Fifty Shades of Grrrr!

Pittsburgh: “W”, 3 – 5.  (.176, .300, .235; 1.3 ip, 1 er).  The mighty Alleghenys played it low again Friday.  No one’s being annoyed by them these last couple of days, unless it’s the team owner.

Canberra: L, 2 – 7.  (.238, .283, .286; 2.7 ip, 3 er).  Yikes.  Not YIKES! like the Balk. Just… yikes. Half- hearted hurlers handed out twice as many walks (4) as k’s (2).   Bored batters barely budged from .250  straight across their batting lines… Well, actually, that last bit is misleading.  The TEAM barely budged from .250.  Chris Carter barely budged from .200 (1 for 5), but Yonder Alonso went .667, .500, .667, offensive twins Billy Hamilton and Bryce Harper both went .500, .500, .500 and Jonathan Lucroy went .400, .400, .600.  Meanwhile those other offensive twins Adeiny Hechavarria and Michael Conforto didn’t budge at all from their .000, .000, .000 line.  (Hechavarria gives new meaning to the label EWIE, doesn’t he?)

Haviland: “L”, 6 – 4.  (.286, .375, .425;  10 ip, 4 er). Quiet, solid quality, just what you would expect from a pack of Dragons.  Paul Goldschmidt was a little noisy (3 for 5 , double, hr), as was his sidekick Jake Lamb (.3 for 4 with a walk). But no one else was even a little bit irritating.

Portland: W, 6 – 2. (.255, .300, .491;  18 ip, 4 er).  Finally!  The Rosebuds get to benefit from a Justin Turner Overdrive (3 for 5 with 2 homers), and Yordano finally had a most excellent adVentura (6.3 shutout innings).  The Rosebuds pulled into the passing lane to finally zoom into first place …

Old Detroit: L, 3 – 4.  (.143, .294, .286;  12 ip, 5 er) … only to find some old geezer there, going 30 mph with his left turn signal blinking for miles and miles.  Now that’s  annoying!  Let’s hear it for the geezer!