Baseball Historians

Game 27 Recap-
Tampa Rays 8- Baltimore Orioles 1
The surging Tampa Rays rode the strong pitching of promising RH SP Andy Sonnastine and a 5 run 7th inning to defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd game of a 3 game set at Tropicana Field in Tampa.
With the Orioles facing some adversity with pitching injuries and […]

Game 27 Recap-
Pittsburgh Pirates 13- NY Mets 1
The Pirates won big today at Shea Stadium in NY vs the Mets, 13-1, making the New Yorkers pay for 3 errors and scoring 9 unearned runs. LH SP Tom Gorzelanny got the win but tweaked his back in the 5th. He finished the inning for the innings […]

Houston lost the 3rd and final game of the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday 7-8. The loss brings the Astros record to 13-16 and has them in the middle of the NL central pack.
This loss wasn’t an ordinary loss though according to Manager Cecil Cooper who was very upset after Houston’s 16th loss […]

Travis Hafner is the highest paid position player on the Cleveland Indians and it is about time he started playing that way. He is a career .286 hitter and is well below that thus far in 2008 with a minuscule .210.  Hafner sat out the game tonight and hadn’t had a hit in his twelve […]

The Indian’s bullpen has been anything but spectacular this year. The Last game against the Yankees for instance when the bullpen gave up three runs in the ninth to lose the game. Though the bullpen has struggled, the starters have been great. This means that when the relief shows up, the Indians will be able […]

The Skinny:  The Tampa Bay Rays finished April with a winning record for the first time in franchise history.  They ended the month with an 8-1 victory over the first place Baltimore Orioles.  These two teams are now tied for first in the AL East.
The Pitching:  The Rays got another great performance out of a […]

April 30, 1908 at West Side Park
Cubs 3, Cardinals 1  (8-3)
The Cubs picked up just three runs in this one but it was good enough because Chick Fraser held the Cubs NL rival to a mere four hits.  He gave up just the one run and he walked two and struck out two.
Johnny Evers was […]

The Tigers took their second straight game over the Yankees tonight in a 6-2 win and Placido Polanco drove home two of the Tigers six runs on a pair of solo homers.  Marcus Thames also went yard and he belted his second homer of the season, a two run shot in the fifth inning.
Jeremy Bonderman […]

Jonathan Sanchez did not have his best stuff today, but the Giants were able to squeeze out a comeback win against Colorado to win the series. Two runs in the sixth and seventh innings helped the Giants take the lead and were able to hold on for a 3-2 win.
After scoring a run in the […]

Max Scherzer struck out seven in 4.1 innings of relief of starter Edgar Gonzalez in a 6-4 loss to the Houston Astros. Gonzalez had a hard time getting anyone out, giving up six runs on eight hits in just 2.2 innings. Scherzer was promptly announced today as being moved into the starting rotation after his […]

Baseball fans will have something to do Tuesday night when the Detroit Public Library holds their third annual Ernie Harwell Collection Baseball History Symposium.  You’ll get two interesting speakers including former major league pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee.  One of the more eccentric characters in the game, I’m sure Lee will be incredibly entertaining to listen […]

The Skinny:  The Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves for the second day in a row.  The Nats one today with two runs in the bottom of the 12th inning to beat the Braves 3-2.
The Pitching:  Shawn Hill made the start on the mound for the Nationals today and pitched a terrific game.  Hill lasted […]

SI.com’s John Donovan has an interesting article about crowded MLB outfields and mentions Tony LaRussa and his 5-man St. Louis outfield rotation:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/john_donovan/04/30/donovan.outfields/index.html

Eric Bruntlett is a serviceable shortstop at best. Lately he has been real quiet, which is better than when he had everybody talking about him for being terrible. Today he gets bumped back up to the second spot in the lineup. He can’t handle being there. The Phillies haven’t even batted […]

The Twins again rode good pitching and hitting to an afternoon victory over the White Sox, 4-3. The win got them the two game sweep of the South Siders, their first sweep of any kind in this season.
Carlos Gomez was the offensive star of the game, going 3 for 4, scoring 2 runs, hitting an […]

The Phillies poured it on late to ensure the victory last night over Greg Maddux and the San Diego Padres.  Doubles by Chase Utley, Carlos Ruiz, and Greg Dobbs helped in the big inning.  Utley, Ruiz, and Pedro Feliz each went 2-4 on the day.
Cole Hamels got the win for the Phillies.  He pitched 7 […]

