Berríos can really make the ball bend and dive. But he's thrown the last ball out of the zone. Client FraZier has yielded his number 30 to the newly arriving—the returning—David Robertson? I guess there was a trade. I had been checking RotoWorld all morning, then went to lunch. The Yanks now have two on, FraZier singling. One out, top two, in Minnesota.
Later. Pedroia bats with the bases loaded, bottom two in Boston, two out, Aaron Sanchez at 43 pitches, Sox up 2-0. He singles, two runs score. César Valdéz warms, 4-0 Boston. Pedroia has 48 RBI. Moreland, 8.
To Cincinnati. Greinke deals high to Hamilton. Another fastball and Hamilton singles to left, where new Diamondback J.D. Martinez bobbles the ball, briefly. CoZart now. Hamilton runs and is caught. Mathis made an excellent throw. Votto stomps around on deck. CoZart loses one down the left field line, 2-1 Reds. That was a hanging slider. CoZart has 11 home runs and is batting .318. His OPS coming into the night was .943. Votto knock one into the ground on a 3-2 pitch that could have been either the slider or a change, 3-1. Then Duvall fanned.
Traveling to the South Side of Chicago. Carlos Rodón was 3-and-0 to Bellinger, who swung at the next pitch, 7. He is now 3-and-1 to Forsythe. Now a walk. The Dodgers are up 1-0 with two on. He fans Austin Barnes. There are a lot of players surnamed Barnes: Jacob, Danny, Matt, Austin. Brandon Barnes has not appeared in the majors this year.
Maeda is on for the Dodgers tonight. His first pitch is high and wide to Alen Hanson. On the second pitch Hanson goes 8. Melky pulls a line drive home run to right and the game is tied at one. José Abreu hits a ball hard, but to Puig, 9. Avisaíl García, 6-3.
To Pittsburgh, riverboat on the Allegheny. Cole has worked into the seventh, ten strikeouts, 102 pitches; works to Davies, 4-3. Cole has completed seven. Bottom half. Cervelli singles but Mercer hits one right at Hernán Pérez, who flips to Orlando Arcia. Arcia takes the toss, leapfrogs the incoming Cervelli and throws to get Mercer at first for a pretty 4-6-3 double play. Now Permit Driver Davies works to Josh Bell, at 88 pitches, attempting to match Cole inning-for-inning. Backwards-looking K and Davies is through seven.
Looking around the majors: Baltimore behind Gausman are 7-1 Texas (Matt Bush is in the midst of a meltdown; he works to Chaw Boy, bases loaded, one out); the Snakes and Reds are tied at 3, bottom six in Ohio; the Mets got to Mike Leake early and lead St. Louis 7-1; Boston at home are 5-1 Toronto; the Dodgers just got a second home run from Kike Hernández and are 3-1 over the White Sox; and, in an AL Central pitching duel it's Verlander's Tigers and Hammel's Royals tied at 1 in Kansas City.
Toothpick sighting!
It's Nats at Angels, Harper-Trout, except Harper has the night off. Dusty has methodically granted his position players off days. Pujols bats; has a .284 OBP but 56 RBI. He singles, scoring Escobar from second. Trout, who'd walked, goes first to third. He was rounding second just as the Pujols single was leaving the infield. Gio G is in early trouble.
Trout wears the oven mitt now, left hand.
Alex Meyer, perfect through 4 2/3 innings, just walked Anthony Rendon. Meyer has his tight, 83 or 84 m.p.h. knuckle curve working. He can deliver it up in the zone for strikes or bury it low for swings and misses. He has Wieters 0-and-2. The fastball is live at 95 but that one misses high. Wieters, 7.
Later. Pedroia bats with the bases loaded, bottom two in Boston, two out, Aaron Sanchez at 43 pitches, Sox up 2-0. He singles, two runs score. César Valdéz warms, 4-0 Boston. Pedroia has 48 RBI. Moreland, 8.
To Cincinnati. Greinke deals high to Hamilton. Another fastball and Hamilton singles to left, where new Diamondback J.D. Martinez bobbles the ball, briefly. CoZart now. Hamilton runs and is caught. Mathis made an excellent throw. Votto stomps around on deck. CoZart loses one down the left field line, 2-1 Reds. That was a hanging slider. CoZart has 11 home runs and is batting .318. His OPS coming into the night was .943. Votto knock one into the ground on a 3-2 pitch that could have been either the slider or a change, 3-1. Then Duvall fanned.
Traveling to the South Side of Chicago. Carlos Rodón was 3-and-0 to Bellinger, who swung at the next pitch, 7. He is now 3-and-1 to Forsythe. Now a walk. The Dodgers are up 1-0 with two on. He fans Austin Barnes. There are a lot of players surnamed Barnes: Jacob, Danny, Matt, Austin. Brandon Barnes has not appeared in the majors this year.
Maeda is on for the Dodgers tonight. His first pitch is high and wide to Alen Hanson. On the second pitch Hanson goes 8. Melky pulls a line drive home run to right and the game is tied at one. José Abreu hits a ball hard, but to Puig, 9. Avisaíl García, 6-3.
To Pittsburgh, riverboat on the Allegheny. Cole has worked into the seventh, ten strikeouts, 102 pitches; works to Davies, 4-3. Cole has completed seven. Bottom half. Cervelli singles but Mercer hits one right at Hernán Pérez, who flips to Orlando Arcia. Arcia takes the toss, leapfrogs the incoming Cervelli and throws to get Mercer at first for a pretty 4-6-3 double play. Now Permit Driver Davies works to Josh Bell, at 88 pitches, attempting to match Cole inning-for-inning. Backwards-looking K and Davies is through seven.
Looking around the majors: Baltimore behind Gausman are 7-1 Texas (Matt Bush is in the midst of a meltdown; he works to Chaw Boy, bases loaded, one out); the Snakes and Reds are tied at 3, bottom six in Ohio; the Mets got to Mike Leake early and lead St. Louis 7-1; Boston at home are 5-1 Toronto; the Dodgers just got a second home run from Kike Hernández and are 3-1 over the White Sox; and, in an AL Central pitching duel it's Verlander's Tigers and Hammel's Royals tied at 1 in Kansas City.
Toothpick sighting!
It's Nats at Angels, Harper-Trout, except Harper has the night off. Dusty has methodically granted his position players off days. Pujols bats; has a .284 OBP but 56 RBI. He singles, scoring Escobar from second. Trout, who'd walked, goes first to third. He was rounding second just as the Pujols single was leaving the infield. Gio G is in early trouble.
Trout wears the oven mitt now, left hand.
Alex Meyer, perfect through 4 2/3 innings, just walked Anthony Rendon. Meyer has his tight, 83 or 84 m.p.h. knuckle curve working. He can deliver it up in the zone for strikes or bury it low for swings and misses. He has Wieters 0-and-2. The fastball is live at 95 but that one misses high. Wieters, 7.
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