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Baseball Musings
June 08, 2007
Thursday Review

If you turned off games early yesterday you missed a number of exciting endings. Six team won in their last at bat, the day capped with the Padres scoring five in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Dodgers. Broxton gave up two infield hits, had Garciaparra make an error behind him, but then with the score tied and the bases loaded, walked in the winning run.

Of course, the best game of the day was won in the first inning, when David Ortiz' home run proved to be the only run the Red Sox scored and needed. Curt Schilling recorded the first 26 outs without allowing a hit. That single by Stewart was the Athletics offense for the day as the Red Sox took home a 1-0 win.

Boston holds a 10 game lead in the east, with the four teams behind them nicely bunched together, Tampa Bay in last place only 1 1/2 games behind Toronto after Young singles in two in the top of the ninth to defeat the Blue Jays 5-2.

And the Phillies are back in the NL East race after a three-game sweep of the Mets. Hamels allowed ten hits in seven innings of work, but the Mets only converted those into three runs. Maine pitched better, leaving after seven with a 3-2 lead. But Wagner blew the save to send the game into extra innings, giving up a home run to Burrell. Utley doubled in the go-head run in the then, and Burrell added a double to finish the scoring. Philadelphia now sits just five games behind New York in third place.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:31 AM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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David, I was lucky enough to arrive home yesterday (Thursday) around 3:45, so I was able to watch a good portion of the Schilling tense but great one-hitter. My voice is almost back, too. You see, the neighbors knew something was brewing (literally), and I ended up with about ten good people gathered in my living room for the last 40 minutes of the game!
Now that's fun! Have a wonderful weekend, and again, thank you for the blog mention. Sunday's best matchup? Matsusaka versus Randy Johnson. Should be fun.

Posted by: Peter N. at June 8, 2007 08:19 AM

David, I was lucky enough to arrive home yesterday (Thursday) around 3:45, so I was able to watch a good portion of the Schilling tense but great one-hitter. My voice is almost back, too. You see, the neighbors knew something was brewing (literally), and I ended up with about ten good people gathered in my living room for the last 40 minutes of the game!
Now that's fun! Have a wonderful weekend, and again, thank you for the blog mention. Sunday's best matchup? Matsusaka versus Randy Johnson. Should be fun.

Posted by: Peter N. at June 8, 2007 08:19 AM

I am so sorry for the duplicate...the computer is super slow, as I am after yesterday!

Posted by: Peter N. at June 8, 2007 08:23 AM

Dice K should be locked up in a room and forced to watch that Schilling game 100 times.That is how you pound the zone.Do not nibble just because you have 2 strikes on the batter.Go after the hitters.Trust your stufff.

Posted by: fred h at June 8, 2007 08:55 AM

Ahem, and Joe Torre became the first guy with 2000 hits and 2000 managerial wins.

Posted by: rbj at June 8, 2007 09:52 AM
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