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The Dodgers went 4-5 on the road trip, with the final game being a 4-9 loss to the Giants on Wednesday.
Tim Lincecum fanned eight Dodgers in the first seven shutout innings. The Dodgers then chased him in the eighth with three runs, the first courtesy of Orlando Hudson’s RBI-double. 
Eric Stults didn’t make it out of [...]

The New York Mets greatly improved bullpen could not hold a 1 run 8th inning lead, losing to the Florida Marlins,4-3 Wednesday at Citifield. Mets ace Johan Santana pitched a strong game, going 7 innings while allowing 5 hits and 2 first inning runs. He struck out 7 and walked 3, while throwing 109 pitches(71 [...]

Joba Chamberlain got the better of the “young pitcher” matchup tonight as he held the Tigers in check and Rick Porcello was bounced for six runs in less then four innings. Like yesterday, it was a big inning that did the Tigers in and this time it was the fourth when the Yankees tagged Porcello [...]

1b Jorge Cantu broke open a close game with a huge 3 run  shot to left center in the 7th to help the Florida Marlins defeat the NY Mets,7-4 Tuesday night at Citifield in Queens. The homer capped a 4 run inning and spoiled a solid start by veteran Livian Hernandez (5 1/3 innings, 3 [...]

Not a pretty game last night, and you have to feel for Edwin Jackson.  That’s two solid starts he’s had that the pen has blown.  I always thought Nate Robertson was a hard luck pitcher (not last year, but in season’s past) and now it looks like it’ll be Jackson’s turn.
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Chad Billingsley is still without a loss, picking up the no decision after leaving in the eighth with a 3-3 tie. He gave up two runs in the third and was tagged for a third run in the eighth when he left with two men on. Jonathan Broxton allowed one runner to score for his [...]

The Dodgers dropped their second straight with a 4-5 loss to the Giants on Monday.
Randy Wolf gave up three runs in the first, but those followed an outfielder miscue by Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier that let Edgar Renteria get on base. Kemp then misplayed another fly ball and the Giants had a 3-0 lead [...]

C Omir Santos hit the 1st grand slam in the history of Citifield while starting pitcher John Maine provided a lift with 6 strong innings to help the New York Mets defeat the 1st place Florida Marlins, 7-1 Monday night in Queens.Maine and 3 relievers allowed only 2 hits while OF Daniel Murphy and 3b [...]

The Tigers took game one of their series against the Yankees last night behind a fantastic outing by Justin Verlander.  He threw seven innings and he gave up just seven hits without a walk and he struck out nine.  The downer was Fernando Rodney, who had his third straight mediocre outing.  He gave up two [...]

It’s been a week. Not sure if it was an April 15 hangover or just that I still feel like crap after having a touch of the flu (the non-swine variety, but maybe I should stay away some more because the Tigers have been getting it done.  10-8 isn’t what I’d call lighting it up, [...]

The Washington Nationals got a great performance from rookie Jordan Zimmermann and hit 2 home runs to help them defeat the New York Mets 8-2 Sunday afternoon at Citifield in Queens. The promising 1st year player had the Mets hitters baffled all day, mixing in offs-speed pitches with his 95 -mph fastball. OF Austin Kearns(420 [...]

The Dodgers followed up Friday’s 6-5 win with a 6-5 win on Saturday, but couldn’t get the sweep when the lost 4-10 on Sunday.
James McDonald picked up his first big-league win on Saturday, going five innings and giving up five runs. Ramon Troncoso held the Rockies scoreless for a four-inning shutout save. The offense jumped [...]

A return of #2 starter Mike Pelfrey from injury ignited the New York Mets offense Saturday, helping them defeat the lowly Washington Nationals 8-2 Saturday afternoon at Citifield in Queens. RF Ryan Church drove in 3 runs and the hometeam greatly benefited from 3 costly Nats errors. Pelfrey, making his return to the rotation after [...]

Back-up catch Brad Ausmus drove in the winning run in the ninth as the Dodgers beat the Rockies in their first game of the series.
Eric Stults had a decent outing, spreading out three runs and seven hits through five. He left with a 3-3 tie, and Ronald Belisario held the Rockies to three runs in [...]

Staff ace Johan Santana showed why he is the man Friday  night, helping the New York Mets end a 4 game losing steak, defeating the struggling Washington Nationals, 4-3 Friday night at Citifield in Queens. Santana struck out 10 over his 6 innings, allowing 6 hits and one run while walking one National. The potential [...]

