LAD 8, CIN 4; Dodgers move on

This series, at least in the 8th innings, reminded me of an older sibling functionally ending a scrap by getting a palm on the younger one's head. Yeah, the younger one threw a couple good haymakers earlier, but once the older one gets sick of their shit and gets a locked-elbow hold...the littler one's arms are too short to reach.

Of course, this comp doesn't entirely work given the word "arms" and the...melodramatic, shall we say, Dodger bullpen. But we'll see how it goes when L.A. has to pick on a DH their own size.

Points!

Friedl 1

Betts 7
Freeman 0
Hernandez, T 2
Ohtani 1
Pages 0

Teoscar is your MVP for this series; Pages is the LVP; and the Victorino of this short series -- the Micro-rino? -- is something called a Rordvedt.

You old hands know what the italics mean: that pick is out. Only one picker taking that hit, and all slates still alive...which may not be the case in 12 hours, so enjoy it.

Your Day 2 money:

32 Bauer Snooze
20 DGB
18 AK Uno and Mectomy

Everybody else after the jump...

16 Bingham Emo
15 Cameron First

14 Drake 1 and AK Dos

12 Dunn 2 and Izzo 1
11 Cameron Second and Izzo 2
10 Mopsiukas 1

9 Brady, Green, MArbour 2, Shotwell 2, and Wonsetler 1
8 O'Reilly
7 Wonsetler 2 and Bingham Prime

4 Shotwell 1, Reid Omega, SDB Prayers, Mopsiukas 2, and Yuhan
3 Drake 2 and Fell 2

1 Estros

And the dozen pickers with bye-team slates just waiting for the weekend. Good news is, with the Dodgers off 'til Friday, there's a chance to make up ground on the leaders.

Bad news is, if the Yankees don't get away with it tonight it's gonna be a The Last Of Us flashback in here...we'll see! We always do!

The, uh, italicizing gets underway at 3 ET today with DET/CLE; SD/CHC is at 5, and then the greatest rivalry in [jerk-off motion] takes the primetime spot. I'm in headphones most of the afternoon, but if you see any weird numbers, drop me a line and I'll have a look.

Good luck!