Phillies 5, Marlins 3 (14). Miami's Tom Koehler took on Philly's Cole Hamels. (Did you know that Cole Hamels turned 30 last December? I did not know that, and kind of wish that I still didn't.)
Friday, June 27, 2014
Game of the Day (6/26/84)
Angels 3, Rangers 2 (14). California's Jim Slaton had just turned 34 and firmly entrenched in a decline that would have him out of the league in two years. Texas's Charlie Hough was well past his 36th birthday, and had another decade left in the league. Ah, the power of the knuckleball.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Game of the Day (6/25/14)
Orioles 5, White Sox 4 (12). Chicago's Hector Noesi took on Baltimore's Ubaldo Jimenez; the two of them have combined for one ERA+ over 100 since 2010, and that was Noesi's first year in the majors.
Game of the Day (6/25/84)
Rangers 5, Angels 4 (11). Texas started the 27-year-old Dave Stewart, who was not yet as good as he would become. California countered with the 38-year-old Geoff Zahn, who was on the way to one last excellent season before leaving the league in 1985.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Game of the Day (6/24/14)
Yesterday was a pretty terrific baseball day. For starters, Clayton Kershaw followed up a no-hitter by throwing eight shutout innings, and Cub hurler Jake Arrieta didn't allow a baserunner for the first six innings of his start against Cincinnati. Not including those contests, there were four nine-inning games that were in the top third of all games played so far this year.
On top of that, there was a 16-inning marathon between the Nationals and Brewers, with Washington coming out on top. That game ranks among the top 20 so far this season... and it wasn't the day's best, because of the magnificence that was Diamondbacks 9, Indians 8 (14).
On top of that, there was a 16-inning marathon between the Nationals and Brewers, with Washington coming out on top. That game ranks among the top 20 so far this season... and it wasn't the day's best, because of the magnificence that was Diamondbacks 9, Indians 8 (14).
Game of the Day (6/24/84)
Padres 8, Reds 3 (13). Eric Show, arguably the Padre ace, took on Joe Price, who was in the second of his two years as a full-time starter.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Game of the Day (6/23/14)
Out of the 10 games played yesterday, only two of them were in the 35th percentile or better. Naturally, both of them involved gut-punch endings being delivered to Chicago teams. The better (or worse, depending on your perspective) of the two was Orioles 6, White Sox 4, which opened with the high-caliber lefty-lefty matchup of Chris Sale and Wei-Yin Chen.
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