Chad Billingsley tossed a three-hitter as the Dodgers avoided the sweep by taking a 2-0 win from the Astros.
Billingsley improved to a perfect 4-0 while going 7 1/3 and striking out 5. Broxton then picked up his fifth save in finishing the eighth and ninth innings with two strikeouts.
Manny Ramirez drove in Rafael Furcal in [...]

St. Louis Cardinals superstar 1b Albert Pujols homered twice while the club pounded out 18 hits as a team to win 12-8 Thursday, finishing a 3 game sweep of the struggling New York Mets. OF Rick Ankiel hit two doubles and a homer, while 2b Skip Schumaker  added 2 rbi doubles of his own for [...]

The Dodgers scored a go-ahead run in the eighth, but the bullpen couldn’t hold it in the bottom half as the Astros went on to win, 6-5.
Randy Wolf went seven innings, giving up four runs on eight hits while striking out six. He was in line for the win after leaving with a one-run lead, [...]

April 23, 1919 at Crosley Field
Reds 6, Cardinals 2  (1-0)
The Reds took their home opener over the Cardinals in a nice come from behind win.  Dutch Ruether got the start and he matched Cardinals hurler Jakie May zero for zero for the first three innings but the Cards finally got to him for single runs [...]

St. Louis Cardinals superstar 1b Albert Pujols drove in 2 runs while starter Joel Pineiro went 8 strong innings for the victory, helping them defeat the New York Mets, 5-2 Wednesday night at Busch Stadium. The Loss is the third in a row for NY and they have been outscored 15-8 in those contests. After [...]

A three-run first inning kick-started the Dodgers, but they couldn’t hold the lead as they take the 5-8 loss to the Astros.
Clayton Kershaw was pulled in the fifth and took the loss after giving up six runs on eight hits, including a two-run homerun in the third to put the Astros ahead. Mota then gave [...]

The New York Mets slated to an early 4-0 lead, could not sustain the early momentum, allowing the St. Louis Cardinals to rally to a 6-4 Victory at the new Busch Stadium in Missouri Tuesday night. OF Rick Ankiel had the go ahead double, while superstar 1b Albert Pujols had 2 rbi. The St. Louis [...]

The Dodgers look to extend their win streak to nine with the first game of a three-game series with the Astros in Houston.
Clayton Kershaw is still looking for his first win, or even decision, of the season as he takes on Russ Ortiz. Ortiz is also 0-0 in ‘09, and is 8-9 lifetime with a [...]

The Reds finished up their four game series with the Astros and the end result was a measly ten runs.  That’s just 2 1/2 runs per game and, hold on, what is that.  Wait a minute, somehow, the Reds managed to win three of their four games.  What’s this pitching thing anyway?  I’ve heard of [...]

The Dodgers got a three game sweep of the Rockies at home, including a 14-2 pounding on Sunday to notch their eighth straight win.
Randy Wolf had a rocky first inning on Friday, allowing the Rockies to get a quick 3-0 lead. For the next five innings, though, he allowed just one hit and picked up [...]

Hopefully, this is a habringer of things to come for several years for Rick Porcello.  He was about as good as you could ask this afternoon as the Tigers took the rubber game of their three game series with the Mariners.  Porcello gave up just a single run on five hits with three strikeouts (no [...]

The NY Mets wasted a strong spot start by ex Brewer Nelson Figueroa, as Jeff Suppan and 3 relievers helped the Milwaukee Brewers win 4-2 Sunday at Citifield, salvaging the series finale of the 3 game weekend set. Figueroa, subbing for Mike Pelfrey(right forearm tendinitis), battled hard for 6 innings, allowing 5 hits and 3 [...]

Mets ace lefty Johan Santana pitched 8 superb innings and made one run stand up, helping New York defeat the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday afternoon 1-0 at Citifield. Johan seemed at home at the Mets new stadium, allowing only 5 hits and walking none over 7 innings.Facing one of the better lineups in baseball,  He never [...]

The Tigers are less then two weeks into their schedule and already, their pitching staff has two shutouts.  Last night, it was Edwin Jackson, with some help from the pen, that helped pitch the Tigers to a 2-0 win.  Jackson got into trouble in the first (double, then a stolen base put a runner at [...]

Sigh, this one was ugly.  The Reds lineup made Wandy Rodriguez look like the second coming of Walter Johnson and even ace Aaron Harang couldn’t get it done.  The Reds managed a measly two hits and three walks.  Two of those runners were wiped out by double plays so the Reds left three men on [...]