One Night Only: Game Previews for September 26th
An example of a famous Russian astronaut, or cosmonaut.
St. Louis (3) at Houston (4) | 20:05 ET
Brass Tacks
What with Atlanta’s loss on Sunday and St. Louis’s victory, the Cardinals now find themselves a single game behind the Braves in the NL Wild Card Race.
In Terms of Percentages
In terms of percentages, that gives the Cardinals a 36.6% chance of making the postseason; the Braves, 63.4% (per Cool Standings).
Meet Some Astros!
Here are some Astros: Brian Bogusevic (173 PA, 118 wRC+, 1.8 WAR), J.D. Martinez (219 PA, 106 wRC+, 1.6 WAR), Jimmy Paredes (172 PA, 93 wRC+, 0.6 WAR).
Meet Some Astronauts!
Here are some current astronauts: Serena M. Auñón, Jeanette J. Epps, Jack D. Fischer.
Some Other Terms for Astronaut
Here are some other terms for astronaut: cosmonaut (a Russian space traveler), taikonaut (a Chinese space traveler), sexynaut (an Italian space traveler).
MLB.TV Audio Feed: Astros Television.
Two Other Games
New York AL (10) at Tampa Bay (7) | 19:10 ET
It’s a battle of aces, as Tampa Bay’s James Shields faces off against New York’s Hector Noesi.
MLB.TV Audio Feed: Rays Television.
Boston (9) at Baltimore (2) | 19:05 ET
Prediction: this game will be “emotionally exhausting” in one way or another.
MLB.TV Audio Feed: Red Sox Radio or Television.
Also Playing
Here’s the complete schedule for all of today’s games, with our very proprietary watchability (NERD) scores for each one. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and RotoWire. The average NERD Game Score for today is 6.1.
The following Game Scores include the new and improved playoff-odds adjustment, which you can learn about in your brain by clicking here.
| Away | SP | Tm. | Gm. | Tm. | SP | Home | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Beckett | BOS | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | BAL | Tommy Hunter | 19:05 |
| Ubaldo Jimenez | CLE | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | DET | Doug Fister | 19:05 |
| Homer Bailey | CIN | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | NYN | Chris Schwinden* | 19:10 |
| Hector Noesi* | NYA | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | TB | James Shields | 19:10 |
| Cliff Lee | PHI | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ATL | Randall Delgado | 19:10 |
| Tom Milone | WAS | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | FL | Anibal Sanchez | 19:10 |
| Jaime Garcia | STL | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | HOU | Wandy Rodriguez | 20:05 |
| Felipe Paulino | KC | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | MIN | Kevin Slowey | 20:10 |
| Charlie Morton | PIT | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | MIL | Shaun Marcum | 20:10 |
| Dustin McGowan* | TOR | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | CHA | Dylan Axelrod* | 20:10 |
| Dana Eveland | LAN | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | AZ | Daniel Hudson | 21:40 |
| Casey Coleman | CHN | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | SD | Mat Latos | 22:05 |
| C.J. Wilson | TEX | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | LAA | Dan Haren | 22:05 |
| Brandon McCarthy | OAK | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | SEA | Jason Vargas | 22:10 |
| Jhoulys Chacin | COL | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | SF | Ryan Vogelsong | 22:15 |
NERD represents an attempt to anticipate the watchability of a game for the baseballing enthusiast.
To learn more about Pitcher NERD, click here and scroll down a little.
To learn more about latest Team NERD, click here.
To learn how Game NERD Scores are calculated, click here.
* = Fewer than 20 IP, NERD at discretion of very handsome author.
Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
That dog looks as if he’s saying, “Excuse me, Carson. That’s cosmocobakanaut to you.
NOTE: The relaxed paw on the console for emphasis. Emphasis and coolness.