When you can’t buy a win, you don’t care how you get one. Or who you beat. And after splitting two games with 24 Pack of 24 Distinct Ales, I’m fairly sure both sides feel the same way.
Jack Bauer Squared came into the interleague series on a 7-game losing streak, and 24 Pack had dropped 9 of 10. So trading wins is a good enough outcome for both of us at this point.
In our game at Olympic Stadium, we rode a 3-run homer by Kal Daniels and 8 innings of 1-run pitching by Bert Blyleven to a 4-1 victory that ended our ugly slide. Bob Woodward made up for his awful extra-inning performance the previous time out with a scoreless 9th for his 8th save.
Our visit to Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium to try for a sweep didn’t go quite as well. After taking a 2-0 lead, Teddy Higuera got roughed up for 4 runs in the 2nd inning and we could never regain the lead.
The 5-4 loss ran our record in 1-run games to 3-9, so our 13-19 record should really be closer to 16-17 at this point. That’s hardly championship material, but it would be less to overcome to get into competition.
Next up is a mighty challenge, too. We have to face the league’s best team, Hitmen 24×24, which at 24-8 is ahead of everyone else by 5 wins. Just have to hope we can put together a good series and maybe take two of three and gain some confidence.
