Hello baseball fans!
This weekend was a hot one, doing nothing but making the division and wild card races tighter than ever. With nearly 28 games left until the post season begins, you’d think that teams would start to run off with titles, wrong.
The Giants took the three game set in SF over the Dodgers this weekend. I only managed to watch the last two games, in which I have come to the conclusion that LAD maybe dunzo for the division. Unlike the Giants, the Dodgers have a somewhat heftier season ending schedule (I think its four against St. Louis?). The Giants don’t play another team over .500.
The A’s managed to rebound from their being swept by the Angels, by beating up on King Felix and the Mariners. The A’s out scored the M’s 16-4. There were also some heartfelt gestures by the team who hung Brandon McCarthy’s uniform in the dugout, and also wrote his name and number on the mound. #winformccarthy.
The Angels did some work of their own, sweeping the Detroit Tigers at home to kick off their home stand. Mike Trout had the usual highlight reel rolling, both offensively and defensively.The halos have a 6 game win streak heading into this big 4-game set against the A’s.
The big series this weekend had to be AL East show down between the Yankees and Orioles. The Yankees have watched their 10-game lead in the division wither down to 1 after splitting the series with the O’s this weekend.
Of course, I’ll be watching the A’s, Angels series like a hawk this week. I’ll be back in four days for a wrap of that series, some standings, and some weekend hot and cold!
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