Live Blogging Baseball 9/28/11

9:10 PM
Extra innings.

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9:08 PM
Atlanta has one out in the bottom of the ninth. Yankees and St. Louis still up 7-0. If the Braves game goes to extra innings, I'll switch to television (which means no more blogging).

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9:02 PM
Medlen does the job in Atlanta -- Michael Martinez pops out to end the inning. But it's now 3-3 going to the bottom of the ninth inning.

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9:00 PM
Kris Medlen is in for the Braves, for his second game of the year. Seriously? Well, okay, Atlanta, keep your fingers crossed.

Meanwhile, Yankees still lead 7-0 over Tampa Bay, Cardinals still lead 7-0 over Houston, and it's still raining in Boston.

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8:59 PM
And now Hunter Pence walks. Kimbrel's out, but since Atlanta's already used O'Flaherty and Venters (the other two-thirds of their bullpen trio), this may not help.

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8:56 PM
Sacrifice fly by Utley. Tied at 3.

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8:54 PM
Rollins walks. Bases loaded, one out, Chase Utley coming to the plate. Atlanta fans are probably a wee bit nervous.

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8:54 PM
2-2 on Rollins. Make it 3-2. Kimbrel is going to be the Rookie of the Year, but he won't be popular in Atlanta if he punts this.

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8:51 PM
Ben Francisco draws a walk. Tying run is at second base, go-ahead run at first base, one out. Jimmy Rollins at bat.

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8:49 PM
Carlos Ruiz at the plate for the Phillies. And he strikes out. One down.

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8:47 PM
Placido Polanco singles to open the ninth. Philadelphia trailing, 3-2. They have a direct stake in the outcome -- if the Braves win the wild card, they get either Milwaukee or Arizona in the first round; if the Cardinals win the wild card, they get St. Louis instead.

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8:45 PM
Atlanta does nothing in the bottom of the eighth inning. I'll switch to that game to listen to the top of the ninth to see if Philadelphia can score.

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8:43 PM
No change in the scores. I'm listening to the Tampa Bay broadcast, and they're sounding a little mournful. Yankees bringing in defensive replacements, which may be offset by the fact that they've brought in A.J. Burnett to relieve.

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8:34 PM
And it's raining in Baltimore. Tarp's on the field.

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8:26 PM
Late start. Here are the scores:
Boston 3, Baltimore 2, top of the seventh inning
Yankees 7, Tampa Bay 0, bottom of the sixth inning
Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 2, top of the eighth inning
St. Louis 7, Houston 0, top of the sixth inning

So if the games ended this way, we'd have Boston winning the AL wild card outright, and a one-game playoff tomorrow between St. Louis and Atlanta.

Oh, the picture has nothing to do with tonight's game. It's the old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.