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If the 1st 3 games of the 4 game series against the Athletics was any sort of pattern, then the Twins had to feel good about the finale earlier today. A close loss was followed by a rout and then another close loss. What happened in the finale? It was a another rout, as the […]

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The Washington Nationals won their fifth straight game on Saturday against the Atlanta Braves.  The Nationals pitching wasn’t great but the offense came alive and led them to a 9-8 win.  The Nationals are now 51-85 on the season.
Jason Bergmann started for the Nationals and was not at his best.  Bergmann couldn’t get through the […]

The Tampa Rays pitching has been terrific all season but last night they needed the offense to bail them out.  The Rays staff gave up nine runs but managed to hang on and beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-9 on Saturday.  Their record is now 83-51.
Andy Sonnanstine made the start on the mound and got hit […]

August 31, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Orioles 5, Tigers 1  (85-51)
The Tigers three game winning streak came to an end in a game where the offense picked up just six hits.  Al Kaline had two of those and he drove in a run while Dick McAuliffe tripled and scored.
John Hiller fell to 6-5 with a rough […]

It was almost the same type of game as the one on Thursday for the Twins. They jumped out to a lead, but could not hold it and lost in the 9th, 3-2. However, the loss came from a very unexpected source.
The only runs of the game for the Twins came from a Denard Span […]

On Tuesday the Braves won 10-9 against the Marlins followed by a lost on Wednesday 4-1 before bouncing back Thursday 4-2.  In the 10-9 victory, the Braves had a four-run rally in the Ninth with the winning RBI single hit by Yunel Escobar.  Marin Prado went 2 for 4 with a walk and two doubles on the […]

August 30, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 9, Orioles 1  (85-50)
The Tigers blew out the Orioles for their third straight win as the two teams kicked off a weekend series.  The Tigers scored three in the second and five in the third to put this game away pretty early.  Earl Wilson not only pitched a good […]

The Tampa Bay Rays feasted on Baltimore Orioles pitching on Friday night as they cruised to their 82nd win of the season.  The Rays got seven runs in the fourth inning as they won 14-3.  Their record is now 82-51 on the season.
Scott Kazmir started on the mound for the Rays.  Kazmir needed to go […]

The Washington Nationals won their fourth consecutive game on Friday night against the Atlanta Braves.  The Nationals won 7-3 behind a solid pitching performance from Odalis Perez and some timely hitting.  The Nationals record is now 50-85.
Odalis Perez started on the mound and picked up his sixth win of the season.  Perez lasted 6.1 innings […]

August 29, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 2, Angels 0  (84-50)
The Tigers made it two straight over the Angels behind a three hit shutout by Mickey Lolich.  He gave up just one walk and he struck out twelve and the win pushed his record to 13-8 on the season.
Willie Horton pretty much was the Tigers offense […]

The Washington Nationals played the role of spoiler on Wednesday night as they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Washington DC.  The 5-4 win moves the Nationals record to 48-85 on the season.
Tim Redding started on the mound for Washinton and pitched well enough to pick up his ninth win of the season against eight […]

The Tampa Bay Rays topped the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday in an old fashioned pitchers duel.  Matt Garza and the Rays came out on top as they won in Florida by a score of 1-0.  The Rays upped their record to 80-51.
Matt Garza got that start for Tampa Bay and picked up his 11th […]

A lack of offensive production against the Orioles in the final game of the series led to the Sox getting routed by the club from Baltimore.  Giving up sixteen hits, the Sox only managed to hit safely five times in the game, only one more than their total of four strike outs.  The Sox offense […]

August 28, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 6, Angels 1  (83-50)
Denny McLain followed up his two consecutive losses with his 26th win as the Tigers took care of the Angels in their series opener.  McLain gave up one run on six hits and two walks with eleven strikeouts in yet another complete game.
Jim Northrup had a […]

Behind good production on offense and a solid pitching performance by Gavin Floyd, the Sox beat the Orioles 8-3 with one more game left in the series.  Floyd lasted for eight innings, and gave up only four hits, two earned runs, and struck out four as well.  With the win Floyd improved his record to […]

