MLB Suicide Game: A Stellar 24-3 Day Keeps All 27 Alive Through Three

Only 3 times (in 12 rounds) this year has the whole field survived through three days – and two of them were the past two rounds, which saw huge fields.  Yes, the picking gets a LOT easier the later you are in the year, but that is still rather impressive.

Interestingly, our overall record this year is 1,199-800…one win shy of a very even .600 winning %.  Okay, maybe that’s only interesting to me.  Whatever…

The Marlins slap around Marco Estrada and Josh Johnson shuts down the Brewers, as 2 of the 3 losses on the day came here

The 2 Brewers Ls drop them to 41-24 this year – 2nd-worst in the NLC better than only the amazingly awful Astros, who are 0-9 when picked this year
-GrossJr** picks his 1st MIL loss of the year (1-1), falling to 4-10 in the field’s best division
-Mittenthal** falls to 3-2 with MIL this year

A WILD night in Camden Yards saw 6 Orioles HRs, including 3 in the big 8th inning, in a 10-6 win over the Yankees

Chad’s Yankees L drops them to 71-36 – still best in the ALE
Josh’s Orioles W puts the O’s at 22-14 this year – 2nd best in the ALE
-Chad** falls to 1-4 in the AL this year
-Josh** improves to 3-0 with BAL and 6-1 in the ALE

The only run of the night in Atlanta was scored when a throw back to the pitcher got away…Braves win 1-0

The 10 Bravos Ws put them at 52-17 this year – 2nd highest win% of anyone behind the 8-1 Cubs (it is surprising that a team this good has only been used in 23% of rounds so far this year)
-Bry stays perfect with ATL this year (2-0), improving to 42-13 in the NL
-Dannell stays with ATL as well (3-0); he is now 22-10 in the NL
-Gillig picks ATL for the first time this year, after 92 picks
-Scott improves to 6-0 with ATL (also 6-0 with WAS)
-Steve also stays perfect with ATL (2-0)
-Wojo improves to 26-4 in the NL and 45-7 overall
-Boot* goes to 3-1 in the NLE this year – his best division
-Greeley* improves to 5-1 in the NLE – also his best division
-Rohde* wins his 43rd NL game this year – more than anyone else
-Walsh* improves to 4-0 with ATL and wins his 10th NLE game – most of any division

A 9-2 win completes a 4-game sweep for the Nationals, in which they outscored the Cubbies 31-9

8 more Nats wins makes them the first (and probably only) team over 100 wins, as they are 104-37 for the field this year
-Aaron wins his 5th WAS game of the year – more than any other team
-GregDoc wins his 11th NLE game of the year – tied with NLC for most wins in a division
-RyanSmith evens his NLE record at 8-8 on the year
-Doogan* has won with the Nats in both of the rounds he’s played this year
-Jayson* wins his 3rd WAS game of the year – tied with TEX for most wins
-Kevin* improves to 9-5 in the NLE – 2 more wins than any other division
-McGrath* improves to 3-0 with WAS in just 4 rounds played
-RyanDoc** still only has 6 NLE wins this year – more than only the ALC with 4 – double-digit wins in the other 4 divisions

OVERALL

27 of 27 remain
STILL PERFECT (10) – Aaron, Bry, Dannell, Gillig, GregDoc, RyanSmith, Scott, Steve, Stumpf, Wojo
ONE STRIKE (12) – Boot, Dan, Doogan, Greeley, Jayson, Kevin, MattK, McGrath, Pat, Rohde, Tyler, Walsh
TWO STRIKES (5) – Chad, GrossJr, Josh, Mittenthal, RyanDoc