Sometimes your team loses because the offense is stifled, and sometimes your team loses because the pitching isn’t great. Today I’d say both offense and pitching were meh. The Rays pitchers, together, gave up four runs, with two fourth inning solo homeruns off of Drew Rasmussen the difference makers. It’s still amazing to me that … Read more
Today, the Royals took on the White Sox in the last game of a four game series and looked to land the sweep and carry their win streak to six games. The Royals have displayed dominant pitching over the last few weeks and the bats have managed to do enough to get them wins in … Read more
At least it’s the last game against the Los Angeles Dodgers until maybe October. The downside is that it’s being started by Bryce Elder. The nearly 26-year-old sports a 5.33 ERA, and while his xERA and his xFIP are both around a run lower, that’s still not inspiring against the 4th best team in baseball … Read more
In a classic Thursday 12:10 game, the Royals took on the Rays in game three of their series looking for a sweep. Kansas City came into the game having won eight of their last nine and finished the month of May one game above .500. Kansas City remained hot, getting the win and the sweep … Read more
The Padres are heavily considered to be one of the hottest teams in baseball this season, but between dropping two of three to the Detroit Tigers during the week, then losing the first two games of the series to the Rays, they’re not quite living up to the hype they were generating a couple weeks … Read more
To paraphrase a wise fictional man, three wins in a row “is called a winning streak. It has happened before.” Now, it’s finally happened for the Atlanta Braves, who have returned home and swept the Minnesota Twins out of town. The three-game winning streak is now their longest run of good form all season and … Read more
The Carolina Hurricanes came into the final weekend of the regular season looking to snap a four-game skid against the New York Rangers. After going 0-3-1 on their road trip, the hope was that home cooking could be the cure they needed. A Saturday afternoon game (April 12) was the first of a back-to-back set … Read more
Minnesota goalie Nathan Airey has his eye on the puck during B1G playoff action on Saturday night (Photo: Minnesota Athletics) B1G TOURNAMENT No. 3 Minnesota 4, Notre Dame 2 Four players found the back of the net to lead No. 3 Minnesota to a 4-2 win over Notre Dame in Game 2 of the B1G … Read more
Arizona State celebrates an overtime win earlier this season over Denver (photo: Arizona State Athletics). Welcome to Week 6 of Bracketology. Each week from now until Selection Sunday on March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the men’s NCAA Division I tournament and attempt to seed a bracket based on the current … Read more
After putting up nine goals Friday night, Michigan State tied Minnesota Saturday night before getting the extra standings point in the shootout (photo: Michigan State Athletics). One night after taking a 9-3 win over Minnesota, second-ranked Michigan State played to a 3-3 tie with the No. 4 Gophers at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, … Read more