Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 27, 2008
AL Central Rules

AL Central teams go five for five today, starting with the White Sox demolishing the Cubs this afternoon. Three other games would be blow outs as the Royals took their fourth straight from the Cardinals by a score of 7-2, the Indians shutout the Reds behind C.C. Sabathia 6-0, and the Tigers down the Rockies 7-1. The only close game involved the Brewers and Twins.

The Brewers out-homered Minnesota four to three, but blow a 6-3 lead as the Twins win their 10th straight game 7-6. Mauer hit a solo home run with two out in the 8th inning to provide the winning margin. He's hit three home runs this season, all in June. It was the worst pitched game of the streak for the Twins; they had not allowed more than three runs in any of the first nine games.

Eddie Bonine, making his third major league start, held the Rockies to five hits over eight innings. He walked none, hit a batter, and struck out two, meaning the Rockies were just five for 26 putting the ball in play. Ganderson picked up two triples to bring his total to four. He hit 23 three-baggers in 2007.

Sabathia stuck out eleven over eight shutout innings as he keeps raising his trade and free agent value. It's C.C.'s third game in a row with at least 10 strikeouts. Grady Sizemore is the only Indians star on the offensive side playing up to expectations. He drove in three with a double and a homer.

Alex Gordon drove in four runs with a double and homer, and six of KC's eleven hits were for extra base against the Cardinals. Gil Meche allowed one run over seven innings to lower his ERA to 4.66. He's allowed six earned run in his last four starts, an ERA of 2.08.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:05 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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AL goes 11-4 - it's getting ridiculous.

Posted by: bandit at June 28, 2008 11:31 AM
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