Month: September 2017

  • Toronto Blue Jays 7 – Minnesota Twins 13

    Toronto Blue Jays 7 – Minnesota Twins 13

    Game Recap | Box Score Joe Mauer’s Grand Slam in the 5th locks in a win for the Twins After establishing a 5 run lead in the bottom of the 2nd inning, the Blue Jays hopes of winning a series in Minneapolis were quickly dashed. With 6th runs in the 2nd and 7 in the 5th, the…

  • Toronto Blue Jays 7 – Minnesota Twins 2

    Toronto Blue Jays 7 – Minnesota Twins 2

    Game Recap | Box Score After watching Marco Estrada struggle for much of this season it was a pleasure to see him confidently throw 8-innings of quality baseball. While he was tagged twice for home runs he seemed in command for the whole game. The core of the Blue Jays lineup — Josh Donaldson, Justin Smoak, Jose Bautista, Kendrys…

  • Toronto Blue Jays 4 – Minnesota Twins 3

    Toronto Blue Jays 4 – Minnesota Twins 3

    Game Recap | Box Score Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to see the Atlanta Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-6. It was memorable because I was under the impression that it was the last time I was going to see Bartolo Colon a.k.a. Big Sexy, a.k.a. The Last Expo, pitch. His season wasn’t going well…

  • Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – Milwaukee Brewers 8

    Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – Milwaukee Brewers 8

    Game Recap | Box Score With my time in Milwaukee coming to an end, so is my five games with the Brewers. With two games in Chicago and 3 in Brew City, I got a chance to get to know this team and watch them go 4 and 1. Sitting in second place 2 1/2 games…

  • Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – Milwaukee Brewers 5

    Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – Milwaukee Brewers 5

    Brewers bullpen shines Game Recap | Box Score For the second day in a row, the Brewers got in a lot of work with Brent Suter leaving the game after just 3 innings. Over the next 6 innings, they managed to blank the Pirates, with their closer Corey Knebel coming in for the 9th to mop up for his…

  • Pittsburgh Pirates 7 – Milwaukee Brewers 0

    Pittsburgh Pirates 7 – Milwaukee Brewers 0

    Pirates blank the Brewers Game Recap | Box Score After a successful series against their division rival and leader, things did not go as planned for the Brewers. Shut out by a team of five Bucs pitchers, all the home team could muster was 3 hits. The Pirates, on the other hand, managed 7 runs, led by 3…

  • Milwaukee Brewers 15 – Chicago Cubs 2

    Milwaukee Brewers 15 – Chicago Cubs 2

    Brewers demolish the Cubs Game Recap | Box Score And, that was a massacre. When I visited Wrigley in 2017 to watch the World Series bound Cubs, the place was like one big party. It was like the fans and the players all knew they were going to finally win the World Series and knew that no one else…

  • Milwaukee Brewers 2 – Chicago Cubs 0

    Milwaukee Brewers 2 – Chicago Cubs 0

    Ryan Braun hits his 300th career home run Game Recap | Box Score After a shaky start in the first inning, John Lackey settled into a dominant performance until the 7th. Unfortunately for him and the Cubs, the two runs he gave up were more than enough for the Brewers to win the game. All it took was…

  • Cleveland Indians 11 – Chicago White Sox 2

    Cleveland Indians 11 – Chicago White Sox 2

    15th straight win sets an Indians club record Game Recap | Box Score When I booked my trip to Chicago months earlier, I couldn’t have predicted that I would get to see the Indians in the midst of a historic winning streak. In addition to witnessing Corey Kluber pitch a 7-inning, 13 strikeout gem for his 15th…