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The Tigers not only beat Carl Pavano for the first time this season but the Tigers cut their magic number down to two in the process.  A win tomorrow means the Tigers have their first division championship in 22 years.  The 7-2 win was sweet and it was three big hits surrounded by a ton [...]

A shocking grand slam by rookie OF Justin Maxwell off of Mets all star closer Francisco Rodriquez in the bottom of the 9th gave Host Washington a 7-4 win over NY Wednesday night at Nationals Park. NY had a 4-2 lead entering the 9th and saw it all disappear with Rodriquez allowing back to back [...]

The host Washington Nationals(53-104) took advantage of some shaky New York  Mets defense to score the decisive  run in the 8th, helping them defeat NY 4-3.  The Mets were stacked to an early 3-0 lead with a bases loaded walk to CF Carlos Beltran in the  1st and rbi hits from LF Angel Pagan and [...]

The Dodgers lost their first of a two-game series to the Padres, 1-3, and still sit with their Magic Number at 1 as the Rockies won in extra innings last night.
Chad Billingsley held the Padres to two runs on two hits, but also issued five walks in the loss. Hong-Chih Kuo also gave up a [...]

Well, the Tigers won tonight.  My blood pressure is still recovering but a win is a win and that puts the Tigers magic number down to four.  The Tigers jumped out to a 5-0 lead, saw the Twins cut it down to 5-4 by the eighth and the an insurance run by the Tigers in [...]

Rookie Mike Morse’ third hit of the game, a solo home run in the 6th was the decisive run in pitchers battle, helping the Washington Nationals defeat the New York Mets 2-1 Monday night at Nationals Park. Both clubs had 7 hits apiece and veteran Nelson Figueroa was dealt the tough luck loss. Mets SS [...]

Well, the Tigers big series with the Twins will kick off tomorrow instead of today.  With the rain and 40 mph gusts, it would have been an interesting game.  The noon projected temperature is supposed to be 55, not much higher then the temp right now and there’s a 30% chance of rain all day.  [...]

The Dodgers took a rough 1-11 loss to lose the series on Monday, and with the Rockies off, they will have to wait at least one more day before they clinch the NL West.
Hiroki Kuroda was rocked for seven runs, though only three were earned. Mark Loretta got a throwing error leading off the second [...]

Yeah, old Optimus Prime knew what he was talking about.  Pretty much eveything that’s happened the last 155 games has come down to this four game series between the Twins and the Tigers in the AL Central.  The Tigers come in with a two game lead and their magic number is six.  Simple math tells us [...]

The Dodgers pulled off a win on Saturday but a late-inning error on Sunday allowed the Pirates to win and pull ahead in the series, putting the Dodgers’ hopes for a clinch in the West on hold for at least one more day.
The Dodgers rallied for five late-inning runs on Saturday for the win. Maholm [...]

LH Pat Misch(2-4,4.71) pitched a complete game shut out while RF Jeff Francoeur backed him with both his glove and bat, leading the visiting NY Mets to a 4-0 victory over the Florida Marlins Sunday afternoon at Land Shark Stadium in Miami. Misch, who was in danger of losing his rotation slot after an awful [...]

Back up OF Cameron Maybin’s 3 run shot in the 5th was the big blow Saturday as the host Florida Marlins scored 7 of their 9 runs in the 5th, helping them to defeat an injury riddled New York Mets club 9-6 at Land Shark Stadium in Miami. CF Carlos Beltran and 1B Fernando Tatis(2 [...]

The Dodgers’ Magic Number still stands at 1 as they took a 1-3 loss to the Pirates on Friday.
Jon Garland struck out six through six innings, giving up three runs but no earned. Blake DeWitt committing a throwing error in the first that led to the first unearned run, and a fielding error by James [...]

PH Cory Sullivan’s 2 run pinch hit single scored the winning runs in the bottom of the ninth, leading the visiting New York Mets(66-88) to a 6-5 come from behind victory over the Florida Marlins(82-72), doing some heavy damage to the fish’  postseason bid. The loss now puts the Marlins 5 games behind the NL [...]

The Dodgers beat the Nationals 7-6 in Thursday’s rubber match, cutting their magic number to one before heading to Pittsburgh for a weekend series with the Pirates.
By the time Vincente Padilla took the mound in the first, he already had a nice four-run cushion. He would need it, though, after giving up three runs in [...]

