Day 8 brought close games, big offensive performances, multi-homer games, pitching duels, and a walk off victory. We also saw a couple of win streaks continue. We are getting closer to the first rounds of matchups ending and will go from everyone's SP1s to their SP2s. Lets dig in! Phil's Red Sox 5 Justin's Mariners 4Phil's Red Sox came into the game with a 3 game win streak and was looking to extend it against Strasburg and the Mariners. The Sox got on the board in the bottom of the 5th inning thanks to 2 run single from Aaron Hicks but the Mariners answered right back with a Matt Olson 2 run single in the top of the 6th. Andrew Heaney relieved a struggling Verlander in the 7th inning and gave up RBI singles to Joey Votto and Ozzie Albies. The Mariners entered the bottom of the 8th with a 4-2 lead but Corey Knebel got into trouble and Ian Kennedy ended up blowing the game. Carlos Correa hit a RBI single and Miguel Cabrera hit a 2 run triple to give the Red Sox the lead and the victory. The big story in this game was the Mariners inability to get baserunners home as they out hit the Red Sox 15-6. Bharath's Angels 2 Billy's Orioles 1This game was a pitchers duel and came down to the bullpens. Jake Odorizzi pitched 6 innings of 1 run ball and Jacob deGrom answered with 7 innings of 1 run of his own. The Orioles got on the board first in the top of the 5th with a Mike Moustakas RBI single but Aaron Judge tied it with a solo homer in the bottom of the 6th. In the bottom of the 8th, Nelson Cruz hit a solo shot to give the Angels the lead. In the top of the 9th Josh Hader got into a trouble after a hit and an error left men on first and second with one out. Hader got Kyle Schwarber and Moustakas to fly out to end the game. Tom's Blue Jays 12 Eddy's Royals 6This game was back and forth early but then a big inning for Tom's Blue Jays blew this game wide open. The Blue Jays got off to a quick start and had a 4-0 lead thanks to a Robinson Cano 2 run homer, Daniel Vogelbach RBI single and a Kyle Tucker sacrifice fly. Eddy's Royals answered back with 4 runs to tied thanks to a bases clearing 3 run double from Carson Kelly and Adalberto Mondesi RBI single. It was a 6-5 Blue Jays lead entering the bottom of the 7th when the Blue Jays scored six runs off of Marco Gonzalez and Freddy Peralta. Vogelbach and Tatis homered and Tucker and Calhoun got RBI hits to blow it open and give the Blue Jays the victory. Degaglia's Yankees 6 Daren's Astros 2It seems like everyday someone different is getting a 2 home run game for Degaglia's Yankees. This game was scoreless till the 5th inning. Austin Meadows hit a his first homer of the game but Cody Bellinger answered back in the top of the 6th to tie the game at 2. Meadows hit his second of the game in the bottom of the 7th to give the Yankees the lead for good. J.D. Martinez and Eloy Jimenez hit back to back homers in the bottom of the 8th to give the Yankees the victory and a 7 game winning streak. Prior's Tigers 5 Josh's White Sox 4When you get a walk off victory it basically guarantees game of the day honors. Josh's offense got out to a 4-0 lead in the 3rd inning thanks to an Eddie Rosario and Marcel Ozuna each getting a RBI single and Alex Bregman hitting a 2 run homer. The Tigers played catchup from there. Max Kepler and Paul Goldschmidt each hit solo homers and Kepler hit a RBI double in the bottom of the 6th to cut the lead to 4-3. In the top of the 9th Craig Kimbrel created jam for himself with bases loaded and only one out but was able to get out of it unscathed. In the bottom of the 9th, Brian Reynolds hit a walk off 2 run double with 2 outs off of Liam Hendricks to give the Tigers the victory. Jon's Indians 7 Chris's Twins 3This game was the Josh Donaldson show. Chris's Twins got out to the lead in the top of the 4th with a Juan Soto RBI single. Donaldson hit a 2 run shot in the bottom of the 5th to give the Indians the lead for good. The Indians got homers from D.J. LeMahieu and Justin Turner. Chris got a two run homer from Ramon Laureano in the top of the 8th to cut lead to 5-3 but Donaldson hit his second homer of the day to give the Indians some insurance and the victory. StandingsTomorrow's GamesPhil's Red Sox (Verlander) @ Bharath's Angles (deGrom)
Tom's Blue Jays (Woodruff) @ Justin's Mariners (Strasburg) Degaglia's Yankees (Carrasco) @ Billy's Orioles (Odorizzi) Prior's Tigers (Nola) @ Eddy's Royals (Eflin) Jon's Indians (Buehler) @ Daren's Astros (Scherzer) Chris's Twins (Lamet) @ Josh's White Sox (Greinke)
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