Foul Ball: Grand Slam Walkoffs & Energy Bars

Cincinnati 9 Atlanta 10: Just when the Reds fans were just feeling good about themselves, their team blows 9-3 lead in the ninth inning. The final nail in the coffin for the Reds was when 30-year old rookie Brooks Conrad hit a game-winning Grand Slam. The best part of the grand slam, was that Laynce Nix had a chance to catch the ball but it bounced off his glove and over the wall.



Dusty Baker Quote: Dusty knows all about losing terrible games. *Cough* Bartman game *Cough* Game 6 of the 2002 World Series. From the AP recap, “It was a horrible ending,” said Reds manager Dusty Baker, who appeared close to breaking down after the game. “Boy, that was a tough one.”

Philadelphia 5 Chicago Cubs 4: Jimmy Rollins hit a three-run home run for his second homer of the season while Chase Utley also went deep. Tony Bastard blew the save in the eighth inning by giving up a game-tieing home run to Fukedome. Raul Ibanez would knock in the game-winning RBI in the eighth inning for the Phillies off of John Grabow.

Oakland 2 Detroit 5: Energy bars are all what you need. At least that's all what Miguel Cabrera needed. Cabrera hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning. And to think it was all because of an energy bar. “Eating the energy bar helped because I didn’t have anything in my stomach,” Cabrera said. “I was feeling pretty good after that.” See, I told you.

St. Louis 4 Florida 2: Adam Wainwright shut down the Fish in seven innings giving up six hits, two runs, and striking out eight. Matt Holliday drove in two runs for the Cardinals while also steeling a base. Willie McGee is quite impressed with Mr. Holliday.

NY Yankees 6 Tampa Bay 8: The Rays went into New York and declared that they are indeed the best team in the AL East. The Rays swept the Yankees with a dominating performance by their bats. The Rays hit four home runs including three off of Yankees pitcher Andy Pettite to knock him out of the game by the ninth inning. The Rays are now 16-4 on the road.

NY Mets 10 Washington 7: The Natinals yacked the ball around all around the yard on Thursday, especially Ian Desmond. Desmond committed two errors to go along with a Tyler Walker error. David Wright finally snapped out of his slump by actually not striking out and driving in four runs, including three runs off of a double.

Texas 13 Baltimore 7: Texas won their fourth straight game behind Nelson Cruz's four hits, four RBIs, and a home run. Scott Feldman picked up the victory despite giving up twelve hits. Makes you think if Feldman really deserved that win? Another reason why the win stat is completely irrelevant in baseball at the moment.

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