With this sheet, we have now reached a full season’s worth of games (excluding a handful of “special” editions, and offset by the embarrassing Home Run Derby "scoresheets"). Given the name of this blog, this should have taken a little over three calendar years but in fact took about 12.5. That’s ok; no one’s reading except my ego.
Confession: I do not remember Jason Phillips at all, which is a shame because this must have been the best game that he ever pitched, given that he only had 18 career starts (32 relief outings) with a ERA of 6.20. He shut out the White Sox through seven, scattering four hits and two walks (albeit with just two Ks) before Kenny Lofton hit a leadoff homer in the eighth (I like that; my heart sinks at seeing Kenny Lofton in the lineup of the White Sox of all teams). He was relieve with runners at first and second and two outs by Paul Shuey, who yielded an infield hit to Frank Thomas was batting sixth, behind Jose Valentin (read that carefully; this was the sad phase of the Big Hurt’s career). Shuey would fan future Indian Jeff Liefer to get out of the jam, then have a
The Indians led 4-0 through sixth, but really took control with a two-out, three-run blast by Ricky Gutierrez, one of his four on the season.
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