4 innings, 10 baserunners…no runs.

Wainwright strikes out the side in the top of the 5th, and Pelfrey starts the bottom of the frame as usual this game…walking Freese and surrendering a single to Pujols. For a second, it looks as though the brinkmanship is about to blow up, as Holliday crunches one to deepest center…but Dukes backs against the wall and it's just a long out. However, Ludwick spoils the script by banging a double off the fence in left-center, scoring Freese, and with two on and one out, Jerry concedes the run by playing the infield back, and Rasmus's grounder to 2B scores Pujols to give the Redbirds the lead. Worse, Schumaker yanks a grounder down the 1B-line, doubling in Ludwick, and it's 3-1. Pelfrey gets Molina to ground to third and end the inning, but his danger-defying act has collapsed like a house of Cards.

Reyes starts the 6th by working a full count and then pulling a grounder through the right-side hole for a leadoff hit. Castillo bunts him to second and Murphy pulls a grounder to second, giving St. Louis the second out, but moving Reyes to third. "Clutch-hitting" Jason Bay makes a mockery of my sarcastic quotes by pulling a hit through the left-side hole, and it's 3-2 now. Dukes walks and so does Tatis, loading the bases for Adams. He had a hit earlier, but here he merely takes a strike and then grounds out to shortstop, so we blow the chance to tie the game. Rats.

Pelfrey's thrown 100 pitches, not many of them very well, so Jerry pulls him (good move, Jerry) and brings in "Kick-Me" Calero (why, Jerry? Why????). Calero yields Wainwright's 2nd hit of the game to lead off the 6th, and then Ryan singles to put two aboard. But Freese tries to bunt the runners along and only manages to force Wainwright at 3rd, Albert's liner goes right into the glove of our new third-baseman, Grampa Omar Vizquel (double-switched into the game with Kick-Me), and Holliday grounds to Omar and we're out of the inning, amazingly.

Omar keeps up the good work with a one-out double over the 1st base bag in the top of the 7th, and LaRussa decides that's enough for Wainwright, bringing in Kyle McClellan. "K-Mac" gets Reyes on a soft bloop back to the mound, but then Castillo lines a one-hopper right in front of Ludwick and Vizquel speeds around third and…stops. Tempting to have him try to score, but Omar probably did the right thing by leaving it up to Murph…who taps a dribbler in front of the plate and is easily retired, so nuts to that theory! Sigh.

In comes Pedro Feliciano to pitch the bottom of the 7th. Unfortunately, in memory of his fellow lefty getting sent down, Pedro has decided to do his "Hisanori Takahashi Tak-on Runs" impression. A double by Ludwick, an intentional walk to pinch-hitter Allen Craig, and singles by Schumaker, Molina, and pinch-hitter Felipe Lopez are good for two runs, loaded bases, and a belated call for Nelson Figueroa. Who is awesome at getting out of the bases-loaded, none-out jam but it's still 5-2, Cards. Not looking good.

Bay lines a double down the LF line to start the 8th off Trever Miller, and LaRussa calls for Jason Motte, who promptly plunks Dukes with a pitch to bring the tying run to the plate. But Omir Santos (double-switched in with Feliciano) strikes out and LaRussa calls for LHP Dennys Reyes to face the left-handed Adams. Rather than use Jeff Francoeur as a pinch-hitter, Jerry sticks with Adams…who grounds into a 6-4-3 rally-killing DP. You know, Frenchy may be an out machine, what with him swinging at pretty much every pitch, but he usually only makes one out at a time. Just sayin'.

Francisco Rodriguez handles the Cardinals in the 8th, and now it's our last shot, against Ryan Franklin. Henry Blanco (our third catcher of the day, due to another double-switch) swings at the first pitch and flies to left. Vizquel also swings at the first pitch, but "Little O" provides a little "o" by lining a single to short left. Reyes battles to a 2-2 count and then whistles a liner into center field. Schumaker (who moved to CF when Craig hit for Rasmus) is too slow to cut it off, and it skips past Skip for an RBI triple.

Man on third, one man out, 5-3 game. Tying run at the plate. Unfortunately, the tying run in question is Castillo, who taps back to the mound for the second out. So now it's all up to Murph. Last time up in the clutch, he barely hit the ball 10 feet. But here takes a swing and lifts one high and deep and…caught against the fence in dead center. Ugh. So close. Why couldn't Schumaker mess this one up, too?

So the Cardinals blew a ton of chances early on (Pelfrey got 15 outs, allowed 14 baserunners) but then scored their runs, we blew a ton of chances late (5 left in scoring position in the last 4 innings) and didn't get enough runs, and Feliciano giving up the "Tak-on" Runs cost us the game. Muddah-fuggah. Let's get out of this town.

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Jose Reyes (3-5, 2B, 3B, RBI, 2 R. Welcome back, sir, welcome back.)
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Old 09-30-2011, 07:25 PM   #82
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Around the Majors, April 18th.

