Here’s
what’s happening in baseball:
Weekend
4/26-4/28 Games
New
York Yankees vs. Toronto
Friday
– Yankees 6, Blue
Jays 4 Lyle
Overbay hit a go-ahead RBI triple and the Yankees prevailed despite losing
starter Ivan Nova (arm) and catcher Francisco Cervelli (broken hand) to
injuries.
Saturday
– Yankees 5, Blue
Jays 4 Travis Hafner homered early and tripled in two runs
late as the Yankees won another close one in Toronto.
Sunday
– Yankees 3, Blue
Jays 2 Brennan Boesch and Lyle Overbay homered as the
Yankees beat R.A. Dickey and swept the 4-game series.
Atlanta
vs. Detroit
Friday
– Tigers 10, Braves
0 Anibal Sanchez
struck out 17 Atlanta hitters in 8 impressive innings, and Matt Tuisasopo hit a
homer and knocked in five runs in the blowout win.
Saturday
– Tigers 7, Braves
4 Omar
Infante and Jhony Peralta hit two-run homers and Rick Porcello won his first
game of the year as Detroit took game two of the series.
Sunday
– Tigers 8, Braves
3 Miguel
Cabrera hit a game-breaking 3-run home run and Doug Fister struck out 8 in
seven foggy innings as the Tigers finished the 3-game sweep of the Braves in
Detroit.
Philadelphia
vs. New York Mets
Friday
– Phillies 4, Mets 0 Kyle Kendrick pitched a
complete game shutout and Ryan Howard hit a 3-run home run as the Phillies won
at home.
Saturday
– Phillies 9, Mets
4 Domonic Brown
and John Mayberry Jr. hit back-to-back homers in a five-run fifth inning in the
Phillies rout.
Sunday
– Phillies 5, Mets
1 Ryan
Howard broke a seventh inning tie with a pinch-hit double as the Phillies swept
the Mets and gave Cole Hamels his first win of the season.
Tampa
Bay vs. Chicago White Sox
Friday
– White Sox 5,
Tampa Bay 4 Jake
Peavy struck out six for his third win and the White Sox offense hit three
homes runs as they edged the Rays.
Saturday
– Rays 10, Whites
Sox 4 For the Rays, Matt
Moore struck out 9 in six innings as he improved to 5-0, Evan Longoria went 4-6,
and Desmond Jennings hit a solo home run.
Sunday
– Rays 8, White
Sox 3 David Price struck out nine in seven innings for his
first win of the season, and Matt Joyce homered as Tampa Bay split the 4-game
series in Chicago.
Pittsburgh
vs. St, Louis
Friday
– Cardinals 9,
Pirates 1 For
the Cardinals, Carlos Beltran homered from each side of the plate, and Lance
Lynn won his fourth game by striking out nine in seven innings.
Saturday
– Pirates 5,
Cardinals 3 The Pirates scored four runs in the seventh,
highlighted by Russell Martin’s two run home run as A.J. Burnett beat the
Cardinals for the second time in ten days.
Sunday
– Pirates 9,
Cardinals 0 Rookie
Jeff Locke pitched seven shutout innings and the Pirates belted four home runs
as they won two of three from St. Louis.
Baltimore
vs. Oakland
Friday
– Orioles 3, A’s 0 Wei
Yin Chen allowed just two hits in eight solid innings as Baltimore won game two
in Oakland.
Saturday
– Orioles 7, A’s 3
Nick
Markakis and Adam Jones hit back-to-back homers in the fourth, and Chris
Tillman won his first game of the season
as the Orioles won three in a row against Oakland.
Sunday
– A’s 9, Orioles 8
(10 innings) Yoenis Cespedes tied the game with a
two-run home run in the ninth, and scored on an error in the tenth as the A’s
salvaged the final game of the 4-game series.
Milwaukee
vs, Los Angeles Dodgers
Friday
– Dodgers 7,
Brewers 5 – Josh Beckett won his first game and
Adrian Gonzalez doubled in the go-ahead runs in the bottom of the eighth
inning.
Saturday
– Brewers 6,
Dodgers 4 Carlos Gomez & Martin Maldonado hit two-run home
runs and the Brewers rebounded for the road win.
Sunday
– Dodgers 2,
Brewers 1 Clayton Kershaw struck out 12 in eight innings, and
leadoff hitter Carl Crawford hit a pair of solo home runs as the Dodgers won
the game, and series 2-1.
Cleveland
vs. Kansas City
Friday
– Postponed due to
rain. Doubleheader on Sunday.
