Yardwork: Colon Gets Pounded, Rockies Pound Brewers
By Tim Ryan
Indians 8, O’s 4 — Here’s a new one, the Orioles lost! The rule has officially been changed: The only time I don’t provide a clip from The Wire is when the O’s actually win a baseball game. There are just too many good clips for us to see, we can’t depend on winning streaks from this sad bunch. Asdrubal Cabrera went 2-for-5 with a home run. He’s a pretty good shortstop who now stands just 2,491 hits shy of 3,000 for his career.
Rockies 12, Brewers 3 — If you weren’t expecting a combined seven hits and nine RBIs from Cole Garner, Ryan Spilborghs and Mark Ellis you’re simply not paying close enough attention. Yovani Gallardo had easily one of his worst starts of the year, going four innings and allowing 6 runs on 11 hits. The Brewers staff as a whole gave up 20 hits. Ubaldo got the win and has been great over his last five starts.
Marlins 6, Cubs 3 — So Matt Garza went seven shutout innings and the Cubs lost. Interesting team we have here, and by interesting I mean awful. Carlos Marmol walked the first three batters he faced and then promptly served up a bases clearing double. That’s usually how you draw it up with your closer on the mound. He followed that up with another walk and then hit the showers. Inspiring stuff.
Giants 6, Padres 2, 12 innings — Aubrey Huff homered off of Heath Bell in the ninth to tie things up and eventually poured it on with five runs in the top of the 12th, but let’s stick to the important stuff… is Carlos Beltran going to be a San Francisco Giant? This seems like a splendid fit, mostly because he’d be escaping the media trap that has made him so incredibly miserable since fatefully agreeing to play baseball in Flushing, Queens.
Twins 8, Royals 4 — Beginning the second half of the season opposing Bruce Chen is always a treat. It’s definitely a sign for the Twinkies. I would mention how close they are to climbing the .500 hill, but I feel as though I’ve jinxed them enough. Jason Lisk’s boy toy Eric Hosmer went 1-for-3 with a walk but left two men on base and struck out. He’s a disgrace to the uniform.
Rangers 5, Mariners 0 — Derek Holland pitched his second consecutive complete game shutout after getting urinated on by the Marlins (0.2 IP, 5 ER) in his previous outing. Ichiro went 0-for-4. Again.
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