Other Games (HOME teams in CAPS)

YANKEES 8, rangers 4
- A-Rod double keys decisive 4-run 7th for Pinstripers
white sox 6, INDIANS 5 (10)
- 2-out double by Ramirez ties it in 9th, 2-out double by Kroeger wins it in 10th
BLUE JAYS 5, angels 2
- J. Buck 2-2, 2B, 2 BB, 3 R
RAYS 6, red sox 3
- Beltre error in 9th opens door for 4 UER off of Papelbon
royals 6, TWINS 5
- Ankiel bases-loaded 2B keys 5-run 7th for KC, overcoming 5-1deficit
ATHLETICS 6, orioles 1
- Uehara knocked out (3 IP, 5 R) in season debut
tigers 5, MARINERS 0
- Detroit completes sweep behind Scherzer (6 IP, 3 H, 2 bb, 11 K); Mariners fall to 1-12 on year.


rockies 7, BRAVES 0
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PHILLIES 3, marlins 2
- Werth HR in 7th provides margin
brewers 6, NATIONALS 4
- 3-run 7th breaks 3-3 tie for Milwaukee
reds 16, PIRATES 12
- teams combine for 11 runs in 1st 3 inns, none in middle 3, 17 in last 3.
astros 4, CUBS 3
- Berkman HR, 3 RBI helps build 4-0 lead; Chicago gets 1 in 7th, 8th, 9th, but falls short
diamondbacks 1, PADRES 0
- S. Drew HR in 2nd is only run; E. Jackson/Qualls combine on 4-hitter
DODGERS 12, giants 9
- SF rallies to lead 9-8 in 6th, but Loney HR in 6th, Furcal 3B in 7th send G-Men to 9th straight loss

transactions

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Old 10-01-2011, 02:13 PM   #83
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Sorry to see that the "Tak on Runs" continues to live on....
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Yeah, that'a a tradition I could do without.

Thanks for the feedback, btw. And sorry about my taking a week off from this…let's get the show (back) on the road, shall we?
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Weekly Wrap-up, April 18th.

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A quick look around the standiings at week's end reveals a lot of teams jockeying for position, with only the A's and the Dodgers off to legitimately strong starts. The Mariners and Giants, by contrast, are off to horrific beginnings, being the only ones to keep our Mets (losers of 9 of our last 10 games) from the ultimate embarrassment.

Alberto Callaspo and Rick Ankiel's hot hitting has moved KC to the top of the AL Central (Zack Greinke doesn't seem to be hurting the Royals, either), John Lackey has settled in nicely with the Red Sox, and rookies Julio Borbon (Rangers) and Michael Brantley (Indians) are running wild on the basepaths. In the NL, Randy Wolf has 3 of the struggling Brewers' 5 wins, and Bobby Crosby's hot hitting still can't stop the Pirates from being the Pirates. (Actually, the Buccos are just 1-8 apart from their sweep of the Giants, but that's still better than we're doing, so I can't mock.) Aaron Cook and Josh Hammel have gotten off to strong starts (as well we know…) and are keeping the Rockies in the race.

NL Player of the Week: Hanley Ramirez, Marlins (14/25, 5 HR, 10 RBI)
AL Player of the Week; Nick Swisher, Yankees (9/21, 4 HR, 6 RBI)

More next week, as we see how the picture changes.
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Game 13-The Cubforts of Home?

Monday, April 19, 2010

Chicago Cubs (7-5; 3-3 on road)
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New York Mets (3-9; 2-4 at home)

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3-9. Not good. Time to turn things around, now that we're back home…where we had a 4-game losing streak before we left. Have to hope Maine feels like being a stopper, or we'll be working on a new 4-game skid. Fingers crossed…

Maine looks good in getting the first two outs in the 1st, but then Aramis Ramirez grounds a hit through the left side of the infield, and Derrek Lee sends the first pitch into the bullpen for a 2-0 Chicago lead. Welcome home, huh?

Zambrano starts the bottom of the first by striking out Jose Reyes and Augie Ojeda, but Daniel Murphy opposite-fields one through that same left-side hole, and Jason Bay drops a fly ball on the left field line, good for a single. Alfonso Soriano cuts the ball off, and Murphy holds at second. Elijah Dukes steps up, and grounds one right to Ramirez…who is kind enough to throw it in the dirt, past Lee for a 2-base error and a run for us. Luis Castillo, with two men in scoring position, grounds to Lee, and it remains 2-1, Cubbies.

Skip ahead to the home 3rd, and Reyes works a 3-2 count, then pulls a ball into short right and speeds into 2B, ahead of Kosuke Fukudome's throw. Augie bunts Reyes to third, and then, on a full-count, Murphy leans into one and cranks it off the wall in deepest left-center, good for a triple and a tie game. Bay then hits a fly ball to right, deep enough to score Murphy, except for one thing…Zambrano has already wild-pitched Murph home. So no sac fly for Bay, just the second out of the inning. Dukes also flies out, leaving us with the 3-2 lead.

Maine gets the Cubs 1-2-3 in the 4th…or he would if Murphy didn't drop Reyes's throw on what should have been the third out, allowing Soriano to reach. A Koyie Hill flare into short center sends Soriano and his $18 million salary speeding to third, but Maine gets Mike Fontenot to ground to Reyes, who goes to Castillo for the force this time, and ends the inning.

In the bottom of the 4th, Fernando Tatis draws a 1-out walk, goes to second on a grounder by Omir Santos, and zips around to score when a clutch-hitting Maine laces one past Fontenot and up the middle for an RBI. Reyes grounds to Fontenot, but D-Lee decides to prove he can prolong an inning just as well as Murphy can, and drops the third-out throw. Ojeda lines a single up the middle past Fontenot to load the bases, and Murphy fouls off one 3-2 pitch and then takes ball 4, forcing in Maine and forcing out Zambrano. For some reason, lefty John Grabow is summoned to face the righthanded Bay, but as he gets Jason to roll to Fontenot for the third out (Lee holding the throw, this time), it works fine. Still, we're up 5-2, now.

Maine gives one back in the top of the 5th, allowing a one-out single by Fukudome, who advances on Ryan "The Riot" Theriot's grounder and scores on a line single to short left by Ramirez. But he strikes out Lee, and is through 5 innings, and we still have a 5-3 lead.

