Weekend Game Results:
New York Yankees vs. Baltimore
Friday - The Yankees turned a triple play at home for the first time in 45 years and Baltimore outfielder Adam Jones dropped a fly ball while blowing a bubble with his gum that lead to 3 unearned runs as the Yankees won at home 5-2. C.C. Sabathia struck out 9 in 8 innings and improved to 2-1.
Saturday - Nolan Reimold, Nick Markakis & Ryan Flaherty all homered for the Orioles off Yankee starter Phil Hughes who gave up all 5 runs in his 3 innings on the mound as Baltimore won 5-3.
Sunday - Hiroki Kuroda tossed a 5-hit complete
game shutout and Brett Gardner hit a 2-run HR as the Yankees won the game 5-0
and the series 2-1.
New York Mets vs. Minnesota
Friday - John Buck hit a grand slam and the Mets routed the Twins in Minnesota 16-5. Daniel Murphy & David Wright each had 4 RBI as well and as John Niese improved to 2-0.
Saturday - Matt Harvey continued his amazing start to the season by taking a no-hitter into the 7th inning as the Mets prevailed 4-2. Harvey improved to 3-0 and gave up his first run of the year on a Justin Morneau home run.
Sunday - Postponed due to rain. Mets swept the series 2-0.
San Francisco vs. Chicago Cubs
Friday - Starling Castro hit a HR and doubled in the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Cubs the walk-off 4-3 win.
Saturday - Madison Bumgarner improved to 3-0 with 7 strong innings and Marco Scutaro had 3 hits for the Giants who held off the Cubs late for a 3-2 win.
Sunday - Hunter Pence tied the game in the top of the ninth inning with a solo HR and the Giants pushed three runs across in the top of the tenth inning as San Francisco won 10-7 in Chicago and the series 3-1.
Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox
Friday - Justin Masterson threw 9 shutout innings and Nick Swisher drove in the only run with a walk-off single in the 9th to lift Cleveland at home 1-0.
Saturday - Mark Reynolds hit a grand slam and Yan Gomes a 2-run HR in a 6-run 5th inning as the Indians pounded White Sox ace Chris Sale for 8 earned runs in the 9-4 win.
Sunday - Jake Peavy struck out 11 and Paul Konerko homered as the White Sox ended their 5-game losing streak and avoided a sweep with a 3-1 win against Cleveland.
Boston vs. Tampa Bay
Friday - Postponed due to rain
Saturday - Boston snapped a 2-game losing streak as Shane Victorino singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Red Sox the 3-2 win. John Lester allowed 1 run in 7 innings for the no-decision.
Sunday - Clay Buchholz took a no-hitter into the 7th inning and struck out 11 as the Red Sox shutout the Rays at home 5-0. Game 3 of the series today at 11:05 am.
Atlanta vs. Washington
Friday - Ramiro Pena extended Atlanta's winning streak to 7 games with a 2-run HR in the top of the 10th inning as the Braves beat the Nationals 6-4 in Washington.
Saturday - Tim Hudson outdueled Stephen Strasburg and rookie catcher Evan Gattis hit his 4th HR as the Braves beat the Nationals 3-1 to extend their winning streak to 8 games.
Sunday - Paul Maholm stayed red-hot as he took a 2-hitter into the 8th inning to blank the Nationals in Washington and complete the sweep of Washington three games to none. Justin Upton hit his ML-leading 7th HR and rookie Andrelton Simmons smacked his first ever round tripper to help lead the 9-0 rout.
Detroit vs. Oakland
Friday - Josh Donaldson hit an opposite field HR with one out in the 12th inning as Oakland extended their winning streak to 8 games with the walk-off win.
Saturday - Justin Verlander pitched 6 solid innings striking out 6, and Prince Fielder, Torii Hunter & Jhonny Peralta each homered as the Tigers won 7-3 and stopped Oakland's winning streak at 9 games.
Sunday - Austin Jackson went 4-6 including a 2-run HR as the Tigers routed the A's 10-1. Anibal Sanchez was the beneficiary of all those runs, but only needed two of them as he limited the A's to 1 run in seven innings while striking out 8 as Detroit won the series 2-1.
Philadelphia vs., Miami
Friday - Chase Utley hit a go-ahead triple in the 10th inning for a 3-1 win as the Phillies dropped the Marlins to 1-9 on the season.
Saturday - Chris Coghlan drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning with a walk-off single as the Marlins won just their second game of the season in dramatic fashion.
