Hello,
I'm writing this blog on Sunday, September 29th. All I can say is how glad I am that the regular season is finally over today. MLB's regular season is frankly way too long. Six months of regular season games is too long of a buildup for only 3 weeks of playoffs. I know it's a great thing for a team to reach the playoffs. It's truly something for a team to celebrate and build on. However playing 162 regular season games and then lose in a one game Wild Card playoff is the very definition of anticlimactic. I support both divisional series going to 7 games. Let's get more bang for our buck.
On to Saturday's games, the Dodgers lost 1-0 in their second to last regular season game. The Dodgers only had 3 hits as Yasiel Puig and Carl Crawford rested this game. Andre Ethier also missed the game due to injury, but I have a feeling that's more about rest as well. Zack Greinke had a perfectly good outing, only giving up 4 hits and 1 run in 6 innings. He improves to 15-4 and and also has a very good 2.63 ERA.
My favorite result from Saturday was the Pirates 8-3 victory over the Reds. With that win the Pirates clinch hosting the one game NL Wild Card. After hitting 6 home runs on Friday, the Pirates added 6 more home runs on Saturday. Pedro Alvarez had his 36th homer of the season, he also has exactly 100 RBIs now. Although his .233 batting average is a bit of a concern. Andrew McCutchen had his 21st homer and has 84 RBIs this season. His .317 batting average makes me feel pretty good.
That one game Wild Card game will be Tuesday night at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, its scheduled to be at 8:07 EST. The game will be on TBS. Go Pirates!
Also on Saturday the Cardinals won their 5th straight game, meanwhile the Braves lost. The Cardinals lead the Braves by 1 game for the best record in the NL. If Atlanta wins Sunday and St. Louis loses, the Braves will finish with the NL's # 1 seed.
Finally in the AL Wild Card, we have seen one of the most impressive and clutch stretch runs ever. On Saturday the Indians won their 9th straight game and now lead the AL Wild Card race. Meanwhile the Rays and the Rangers are tied for the second Wild Card spot. It all comes down to Sunday. Texas has won 6 straight games, we'll find out Sunday if that's too little too late.
Although Cleveland isn't one of my teams, temporarily I'm cheering for them.
themusicaddict
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