“We needed that,” he said, “to help us get over that shellacking we took in Game 2.”

For Scotland, this tournament is a learning curve and after commendable displays in defeats to Bangladesh and West Indies this was a bit of a shellacking.

That was the year Democrats took, as Obama put, a “shellacking” in congressional elections.

There'll be another shellacking down the line if he doesn't change course.

The Dodgers’ second straight loss — on the heels of Wednesday night’s 10-1 shellacking at the hands of the Angels in Anaheim, reduced their National League West lead over the San Diego Padres to four games.