We head into the funhouse this week with more wacky NL Central vs. AL West interleague matchups. The Pirates are going to Texas, the Reds are going to Oakland, the Brewers are going to Anaheim, and the Astros are going to Seattle. The Cubs and the Cardinals will amuse one another with another chapter in that great rivalry. So far it sure has looked like the NL Central is the class of the NL: the Yahoo! standings show every team in the NL Central with a .500 record or better against both the NL East and the NL West (with the sole exception of Milwaukee, who has gone 8-10 against the West). I don't have numbers handy but memory says the NL Central does not usually travel well to Texas (the Pirates never win at Enron Field) or to the western cities.
The Reds just took 2 of 3 from Mighty Montreal, the Cards took 2 of 3 from Houston, the Cubs took 2 of 3 from Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee lost 2 of 3 at San Diego. Tonight, Griffey was good again. Once again, the Reds only walked two batters. Just looking at the box score, it looks like the Expos are trying to sneak some save opps over to Chad Cordero and he's blowing them Ryan Wagner-style. At St. Louis, Jason Lane got a Sunday start for Richard Hidalgo and Bagwell was quiet again. Out in San Diego, Adam Eaton was seen throwing a good game and Doug Davis gave up a bunch of hits. The Reds are 34-22, despite outscoring their opponents by only four runs, with St. Louis, Chicago, and Houston stalking, above .500, within five games. The Brewers are back to .500 with today's loss and the Pirates, five games under .500, and now 8 1/2 back.
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