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In a game delayed by rain for almost 90 minutes, the New York Mets gutted out a much needed victory 6-5 over the Florida Marlins in the finale of the San Juan Series in Puerto Rico. This was a tough series for both teams, played in extreme heat and NY was forced to trot out [...]

The San Francisco Giants have to be looking themselves in the mirror right now. Their season has been marred by up-and-down play. The team finished June by losing five games in a row, and seven out of nine. The Giants record for the month was 13-14. Their records now stands 40-37.
The team has dropped to [...]

The Tigers lost their third straight series and they fell another game back of the Twins after a 5-1 beating in Minnesota this afternoon. After a decent debut against the Braves, the Twins took Andy Oliver to task for five runs on eight hits and two walks in six innings.  The two of the three [...]

The big news was Dernard Span’s three triple game yesterday but for Tiger fans, it was the poor pitching.  Armando Galarraga needed 91 pitches to get through four innings and change last night and he was tagged for six runs.  Right after that, Fu-Te Ni was shelled for four runs on two hits and four [...]

Marlins all star 2B Dan Uggla’s 9th inning single ended a late NY rally, helping Florida defeat the Mets 7-6 Tuesday night in Game two of the San Juan series in Puerto Rico.  The Marlins scored 6 runs in two swings of the bat in the 3rd vs Mets starter Hisanori Takahashi(6-3,4.24) on home runs [...]

The first piece of big news is the Tigers beat the Twins in Minnesota to move into first place in the AL Central.  Of course the second piece of big news is the bitter sweet half because in the process, Joel Zumaya was injured and his future is unclear.
The Tigers got off to a quick [...]

Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey had his first poor outing for the Mets while  Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco was strong for 7 innings, leading Florida over NY 10-3 Monday night at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  All 3 Florida OFs homered in the contest- Cody Ross, Chris Coghlan and rookie Mike Stanton, Ross also [...]

The San Francisco Giants ended their interleague play with the American League by finishing 7-8 overall. The Giants fell to the Boston Red Sox, 5-1 on Sunday afternoon.
Tim Lincecum was once again off his game. The two time Cy Young Award winner record is now 8-3 on the season. After three consecutive wins, Lincecum lost [...]

LH Jon Niese tossed 6 shut out innings while 3B David  Wright, 1B Ike Davis and RF Jeff Francoeur all homered, leading the New York Mets over the Minnesota Twins 6-0 Sunday afternoon at Citi Field.  With the victory, the Mets close out inter-league play with a 13-5 record. CF Jesus Feliciano, Wright and Francoeur [...]

I’m going to open this up to the readers.  The Tigers are in a virtual tie for first place, but I swear they’re making moves like a team in panic mode.  I’m not arguing with a lot of the moves, but does anyone ever remember a good team shuffling key members of the team back [...]

The Tigers avoided a sweep for the second straight road series by pulling out a win in their finale against the Braves today.  Brennan Boesch bounced back from a rough game yesterday and he belted a two run home run, his 12th of the season.  In the meantime, the Tigers racked up seventeen hits, all [...]

The Cubs avoided the sweep and ended the White Sox 11 game winning streak on Sunday, topping the South Siders 8-6 at U.S. Cellular Field.  Ryan Dempster went through his usual first inning struggles giving up two runs and putting the Cubs in an early …

The Tigers had a chance to stay in a virtual tie for first place with the Twins yesterday but a rough outing by the bullpen combined with some pretty weak hitting turned what was a nice outing by Max Scherzer into a loss.  The Tigers managed just three hits in this one and they didn’t [...]

A day after the Carlos Zambrano incident, the Chicago Cubs were looking for a fresh start.  After Aramis Ramirez tied the game with a solo home run in the seventh inning off of Freddy Garcia, it looked like it might be there night.  However, White So…

The latest outburst by Carlos Zambrano should be his last one in a Cub uniform.  On Friday afternoon, after allowing four runs on just 21 pitches, Zambrano exploded at teammates when he returned to the dugout.  He exchanged words with Derrek Lee (who…

Johan Santana struggled from the start while Minnesota LH Carl Pavano tossed a 3 hit complete game, leading the Twins to a 6-0 victory over the Mets Saturday afternoon at Citi Field. The Mets ace southpaw threw 40 pitches and allowed 4 runs vs his former team in the 1st inning with C Joe Mauer(Single) [...]

