Yardwork: Carlos Silva's March to History and the Phillies Can't Score Again
By Tim Ryan
This is certainly worth a laugh once a year:
Padres 3, Phillies 1: Cole Hamels had a no-no going into seventh when it was loudly broken up by back-to-back homers. He was promptly booed. Gotta love that unwavering home crowd. The Phillies are 4-11 in their last 15 games, averaging 1.9 runs per games and batting .211 over that span. What. The. Fuck. I can’t figure out why they suck.
Angels 4, A’s 2: That makes six straight wins for the Angels who are now back atop the clunky AL West. Let’s hear it for closer Brian Fuentes who hasn’t blown a save in his last three appearances.
Mariners 4, Rangers 2: Cliff Lee went the distance on the road in Texas, giving up two runs and striking out nine. A nice audition for his many trade suitors. He’d look great in pinstripes, that much we know. Sadly, he’ll end up getting rented for a couple months and then sign a monster deal with Boston in the offseason.
Dodgers 12, Cardinals 4: Blake DeWitt drove in five runs and went yard for the first time this season. Rookie Carlos Monasterios got the win and improved to 3-0. He’s the starter filling in for Vicente Padilla, who is on the DL with an injured brain.
Red Sox 4, Indians 1: Is Dice-K back on track (8 IP, 4 H, 0 ER) or do the Indians blow more than originally thought? The notoriously slow working, painful-to-watch starter only walked two guys, which is pretty much as close to a perfect game as he’ll ever get. And enough of this Yankees/Rays talk as if the division is simply a two-team race. Boston is in this one for the duration. Let’s not kid ourselves.
Sooooooo … predictions for Strasburg’s debut against the Pirates tonight? The Bucs will be playing in front of a packed house at Nationals Park, so they won’t know what the hell is going on. My guess – 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K and at least six awkward boners popped during the Baseball Tonight broadcast.
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