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Frayed Knot May 26 2009 08:24 AM

- Not good days in Tampa recently Sunday sees them lose 2B Akinori Iwamura for the season w/a knee injury Then on Monday they hand last year's playoff star David Price a 10-0 lead in his first start of the year and he can't make it out of the 4th inning (over 100 pitches at that point). But still they take a 10-2 lead into the 8th and a 10-4 lead into the 9th ... then the roof falls in. * Cleveland 9th, Dale Thayer pitching: G. Sizemore - Walks V. Martinez - Pop-out 3B J. Peralta - Single to LF; Sizemore to 2B Randy Choate replaces Dale Thayer S. Choo - Reaches on E6; Sizemore Scores; Peralta to 3B; Choo to 2B Grant Balfour replaces Randy Choate M. DeRosa - Lineout 3B R. Garko - Home Run; Peralta Scores; Choo Scores; Garko Scores A. Cabrera pinch hits for Matt LaPorta - Walk Jason Isringhausen replaces Grant Balfour B. Francisco - Walk; Cabrera to 2B J. Carroll - Walk; Cabrera to 3B; Francisco to 2B G. Sizemore - Walk; Cabrera Scores; Francisco to 3B; Carroll to 2B V. Martinez - Single to CF; Francisco Scores; Carroll Scores; - and everybody else does the jump-dance at home plate So, yeah, that is, depending on how you want to look at it, a blown 10 run lead, or a blown 8 run lead after 7, or a 6 run lead after 8, or even a blown 5 run lead after two were out in the 9th ... to a last place club!! Hey, at least they didn't bat their pitcher this game. Oh yeah, and they signed manager Joe Madden to a three-year contract extension this weekend. - Not quite as dramatic but the Padres won their 10th straight despite being down 7-1 in Arizona after 7. They follow up getting 5 runs in the 8th by tacking on 1 in the 9th and then 2 in the 10th. - On the other side of the coin, the Brews pushed across a run in the 10th to break a scoreless tie vs the Cards. Both Milwaukee's Yovani Gallardo & StL's Chris Carpenter carried no-hitters thru 5; Carpenter took a perfect game into the 7th; and both had dueling 2-hitters thru 8. An error, FC,and Bill Hall's single won it in the 10th for the suddenly hot Brew Crew (15-5 over their last 20 despite being swept in Minnesota) It was Carpenter's 4th game of the year and just his 2nd since opening week. - and speaking of Brewers: Mike Cameron hit his 250th career HR and became the 20th player with 250+ HRs & SBs (291) - The Cubs, meanwhile, have lost 8 straight

Edgy DC May 26 2009 08:29 AM

Big opening right now for somebody to assert themselves with two hot weeks in the NL central. Milwaukee --- who I thought didn't have the pitching --- is a game up, but a sinking Chicago could rise a lot of boats. Pittsburgh is only a game behind them.

Fman99 May 26 2009 08:41 AM

="Edgy DC":2vr2k8wd]Big opening right now for somebody to assert themselves with two hot weeks in the NL central. Milwaukee --- who I thought didn't have the pitching --- is a game up, but a sinking Chicago could rise a lot of boats. Pittsburgh is only a game behind them.[/quote:2vr2k8wd] How can you not root for the Pirates? John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2009 08:45 AM I was digesting the standings this morning on the trrain and was struck to know that the Mets had the same record as the... Cincinnati Reds. Nymr83 May 26 2009 09:05 AM its been a real rollercoaster season so far for the Padres from a hot start to 9 games under .500 to a 10 game win streak. i feel like the whole NL is wide open this year, there are no stand out teams and only one true loser. Gwreck May 26 2009 09:10 AM The Dodgers are 31-15 and have a +80 run differential (St. Louis is second with +25). I'd say they're pretty much the class of the league right now.