The third game of the opening series continues with the resurgence of dominant pitching. My 1st-round pick, left-hander Teddy Higuera, didn’t allow a hit until the 5th inning and then escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 7th to leave with a 2-1 lead. Rod Beck and Bob Woodward each pitched a perfect inning to close out the 3-1 victory.
Shortstop Rafael Ramirez atoned for two fielding errors by going 3-for-4, doubling in the 9th and scoring an insurance run on a pinch single by Bob Bailey.
All told, it’s a promising first series. If you win 2 out of 3 in baseball, you’re doing extremely well. We’re only in 3rd place in our 4-team division, however, as two teams swept their first series. Next up we face Block Chain, one of the teams that remains winless, but you can’t put any stock in that. All these teams are good enough to beat you any time, and his 0-3 could be 3-3 just like that.
