Brian Walton jumped out to an early lead in last night’s Tout Daily by FanDuel contest behind Cole Hamels’ pitching. Hamels was brilliant, as our Touts expected, except for two solo homers allowed to Troy Tulowitzki. Walton had Tulo, too.
Kolten Wong had a nice night, later, and Walton had him, too. Walton’s biggest problem was that Hamels was facing Chad Bettis, who had a perfect game through six and a no-hitter into the eighth. There was no W for Hamels, but Walton held on to win the night’s contest, finishing just ahead of Al Melchior and Lenny Melnick.
Despite finishing in the Top 10 in three of Phase 2’s four weeks, Walton finished sixth overall for the Phase.
Another team that finished Top 10 in three of the weeks was Lenny Melnick’s. Lenny ended up winning the Phase, with 182.24 points, easily ahead of Lawr Michaels (173.5) and Tom Kessenich (151.91), the other contestants who won tickets to the August 28 Tout Daily championship night.
Kessenich edged Seth Trachtman, who overcame a dismal P2:W1 to scratch to within three-quarters of a point for the third ticket.
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Brian Walton’s winning team.
