Trey Mancini is in the hole. Chad Green is throwing smoke. Chad Green always looks good. Mancini, 8. That went 405 feet. A strike to Trumbo. Green's slider misses away at 88. 1-and-2 to Trumbo. Trumbo, 9.
Judge must've hit a single on the first pitch. Bird GIDP. Here's Todd Frazier, seventh inning, Yankees at Orioles, a long fly to right-center, it touches down on the warning track, as does Joey Rickard who makes a diving effort but misses, goes sliding across the dirt and gravel, missed it only by inches, it's a double for Frazier. Ellsbury ends the inning with a ground ball that goes FC 6-4.
Albert Pujols and Henry Aaron are the only two player ever with sixteen seasons of at least 90 RBI.
Andrelton Simmons bats with the bases loaded. The count goes to 2-and-0 on a ball he looked at low. He grounds into a double play and the inning is over.
He walks Trout. There are now runners on first and second, Justin Upton to bat. Brandon Phillips takes third, Trout follows suit and stands on second. Upton gets out, somehow. Pujols wills one to center. He just dropped the bat head on that pitch, he put the barrel where it needed to be, he let the bat do the rest. The average is .244, the on-base is .289 but when you see Albert run—he can't run, he hobble-waddles—it kind of makes sense: if he has a runner on base when he comes to the plate, why would Albert draw a walk? C'mon, you think Albert Pujols doesn't know how to draw a walk anymore? He can't run! He's selling out to get bat on ball and he is driving in runs. He has 32 RBI in his last 31 games.
Judge must've hit a single on the first pitch. Bird GIDP. Here's Todd Frazier, seventh inning, Yankees at Orioles, a long fly to right-center, it touches down on the warning track, as does Joey Rickard who makes a diving effort but misses, goes sliding across the dirt and gravel, missed it only by inches, it's a double for Frazier. Ellsbury ends the inning with a ground ball that goes FC 6-4.
Trout Fishing
I switch to Angels at A's, Trout is batting. He cranks a foul down the left-field line. That Chris Smith is on the mound, or is it Not That Chris Smith. He's K-hris Smith, because he plays with K-hris Davis. Trout won't bite on the low slider. The count runneth full. Trout walks. Justin Upton sends one off the wall to left, right under the 330' sign, near the left-field foul pole. Trout rounded third but returned to the third-base bag.Albert Pujols and Henry Aaron are the only two player ever with sixteen seasons of at least 90 RBI.
Andrelton Simmons bats with the bases loaded. The count goes to 2-and-0 on a ball he looked at low. He grounds into a double play and the inning is over.
Later, More Trout & Pujols
Trout's coming up. Chris Smith went 3 1/3 IP, 6 ER, 84 pitches. This is Castro for Oakland. Earlier I saw Miguel Castro for Baltimore, in the fifth inning of that game. He was nibbling. He's looked great in a couple of extra-innings stints for the O's. The count goes to 3-and-0 on Trout. This is Angel Castro, who I've never seen before. He will be 35 in November. Originally drafted by the Tigers in 2006, he has bounced around all corners of the minor leagues and was recently pitching in the Mexican League. He did log four innings at the major league level for Oakland in 2015.He walks Trout. There are now runners on first and second, Justin Upton to bat. Brandon Phillips takes third, Trout follows suit and stands on second. Upton gets out, somehow. Pujols wills one to center. He just dropped the bat head on that pitch, he put the barrel where it needed to be, he let the bat do the rest. The average is .244, the on-base is .289 but when you see Albert run—he can't run, he hobble-waddles—it kind of makes sense: if he has a runner on base when he comes to the plate, why would Albert draw a walk? C'mon, you think Albert Pujols doesn't know how to draw a walk anymore? He can't run! He's selling out to get bat on ball and he is driving in runs. He has 32 RBI in his last 31 games.
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