No, not by our guy. By theirs. Edwin Jackson. Another former wearer of the Olde English "D."
Your baseball blogger has written the following sentence a bunch of times this season: "(Name of starting pitcher) pitched well enough to win." This afternoon, Max Scherzer was the one, allowing two runs in eight innings.
But his mates couldn't get a hit when they needed one. V-Mart hit into two double plays. Six different Pretenders hitters made outs with runners in scoring position.
The White Sox scored three in the ninth off Papa Shut 'Em Down.
Carlos Guillen returned to the lineup at second base and went 1 for 4. Danny Worth is once again a victim of the numbers game. The Evil Brothers -- Hinge and Strikeout -- remained on the bench. Sit them, play them, same results.
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After the Pretenders were through, I had the Indians-Orioles game on, and the Tribe anncrs were talking about Orioles third baseman Mark Reynolds, already a member of the 20-20 club (home runs and errors). Hard to trade a guy like that, they noted in advance of any moves the O's might make before the July 31 trading deadline.
The P's could use him!!! Why not? They've suffered all season with Ryan Strangeglove in the starting lineup, and Hinge, he of the .180 batting average. Drive in a few runs, turn even five losses into wins, and 20 errors can be overlooked with a four game lead at the All-Star break.
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