CHC 2, WSH 1

Anyone else think we could have done without the repeated, tight close-ups on Schwarber during this one? We get it, he's not Ozzie Smith out there. Neither is Durphy and neither of them is making up for it at the plate; why not some close-ups on THAT guy?

The points, meager though they are:

Zimmerman 2

Rizzo 1

Scherzer 4

Davis 1

Shotwell leapfrogs into the lead, followed by Williams, Winklepleck, and Currie 1.

HOU 5, BOS 4; Red Sox eliminated

#fyeahbaseball

I'd like to dedicate this entry to all those dinguses who say baseball is boring...and to Dunn, whose agonized texts were a poem this afternoon.

And if it makes y'all Sox pickers feel any better, eeeeeeehhhh-verybody got some points...except Verlander pickers, who went negative.

Buckle up, here's the points:

Bregman 4
Correa 1
Springer 4

Morton 4
Verlander -2, ugh

Benintendi 5
Betts 1

Sale 6

Leaving us:

Benintendi
Betts
Price
Sale

Sale gave the money slates a big boost on his way out the door...but out the door he's going, so while this elimination probably has the smallest net effect on the pool team-wise, the money isn't going to stay where it is for long.

At the moment, your leaders are

48 Williams
46 Winklepleck and Currie 1
45 Shotwell 2

A handful of others in striking distance, none of whom has Scherzer. Guess we'll see!

Please check my arithmetic if you'd like. It's a safe and fun alternative to gnawing off your cuticles.

NYY 1, CLE 0

Of course nobody picked my fellow avian-last-named 1B, because why would we, but what a nice moment for Greg Bird.

Not a bad moment for some poolies, though many of the points below were...niche interests:

Kipnis 1
Ramirez 1

Carrasco 4

Chapman 4

No change to the money, but it's a full slate today; standings after the jump!

BOS 10, HOU 3

AHHHH HA HA HA, you are WELCOME, Boston fans! ...I never learn.

A shite-motif of the postseason to date: how ugly it has to get to put up a W most of the time. Case in point, this game, in which both starters are gone by, what, the third? Not that I'm not enjoying watching Burkhardt blow a gasket about it on the postgame show, because Keith's "no more Red Bull for this guy" face is everything, but it's nothing new this year. 

Nothing new any year: my pronunciamentos that have no basis in anything, proven wrong with a double-digit quickness.

Points!

Altuve 3
Correa 4
Springer 2

Benintendi 1
Betts 1

Price 3

So the leaderboard will look familiar:

Williams 42
Winklepleck 40
Shotwell 1 39

Bauer Newbies at 36, then a clot of slates at 34.

Know what the basement slates have in common? Encarnacion...and Carrasco. Fingers crossed for cheddar!

LAD 8, ARI 5

The scores, and the manner in which they were achieved, seem like the Dodgers v. everyone else in a nutshell in 2017. You can come part of the way back...and then they'll put on another burst and leave you behind.

I'd like to see a little more burstiness from one C. Bellinger, but I'm quirky like that.

Points:

Goldie 4

Ray 2

Puig 3
Seager 1
Turner 1

Hill 1, and I felt lucky to get by with that, hashtag never AJ

So that makes the money

39 Williams
36 Winklepleck Shotwell LLP
34 Bunting 1

Full standings and more, after the jump.

WSH 6, CHC 3

The Nationals seemed as surprised as anyone that they didn't roll over and let the Cubs step over them last night. And what a nice little haul for poolies!

Bryant 4
Rizzo 4

Lester 0 (K and BB cancelled each other out)

Harper 4
Murphy 1
Rendon 4
Zimmerman 4

Money after the twilight game:

Williams 38
Shotwell 1 36
Bunting 1 and Winklepleck 33

Brady and Cooley not far behind.

Full standings in the next update, coming momentarily -- and whether enough dust has settled to tell us anything.

LAD 9, ARI 5

Not a pretty outing for anyone, and not a point to be had for ARI pickers (c'mon, Goldie; help me help you). Nice of Puig to show up, though:

Bellinger 1
Puig 5
Seager 4
Turner 6

Kershaw 5 (7K - 3BB + 1TB)

Everyone's on the board at last! The money:

36 Shotwell 1
34 Williams
33 Winklepleck

Full standings after the jump.