The Yankees scored a mess of runs against Houston and just won. We had the game on the kitchen radio while we napped in different spots. It was on kind of loud. I thought about getting up to turn it down but I never did. I heard a Castro homer and a Judge homer. The neighbor kid knocked on the door looking for me to toss back a couple balls they'd hit into our yard. I needed to get up anyway. Then the Yanks started in on the Astros bullpen. They even got to Devo: 1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 17 pitches. Then Gardner planted one off of Sipp ... Gardy went Yardy.
Earlier I listened to just a snippet of Braves at Marlins. The Marlins described Marlins Park as "mostly empty".
I had a couple of texts about today's 'Cut. The first was from you at 10:30 central daylight. It said, "MileHighHotCut". This pitted Julio Urías and the Dodgers against Antonio SenZatela and the Rockies. At 12:39 my cousin Jason texted to ask simply, "Hot Cut?" I told him Colorado. He said, "Sweet". But the 'Cut wasn't so sweet for Urías. He went four and gave up six earned. The game is now in the seventh, the Rockies leading 7-4.
After the Yankees closed out the first half of their doubleheader—the second half is Sunday Night Baseball—I went to Mets at Brewers just as MIL was posting a five spot on the NYM in the home half of the eighth. Knebel closed it out and MIL moved to 21-17.
Later. Bud Norris is trying to close it out by retiring J.D. Martinez. Norris has already gotten Miggy. The Detroit broadcast advised Norris to enjoy it while it lasts "because that's not Miggy." Earlier today I looked and saw that he was 0-for-2 with two Ks, hitting .242. Norris throws J.D. a cutter, J.D. offers weakly at it, Jim Price calls it a "cricket swing". That's it. Alex Meyer the win, maybe the best start of his MLB career. Halos, 4-1.
There is going to be a bridge event sometime between now (18:02 cdt) and the start of Sunday night baseball. A week ago, during the Yanks at Cubs 18-inning marathon, I heard talk of the Derek Jeter number 2 retirement ceremony tonight, which destined to delay the start of tonight's game. I thought, "No way there's a Sunday bridge next Sunday." But Mother Nature intervened and delivered a Covered Bridge of sorts, a game that would not have been played today if not for rain earlier this week in the Capitol. And it is ScherZer to boot, back-door Sunday Night Baseball from which ESPN and Major League baseball cannot black us out.
ScherZer took a comebacker off his knee ... went down ... it was dicey. He gets back on the mound. he backs up third on a fly ball and gives F.P. Santangelo goosebumps.
The Phillies scratched out a run against Max. Vince Velasquez, opposite him, is throwing well, coaxing the Nats bats to reach. Curve up in the zone at 83 for a high strike, to Michael A. Taylor, a good first pitch. Then a foul I missed. A 99 m.p.h. seed in the southwest quadrant of the zone seemed unhittable and Taylor swang through it.
A Brad Wilkerson reference on the Nats broadcast.
ScherZer gets a K on a curve. He has the curve going tonight, says F.P. On the kitchen radio we have the Yankees feed of the other double-header nigthcap, Astros at Yanks. ScherZer fans Herrera on a slider, his sixth strikeout. Another strikeout next, the side he retires by strikeout. The Astros are crushing the Yankees.
ScherZer gets Knapp looking—a close call. He's thrown one hundred and four pitches and he's due to bat fourth in the bottom of the sixth, per Bob Carpenter on MASN. Two on, two out, 3-3 game. Stassi on second, Galvis at first. 6-5-2 but it wasn't a double play. Turner made a diving stop up the middle and quizzically threw to third even though there was no runner headed to or from third base. Rendon came home with it to get Stassi and the game was over.
ScherZer had a wad of something in his mouth in the dugout. Not seeds but chew? Phillies pitching coach Bob McClure heads out to the mound. Luis García fans Taylor. HolliDinger! Bryan Goodwin doubles into the left field corner. Philadelphia calls for a double switch. Edubray Ramos is on, one on, two out, Turner at bat. Two-and-two count. A foul on 96, upper left quadrant. Turner, 9.
Dusty shot. Is the toothpick in there? B says she saw it earlier, I didn't. "The ballpark is coming alive with a pretty stiff breeze," says Bob C.
