Weekend OoTS 8/8/08

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Pittsburgh @ Philly
Going to the 12th now in a scoreless tie (!)
--Blanton & 4 relievers working on a 3 hitter
--Phils with 6 hits, 11 Ks

St. Louis @ Cubs
Cuns win walkoff in the 11th on Henry Blanco 1B

Nats @ Brewers
Sabathia with another CG, 5-0 shutout, now 6-0, 1.58 in the NL

AL

Boston @ CWS:
White Sox win 5-2

Tampa @ Seattle
Tampa ahead 5-2 in the 3rd.

MFYs @ Angels
2-1 Angels in the 3rd, Kennedy v. Weaver

[Gwreck]

Pittsburgh takes the lead in the 12th, now 2-0.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Kennedy beaten off the mound, 2+ IP, 5 Runs, 9 hits. Yeah, he & Melky were too much to give up.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

BUCS!!!!!

[Guest AG/DC]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Kennedy beaten off the mound, 2+ IP, 5 Runs, 9 hits. Yeah, he & Melky were too much to give up.

Melky, meanwhile, is 76th of 79 qualifying American Leaguers in OPS.

Number 75 is Carlos Gomez. Win-win there for us.

[Frayed Knot]

Angels add it on late for 10-5 win - after several early Yanx comebacks including Xavier's 5th NYY HR

Rays hang on in Seattle

]St. Louis @ Cubs Cuns win walkoff in the 11th on Henry Blanco 1B

Also 2 HRs from Jim Edmonds
Jim the Padre in 2008: 90 ABs; 16 Hits; 3 XBHs (.178/.265/.233)
Jim the Cub in 2008: 169 ABs; 48 Hits; 28 XBHs including 14 HRs!!! (.284/.384/.621)

[Guest AG/DC]

That's just crazy.

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx not only looked like they were about to beat John Lackey for the 2nd straight time but also come out on top of a Lackey-vs-Dan Geise matchup.
They led 2-0 and then 3-1 before the Angels tied it with 2 in the 7th and then threw up an 8-spot in the 8th off the MFY pen.

[Frayed Knot]

* Phils beats Pitt amid a screaming match between Brett Myers and mgr Charlie Manuel. Hot head apparently thought he was pulled too early.
Gap stays at 1 full game
Tody: Jason Davis vs Moyer

* Cards strike back at Cubs 12-3, smacking 4 HRs off Zambrano (who hit one himself - his 3rd of the year and [u:88e53e7fda]15th of his career[/u:88e53e7fda]!!)
They'll be the ESPN game tonight; Carpenter vs Demster

* TB wins in the 11th in Seattle.
They didn't waste any time with Bradford, throwing him in for a scoreless 9th (2 baserunners)
Lead the ALEast by 3.5 (Bos) and 7.5 (MFY)

[Frayed Knot]

Phils win - back to a 2 game defecit

ChiSox beat BoSox (to take 2 of 3) and take back 1st place from Mini-soda

Angels complete the sweep of Yanx.
Game was tied in the 9th when the Angels got 2 on against Marte. So Girardi brought in Rivera and Chone Figgins promptly bounced his first pitch through a hole for the win

TB wins again (swept Seattle) which not only increased their lead over Boston & NY to 4.5 & 8.5 but also set a franchise record for most wins in a season ever (72).