KC 8, BAL 6 (10)

It's nice of the ALCS to get off to a niiiiiice pointy start for the few, the proud, the WTF who remain in the 2014 pool. A fun game to watch, not least because we'd been expecting the rain that was hitting Bawlmor all day in Philly, and it never showed up (it's here with a permanent-seeming vengeance now), so we wondered if they'd fit the game in.

And they did, even at XL size.

Your points, should you choose to accept them:

Cruz 4
Gordon 8
Hosmer 1
Jones 2
Markakis 5

Shields 7
Tillman 5.33

Money holds steady:

Cameron 1: 85
Tormey 1: 84.33
Reid 1: 83.67

But it's the rest of the field that's interesting, after the jump.

Your leader has no picks left, of course, so let's see who's gaining here:

just off the pace at 83: Richardson

79: Bingham 2
77: Brady
74.34: Shotwell 1
70.33: Bunting 2

68.33: Tormey 2
61: Bunting 1

38.67: Reid 2

That series resumes this afternoon at 4 ET and a lot depends on how many points the Orioles can pick up -- and on how long the SF/STL series lasts. With Bumgarner and Wainwright both taking the mound, it becomes a fight between Reid and Richardson to gain the lead. See you back here before the nightcap!