Sunday - Roy Halladay bounce back in a big way by tossing 8 innings of 1-run ball to pick up his 200th career win. Laynce Nix hit his second pinch hit HR of the season in the 9th inning to break the 1-1 tie and give the Phillies the 2-1 series win.
Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati
Friday - Andrew McCutchen hit a tiebreaking HR in the 7th inning and drove in 3 runs as the Reds beat the Pirates 6-5 in Pittsburgh.
Saturday - Garrett Jones went 2-4 with an RBI as the Pirates won 3-1 and Reds starter Johnny Cueto was forced to leave the game in the fifth inning with a triceps strain and will be evaluated Monday in Cincinnati
Sunday - Backup catcher Michael McKenry had the first two-homer game of his career and Starling Marte hit a tiebreaking two-run drive in the eighth inning helping the Pirates rally from a five-run deficit for a 10-7 win over the Cincinnati and complete the 3-game sweep.
Toronto vs. Kansas City
Friday - Adam Lind, Emilio Bonifacio & Jose Reyes each drove in 2 runs in the 8-4 win, but the win was bittersweet as Reyes injured his ankle sliding into second base and will be out 3 months with a severe ankle sprain.
Saturday -R.A. Dickey picked up his first win of the season as Toronto spoiled a complete game by James Shields to beat the Royals 3-2 in Kansas City.
Sunday - Alex Gordon singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Royals the 3-2 win and thus avoiding a 3-game sweep by the Blue Jays. Erwin Santana allowed 1 run in 8 innings but settled for the no-decision as the Blue Jays won the series 2-1.
Milwaukee vs. St. Louis
Friday - St. Louis rookie Shelby Miller allowed just 1 hit in 7 innings while striking out 8 as the Cardinals beat the Brewers and former Cardinal pitcher Kyle Lohse 2-0. Lohse was making his first start of the season and received a standing ovation from the St. Louis crowd for his pitching efforts from '07 - '12 with the Cardinals.
Saturday - Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright was masterful as allowed 4 hits and struck out 12 in a complete game 8-0 shutout of the Brewers.
Sunday - Jonathan Lucroy hit a solo HR in the 10th inning to lift Milwaukee to a 4-3 win and avoid the 3-game sweep.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona
Friday - Patrick Corbin allowed 3 hits in 6 innings as the Diamondbacks beat Clayton Kershaw & the Dodgers 3-0 for their 6th win in a row against Los Angeles in Arizona.
Saturday - Hyun-Jin Ryu struck out 9 in six innings and contributed at the plate with 3 hits as the Dodgers won 7-5.
Sunday - Paul Goldschmidt singled in the game's only run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Diamondbacks won the series 2-1.
Los Angeles Angels vs. Houston
Friday - Bud Norris allowed 3 hits over seven innings and Rick Ankiel drove in 3 runs as the Astros shutout the Angels 5-0 in Los Angeles, dropping the Angels to a franchise worse 2-8 start.
Saturday - Josh Hamilton hit his first HR of the season and Albert Pujols doubled in 2 runs with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Angels the 5-4 walk-off win.
Sunday - Mike Trout hit his first HR of the season and Josh Hamilton hit a 2-run HR in the eight inning as the Angels won the game 4-1 and the series 2-1.
Texas vs. Seattle
Friday - Kyle Seager doubled in 2 runs in the first inning and Hisashi Iwakuma pitched into the seventh inning as Seattle beat Yu Darvish 3-1.
Saturday - Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre had RBI singles in the eighth inning to give the Rangers the 3-1 win.
Sunday - Dustin Ackley snapped a sixth inning tie with an RBI single and Raul Ibanez hit his first HR of the season as rookie Brandon Maurer picked up his first win for the Mariners in the 4-3 win as the 2-1 series win.
Colorado vs. San Diego
Friday - Dexter Fowler continued his power surge when he his second HR of the game, this time a tiebreaking solo HR off Padres closer Huston Street in the ninth inning as the Rockies won 7-5. For Fowler it was his 6th HR of the season putting him one behind the ML-leader Justin Upton who has 7.
Saturday - Rockies catcher Wilin Rosario had a career high four hits and drove in three runs and Jhoulys Chacin beat San Diego for the second time this season, as Colorado Rockies beat the Padres 9-5.
Sunday - Todd Helton hit a pinch hit 2-run HR that bounced off the top of the newly moved in left field wall that broke a 1-1 tie as the Rockies held on to win the game 2-1 and sweep the series 3-0 for the second time this year for San Diego.
