Morning Wood - Eight Home Runs? Really?
New York Yankees 16 Chicago White Sox 3
At this point in the season, the only way the Sox can get top billing in the Morning Wood is if the Cubs have an off day or they do something incredible. Last night they did something incredible. The Yankees hit eight home runs off of White Sox pitching. Yes. Eight. Of course, the best part is Alex Rodriguez wasn't one of them and is stuck at 499. "I'm sure if you polled everybody in baseball who didn't see the game and saw eight home runs being hit, they would have guessed that Alex hit two or three of them," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. Jose Contreras had another solid outing, allowing seven runs in 2.2 innings to improve to 5-14 on the season. He's awesome.
Chicago Cubs 7 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Jacque Jones may have looked horrible in the field, but he made up for it by hitting the go ahead double in the sixth inning. The Cubs were trailing 3-2 before Jones poked a ball down the third base line and brought in Cliff Floyd and Mark DeRosa. "Guys are stepping up and picking other guys up. We're playing real good right now," said Jones. "When you're going for first place, you've got to do things like that." Jason Marquis pitched six inning and allowed three runs, but the Cubs bullpen completely shut down the Phillies late, including Carlos Marmol who struck out three in 1.1 innings of work.
Elsewhere...
AL
- Orioles 5 Red Sox 3
- Rangers 3 Indians 1
- Blue Jays 2 DRays 0
- Twins 5 Royals 3
- A's 7 Tigers 3
- Angels 8 Mariners 0
- Nationals 6 Reds 3
- Cardinals 6 Pirates 4
- Rockies 6 Marlins 3
- Braves 12 Astros 4
- Brewers 4 Mets 2
- DBacks 4 Padres 0
- Giants 3 Dodgers 1
2 comments:
Haven't read you in awhile... So I haven't had time to comment, critique, assess critically, evaluate, review, analyze, and most prominently make fun of your work...
This one is great. Perhaps a classic!! You should be aware that you created a Super-Player or you missed something before the trade deadline.
Cliff Floyd + Derek Lee = Cliff Lee.
OR
Perhaps the Cubs picked up Cliff Lee from Cleveland (you must not have noticed and they did actually pick up a pitcher) and he decided to get on base before Jacque Jones poked that ball down the third base line.
Hey, I just have Cliff Lee on the brain. I feel so bad that he's been demoted is all!
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