Sunday, September 4, 2011

3 strikes

3 HomeSiders started major league game on Saturday, all 3 were handed leads, and none of them recorded wins in an amazing day of comebacks across the country. Chronologically, here we go now:

In Detriot, the Chicago White gave Gavin Floyd an 8-1 win in the top of the 5th inning, but Gavin struggled to fininsh the bottom half. The Tigers began their comeback with 3 in the 5th, and Gavin was done- 5 IP, 4 runs, 4 hits, NO walks, 4 Ks and an 8-4 lead. Detroit then scored 1 in the 7th, 1 in the 8th and 3 in the 9th on home runs by Ryan Rayburn and Miguel Cabrera for a 9-8 win.

In St.Pete, the Baltimore Orioles gave Alfredo Simon a 2-run lead before he ever went out to the mound, only to give the 2 runs back to the Rays in bottom of the inning. It was all downhill from there, as Tampa took a 6-3 win. Simon went 5 innings, 6 runs, 7 hits and 4 walks to slip to 4-8, 4.64 for Baltimore this year.

In Miami, the Phillies gave Cole Hamels a 3-0 advantage, and Cole left after 7 with a 4-3 lead. Antonio Bastardo was the losing pitcher, his first loss of the season. Bastardo (6-1, 1.69) walked both hitters he faced to start the 8th inning. Of course, David Herndon let them score, along with 3 more to give the Marlins an 8-4 win. Carlos Ruiz had 2 more hit and scored 2 runs. Chooch is hitting .341 since July 30, raising his season average to .281.

Before the game, the Phillies recalled Mike Schwimer from Lehigh Valley.

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