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.\u00a0 The people who did survive the day did it by going against the “popular” picks, as the 5 wins came over 4 different games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vogelsong’s struggles continue, including a HR allowed to the opposing pitcher in the Giants<\/span> 6-5 loss to Colorado<\/p>\n The 7 Giants losses drop the field to 71-47 with SF – the third-most Ls this year behind only the Rangers with\u00a053 and the Phillies with\u00a049<\/em> Jarrod Parker outduels Danny Haren as the A’s beat the Angels, 3-1<\/p>\n 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<\/em> The Padres go off on the Cardinals for 11 runs in PetCo<\/p>\n The Cardinals loss makes them the 8th team to hand out at least 40 strikes this year (82-40) The Reds get 2 in the 7th to tie and 1 in the 14th to win a big game<\/p>\n The worst team – by a mile – last year for the field improves to 71-39 this year – 4th best winning % in the NL The other 2 winners on the day were single-game winners from the AL Central, giving the two that picked them the outright lead<\/p>\n 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) OVERALL<\/span> – 11 of 27 remain 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.\u00a0 The people who did survive the day did it by going against the “popular” … Continue reading
\nDoogan, McGrath, RyanSmith, <\/strong>and Wojo<\/strong> are all eliminated with this loss
\nAaron, Dannell, <\/strong>and Gillig<\/strong> all pick up their second strikes<\/p>\n
\nNo one was eliminated with this loss, but 3 people – Bry, GregDoc, <\/strong>and Scott<\/strong> all picked up their second strikes<\/p>\n
\nThe Padres win was only the 5th of the year for the Pads (5-3) – more than only MIN (2)\u00a0and KC (1)
\n<\/em>Kevin<\/strong> loses with the Cards to eliminate him from Round Twelve
\nBoot<\/strong> wins with the Padres, keeping him alive<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Dan<\/strong> and MattK<\/strong> both win their 3rd straight do-or-die game to keep them alive and kicking here in Round Twelve<\/p>\n
\nThe Twins win was number TWO on the year (2-8) – breaking a tie with division-mate KC for the fewest wins this year
\n<\/em>Stumpf<\/strong> nailed the ChiSox win to stay with only\u00a01 strike on the round
\nSteve<\/strong>, who manned up and took the Twinkies, is the only other person left with a single strike<\/p>\n
\nSTILL PERFECT (0)
\nONE STRIKE (2) – Steve, Stumpf
\nTWO STRIKES (9) – Aaron, Boot, Bry, Dan, Dannell, Gillig, GregDoc, MattK, Scott
\nELIMINATED (16)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"