Aaron Judge is dealing with some lower body pain and was held out of Thursday's game against Boston by Yankee manager Aaron Boone. No Judge, no problem for the surging Bronx Bombers who notched their 60th win. Donaldson and Hicks homered for New York. Gerrit Cole allowed 5 runs in 6 innings and notched his eighth win against just two losses. The Red Sox dropped to 4th place in the AL East--15 games back.
On the GridCard, LD (40) put up a TallBoy and earned King of the Mountain. It was LD's fourth KOTM this year. Seven other players posted Qualifying Scores: KLC (37), BabyMac (36), KDet047 (34), amcmayonnaise (33), Nutmeg (32), Lim Lamb (31) and PGT winner Annabelle (36). LD took home King Kong (71).
In Team GridCard action, The PGT earned the sweep over TMac 120-110, behind Annabelle (36). LD's (40) TallBoy paced VBar against OG 110-108. Team Detwiler managed a split versus Team Collins 128-115, KDet047 (34) leading the way.
Team GridCard
GridCard Baseball Season
Standings Record GB
1. PGT 17-7 --
2. TMac 13-11 4
3. Team Detwiler 13-11 4
4. Team Collins 11-13 6
5. VBar 11-13 6
6. OG Gridders 7-17 10