August MLB Game Thread
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4 complete games. The only other pitchers with more than one complete game are Framber Valdez and Aaron Nola.
Through 7 innings, Zach "Losing Pitcher" Plesac is holding the Mariners to a BABIP of .000, but trailing 3-1 because of the 3 solo home runs he's allowed.
Last time they made the playoffs it was based on them winning virtually every extra innings game. Just a weird fluke thing.
Ichiros Mariners HOF was awesome. I wouldn’t be surprised if he plays again for them at some point Minnie Minoso style. He still takes batting practice and everything with the team every game. View: https://youtu.be/5lW6m98u7CA
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The Guards score 3 in the 8th and shut the Mariners down the rest of the way for the win. Plesac gets his 3rd win in 23 starts. Seattle is now 51-1 when leading after 7 innings.
Austin Voth, who is definitely a pitcher I have heard of, is currently one-hitting the Astros. The Orioles really might sweep, this is wild.
EDIT: they took him out, but still
Voth had a 10+ ERA for NatsTown when they released him in June, he has a sub-3 ERA for BAL.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vothau01.shtml
Hader has turned into a left-handed Matt Barnes (2021 Barnes, that is). He was absolutely untouchable through Memorial Day. 18 appearances, 18 saves, 0 R, 4 H, 6 BB, 28 K, 61 batters faced. Since then, 25 appearances, 22 R, 29 H, 11 BB, 40 K, 107 batters faced. Unreal.
This Braves/Cardinals series has been exciting. Impressive 2 out, go ahead 3 run homers to Center against great relievers by both teams:
Swanson off of Helsley in the Top of the 7th after seeing 100 near his head the pitch before.
O’Neill immediately after Goldschmidt and Arenado struck out in the 8th.
Swanson off of Helsley in the Top of the 7th after seeing 100 near his head the pitch before.
O’Neill immediately after Goldschmidt and Arenado struck out in the 8th.
22 straight after an 8 inning, 2 run, 8 K/0 BB performance. An AL record, based on this list. Just a stunningly impressive run.
Gunnar Henderson's first major league hit comes in his second AB, in the form of an absolute bomb off Triston McKenzie
The Dodgers-Mets game has been great. deGrom is on but Mookie took him deep. Nimmo just made one of the catches of the year to keep it 2-1.
That catch by Nimmo was stunning. I didn't think he had any chance at it.
Very fun theatrics in the 9th. Timmy Trumpet on the field playing Diaz’s theme and closing out the Dodgers 1-2-3.
I hated my experience in Camden when the Sox blew Game 162 in 2011 — their fans were generally obnoxious — but I have to say it’s good to see the Orioles and Mariners and Blue Jays playing meaningful baseball.
All have great fanbases, and the Orioles and Mariners have great stadiums, but while the Red Sox were bringing us (what felt like) endless joy, 4 World Series and another few ALCS appearances, those franchises have combined for 6 playoff appearances (counting Wild Card play ins) since the Henry group bought the Red Sox.
Sewald made it interesting, but K'd Baez to put the Mariners 14 games over .500, and keep them a half game out of the top WC.
Don't know about the 2+ hits and an RBI thing, but at least 18 runs without a HR hasn't happened in 12 years (8/3/2010 Houston @ St. Louis). Unsurprisingly, most of the 102 times it's happened were before WWII, and mostly before the 1930s.
Absolutely great. Anything MLB or individual teams can do to make games more fun to watch/attend ought to be at or near the top of the to-do list. Take some lessons from MILB.
Of course with the Sox, finding a first baseman who can hit and field might be a higher priority!
It’s crazy how guys like Strider or a Pedro can generate that much power while barely being 6ft tall/200 lbs. Strider was throwing 100mph easy.
Solid debut for Spencer Steer, with two walks, a bomb for his first career hit and a double that led to him scoring the walk off, game winning run for Cinci.
Zach Plesac is an idiot (not exactly news):
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/guardians-zach-plesac-heading-to-injured-list-with-broken-hand-after-punching-the-mound-in-frustration/
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/guardians-zach-plesac-heading-to-injured-list-with-broken-hand-after-punching-the-mound-in-frustration/
Very impressive. Can’t believe a professional writer wrote “8th longest run without a run” so he could use stretch in the next sentence. Get a thesaurus, bro.