Woke up this morning to see the Braves down 9-8 to the Marlins with 2 out, bases loaded, 2 strikes on Swanson who was 0-4. Flicked on MLB.TV but all I could see was Swanson beng mobbed after singling to left centre. Down 9-4 and then 9-5 with 2 outs, kept coming back although they made a bad error on Freeman who should have been the third out but the pitcher whiffed on the feed from 1B.
Bautista gawn now Swanson is back. No need for 3 reserve infielders particularly since Albies and Freeman rarely rest.
Yankees won easily with homers from lesser lights Austin (2), Romine and Andújar.
M’s have lost Cano to an 80 day PED Suspension, important bats keep getting injured (Segura, Gordon Cruz and Hainger were all out injured at the sametime last week), but we somehow keep winning.
At 33-20 only 1 behind the Astros, keep winning in extra innings and winning 1 run ball games.
Would have to be our best start to a season since our ridiculous 2001 season which was ultimately wasted.
Braves had the second home-run walk-off come-from-behind win out of 3 games (in a 4-game set at home against the hated Mets). First game was a Charlie Culberson 2-run shot, and coming from 6-2 down today, a 2-run triple from Inciarte and a homer to Johan Camargo.
NL East is very tight at the top. Nats keep coming despite their injuries, and trail Atlanta by half a game, as will the Phillies if they hold on to their 4-0 lead in LA.
Red Sox on 39-17…best record ever is roughly 65 wins. That’s 26 wins from 40. Looking at the schedule if they continue they will get to 70 wins. Play Astros this weekend and Yankees at end of June as really only two big series. Getting a little ahead of myself haha…just having an exciting season!
Yanks 35-17 at the moment. Slow start, then went a rampage but have slowed past 10 days or so, lost our first series in a while last week to Royals, bounced back and beat Astros 2-1. Going to be a tight run this season