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TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Frayed Knot Jul 04 2022 06:22 PM

Braves pasting the Cards 6-0, still just in the 3rd Phils are one if the [CROSSOUT]unpatriotic[/CROSSOUT] idle teams today. Marlins won in 10 vs Nats in the traditional early 7/4 start in D.C.

Edgy MD Jul 04 2022 06:48 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Cards are on the board following Conner Capel's first career RBI on a sac fly.

MFS62 Jul 05 2022 06:01 AM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

(Rumored) Trade target Wilson Contreras out with a hamstring injury. Later

Edgy MD Jul 05 2022 07:12 AM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

The final in Atlanta was 6-3. Total time was 5:38 including a 2:37 rain delay — clearly a tribute the the Mets/Braves July 4 marathon of yore.

Frayed Knot Jul 05 2022 05:51 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

5-1 Braves lead StL, still batting in bottom 1st

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 05 2022 05:53 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Geez. Wifey Bucket and Lunchpail are at tonight's Ray-RedSox game in Fenway. I had to work this week so missed that tip. 3-3 in the 2nd!

Edgy MD Jul 05 2022 06:26 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Frayed Knot wrote: 5-1 Braves lead StL, still batting in bottom 1st Is your post from yesterday? Here's the Twins' July 4 triple play. [youtube]pyn1oejgGVM[/youtube]

Frayed Knot Jul 05 2022 06:58 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: 5-1 Braves lead StL, still batting in bottom 1st Is your post from yesterday? Sadly, it's from tomorrow! Here's the Twins' July 4 triple play. And now you know, at least partially, how Les Guardians managed to get swept in two DHs in a three day span. They went 1-4 just fron Saturday thru Monday.

Frayed Knot Jul 05 2022 08:02 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Marlins won (LAA) Phils romping (WAS) Braves romping (StL) Not a good night to lose.

Fman99 Jul 05 2022 08:18 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Man I'd love for the Braves to suck just a bit more than this

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 05 2022 08:59 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

I was at the Pirates-MFY game in Pittsburgh tonight. Tons of MFY fans there. Probably outnumbering Pirates fans. A rather obnoxious group, too. So it was funny when Judge whiffed to end the game with the MFY fans chanting MVP. Bucs win 5-2. PNC is a really nice stadium, probably even better when the Yankees are not around.

Frayed Knot Jul 06 2022 04:53 AM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=98470 time=1657076368 user_id=119]Tons of MFY fans there. ... A rather obnoxious group, too.

Enough with the redundancies.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 07:59 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Beau Briske throwing a no-hitter through six for Detroit, leading 1-0 over the White Sox.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:15 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

No no-no for Bobo. But I'm follying St. Lucie and Atlanta.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:28 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Going to the bottom of the ninth still tied in Atlanta. St. Louis has been struck out 18 times.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:37 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Braves are clearly pressing after seeing the Mets eclipse the Marlins. We're going to extries with the Redbirds opening with the top of the order and catcher Austin Romine (Yadier is on the Injured List) auto-running on second.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:39 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Brendan Donovan lines a sharp opposite field single to left. First and third and no out for St. Louis. Tyler Matzek the sixth pitcher for the Braves. Sac fly to center for Juan Yepez. Cards up 2-1.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:41 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Goldie lines one out to center. Donovan was called safe getting back to first, but the Braves are challenging. Unlikely to be overturned, but who knows?

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:41 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Call on the field is unsurprisingly upheld. Arrenado up with two out.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:43 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Deep fly for the third out. Braves look for the equalizer in the bottom of the 10th. Ronald Acuña, Jr. will be your free runner, with Dansby Swanson, Matt Olsson, and Austin Reilly coming up. And those don't just sound like Civil War officers. The first two were born in Georgia, and the third in Memphis. A great stab at third for Edmondo Sosa gives the Cards the first out.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:47 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Matt Olson knocks one against the shift and Acuña comes around to score. We have a 2-2 game. Oklahoman Ryan Helsley on the mound for St. Louis. Reilly drives one to right and now it's first and third. Travis d'Arnaud at the plate with the winning run 90 feet away, but he's a good DP threat as well.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:50 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Infield in for d'Arnaud. I think they should be back up the middle.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:50 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

This Helsey guy throws 100.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:52 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

And a high fastball gets Travis!! Two outs for Ozuna with the winning run on third.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:55 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Ozuna fouls away a pop but hits St. Louis catcher Romine in the head with his follow-through. Romine stays in the game! Ozuna grounds to short! Edman throws wide of the bag!! GOLDIE COMES OFF THE BAG AND GETS OZUNA OUT WITH A TAG!! WE GO TO THE 11TH!!

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 08:57 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Matzek back out for another inning for the Braves. Arrenado opens on second, and Gorman singles on the first pitch. First and third and nobody out for Dylan Carlson.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 09:00 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

A single off the glove of Gosselin! Albies woulda had it! Cards back up by one! First and second and one out! Edman back a the plate!

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 09:01 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Drive to right and Gorman crosses over to third after the out. Insurance in position to be cashed in with one out.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 09:03 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Edmundo Sosa whiffs! Chokes!! Spits the bit!! Austine Romine up! Four strikeouts and conk to the head!! Can he do it?!?!

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 09:05 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Groundout to short. Braves in the bottom of the 11th will have Marcel Ozuna on second with the bottom of the order coming up.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 09:08 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Packy Naughton, the most Bostonian pitcher in history, on to save it for St. Louis. William Contreras uses Edwin Diaz' record for his entrance music. He rightly and deservedly grounds out without advancing the tying runner.

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 09:10 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Fly to center! No advance! Two out!! Michael Harris coming up for the Braves!

