May 7, 2009

Manny being Unneeded

Matt Kemp hits a grand slam in the first inning against Washington and the Dodgers lead the Nationals 5-0.

Update: That’s followed by Dukes and Dunn (country music duo?) call each other off a Casey Blake fly ball in deep right-center and the ball drops between them for a triple. In the top of the first, Vince Scully was unintentionally funny when he said that Dunn, despite his 275 pounds, was agile enough to play the outfield.

Blake scores on a sacrifice fly to make it 6-0.

Update: The Red Sox don’t need Manny either as they tie a major league record with 12 runs in one inning. Jason Bay has turned into Ted Williams. With a double and homer tonight, his OBA stands at .476 and his slugging percentage at .653. (Ted finished his career at .482/.634.)

Update: It was pointed out in the comments that the record was for runs scored before an out.

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