Wizard In Fact

EFL
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB	RS	RA
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	97	42	.697	—	796.5	515.8
Flint Hill Tornadoes	92	48	.658	5.3	722.5	520.0
Haviland Dragons	90	49	.648	6.9	818.2	602.3
Cottage Cheese	87	52	.628	9.6	748.8	571.5
Portland Rosebuds	82	57	.592	14.7	795.2	649.2
Peshastin Pears	79	60	.570	17.7	708.6	619.4
Kaline Drive	77	62	.555	19.7	688.6	614.1
Old Detroit Wolverines	72	68	.516	25.2	690.7	657.5
Canberra Kangaroos	66	73	.478	30.5	661.9	694.6
D.C. Balk	55	84	.393	42.2	683.6	852.9

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Pittsburgh: W, 10 – 1. (.350, .409, .550; 10 ip, 1 er).  Wow.  Luis Castillo twirled 8 brilliant innings — 1 earned run, 10 k’s, no walks. The offense put together a nice Edgar Martinez Day. The Alleghenys are almost to .700.  They seem to be quite willing to shred our pennant race.

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Flint Hill: “W”, 1 – 3. (.080, .115, .120; 18.3 ip, 4 er).  Great pitching. Doug Fister was the day’s ace (7 ip, 1 er). Too bad there wasn’t any hitting to support the hurlers.  The team went 2 for 25 with 1 walk and a double.  They somehow conjured a run, but it was not deserved.  What foul spell did the A’s place on the second place?  Teams keep climbing (or falling)  into second and then dying off like unwatered plants in the sun.

Haviland: W, 4 – 2. (.226, .316, .387; 12 ip, 4 er0).  Johnny Cueto did fine in his Haviland debut (5 ip, 1 er) the Chiefest somehow elicited 4 runs from slim offensive pickings.

Cottage: “L”, 3 – 2. (.207, .361, .414; 6 ip, 0 er).  Sean Manaea lucked into a start against the Mariners, and milked 6 shutout innings from it. Twelve Cheeses batted, but Travis d’Arnaud took most of the available offense for himself (2 for 3 wit a homer).

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Portland: L,  1 – 7.  (.146, .255, .146; no pitching). That said “no pithing” until I fixed it, but maybe I should have left it as it was .  Considering bullpen was completely motionless and the offense –all 15 of them — was nearly so (6 singles and 6 walks in 47 plate appearances) a passerby might have taken them for dead specimens and commenced to pithing.

Peshastin: W, 10 – (-1). (.326, .420, .651; 11 ip, 8 er.) Tom “The Wizard” Johnson ended a comment yesterday with a hearty (and kind) “Go Pears!”  So they went.  They went 14 for 43 with 2 doubles and four homer, plus 7 walks.  As M’s fans know only too well, Khris Davis did the biggest damage: 3 for 3 with a double, a homer, and a walk, but there was plenty to go around.  That minus 1 run might be a shock, given those 8 earned runs allowed. But 5 of those were by the benched Matt Wisler (in 1.3 ip).  None of the Pears, not even Wisler, surrendered any walks.

Kaline: W (-1), L 2; 0 – 11. (.108, .195, .108; 6.3 ip, 7 er).  When the Wizard said “Go Pears!” the Pears went, but in a way so did Kaline: to sleep. At the plate, the Drive managed 4 singles and 4 free passes in 41 plate appearances. On the mound Nick Pivetta allowed 6 earned runs  in 5 innings. Marc Rzepczynski added another in 1/3 of an inning. The Wizard clearly is a very powerful wizard, but might he be more Oz than Gandalf?

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Old Detroit: “L”, 6 – 6. (.333, .455, .519; 14 ip, 5 er). Old Detroit’s very good day was blunted by it’s pitching star (Andrew Moore) doing his 6 innings, 2 earned runs for AAA Old Toledo. We would gladly probably promote him if the Wizard will put out a “Go Andrew!” each time Moore starts. After all, it will help the M’s, too!

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Canberra: L, 2 – 6. (.148, .148, .259;  10 ip, 7 er).  Blake Snell snapped his string of strong starts  yesterday with his 4 ip, 6 earned run stinker. There wasn’t enough offense (just 4 hits and 0 walks) to make up for Snell’s offensive start.

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DC: “W”, 4 – 6. (..250, .345, .375′ 10.3 ip, 5 er). What to say about the Balk today… oh rats, look at the time!                                                                                                                                        .

 Maybe some tech savvy guy can tell me how to get a better-focussed chart. If you could see this it would show the sudden collapse of the Drive yesterday, on the very right edge of the chart.

AL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Flint Hill Tornadoes	92	48	.658	—
Boston Red Sox	79	61	.564	13.1
New York Yankees	74	64	.536	17.1
Old Detroit Wolverines	72	68	.516	19.9
Baltimore Orioles	71	68	.511	20.6
Tampa Bay Rays	70	71	.496	22.6
Toronto Blue Jays	64	76	.457	28.1

NL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Washington Nationals	85	54	.612	—
Miami Marlins	67	72	.482	18
Canberra Kangaroos	66	73	.478	18.5
Atlanta Braves	61	77	.442	23.5
New York Mets	60	79	.432	25
D.C. Balk	55	84	.393	30.3
Philadelphia Phillies	53	86	.381	32

AL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	97	42	.697	—
Cleveland Indians	83	56	.597	13.9
Minnesota Twins	72	67	.518	24.9
Kansas City Royals	69	69	.500	27.4
Detroit Tigers	59	80	.424	37.9
Chicago White Sox	54	84	.391	42.4

NL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Cottage Cheese	87	52	.628	—
Chicago Cubs	76	63	.547	11.3
St. Louis Cardinals	72	67	.518	15.3
Milwaukee Brewers	72	68	.514	15.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	73	.479	20.8
Cincinnati Reds	61	79	.436	26.8

AL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Haviland Dragons	90	49	.648	—
Houston Astros	86	53	.619	4.1
Kaline Drive	77	62	.555	12.9
Los Angeles Angels	72	68	.514	18.6
Texas Rangers	70	68	.507	19.6
Seattle Mariners	69	71	.493	21.6
Oakland A’s	59	80	.424	31.1

NL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	47	.662	—
Portland Rosebuds	82	57	.592	9.7
Arizona Diamondbacks	82	58	.586	10.5
Peshastin Pears	79	60	.570	12.8
Colorado Rockies	74	65	.532	18
San Diego Padres	62	78	.443	30.5
San Francisco Giants	55	87	.387	38.5