So yeah we lost but I think it was good baseball game. In fact, I thought it was good even for a pitchers' duel which is a type of game that I've never been a fan of. I mean, I understand why they're good and I praise great pitching but my personal makeup doesn't allow me the patience for slow baseball. But even the outs in this game were pretty exciting, so I could hang. Plus - the arches.
Masterson was finally friggin great! But Kyle Lohse was even better, so no win for Big Nasty. But he went 7 innings and struck out 6, only giving up 1 run. How about that? He's only given up 1 run in 2 other games this year, so it was magic for him. Oh yeah and he was facing the NL's best-hitting team, so there's that. And he had to bat! He looked funny up there all 6'6" of him at the plate. He's no Josh Tomlin so he didn't do anything but he didn't make a fool of himself.
Accardo came in for the 8th and gave up another run but it actually kinda didn't matter. Our bats just weren't doing anything today.
Our guys only got 3 hits and 2 walks today. The first time all year we've been shut out! Not bad to make it in to the second week of June without being shut out, right?
We only struck out 4 times so there was a lot of contact with the ball. No doubt that's what made the game watchable. There were some solid plays for both sides.
The nicest thing is that the guys who got the hits tonight are two of our guys who are harboring streaks - Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Fucking Brantley!
Asdrubal went 1 for 4 and continued an 11-game streak! He hit a bomb to right which coulda been a homer but it wasn't, and it coulda been a double but it also wasn't that. It was just a long single.
BRANTLEY is now at 17 games, and to prove his worthiness he didn't just get a bunt single today but also a legit single out of the infield and in to center.
So, he's pretty awesome!
That's about all for today's game. There aren't even any video highlights from the MLB for this game. Heh.
Why is Bob Frantz on the radio crying about how there was a shutout today? It happens dude, buck up. Be super happy that this is the first!
Not only are there no video highlights, there's also no Radio Chatter tonight. I swear, I only wrote down like one thing. Not worth it. Hamilton is off at the College World Series semi-finals. Kent's game versus Oregon is not until 11 PM Eastern, so if you want to know how things went check out the very nice bracket on the NCAA site.
In honor of Busch Stadium, which continues to enamor me, I am going to post a list of things all of the current baseball stadiums are named after, in order of stadium seating size:
A baseball team
A beer company
A baseball team
A rich guy
A communications company
A bank
A baseball team
An insurance company
A baseball team
A baseball team
A beer company
A bank
An insurance company
A pet store
An insurance company
A bank
A communications company
A beer company
A baseball team
A rich guy
A juice company
A communications company
A department store
A bank
A rich guy
A geographic area
A baseball team
A geographic area
A juice company
Seems kind of creepy when you break it down like that doesn't it? Did you even realize that we had two juicy stadiums?
Tomorrow's game is at 2:15. Sadly, not on television but that's ok I've gotten my fill of Busch Stadium this year. Let's hope there's more good pitching from Ubaldo and we get a Sunday win!
See you there!
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