We’ve got a busy night on the diamond with only one day game (at Wrigley) as another MLB weekend gets underway. Braves vs. Mets and Padres vs. Dodgers are the big highlights, but we’ve got 14 games to consider on the card.
Brewers/Pirates: Another day, another loss to the Pirates for Milwaukee. This time it was a 5-4 defeat in 10 innings after the Brewers scored the go-ahead run in the top half of the inning. It was newcomer Matt Bush who surrendered the second straight walk-off run. The Brewers are not playing well right now. I still think they’re the team to beat in the Central, but getting swept by the Pirates is a bad, bad look. We’ll see if they fare any better against the Reds.
Dodgers/Giants: The Giants are 6.5 games out in the Wild Card after getting swept by the Dodgers. I’m not going to say that their season is over, but it sure looks that way. What a remarkable fall from last season’s team. The Giants aren’t even halfway to last year’s 107-win total and it’s almost the second week of August. They’re 3-12 since the All-Star Break and have scored just 44 runs in 15 games.
Rockies/Padres: This felt like a good spot to go against the Padres, but I didn’t have the stones to do it. The hype of the trade settled down a little. Joe Musgrove made his first start after signing an extension. The huge series with the Dodgers loomed. Colorado won 7-3, paced by a home run robbery in the second. Now we’ll see how the Padres stack up with the Dodgers.