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Jarod Washburn hadn’t been very effective since he put on a Tigers uniform and now this deal looks like a big time bust unless Washburn can turn things around in a hurry.  He had his worst start of the season and the only good thing you can say about it is he did pitch into [...]

The Dodgers lost to the Reds on Friday but came back for a big win Saturday and extra-inning win on Sunday to push their lead to six games in the NL West.
Chad Billingsley took the loss on Friday, allowing four runs on seven hits with four walks. He allowed three runs before coming on for [...]

Justin Verlander had one bad inning in his start earlier this afternoon when he gave up a pair of home runs in a three run fourth.  The Tigers took a 3-1 deficit into the eighth and it looked like it was going to be another lackluster performance by the offense before Placido Polanco went deep [...]

A 6 run 5th inning explosion by the Chicago Cubs, hi-lighted by a grand slam from LF Jake Fox, helped them rally to punish the New York Mets 11-4 Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field in Illinois. RF Milton Bradley added 3 hits for Chicago, who banged out 14 hits. Veteran RH Ryan Dempster went 6 [...]

The Tigers went back to their arms to pull out the win in this one as they took care of the Rays 6-2 at Comerica Park.  Porcello won his eleventh game of the season with a really nice start.  He gave up one run on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 5 [...]

Mets swingman Pat Misch pitched great and left in line to get the win but a 8th inning homer by Chicago enigma Alfonso Soriano helped the  host Cubs defeat the game New York Mets 5-2. The Cubs LF made 2-3 bad fielding mistakes and was being booed until he connected with 2 on vs. Mets [...]

The Dodgers came back from losing the first game of the series to win the last two and move their NL West lead back to four games, while also giving the Rockies their first home loss in two months.
Vincente Padilla, in his first start as a Dodger and his first in three weeks, went five [...]

Mets starter Tim Redding pitched 6 2/3 rd innings to rest a an injury riddled staff while his lineup put out a season high 17 hits, helping New York defeat the host Florida Marlins, 10-3 Thursday afternoon at Land Shark Stadium. 3B Fernando Tatis and CF Angel Pagan homered while the club  scored 9 runs [...]

The offense finally heated up a little in Wednesday’s game at Coors, beating the Rockies 6-1 to gain a full game in the NL West.
It seems to be a broken record saying Randy Wold posted another quality start, but that’s exactly what he did once again. He went 7 1/3, striking out five, and giving [...]

After three straight wins against the Cubs to open their four-game weekened series, the Dodgers fell a win short of the sweep and also took a loss to the Rockies on Tuesday.
Ryan Dempster held the Dodgers to just three hits on Sunday, with the only run coming from a Tony Abreu RBI-single in the second [...]

Career Mets killer and Florida Marlins ace Josh Johnson did not have his A+ stuff but he had enough to lead the home team over the beaten, battered and bruised New York Mets Wednesday night at Land Shark Stadium ,5-3. Johnson, who is 7-0 with a 2.30 ERA in 9 career starts vs. the Mets, [...]

The Tigers lost their finale with the Angels this afternoon and they left the West Coast with a 3-3 split between the Angels and A’s.  Not too shabby considering the Tigers road record.  Now they come home for four against the Rays and they won’t have to go back on the road until this time [...]

The Mets have announced that  LH SP Oliver Perez will have season ending surgery to correct patella tendon tendinosis in his right knee. This close his awful 2009 with a 3-4 record and 6.82 ERA as well as a historically  bad 1.92 WHIP. In a related note, th e Mets will host open tryouts for [...]

Despite all of the Tigers’ troubles on the road, even if they lose this afternoon, they’ll have a 3-3 split in their west coast trip against Oakland and Angels.  They did it with another nice win last night.  Jarrod Washburn made one mistake (three run home run) that put the Tigers down but he pitched [...]

Marlins rookie LH Sean West(5-5,4.44) pitched 6 strong innings while 1B Ross Gload drove in the winning run in the 5th with a single, leading the wild card contending Florida Marlins over the crippled New York Mets 2-1 Tuesday night at Land Shark Stadium in Miami. Fill in starter Nelson Figueroa(1-3) was the hard loser [...]

