August 19, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 3:40 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Astros (63-62) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Brewers (72-54) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 11 | 1 |
W: Sabathia (14-8)
L: Wolf (8-11)
Boxscore
C. C. Sabathia pitched another complete game for the Brewers yesterday, improving his Brewers record to 8-0, which looks a lot like the emoticon for the reaction to how awesome Sabathia has been for Milwaukee.
The complete game was his 5th in the NL, moving him one ahead of teammate Ben Sheets. Sheets will try to match that next.
Sabathia also drove in a couple runs to help his offense in scoring 9 runs. Sabathia has been the best mid-season pickup I’ve ever seen. He’s been so good, I don’t doubt that he’ll be in the running for the Cy Young voting, despite having less than half a season.
August 18, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 9:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Cardinals (70-57) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Reds (55-70) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | 13 | 0 |
W: Volquez (15-5)
L: Lohse (13-6)
Boxscore
The Cardinals were hoping to sweep the Reds yesterday, but that failed when they ran into the awesome might of young Edinson Volquez. Not even the wizardry of Kyle Lohse could save them.
Volquez had a no-hitter going for a while, so powerful were his pitches. He left the game after allowing 3 in 7 innings. He struck out 4 and allowed no runs, lowering his ERA to 2.73. Even the suckitude of the Reds was no match for Volquez today.
You know I think Edinson himself might keep the Reds from losing 100 games this year.
August 18, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:26 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Cubs (76-48) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Marlins (64-61) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
W: Dempster (14-5)
L: Pinto (2-5)
Boxscore
I haven’t checked in on the Cubs in a while, but strangely, I’m not surprised to see them continuing to win. They won their weekend series against the Marlins, capping it off yesterday with another great outing from Ryan Dempster.
Chicago has tons of great players, but the roster isn’t that different from last year. The one major addition, Kosuke Fukodome, is mired in a terrible slump and hasn’t even been playing every day lately. I guess that just goes to show you what a competent manager with an expectation of winning and the knowledge of how to do it can get you. Piniella has done a good job this year.
Of course, getting a career year out of Dempster doesn’t hurt, either. (8-run innings from your offense never hurt, either.) He pitched for 6 innings, allowing only 2 runs and striking out 10. The chants of “Dumpster! Dumpster!” are not being heard this year. Well, maybe in the playoffs.
August 15, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:18 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Reds (54-68) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Pirates (55-66) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
W: Cueto (8-11)
L: Snell (4-10)
S: Cordero (23)
Boxscore
Chris Dickerson went 3-4 on the day after being “protected” by his “manager.” (Corey Patterson continued to play and would have screwed the Reds over again with a base-running blunder, had it not been for Dickerson saving his pathetic butt.) Javier Valentín added a solo shot along with the 2 RBI from Dickerson, and that was enough.
Johnny Cueto finally got a win again, and the Reds bullpen didn’t suck, despite the appearance of Magic Man Gary Majewski.
Ian Snell pitched okay for the Pirates, allowing 2 runs in 6 innings, but his team was unable to score.
The win gave the Reds the victory in the 3-game series.
August 15, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 8:09 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Giants (50-70) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Astros (62-59) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | 12 | 0 |
W: Hawkins (2-1)
L: Yabu (3-5)
S: Valverde (30)
Boxscore
The Astros won their 8th straight game last night, completing a 4-game sweep of the Giants.
Lance Berkman provided the heroics, breaking a tie in the bottom of the 8th with a 2-run home run.
The streak has sent Houston’s record to 3 games over .500 for the first time since the beginning of June.
The team is having a hard time explaining their recent success, though.
“There’s a little magic in the clubhouse,” manager Cecil Cooper said.
Well, that’s one explanation. But how about instead of pixie dust, we look at the two teams the Astros have played in this 8-game run? Aha, it’s the Giants and the Reds. That explains everything.
