Alleghenys Stuck in the Mud (we hope)?

EFL
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB	RS	RA
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	65	33	.661	—	564.5	398.9
Haviland Dragons	65	35	.654	0.4	612.5	445.3
Cottage Cheese	66	36	.651	0.4	558.4	404.0
Flint Hill Tornadoes	64	38	.628	2.7	528.7	406.2
Portland Rosebuds	60	41	.598	5.8	597.5	480.1
Kaline Drive	59	41	.587	7.1	506.9	422.9
Peshastin Pears	56	45	.556	10.2	495.2	449.1
Old Detroit Wolverines	50	52	.494	16.4	493.8	485.7
Canberra Kangaroos	47	51	.475	18.2	456.2	483.6
D.C. Balk	36	62	.367	28.8	472.5	623.2

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Pittsburgh: W, 5 – 4. (.250, .341, .528; 14.3 ip, 5 er) Kurt Suzuki homered twice to win the game. It seems this year that every team to occupy first place bogs down.  No one has run away from the pack. Let’s hope this underwhelming result is a sign that even the Alleghenys will not shred our pennant race.

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Haviland: “L”, 4 – 3. (.133, .350, .133; 10.3 ip, 3 er).  That was only 15 AB’s worth of crummy hitting, so the underlying batting stats for the month provided most of the scoring for this equally underwhelming outcome.

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Cottage: W, 3 – 0. (.191, .291, .234; 12.3 ip, 1 er).  Outstanding pitching, enough to give the Cheese a nudge forward toward the Alleghenys despite the weak hitting.

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Flint Hill: W, 5 – 1. (.275, .383, .373; 20.7 ip, 7 er). The Tornados, on the other hand,  got 51 decent ABs and tons of pitching. Maybe they can push themselves back into the scrum atop the league… if they trade for Tyler Skaggs.

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Portland: L, 4 – 6. (.235, .333, .353;  10 ip, 6 er). Jose Berrios surrendered 4 earned runs in 4 ip to compound the problems from the lackluster hitting.

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Kaline: “W”, 3 – 5. (.207, .281, .379; 16.3 ip 8 er.) That weak batting line is compounded by its volume: 58 ABs  (64 PAs). On the bright side: Yoenis Cespedes hit for the cycle

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Peshastin: L, 5 – 13. (.184, .286, .531; 6 ip, 10 er).  James Taillon triple chulked (3 ip, 9 er) to doom the Pears.

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Old Detroit:  W, 13 – 4. (.441, .429, .882; 6 ip, 2 er). Christian Yelich led the booming Wolverine offense with two doubles and a homer in four at bats.

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Canberra: W, 5 – 3.  (.316, .409, .474;   7.7 ip, 2 er) . Only 19 ABs yesterday – what an odd day, with some teams fielding only half an offense and others over 50 ABs.  Alas that Taijuan Walker’s home run doesn’t help the Kangaroos.

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DC: L, 6 – 9. (.324, 400, .500; 4.3 ip, 5 er). Mike Clevinger uncharacteristically stumbled  on the mound, ruining DC’s latest Edgar Martinez Day.

AL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Flint Hill Tornadoes	64	38	.628	—
Boston Red Sox	55	47	.539	9.1
New York Yankees	52	46	.531	10.1
Tampa Bay Rays	52	49	.515	11.6
Old Detroit Wolverines	50	52	.494	13.7
Baltimore Orioles	48	52	.480	15.1
Toronto Blue Jays	46	54	.460	17.1

NL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Washington Nationals	59	39	.602	—
Atlanta Braves	48	51	.485	11.5
New York Mets	47	51	.480	12
Canberra Kangaroos	47	51	.475	12.4
Miami Marlins	45	53	.459	14
D.C. Balk	36	62	.367	23.1
Philadelphia Phillies	34	64	.347	25

AL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	65	33	.661	—
Cleveland Indians	53	45	.541	11.8
Kansas City Royals	52	47	.525	13.3
Minnesota Twins	49	50	.495	16.3
Detroit Tigers	45	54	.455	20.3
Chicago White Sox	39	58	.402	25.3

NL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Cottage Cheese	66	36	.651	—
Milwaukee Brewers	54	48	.529	12.4
Chicago Cubs	52	47	.525	12.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	50	51	.495	15.9
St. Louis Cardinals	49	51	.490	16.4
Cincinnati Reds	41	59	.410	24.4

AL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Houston Astros	67	33	.670	—
Haviland Dragons	65	35	.654	1.6
Kaline Drive	59	41	.587	8.3
Seattle Mariners	51	51	.500	17
Texas Rangers	49	51	.490	18
Los Angeles Angels	49	52	.485	18.5
Oakland A’s	44	56	.440	23

NL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	70	31	.693	—
Portland Rosebuds	60	41	.598	9.6
Arizona Diamondbacks	57	43	.570	12.5
Colorado Rockies	58	44	.569	12.5
Peshastin Pears	56	45	.556	13.9
San Diego Padres	43	57	.430	26.5
San Francisco Giants	39	63	.382	31.5