Yardwork: Pat the Bat & Timmy in Postseason Form
By Tim Ryan
Padres 3, Cubs 0: In just his fourth start of the season, Chris Young stepped up with five shutout innings allowing the Padres to remain within two of the Giants. They’ve got one more against the Cubbies tonight and then it’s off to San Francisco to be thrown into the bay. From what I hear, it sounds like we’re stuck with a meaningless Yanks-Red Sox game for Fox Saturday baseball instead of a game that still matters. Awesome!
Twins 4, Royals 2: The Twins host Toronto for four to close out the season and with last night’s win, they sit just a game back of Tampa for the best overall record in the AL. They’re damn close to hosting the Yankees in the first round and I’m not sure I like that at all. I smell Thome time, happy homer hankies, the whole nine yards.
Orioles 2, Rays 0: The Rays give out 20,000 free tickets and all they have to show for it is three lousy hits? I smell rage in the streets of St. Pete.
Braves 5, Marlins 1: The Braves remain 1.5 games ahead of the Padres with three games left and they’re facing a Philly team that has nothing to play for. Looks like an epic meltdown and an embarrassing exit for Bobby Cox was not to be.
White Sox 5, Red Sox 2: Freddy Garcia outdueled Josh Beckett, going seven and giving up two runs on four hits. He finishes his 2010 season with a record of 12-6. I find this to be rather insane no matter how you prefer to slice it up.
Indians 4, Tigers 0; Indians 4, Tigers 3: Cleveland swept the doubleheader behind seven shutout innings from Mitch Cumstein Talbot and a decent outing from Josh Tomlin, who somehow didn’t lose to Justin Verlander. They’re still shitty.
Phillies 7, Nationals 1: Seriously? Joe Blanton surrendered just three hits and one unearned run over seven innings. I’m convinced Dave Duncan has made a stunning heel turn and offered his services to the Philadelphia Phillies. That’s the only explanation for this renaissance.
Cards 4, Pirates 1: Don’t look now, but the St. Louis Cardinals are winners of one in a row!
The Blue Jays honored Cito Gaston in his last home game as the team’s manager by wearing fake mustaches.
The Brewers and Mets split a doubleheader that featured some guy named L. Duda going deep for the Mets. INSIGNIFICANT UPDATE: What’s interesting, however, is they did not split. Brewers won both. Was that wishful thinking possibly? Glass half full? We may never know.
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