Covering all the bases from a Thursday in baseball ...
First ever with 200 wins / 150 sv Atl 2, NYM 1 The first ever of anything in baseball is impressive, even more so when I highly doubt we'll see a second in this category anytime soon. Can we assume Smoltz officially punched his ticket to Cooperstown last night? Not to mention punched his team with another victory over the Mets. (FanHouse)
Almost-Rumble Fla 5, Phi 4 You know you've been missing one. Thanks to D-Train, we almost had a little Thursday Throwdown. Nothing amuses me more (ok, a lot of things do) than a pitcher walking towards the opposing dugout asking the entire team to bring it. Cajones, Dontrelle, cajones. But that's what has to happen when you've got pitchers throwing behind batters. Looking forward to the next series, this hasn't ended.
Usually a 12-4 lead is safe TB 13, Sea 12 But not when you're the Devil Rays. After four innings Tampa led by 8, after seven innings it was 2. Not one pitcher will look back on this night fondly, with Sean White most impressive. 2/3 inning, 6 H, 7 ER. You have to try real hard to suck that bad.
Complete For-Micah Ari 9, Hou 1 Can you trade players for secrets? Whatever the Diamondbacks have going on in their farm system I'd sure love to know, or more to the point, for the Cubs to know. Rookie Micah Owings improved to 3-1 with his first complete game after begging Bob Melvin to stay in.
Feel free to add on to anything I likely missed.
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