Yes, fans of the Red Sox and Phillies are getting hosed once again to the big-city flavor-of-the-month. The finale of this weekend's SoxandPhils series was supposed to be on national TV, but it got the boot so baseball could once again use a marquee broadcast to feature the Washington Nationals and Stephen Strasburg on TBS:
TBS announced today that it has switched its Sunday telecast away from the Phillies-Red Sox game, to a Nationals-Indians game it would have absolutely no interest in if not for Strasburg.
I'll turn off the sarcasm now, especially because tonight's games would throw a serious monkey wrench into my little tongue-in-cheek argument. The Phillies were supposed to be tonight's MLB Network game, but because local broadcasts pre-empt MLB Network, we got the Red Sox game as a bonus.
Phillies: Any thoughts of perfection in the much-anticipated rematch of Josh Johnson and Roy Halladay ended in the first inning for each pitcher, but they locked horns in a good one. Each pitcher went eight innings; Halladay gave up a run in the 1st inning, Johnson gave up none. Johnson's line: three hits, one walk and five strikeouts. Doc's: one run, six hits, one walk and eight strikeouts.
You have to love when a pitching duel lives up to the hype, although Christine will disagree tonight because the Marlins beat the Phillies 2-0.
Red Sox: Jon Lester didn't have it tonight, giving up six runs in six innings. In the 8th, Indians 6, Red Sox 5.
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