Foul Ball: Let's Play Two Games in One!

Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 4, 19 Innings: Who knew that a game started by Roy Halladay would actually be won by Wilson Valdez? And that Valdez would become the first position player since 2000 to pick up a major league victory? Funny thing is, this game wouldn't have gone 19 innings if it wasn't for this Phillies fan. Jimmy Rollins won the game on a sac fly. 

San Francisco 6, Florida 7, 12 Innings: Buster Posey getting ran over at home and apparently breaking his ankle gave me a Vietnam-like flashback to when Chris Webber blew out his knee against Dallas in the playoffs. Not a good feeling.

Cleveland 2, Boston 14: As soon as I hype the Indians, they give up 14 runs, 20 hits, and four home runs to the Red Sox. Indians starter Mitch Talbot gave up seven runs alone in the first inning and eight runs overall in the three innings he worked. Indians reliever Frank Herrmann didn't fare much better giving up six runs and three home runs in 2 1/3 innings of work. Just an horrendous day for the Indians. As for the Red Sox, I bet it was great seeing Carl Crawford go 4-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, and two RBIs.

Milwaukee 6, Washington 4: You have to love Zach Greinke. First he overcomes social anxiety disorder to win a Cy Young.  And now he hits a game-winning home run. With the score tied at three with the Natinals, Greinke hit a solo home run in the fifth inning to give the Brewers the lead which they would never relinquish. Greinke also struck out ten batters in seven innings and picked up the victory. Nice day.


New York 7, Toronto 3: Poor Jo-Jo Reyes. He's now gone 28 consecutive starts without picking up a victory, tying a major league record. I would say that perhaps Reyes is unlucky, but seeing that he gave up five hit and runs in three innings of work I'm going to guess he's just not a very good pitcher. Mariano Rivera also made history on Wednesday by becoming the first player to make 1,000 appearances with a single team.

Houston 2, Los Angeles 1: Shut down the Astros. Two walkoff wins in three days. This time around it was something called JR Towles that singled in the game-winning run against the Dodgers with two-outs in the ninth inning. Towles broke out of an 0-for-32 slump in this game. Towles was also at home plate while trying to score on a wild pitch. Not a bad day for him.

San Diego 3, St. Louis 1: Chris Carpenter has absolutely stunk this season. His WHIP alone is 1.48 which is terrible and he looked no better on Wednesday. Carpenter gave up eight hits, three runs, and a home run in eight innings of work to pick up his fifth loss of the year. The Cardinals offense wasn't much better on the day getting shut down by that punk Matt Latos.

Colorado 1, Arizona 2: Don't look now, but the Diamondbacks have surged past the Rockies for second place in the NL West. Chris Young was the star of the game. He drove in the go-ahead run on a bloop single and then robbed Ty Wigginton of a game-tying home run in the ninth inning.

Chicago 4, New York 7, Called After 7: The only way the Mets can win a game? Take a lead, play until the fifth inning, and hope the rain shortens the game. 

Baltimore 9, Kansas City 2: The Orioles pounded the Royals for eight runs in the fourth inning, two of those runs came off a wild pitch and a throwing error. Not the Orioles could allow a team to score twice like that in one inning. Mark "The Man of 300 Strikeouts" Reynolds hit his sixth home run of the year for the Birds in the game.

Texas 2, Chicago 1: All C.J. Wilson needed was a sac fly and a single for run support to shut down the good guys. Wilson pitched into the seventh inning giving up five hits and one run on the afternoon.

Pittsburgh 2, Atlanta 4, 11 Innings: Brooks "Between the Legs" Conrad was the hero for the Braves on Wednesday. Conrad hit a two-run home run in the eleventh inning to give the Braves the victory. James Russell and Mike Minor pitched admirably for their respective teams but picked up the no decisions. 

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