Maine's still shaky to start the 6th, though, and Marlon Byrd greets him with a line single up the middle. Soriano helpfully hits into a 6-4-3 DP, but Hill singles to third (Augie knocks the ball down behind the bag to save extra bases, but has no play at 1st, even with a catcher running), Fontenot walks, and pinch-hitter Xavier Nady singles to right-center, cutting the lead to one run, and sending Maine to the showers.

In comes Luke Hochevar, luke-ing to keep both the lead and his 0.00 ERA intact. He does so…for one pitch, before Fukudome drills the 0-1 pitch past Bay in right. Bay, playing out of position (Tatis is in left today), may have a right-fielder's arm, but he doesn't cut off balls down the RF line as well as he did on the LF line; by the time he corrals it in the corner, Fukudome has a triple and the Cubbies have a 6-5 lead.

Hochevar, apparently rattled, walks Theriot on four pitches, then grooves one to Ramirez, who singles to right to score Fukudome and move Theriot to third. Pitching Coach Dan Warthen heads to the mound, to calm Hochevar down and discuss how to pitch to Lee. Luke takes a breath and fires one in…and Lee puts it in the left-field seats for his second homer of the game. Somehow, I don't think that's what he and Warthen were discussing. Holy Budweiser, all of a sudden, it's 10-5, Cubs. 7 runs in, and we get our first look at Raul Valdes for the season. (He gets Byrd to ground out to end it.)

Valdes also pitches a nice 7th, but after he gets one out in the 8th, Jerry decides that's enough and brings in Pedro Feliciano. Which is rapidly starting to look like as good of an idea as dipping your genitals in ice water and attempting to have sex with a wall socket. Feliciano gets the second out, but then walks Ramirez, walks Lee, gives up a two-run double to Byrd and a 2-run HR to Soriano. Four tack-on runs, not that it mattered. K-Rod gets the last four outs for us, we get a couple of guys on in the 9th, but come on, we're dead. 14-5, after leading 5-2. Four losses in a row, five straight at home, 10 of 11 overall. I think I'll go try to find a lonely wall socket.

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Around the Majors, April 19th.

Other Games (HOME teams in CAPS)

rockies 9, NATIONALS 0
- Hammel (0.41 ERA), Beimel combine on 2-hitter

DIAMONDBACKS 4, cardinals 2
- Kelly Johnson 3-4, 2B, 3B

PADRES 12, giants 3
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rays 10, RED SOX 0
- Tampa Bay gets 8 XBH, Niemann/Wheeler hold Boston to 8 singles

royals 12, BLUE JAYS 3
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ANGELS 5, tigers 4
- Halos score 2 with 2 out in 9th to beat Valverde

MARINERS 11, orioles 1
- Rowland-Smith goes 7 scoreless to win his (and Seattle's) 2nd game of season
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Game 14-Cubtably Numb

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Chicago Cubs (8-5, 4-3 on road)
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So we've lost four in a row, five in a row at home, and 10 out of 11 overall. And we have Ollie on the mound, pitching against an opponent whose ERA is roughly one-ninth of Ollie's. Well, that's why we're paying Ollie the $12 mill, right? Right?

OTOH, seeing as today is 4/20, maybe I'd be better off just smoking up and vegging out…

Ollie allows a two-out double to Aramis Ramirez in the 1st, but K's Derrek Lee to end the frame, and in the bottom of the inning, Jose Reyes draws a four-pitch walk to start things off. One out later, Daniel Murphy drops a single into short left, moving Reyes to second, and then Jason Bay takes three balls, takes a strike, and takes ball four to load the bases. Up steps Elijah Dukes, and he rolls into a 6-4-3 DP to end the inning. Looks as though Elijah's dead arm has been replaced by a dead bat. Blecch.

Xavier Nady lines a single to right to start the 2nd, and Alfonso Soriano follows by grounding a hit up the middle to put two on. Ollie walks Geovany Soto, loading the bases, and I reach for my bong. I can't get the damn thing lit before Jeff Baker, the Touchdown Maker, bloops one over Murphy's hit to score two runs, though. Way to kill my buzz.

Wells can't bunt the runners out, popping out the attempt, and Ollie then strikes out Ryan Theriot. He walks Marlon Byrd to re-load the bases, but just as I take my first drag, he gets Ramirez to ground out to 3B, and we escape, only down 2-0.

Move to the bottom of the third, and Reyes starts things again by singling to left-center. Augie Ojeda is up next and the count goes full on him. Reyes takes off, and Soto so desperately wants to make the strike-'em-out-throw-'em-out DP that he grabs the ball before it's through the strike zone; Ojeda's swing hits the mitt, and that's catcher's interference and two aboard. Murphy takes a ball and then the runners break on the 1-0 pitch. Murphy takes it for strike 1, but Soto throws the ball into left field, allowing Reyes to score and Ojeda to reach third. And when Murph then grounds out to second base, Ojeda scores to tie the game. Neat.

But, we're not done yet. Bay singles to left-center. Dukes hits another grounder, but this time it's just a force at second, and when Frank Catalanotto (making his first start of the season) lines one down the right field line for a double (his first hit of the season), the speedy Dukes speeds home with the lead run. Russ Adams then grounds out, but a lead is a lead.

Bottom of the 4th, and Rod Barajas singles through the left-side hole leading off. Ollie bunts him to 2nd, but Reyes pops up for the second out. But Ojeda walks to put two on, and Murphy pulls a grounder over the first-base bag…and all the way into the corner for a 2-RBI triple, and the end of Wells's day. Jeff Gray gets Bay to fly out to right, but we now lead 5-2. (Of course, we led 5-2 after 4 innings yesterday, too…)

Ramirez doubles off the wall in left-center to start the fourth, and after Lee grounds out to Ojeda at 3rd, Nady smacks one through the middle for a hit. Dukes charges in as Ramirez takes the turn for home…and I guess the arm isn't dead any more, because Ramirez is out at the plate. Nice work, Elijah! Ollie strikes out Soriano, and that's all for the top of the 5th.

