This will have to be a quick update. BP didn’t get their update done until sometime this afternoon, and I only have a few minutes before I have to leave for the evening. Also, being in a hurry, I accidentally update Portland with all its season stats. I have fixed that in these standings and results.
EFL Standings for 2018
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| TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB | RS | RA |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 32 | 22 | .590 | — | 249.0 | 207.9 |
| Brookland Outs | 32 | 24 | .577 | 0.5 | 281.8 | 243.1 |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 32 | 23 | .573 | 0.8 | 230.9 | 199.6 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 31 | 24 | .570 | 0.9 | 251.8 | 218.6 |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 29 | 26 | .523 | 3.6 | 229.9 | 219.4 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 26 | 27 | .497 | 5 | 285.1 | 289.6 |
| Cottage Cheese | 27 | 29 | .489 | 5.4 | 287.7 | 292.0 |
| Kaline Drive | 27 | 29 | .474 | 6.3 | 237.6 | 250.4 |
| Haviland Dragons | 25 | 31 | .451 | 7.6 | 238.0 | 262.7 |
| Peshastin Pears | 23 | 32 | .426 | 8.9 | 232.7 | 271.7 |
| D.C. Balk | 22 | 32 | .416 | 9.4 | 214.8 | 255.1 |
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Canberra: W 2, L (-1), 7 – (-1). (.325, .386, .425; 10.7 ip, 0 er). Blake Snell pitched 5.7 ip, 0 er; Steve Matz added 3 more scoreless innings, and two relievers each tacked on another. The crew struck out 11 and managed to dodge 8 walks by allowing only 3 hits. Meanwhile, Starling Marte went 3 for 5 with two doubles, leading an offense to which 10 out of 11 Kangaroos contributed at least one hit or hbp. The ‘Roos got themselves a sliver of breathing room in the suddenly blazing EFL race even though …
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Brookland: W, 8 – 0. (.306, .390, .639; 20.7 ip, 5 er). … the Outs uncorked a monster day just when it looked like they might be sliding out of the dogpile atop the league, jumping from 4th to 2nd place. Three players led the offense going 2 for 4 with homers: CJ Cron, Daniel Descalso (who doesn’t play for the Cardinals so is not the reason Kolten Wong is losing his job in St. Louis, as I alleged the other day), and good old Manny Machado. Jake Arrieta hurled 7 shutout innings, and Zack Godley and Jeremy Hellickson also pitched well.
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Old Detroit: W, 5 – 3. (.250, .362, .425; 6.7 ip, 2 er)
Portland: L, 3 – 3. (.190, .261, .381; 2 ip, 0 er)
Flint Hill: L, 2 – 4. (.143, .265, .286, 16.3 ip, 8 er)
Pittsburgh: “L”, 12 – 9. (.432, .488, .757; 3.7 ip, 4 er).
Cottage: “L”, 4 – 2. (.216, .293, .459; 8.3 ip, 2 er)
Kaline: L, 3 – 8. (.200, .256, .350; 10.7 ip, 8 er).
Haviland: “L”, 9 – 8. (.288, .367, .538; 0.3 ip, 0 er)
Peshastin: W, 10 – 4. (.269, .345, .768; 6 ip, 4 er).
DC: L, 1 – 1. (.224, .296, .367; 7.7 ip, 1 er).