Edgy MD Jul 07 2022 09:11 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

GROUNDS OUT ON THE FIRST PITCH!! THE CARDINALS AVOID THE SWEEP!!! THE CARDINALS AVOID THE SWEEP!!! THE CARDINALS AVOID THE SWEEP!!! THE CARDINALS AVOID THE SWEEP!!!

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2022 05:46 AM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Nice recap, and nice of StL to do that for us. I was going to switch over to that game but crashed instead. Not often that the visiting team can score just one run in consecutive extra innings during (hopefully the final year of) the ghost runner era and wind up coming away with a victory, particularly against the Braves who lately have been filling in holes in the roster by calling peanut vendors turned All-Stars out of the stands. Spenser Strider is their newest insta-hero recording 102 Ks in 65 innings across eight starts plus some bullpen work. Last night he K'd 12 in 6 innings. Atlanta fans -- young, old, male, female -- have taken to wearing replicas of his mustache in the stands on his game days.

Edgy MD Jul 08 2022 06:09 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

In San Diego, Jurickson Profar carted off the field after on-field collision with shortstop C.J. Abrams.

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2022 06:17 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Edgy MD wrote: In San Diego, Jurickson Profar carted off the field after on-field collision with shortstop C.J. Abrams. That was last night. It was weird in that he was walking off on his own power before suddenly passing out as he was reaching the IF dirt.

Frayed Knot Jul 09 2022 09:00 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Yanx score twice in top 10 via the clown car rules. But the Sawx cone back with three in bottom 10 to walk it off. A key hit , and the eventual winning run, were made by Jeter Downs, a recent BoSox draft pick named for, yes, him. Downs got his first ML hit and then scored the game-winner on a hit by Alex Verdugo.

Edgy MD Jul 09 2022 09:28 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

I always liked Kelly Downs and I think it's nice that a new MLB ballplayer was named for him.

MFS62 Jul 10 2022 07:33 AM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

The fact that someone named Jeter scored the winning run against the MFYs made the day even nicer. Here's the story of his day, from MLB: https://www.mlb.com/news/jeter-downs-scores-winning-run-red-sox-walk-off-yankees?partnerId=zh-20220710-647207-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20220710-647207-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=X%2Fbfgieqp35NEtS5n2LIFHYl2swvHJMONl6KYniTbMSFMJ4HkLIidqkSEc3l2ckE&bt_ts=1657459154809 Later

Edgy MD Jul 10 2022 12:54 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Baltimore looking for their eighth straight win, up on the Angels 9-5 with three outs to go at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Frayed Knot Jul 10 2022 02:43 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Winning run on 2nd, two outs bottom 9, Austin Riley up who I believe is hitting .999 since June 1st

Frayed Knot Jul 10 2022 02:45 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Riley K's and they're going to the clown car rules in Atlanta.

Edgy MD Jul 10 2022 02:46 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Sloshington gets out of it.

Frayed Knot Jul 10 2022 02:51 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

So with a 1st pitch sac bunt, a 2nd pitch GO, and a 5-pitch K, the Nats fail to score the Manfred Man in top 10 Don't think I need to opine how this game is going to end.

Frayed Knot Jul 10 2022 03:06 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Or maybe this is one that will go 15. Three half-innings worth of zeros so far.

Frayed Knot Jul 10 2022 03:31 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

After five straight zeros, Braves win in bottom 12.

Edgy MD Jul 10 2022 03:33 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Well, I hope they used up their pitchers.

Edgy MD Jul 10 2022 07:39 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Ex-Nat Michael A. Taylor got to pitch last night for the Royals, and after laying the usual position player slop up there, he actually started to let a few rip. He threw two innings, and once he got three fastballs out of his system in the eighth, he went back to the junk in the ninth and did terrible, so you can skip that, but I got the idea that he still had more in him than the 94 he topped out at. [YOUTUBE]tC9smP57FkY[/YOUTUBE]

Frayed Knot Jul 10 2022 08:20 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

The Yanx, up 4-0 since about two minutes after tonight's SNB game at Febway began, are now down 11-6 in bottom 7 (3+ hours in). Miguel Castro among those getting their butts kicked.

Edgy MD Jul 10 2022 08:35 PM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Sunday Night Baseball is at it's best when (a) the Yankees are playing it, (b) they're losing decisively, (c) it won't end.

Frayed Knot Jul 11 2022 05:03 AM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

11 - 6 / 3:32 was your final After the Yanx put up two-spots in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd innings I figured they were off to the races but, quite obviously, their all-er-nuthin' offense stalled after that, perhaps unable to figure out whose turn it was to hit the next 2R homer. Aroldis Chapman is now being used in 6th inning try-and-hold-em scenarios (he didn't) and Miguel Castro got pasted in the 8th: 4 runs (2 ER) didn't record an out and now sports a 4.00 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP Matt Carpenter had the 3rd inning 2R HR. He doesn't start everyday, but he's now 22 for 64 as a Yanqui with 13 XBHs, 10 of them HRs or just shy of half his hits! That translates to a slash line of .344/.477/.859 // 1307 or a 267 OPS+ This after spending his last three seasons in StL (2019-21) whopping his way to a .203/.305/.346 // 671, 82 OPS+ and only his talent for walks kept it that high. Looked at another way: 22 HRs in 763 ABs for '19-'21 vs 10 in 64 ABs this year for the now 36 y/o And before we cite the Little League RF fence, five of those ten HRs came on the road.

Edgy MD Jul 11 2022 05:43 AM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Brutal. [TWEET]https://twitter.com/timandfriends/status/1546248842697400320[/TWEET]

The Hot Corner Jul 11 2022 10:45 AM Re: TWiB Notes - July 4 - 10

Time to switch glove manufacturers and styles since, according to comments, this is not the first time it has happened to him.