Dukes works a walk to start the bottom of the inning, and after Frank C strikes out, Adams lines one down the right-field line (man, we're hitting everything there today!), putting two in scoring position. Barajas is intentionally walked to fill the bases for Ollie, who works the count to 2-2…and then hits into the 4-6-3 inning-ender. Ah, damn. Back to the bong, I guess.

And I'm definitely needing some herbal therapy when Jerry brings in Kick-Me Calero to pitch the 6th. Um, Jerry, if you weren't going to let Ollie pitch any more, then why didn't you pinch-hit for him just now? What are you smoking? Not to mention the fact that Calero would drive Nancy Reagan to a heroin habit.

But Kick-Me, despite surrendering a one-out double to Baker, gets through the inning unscathed. I think. Perhaps I'm hallucinating now?

Reyes starts an inning for the third time this game in the bottom of the 6th, and he singles off Esmailin Caridad, getting on-base as a lead-off hitter for the third time. Jose, Jose, Jose! Jose! steals second, goes to third on Ojeda's grounder, but is stranded when Murphy pops up and Bay flies out. Still just 5-2, us.

Luke Hochevar redeems himself a bit for yesterday with a perfect 7th, and Nelson Figueroa comes on for the 8th. He walks Nady to lead it off, strikes out Soriano, gives up a single to Soto, and K's Baker. The lefty Kosuke Fukudome comes out to pinch-hit, so Jerry calls for the lefty Raul Valdes. Valdes throws three pitches, and Fukudome swings at all three and misses all three. Nice. I'm liking today's bullpen work. Where are those potato chips, again?

Reyes doesn't lead off the bottom of the 8th, coming up after Gary "O-fer" Matthews grounds out. So Jose takes two strikes from Justin Berg…and then pulls one over the RF fence. Nice!! Get me some trail mix! 6-2, Mets.

Valdes gives up a Theriot single to start the 9th, then hits Byrd with a pitch. Harsh. Save situation now, but no K-Rod, probably because he had to get four outs yesterday. Valdes gets Ramirez to hit into a force, placing runners at the corners, and then strikes out Lee for the second out. But Nady doubles in the left-field gap to score one run and put men on 2nd and 3rd, making Soriano the tying run at the plate. Still no K-Rod.

And not needed, as Soriano grounds to short to end the game. 6-3 putout, 6-3 win for us. Sweet, dude! Who's up for hackeysack?

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Around the Majors, April 20th.

With the San Francisco Giants (thought by some to be a contender this year ) currently struggling at an MLB-worst 1-12 record, and riding a 10-game losing streak, I've decided to institute a new feature here. Welcome to:

GIANTS WATCH

We'll spotlight each Giants game, until they snap their skid. Because misery loves company.

Tonight, the G-Men played in San Diego, where Chase Headley had chased them off on Monday night with a 4-5 game, including a HR and 4 RBI. Clayton Richard vs. Barry Zito.

The Giants struck first. In the 2nd inning, Mark DeRosa hit a leadoff double and then scored when Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera fielded a grounder by Gary Sheffield and threw the ball away. Two outs later, a Ryan Rohlinger grounder got through the left side, scoring Sheffield for a 2-0 lead.

In the bottom of the 2nd, Zito walked Kyle Blanks and Headley, got Tony Gwynn Jr. on a force-out, walked Yorvit Torreabla to load the bases, and then walked Richard and Cabrera to force in two runs, before retiring the side. 2-2.

In the third, Headley homered for a 3-2 San Diego lead, and in the 4th, errors by 3B Pablo Sandoval and CF Fred Lewis put two on board for Oscar Salazar to triple home, and then Adrian Gonzalez doubled in Salazar and it was 6-2. Headley homered again in the 5th, making the final score 7-2, Padres. 11 straight losses for SF.


Other Games (HOME teams in CAPS):

royals 4, BLUE JAYS 3
- 6 of 7 runs in game score on solo shots; DeJesus in the 6th wins it.
rangers 4, RED SOX 3
- Sox hit 3 solo HRs, but never catch up after Kinsler triple sparks 2-run 1st.
rays 9, WHITE SOX 3
- Floyd pounded (2.1 IP, 7 H, 7R, 6 ER) and Price cruises.
TWINS 4, indians 2
- Baker takes 2-hitter into 9th before A. Cabrera HR spoils shutout.
ANGELS 11, tigers 10 (10 inns)
- Halo pen blows 9-3 lead in last 2 frames, but Valverde blows 2nd save in 2 nights on HRs by Matsui (tie in 9th) and Morales (win in 10th)
ATHLETICS 2, yankees 1
- Hughes dominant (7.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 bb, 10 K) but Chamberlain yields walkoff 2-run HR by Matt Carson (just in game on double-switch)
MARINERS 7, orioles 5
- 2 Bradley HRs build early 6-0 lead; Fister (6+ IP, 5 ER) struggles, but bullpen brings it home. First back-to-back wins of season for Seattle

brewers 3, PIRATES 2
- Davis bests Ohlendorf; Kottaras single in 7th decides
rockies 4, NATIONALS 0
- de la Rosa/Street combine for 3-hitter
phillies 12, BRAVES 3
- Howard 3-3, 2 bb 2 HR 5 RBI
dodgers 7, REDS 4
- Washburn strong through 7th, but LA ties off pen with 3 in 8th, wins with 4 in 9th
marlins 2, ASTROS 0
- Johnson and 3 relievers combine on 6-hitter
cardinals 8, DIAMONDBACKS 4
- Freese 2B, HR, 4 RBI

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Game 15-Whose Ox is Gorz'd?

