Jack Bauer Squared took a 5-game losing streak into a set of three interleague series, our only look of the season against three more AL teams.
We opened with Scarlett Saguaro, who came into Olympic Stadium with a bang. They roughed up Bert Blyleven for 8 early runs, and Fernando Valenzuela threw 7 scoreless innings en route to a 10-1 victory.
That took us on our lone trip to Milwaukee County Stadium, where our Teddy Higuera pitched like he used to when that was his home field for the Brewers. Higuera allowed two hits in 7 scoreless innings, and we ended the six-game losing streak with a 5-0 win.
I’ve mentioned there is no momentum in sim baseball, so of course we couldn’t parlay the win into anything more. Did you have “1-run loss” on your bingo card? You’d be winning a lot this season if you did.
We traveled to Yankee Stadium to meet Gooden’s Marauders for the first time. The Marauders scored 3 in the 6th to take a 5-4 lead and shut us down the rest of the way to finish like that.
Back home, we opened a 3-1 lead in an attempt to right the ship. Alas, the Marauders tagged Mike Cuellar for 2 in the 6th to tie it, then got to the bullpen in the next two innings and won 5-3.
That made it a 1-6 start to the second half and a 3-13 stretch we’re mired in. We headed to Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium looking for any positive signs.
Instead Baltimore Bile jumped all over Bert Blyleven for four homers, two of them 3-run shots by Willie Stargell, and 9 runs in the first 4 innings. The 9-4 loss added another to that recent ledger of struggles.
Game 90 was another chance for Higuera to shine. He threw 8 innings and allowed just 1 run, while Rafael Ramirez homered and tripled in an 8-1 win.
That wrapped up our interleague struggles, as the final 72 will all be in our league. We went 9-15 against the AL teams, so I don’t think we’ll be too sad to be done with them.
