#201---CHA @ CLE, 8/17/2016

Recently I posted #176, the greatest game I ever attended in person. This one, which occurred just two days prior, was one of the worst from a fan perspective. I was sitting in the right field lower deck seats at Jacobs Field, in the section in fair territory closest to the foul line. The Indians led 4-2 after three thanks largely to homers by Lonnie Chisenhall and Carlos Santana that hugged that foul line. The White Sox rallied for three off Carlos Carrasco in the fourth; the Indians took the lead back 7-5 with three over the next two frames.

It stayed that way until the top of the ninth, which started with Cody Allen fanning Justin Morneau on three pitches. Then Todd Frazier and JB Shuck had back-to-back infield singles (at least the latter was consolation, and Shuck had an earlier single as well). Then Tim Anderson walked and Dioner Navarro blooped a single down the left field line. 7-6, bases loaded, 1 out. Adam Eaton was down in the count 0-2 when he hit a high drive to right field near the line. It seemed to sail directly over my head (it didn’t) and hang up for ever. Grand slam.

The Indians got the tying runs to the plate with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but David Robertson retired the next two. Tough game that would quickly be forgotten.

#200---LA @ SD, 4/25/2015

Both teams scored three in the first, but the Dodgers added three more in the second and four in the fifth to take a 10-2 lead. All but one of those twelve runs were scored on homers as the Dodgers hit three two-run shots and one three-run shot, and the Padres hit a solo and a two-run. In the home sixth, San Diego pulled closer with four, including a three-run homer from Justin Upton the heels of his two-run homer in the first. The ball stayed in the park from that point and each team adding a single tally to make it an 11-8 final.

#199---PIT @ LA, 5/31/2014

The Dodgers torched Brandon Cumpton for big innings in the third and fourth to roll the Pirates 12-2. Hanley Ramirez had a huge game, going 4-4 with two longballs, four runs scored, and 5 RBI.

#198---STL @ CIN, 9/5/2013

The Reds scored a single run in six consecutive innings from the second through seventh to beat the Cardinals 6-2. St. Louis’ only runs also came in single tallies, as the teams combined for five solo homers including a pair from Todd Frazier. In his lone season in Cincinnati, Shin-Soo Choo had a big game as the leadoff hitter, with one of the other homers plus three times on base.

#197---CHA @ CHN, 5/19/2012

The South Siders led their crosstown rivals 7-0 before a pair of two-run homers in the bottom of the ninth made it more respectable. What I love about this scoresheet is Adam Dunn as he should be remembered – four walks and a home run.