Wednesday
Squeaked out a winner yesterday in the 5-hour affair that was Pirates-Cardinals extra innings. First Starling Marte dropped a routine fly ball up 3-2 in the 9th that led to extra innings, then Mike Matheny failing to understand his batting order and what double switches are meant to accomplish, ended up with no batters remaining and Seth Maness batting cleanup behind Carlos Beltran and Allen Craig. In the 11th with runners on 1st and 3rd with one out, Matheny allowed Maness to swing and the Pirates turned a 6-9-3 double play with five infielders playing in to get out of the inning. In the 13th, Matt Carpenter doubled with two outs and the Pirates promptly walked both Beltran and Craig to bring up Maness again who struck out. Despite the mismanagement, the Cardinals scraped together a run in the 14th to win 4-3.
I thought today was going to be rather slow, but there is a play already in the day games:
Reds (Arroyo) @ Cubs (Rusin) +116
I am busy at work today but will update with any plays before the night games at 7.
UPDATE: Cubs lost 5-0. Obviously should have taken the under as I did in the picks contest. Nothing doing tonight, Yankees are closest but I’d need a slightly better price.
