Midwest Mediocrity – Scoreboard Watching
Gavin has offered to do an NL/AL Central recap for yesterday. I’m not sure how often he will be doing these, but enjoy this one and hopefully there will be more to come.
With the NL and AL Central leaders only surpassing the NL East-leading Phillies in winning percentage, no team can be said to truly “out of it” (Ok, the Royals, Indians and the Pirates are “out of it”). But as long as these 5th and 6th place teams have pitchers who are capable of putting it all together against our Chicago teams or the teams they are competing against in the Division and Wild Card races, they still matter.
Here’s your summary of what happened yesterday in our respective Divisions:
AL CENTRAL – Sox win while two teams in front of them both lose.
Detroit (42-34) lost 7-1 in Oakland to the surprisingly unathletic Athletics.
Minnesota (39-39) lost 4-2 in Kansas City against the Royals’ Luke Hochevar.
Chicago (AL) (38-38) won 6-3 on the road in Cleveland with a strong finish in the ninth.
Kansas City (33-42) won 4-2 at home with the help of the mighty Miguel Olivo’s bat.
Cleveland (31-47) lost 6-3 to the Sox. Following the trend of aging stars, Kerry Wood acquired by the Cavaliers. Indians receive prospect Daniel “Booby” Gibson in return.
Division Standings
Team GB
Detroit —
Minnesota 4.0
Chicago (AL) 4.0
Kansas City 8.5
Cleveland 12.0
NL CENTRAL – Harden pitches hard, Oswalt and Lincecum pitch harder.
Milwaukee (41-35) won 10-6 in New York. Mets downed by Wee Willie McGehee’s Grand Slam.
St. Louis (41-37) lost 0-10 in San Fran to the Giants. Lincecum pitches two-hitter. Next up: Randy Johnson and his 302 wins.
Cincinnati (37-37) – off day. Will play the dead last Diamondbacks. Never good when you might be 20 games back by the All-Star Break.
Chicago (36-37) – Cubs win 3-1 on the road, with Rich Harden striking out 9 in 7 innings.
Houston (36-38) – win 3-1 on the road against the Padres. Oswalt pitches a 2-hitter on a day full of them.
Pittsburgh (35-41) – lost 3-1 at home to the Cubs. Pull a “Cubs” getting 9 hits, only scoring one.
Division Standings
Team GB
Milwaukee —
St. Louis 1.0
Cincinnati 3.0
Chicago 3.5
Houston 4.0
Pittsburgh 6.0
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Comment from GADaly
Time June 30, 2009 at 10:42 am
This way you don’t wind up with all that newspaper ink on your hands. Just a sore midsection from all the belly laughs that ensued.
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Comment from real stadiums have roofs
Time June 30, 2009 at 9:30 am
thank god. i have been looking for last night’s scores and standings all morning!