It was an unusually action packed day at ball parks across America - from breaking slumps to walk off hits to a shitty hitter pitching a win. I’ve broken down some of the best plays and moments of the day below.
Who would have thought that the Baltimore Orioles first baseman CHRIS DAVIS would be the hero in a marathon 17 inning game against the Boston Red Sox and record a win after pitching two scoreless innings.
Best part was that Davis was completely useless at bat striking out 5 times and going 0 for 8. I thought the fantasy baseball Gods would somehow gift me his win for being so hurtful to my average today, but alas, they did not and I ended the day with a .120 average. ASSHOLE!
Here are some of his highlights:
Striking out Adrian Gonzalez with two on base to tie the game.

Even the Baltimore bench couldn’t contain their laughter when Davis struck out Gonzalez.

Next up was Darnell Mcdonald, outfielder and 17th inning pitcher who by no means is trained as one (which is why he let in a 3 run homer in the 17th) but he was given the chance of redemption with two on base, and one out in the bottom of the 17th. Poor guy hit into a double play, giving Chris Davis the win.

Mark Reynolds spoke for everyone watching the game when he handed Davis the well deserved game ball.

It took a clean shave and a day off, but Pujols has finally ended the longest home run drought of his career. It was great to see the support of his team who reacted to the homer like Pujols had just won them the World Series (of course after the entire team cleared the dugout and hid in the hall to the clubhouse to prank Pujols. Fitting celebration considering Pujols had been fooling the Angels into thinking he was worth $300 million. Just kidding! It was great to see the big man come back to regular form.)
(I apologize for the terrible photo quality)

Injury was the big excitement today in the Philly vs. Nats game as Jayson Werth was pulled in the 6th after he slid for a routine pop up, and injured his left wrist.
Any injury or trauma to Werth’s left wrist is a major concern considering his career nearly ended in 2005/2006 when he suffered a season ending injury courtesy of A.J. Burnett. Seriously, that guy’s the worst.

Also during the game Bryce Harper was drilled by a pitch from Cole Hamels in the first and Harper gave the best possible f* you to him later in the inning when he pulled the kind of phenom shit we’ve been waiting for and stole home. After he got up from home plate he was seen staring down Hamels. I absolutely love the balls on this kid.
Here’s what Cole Hamel’s had to say to Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer after the game:
“I was trying to hit him. I’m not going to deny it…When I was a rookie, the strike zone was really, really small and you didn’t say anything….Sometimes the league is protecting certain players. It’s that old-shool prestigious way of baseball”
Me thinks a fine/suspension is coming for Hamels.

There’s nothing more exciting than a walk off home run in extra innings. All the hard work has paid off (and when I say hard work, I mean my own hard work of sitting on the couch in my underwear drinking beer for 4 to 5 hours instead of the usual 3) and the home crowd and team can finally go wild. Unfortunately, there were no walk off homers today, but there was the next best thing - a walk off single!
Hector Sanchez hit a single deep into left field, bringing in Emmanuel Burriss to score the winning run n the 11th.

