TWiB Notes -- Aug 1st thru 7th

[Frayed Knot]

from TWiB July 25-31:
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It'd be nice if any team could kick the Braves around a bit. They just steamroll everyone.

[Frayed Knot]

Austin Riley -- .423. BA / 11 HRs / 25 RBI / 1344 OPS

and

Aaron Judge -- .333 / 13 / 32 / 1253

are your NL and AL Players of the Month for July .

Not sure if there was even a second place finisher on either side.

[Frayed Knot]

Braves up 8-1 in the 5th and threatening for more.

[MFS62]

Seattle up 6-0 against the MFYs in the Bronx. They've hit three Home runs off Gerrit Cole, including one by Jarred Kelenic. Of course, since it was in a minor league sized ballpark, I'm not sure if it counted.



Later

[kcmets]

Braves up 1-sniffle through six against Zack and his Phils.

[Frayed Knot]

Braves still up 1-0 in top 8th when they appeared to get out of the inning with a 5-4-3 GIDP with Philly runners on 1st & 3rd.

But replay showed that Realmuto beat the rap at 1st so no DP and the game was tied. Nick Castellanos then followed with a 2R HR



So 3-1, bottom 8

[Frayed Knot]

Newly acquired David Robertson in to close for the Phils:

- Austin Riley, K

- Eddie Rosario, K

- Marcel Ozuna, Foul pop-out





3 - 1 Phillies is your final

[Frayed Knot]

=MFS62 post_id=102137 time=1659548875 user_id=60]
Seattle up 6-0 against the MFYs in the Bronx. They've hit three Home runs off Gerrit Cole ...

[Frayed Knot]

Mariners prevail 7 - 3 to take the series 2 games to 1, which was nice particularly after smelling out the joint in Game 1 Monday night.



The Yanx, who are now a sub-.500 since July 1st (14 - 15), take off on a nine game road trip starting on Friday where both the travel and the

teams will give them a bit of a challenge: three games each in StL - SEA - [day off] - BOS

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Frayed Knot wrote: Braves still up 1-0 in top 8th when they appeared to get out of the inning with a 5-4-3 GIDP with Philly runners on 1st & 3rd. But replay showed that Realmuto beat the rap at 1st so no DP and the game was tied. Nick Castellanos then followed with a 2R HR So 3-1, bottom 8

I sure hope someone asks Castellanos after the game if he heard the boos from Braves fans after that homer.

[kcmets]

J D Davis took Kershaw deep today. Opposite field I believe, didn't make The Cove.

[Frayed Knot]

Various bits of tid from yester-day/night



- Noah Syndergaaard went all the way for the W in his first game as a Philly ... sort of.

The game was called after five by rain so his less-than-good 'complete game' line of 5 IP, 4 ER, 11 Hits, 0 BB, 3 K was good enough.

Phils stay 10 back



- Brewers lost for the third straight time to the Pirates (by 2, 1, and 1 run, twice by walk-off, the last one in 10 innings)

That couldn't have been easy for Brews fans to swallow

The Cards, meanwhile, took a day/night pair off the Cubbies so StL & MIL are now in a dead heat atop the NLC



- The Angels hit 7 HRs in a home game vs Oakland ... and lost 8-7. That's right, seven solo HRs (on 9 hits)

Shohei Ohtani, hitting but not pitching, hit two of them



- As mentioned up the thread, JD Davis HR'd off Kershaw. Not mentioned was that Kershaw was later removed with a back issue.

Those haven't gone well for him or the Dodgers over the years. Dodgers won 5-3

The 107 win Giants of last year are on pace for 78 wins this season. the 106 win LAD of '21 are on pace to win 111

If those paces hold up the Giants go from +1 over their rivals to -33. That's hard to do in one year.

[Edgy MD]

It's good that Noah Syndergaard has a brand and a look. I wonder how long it's going to mask that he's not pitching very well.

[Frayed Knot]

For the Angels it lasted 15 starts.

[kcmets]

Vin Scully just did Take Me Out to the Ballgame on the big screen at Wrigley.



Got a little choked up, I'm such a mush face sometimes....

[Frayed Knot]

The new look Padres, though still without baby Tatis, get their first big test with a three game set in L.A.



They're 12.5 G behind the Dodgers so are unlikely to catch them no matter what happens, but it's probably important for their psyche and getting thumped will start to put their WC status in doubt - right now +2.5

[Edgy MD]

The real power shift is St. Louis catching Milwaukee-talkie in the Central.

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx lose 1-0 to a combined two-hitter by recently traded LHP Jordan Montgomery (and his new StL friends).

Meanwhile, the return for Montgomery, Harrison (Master) Bader, remains on the IL.

[Frayed Knot]

I've had the ESPN game on (in the background, sound off) for about a half hour now ... and I don't think they've had the game in a full screen for more

than a few minutes, like maybe five, the entire time. SNB has become three-plus hours of ESPN being ESPN with a baseball game occasionally interrupting.





Oooh look, a full screen!! I just saw a pop-out.

[MFS62]

The Cardinals complete their sweep of the MFYs with today's 12-9 victory.

Adam f'n Wainwright started, gave up six runs, and did not get the decision.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

Safe to say that we can pronounce the new-look Padres shot at elevating themselves to an LAD rival was an epic fail.

Not just getting swept in the three game series but out-scored 20-4 in the process.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Frayed Knot wrote: I've had the ESPN game on (in the background, sound off) for about a half hour now ... and I don't think they've had the game in a full screen for more than a few minutes, like maybe five, the entire time. SNB has become three-plus hours of ESPN being ESPN with a baseball game occasionally interrupting. Oooh look, a full screen!! I just saw a pop-out.

I heard there was some kind of documentary about a Yankee shortstop with no range. Did they mention that at all?

[Frayed Knot]

=MFS62 post_id=102869 time=1659918905 user_id=60]
The Cardinals complete their sweep of the MFYs with today's 12-9 victory.

[Edgy MD]

=Fman99 post_id=101695 time=1659356596 user_id=86]
It'd be nice if any team could kick the Braves around a bit. They just steamroll everyone.