Once Zack Grienke got the lead, there was nothing to do but ... well, uh ... leave. Just turn the dial. Check on the other games. (Change it, now, please?)
That we did, and all we missed was Miguel Cabrera's 32nd homer, hit naturally with no one on, in the eighth to make it 2-1 and give the 39K sheeple in attendance hope that the others might remember what baseball bats are for and score some runs.
Releivers Scott Downs and Garrett Richards finished off the Pretenders who, like properly constructed electrical circuit, offered no resistance.
Again, a starter's only mistake cost him the game. YBB has fallen back on that baseball cliche because it's happened often lately. Howie Kendrick hit a Porcello fastball for a two-out double in the sixth, plating Meicir Isturis and Mike Trumbo. Torii Hunter having extended the frame with a take-out slide that prevented an inning ending double play.
Those other games? Down the dial where the White Sox play, where hitters know what baseball bats are for, the Pale Hose got two in the ninth for a 9-8 walkoff win over the Mariners, ending the M's eight game win streak. The win and Pretenders' loss -- of a game one or two well-placed hits would have won -- moves the P's back to 2.5 out in the division, and 2.5 out in the bridesmaid race.
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