Are left to die on the diamond
In the stands the home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles
After surrendering a ghastly nineteen runs Thursday, Toronto allowed just one run on eight hits Friday night. Eight hits? Colour me unimpressed. After all, just last night...
Detroit one-hit Arizona.
Boston two-hit Philadelphia.
Tampa Bay two-hit Florida.
Texas three-hit Houston.
Florida three-hit Tampa Bay (and lost).
Baltimore four-hit Atlanta.
Anaheim four-hit Los Angeles.
Arizona four-hit Detroit (and lost).
Seattle four-hit San Diego (and lost).
AAA Oklahoma's Nick Regilio tossed 8.1 no-hit innings.
Shi Davidi describes how Towers and company held MLB's worst offence in check, and in another story mentions that both Toronto and Montreal were at least ten games over .500 when they initiated last year's Battle of Canada. MLB.com's Spencer Fordin quotes Carlos Tosca employing the "162 games in a season," "win each series," and "timely hitting" cliches in the space of four sentences. Ebby Calvin LaLoosh would be proud.
Spencer Fordin's Notes column discusses yesterday's players-only meeting. Carlos Tosca says that Kerry Ligtenberg is almost ready, Valerio de los Santos is not, and Justin Miller's hammy is still on the tender side. The Sun's Mike Rutsey and The Star's Geoff Baker also talk the talk, while Richard Griffin wonders about the lack of at-bats for Chris Woodward, Kevin Cash, and Josh Phelps: "The 26-year-old Cash, despite one of the AL's top percentages of throwing out runners, has guided Jays pitchers to a 5.39 ERA." Okay.
