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The less said about the Giants thrashing of the Dodgers the better. San Francisco crunched the Dodgers in LA 19-3. Although I'll note that the Dodgers have only won 3 of their last 10 games, that is a bit concerning. In LA's last 5 games they've only scored 14 runs, which is 5 runs less than what the Giants scored on Saturday. Also the Diamondbacks won on Saturday, so LA's magic number remains at 4. I don't take anything for granted any more and will be nervous until LA finally clinches the NL West.
One good thing about Saturday's massacre is that a lot of players got to play. Once a game gets out of hand like that, you might as well rest those players who you'll need later. Hanley Ramirez didn't play as he's still resting up his sore back. He should be back next week. Also Matt Kemp continues to slowly but surely recover and he may be back next week as well.
On Saturday it was just not meant to be. Ricky Nolasco had put together several good outings before yesterday's stink bomb. But there will always be games like this each season, so it's not a big worry. I would feel so much better if LA wins today and clinches the NL West early this upcoming week.
The Pirates and Cardinals are tied once again for first place in the NL Central. Both teams are 86-62 and have a 99.8% chance of reaching the playoffs. Looking at the standings I was taken back yet again by how long the MLB season is. Both teams have already played 148 games and yet both still have 14 more games to play! I'm sorry, but that's absolutely crazy. Meanwhile the Reds are in third place, only 2.5 games behind the two co-leaders. This looks like it will be the most exciting race going down the stretch.
Meanwhile the Red Sox may be the team playing the best right now. They've pretty much sewn up the AL East and it looks like the Red Sox are well on their way to having home field advantage through the entire playoffs. One might think that Boston doesn't have much to play for right now. However it seems Boston still thinks they have plenty to play for. Boston is playing their arch rival right now as they still act like they have plenty to play for. Of course when you average 5.21 runs a game, like Boston does, that will also cover up a lot of deficiencies.
The Red Sox have won the first 2 games in their series with the Yankees at Fenway. On Saturday Mike Napoli continued his hot play for the Red Sox. He was 2 for 2 and was walked twice. He also scored twice and is hitting .261 on the season. Jon Lester also had a great start for the Red Sox, improving to 14-8. With Franklin Morales pitching the 9th inning, Koji Uehara was able to get the day off. Tonight the third and final game of the series will be on Sunday Night Baseball.
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