Baseball Historians

Game 54 Recap-
In what was a tight game, the World Champion Boston Red Sox punished the Orioles for some late inning mistakes and pulled out a tight 6-3 win at Camden Yards Saturday Night. Certain Hall of Famer Red Sox LF Manny Ramirez hit his 500th home run in the 7th inning for an insurance [...]

Game 55 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates brought their hitting gloves to the park and pounded the St. Louis Cardinals, 14-4 at Busch Stadium in Missouri. The club pummeled rookie emergency starter, RH Mike Parisi(taking the spot of veteran Joel Piniero) for 8 hits and 8 runs with 3 walks and 2 strike outs over 2 2/3 [...]

The struggles on the road continued today for the Braves as Atlanta lost 8-7 in extra innings.  Jair Jurrjens gave up six runs on the mound in four innings including two home runs while only striking out two and throwing 99 pitches.  The two home runs were the same as the total he has surrendered [...]

The Braves lost in eleven innings against the Reds on Friday night and not only was Chipper Jones 0-5 for the first time since April 30, but the League’s star hitter also had two costly defensive errors in the Eleventh in the Braves’ 19th consecutive one-run road-game loss.   Jones’ League best batting average was lowered [...]

At least this time, it was a pitcher who you could actually see shutting down a team.  Felix Hernandez threw seven innings of the Tigers ninth shutout in a game that saw the Tigers pick up a mere two hits without a single walk.  In fact just as many batters were hit by pitches then [...]

Starter Jorge Campillo had a little help at the plate from Mark Teixeira and Chipper Jones in an 8-1 victory over the Brewers.  Teixeira hit a three-run home run in the Fifth and Chipper Jones went 2 for 4 with two walks, which brings his batting average to .420.  In five innings, Campillo allowed four hits [...]

Currently mlb.com is performing some maintainence on their site so I can’t watch the game right now.  Hopefully they get it working later.

One night after avoiding extra innings, the Padres found a way to play bonus baseball yet again. In the 13 inning affair, the Padres outlasted the Giants and won by a score of 7-3.
The Padres had managed to squander plenty of opportunities in the game. Kevin Kouzmanhoff managed to ground into a triple play, a [...]

The Padres have grown all too familiar with extra innings affairs. Not one or two extra innings, more like nine or ten. After playing 18 and 22 innings games already this year, winning in nine innings is a nice break for the Padres. Jody Gerut stepped up and erased the through of bonus baseball from [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks were sitting high and mighty not too long ago with the best record in the majors. Now they sit just 2.5 games ahead of the second place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. The latest loss, a 7-4 victory for the Washington Nationals, was another lackluster performance by the Diamondbacks offense.
The [...]

The San Francisco Giants have had little to truly hang their hat on this season, but a sweep of the division leading Diamondbacks is certainly something to get them going in the right direction. After taking the first two games of the series, the Giants struck late against the D’backs bullpen and took the game [...]

Todd Wellemeyer continued to be the biggest of several big surprise contributors for the Cardinals this year, allowing only 1 run on 6 hits over 7 innings to put his record at a dazzling 6-1 on the year with an ERA of 3.16. The bullpen had some trouble with the Pirates’ hitters but held on [...]

Jered Weaver failed to get his third consecutive win as the Angels fell to the Blue Jays, 4-10.
The offense got a familiar bat back in the lineup on Friday with the return of second baseman Howie Kendrick. Kendrick was placed in the seventh slot and went hitless but got an RBI off a sacfly in his [...]

A good battle between to divisional leading teams ended in good fashion, except for the Tampa Bay Rays and not the White Sox.  Tied up in the bottom of the ninth, Cliff Floyd got his only hit of the night and it was a big one.  Scott Linebrink served  him up one that he hit [...]

The Dodgers snapped their four game losing skid to get back to .500 with a win over the Mets, 9-5.
The Dodger offense went 6 for 9 with RISP, and started off in the first by rallying to take a 3-0 lead. Juan Pierre had a leadoff walk and stole second before James Loney and Russell [...]

