A reliever's role is to enter the game and prevent runs from scoring and hitters from reaching base. The Cubs' Carmen Pignatiello definitely failed on that last part in yesterday's game against the Pirates. He entered the game and walked two batters by throwing nothing but balls for 8 pitches:
IP H R ER BB K HR
C. Pignatiello 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Pitches-strikes - C Pignatiello 8-0.
Tim Tankersley did the same thing in yesterday's Marlins/Nationals game, but he only walked one batter:
IP H R ER BB K HR
T. Tankersley 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Pitches-strikes - T. Tankersley 4-0.
Grand Slams
Congratulations to Joe Crede of the White Sox for powering his team to a win in yesterday's game against the Twins. Crede hit a 2-out grand slam against reliever Pat Neshek:
HR - J Crede (2, 7th inning off P Neshek 3 on, 2 Out).
Also, congratulations to Torii Hunter for hitting a walk-off grand slam to get the win for the Angels over the Indians. It was his second home run of the game:
HR - T Hunter 2 (4, 8th inning off R Betancourt 0 on, 0 Out,
9th inning off J Borowski 3 on, 1 Out).
Home Run Happy
The Astros beat the Cardinals 5-3 yesterday. That's not terribly surprising. What IS surprising is how they scored their runs.
Neither team scored any runs until the 7th inning, when Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee hit back-to-back solo home runs to make the score 2-0 for the Astros:
HR - L Berkman (2, 7th inning off T Wellemeyer 0 on, 0 Out),
C Lee (3, 7th inning off T Wellemeyer 0 on, 0 Out).
In the next inning, the 8th, J.R. Towles hit a solo home run to push the score to 3-0 for the Astros:
HR - J Towles (2, 8th inning off K Jimenez 0 on, 0 Out).
The Cardinals tied the game in the top of the 9th inning, but Miguel Tejada added yet another home run in the bottom of the 9th, to walk off the field with the victory:
HR - M Tejada (2, 9th inning off K McClellan 1 on, 0 Out).
Four home runs across the last three innings accounted for all five of the Astros runs.
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