Baseball Historians

The Dodgers are .500 since the All-Star break, and begin a 10-game homestand beginning with the Washington Nationals, followed by the Giants and finally a crucial four-game series with the Dbacks.
Chad Billingsley will get the start against lefty John Lannan. Billingsley is making his 21st start of the season, a new career-high. He is 2-0 […]

The Angels, after going 5-1 on this homestand including a sweep of the Red Sox, head out for a 10-game road trip to Baltimore, Boston, and finally New York.
The Angels head into Baltimore with a 10-game lead over the A’s in the division. That lead is the largest for the club since August 1995 when […]

For nearly two months now, it has been quieter around the Red Sox, both at the plate and in the clubhouse.
Those are the two places where, in his inimitable way, David Ortiz exudes presence, noise and thunder. When he comes back to play tonight, he will greet his teammates with a fond flurry of expletives […]

Game 102 Recap-
RH Yoslan Herrera,(1-1,9.75), starred over 6 shut out innings, earned his 1st ML win and the team supported him with 9 runs, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the San Diego Padres, 9-1 Thursday at PNC Park. The club broke a 3 game losing streak and all 3 starting outfielders(LF Jason Bay, CF Nate […]

Game 101 Recap-
Toronto RH Roy Halladay(12-7,2.82) continued his career dominance of the Baltimore Orioles(18-4 career record), helping the Jays complete the night and day sweep of the Os,7-1.   Over 7 innings, the Doc allowed 7 hits and 1 run with 6 Ks and a walk.LF  Adam Lind and SS Marco Scutaro both had 3 […]

Game 100 Recap-
The Toronto Blue Jays scored 3 runs in the 8th to secure a win Thursday in game started Wednesday night,beating the Baltimore Orioles,5-1 at Camden Yards. The game was suspended by strong downpours 13 hours before the 12 noon restart on Thursday. Jays RH A.J Burnett(11-9,4.73) pitched 5 on Wednesday(allowed a single run […]

The Washington Nationals had a lead in San Francisco but lost it in the bottom of the eighth inning along with the game.  They got some decent starting pitching but they ended up losing the game 6-4.  They are now 38-63 this season.
Collin Balester started for Washington but couldn’t last any longer than five innings.  […]

Matt Cain seemed locked in from the first inning, and pitched a complete game 1-0 shutout to get the Giants a sweep. Cain allowed the Nationals just four hits in the game, and worked his way out of a tense situation in the ninth inning to end any threat of a Washington comeback.
Cain did an […]

After losing the first game of a three game series to the Texas Rangers, the Sox scored 10 runs in each of the next to and went on to win both as well.  Down three runs in the bottom of the eighth, the Sox went on to score five runs to go ahead and never […]

After being swept to start the second half of the season, the Giants are now in position to sweep themselves. An eighth inning rally led San Francisco to a 6-4 win over the Nationals in the second game of the series.
Kevin Correia got knocked around a bit, but worked his way out of trouble through […]

Most teams are happy to go .500 on a road trip.  With all the challenges the Red Sox have had putting up wins this year away from home, they were absolutely thrilled to salvage a 3-3 record on their West Coast swing.  That’s not to say their 6-3 victory over the Mariners yesterday was a […]

After squeaking out 2 runs over 8 innings against Johan Santana, the Phillies demolished a Billy Wagner-less Mets bullpen.  Entering the 9th down 5-2, the Phillies tallied 6 runs to take the lead 8-5.  Brad Lidge gave up 1 run on his way to his 22nd save in as many tries.  Joe Blanton got a […]

will resume Thursday — 6th inning, 2-1 Blue Jays -12:05 make up game conclusion, regular game at 4:05 pm
Game 2 starters-
Jays RH Roy Halladay(11-7,2.89) vs Orioles RH Daniel Cabrera(6-5,4.57)
Orioles Notes-
Team honored the 1983 World Champion Baltimore squad, Cal Ripken Jr, Ken Singleton, Eddie Murray and Scott McGregor where among the stars from that […]

Game 101 Recap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates collected 14 hits, helping them sweep a road series for the 1st time this season, defeating the Houston Astros, 8-7 Wednesday at Minute Maid Park in Texas.  The Pirates pen pitched 6 innings and allowed only 2 runs while using 5 pitchers. 3b Doug Mientkiewicz was on base 5 times […]

