"Roy Halladay didn't pitch well by his own standards, but for 6 and 2/3 innings he pitched well enough to keep his team within "striking distance". But what exactly "striking distance" means for a team that suddenly seems unable to string together more than one hit at a time or advance runners more than one base at a time is not entirely clear at this point.Tampa Bay 2 White Sox 1: James Shields threw a complete game giving up one run, four hits, and striking out nine to hand the White Sox their sixth consecutive loss. Adam Dunn had the worst night for Chicago, striking out three times and leaving two men on base.
It was a mixed bag for the Phillies offense tonight. As in: "the bag of myriad, malodorous bodily fluids was thoroughly mixed." Sure, they managed their first extra base hit in over 20 innings against Randy Wolf, but it turned out to be just one of two hits they managed off of the former Phillie in his six innings of work. A few times, Phillies had potential rallies extinguished by some good defensive plays, but for the most part, they just couldn't muster many decent swings or particularly solid contact at all."
Ozzie Guillen Quote: From the AP recap: “It’s a shame when you’re wasting good pitching,” Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen said. Ozzie sounds subdued.
Toronto 6 NY Yankees 5, 10 Innings: The impossible happened last night. Mariano Rivera blew a save. Even more concerning for the Yankees, Rivera couldn't finish two batters with a two-strike count to get out of the jam. The Blue Jays scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game. Then Travis Snider doubled in the winning run in the tenth inning.
Baltimore 11 Minnesota 0: The Orioles had lost eight straight games and needed a pick-me-up and that would be Minnesota pitcher Carl Pavano. Pavano gave up eight hits, eight runs, seven earned runs, and walked three batters in 4 2/3 innings of work. Baltimore pitcher Jake Arrieta on the other hand went six innings giving up no runs and only four hits.
Colorado 3 San Francisco 6: Colorado was the hottest team in baseball and had yet to lose a series. Then the Giants arrived in Denver and beat the Rockies twice and took the series from them. Once again the Giants scored the majority of their runs off of home runs (Panda and Huff went deep in the game) in the first few innings. Jonathon Sanchez picked up the victory for the Giants going 6 1/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs.
Oakland 5 Boston 0: Brett Anderson struck out eight Red Sox players in eight innings of work to pick up the victory over Boston. The A's scored in the first inning and then neither team scored until the eighth inning after a four-run outburst by the A's.
Los Angeles 1 Atlanta 10: The Dodgers were only down by one run at the beginning of the ninth inning. By the time the top of the ninth inning ended, the Dodgers were down by nine runs. Yes, the Dodgers gave up eight runs and two home runs in the bottom of the ninth. So much for that chance to steal the game in the bottom of the ninth with a walkoff. Couldn't happen to a classier organization.
NY Mets 1 Houston 6: Going to be a long year in Queens. I almost feel sorry for Mets fans. Almost. (Okay. Not really.)
Chicago-San Diego and Washington-St. Louis games were both postponed.
Create a Caption: You don't see Rivera dejected much. (Via Bubba)
Video of the Day: I have no idea why the Giants decided Rollie Fingers should wear a Padres uniform in this commercial.
I remember when the Phillies trotted Randy Wolf out as a starter. Those were the days.
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