Yardwork: Here Come the Phillies
By Tim Ryan
Giants 10, Marlins 9 (10 innings): The Giants blew leads of 7-1 and 9-2 before Andres Torres ended it with a bases loaded single in the 10th. Buster Posey’s hitting streak is now at 21 games. Buster Olney’s bed head streak has reached 243 days.
Rays 7, Tigers 4: Prayers have been answered for Tiger fans in the form of a guy who can’t even spell Johnny, Mr. Jhonny Peralta. This has to be the most depressing baseball headline of the day.
Cardinals 8, Mets 7 (13 innings): Santana’s impressive line – 5.2 IP, 13 H, 7 ER. Six of those runs came in the first inning. Can’t get on him too much though, check out the rest of his July. Tony La Russa was impressed the Mets dug themselves out of the early hole – “They have a lot of grit. We have a lot of admiration for the Mets.” Calling bullshit here, he just wants free drinks at the hotel bar tonight.
Blue Jays 5, Orioles 0: Toronto starter Brad Mills, who had allowed 12 earned runs over 7.2 innings in two starts last year, held the O’s to two hits over seven innings. These things tend to happen when the Orioles are involved. The loss puts Baltimore 33.5 games out of first place. McNulty and Bunk badly need a shot of Jameson.
Yankees 8, Indians 0: LeBron.
Pirates 6, Rockies 2: Two in a row for the Buccos! They almost don’t have the worst record in the National League.
Braves 3, Nationals 1: The legend of Jason Heyward continues – he stole home. Not quite as impressive as Mark Harmon, but damn close.
Red Sox 7, Angels 3: Little Marco Scutaro hit a grand slam to break the tie in the eighth, but more importantly for the Red Sox, it appears Josh Beckett is back to normal.