Juan Pierre made a rehab start in Las Vegas today and is scheduled to return with the Dodgers for this weekend’s homestand. Pierre’s return will again give Torre a surplus of outfielders, so he will be faced with the choice of who to bench. Andruw Jones’ horrible numbers should jump out at Torre and prompt […]

After a 16-run attack for a win on Monday, the Dodgers lost Tuesday 1-10 and Wednesday 3-5 to lose their series to the Rockies.
Maybe the offense was tired after Monday’s powerhouse of runs, because the Dodgers could only muster four hits and a lone run in the ninth to take the loss. Rockies’ starter Ubaldo […]

After a loss on Monday, the Angels came back to beat the Indians on Tuesday 3-2 and Wednesday 14-11 to take the series and win seven of their last eight.
The Angels won by just one run on Tuesday to split the series. After the Indians scored two in the first two innings, the Angels tied it […]

Yeah, I know, it’s been a while.  And the help is dropping the ball too.  That’s what you get when you work for a big time corporation.  I wonder when I’m going to start getting paid.  Maybe when I write consistently for a decent period of time.
The Reds playoff chances are about nil (no, really, […]

The Tigers went a long way towards evening their record against the Royals after they pulled off a three game sweep in Kansas City.  The Tigers outscored KC 33-6 and in no way, shape, or form did the Royals ever have a chance in any of these games.  Yes, Kansas City is still one of the worst […]

The Braves lost 4-0 yesterday in the second game of the series against the Marlins.  Charlie Morton gave up only two hits in just over five innings of work and held the Marlins hitless in 3 and 2/3 innings, but one of those two hits was a three-run homer in the Fourth and the Braves […]

It’s been a series to forget for the Twins and today’s game wasn’t any different. They couldn’t seize the chance for victory and were once again overpowered by Yankees and fell in the finale 5-1. This is their 4th straight loss.
The team couldn’t do anything against Mike Mussina and their only run came after he […]

The Washington Nationals lost on Tuesday night in San Francisco.  The Giants put three on the board in the first inning the Nats just couldn’t make up the difference.  The 6-3 loss drops the Nationals to 38-62 on the season.
Jason Bergmann started for the Nationals and saw his record drop to 1-7 on the season.  […]

The Tampa Bay Rays split their last two home games with the Oakland Athletics.  Even though the A’s have traded off some main pieces they remain a very competitive team.  The Rays lost on Tuesday 8-1 but responded with a 4-3 win on Wednesday afternoon.  The Rays are now 59-41 through 100 games.
Andy Sonnanstine started […]

The Padres late inning games of late have resulted in losses, but that changed in the first game of a series against the Reds. The Padres entered the top of the ninth down by a run, but threw three on the board to go up 6-4 and Trevor Hoffman avoided a rally by the Reds […]

Cha Seung Baek did all he could to contribute, with a solid outing and a home run to support himself. He went for 6.1 innings on the mound and allowed just one earned run on six hits. He hit a two run homer in the fifth, his first career homer.
Nevertheless, the Cardinals took the game […]

The Padres bats jumped out early, with five runs in the first two innings. That proved to not be enough on the night, as the St. Louis Cardinals jumped back with six runs total in the fifth and sixth innings to win 6-5.
Starters Randy Wolf and Todd Wellemeyer were ineffective in their outings, both giving […]

Conor Jackson has been hot of late, since the All Star Break and is making his case for being snubbed after a solid first half. He was huge in a 9-2 win over the Cubs last night, going 3-5 with two runs scored and three RBI’s. One of his three hits was hit tenth homer […]

In a game that featured just four hits, two on either side, pitching was at a premium. Randy Johnson was just a notch above Cubs starter Rich Harden. Harden, in just his second start with the Cubs, took a no hitter into the sixth when Alex Romero broke it up with his first career homer. […]

The Diamondbacks were poised to take the second game of the series by a score of 5-1, but they were snakebitten by the Dodgers five run ninth inning that left the Diamondbacks at a loss for explanations. After almost blowing a late game lead the previous night, Brandon Lyon recorded his fifth blown save of […]

Bengie Molina’s bat and Barry Zito’s quality start helped the Giants put an end to their losing streak. A 6-3 win over the Nationals gave San Francisco their first win of the second half.
Zito came up big for the Giants, getting them their first win of the second half. He got off on the right […]