The farm is often a balm when the big-league club is busy, as my father delicately puts it, “throwing up on their shoes,” as was the case during the weekend sweep in Houston. To the safe haven of the farm, then! A near-no-no, a late-inning escape or two, and the Modesto Nuts going ham in Lancaster await you.
DSL Mariners (23-31) mirrored by DSL Rockies (23-31), lose Saturday after winning Friday
As is custom, the Marineritos were off Sunday, but narrowly lost on Saturday, 10-7 (three runs counts as “narrow” in the DSL).