My Old Pal Alfred

The Astros-A’s game was over, Oakland winning 2-1, before the White Sox faced off against the Indians last night, so the visitors had to know that a win pulled them to within three games of hosting the first round of the playoffs. Too bad the game was over in the bottom of the first inning after Jose Ramirez hit a two-run homer off of Lance Lynn. Final score, Indians 6 Sox 0. Manager Tony La Russa continued in that new phase of his, which has been going on for about a week now, where he kind of criticizes effort and offers general examples. Me, I want to know why Tim Anderson and company looked clueless against rookie right-hander Eli Morgan, who came into the game with a 3-7 record and 5.68 ERA. Morgan went six scoreless innings giving up a hit and a walk to go with six strikeouts. Most depressing of all was to read La Russa’s comments that Lynn really pitched pretty well; yeah, those six earned runs can really be deceiving. Then Lynn went out and said the same thing. You see, these guys don’t worry. They should.