Matt Albers, mound dipper.
Albers fans Herrera and Herrera goes borderline. Albers, the save. This game is over, we are down to Astros-Yanks, which was 9-4 last I heard.
Earlier I listened to just a snippet of Braves at Marlins. The Marlins described Marlins Park as "mostly empty".
I had a couple of texts about today's 'Cut. The first was from you at 10:30 central daylight. It said, "MileHighHotCut". This pitted Julio Urías and the Dodgers against Antonio SenZatela and the Rockies. At 12:39 my cousin Jason texted to ask simply, "Hot Cut?" I told him Colorado. He said, "Sweet". But the 'Cut wasn't so sweet for Urías. He went four and gave up six earned. The game is now in the seventh, the Rockies leading 7-4.
After the Yankees closed out the first half of their doubleheader—the second half is Sunday Night Baseball—I went to Mets at Brewers just as MIL was posting a five spot on the NYM in the home half of the eighth. Knebel closed it out and MIL moved to 21-17.
Later. Bud Norris is trying to close it out by retiring J.D. Martinez. Norris has already gotten Miggy. The Detroit broadcast advised Norris to enjoy it while it lasts "because that's not Miggy." Earlier today I looked and saw that he was 0-for-2 with two Ks, hitting .242. Norris throws J.D. a cutter, J.D. offers weakly at it, Jim Price calls it a "cricket swing". That's it. Alex Meyer the win, maybe the best start of his MLB career. Halos, 4-1.
There is going to be a bridge event sometime between now (18:02 cdt) and the start of Sunday night baseball. A week ago, during the Yanks at Cubs 18-inning marathon, I heard talk of the Derek Jeter number 2 retirement ceremony tonight, which destined to delay the start of tonight's game. I thought, "No way there's a Sunday bridge next Sunday." But Mother Nature intervened and delivered a Covered Bridge of sorts, a game that would not have been played today if not for rain earlier this week in the Capitol. And it is ScherZer to boot, back-door Sunday Night Baseball from which ESPN and Major League baseball cannot black us out.
ScherZer took a comebacker off his knee ... went down ... it was dicey. He gets back on the mound. he backs up third on a fly ball and gives F.P. Santangelo goosebumps.
The Phillies scratched out a run against Max. Vince Velasquez, opposite him, is throwing well, coaxing the Nats bats to reach. Curve up in the zone at 83 for a high strike, to Michael A. Taylor, a good first pitch. Then a foul I missed. A 99 m.p.h. seed in the southwest quadrant of the zone seemed unhittable and Taylor swang through it.
A Brad Wilkerson reference on the Nats broadcast.
ScherZer gets a K on a curve. He has the curve going tonight, says F.P. On the kitchen radio we have the Yankees feed of the other double-header nigthcap, Astros at Yanks. ScherZer fans Herrera on a slider, his sixth strikeout. Another strikeout next, the side he retires by strikeout. The Astros are crushing the Yankees.
ScherZer gets Knapp looking—a close call. He's thrown one hundred and four pitches and he's due to bat fourth in the bottom of the sixth, per Bob Carpenter on MASN. Two on, two out, 3-3 game. Stassi on second, Galvis at first. 6-5-2 but it wasn't a double play. Turner made a diving stop up the middle and quizzically threw to third even though there was no runner headed to or from third base. Rendon came home with it to get Stassi and the game was over.
ScherZer had a wad of something in his mouth in the dugout. Not seeds but chew? Phillies pitching coach Bob McClure heads out to the mound. Luis García fans Taylor. HolliDinger! Bryan Goodwin doubles into the left field corner. Philadelphia calls for a double switch. Edubray Ramos is on, one on, two out, Turner at bat. Two-and-two count. A foul on 96, upper left quadrant. Turner, 9.
Dusty shot. Is the toothpick in there? B says she saw it earlier, I didn't. "The ballpark is coming alive with a pretty stiff breeze," says Bob C.
Matt Albers, mound dipper.
Albers fans Herrera and Herrera goes borderline. Albers, the save. This game is over, we are down to Astros-Yanks, which was 9-4 last I heard.
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