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The Washington Nationals were able to produce 14 hits and 14 runs against the Houston Astros and win their 26 game by the score of 14-4. Washington saw seven players get at least a hit and five players drive in at least a run. Washington got three hit …

I think Memorial Day is one of the more misunderstood and under appreciated holidays.  It was also a pretty big baseball day back in the days.  When the season started in mid-April, Memorial Day usually signified the quarter point of the season and it usually had all teams playing doubleheaders.  Now, there’s a handful of [...]

No blog Monday, even I need a day off. Take your hat off to all the veterans and try to UNDERSTAND why we have this day. Follow the team at mets.com and I will be return with Tuesday’s game.

R.A. Dickey pitched 7 solid innings while RF Jeff Francoeur had a huge day with the bat, leading the New York Mets to a 10-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday afternoon at Miller Park.  Dickey allowed 4 runs(3 on two home runs by Brewers 2B Richie Weeks) and 9 hits while striking out 3, [...]

A player like Albert Pujols can only be held down for so long, and the Cubs learned that the hard way on Sunday during a 9-1 Cardinals rout at Wrigley Field.  Pujols, who had just one multi-hit game and only one home run in his past ten games hit thre…

Before we start, congratulations to Phillies starter Roy Halladay on pitching the 20 perfect game in Major League Baseball history. Halladay struck out 11 and led Philadelphia to a 1-0 victory against the Florida Marlins. The Nationals were unable to g…

RF Corey Hart continued to hammer Mets pitching Saturday night as he had 6 rbi to lead the host Milwaukee Brewers over the NY Mets 8-6 at Miller Park. Hart, after hitting a walk off two run shot Friday, had a first inning grand slam and added another two run homer in the 3rd.  Mets [...]

A day after the worst pitching performance of the season by a Cub starter, Carlos Silva may have delivered the best one yet as he dominated the Cardinals for seven innings en route to a 5-0 victory.  Coming into this season I’m not sure if anybo…

The San Francisco Giants made a statement to the NL West on Friday night, thanks to pitcher Matt Cain. Cain threw his second straight complete game, and this time Cain got the win. The big news from Friday night’s ball game, Cain threw a one-hitter. Matt Cain only allowed a second inning double to Arizona’s 3B [...]

The first six batters of the game made all the difference yesterday in the Cardinals 7-1 rout of the Cubs.  Randy Wells was unable to record an out yielding a hit to each one of them and surrendering five runs before Piniella took pity and pulled him …

RF Corey Hart’s two run walk off shot in the 9th inning ended a masterful pitching battle as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the New York Mets 2-0 Friday night at Miller Park in Wisconsin.  The bomb made a winner of Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo(5-2, 2.78) who threw a complete game 8 hitter, The righty K-ed [...]

The San Francisco Giants showed  some grit on Thursday, coming behind for a 5-4 win over the Washington Nationals.
Sorry to my loyal fans in the Bay Area and across the world but the blog will be on hold for a few days while I attend to family illness/death.
Thank you and stay tuned.

RH SP Mike Pelfrey threw 7 strong innings while SS Jose Reyes continued to show his  old form with a 2 run double, leading the NY Mets to a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field Thursday night .  The start of the game was delayed almost 2 hours due to rain but [...]

Hisanori Takahashi pitched 6 shutout innings while SS Jose Reyes had his 4th straight multi-hit game as the New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 Wednesday night at Citi Field.  C Rod Barajas, a great spring training signing by Mets GM Omar Minaya, had 3 rbis, including a two run double while the team [...]

The San Francisco Giants are struggling to say the least. Even worse, Tim Lincecum is struggling. For the third straight start Lincecum gave up five walks. In this outing Lincecum surrendered six earned runs, which is a total of 11 in the last two starts. What is worse, in those two games, Lincecum has only [...]