John Lackey had his second rehab start with Class A Rancho Cucamongo. He pitched three innings, giving up one run and one hit, before being forced to finish his workout in the bullpen due to a power outage. Lackey is still on pace to return at the end of May.
On Tuesday, Mike Scioscia announced that […]

The Cardinals put the finishing touches on a fantastic month of April this afternoon with a 5-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds to put their record at 18-11. Braden Looper pitched a great game en route to his 4th win of the year and Aaron Miles and Rick Ankiel anchored the offense, each knocking home […]

In six innings, the veteran Tom Glavine allowed two earned runs and six hits, but his solid performance once again was not enough.  When Blaine Boyer came into the game to relieve Glavine, Boyer gave up four runs in the Seventh to give the Nationals the edge and win in a 6-3 loss. Chipper Jones […]

On Sept. 1, 2007, Dustin Pedroia made a superhuman effort at Fenway Park to preserve Clay Buchholz’ history-making no-hitter with a jaw-dropping, diving stop of a seventh-inning grounder up the middle and accurate, pop-up throw from the edge of the outfield grass.  For those who missed that play, the BoSox second baseman turned in an […]

In the first game of a two game trip to Minnesota, the Twins beat the Sox 3-1 behind stellar pitching by Boof Bonser.  Bonser went seven innings and gave up six hits while striking out eight White Sox batters.  Gavin Floyd pitched well for the Sox but it wasn’t enough to out duel Bonser.  Floyd […]

The Angels look for their second win against the A’s in tonight’s 7:05 game.
Ervin Santana looks to join the 5-0 club along with Joe Saunders, who acheived that last night. Santana is 7-1 lifetime against the A’s with a 1.38 ERA. The A’s will throw lefty Dana Eveland, who is 2-1 on the season.
 Santana’s and […]

April 30, 1988 at Dodger Stadium
Cardinals 5, Dodgers 2  (13-7)
Fernando Valenzuela gave the Dodgers eight innings but he gave up five runs by the fifth inning as he dropped to 2-3 on the season.  He gave up six hits and six walks with four strikeouts.
Pedro Guerrero and Mike Marshall were the only Dodgers to reach […]

The Dodgers have their second of the series tonight with the Marlins at 4:10pm.
Chad Billingsley is still looking for his first win of the season. In his last outing against the Dbacks, he struck out a career-high 12 in six full innings, but that was overshadowed by the loss after giving up five runs. The […]

The Dodgers continue their longest winning streak of the season by beating the Marlins last night, 7-6.
The winning run was from an RBI single by Jeff Kent in the ninth with two outs to score Andre Ethier. Ethier had walked with one out in the ninth, and was 2 for 3 with 3 runs scored on the […]

April 30, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 3, Twins 2  (10-9)
Chris Chambliss singled home Reggie Jackson in the top of the ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie to provide the winning run.  It was Chambliss’ second RBI of the day and he finished with a team high three hits.  Reggie Jackson also had a nice […]

April 30, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Athletics 3, Tigers 1  (12-5)
The Tigers ended April on a losing note but they had to be happy with 12-5 record during the month.  The Tigers made three errors in this one but none of them came into play with regard to the score.  Earl Wilson fell to 2-3 and […]

April 30, 1958 at Yankee Stadium
Tigers 10, Yankees 1  (9-4)
The Yankees suffered their worst defeat of the season as Whitey Ford was lit up by the Tigers’ hitters.  Ford fell to 1-2 and he gave up seven runs (five earned) on twelve hits and three walks with two strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Ford doubled […]

April 30, 1918 at Fenway Park
Red sox 8, Senators 1  (11-2)
The Red Sox closed out a spectacular month with their most lopsided win of the season.  Babe Ruth did it all and he not only held the Senators to a run on six hits, but he also singled, stole a base and scored two runs.
Sam […]

For the record…”Yankees lose first game to Tigers, fall back to .500”
Phil Hughes took his 0-3 record to start this season, and made it worse today, by losing, at Yankee Stadium, to the Detroit Tigers, in game 1 of this 3 game series.  This was by far Hughes’ worst outing to date, and it is […]