Not a lot of time today, so this update will be terse. ALthough I couldn’t pull my eyes away from Tuesday’s three pitching train wrecks
EFL Standings for 2017
| EFL | ||||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB | RS | RA |
| Cottage Cheese | 11 | 3 | .791 | — | 81.4 | 41.8 |
| Peshastin Pears | 11 | 4 | .727 | 0.7 | 61.5 | 37.7 |
| Haviland Dragons | 9 | 5 | .624 | 2.3 | 88.4 | 68.7 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 7 | 6 | .576 | 3.1 | 53.6 | 46.0 |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 7 | 5 | .555 | 3.4 | 50.5 | 45.2 |
| Kaline Drive | 7 | 7 | .518 | 3.8 | 52.8 | 51.0 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 7 | 8 | .438 | 5 | 58.3 | 66.1 |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 6 | 7 | .426 | 5 | 47.4 | 55.0 |
| D.C. Balk | 4 | 9 | .318 | 6.4 | 58.8 | 86.2 |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 4 | 8 | .300 | 6.5 | 38.4 | 58.8 |
Cottage: W, 4 – 3
Peshastin: W, 3 – 1.
Haviland: L, 5 – 15 !! (.261, .356, .435; 6 ip, 11 er). Kevin Gausman triple chulked (2.7 ip, 8 er) and Matt Barnes did a regular chulk (1.3 ip, 3 er).
Pittsburgh: L, 2 – 3.
Flint Hill: “W”, 4 – 6.
Portland: L, 2 – 10. (.156, .289, .250; 5.3 ip, 7 er) Jimmy Nelson did all the damage all by himself.
Canberra: L, 1 – 5.
D.C.: L, 2 – 11. (.244, .262, .341; 9.7 ip. 11 er) Brett Anderson (3.7 ip, 6 er) and Joe Musgrave (5 ip, 5 er) got beat up. Kyle Barraclough did, too, relative to the other Marlins pitchers who had held the Mariners hitless over 8 innings. Barraclough served up the only Mariners hit with 1 out in the 9th.
Old Detroit: “W”, 4 – 5.
| NL East | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Washington Nationals | 8 | 5 | .615 | — |
| Miami Marlins | 8 | 6 | .571 | 0.5 |
| New York Mets | 7 | 7 | .500 | 1.5 |
| Atlanta Braves | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2 |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 6 | 7 | .426 | 2.5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3 |
| D.C. Balk | 4 | 9 | .318 | 3.9 |
| AL Central | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Detroit Tigers | 8 | 5 | .615 | — |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 7 | 6 | .576 | 0.5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1 |
| Cleveland Indians | 7 | 7 | .500 | 1.5 |
| Minnesota Twins | 7 | 7 | .500 | 1.5 |
| Kansas City Royals | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2 |
| NL Central | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Cottage Cheese | 11 | 3 | .791 | — |
| Cincinnati Reds | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.1 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.6 |
| Chicago Cubs | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6.1 |
| AL West | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Houston Astros | 9 | 5 | .643 | — |
| Haviland Dragons | 9 | 5 | .624 | 0.3 |
| Kaline Drive | 7 | 7 | .518 | 1.8 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.5 |
| Oakland A’s | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3 |
| Seattle Mariners | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.5 |
| Texas Rangers | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4 |
| NL West | ||||
| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
| Peshastin Pears | 11 | 4 | .727 | — |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 10 | 5 | .667 | 0.9 |
| Colorado Rockies | 10 | 5 | .667 | 0.9 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.9 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 7 | 8 | .438 | 4.3 |
| San Francisco Giants | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.9 |
| San Diego Padres | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.9 |