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MLB Recap: September 8
Texas Rangers 11 Cleveland Indians 9 (Game 1)- Julio Borbon homered twice while Marlon Byrd and David Murphy each went deep once to lift Texas to its 77th win of the season. Byrd finished the game 4-for-4 with 3 RBIs and two runs scored. Neftali Feliz was credited with his first win of the year after pitching 1.2 innings of …
by Derek Johnson on September 9th, 2009 Leave a comment »
MLB Recap: September 3
Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 0- Carlos Torres scattered five hits in seven innings as he picked up his first career major league victory. DeWayne Wise gunned down Jake Fox at the plate in the 7th inning to preserve a 1-0 White Sox lead; the White Sox went on to score four more to earn Win #66 of the …
by Derek Johnson on September 4th, 2009 Leave a comment »
MLB Recap: August 19
Chicago White Sox 4 Kansas City Royals 2- Jose Contreras gave up one earned run on three hits in seven innings as he improved to 5-11 as a starter. Gordon Beckham, Carlos Quentin, and Alex Rios all hit solo shots for the White Sox, who won their 62nd game of the season. It was the first time Royals starter Zack …
by Derek Johnson on August 20th, 2009 1 Comments »
MLB Recap: August 13
Milwaukee Brewers 12 San Diego Padres 9- Prince Fielder and Mike Rivera each hit two long balls while Ryan Braun went deep once, lifting the Brewers to Win #56 of the year. Brewers starter Manny Parra gave up six earned runs on thirteen hits in 5.2 innings, but it was good enough for him to improve to 8-8 on the …
by Derek Johnson on August 14th, 2009 Leave a comment »
MLB Recap: July 19
Toronto Blue Jays 3 Boston Red Sox 1- Roy Halladay pitched a complete game six-hitter, giving up just one earned run as he improved to 11-3 as a starter. Rod Barajas drove in all three runs for the Blue Jays, who won their 46th game of the season. As for the Red Sox, they fell to 55-36. David Ortiz’s sacrifice …
by Derek Johnson on July 20th, 2009 1 Comments »
Major League Baseball’s 2009 First-Half Awards
Well, so far this season – like in any other year – there are givens, and then there are huge surprises. Almost everyone thought that the American League East would be the toughest division in baseball, but I doubt that many thought that the San Francisco Giants’ pitching would be even more brilliant than advertised – and much less, put …
by Nkwa Asonye on July 17th, 2009 1 Comments »
MLB Recap: July 6
Toronto Blue Jays 7 New York Yankees 6- Ricky Romero allowed three earned runs on seven hits in 6.1 innings as he improved to 7-3 as a starter. Alex Rios and John McDonald both homered for the Blue Jays, who won their 43rd game of the season. Eric Hinske went deep for the Yankees in the 5th inning. Philadelphia Phillies …
by Derek Johnson on July 7th, 2009 Leave a comment »
MLB Recap: June 19
Chicago Cubs 8 Cleveland Indians 7- For the second day in a row, the Chicago Cubs came back from a multi-run deficit to win in walk-off fashion. Down 7-0 heading into the 5th inning, the Cubs scored one in the 5th, one in the 6th, four in the 8th, one in the 9th, and one in the 10th to improve …
by Derek Johnson on June 20th, 2009 Leave a comment »
April 2009 MLB Power Rankings (30-21)
With the baseball season coming up, I have decided to take an in-depth look at the MLB’s 30 teams, and rank them on how strong of a team they are overall. These power rankings will be done in 3 different articles; 30-21, 20-11, and 10-1, in a countdown. 30. Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, you are the weakest link. There is not …
by Carmine Caruso on April 1st, 2009 8 Comments »
Three Houston Games Called Off
As mentioned in a previous post, Hurricane Ike is approaching the state of Texas and will reach land sometime this weekend. The hurricane will also postpone two baseball games in Houston. On Thursday, the Houston Astros announced that the first two games of the three-game series against the Chicago Cubs have been postponed due to possible impact of Ike in …
by Derek Johnson on September 12th, 2008 Leave a comment »