MLB Suicide Game: The Giants Ruin an Otherwise Perfect Day Two

There were 20 picks yesterday, and only three lost – all Giants picks.

Madison Bumgarner is outdueled by Trevor Cahill in the Giants 6-2 loss to Arizona

The 3 losses drop the Giants to a still solid 71-39 on the year – the best record in the NLW
-Jayson falls to 0-3 with SF – his only 3-loss team
-Josh falls to 3-3 with SF – his second 3-loss team (ATL)
-Rohde falls to 6-2 with SF – tied for his most oft-used team (STL)

6 home runs in a Gio start are more than enough for the Nationals

6 more Nats wins extend their overall lead in wins to 14 (96 for WAS -> 82 for STL)
-Boot wins for the 9th time with an NL team (12 wins total)
-Chad wins for the 7th time with an NL team (8 wins total)
-Dan wins for the 3rd time with an NL team (4 wins total)
-Gillig picks up win #5 with WAS – most of any team
-Rohde picks up win #5 with WAS – only STL and SF have more (6)
-Steve picks up win #3 with WAS – only BAL, CHW, and TEX have more (4)

The White Sox give Peavy 4 in the first and he gets his 10th win

5 Sox wins puts them at 51-34 on the year – one of only 2 ALC teams over .500 (Det)
-GregDoc picks up win #5 with CHW – tied with PHI for most of any team
-GrossJr picks up win #3 with CHW – joining TEX, WAS, and SF as only 3-win teams
-RyanSmith picks up win #5 with CHW – trailing only STL (6) for most wins
-Scott improves to 8-3 in the ALC
-Steve improves to 4-1 with CHW – joining BAL and TEX as most wins for a single team

The Pirates jump on the Astros early and win

4 more wins for the Buckos put them at 62-21 – the 2nd best record in the NLC (behind the 8-1 Cubbies)
-GregDoc improves to 4-0 with PIT – behind only PHI and CHW for most wins
-Pat wins his 4th NL game of the year (4 total wins)
-Scott improves to 6-2 in his least-used division
-Stumpf picks up win #4 with PIT – tied with STL, SF, TEX, and TOR with 4 wins – behind only WAS, PHI, and DET (5)

A couple of single game winners round out the day

-Aaron (Mets-W) wins his first NYM pick of the year
-Jayson (Rangers-W) has now won 3 ALW games this year – all with TEX

OVERALL

27 entries this round
STILL PERFECT (10) – Aaron, Bry, Dannell, Gillig, GregDoc, RyanSmith, Scott, Steve, Stumpf, Wojo
ONE STRIKE (15) – Boot, Chad, Dan, Doogan, Greeley, GrossJr, Jayson, Kevin, MattK, McGrath, Mittenthal, Pat, Rohde, Tyler, Walsh
TWO STRIKES (2) – Josh, RyanDoc