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Rick Porcello had a rough start but he walked away with the win because the Tigers put 10 runs on the board.  The Tigers hit three home runs in an eight run fourth inning.  Gerald Laird belted a two run shot, Scott Sizemore had a solo home run and then Brennan Boesch hit a grand [...]

The ups and downs continue for a Cubs team that now sits at 10-13, good for fourth place in the NL Central after dropping their third consecutive game yesterday at Wrigley Field. After winning four in a row to climb back to .500, this team looked like it was ready to get on a [...]

Luis Atilano got his second victory in his rookie season, as he led Washington to a 3-2 victory yesterday. Atilano went six innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs. Atilano also allowed three walks and had one strikeout. Atilano has won both of his starts since being called up from AAA Syracuse.
After Atilano Brian [...]

Mets starter John Maine struck out 9 while 7 of 8 regulars had hits as New York continued its strong play, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field. With the win(7th in a row), NY concludes their third 9-1 home stand in Franchise history and goes into the weekend leading the [...]

The San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Tuesday.
The offense reached base early and often, notching a 12 in the hit column. Aubrey Huff and Matt Downs each went deep. Edgar Renteria and Pablo Sandoval each knocked in two RBI.
Todd Wellemeyer had his best start as a Giant, going seven innings, giving up [...]

The New York Mets continued their run of outstanding play Tuesday, sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers in a doubleheader at Citi Field for their 5 and 6th wins in a row while winning 8 out of 10 overall. NY won game 1 4-0 behind Ace lefty Johan Santana’s six scoreless innings and 2B Luis Castillo’s [...]

Livan Hernandez had himself another gem in his fourth start of the season. Hernandez pitched seven strong innings, allowing six hits and one earned run. Hernandez has been the best started for the Nationals this season, as he has gone at least seven innings in his four starts and has only allowed three runs in [...]

The San Francisco Giants picked a good day to score some runs Monday, beating Phillies ace Roy Halladay. The Giants beat the Phillies 5-1.
Jonathon Sanchez picked up his second win of the season, going five innings, striking out six.
The Giants offense got rolling early, scoring two in the first and another in the second [...]

Doubleheader Tuesday starting at 4:10. Game One has Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Hiroki Kuroda(2-0,2.18) vs Mets ace LHP Johan Santana(2-1,2.59) with  Game 2 featuring Dodgers RH Knuckleballer Charlie Haeger(0-2,6.46) vs. NY Southpaw LH Oliver Perez(0-2,3,71).  Tickets for Monday’s game will not be valid for Admission Tuesday but can be exchanged in person at Citi Field. [...]

The San Francisco Giants were shut-out Sunday afternoon. Despite getting nine hits, they failed to score a run. The Giants lost to the St. Louis Cardinals,2-0.
The San Francisco Giants open a series with the Philadelphia Phillies today. The Giants must start scoring runs to be a contender this year. Their record is 10-8 at the [...]

Big righty hander Mike Pelfrey continued his incredible start to the 2010 season,leading the New York Mets to 1-0 win over the Atlanta Braves in a rain shortened 6 inning game Sunday night at Citi Field. With the win, Pelfrey is now 4-0 with a save and his ERA stands at a major league best [...]

Scott Olsen was able to get his first win in the majors since July 5, 2009, against the Los Angeles Dodgers this afternoon. Olsen pitched seven scoreless innings, only giving up six hits and one walk. What was the most impressive of Olsen’s performance was the eight strikeouts Olsen had. Olsen has moved his season [...]

Three days, three dominating performances by the Cubs against Milwaukee this weekend. The Cubs went into this series as losers of five of their previous six games; however they leave it on a three game winning streak.
5-1
8-1
12-2
Total: 25-4
Ryan Dempster, Ted Lilly (first start off DL), and Randy Wells were all tremendous in shutting down [...]

Hello Giants fans, first of all I would like to apologize to my devoted readers, the blog has suffered for a week or so do to my preparation for final exams.
Good news for the Giants, the top two pitchers in the rotation are 7-0 to start the season. Tim Lincecum moved to 4-0 Friday night [...]

Brad Thomas made his first start as a Tiger and it was his first start since 2001 when he played for the Twins.  Things didn’t start out well though because he gave up four runs in the first two frames and he only pitched three innings.  Fortunately from there, the pitching got better.  Eddie Bonine [...]

