The boys aren’t back yet from visiting one of Melissa’s friends. Jordan Spieth is on TV one shot back at the British Open — make that two back as Leishman birdies a hole.
The main thing I’m noticing is that our leaderboard isn’t nearly as volatile as the one they’ve got at St. Andrews. We need a few eagles and missed short puts to generate some drama.
| EFL | ||||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB | RS | RA |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 59 | 32 | .653 | — | 460.1 | 334.3 |
| Haviland Dragons | 58 | 32 | .642 | 1.2 | 444.3 | 333.1 |
| Cottage Cheese | 53 | 39 | .571 | 7.4 | 401.0 | 345.1 |
| Peshastin Pears | 52 | 41 | .564 | 8 | 403.1 | 353.1 |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 50 | 41 | .544 | 9.9 | 424.7 | 388.8 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 48 | 42 | .535 | 10.8 | 410.6 | 382.7 |
| Kaline Drive | 41 | 49 | .460 | 17.5 | 351.2 | 381.4 |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 39 | 51 | .432 | 20.1 | 459.2 | 525.8 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 34 | 59 | .367 | 26.3 | 367.3 | 486.6 |
Old Detroit: W 1 , L 1; 12 – 6. .297, .360, .505; 22.3 ip, 11 er.
Haviland: W, 4 – 0. .282, .317, .487; 30 ip, 5 er. Garrett Richards’ 2-hit complete game shutout carried the Dragons.
Cottage: W 2, L 0; 10 – 7. 264, .316, .385; 17 ip, 6 er. Dan Haren’s 6 ip, 5 er held the Cheese back a little, but Jonathan Schoop was the unlikely star going 4 for 8 with a double and a walk.
Peshastin: W 1, L 2; 13 – 10. .259, .312, .459; 17.7 ip 5 er. So the Pears squeeze one win out of three games while outscoring their foes. Compare this with what the Tornados did.
Flint Hill: W 2, L 0; 9 – 9. 304, .368, .348; 12 ip, 8 er. How did you do that? Win two while outscoring your foes by a whopping 0.2. That’s precision game management!
Pittsburgh: W 0, L 2; 5 – 11. .179, .281, .268; 22 ip, 12 er. Cole Hamels had a bad day (3 ip, 5 er) to undermine the Alleghenys. I wonder if they are eager to see Hamels get traded.
Kaline: W (-1), L 2; 2 – 8. 214, .267, .243; 11.7 ip, 8 er. Tommy Milone had a bad day, too — 2.7 ip, 5 er.
Canberra: W 1, L 2; 10 – 16. .279, 366, .459; 10.3 ip, 3 er. .What pitchers they had did well, but 10 innings isn’t enough for three games. On the other hand — Jake Smolinski’s 4 for 6 with 2 homers comes very timely for the ‘Roos… and for himself. (Vaguely like Jordan Spieth’s long birdie on 16 to tie for the lead.)
Portland: W 1, L 2; 13 – 14. .262, .318, .426; 20.3 ip, 9 er. Doug Fister’s 5 ip, 4 er left the Rosebuds short — or maybe just off to the right like Spieth’s par put on 17. Kole Calhoun’s 3 for 3 with two homers and a walk almost made up for it.
Schoop is an unlikely star? Why, just this very morning I saw a headline: “Jonathan Schoop: the next Manny Machado?”