Hard hit balls allowed by Chris Flexen: 11
Games back of the third Wild Card spot: 5.5
Game thread comment of the day: From Corked Bat, “The worst part about this baseball game is that win or lose we have to stay in Boston.”
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An affinity for dirty words: Julio Rodríguez, +.136 WPA
An affinity for “Dirty Water”: Drew Steckenrider, -.247 WPA
OTD in Ichiro (2004): Ichiro records his 2,000th professional hit in an 8-4 loss to Detroit