Mets LH RP Billy Wagner has decided to waive his no-trade clause and accept a trade to the AL wild card leading Boston Red Sox. Boston has agreed to not pick up his 2010 option but will retain his arbitration rights, which will allow the Sox to get two draft picks for him if he [...]

The Tigers won a shootout last night as they dropped the Angels 10-7 in a game that saw Miguel Cabrera drive in five runs.  He finished the game three for five with a home run, two doubles and he scored twice.  Every Tiger starter had a hit in this one and the only Tiger starter [...]

Numerous media outlets have the injury to Mets staff ace, LH Johan Santana injured more seriously than is being reported. The star lefty has been scratched from his start Tuesday with pain in his left  elbow. ” I don’t think anyone expects good news>” said fellow starter Mike Pelfrey. RF Jeff Francoeur added that he [...]

Slugging 1B Ryan Howard hit 2 early homers while trade deadline acquisition LH SP Cliff Lee continues to pitch great in the NL as the Philadelphia Phillies handled the New York Mets 6-2 Monday afternoon at Citi-Field.  Howard hit two homers in his first two plate appearances vs Mets starter, rookie RH Bobby Parnell, a [...]

Back up middle infielder Eric Bruntlett made a game changing historic play helping the world champion Philadelphia Phillies defeat the game New York Mets 9-7 Sunday afternoon at Citi-Field. Bruntlett, playing 2nd in place of Phillies all star Chase Utley, caught a line drive from Mets RF Jeff Francoeur with two runners in motion to [...]

Once again, the Tigers struggled on the road.  This time it was their first of two three game series out on the west coast.  They dropped two of three against the Athletics and unfortunately, it doesn’t get any easier because next up is four against the Angels.  Jack Cust took Rick Porcello deep twice as [...]

Phillies rookie LH SP J.A. Happ continued his strong season while the Mets could not support a great spot-start from veteran RH Tim Redding with the bullpen allowing late runs, helping Philadelphia to a win 4-1 Saturday night at Citi-Field. Redding(1-4,6.10) allowed only 1 hit over 5 innings and  clearly deserved a better fate. He [...]

The Dodgers escaped with two more wins as they head into Sunday’s final game of the series, looking for the sweep.
Randy Wolf posted another strong win, allowing just one run on one hit through seven while striking out five. The only hit he gave up was a two-out RBI single in the third. Sherrill and [...]

Mike Pelfrey continues to own the world champion Philadelphia Philies(3-0,3.92 in 4 starts vs the Phillies in ‘09) while new comer Jeff Francoeur had 3 hits including a home run to lead the New York Mets to an impressive 4-2 win Friday night at Citi-Field.  The start of the game was delayed by almost 90 [...]

34 yr old rookie Kenshin Kawakami pitched 7 strong innings and all star C Brian McCann homered in support, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over the New York Mets Thursday night at Citi-Field. Mets ace Johan Santana was the hard luck loser(13-9), allowing 9 hits and 3 runs in 7 innings. “Overall, I [...]

The Dodger and Cubs were tied at 2’s since the third, but Russell Martin took charge in the sixth with a grand slam to give the Dodgers a four-run lead in what would become a 7-2 win.
Jeff Weaver was a solid subsitute starter, going 5 1/3, giving up two runs on five hits while striking [...]

After a rough 2008 debut season in the minors, Jared Gayhart, the Tigers 13th round pick in 2008, has put together a nice season.  He’s gone all the way from West Michigan to Erie and he make his first start since joining the Tigers organization yesterday.  Not too shabby because he threw five shutout innings [...]

The Tigers won their rubber game with the Mariners yesterday afternoon with an impressive come from behind victory.  The Tigers were down by four runs two different times (4-0 and 6-2) and they managed to put this one in the win column.  They scored three in the sixth to make it a one run game [...]

A day after the Mets exploded for a franchise record ten hits  and 8 runs in the 4th inning, the Atlanta Braves responded with their own offensive barrage, plating 8 runs in the 2nd inning, helping them crush a make shift Mets squad, 15-2 Wednesday night at Citi-Field. All Star C Brian McCann had the [...]

The Dodgers came up short in the rubber match loss, and now hold the NL West lead by just 3 1/2 games.
Clayton Kershaw didn’t make it out of the third inning, after the Cardinals worked him for 97 pitches, including two runs on five hits with five walks. He left with two on and two [...]