Last night, when the Red Sox were up 6-0 and showing no signs of mercy to Kansas City, I said out loud that they should save some runs for tonight and take it easy against the Royals. But I had a nagging feeling that the Royals were going to come back. But I didn't think they would come all the way back and win 12-9.
The Yankees also lost again last night, so if the Sox had held on, they'd be four games out. Despite my recent bombast, I never expected the Red Sox to oust the Empire, but I thought they'd get close enough to put a scare into them this weekend. Oh well, everybody is 0-0 after Oct. 4.
Tonight, the ruffian Royals are pounding the underdog Red Sox. Stupid Paul Byrd gave up five runs in the first inning, and Zack Greinke is pitching like a guy who deserves to win the Cy Young, not the guy who was yanked from his last start because of injury. In the 6th, the Royals lead 5-0.
The Phillies, meanwhile, woke up to headlines such as Phillies making their pitch for the postseason and For Phillies this season, it's clinch not catch. Amazing. It seems like yesterday that I was telling Christine to relax and that her team was going to make the playoffs as we headed to the park for the last regular season game in 2007. In fairness, I had to give her that same talk tonight. (The standings were a little tighter in 2007.)
The Phillies moved closer to their clincher with a 9-3 win over the Marlins in the day game before a sparse crowd. They'll probably have it corrected, but when I checked this box score, it said "Attendance - 0."
Joe Blanton dominated - just two hits and two walks with nine strikeouts in seven shutout innings.
The nightcap isn't going as well. Through seven innings, Anibal Sanchez is winning the battle of former Red Sox starters against Jamie Moyer. In the 8th, the Marlins lead 3-0. Christine is panicking. {Greg is exaggerating. A bit.}
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