well here we are, I thought it was Monday last night because of the holiday weekend and well, yeah I screwed up. I went from retiring a TV show in Resident Alien and having nothing to watch to watching about five shows like a TV addict on a binge.
i am now watching Always Sunny In Philadelphia’s 2025 season, South Park, for a double dose of comedy; am watching Mayfair Witches for my dose of horror; and am watching Alien: Earth and about to start watching Andor season 2 for my dose of sci-fi! But I watched
all those after last night’s game!
the Cardinals were able to hold on and win a tight matchup with Miles Mikolas on the mound! It was “good” Mikolas last night (I’m not sure how much of it is luck but) and a stellar bullpen performance of Matt Svanson for two innings and JoJo Romero closing out the 9th. Svanson produced a WPA of .213 and all the Cardinals pitchers won this game producing a WPA of .553. Mikolas held the homeless Athletics to 5 hits spread out over 6 IP and gave up only one run and one walk. Ivan Herrera provided the offense via a two run home run.
The Cardinals offense was basically shut down again with five players hitless in the lineup and only two runs produced… Which on most days would not cut it. But Cardinals pitching looked good last night. Or at the least, the bullpen looked good and Miles Mikolas was effective. It was certainly one of his better outings of the year!
the tightest wild card race is in the American League with the Texans and Royals less than two to three games out. So if you’re looking for a fun September it might be found moreso in the AL more than in the NL. The Cardinals are 6.5 games out and the Reds 5 games out, so the NL is all but wrapped up unless something drastic happens. The Cubs are five games back of the Brewers in the NL Central.
So talk amongst yourselves! Let’s hear your thoughts go online. I’ll have something more substantive next week, been very busy working… hope life is going well out there!
