#227---CLE @ CHA, 4/10/2014

 

Danny Salazar had an interesting outing in this one. He struck out the side in the first (albeit on twenty pitches), then struck out three more in the second (albeit after allowing a leadoff homer to Jose Abreu). He struck out two more in the third (albeit after allowing another leadoff homer and a third run). He struck out Adam Dunn to lead off the fourth, then allowed three runs before fanning Adrian Nieto. He was then relieved by Josh Outman having faced eighteen batters, making 93 pitches, and recording eleven outs, a whopping ten of them on strikeouts. He was “on pace” (I hate doing that, but in this case it’s fun) to strikeout 24 batters and make 228 pitches.

Two personal notes for the White Sox:

1. This was an era, like the current one, in which they could put four Cuban players in their lineups (Abreu, Dayan Viciedo, Alexei Ramirez and Nieto).

2. Jordan Danks got into the game as a defensive replacement in the eighth; his brother John had started but was relieved in the seventh.

#226---ATL @ PHI, 8/4/2013

 

Alex Wood and Cliff Lee both made 95 pitches, so you’d assume that the latter was more efficient and pitched deeper into the game in this matchup of lefties. You’d be incorrect, as Lee allowed four runs over five innings and Wood allowed one over six. Neither bullpen allowed multiple baserunners in any inning and 4-1 was the final. Delmon Young took the golden sombrero which I’m sure was heartbreaking to many, many people.

#225---DET @ CLE, 7/25/2012

 

Max Scherzer fanned 8 and walked 4 over seven innings, capped with a five-pitch seventh. The Indians also went down on just six pitches in the ninth, but scored a run on Travis Hafner’s solo homer. Derek Lowe walked the bases loaded to leadoff the fifth, but escaped only allowing one run on Prince Fielder’s sacrifice fly. Johnny Damon and Casey Kotchman teamed up for most of the Indians offense by walking and homering to lead off the third (this probably represents their shining moment in Cleveland uniforms. Probably). But most interesting is the back-to-back throwing errors committed by Asdrubal Cabrera in the second. The first allowed Omar Infante to reach following a leadoff double from Alex Avila. The second came in an attempt to get the force at second and presumably start an inning-ending twin killer.

#224---MIL @ CIN, 5/30/2011

I’ve posted examples of my landscape scoresheet before – it’s nice to have extra room but I prefer being able to see the entire game without having to flip back and forth as my portrait-orientated standard scoresheet permits.

The highlight of the game was Jay Bruce’s 3-4 with a single, triple, and homer. I’m not going to say it.