Arizona 8, Brewers 6
The bullpen lets the Crew down, as Uribe gives up four in the ninth.
Pitchers:
Myers- Quintana- Cruz- Alvarado (H)- Uribe (L, BS), Megill
Hitting highlights: 11 hits, Durbin gets his first HR.
Could be a costly loss, as AZ is now 3-0.
Brewers beat the Marlins pretty easily in game two. Peralta was fantastic- 13Ks in 8 IP.
The Tigers won five games in a row and advanced to the Division Series. Next up: a best of 5 with the 1969 Cincinnati Reds. Not sure what the rules were for the round-robin, but we got the Reds now.
Starship Syncopation
Cory Wong
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3
4
6
7
8 is Ok
9 ok
10 OK
Not sure this is worth $10
San Diego- Petco Park
Milwaukee Brewers 4, San Diego Padres 1
Solid opening win for the Brewers. Woodruff goes 5+ solid and the bullpen allows nothing. Offensively, homers by Chourio and Yelich pave the way to victory.
Pitchers:
Woodruff (W)
Ashby (H)
Megill (H)
Uribe (S)
It's a little early to get into the pool standings, but good to get off on the right foot.
Now, the pitchers.
Rotation
Brandon Woodruff
Freddy Peralta
Tobias Myers
Quinn Priester
Chad Patrick
Bullpen
Abner Uribe (CL)
Trevor Megill (SU)
Jose Alvarado* (SU)
Fernando Cruz* (SU)
Anthony Bender* (MR)
Aaron Ashby (MR)
Jose Quintana (LR)
Three new arrivals in the bullpen. Quintana is strictly long-relief mop-up. Chad Patrick might be more of a swingman depending on the schedule and needs.
Next up:
The pool play home opener against the Miami Marlins, who are coming off a win against the Phillies.
The Tigers are still going, but I'm starting a new tournament with the '26 Brewers (well, a version of it). It'll be a 14 game qualifier, so with each game will come a recap. Four teams will make the tournament out of 15 in the NL and AL.
Time to start the season!
First, a game at Petco Park against the San Diego Padres
Here's a look at the starting lineup and position players:
CF Jackson Chourio
2B Brice Turang
C William Contreras
LF Austin Hays*
DH Christian Yelich
1B Andrew Vaughn
RF Sal Frelick
SS Joey Ortiz
3B Caleb Durbin
Hays is a new acquisition and the only change in the starting lineup. He was acquired for Isaac Collins. He was acquired to add a little more thump to the lineup.
Bench:
C Mitch Garver
IF Andruw Monasterio
OF Garrett Mitchell
UT Tyler Black
Garver is another new acquisition. I envision him possibly pinch hitting later in games (which will be followed by Monasterio sub on defense)
Tigers 4, Athletics 1
The offense is really impressive when it starts to hum. Combined with McLain and Lolich, Detroit can be a hard team to beat.
In this one, Norm Cash had a homer and McLain knocked in a run himself.
Pitchers:
McLain (W)
Hiller (debut)
McMahon (S, 2)
Pool Standings
Twins 8
Red Sox 6
Orioles 5
Four tied with 4 (including Tigers)
Cubs 8
Reds 7
Four tied with 6
Next Up:
at Washington Senators (also 4-4)