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Chicago Cubs (8-6, 4-4 on road)
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Two in a row? Sure, why not? So their pitcher has an ERA of 0.60, so what? We beat the guy with the 0.61 ERA yesterday and I'm a lot more confident with Johan on the mound than I was with Ollie. (Which is good, because security confiscated my bong on the way in. Apparently, 4/20 comes but once a year. )

Bottom of the 1st, and Elijah Dukes draws a 1-out walk. One out later, Jason Bay lines a single to right, and then Jeff Francoeur works a walk (are we sure I'm not still stoned?), loading the bases for…Fernando Tatis. Well, maybe he'll rise to the occasion. Or maybe he'll ground out to the shortstop, killing the rally. Yeah, that sounds more likely.

There's a rain delay of 33 minutes in the 3rd inning. It doesn't seem to faze Johan, but in the bottom of the 4th, Bay leads off with a walk. Frenchy strikes out (now that's the Francoeur I know!), but Tatis singles behind 3B and then he and Bay pull off a double-steal, putting two in scoring position. But Henry Blanco strikes out and Augie Ojeda flies out and we get Blanco-ed again.

Xavier Nady leads off the 5th with home run to left-center. Bummer. Well, good for X-Man, whom I've always liked, but…bummer.

With one out in our half of the 5th, Jose Reyes doubles to short left (gotta love speed) but then is caught stealing third. As I said…bummer.

Johan strikes out pinch-hitter Kosuke Fukudome to start the 6th, but then departs (out of gas due to the rain delay), and Kick-Me Calero comes in. And, surprisingly, strikes out Ryan Theriot and Marlon Byrd.

Bottom of 7th, now. John Grabow is on in relief, and Tatis starts things with a single into short right. He moves to second on Blanco's grounder, and goes to third when Augie bloops a hit to RF, dropping in front of Nady. Luis Castillo bats for Jeff Weaver (who got two guys out in the 7th in his Met debut) and, after fouling off five 3-2 pitches, works a walk to load the bases for Reyes. He lines a single into short center, scoring Tatis with the tying run. Up steps Dukes, hitting just .118 coming into today's game, and 0-for-2 today, running his current skid to 0-15. Which I only mention because he puts Grabow's second pitch into the RF seats for a GRAND SLAM and a 5-1 lead.

In comes Sean Marshall, and Daniel Murphy greets him with a single up the middle. Bay walks, and Francoeur singles to right, reloading the bases. Will Tatis hit our second granny of the inning? (Something Fernando knows a bit about, if the name Chan-Ho Park rings a bell.) Well, almost. He backs Byrd against the fence in dead center and Murph scores on the sac fly, making it 6-1. Marshall plunks Blanco with his first pitch, nearly causing a brawl but reloading the bases yet again. Ojeda walks, forcing Bay home, and then Castillo singles off of Carlos Marmol and, look at that, we're up 9-1 before Reyes taps out to end things.

Dukes is so pumped up that he draws a walk to start the 8th, goes to second on a ground out, steals third and scores when Geovany Soto (again) throws the ball away. Not that it's needed, with Nelson Figueroa cruising through the last two innings to seal the 10-1 win, but nice to see.

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Thanks!

Yeah, that's always fun. I guess I should ask…does anyone know if someone has made a mod using the actual players from 2010 Draft (and selected UFAs) as the Draft Pool, rather than just a dozen RL players and a host of fictionals? The longer I can delay using fictional players, the better, IMO.

When I did this dynasty the first time (the one that crashed on me), there was a fictional pitcher named Chiel "Lucky" Hak, from the Dutch West Indies, whom my Scouting Director rated as 100 in "Stuff" potential, but not much elsewhere, and whom OSA thought was no prospect. The SD was telling me to draft him from the 4th round on; I finally took him in the 24th. (As I said, seemed to be a pet of my SD's, but not rated that highly elsewhere.) He made one rookie-ball appearance, tore his flexor tendon, and was out for 14 months. So not that "Lucky", after all.
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Woops! Should have put this up earlier.

(This is the "Around the Majors" that should have gone up BEFORE Game 15. Just pretend it did, okay?)

Contract news today, as the White Sox believe in Paul Konerko, despite his slow start.
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(And in completely unrelated news for which I don't have a segue, Ryan Sweeney will be out a week longer than anticipated, due to slow recovery from injury. Not that his absence is slowing Oakland down, particularly.)
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Around the Majors, April 21st.

GIANTS WATCH

Tim Lincecum took the mound for the Giants, trying to break the skid and get himself a victory after hard-luck losses in his first two starts and a well-deserved loss in his last one.

The Giants mounted a threat in the top of the 1st when Pablo Sandoval singled off of Sean Gallagher with two outs and then stole second (!). But clean-up hitter Nate Schierholtz (!!) struck out to end the threat. And, as Sandoval's hit would prove to be the Giants' only hit of the night, you can imagine that there aren't many more threats to come.

In the bottom of the 1st, Everth Cabrera singled on Lincecum's first pitch of the night, and Tim walked Oscar Salazar and Adrian Gonzalez to load the bases with no one out, but allowed only a sac fly to Kyle Blanks and got out of it, down just 1-0.

Tim wasn't so successful in the 5th, when with one out, Cabrera singled, stole second and took third on Bengie Molina's throwing error, and scored on Salazar's hit. Salazar stole second as well, went to third on Gonzalez single, and then Blanks hit another deep fly, but this was over the fence for a 3-run HR, a 5-0 lead, and the ballgame.

