They taketh away. My, how they taketh away.
Wednesday night in Denver, Danny Duffy was cruising. He had a 2-1 lead, and breezed through the first two Rockies in the bottom of the sixth. Nolan Arenado came up and smacked the routiniest of routine grounders to Royals rookie Christian Colon at third base, who threw the routiniest of routine throws into the dirt at first base, where Billy Butler didn't make the routiniest of routine scoops.
None of which would have mattered, except Willin Rosario singled, Corey Dickerson walked on four pitches, and Matt McBride, making his first start of the season, drove Duffy's first pitch over the wall for a grand slam.
The Tigers had already won, so the gap between the two A.L. Central contenders was narrowed to just one thin length. For want of a scoop, the pennant might be lost.
And then less than 24 hours, the Baseball Gods got the Tigers when David Price pitched a one-hitter and lost 1-0, thanks to a throwing error on the routiniest of routine plays in the very first inning.
All of which is just another fine reminder that it doesn't make much sense to fixate on single events, no matter how freaky. Because there are just so many freaky events in the course of 2,430 games.
