What SPORTS did you watch today?

And tonight the Cardinals are in Pittsburgh

Yeah. Should be a good series.

Tonight's game is a gimme for the Bucs.  Wacha has been absolutely awful all year.

There are no gimmes when it comes to the Pirates.

I watched the fifth game of the Stanley Cup Finals between the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins last night. San Jose won the game 4-2, but Pittsburgh still holds a 3-2 series lead.

Wow, I didn't realize the awful day the Pirates had yesterday.  They played an extra inning game Wednesday night then had to fly to Colorado for a makeup game which they lost.  Then they had to fly back to Pittsburgh again for the first game of this series.  That had to suck.  Hopefully the team will be so sleep-deprived and/or jet-lagged that they don't see the hanging meatballs Wacha throws up there.

Sucks for the Pirates.

Gerrit Cole left in the third inning with some kind of injury.

EDIT:  Wow.  And now in the 4th they also lose Cervelli.

Well that game almost went like I thought it would for the first 9 innings except that Wacha looked as good as he's looked since early April.  But I do think the Pirates were flat from all the travel the previous 24 hours.  But as usual, Rosenthal blew a save in the 9th leaving the Bucs and Cards tied at 3 after 9. 

The 12th inning is where it got weird.  First, with both teams out of position players and the Cards batting with two out and one man on, the Pirates decided to walk Diaz to bring up the pitcher's spot.  Wainwright walked to the plate and hit a two-run double.  Then one run later Moss hit a two run shot to ice it.  6 runs scored with 2 out in the 12th. 

Another interesting pitching matchup tonight.  Carlos Martinez who has been up and down all year against Liriano who has basically owned the Cardinals recently.

Watching the Tigers and Yankees.

Watching the Cardinals at Pirates.

Currently 5-0 Cardinals in the 7th.

Am I the only one who fears a score like this that favors your favorite team is tenuous?

If it was the other way round I'd probably already be watching something else because I'd already chalked up a Cardinal loss.  But when it's my team with a seemingly good-sized lead, I still worry.

Watching the Cubs crush the Braves. Currently 13 to 2.

Boo!

I'm watching Cards at Pittsburgh.  Holliday homered in the first for a 1-0 lead.  But Mike "Spring A" Leake is pitching so we need a lot more runs.

tohostudios wrote:

I'm watching Cards at Pittsburgh.  Holliday homered in the first for a 1-0 lead.  But Mike "Spring A" Leake is pitching so we need a lot more runs.

Cards get revenge for the season-opening sweep by the Pirates.  Cards won 8-3 today completing a sweep of the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

Yeah the Pirates have looked absolutely terrible lately. That was their 5th loss in a row.

Last night I watched the Penguins win their 4th Stanley Cup, beating the Sharks 3-1 and taking the series 4-2.

I watched the game last night as well.

So glad the Penguins won!

Required Fields wrote:

I watched the game last night as well.

So glad the Penguins won!

Me too !

Watching the Cubs and Nationals.

Go Nats!

Watched the Pirates beat the Mets 4-0 breaking their 5 game skid. Jameson Taillon took the place of Gerritt Cole (on the 15 day disabled list) and pitched phenomenally, pitching no hit baseball until the 7th inning, earning his first Major League win.

Last night the Cardinals lost 1-0 to the Rangers.

Today they took a 3-2 lead into the 9th and Trevor Rosenthal loaded the bases with nobody out.  Cards ended up losing 4-3.  Geez, after getting to 7 games over .500 they've now dropped 4 in a row and all at home.  We actually have a better record on the road than at Busch.

Watching the Pirates and Cubs.

Cleveland won the NBA championship.

Watched the Pirates get swept by the Cubs over the weekend. Man has this team gone downhill this month. They've lost 5 in a row and something like 10 of their last 11.