Gallagher lost his shot at a complete game 1-hitter when he was pulled after walking the first two batters in the 9th. A force play and a wild pitch spoiled the shutout, but the Padres still won, 5-1.

12 straight losses for San Francisco, now 1-14 on the year.

Other Games (HOME team in CAPS)

NATIONALS 3, rockies 2
- Nats get 3-run rally in 2nd; Lannan yields solo HRs to Barmes, CarGo, but makes it stand up
PIRATES 6, brewers 1
- Morton/2 relievers limit Brew Crew to 5 hits; Myrow (at 1B with LaRoche out [Crosby plays 3B]) 3-run HR
dodgers 4, REDS 2
- Kemp 8th-inning HR wins it
BRAVES 12, phillies 8
- Diaz 3-run HR (2nd of game) breaks 7-7 tie in 6th

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- 3 early HRs give Nolasco easy ride
DIAMONDBACKS 8, cardinals 3
- LaRoche 2-2, 2B, 2RBI, 2 R, 3bb; Baldelli 2-run PH HR in losing debut

BLUE JAYS 6, royals 2
- Jays' scrub lineup (Chris Aguila 2RBI, Aaron Mathews RBI, Randy Ruiz RBI, J. Hoffpauir HR) jumps on Parrish early
RED SOX 12, rangers 1
- Lackey (3-0) goes distance, 4H 1bb 7K; Cameron 5-5
WHITE SOX 11, rays 4
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TWINS 8, indians 2
- Minny hits 9 2Bs (by 8 diff. players); Twins pitchers allow 11 H, 7bb as Tribe batters credited w 43 LOB
tigers 9, ANGELS 2
- Early lead lets Bonderman cruise
yankees 4, ATHLETICS 0
- CC/Marte combine on 7-hitter
orioles 8, MARINERS 6
- O's avert sweep as Wieters HR in 7th wins it.

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Game 16-I Can't Get No Tatisfaction.

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

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Three in a row? That would be nice, considering we only won three of the first 13 games. We'll need a better performance from Pelf, though; that near 3.00-WHIP he put up in his last start won't get it done.

Pelfrey allows just one runner in the top of the 1st (hitting Aramis Ramirez with a pitch after two were out), and in the bottom, with two out, Daniel Murphy beats out an infield hit, and Clutch-hitting Jason Bay (no sarcastic quotes any more) pulls one past Ryan Theriot at short, sending Murphy to second. Except that Murph tries for third, and is gunned down. With two out. I grab my copy of Ball Four and run down to field level, prepared to smack Murphy with it.

By the time I get down there, though, Pelfrey has given up a one-out walk to Geovany Soto and then Kosuke Fukudome triples off the center-field fence, and I have other problems to think about. Thankfully, Pelf gets out of the inning without allowing another run (or even another runner), but we're down, 1-0.

Elijah Dukes, still sizzling hot after his heroics yesterday, opens the home 2nd with a line hit to short left, and just like Jose Reyes yesterday, he sprints around to second, beating Sam Fuld's throw for a double. Frank Catalanotto flies out, Luis Castillo advances Dukes with a slow roller between the mound and 1B, and Rod Barajas walks. Two on, two out and Pelfrey at the plate, with a chance to help his own cause. He strikes out on three pitches. So much for that.

Pelfrey keeps putting runners on base in the 3rd, yielding a lead-off single to Fuld and then butchering Theriot's grounder to get two aboard. But Ramirez flies out and Derrek Lee taps one in front of the plate, allowing Barajas to fire to Reyes at second, starting the inning-ending 2-6-3 DP. Nice!

We're not so lucky in the 4th, though, when Marlon Byrd starts things with a single up the middle, steals second, and scores one out later on Fukudome's line smash past Castillo. Again, Pelfrey shuts the door, but that's 7 baserunners in 4 innings (better than last time, but still…) and a 2-0 deficit.

More brinkmanship in the 5th; Fuld leads off with a single, Theriot bunts him over, Ramirez grounds out, Lee walks and Byrd grounds out. So, no damage, but that's now 9 runners in 5 innings. I've seen this movie before, I'm afraid.

We try to get something started in the bottom of the 5th. With one out, Pelfrey lines a single past Theriot, and then Reyes does the same. Augie Ojeda pulls one through the left-side hole, good for a base hit, but too hard to allow Pelfrey to score. Bases loaded for Murphy, whom I've generously decided not to smack because of his crappy baserunning in the 1st. However, he strikes out, so I might smack him, after all. And "Clutch-hitting" Jason Bay re-earns the scare quotes by meekly grounding out to third to kill the inning.

Soto singles to start the top of the 6th, and after Fukudome flies out, Mike Fontenot lines a single to center, bringing Jerry to the mound to hook Pelfrey. (11 baserunners, 16 outs…better than Sunday, but still lousy.) Jeff Weaver comes on, strikes out Dempster (trying to bunt) and pops up Fuld to end the threat.

Weaver and Luke Hochevar combine on a 1-2-3 7th inning. Meanwhile, we haven't had a hit since the 5th, and when Byrd homers on a full-count to start the 8th, we're not looking too good. Luke does get one out, and Pedro Feliciano (surprisingly?) gets the other two, holding it at 3-0, but we'd better find a way to score, and fast.

Murphy walks to start the bottom of the 8th. Bay strikes out (of course), but Dukes, still hot, lines one over Theriot's head, and brings the tying run to the plate. This was Catalanotto's spot, but he was double-switched out, so the pitcher is due up and Jeff Francoeur comes on to pinch-hit. Frenchy swings at the second pitch and grounds it through the middle; third-base coach Chip Hale takes no chances and holds Murph at third, though.