The Tigers held off the Indians long enough to walk away with their fourth straight win as they finished a three game sweep over the Indians.  Justin Verlander looked sharp after a couple of mediocre starts and he improved to 17-9  He gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks with eleven strikeouts [...]

Chad Billingsley sailed through five-plus innings, but he gave up a tying homerun in the sixth as the Nationals went on to beat the Dodgers, 5-4.
Billingsley had a perfect game ’til the fourth, and a no-hitter until the sixth innings with two outs. He then yielded two walks before Ryan Zimmerman tied the game with [...]

If baseball was only about leaving men on base! The weak hitting New York Mets stranded 11 runners and got the the leadoff man on base the last 7 innings of the game, greatly contributing to their latest defeat, 5-2 Wednesday night to the Atlanta Braves at Citi-Field. NY was 2 for 18 with runners [...]

The visiting Atlanta Braves took advantage of the few opportunities they had, scoring 3 runs in a contest that featured only 10 hits, helping them defeat a depleted NY Mets team 3-1 Tuesday night at Citi-Field. The Braves have won 6 straight road contests and 10 of 12 overall, while NY has lost 8 0f [...]

It’s funny how things work out.  While I didn’t blast the trade, I was skeptical of the move that sent Matt Joyce to the Rays for Edwin Jackson but it was interesting to see that on the same day Jackson was pitching at the front of the rotation in a heated pennant race, Matt Joyce [...]

The Dodgers were eager to get their bats going after Monday’s off day, plating 14 runs, including a seven-run fourth and a six-run seventh inning.
Hiroki Kuroda had plenty of run support, but he didn’t need much of it, holding the Nationals to two runs (none earned) on four hits while striking out six. A Rafael [...]

Atlanta Braves superstar 3B Chipper Jones homered and drove in 4 runs leading a 10 hit attack, as the visiting Halos crushed the New York Mets 11-3 Monday night at Citi-Field. OFs Garrett Anderson and Matt Diaz also homered for Atlanta(80-70), winners of 9 of 11 and 6 straight vs the Mets(65-86). 2B Luis Castillo [...]

The Dodgers remained five games up as they beat the Giants in Sunday’s rubber match, 6-2.
Wolf picked up another win, going six-plus innings, with his only mistakes being a solo homerun in each the first and sixth innings. Kuo, Sherrill, and Broxton then each tossed a perfect inning apiece, with Sherrill and Broxton notching two [...]

The Tigers scraped together a solid win and gave Tiger fans some relief as they added to their AL Central Division lead with a 6-2 win over the Twins.  Nate Robertson was good enough through five and the bullpen was very solid as the Tigers took the finale in Minnesota.  Robertson improved to 2-2 and [...]

4 relievers backed up starter John Maine, who won for the first time since May, leading the New York Mets to a 6-2 win over the Washington Nationals Sunday afternoon at Citi-Field in Queens. LF Angel Pagan had 3 hits while CF Carlos Beltran had two hits, an rbi and run. 1B Daniel Murphy’s (2 [...]

The Dodgers followed a 4-8 loss on Friday with a big 12-1 win Saturday to get back to 5 games up in the West.
Vincente Padilla gave up four runs on eight hits through five innings on Friday, but it was Ramon Troncoso who took the loss, giving up two go-ahead runs in the sixth inning. [...]

After a nice little four game winning streak earlier the week, the Reds have now dropped two straight and that brings their season loss total to 81.  That means unless they finish the season with thirteen straight wins, they’re going to have their eighth straight losing season.  Yes, you have to go all the way [...]

The Tigers late season skid continued as they lost to the second place Twins for the second straight time.  It looks like Jim Leyland rode Justin Verlander just a bit too long in this one and while I’m all for riding the horse that got you there, this went a little overboard.  In all, Verlander [...]

Veteran RH Tim Redding pitched into the 8th inning while RF Jeff Francoeur had 2 hits and an rbi double, leading the slumping New York Mets to a 3-2 win over the visiting Washington Nationals Saturday afternoon at Citi-Field in Queens. NY(64-85) won for only the 2nd time in 12 games and helped  avoid their [...]

The visiting Washington Nationals hung on by a  glove, handing the slumping New York Mets a tough 6-5 loss Friday night at CitiField in Queens. RF Jeff Francoeur’s liner knocked Nationals closer Mike MacDougal’s glove off but he recovered quickly to grab the ball and record the final out at 1st. 3B Ryan Zimmerman hit [...]