A fan at MSG spat on Atlanta’s Trae Young?! I’d say New York is back to normal.
The Yankees played two in The Bronx on Thursday then flew to Detroit for a weekend series with the Tigers. Their ace, Gerrit Cole (6-2, 1.81 ERA), rebounded from a five-run-over-five-frames toasting in Texas to throw seven scoreless innings against the White Sox.
Casey Mize (3-3, 3.42 ERA) may play in the AL, but he isn’t in Cole’s league. Nevertheless, Mize is 2-0 over his past three starts, allowing four runs over 20 total innings. 20 units on the home ’dog Tigers.
“I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.” — Otter, “Animal House”
Well, we needed something crazy to happen in order to turn this thing around and the Pirates obliged. Pittsburgh turned an easy Javier Baez out into a fun adventure (YouTube for a laugh) and the Cubs went on to beat the Bucs, 5-3. We’ll take it. Down -1,671 erniebankers.