3B David Wright continued his drive towards the NL MVP award with a homer and two rbi while RH Mike Pelfrey(10-2) pitched 6 strong innings, leading the NY Mets over the Minnesota Twins 5-2 Friday night at Citi Field. SS Jose Reyes went 2 for 3 with a run and rbi while LF Jason Bay [...]

The Detroit Tigers jumped out to a 6-1 lead in early and hung on to defeat the game New York Mets 6-5 Thursday night at Citi Field.  LF Maglio Ordonez hit a two run homer while 2B Ryan Raburn  also homered among his  3 hits to lead the visitors. CF Jesus Feliciano paced the Mets [...]

Knuckleballer RA Dickey continued his amazing season while SS Jose Reyes was a double short of the cycle,helping the NY Mets defeat the Detroit Tigers 5-0 Wednesday night at Citi Field. Dickey, an offseason signing that brought little fanfare, is now 6-0 with a 2.33 in 7 starts for the Mets and he allowed only [...]

The San Francisco Giants continued their 2010 domination of the Houston Astros, Tuesday night. With a 3-1 victory, the Giants are a perfect 7-0 against the Astros this season. Pitcher Tim Lincecum once again beat Houston ace, Roy Oswalt. This was Lincecum’s eighth win on the season and now has a record of 8-2 with [...]

The Tigers’ struggles on the road continued as they kicked off a road trip that started in New York against the Mets.  It’s been a while, but not only did Justin Verlander get roughed up, but the bullpen had a bit of a meltdown as well.  Verlander gave up five in just two innings.  This [...]

Taking advantage of rain delay of almost an hour, the New York Mets batted around vs. two long relievers, helping them destroy the Detroit Tigers 14-6 Tuesday night at Citi Field.  NY batted around, scoring  8 runs in the 3rd while CF Angel Pagan was a single short of a cycle and had 4 rbis [...]

The San Francisco Giants earned a much needed road win Sunday afternoon in Toronto. The offense bailed out starting pitcher Jonathon Sanchez. Sanchez only went 2.2 innings, allowing three hits, five walks and three runs in his time on the mound. It was clear from the beginning that Sanchez did not have his command in [...]

1B Mark Teixeira hit a grand slam in the 3rd inning while ace LH CC Sabathia allowed 4 hits over 8 innings as the Yankees defeated the Mets, 4-0 Sunday afternoon at the Stadium. Even with the loss, the Mets close a 9 game road trip at 7-2 and they tied the Yankees in the [...]

The Cubs were able to salvage the final game of the series on Sunday in resounding fashion as they crushed the Los Angeles Angels 12-1 at Wrigley Field.  Carlos Zambrano delivered his best performance of the season throwing seven innings and allowing …

The San Francisco Giants look to win Sunday and avoid the sweep in Toronto. Through two games in Canada, the Giants only have nine hits and two runs.
In Friday’s event pitcher Barry Zito threw a complete game on the road but fell 3-2. Saturday, Matt Cain, the hottest pitcher in the big league’s was cooled [...]

Phil Hughes(10-1,3.17) pitched well after some early homer trouble while 1B Mark Teixeira and LF Curtis Granderson hit two run shots of Mike Pelfrey(9-2,2.69), helping the Yankees defeat the Mets 5-3 Saturday afternoon at the Stadium. Hughes, who earned his 10th win of the year, gave up two home runs to SS Jose Reyes(leadoff and [...]

Carlos Silva won the first eight decisions of his Cub career.  He has looked like an entirely different pitcher when compared to his most recent stint in Seattle, where he often struggled to get out of the fifth inning.  Now, he is being relied upon …

Dontrelle Willis came back to Comerica Park (I said this was a road game but I’m still getting used to Yahoo’s new format where the opposition is always second) and while Armando Galarraga hardly outdueled him, the Tigers still walked away with their seventh straight win.  Galarraga didn’t make it out [...]

Hisanori Takahashi kept the NY Yankees off balance for 6 innings while his teammates scored 3  late runs, leading the NY Mets to a 4-0 victory Friday night at Yankee Stadium. Takahashi(6-2) allowed 4 hits and 2 walks over 6 frames while 3 relievers helped the staff earn the impressive shutout. The Mets have won [...]