An exhausted bullpen could not handle a second straight extra-inning game, as the Red Sox exploded for three runs in the 10th inning for a 6-4 win Friday night. Logan Verrett, pitching in back-to-back games just days after going 8 IP as a starter, surrendered a 2-0 lead and a win for Matt Harvey. He [...]
Remember this cover story? Sports Illustrated wasn’t alone. The Sporting News, ESPN the magazine and pretty much every baseball season preview anointed the Washington Nationals the 2015 World Series favorite. Nearly every baseball writer aside from this one picked the Nationals to run away with the National League East. Who could blame them? They won [...]
Normally when you score seven, five, four, and five runs in a four game series, you're looking to pull at least one or two wins away. Not the Philadelphia Phillies. They had the unfortunate task of taking on the hottest team in baseball. But it wasn't always so. From June 30th to July 4th the [...]