July 2, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 11:23 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Dodger (39-44) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Astros (40-44) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
W: Park (4-2)
L: Wright (3-3)
S: Saito (13)
Boxscore
The Astros played hard but fell to the Dodgers thanks to the slugging of a former Astro.
No, it wasn’t that one, that one, or even that one. It was Jeff Kent who provided the fireworks in the top of the 11th when he hit a solo home run off of Wesley Wright.
Wandy Rodriguez struggled mightily with his control, having no luck either curving or breaking his balls. Rodriguez gave up 5 runs in 5 innings.
Houston had plenty of offense for a change, with Ty Wiggington leading the charge. But the bullpen couldn’t keep LA off the board. If only the Astros still had Shawn Chacon. His 5 ERA surely would have helped matters.
July 1, 2008
By
Amanda
Posted at 11:26 pm
This week on the podcast:
- Shawn Chacon’s breathtaking misadventures
- Lou Piniella gets fired. Up.
- Why we hate umpires
And all this *before* Corey Patterson came up with two outs in the bottom of 11 and the winning run on base.
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July 1, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 1:28 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Cubs (50-33) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Giants (36-47) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
W: Lilly (9-5)
L: Zito (3-12)
Boxscore
Lou Piniella was ejected for the first time this year, and it did nothing but propel the Cubs to demolish the Giants. That breaks Chicago’s longest losing streak of the season at 4 games, and keeps the winning Cardinals 2.5 games back. Perhaps Lou should have done that earlier.
Or maybe not. It’s hard to lose when Ted Lilly pitched better than he ever has all year, allowing 2 runs over 8-plus innings. Kerry Wood pitched a scoreless ninth to close the game in a non-saving situation. I imagine that after all that losing, Wood just needed a little work. Either that, or wanted to be one appearance closer to injury.
However, things aren’t looking up just yet. Jason Marquis starts for Chicago tonight.
July 1, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Brewers (44-38) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Diamondbacks (42-41) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 11 | 0 |
W: Davis (3-3)
L: Bush (4-8)
S: Lyon (17)
Boxscore
Dave Bush struggled in his start for the Brewers, allowing 5 runs (4 earned) in his 5 innings of work as the Diamondbacks stormed past them.
Milwaukee took an early lead in the first inning, but gave it up at the first chance they had. Seriously, that’s no way to catch the Cubs and Cardinals, guys.
I know I had a couple pithy things to say about this game, but I’ve forgotten it since this morning. I often do forget about the Brewers. It’s probably due to the fact that I still think of them as an American League team.
July 1, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:26 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Pirates (38-44) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Reds (39-45) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
W: Cordero (3-1)
L: Capps (1-3)
Boxscore
Aaron “Lemon” Harang lived up to his nickname for only one inning during his start against the Pirates when he allowed 2 runs in the 6th. The other 6 innings were good, though, and the Reds stayed close.
Then Ken Griffey, Jr. pinch hit in the bottom of the 9th with the tying run on. To me, it felt like he was saying, “Guys, this is the Pirates,” as he swung and launched the walk-off home run into the seats.
Of course, it might have just been the Pirates helping the Reds showcase Griffey to any American League team in need of a designated hitter. After all, Griffey’s defense didn’t hurt the Reds last night. All they needed was his bat.
