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The night began with a reminder that baseball is more than just a game but an ongoing story. Dewayne Staats, the voice of Rays baseball since the beginning, tossed out the first pitch in what was a nod to his fiftieth season in the booth and perhaps a quiet acknowledgment that his time at the … Read more
For most of the season, the Washington Nationals bullpen has been abysmal. Sure, they showed signs of competency at a couple points, but overall it has been a disaster. There is a reason that they have the worst bullpen ERA in all of baseball. However, the Nationals look to have finally found a group of … Read more
After losses over the past few years, we have heard a lot about how “the boys battled”. Today, they actually did and while they came up short, this is not a performance to be upset about. The offense battled and gave it their all, but at the end of the day, the Phillies just had … Read more
Who needs starting pitchers when you have a bullpen game like this? Faced with injuries, the Royals had to go with a “bullpen game” full of relievers today. They were more than up to the task with ten shutout innings, setting up a walk-off RBI single in the tenth by Salvador Perez to give the … Read more
At the beginning of the season, the Royals unveiled what they hoped would be the new HDH, HEE. And things looked good at first for Hunter Harvey, Lucas Erceg, and Carlos Estévez. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for Harvey to go down with a lower back injury; to this day, he has only appeared in … Read more
The Braves — well, really, Sean Murphy — outhomered the Cardinals 2-0 in this game, but rather than a laugher, Friday night’s win ended up being a 6-5 squeaker in which no team scored after the third inning. The Braves were aided by a late streak of eight straight outs-at-the-plate on harmless fly balls by … Read more
There’s no way to sugarcoat it. The Rays bullpen is struggling mightily as of late. Ryan Pepiot delivered, tossing six innings of two-run baseball while striking out six to keep Tampa Bay in the fight. Or so we thought. Edwin Uceta came in relief in the seventh, and with two outs and a runner on … Read more
We can save time by just running the same recap each day. Rays starter does ok, even if not a completely shut down performance Rays hitters get a crooked inning here and there. The team seems poised for a win, until they turn it over to the bullpen. Bullpen blows and loses lead. Another game … Read more
In a bullpen game and with their backs truly against the wall in the standings, the Braves were hoping to even the series at home against Baltimore. Things got off to a good start, as Aaron Bummer worked around a hit-by-pitch to strike out the side. The Braves offense got going early as well, as … Read more