July 4th weekend O-o-T Scoreboard

[Frayed Knot]

Check out thie end of the Milwaukee/Arizona game
Brewers lead 5-0 trying to close out the bottom of the 9th

G. Mota pitching.
- Hammock infield single to third.
- Burke walked, Hammock to second.
- Ojeda infield single to first, Hammock to third, Burke to second.

Shouse pitching.
- Tracy pinch-hitting for Rosales - doubled to center, Hammock scored, Burke scored, Ojeda scored. =green](3 runs)

Torres pitching.
- Upton singled to right, Tracy to third.
- Hudson doubled to left, Tracy scored, Upton to third. =green](4th run)
- Jackson singled to center, Upton scored, Hudson scored. =green](5th & 6th runs)

A six-run 9th inning comeback ... all with no outs! -- OUCH!


* 6-0 BoSox in the 7th; Pettitte got smacked around, helped by a Jeter error

* Cole Hamels 3-hitting the Braves thru 8; 4-0 Phillies in the 9th

[Frayed Knot]

* Hamels fell one out short of a CG shutout; Phils win 4-1.

* Jon Lester went all the way for the BoSox and a 7-0 shutout

* Florida tied 4-4 in the 9th in Colorado

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Frayed Knot - "* Jon Lester went all the way for the BoSox and a 7-0 shutout"

Lester held the Yanks to 5 hits (4 singles and a double), with 8 K's and only 2 walks.

[Frayed Knot]

From the 'Something you don't see everyday' file:

With 2-on and 2-out, Kevin Youkilis drives one deep to left.
Damon jumps up at the wall and seems to snag it, but the ball pops out of his glove and comes to a rest on top of the fence.
After balancing up there on the shaking wall for 3 seconds or so, the ball rolls off on the field side almost landing on Damon's head as he lays crumpled on the warning track.
Damon had no clue where it was until it fell. CFer Melky saw it balancing up there but was too far away do anything but yell and point.

Youkilis wound up getting himself a 2-RBI triple out of it all while Damon gets an early exit and an MRI on his left shoulder.


6-3 Boston thru 7, now in a rain delay

[Guest AG/DC]

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_07_04_bosmlb_nyamlb_1

[Frayed Knot]

Game of the Day

Rockies, down 13-4 to the Marlins after 3-1/2 innings, score 1 in the 4th, 4 in the 5th, 3 in the 6th, 4 in the 7th, then 2 in the 9th to pull out an 18-17 squeaker.

Two team totals: 35 runs, 43 hits, 8 HRs (6 by Colorado), 11 BBs

Runs were scored in 12 of the 18 half-innings.

The starters were responsible for 16 runs combined (but only 15 earned)

8 Marlin pitchers were used - 7 for one inning or less.
They faced 51 Colorado batters and recorded 24 outs.
5 were charged with runs, 3 "earned" a 'Hold'.
Closer Kevin Gregg faced 5 batters and retired none.

6 Rockies pitchers were used - facing 56 Marlin hitters in order to log 27 outs with no one pitcher recording more than 6.

Game Time = 3:59 ... or about that of a 3-2 Yanqui-Boston game

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Baseball is awesome

[Frayed Knot]

The BoSox let one get away today.
They were losing 2-0 to the Yanx most of the game and had to face Mariano in the 9th.
But Rivera started single - HBP - single - HBP ... so a run was in, the bases loaded, and no one out

And then they promptly went K, Pop-out, K and lost 2-1
A loss there would have really kicked the Yanx' butts.

8 HBPs in that game to tie a MLB record -- and none of them even seemed intentional

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Veritek has become virtually worthless.

[Frayed Knot]

Astros & Braves tied at 6 in the 16th (but without the rain delays)



ARod ties Mantle at 536 HRs
(but he's not a true Yanqui)

[Gwreck]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Veritek has become virtually worthless.

And they say the fans' all-star ballots are flawed, yet the players voted in Jason Varitek as an all-star. What a crock.

[seawolf17]

Jamie Burke, Mariners backup C, proves he's no Brent Mayne, as he takes the loss, pitching in the 15th inning.

How do you run out of pitchers in the AL? Bad planning, fellas.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Time for Seattle to fire the manager....oh wait, never mind.

[Zvon]

Still the weekend to me.

Kuroda of the Dodgers pitching a perfecto vs the Braves thu 7.

[Guest AG/DC]

A Texiera double is the only blemish for Kuroda as Atlanta goes down 3-0.

Now, if only San Diego could come back at home against the Marlins... .

[seawolf17]

You know, fuck you, Hiroki Kuroda. Fuck you in your fucking head. First Billy Fucking Wagner and Jon Fucking Papelbon blow my win last week, then I cut Kuroda Sunday afternoon to create space to bring Carlos Zambrano off the IR, and he fucking goes and does this. Fantasy baseball sucks.

[Guest AG/DC]

Huge breach of ettiquette, but I like where it ended.