4/26 Cheering/Venting - HRs Stanton-0 / Infante -5

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AL
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians
(R) Luis Mendoza (0-2) vs. (R) Josh Tomlin (1-1)

Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers
(R) Hector Noesi (1-2) vs. (R) Rick Porcello (1-1)

LA Angels of Anaheim at Tampa Bay Rays
(R) Jerome Williams (1-1) vs. (L) Matt Moore (0-1)

Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles
(R) Drew Hutchison (1-0) vs. (L) Brian Matusz (0-3)

Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox
(L) Felix Doubront (0-0) vs. (R) Philip Humber (1-0)

NL
San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds
(R) Ryan Vogelsong (0-1) vs. (R) Homer Bailey (1-2)

Miami Marlins at New York Mets,
(R) Ricky Nolasco (2-0) vs. (L) Jon Niese (2-0)

Washington Nationals at San Diego Padres,
(R) Edwin Jackson (1-1) vs. (R) Edinson Volquez (0-2)

[BronXBombers51]

23.2 IP, 1 W, 0 L, 3 SV, 17 K, 1.52 ERA, 1.18 WHIP

That's my pitching line from yesterday between King Felix, Beachymania and new kid on the block Jarrod Parker. I didn't go up any points in the standings (my offense was real bad, left Altuve and J.D. on the bench ) but that's as encouraging a day as I've had from my starters. Plus Jesus finally got his C eligibility!

No pitchers going today. Need some speed...that means you Pagan.

[Skin Blues]

Notes From Last Night:

An interesting night for closers. Pedro Strop picked up another save filling in for Jim Johnson who is battling flu-like symptoms, but there were other not-so-admirable performances.

• Alfredo Aceves loaded the bases with a one-run lead but was able to retire Denard Span to preserve the win. More embarassing for the Red Sox was Bobby Valentine submitting a lineup under the assumption that Liam Hendriks throws lefthanded. He blamed the incident on his cellphone. It's good to see such thorough preparation by the most scrutinized manager in baseball.
  
• Hector Santiago gave up 3 runs on 5 hits in the bottom of the 14th after his team scored 2 in the top half of the inning. Addison Reed pitched a scoreless 9th in a tie game, with two strikouts, and has yet to allow a run this season.
  
• Javy Guerra took the loss for the second time in as many days, following in Hector Santiago's footsteps by allowing 5 hits and 3 runs while also only managing to get one out. Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless 8th for his 5th hold.
  
• The Royals managed to end a 12 game losing streak with strong performances from Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, and Eric Hosmer who knocked in all 8 of their runs.
  
• The Washington Nationals were able to move to 10 games over .500 but are without Ryan Zimmerman for the foreseeable future, as he suffers from a chronic case of Scott Rolen Disease. An MRI revealed no major damage, but he is unlikely to see any game action until mid-May.
  
• Matt Kemp hit his 10th homerun of the young season, and Dee Gordon stole his 10th base. The sun also rose this morning.

Today's Games

KC: L Mendoza (0-2, 6.92)
CLE: J Tomlin (1-1, 4.86)

SF: R Vogelsong (0-1, 3.38)
CIN: H Bailey (1-2, 3.86)

SEA: H Noesi (1-2, 9.49)
DET: R Porcello (1-1, 6.32)

MIA: R Nolasco (2-0, 3.93)
NYM: J Niese (2-0, 2.89)

LAA: J Williams (1-1, 7.71)
TB: M Moore (0-1, 5.12)

TOR: D Hutchison (1-0, 8.44)
BAL: B Matusz (0-3, 7.98)

BOS: F Doubront (0-0, 3.94)
CWS: P Humber (1-0, 0.63)

WAS: E Jackson (1-1, 4.26)
SD: E Volquez (0-2, 4.30)

[Pogotheostrich]

Rolling with Nolasco against the Mets and both of the EJax and Volquez in SD.

[Skin Blues]

Beat me to it. Rookie mistake taking too long to write it.

Anyway, gonna give it a go with Tomlin and Hutchison in my AL only. I figure I should get at least a win between the two of them, but I have a feeling that my ratios could be sore in the morning.

[bigken117]

have both Santiago and Guerrrrra in one of my leagues

[wrveres]

Beat me to it. Rookie mistake taking too long to write it.

Solid write up. Next time you should just start the thread, maybe with just a smiley, and then you can come back in and edit.

[Skin Blues]

Will do, sir.

[wrveres]

Will do, sir.

At least that's what I always did last season.

[Tennessee Jed]

Stanton is really bumming me out. I thought I got some power early by taking Votto in the 1st, Stanton in the 3rd, and Santana in the 5th. apparently not. I don't know if I can take another .600 OPS week.