Bases loaded for Castillo, who battles Dempster to a full count and…walks, forcing in our first run of the game. That's all for Demps, as John Grabow gets the call, even though we don't have any lefties due up. Barajas lines one to right, but right at Fukudome. Still, it's good for the 2nd run of the inning, but also the 2nd out.

Fernando Tatis comes up, and Lou Piniella goes to the pen again, bringing on Esmailin Caridad. Tatis works a full count and…crushes one to deep left, off the fence for a 2-run double to give us the lead! Yesss! Way to go, Fernando! Get your first XBH of the year! Get that average over .200! Way to reduce my expectations!

It's not over yet, though, as Caridad wild-pitches Tatis to third and then walks Reyes and Ojeda to load the bases for Murphy, as we've batted around. Last time in this situation, he struck out. This time he sends one high and deep and…caught against the fence in left-center. Sh*tf*ck. Nearly broke the game wide open there. But we've still got the lead, 4-3, that's the important thing.

Francisco Rodriguez and his 0.00 ERA come marching in, and he gets Fuld on a grounder to third base. Xavier Nady hits for Theriot, swings and misses at two pitches and then looks at strike three. Two out, but Ramirez walks to keep the game going. Alfonso Soriano, the $18 million pinch-runner comes in for him, and K-Rod goes to 1-1 on Lee, and then uncorks a wild pitch. With first base now open, he pitches around D-Lee, walking him to bring up Byrd. (Who had the homer earlier, while Lee is hitless. Not really great strategy here, I'm thinking.)

K-Rod throws one ball to Byrd, and then Marlon swings at the second pitch and bloops it into left-center. Where it falls for a hit and Soriano, going on contact, scores the tying run. Blown save, goodbye to K-Rod's 0.00 ERA, and tie game. Did I say "sh*tf*ck" already?

Soto then lines a single into left, loading the bases, and I realize I have more to worry about than the blown save. K-Rod bears down and gets Fukudome to roll out to 2B, and we go to the bottom of the 9th. Let's get that run back and win this thing.

Except that Caridad is suddenly unhittable, retiring the side on two strikeouts and a pop-up. And Fontenot wallops K-Rod's 3rd pitch of the 10th 408 feet and over the right-center fence, for the go-ahead homer.

We go out like sheep in the bottom of the 10th and that's a blown game. A series we could have swept ends up a 2-2 split. Blecch.

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Finally got a chance to read through this. Great work so far!

Are you going to be trying to make the same transactions as what occurred or are you going to try to change history?
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Music Must Change!

(Geez, talk about your obscure post-title references. It's not as though that's even a good song, anyway. Or a terribly on-point reference, for that matter. It just came to me.)

Thanks for the praise, and no, I won't be going for real transactions in this dynasty. My preferred method has always been to have as realistic a framework as possible (hence my current request in the Mods forum to get the actual draft class in here, rather than fictionals), but to then try and change the course of history. Already, you've seen my acquisitions of Dukes, Augie, Little O, and Weaver, as well as my enactment of the 4-man rotation (and 10-man staff), and the abolition of the DH. So, for me, realism is only a sandbox in which I build my castles, or some such.

And you can see how well it's going so far! Oy. Oh, well, I never expect immediate success; for me the first year is all about tearing out the rot and building for the future. Still, it wouldn't hurt to win a few games here and there, would it? Sigh.

But glad you're enjoying it. And while you're here, why don't I post some more? Hang on a minute, I'll be right with you…
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Around the Majors, April 22nd.

Other Games (HOME teams in CAPS)

indians 9, TWINS 5
- Minny jumps to 5-0 lead but Tribe strikes for 8 in 5th on Sizemore GRAND SLAM, J. Brown 3-run HR
ATHLETICS 5, yankees 3
- RBI 2Bs by Cust, Barton in 5th decide it
RED SOX 8, rangers 4
- Boston builds 6-1 early cushion for Lackey (4-0), 5 DPs help protect it
WHITE SOX 3, rays 2
- Sox get all runs in 1st (Lowell HR), F. Garcia makes it stand up
ANGELS 5, tigers 3
- Rain delay forces Piniero out despite early 4-0 lead, but bullpen holds on

PIRATES 11, brewers 6
- Corsairs post all runs in first 4 frames; Myrow 2 solo HRs, Doumit 5 RBI
rockies 5, NATIONALS 2
- Back-to-back HRs by Fowler/Mora off Burnett in 7th win it
dodgers 6, REDS 1
- LA takes control early for sweep; Ortiz's arm tightens up 1 out shy of qualifying for W
BRAVES 3, phillies 2
- singles by McCann, Glaus, Infante beat Halladay in 8th
ASTROS 7, marlins 6
- 1 in 6th, 1 in 7th, 1 in 8th (off 3 diff. relievers) sinks Fish

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Game 17-None but the Braves

Friday, April 23, 2010

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The Braves are always a difficult challenge; even if they're no longer the team that beat us out for so many years, the memories remain. This is the team that smashed our hopes for over a decade, leaving us with nothing but the thin gruel of the Losers' Trophy (er, "Wild Card") to shoot for. I always expect the Braves to have the upper hand…which is probably half the battle right there.

(Of course, the way we were playing before the Chicago series, the Little Sisters of the Poor could have the upper hand on us. But I hope that's all in the past, with Reyes and Murphy [and Beltran next week] back in action.)

Hey, look at that: Maine's ERA is the exact reverse of Jurrjens's. Although the winning percentage is the same.

Maine zips through the 1st, striking out Chipper Jones for the third out. Chipper argues the call and gets tossed. Bye, Larry! Don't write!

