That’s the MLB record for hitting your first career HR, too. Colon sets a record.
It was also the first home run trot to be measured in geologic eras.
Cubs vs 2 of the best staffs in MLB, possibly the best 2:
7,7,6,5,8,8. Cubs number 5 shuts out Washington with 2 hits over 6 innings.
Colon also becomes the last former Expo to hit a home run.
What was the reading on the Richter scale?
Actually, I would think one home run in 249 plate appearances and an average of about one hit per year would be an argument in favor of it. 
Justin Verlander pitched 7 shutout innings today, with 9 strikeouts, 3 hits and 2 walks. He left the game with a 2-0 lead.
His bullpen managed to give up 7 runs the inning after Verlander was pulled, and Detroit lost the game 8-3. Ouch.
And a four-game sweep of the Nats! 24-6! Woo hoo!
Well I’ll be dipped in shit. The Cubs win, yet again. They sweep the Nats and are 24-6.
In the Cubs-Nats game, Bryce Harper came to the plate 7 times. He took 6 walks and was hit by a pitch; so he had 0 at bats while playing the entirety of a 13-inning game.
And this is the second game in a row in which he has not recorded an official at-bat; he walked three times and had a sac fly yesterday.
Untouchable, you hear me? UNTOUCHABLE!!!
:smack:
When a team goes on a 24-6 run, you often expect to see a fair bit of luck involved - a bunch of one-run or extra-inning wins that boost them a few games above their expected W-L record.
But the Cubs are right where they’re supposed to be. They have scored the most runs in the majors, and they have given up the least. They’re 1-1 in extra inning games, and 3-2 in 1-run games. Their X W-L right now stands at 24-6, exactly the same as their actual record.
When you score more than 6 runs a game, and give up fewer than 3, you’re going to win a lot of games.
The Yankees and Atlanta Braves are a combined 18-41. Life is good.
Are the Nats still untouchable this week?
You don’t know from ouch.
Toronto Blue Jays Starting Pitchers: 13-7
Toronto Blue Jays Relief Pitchers: 3-10
I’, not sure how a bullpen loses 10 games by the first week in May. By way of comparison, the Giants, who they play today and who are just one game better, have seen their bullpen lose 4 games.
To be fair, it’s as much on the offence as it is the relief pitchers. The team could absorb the relievers leaking some runs if they could actually get some damn insurance runs.
Clearly they need to recall Drew “Rain Dancer” Hutchinson.
If he replaces RA Dickey, you bet they should.
The Braves have not been trying to win, these last two years in Turner Field. They want a fresh look in the new place.
I assume the Yankees do not suck on purpose.
Hitter has a home run overturned, and turned into a single and an out, because he passed his teammate on the basepaths. He ran to first, but the runner on first thought that it might not clear the fence, and so was waiting in order to tag up. The hitter ran through first base as the runner tagged. Doh!
It’s the first time in 10 years (April 2006) that this has happened in the majors. Luckily for the Marlins, they won the game anyway.
I guess by the letter of the rule, even if the trailing runner only momentarily passes the leading runner, he’s out. That seems a bit much, but probably happens so infrequently maybe it doesn’t matter.
The Cardinals actually did that vs Milwaukee earlier this season–Randal Grichuk homered and ran past Randy Moss, who was hovering around first waiting to see if the ball would be caught (it bounced out of the outfielder’s glove and over the fence) so he could tag up and head for second. It was pretty blatant if you watched the replay, but the umps missed it. So did the Brewers:
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/172378466/brewers-miss-grichuk-passing-moss-on-homer