MLB action from Thursday and Friday

A day behind today, after a short but much enjoyed trip to the NSW Central Coast…. So there’s lots of action to catch up on:

• on Thursday Chris Snelling pinch hit in Philly’s loss to the Astros, grounding out in his one PA
• on Friday, Ryan Rowland-Smith pitched one inning, giving up a walk and getting a strikout and two flyouts, as the Mariners won 8-1 over the A’s
• also on Friday, Justin Huber played in the longest game since 31 August 1993 – clocking in at over 6 hours. The Padres chose to rest some of their regular starters today, so Huber started the game in left. It was a pretty bad day to be in the starting lineup – his replacement Paul McAnulty, who pinch hit for him in the 10th, went on to have 5 at bats to Huber’s 3. The Padres eventually lost 2-1 in the 22nd inning. Huber batted 8 in the lineup, and flew out to centre in the first inning. He led off both the 6th and 8th innings, and grounded out both times. In the field, he took a regulation catch in the 7th to put out Brad Hawpe, and took a spectacular catch in the 9th to rob Todd Helton of a certain XBH. You can view the video of this catch at MLB Gameday.