The San Francisco Giants got a fresh breath of air with a win on Tuesday night. The ball club from the Bay actually amassed nine hits and four runs. These numbers aren’t astounding, but considering that the squad only has scored nine runs in their previous five game losing streak, it’s an improvement.
Todd Wellemeyer started [...]

Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey(1-0,1.50) threw 6 shutout innings while his teammates banged out 13 hits, leading the New York  Mets over the Philadelphia Phillies 8-0 at Citi Field. Jose Reyes,who is starting to regain pre-injury form, had 3 hits, 3 runs, 2 steals and an rbi; He was on base all night and making things happen.“I’ve [...]

Thoughts and prayers go out to the family of ML pitcher Jose Lima, who passed away Sunday at the age of 37.  The colorful righty won 89 games over 13 seasons while pitching for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals and Mets(2006). His best season was 1999 when he went [...]

Lou Piniella announced after Sunday’s 5-4 win over the Rangers that Aramis Ramirez will get some time off to heal his sprained left thumb.  Ramirez played on Saturday (0-for-5, 4 K’s) while sitting out on Friday and Sunday.  According to …

The San Francisco Giants couldn’t have asked for a better time for an off-day. The Giants go into Monday’s day off on a five game skid. This is primarily due to poor offense. During their five game losing streak, the Giants have only managed to score nine runs, seven coming in one game. This may [...]

The Washington Nationals were able to beat the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 4-3 in ten innings. The Nationals were able to get the win by a Josh Willingham walk off solo home run in the bottom tenth off of Cla Meredith. With a 2-1 count with one out…

Closer Francisco Rodriquez struck out Yankees star 3B Alex Rodriquez with the tying runs on base helping the NY Mets win 6-4 Sunday night at Citi Field. Ace lefty Johan Santana threw 7 and 2 third huge innings while Jason Bay hit homers to left and right field vs Yankees ace CC Sabathia while 3B [...]

The San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain threw a complete game on Saturday, but a defensive lapse brought the Giants to their knees. The Giants fell 1-0 to their AL rival,  the Oakland Athletics.
A third inning error by Aubrey Huff lead to the only run of the game, bringing the Giants to 22-20 on the [...]

RH Mike Pelfrey won his 6th game with 6 strong innings(6 hits, 1 run)( while LF Jason Bay tied a career high with 4 hits, leading the New York Mets over the New York Yankees 5-3 Saturday night at Citi Field.   3B David Wright and CF Angel Pagan(3 hits) had two rbi apiece while [...]

The Washington Nationals were able to move their record back to .500 today as they were able to win 7-6. The Washington offense was very productive, as they were able to get 15 hits. Cristian Guzman and Ryan Zimmerman each provided three hits, while Ro…

The Cubs could not get the bats going in a 2-1 loss on Friday night against Colby Lewis and the Texas Rangers.  They had their chances early on, but once again the Cubs failed to capitalize.  Lewis was able to settle in and get through six innings al…

The Washington Nationals lost their second game straight yesterday and it was to one of the worst teams in baseball, the Baltimore Orioles. The Nationals lost 5-3. Scott Olsen had a very poor performance, as he only pitched three innings of work. He ga…

The Tigers managed just one run on four hits as they were shutdown by Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley and the Dodgers bullpen.  Austin Jackson had a pair of hits (single and a double) and he scored the lone run in the first inning when Magglio Ordonez drove him in with a sac. fly.  Ordonez also [...]

Mets 2b Alex Cora’s poor throw set up the two runs the Yankees would need as they defeated the Mets, 2-1 Friday night at Citi Field.  Mets spot starter LH Hisanori Takahashi(5 hits over 6 innings) and Yankees RH 5 man  Javier Vasquez(1 hit over 6) engaged in a great pitchers duel and you had [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks have had the worst bullpen in major league baseball this season.  On Monday, they designated veteran right-hander Bob Howry for assignment after posting an ERA of 10.67 through the first 14 games.  On Friday, the Cubs decided…