Well last night was fun.  The game got a little boring after the 4th inning with only one run being scored.  The Phillies did all their damage in the 2nd and 4th innings scoring 7 and 4 runs in those respective innings.  Not only was the game good because of the outcome, but it was [...]

Prior to last night’s game, Manny Ramirez said the best birthday present he had received was a watch sent to him by his mother. The Baltimore Orioles gift-wrapped another present: a Red Sox win in 13 innings in which Ramirez scored the go-ahead run.  On the day he turned 36 years old, Ramirez showed he still has [...]

May 31, 1988 at Shea Stadium
Mets 5, Dodgers 4  (27-20)
The Dodgers lost a tough one in a game that started out as a pitcher’s duel but end up having it’s share of runs.  Don Sutton gave up two runs in the fifth and that looked like it might be enough as Dwight Gooden shut down [...]

May 31, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 1, Yankees 0  (28-16)
The Tigers closed out the month of May with their fourth straight win despite picking up just a run on four hits in the contest.  Willie Horton’s solo homerun in the seventh inning, his fourteenth long ball of the year, was the only run for either [...]

May 31, 1978 at Yankee Stadium
Orioles 3, Yankees 2  (29-17)
For the second straight game, the Yankees’ hitters we held in check to the tune of just two runs on three hits.  The Yankees big inning came in the second when Paul Blair doubled home a pair of runs but it went downhill from there as [...]

May 31, 1958 at Fenway Park
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4  (26-10)
It took ten ininngs but the Yankees snapped their four game skid and finished the month of May on a winning note.  Yogi Berra capped off a three run ninth with a two run double that sent the game into extra frames and then Enos [...]

May 31, 1908 at West Side Park
Cubs 6, Pirates 3  (23-12)
The Cubs returned home to win their third straight game behind some solid pitching by Jack Pfiester.  He gave up three runs on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.
Harry Steinfeldt continued his hot hitting with three more singles while Del Howard singled, doubled [...]

It was an error in the 1st inning that helped add 2 Runs to the total of 4 that Mike Mussina gave up today, in his otherwise great performance.  He went 6 innings, giving up 6 Hits, 4 Runs (2 Earned), Striking Out slightly  below his average with 4, and only Walking 1.  Not a [...]

Game 54 Recap-
The St. Louis Cardinals new “ace” RH Todd Wellemeyer shut the Pirates out butt cold, helping them win,5-4 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. In earning his 6th win, he went 7 innings and allowed 6 hits with 1 run. He struck out 4 and walked 2. Pirates SP LH Zach Duke battled [...]

Game 53 Recap-
In an entertaining game that featured 6 errors & 9 stolen bases, two big miscues in the 13th helped the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 at Camden Yards Friday night. The game was low scoring with 2 of the better starting pitchers in the American League pitching with the Red [...]

Houston lost their 3rd game in a row on Friday in game 1 against the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-1. The Brew crew victory helps Milwaukee climb back into the NL Central race as they now sit just 2.5 games back from taking 3rd place from Houston. The loss gives the Astros a 30-26 record and keeps [...]

Bursting out to an early lead against the Yankees was not enough for the Twins as they couldn’t hold on and lost 6-5. It appeared that the momentum of the Royals series was still carrying them, but the Yankees kept scoring and the Twins didn’t.
The Twins were able to put 4 runs on the board [...]

Cliff Lee improved to 8-1 on the season with a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The Indians were able to manufacture five runs on eight hits, while the Royals put up an impressive thirteen hits against the Indians. The pitching for the Indians continues to be solid and this is a series that [...]

The Tigers kick off their series today with the Mariners and there’s quite a bit of news since the Tigers played their last game.  Matt Joyce has been sent down and Clete Thomas has been brought back up.  In the meantime, Marcus Thames is going to get a shot at being the full time left [...]

I’m going to try to keep an update going throughout the game.  I’ll probably be updating in the comments so that anyone else can join in.  I’ll also be updating with ASponge here.
Meanwhile Myers has already given up a run in the first.  A single, a walk, and a double without an out is not [...]