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Aaron Nola made his pitching debut for the Phillies yesterday against Tampa Bay. Nola was outstanding, six innings, five hits, one walk and one earned run which came on a solo homer. It held up and the Rays won 1-0.
That solo home run was struck by Rays pitcher Nathan Karns, the first and only home run of his career. It was only the second home run by a pitcher in all Tampa Bay's history, the previous one having been hit in 2000.
Further, it was only the sixth game in all AL history where a team won 1-0 with the one run coming on a homer by a pitcher, the last time it happened was in 1962.
It was the first home run by an AL pitcher since 2011.
That was quite a performance by Cole Hamels against my Cubbies yesterday. It was the first no-hitter thrown against the Cubs since Sandy Koufax did it in 1965. If that was Hamels swan song as a member of the Phillies, there was no better way to go out. I was looking forward to the Philies coming to Wrigley so that the Cubs could bridge the gap in the Wild Card race. But, in typical Cubs fashion, they have lost the first 2 games of the series and could get swept by the worst team in baseball. They face Aaron Nola today.
Im surprised Cole Hamels is just 31 it feels like he's been around forever
Honestly yesterday was probably game of the year, you woulda thought the Yankees were done after being down 0-5 after three innings. But the guy with 677 career homeruns tied it, and then the guy with 2 career homeruns won it
Im surprised Cole Hamels is just 31 it feels like he's been around forever
Honestly yesterday was probably game of the year, you woulda thought the Yankees were done after being down 0-5 after three innings. But the guy with 677 career homeruns tied it, and then the guy with 2 career homeruns won it
A smart veteran knows his pitchers. It doesn't take any more knowledge than what could be gleaned from a Little League scout to know that Glen Perkins will always start his stint with a fastball down the pike. A-Rod stood at the plate waiting for what he knew was a sure thing. It couldn't have been grooved any better than what he'd see at the Homerun Derby.
How you groove a pitch when ahead on a 1-2 count to a man with 1 career homerun is baffling. Perkins better do some re-evaluating of how he's approaching his save situations. He better think a little bit more about his spots and less about trying to blow it by them.
Honestly yesterday was probably game of the year, you woulda thought the Yankees were done after being down 0-5 after three innings. But the guy with 677 career homeruns tied it, and then the guy with 2 career homeruns won it
The only game that come close off the top of my head was the game against Tampa Bay with the McCann walk off homerun
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