Look Away, Baby, Look Away

EFL
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB	RS	RA
Old Detroit Wolverines	82	33	.710	—	659.6	421.1
Flint Hill Tornadoes	76	39	.657	6.1	605.2	435.9
D.C. Balk	73	42	.631	9.1	657.3	502.8
Peshastin Pears	72	43	.626	9.7	570.5	444.4
Kaline Drive	69	45	.608	11.9	606.7	488.6
Haviland Dragons	67	47	.591	13.8	594.4	506.5
Cottage Cheese	65	51	.559	17.3	670.3	610.2
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	62	54	.538	19.8	580.9	537.1
Canberra Kangaroos	62	53	.537	19.9	586.3	561.5
Bellingham Cascades	62	54	.535	20.1	505.8	469.5
Portland Rosebuds	54	61	.467	27.9	596.7	643.5

 

AVG: 0.262

OBP: 0.326

SLG: 0.500

OPS: 0.826

ERA: 1.43

WHIP: 0.952

Marcus Stroman pitched well – 1 run over 5.3 innings – and JP Crawford and Eloy Jimenez both homered (Eloy’s into a cornfield) to lead the Wolverines to another win, and thanks to an utter collapse from two Tornado pitchers, a lead that might be too big to overcome.

ERA: 14.03

WHIP: 2.078

Yu Darvish must be injured or he really benefited from the sticky stuff…he gave up 5 runs in 2.7 innings. German Marquez was slightly better, giving up 7 runs in 4 innings. Tim Anderson won the game for the White Sox with a walk-off corn bomb, but it wasn’t worth 18 runs, sadly.

The Balk didn’t get any pitching, but their hitters did a nice job of creating some runs. Pete Alonso was 3 for 7 with a double, a homerun and a stolen base over two games. Sean Murphy added two hits, one a double. 

 

AVG: 0.162

OBP: 0.279

SLG: 0.351

OPS: 0.630

ERA: 0.00

WHIP: 0.000

The Pears were light on pitching, though it was good, and bad on hitting, though there was plenty. Genesis Cabrera was the only pitcher to appear, tossing 1.7 scoreless innings. Ozzie Albies and Mike Zunino both homered, and WIlli Castro had two singles in 4 trips to the plate, but the team struck out 14 times.

ERA: 9.90

WHIP: 1.700

Excellent hitting a pitching that was better than some but worst than most was a good way to spend an off day, I suppose. For a team who likes to be .500, scoring 6 runs and giving up 6 runs on an off day seems fitting. Michael Conforto and Jesse Winker had over half of the teams’ hits – WInker going 3 for 4 with a double and a home run and Conforto going 4 for 6 with a double. Aaron Judge hit two home runs into the corn. Mitch Moreland hit two home runs into the Cleveland night. 

 

AVG: 0.333

OBP: 0.370

SLG: 0.500

OPS: 0.870

ERA: 10.47

WHIP: 1.860

The Dragon hitters were on, the Dragon pitchers were off. Jake Cronenworth was 3 for 4 with a triple, and Jose Iglesias was 2 for 4 with a double. Five relivievers appeared, and 4 of them were great. Justin Gaza was not. He gave up 4 runs without getting an out. Oops. 

ERA: 1.80

WHIP: 0.900

Pitching won the day for the Cheese. Michael Fulmer, spring off the bench right before the game, tossed 2 scoreless innings, as did Collin McHugh. Shohei tossed 6 innings, giving up only 2 runs, and he also hit a double. Brandon Nimmo hit a homerun, and Kevin Newman was 2 for 4 with a double. 

 

AVG: 0.269

OBP: 0.321

SLG: 0.308

OPS: 0.629

ERA: 4.41

WHIP: 1.399

Kyle Muller undid great work by two other pitchers – Logan Webb and Vlad, Gr. (get it?) combined for 12 innings pitched and one run – but Muller allowed 6 runs in 2.3 innings. Dominic Smith and Dansby Swanson both collected two hits apiece. 

 

AVG: 0.333

OBP: 0.395

SLG: 0.545

OPS: 0.940

ERA: 0.00

WHIP: 0.943

A great day from both sides of the ball led to a solid win. JD Davis and Carter Kieboom each had 3 hits, and Wander Franco hit a home run. Caleb Smith did all of the pitching damage, not giving up an earned run in over 5 innings pitched. 

 

AVG: 0.333

OBP: 0.478

SLG: 0.778

OPS: 1.256

ERA: 0.00

WHIP: 0.000

Excellent hitting from Jonathan India (NL ROY???), who went 2 for 4 with a double and a home run, was the main catalyst for the win. Kyle Farmer hit a home run (not into corn, though that would have been apropos), and the team had more walks (5) than strikeouts (3). AJ Minter tossed 2 scoreless innings.

ERA: 9.00

WHIP: 2.500

A great, and I mean great, day at the plate led the way for the Rosebuds. Luis Urias (Ron will love this), went 5 for 6 with 3 doubles and 2 home runs! Only two other hitters got a hit, so the win truly was due to Urias. 

 

AL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Old Detroit Wolverines	82	33	.710	—
Flint Hill Tornadoes	76	39	.657	6.1
Tampa Bay Rays	70	45	.609	11.7
Boston Red Sox	66	51	.564	16.7
New York Yankees	63	52	.548	18.7
Toronto Blue Jays	62	52	.544	19.2
Baltimore Orioles	38	75	.336	42.7

NL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
D.C. Balk	73	42	.631	—
Canberra Kangaroos	62	53	.537	10.8
Philadelphia Phillies	60	55	.522	12.6
New York Mets	59	55	.518	13.1
Atlanta Braves	59	56	.513	13.6
Washington Nationals	50	65	.435	22.6
Miami Marlins	48	67	.417	24.6

 

AL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Chicago White Sox	68	48	.586	—
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	62	54	.538	5.6
Bellingham Cascades	62	54	.535	5.9
Detroit Tigers	57	60	.487	11.5
Cleveland Indians	55	58	.487	11.5
Minnesota Twins	50	65	.435	17.5
Kansas City Royals	49	64	.434	17.5

NL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Milwaukee Brewers	70	46	.603	—
Cottage Cheese	65	51	.559	5.2
Cincinnati Reds	62	54	.534	8
St. Louis Cardinals	58	56	.509	11
Chicago Cubs	52	65	.444	18.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	41	74	.357	28.5

 

AL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Kaline Drive	69	45	.608	—
Houston Astros	68	46	.596	1.3
Haviland Dragons	67	47	.591	1.9
Oakland A’s	67	48	.583	2.8
Seattle Mariners	61	55	.526	9.3
Los Angeles Angels	58	58	.500	12.3
Texas Rangers	40	75	.348	29.8

NL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
San Francisco Giants	74	41	.643	—
Peshastin Pears	72	43	.626	2
Los Angeles Dodgers	69	46	.600	5
San Diego Padres	66	51	.564	9
Portland Rosebuds	54	61	.467	20.3
Colorado Rockies	51	64	.443	23
Arizona Diamondbacks	36	80	.310	38.5