So. This is what a team looks like when all the parts are working together. I like it.
- Fire, extinguished: Aaron Barrett (+11.9%) defuses Stras' runners-corners, one-out jam to finish the 6th with no runs across and earn a shutdown.
- Rallies, primed: Bryce Harper (+17.7%) is 2-5 with a walk to load the bases in the 4th (+10.7%) and a double to put runners 2nd/3rd in the 6th (+9.1%). His bases-clearing double in the 9th is pure stat-padding (+1.3%).
- Also of note: Yunel Escobar (+11.