The field goes a disappointing 5-11 on a tough Monday slate, leaving just 11 people alive – 9 of whom are staring at the final strike. The people who did survive the day did it by going against the “popular” picks, as the 5 wins came over 4 different games.
Vogelsong’s struggles continue, including a HR allowed to the opposing pitcher in the Giants 6-5 loss to Colorado
The 7 Giants losses drop the field to 71-47 with SF – the third-most Ls this year behind only the Rangers with 53 and the Phillies with 49
Doogan, McGrath, RyanSmith, and Wojo are all eliminated with this loss
Aaron, Dannell, and Gillig all pick up their second strikes
Jarrod Parker outduels Danny Haren as the A’s beat the Angels, 3-1
3 Angels losses drop them to 77-42 this year – and are among 7 teams that have been used in at least 40% of rounds this year
No one was eliminated with this loss, but 3 people – Bry, GregDoc, and Scott all picked up their second strikes
The Padres go off on the Cardinals for 11 runs in PetCo
The Cardinals loss makes them the 8th team to hand out at least 40 strikes this year (82-40)
The Padres win was only the 5th of the year for the Pads (5-3) – more than only MIN (2) and KC (1)
Kevin loses with the Cards to eliminate him from Round Twelve
Boot wins with the Padres, keeping him alive
The Reds get 2 in the 7th to tie and 1 in the 14th to win a big game
The worst team – by a mile – last year for the field improves to 71-39 this year – 4th best winning % in the NL
Dan and MattK both win their 3rd straight do-or-die game to keep them alive and kicking here in Round Twelve
The other 2 winners on the day were single-game winners from the AL Central, giving the two that picked them the outright lead
The White Sox win was their 56th of the year – one of only 5 AL teams with even 30 wins on the year (DET, LAA, TEX, NYY are the others)
The Twins win was number TWO on the year (2-8) – breaking a tie with division-mate KC for the fewest wins this year
Stumpf nailed the ChiSox win to stay with only 1 strike on the round
Steve, who manned up and took the Twinkies, is the only other person left with a single strike
OVERALL – 11 of 27 remain
STILL PERFECT (0)
ONE STRIKE (2) – Steve, Stumpf
TWO STRIKES (9) – Aaron, Boot, Bry, Dan, Dannell, Gillig, GregDoc, MattK, Scott
ELIMINATED (16)
