Last start for Spencer Strider: an Elderesque 3 runs in 6 innings: an old fashioned minimal quality start.

He was opposed by Bubba Chandler, not a minor character from Friends, but a fireballing pitcher of the sort the Pittsburgh often gets for a while before they get shipped off to the Yankees to pitch in the playoffs,

Drake Baldwin had a double and triple.

Matt Olson was ejected in the 6th (along with Snit) for arguing about a stupid interference play. Snit got actually mad, which I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen before. I never wanted to be a major league umpire, for a whole host of reasons, but one of the main ones is that I never had the need to demonstrate how thin my skin could be when questioned. Plus, if I were an umpire, I’d probably be worse than CB Bucknor, and nobody is worse than CB Bucknor… except maybe Eric Gregg. The umpire involved, Brock Ballou, was involved in another kerfuffle with Jurickson Profar later on and showed the same attitude.

Ha-Seong Kim, representing the tying run in the 9th, flew out to end it.

Yale and Tech are still undefeated. Just win, baby.

The Mets’ tragic number is now 1. Either a Mets loss or a Reds win tomorrow will have Juan Soto treating RAJ to a fishing trip next week.

The first two pitchers tomorrow for the Braves will have a combined age of 77 years. 77 years ago was 1948, the year Adam LaRoche‘s father was born. Did you know that Dave LaRoche‘s name was actually Dave Garcia? Neither did I. I also learned tonight that the Cuban Stars West and New York Cubans had a player name Cocaina Garcia who pur togiether a -2.0 WAR career. He weighed about 83 keys.