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Half-watching today's first game
Baltimore 5
LA Angels 1
top of the 3rd

Surprised but kinda delighted Baltimore went ahead with the game.

NYY alternate O.D. starter Nestor Cortes opens their season with a 3 R / 35 pitch bottom of the 1st in Houston.

So a little bit of sunshine in our rainy day.

Yanx have had their share of baserunners (walks and singles) thru 4 but remain scoreless thanks to hitting
into three inning-ending GiDPs including twice with bases-loaded. 4-0 Astros, bottom 4th

After allowing four runs during the first trip through the lineup, Cortes settled down.
Framber Valdes for Houston never did. Nine HOU walks allowed (including one w/full bases) plus a HBP (w/full bases)

5-4 Yanx, bottom 8

Two on , one out , bottom of the ninth.
C'mon Houston.
Later

Bottom 9th, Yanx up 5-4, Clay Holmes in for the save:
Single
line-out 2nd (Altuve)
infield single (Y. Alvarez) 1st & 2nd
Single (Kyle Tucker) ... runner thrown out at the plate!! (Soto to C)
... Reviewing ...

Not overturned (correct call IMO) btw, I would NOT have sent him
- Still 1st & 2nd, Alex Bergman up w/2 outs

6-4 FC
Please arrive home safely.

Nats and Marlins go down to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, respectively, leaving the National League East winless on Day One.

A 9th inning PH Travis Jankowski HR for Texas ties up the Cubs in bottom 9
He had one in 247 ABs last year, and just one since a stop in Philly in 2021

Phils bullpen giving away a 2-0 lead after Wheeler departs, now 5-2 9-2 Braves in the 8th

The only downside for 'Lanta was that catcher Sean Murphy appeared to injure his hand pulled an oblique muscle on a swing and was forced to leave the game mid-AB.

Don't pull your starting pitcher after six innings and 89 pitches when he's throwing a shutout?

Orioles, my new favorite team. Again.

Expectations are probably low