Good point...seems unusual to me as well.Does anyone remember so many double digit scores in a two or three week period before?
Pitching injuries are real. Very few, if any teams, have five bona fide starting pitchers. That means each is patching together innings every 4th or 5th game. Inevitably, some of those games get out out hand and you then just put your back up left fielder on the mound to pitch one or two innings.
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