In the bottom of the 1st, Jose Reyes walks, takes second on line single to center by Luis Castillo, and goes to third when Daniel Murphy grounds a hit through the right side of the infield. (Reyes stops at third, not wanting to challenge Jason Heyward so early.) With the bases loaded and none out, clean-up hitter Jason "Oy" Bay steps in…and hits into the 6-4-3 DP, scoring a run, but wounding the rally. Elijah Dukes strikes out, and we only get the one run.

Top of the 2nd and Maine strikes out Brian McCann and Martin Prado before Matt Diaz lines a shot into right that somehow gets past Bay for a "triple". (Oy Bay, indeed.) But Maine strikes out Troy Glaus and Diaz is stranded.

Maine strikes out two more in the 3rd, and in the 4th he yields a leadoff single to Yunel Escobar and a one-out hit to McCann, but then gets Prado to ground into the 4-6-3 DP, and preserves the 1-0 lead.

We're doing nothing with the bat (Dukes had a hit, but couldn't advance) so it's still 1-0 when Maine takes the hill for the 5th. Diaz grounds out to 2B, but Glaus singles up the middle. Maine strikes out Jordan Schafer for the second out, but then walks Jurrjens. Ugh, walking the pitcher is never good, especially with the touted rookie Heyward leading off. And apparently Maine agrees, because he throws four straight balls to Heyward, choosing to load the bases for Escobar, instead.

Escobar takes a strike, and then hits one over the fence in left for a GRAND SLAM. Perhaps not the wisest decision to pitch around Heyward, after all? On top of that, Eric Hinske (who came in when Jones was ejected) singles on the next pitch, and McCann follows with a two-run blast to RF, so it's 6-1, Braves. That's it for Maine, and Jerry brings in Kick-o Calero, who gives up a couple of hits just to piss me off before getting Glaus on a grounder to end it.

We try and fight back in the bottom of the inning. Henry Blanco grounds a single over 3B, and Kick-o bunts him along. Reyes grounds to Prado, but he's so fast down the line that Glaus drops the throw for an error, putting runners at the corners. Castillo gets his second hit of the game, a grounder into RF, and that scores a run, with Reyes going to third. But then Murphy hits into the 5-4-3 DP, so that's our second rally-killer of the night, and we just get one run, again.

Calero handles the 6th, and Luke Hochevar enters for the 7th. He's still not on his best form, though, giving up a Hinske double and, one out later, an RBI single by Prado to make it 7-2. Luke also gives up a hit to Diaz and walks Glaus, loading the bases before retiring Schafer and Jurrjens to end the threat.

Pedro Feliciano puts two runners on but gets out of the 8th, and he and Nelson Figueroa handle the ninth, but it hardly matters, since our bats are as dead as my omission of them implies. (Reyes singled and stole second in the 7th, if you're interested.) Never a danger of becoming interesting. 7-2, Braves. The End.

We could have taken the Little Sisters of the Poor, though. I think.

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Around the Majors, April 23rd.

After a day off, we return to

GIANTS WATCH!

The Giants welcomed the St. Louis Cardinals to Random Corporate Name Park for a weekend series. Chris Carpenter vs. Matt Cain.

The Cardinals scored in the 1st when Brendan Ryan singled, and after walks to Felipe Lopez and Matt Holliday loaded the bases, Ryan Ludwick singled Ryan home. Lopez was throw out at the plate trying to score, though, short-circuiting the rally.

In the 2nd, David Freese singled and Yadier Molina walked. Carpenter's bunt forced Freese at 3B, but Ryan singled in Molina, and after Lopez grounded out, Albert Pujols singled in Carpenter and Ryan. Singles by Holliday and Ludwick brought Pujols home, and a single by Colby Rasmus scored Holliday, ending Cain''s day with St. Louis up, 6-0.

The Giants got an unearned run on a Molina error in the 4th, but a two-out walk to Ludwick and three ensuing singles got the run right back for the Cards in the 5th. In the 6th, singles by Fred Lewis and Freddy Sanchez set-up a two-RBI triple by Nate Schierholtz, and later Aubrey Huff doubled home both Schierholtz and Mark DeRosa, who had walked, closing to 7-5. But the Giants got only 1 hit in the last 3 innings (Cards outhit them, 17-6) and couldn't mount a rally. 13 consecutive losses for San Francisco, which falls to 1-15 on the season.


Other Games (HOME teams in CAPS)

dodgers 6, NATIONALS 3
- HRs by Ethier, Loney, Kemp
padres 5, REDS 1
- Young shuts down Cincy after Votto HR in 1st; Headley hits 4th HR in 4 games
ASTROS 5, pirates 3
- 7th inning HRs by Manzella, Matsui decide
BREWERS 3, cubs 2 (11 innings)
- Berg Wild-Pitches winning run home w 2 out
marlins 7, ROCKIES 4
- Giambi SF ties game in 8th; C. Ross RBI 3B keys 3-run 9th for win
phillies 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4
- Moyer 7 IP, 3 ER, W; 1-3, 2B, 1.375 OPS

orioles 5, RED SOX 1
- all runs in 4th for O's, keyed by Pie's 2-RBI 2B
RAYS 6, blue jays 5
- Crawford 3-5, 3 SB
RANGERS 6, tigers 2
- Andrus 4-4, 3B, 3RBI
ROYALS 7, twins 5 (10 innings)
- Royals get 2 off Mijares in 9th for tie; Condrey shuts door (bases loaded, 1 out) but yields Ankiel HR in 10th
WHITE SOX 4, mariners 3
- M's put up 3 in 1st, but Sox get 1 in 8th (Teahen SF), 1 in 9th (Lillibridge hit) to win
ATHLETICS 9, indians 2
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ANGELS 7, yankees 5
- Yanks squander 5-0 lead; Sandoval 3B, HR, 5 RBI

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