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TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

Frayed Knot Sep 04 2023 05:58 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 04 2023 08:06 PM

Phils put up four singles, three doubles, one triple, and two HRs on (mostly) Rich Hill in Sandy Eggo in the first three innings! 8-1 heading to top 4th And NOW the Astros break out the whoopin' sticks as they hang baker's dozen on the Rangers in Arlington for a 13-5 win while the Reds hold off Seattle.. Looks to be a nice month long battle royal in the AL West for that trio.

Edgy MD Sep 04 2023 07:17 PM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

San Francisco's loss and Miami's idleness cut the virtual four-way tie for the last Wild Cardigan in the NL down to two teams — Arizona and Cincinnati. If San Diego follows through on what looks like a losing effort against the Phils, they will join the Mets and Buccos, all within a game of each other in the trailing heat.

Frayed Knot Sep 04 2023 08:08 PM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

Now 9-7 as SDP has the tying runs on (1st & 3rd) in bottom 9 w/1 out oe: Philly wins

Frayed Knot Sep 05 2023 10:52 AM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

A couple of partially connected MLB oddities this past week - Twins rookie infielder Royce Lewis has 13 career HRs (11 this season) and 3 of them are Grand Slams Nothing too odd about that except that the 3 GS are all in the last 8 games making him the first rookie to hit 3 in 8 or fewer and the 4th player overall. But he's not the fastest. Larry Parrish also had 3 in 8 games in 1982 Lou Gehrig had 3 in 5 games in 1931 And Jim Northrup, in the pitching dominant season of 1968, hit 3 GS in a 4 game span (2 in one game then another 3 days later) The other trinket involves one-time hot pitching prospect Lucas Giolito who yesterday became the first pitcher to allow 8 or more earned run three times in a season while pitching for three different clubs! 7/18 w/CHW vs NYM: 3 ER in 3-2/3 IP (and, yes, the Mets won that game ... although just barely) 8/12 w/LAA vs ATL: 9 ER in 3-2/3 IP 9/4 w/CLE vs MIN: 9 ER in 3.0 IP. Four of those runs he allowed on Labor Day Monday were due to ... a 2nd inning GS by Royce Lewis

Edgy MD Sep 05 2023 11:02 AM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

And Dodgers starter Julio Urías is looking at a the end of his season — and maybe an extended interruption of his career, if not his freedom — having been arrested for domestic assault. This is the second incident of this nature for Urías, and while he didn't get charged in the previous case, I fully expect MLB will be treating him as a repeat offender.

Frayed Knot Sep 05 2023 08:08 PM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

Reds tie up the Mariners late then win it in the 9th on a E. De La Cruz IF 1B, SB (it's ridiculous how fast that dude is), and then a soft RBI single The Rangers, who have been ahead of the Astros most of the year and probably thought of themselves as on the same level as the defending Champs, have been out-scoed 23 - 6 in less than two full games (at home) as they fight for turf in a three team division race.

Frayed Knot Sep 06 2023 04:31 PM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

In day game Pennant race [read: Wild Card] action: - Cubs thumped the slumping Giants at Wrigley - Wheeler one hit the Padres in SD for 6 innings ... so naturally they pulled him. 5-Zip Phils in bottom 7 - And speaking of the Phils, from the 'I Guess We Know How They Celebrated' category, Trea Turner was placed on Paternity Leave this week exactly nine months to the day after signing his big FA contract. Oh yeah, and the HOU/TEX match-up tonight is Scherzer v Verlander

Edgy MD Sep 06 2023 05:07 PM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

Reds are now sole holders of that last Wild Card spot, beating the Mariners 1-0 after one this evening.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2023 05:29 PM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

Sandy Alcantara headed to the Injured List with a forearm strain. He'll have company on there with slugger Jorge Soler straining his oblique. It's a tough time to take a hit, but there's no good time for a defending Cy Young winner to come down with a foreboding injury.

Frayed Knot Sep 08 2023 08:52 PM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

The Brewers, down 2-0 early, did the Lord's work tonight by pounding out 16 hits and scoring 8 unanswered in da Bronx to re-drop the Yanx a game below. 500

Frayed Knot Sep 09 2023 06:08 PM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

8 unanswered runs for the Brewers in the Bronx last night, 7 unanswered today. Tied 2-2 going into the 8th, ended 9-2 But I bet Old-Timers day was fun for the crowd. New-Timers day, not so much.

Frayed Knot Sep 11 2023 05:48 AM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

Just in case you weren't sure that the clown car rules were stupid enough: in the Bronx yesterday, the game where both teams were scoreless through ten innings and where the home team was hitless through ten, wound up 4-3 in 13 after the Yanx scored four times on one hit in each of the 11th, 12th, and 13th innings while the Brewers were only able to manage three runs on two hits over that same span. I liked it better when they settled baseball games by playing baseball.

Marshmallowmilkshake Sep 11 2023 06:47 AM Re: TWiB Notes - Sept 4 thru 10

Yankees also lost their stud prospect for about a year. [url]https://nypost.com/2023/09/10/jasson-dominguez-injury-short-term-blow-in-sad-yankees-season/