Rolling Sevens on Bizarre-O Night

What else can you say about a night in which Kyle Higashioka got his first major-league hit—and it was a home run against the Red Sox?

Or in which Aaron Hicks hit THREE home runs against the Red Sox, capping a month in which he ran amok, with an OPS over 1.000?

OR in which, weirdest of all, in which Neil Walker actually had a run-scoring hit?

Yes, there must have been blood on the moon and witches on the wing last night, for results like that.

But...it gets even weirder. And better.

Both Happ and Hapless, J.A. Happ and Cole Hamels, rolled sevens yesterday afternoon. Both gave up seven earned runs to, respectively, the hapless Bengals and Pale Hose. Despite Dave Dombrowski's "advice" to Coops Cashman to get into the pitching market NOW...both players' stock dropped exponentially, we can be sure.

So what else from Bizarre-O Day/Night?

Well, Matt Harvey pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings against hard-hitting Milwaukee. No runs, two hits, no walks, six strikeouts.

Hmm...Sonny Gray for a mad-eyed, pumped-up Harvey, just seething for the chance to show up his old team in New York?

Could it be? Yes, it could. Somethin's comin' somethin' good...

Just don't listen to Dombrowski!