Another long day-night

Remember yesterday's marathon day of yard work? Well, we repeated it today, but at Christine's mom's house. And the cable went out when the Phillies and Astros were tied at 6 in the sixth. We thought we cut the cable while planting bushes. Christine's mom just called to say she contacted the cable company and found out they were doing work in the neighborhood, but we're still nervous.

Point is, after the TV crapped out, Christine never bothered to bring a radio outside, thinking we wouldn't be out there as long as we were and that the cable would come back on. So when we headed home, we were quite surprised to hear: Phillies 15, Astros 6. The Fightins certainly seem to do better when Christine can't watch 'em. Maybe they get nervous.

Jon Lester didn't have a strong follow-up to his no-hitter. Cue the "It's because he threw 130 pitches in the no-hitter" hysteria. Bottom line, the Red Sox were swept by the A's, are out of first place again and have some serious home-road splits happening: They're a major league best 21-5 at home, but 10-17 on the road.