Washington was unable to come from behind and win in extra innings this afternoon, as they lost 4-3. Craig Stammen got the start today and he did pretty good. Stammen went seven innings, giving up six hits and three runs. Stammen allowed two homeruns and both were to Dodgers Third Baseman Casey Blake. Blake hit [...]

The Reds need to win tomorrow to avoid a losing week but more importantly, they’re tied with the Houston Astros for dead last in the NL Central. Yeah, those Astros that lost their first eight games. If there’s a silver lining, it’s the fact that the Reds are just four games back of first place. [...]

OFs Jason Bay and Jeff Francoeur produced rbi doubles in consecutive innings leading the suddenly surging New York Mets to a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. NY improved to -1 on their current 10 game homestand and have won three in a row for the first time since May [...]

Phenom 1B prospect Ike Davis hit a 450 foot shot for his 1st ML homer while 3B David Wright drove in two runs, helping the NY Mets to a 5-2 win over the rival Atlanta Braves Friday night at Citi Field. Things were not all good  for NY, however, RH SP John Maine, who has [...]

Adam Dunn finally had a great game National fans could cheer for. After struggling through the first 16 games this season and only having one homerun during that time, Dunn was able to go 2 for 3 with two homeruns, a walk and three RBI’s. Dunn hit a solo shot in the bottom of the [...]

Livan Hernandez pitched strongly in his third outing of the season but managed to still get the loss last night. Hernandez went eight strong innings and only gave up four hits. The problem was that two of those hits were homeruns. In the top of the second inning, Rockies catcher Miguel Olivo hit a solo [...]

Ace Lefty Johan Santana continued to pitch like Johan Santana while some of the Mets slumping batters came thru with clutch rbi, helping New York defeat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 Thursday night at Citi Field. 3b David Wright(2 for 11 on the recent homestand) doubled home the first NY run  whle RF Jeff Francoeur(1st RBI [...]

Lou Piniella certainly shook things up on Wednesday sending Carlos Zambrano to the bullpen instead of Carlos Silva or Tom Gorzelanny. After week long discussions between Cubs management, Lou Piniella, and pitching coach Larry Rothschild, they came to the decision that Zambrano has the type of mentality to be successful pitching out of the [...]

RH SP Carlos Silva threw 2 hit ball over 6 innings while LF Alfonso Soriano capped a three hit night with a 2 run shot in the 7th, leading the Chicago Cubs to a decisive 9-3 win over the New York Mets Wednesday night at Citi Field. Mets starter, Lefty Oliver Perez, battled for 5 [...]

I’m a big fan of Fatheads.  When we did my son’s room, it was a Detroit Tiger’s theme and on one wall adorns a huge Tigers logo courtesy of Fathead.  Cool stuff and they’re easy to put up and take down.  The folks over at Smile.ly are also being nice enough to give me a free [...]

The Nationals were able to win and go above .500 again as they won 6-4 against the Colorado Rockies. Washington got a below average start from John Lannan today as he was able to go six innings but allowed 11 hits and four runs. Colorado was able to score the first three runs of the [...]

The San Francisco Giants lost another one-run game Tuesday night, their third in a row. This time, they lost despite giving up only one hit.
Jonathon Sanchez threw seven stellar innings, striking out 10 and only allowing one hit, three walks, and one run.
The Giants were off to a hot start going 7-2, but [...]

At the beginning of the season, f you would have asked me if I’d take a 7-7 record after fourteen games I probably would have taken it.  Of course your perception changes after a 5-1 start but despite that stellar first week, the Tigers now find themselves with an even 7-7 record after a rough [...]

RH Mike Pelfrey continued his strong start to the 2010 campaign with 7 shutout innings while SS Jose Reyes had 4 hits, leading the New York Mets to a 4-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night at Citi Field. Pelfrey allowed only 3 hits over 7 frames while matching a career high with [...]

The Reds blew a 9-3 lead but then scored two in the bottom of the eighth to edge the Dodgers in an 11-9 pitchers duel.  The Reds needed just eleven hits to scored their eleven runs and they left just two batters on base.  Joey Votto went two for three with a home run and [...]