Walking Off Happy

The Los Angeles Dodgers got their first walk off win of the year last night over the Atlanta Braves 2-1 in 10 innings. Skip Schumaker scored the winning run in the bottom of the tenth on a wild pitch. 60 games into the season the Dodgers get their first walk off win. That is more of a statement of disbelief than it is anything else. The starting pitching from Hyun-Jin Ryu was excellent (7 2/3 IP, 1 earned run), the relief pitching gave them an opportunity to win, and the batters are still not not knocking the cover off the ball but I am hoping this is a sign of things to come. Yasiel Puig continued his torrid start with his 4th Homerun in 5 games, a game tying shot to left field off of a curveball in the bottom of the sixth inning. I read the other day off of mlb.com via Facebook that Yasiel Puig was the first Dodger since 1916 to hit a grand slam 4 games into his career. I love stats like that. Baseball has a history like no other sport.