Quick notes for Sunday morning. You could probably get through them in church without anyone catching on.
EFL Standings for 2018
| EFL | ||||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB | RS | RA |
| Portland Rosebuds | 59 | 37 | .617 | — | 510.1 | 395.1 |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 58 | 39 | .594 | 2.2 | 446.9 | 369.0 |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 55 | 39 | .589 | 2.9 | 427.3 | 357.5 |
| Brookland Outs | 52 | 40 | .565 | 5.3 | 484.4 | 427.0 |
| Cottage Cheese | 50 | 42 | .545 | 7.1 | 462.6 | 422.0 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 49 | 45 | .524 | 9 | 499.0 | 480.0 |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 50 | 47 | .519 | 9.3 | 424.0 | 405.0 |
| Kaline Drive | 49 | 49 | .499 | 11.3 | 443.5 | 438.6 |
| Peshastin Pears | 44 | 52 | .463 | 14.8 | 408.1 | 442.3 |
| Haviland Dragons | 44 | 54 | .450 | 16.1 | 417.6 | 465.6 |
| D.C. Balk | 38 | 56 | .409 | 19.8 | 396.1 | 479.8 |
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Portland: L, 2 – 6. (37 PA, .148, .378, .148; 21.0 ip, 9 er, 3.86 ERA) Betts: 3 for 4 with a walk, 1.550 OPS. Anthony Rendon: 1 for 3 with a walk, .833 OPS. The other 8 Rosebud hitters: 0 for 20, albeit with 7 walks, .259 OPS.
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Old Detroit: W, 4 – 3. (48 PA, .220, .333, .390; 13.3 ip, 5 er, 3.37 ERA) All of that pitching came in the Dodgers-Angels game, including Rich Hill’s scoreless inning in relief.
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Canberra: W, 11 – 5. (47 PA, .400, .489,. 675; 7 ip, 4 er, 5.14 ERA) In the EFL universe, Wade LeBlanc’s stumble (4.3 ip, 4 er) is covered by robust hitting featuring 6 players OPSing 1.000 or better, led by Starling Marte’s 2 homers and a double in 8 trips to the plate.
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Brookland: W, 4 – 3. (50 PA, .167, .300, .381; 4.7 ip, 0 er, 0.00 ERA) The thing that bugs me about this is Gregory Polanco cranking two homers. I don’t remember him ever doing that for the W’s.
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Cottage: W, 9 – 1. (37 PA, .303, .378, .697; 7 ip, 0 er.) Danny Duffy: 7 ip, 0 er. July ERA: 2.84. Oh, THERE you are, Danny!
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Pittsburgh: “L”, 6 – 5. (39 PA, .250, .308, .417; 3 ip, 0 er). Stephen Piscotty led the offense with 2 doubles and a walk in 5 PA.
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Flint Hill: “L”, 5 – 5. (49 PA, .244, .265, .422; 7.3 ip, 3 er, 3.68 ERA). Jake Bauers earned his promotion in Flint Hill with a homer, double and walk in 6 plate appearances.
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Kaline: “W”, 9 – 9. (44 PA, .369, .409, .615; 11 ip 9 er). Michael Fulmer muddied up a beautiful day with his 4.7 ip, 7 er performance. Hunter Renfroe’s seventh inning pinch-hit homer avoided the loss.
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Peshastin: L, 0 – 4. (38 PA, .139, .184, .250; 8.3 ip, 3 er, 3.24 ERA). Javier Baez (2 for 5 with a double and a homer, raising his July OPS to 1.005) and Jack Flaherty (5 scoreless innings) were the pair of Pear highlights.
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Haviland: L, 2 – 6. (26 PA, .200, .231, .200; 13.7 ip, 8 er, 5.27 ERA) The only EFL team not to have a potentially full contingent of batters Saturday — but then the ones who showed up didn’t quite reach a replacement level performance, so maybe it was ok.
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DC: L, 2 – 5. (44 PA, .250, .318, .400; 7 ip, 4 er, 5.14 ERA). Kole Calhoun may be back: 2 for 4 with a double, a homer and a walk — and it wasn’t even against the Mariners!
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Combined MLB + EFL Standings for 2018
| AL East | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Boston Red Sox | 67 | 30 | .691 | — |
| New York Yankees | 62 | 32 | .660 | 3.5 |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 58 | 39 | .594 | 9.4 |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 50 | 47 | .519 | 16.6 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 49 | 46 | .516 | 17 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 43 | 51 | .457 | 22.5 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 27 | 69 | .281 | 39.5 |
| NL East | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 55 | 39 | .589 | — |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 53 | 41 | .564 | 2.4 |
| Atlanta Braves | 51 | 42 | .548 | 3.9 |
| Washington Nationals | 47 | 48 | .495 | 8.9 |
| New York Mets | 39 | 54 | .419 | 15.9 |
| Miami Marlins | 40 | 57 | .412 | 16.9 |
| D.C. Balk | 38 | 56 | .409 | 16.9 |
| AL Central | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Cleveland Indians | 51 | 43 | .543 | — |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 49 | 45 | .524 | 1.7 |
| Minnesota Twins | 43 | 50 | .462 | 7.5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 40 | 57 | .412 | 12.5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 32 | 62 | .340 | 19 |
| Kansas City Royals | 27 | 67 | .287 | 24 |
| NL Central | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Chicago Cubs | 54 | 38 | .587 | — |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 55 | 42 | .567 | 1.5 |
| Brookland Outs | 52 | 40 | .565 | 2 |
| Cottage Cheese | 50 | 42 | .545 | 3.9 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 47 | 46 | .505 | 7.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 47 | 49 | .490 | 9 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 52 | .453 | 12.5 |
| AL West | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Houston Astros | 64 | 34 | .653 | — |
| Seattle Mariners | 58 | 38 | .604 | 5 |
| Oakland A’s | 54 | 42 | .563 | 9 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 49 | 47 | .510 | 14 |
| Kaline Drive | 49 | 49 | .499 | 15.1 |
| Haviland Dragons | 44 | 54 | .450 | 19.9 |
| Texas Rangers | 41 | 55 | .427 | 22 |
| NL West | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Portland Rosebuds | 59 | 37 | .617 | — |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 53 | 43 | .552 | 6.2 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 52 | 43 | .547 | 6.7 |
| Colorado Rockies | 50 | 45 | .526 | 8.7 |
| San Francisco Giants | 50 | 47 | .515 | 9.7 |
| Peshastin Pears | 44 | 52 | .463 | 14.8 |
| San Diego Padres | 40 | 58 | .408 | 20.2 |