August 27, 1968 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 2, Tigers 1  (82-50)
The Tigers were held to just four hits as they failed to follow up their win yesterday.  Norm Cash drove in the lone Tigers run with a solo homer in the fifth inning and no Tiger hitter reached base more the once.
A very solid start […]

The Washington Nationals took out the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in Washington DC.  The Dodgers are playing for a playoff spot and the Nationals are playing the role of spoiler.  The Nats won 2-1 and are now 47-85 on the season.
Rookie Collin Balester made possibly his best start of the season as he […]

The surging Toronto Blue Jays got in the way in Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.  Roy Halladay out-pitched James Shields to help lead the Jays to a 6-2 win.  The loss drops the Rays to 79-51 this season.
Shields got the start for the Rays and took his eighth loss of the year.  Shields managed to […]

August 26, 1968 at County Stadium
Tigers 3, White Sox 0  (82-49)
The Tigers snapped their four game losing streak behind a very nice start by Earl Wilson.  The Duke improved to 11-11 and he gave up six hits and a walk with five strikeouts in the shutout.
Earl Wilson got it done at the plate as well […]

The Padres pounced on Dan Haren early and often, striking for four in the first inning and staking out a big lead for Jake Peavy. With that lead, it should be enough. Adam Dunn had other ideas, jacking a three run bomb in the bottom of the first to pull the Diamondbacks back within one. […]

The Padres pounced on Dan Haren early and often, striking for four in the first inning and staking out a big lead for Jake Peavy. With that lead, it should be enough. Adam Dunn had other ideas, jacking a three run bomb in the bottom of the first to pull the Diamondbacks back within one. […]

Adam Dunn and Doug Davis teamed up to beat the San Diego Padres in the opener of a three game series by a score of 7-6. The Padres made a late run with three runs in the top of the ninth inning but the Diamondbacks were able to hold off the Padres attempts to tie […]

Adam Dunn and Doug Davis teamed up to beat the San Diego Padres in the opener of a three game series by a score of 7-6. The Padres made a late run with three runs in the top of the ninth inning but the Diamondbacks were able to hold off the Padres attempts to tie […]

Rich Harden was sharp again as he led the Chicago Cubs to a 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.  Harden struck out 11 batters over seven innings and allowed only two hits.  The loss drops Washington to 46-85.
Jason Bergmann started against Harden and just wasn’t as sharp as his counterpart.  Bergmann lasted 6.1 […]

The Tampa Bay Rays had rough Sunday in Chicago against the White Sox.  The White Sox won the game after trailing in the bottom of the ninth inning.  The Sox were also on the right side of a controversial call that helped lead them to a 6-5 victory.  The loss drops the Rays to 79-50.
Andy […]

The Cardinals trumped the Braves on Friday night 18-3.  Charlie Morton had the best taken from him by the Cardinals as he gave up four runs in 1 1/3 innings while walking five.  The damage was done and the Cardinals continued to extend their lead throughout the night. Albert Pujols went 3 for 3 with […]

The Atlanta Braves lost 5-4 on Thursday against the New York Mets as the Mets broke the tie in the Ninth on a misplayed ball by Omar Infante.  Yunel Escobar hit the first pitch of the game in deep for his seventh homer of the season.  Atlanta was up in the Sixth when Infante hit […]

August 25, 1968 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Tigers 5  (81-48)
The Tigers blew a four run lead as they dropped their third straight to the Yankees in another doubleheader.  Pat Dobson gave up the first five runs in 5 2/3 innings but it was Daryl Patterson who gave up the final run, and for that he […]

The Tampa Bay Rays completed their latest comeback win on Saturday against the Chicago White Sox.  The Rays scored four runs in the top of the 8th to help finish their 5-3 win.  The win moves the Rays closer to a playoff spot and upped their record to 79-49.
Scott Kazmir started for Tampa Bay and […]