MIN 6, HOU 2

A marginally less irritating booth than the earlier game, but that's not saying much -- though I do appreciate Adam Amin's enthusiasm, he doesn't know quite enough to press his boothmates when their slangy clichés don't actually make any sense.

Nor did the commentary really get into the sense that this feels like the only competitive series of the four at the moment (the TEX/BAL booth talked a little about the bye teams' rest period and whether that was acting against the overall watchability of the postseason, but...you know. Smoltz. Not necessarily a worthwhile listen).

All this by way of saying that, while the points may not reflect it, this does feel like the most watchable baseball of the DSes...

Altuve 2
Alvarez 4
Diaz 0
Tucker 0

Kepler 1

Alvarez's customary "average" day at the office for this time of year gives the standings a different look.

25 Wonsetler 1
24 Crase and Fell 2
22 Tormey

Just off the pace:

21 YOLO Joe
20 SDB 1

Everyone else after the jump...

19 Yuhan
18 Dunn
17 Winklepleck, Stempel, and SDB 2

16 Bingham 1
15 Bingham 2 and Bauer Spoon
14 Cayenne 2 and O'Reilly

12 Quinn
11 MArbour 1
10 MArbour 2

9 Cayenne 1 and Richardson
8 Shotwell 2 and Wonsetler 2
7 Cameron 1

6 LyonCorn and Bauer Spice

3 Brad and Wakefield
2 Cameron 2 and Chalky Joe
1 Shotwell 1 and Stuart-Hodges

In 24 hours, this could all look completely different! ...Or not, given that the Dodgers face Zac Gallen, while sending something called a Bobby Miller to the mound. I would say that this brave sophomore can't fare worse than Kersh did last night, but: not convinced that's true.

That potential horror movie starts at 9 ET on TBS. First, though, it's Wheeler v. Fried in the PHI/ATL game at 6 PM ET, which does not bode terribly pointily on paper, and the AL is off, soooo let's all hope there's an Olson Comes Alive double album in there somewhere.

Good luck, everyone!