Standings
American League East
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Team
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W
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L
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GB
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Strk
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7
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4
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-
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W 2
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6
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5
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1
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W 1
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6
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6
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1½
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L 1
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5
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7
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2½
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L 1
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4
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7
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3
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L 2
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American League Central
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Team
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W
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L
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GB
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Strk
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7
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5
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-
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W 2
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7
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5
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-
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W 1
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5
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6
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1½
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L 1
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5
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7
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2
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W 1
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4
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7
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2½
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L 5
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American League West
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Team
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W
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L
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GB
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Strk
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9
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4
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-
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L 2
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8
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5
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1
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L 1
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6
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8
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3½
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W 1
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4
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8
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4½
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L 2
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4
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8
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4½
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W 2
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National League
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National League East
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Team
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W
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L
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GB
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Strk
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11
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1
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-
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W 9
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7
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4
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3½
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W 2
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7
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5
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4
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L 3
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6
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6
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5
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W 1
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2
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10
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9
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L 1
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National League Central
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Team
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W
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L
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GB
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Strk
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7
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5
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-
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L 1
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6
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6
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1
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W 3
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5
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7
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2
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L 5
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4
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8
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3
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L 2
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3
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8
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3½
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W 1
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National League West
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Team
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W
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L
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GB
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Strk
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9
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4
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-
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W 2
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8
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4
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½
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W 1
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8
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4
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½
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W 3
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7
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5
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1½
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L 1
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2
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10
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6½
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L 5
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A.L. MVP Watch - Prince Fielder, 1B, Detroit Tigers. He leads the A.L. in batting with a .429 average, has 17 RBI and three home runs, and nine RBI over the last four games.
N.L. MVP Watch - John Buck, C, New York Mets. Hit HRs in 4 consecutive games last week including a grand slam Friday and has 6 HRs and an N.L. leading 19 RBI.
Fantasy Spin - Cleveland pitcher Justin Masterson is off to an incredibly fast start, winning his first three starts and striking out 20 batters. History shows that he can't keep up this ridiculous pace, but fantasy owners should ride the wave while it's there or try and trade him on the high side now. It's still early in the season and 3 starts are not a true indication of how the rest of the year will go, but he's just 28 years old and is coming off a season where he threw 200 innings and 11 wins, so maybe, just maybe he could top 15 wins this year which would be a huge plus for any team that holds onto him.
News & Notes - Wrigley Field, the historic home of the Chicago Cubs, will receive a $500 million face lift, including it's first electronic outfield video board as part of the team and city's plan to upgrade baseball's second oldest stadium and pump revenue into a team that wants to win in the worst way.
Padre’s outfielder Carlos Quentin dropped his appeal and will serve an 8-game suspension for charging the mound last Thursday that resulted in a broken collarbone for Dodger's starter Zach Greinke.
The Cubs tied a major league record with 5 wild pitches in Sunday's game with San Francisco.
Record Watch - Barry Zito, Matt Moore, Jake Westbrook & Paul Maholm each have a 0.00 Earned Run Average this season in 3 starts, and no starting pitcher in the modern era has posted an ERA lower than 1.00.
History - Team History - A.L. Central - Detroit Tigers
The Tigers are one of the 8 charter franchises in the American League and started playing in Detroit in 1884. They are the oldest one-name, one-city franchise in the American League. They've won 11 American League pennants and won four World Series, in 1935, 1945, 1968 & 1984, and have 20 former players inducted into the Hall of Fame, most notably Ty Cobb, Mickey Cochrane, Sam Crawford, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Al Kaline, Eddie Matthews and Al Simmons. In 2012, third baseman Miguel Cabrera became the ninth A.L. player to win the batting Triple Crown, and the first since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 for the Boston Red Sox.
Trivia - Today’s Question – What is the live ball era record (post 1920) for lowest E.R.A. by a starting pitcher in one season with a minimum 20 starts?
Yesterday’s Question - The Washington Nationals are one of two teams never to have played in a World Series. What is the other team?
Answer – The Seattle Mariners, who began play in 1969.
Monday 4/15
Schedule with probable pitchers in parentheses.
My picks to win are highlighted. Weekend Picks: 21-22
Overall: 94-83
Times EST
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| Vegas Bet: Lastly, here’s an actual bet you can make in Las Vegas casinos: Over/Under 2 HRs hit today by t he Mets
in Colorado
Yesterday’s Bet: Over/Under
1 win by Houston vs. Los Angeles Angels this weekend.
Result: Push.
Houston won one
of the 3 games.
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