Saturday
– Royals 3,
Indians 2 Ervin Santana pitched seven scoreless innings, and
rookie catcher Salvador Perez hit his first major league home run for the
Royals as they won at home.
Sunday
–Game 1 - Royals
9, Indians 0 Jeremy Guthrie won his 16th
consecutive start, pitching shutout ball into the seventh, and Alex Gordon
& Alcides Escobar homered as the Royals won the first game of the day-night
doubleheader.
Game
2 – Indians 10, Royals 3 Mike Aviles had 5 RBI, including a
3-run home run, and Corey Kluber pitched seven innings in a spot start as the
Indians won game 3 of the 4 game series after losing the first two.
Cincinnati
vs. Washington
Friday
– Nationals 1,
Reds 0 – Jordan Zimmerman pitched brilliantly for Washington,
hurling his first complete game shutout while allowing just one hit.
Saturday
– Nationals 6,
Reds 3 – Bryce Harper hit his ninth home run and scored two
runs for the Nationals, and Denard Span made two spectacular catches in
centerfield to preserve the win.
Sunday
– Reds 5,
Nationals 2 Reds rookie Tony Cingrani struck out 11
in six innings, and Brandon Phillips drove in a pair of runs as the Reds
avoided the 4-game sweep in Washington D.C..
Houston
vs. Boston
Friday
– Red Sox 7,
Astros 3 Ryan
Dempster struck out 10 (no surprise against Houston) in six innings, and the
Red Sox homered four times, two by backup catcher David Ross, and one each by
D. Ortiz and W. Middlebrooks.
Saturday
– Red Sox 8 Astros
4 David
Ortiz remained on fire with two hits and three RBI, and Felix Doubront pitched
into the seventh as Boston won again.
Sunday
– Red Sox 6,
Astros 1 John Lackey won his first game in more than a year
and Daniel Nava had two hits as Boston completed the 4-game sweep of Houston.
Chicago
Cubs vs. Miami Marlins
Friday
– Cubs 4, Marlins 2
Cubs 1B Adam Rizzo
provided all the scoring with a pair of two-run home runs, his seventh &
eighth this year.
Saturday
– Cubs 3, Marlins 2
David
Dejesus hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh and rookie Travis Wood won his
second game for the Cubs.
Sunday
– Marlins 6, Cubs
4 Giancarlo Stanton homered twice and knocked in
four runs as the Marlins avoided the four game sweep at home.
Texas
vs. Minnesota
Friday
– Rangers 4, Twins
3 Justin Grimm pitched
seven shutout innings and Adrian Beltre hit a solo home run in the sixth inning
as Texas took game one.
Saturday
– Twins 7, Rangers
2 Pedro
Hernandez pitched five shutout innings for his first major league win , and Josh Willingham homered as the Twins won game two at home.
Sunday
– Twins 5, Rangers
0 Kevin
Correia pitched eight strong innings and Justin Morneau homered as the Twins
split the 4-game series with Texas.
Colorado
vs. Arizona
Friday
– Rockies 6,
Diamondbacks 3 Troy
Tulowitzki hit a bases-loaded double in the fifth and Juan Nicasio improved to
3-0 as the Rockies won game one in Phoenix.
Saturday
– Diamondbacks 3,
Rockies 2 (10 innings) Arizona improved to 6-0 in extra
innings as they scored the winning run on a lowly sacrifice fly.
Sunday
– Diamondbacks 4,
Rockies 2 Gerardo Parra tripled and scored twice for Arizona
as they won three of four from Colorado at home.
Los
Angeles Angels vs. Seattle
Friday
– Angels 6, Mariners
3 Mark Trumbo and
Hank Conger each hit two-run homers and C.J.Wilson struck out 9 as the Angels won
in Seattle.
Saturday
– Mariners 3,
Angels 2 Felix
Hernandez struck out seven in eight innings, and Kendrys Morales broke the tie
in the seventh with a pinch hit single as the Mariners won game two at home.
Sunday
– Mariners 2,
Angels 1 Jason Bay homered in the seventh to tie the game,
and Mike Morse homered in the eighth to break the tie as Seattle won two of
three against the Angels.
San
Francisco vs. San Diego
Friday
– Padres 2, Giants
1 Andrew Cashner
pitched five shutout innings for his first win as the Padres beat Tim Lincecum
and the Giants.
Saturday
– Padres 8, Giants
7 (12 innings) The Padres scored six runs in the
fourth, but needed 12 innings and a Giants’ error to score the winning run.
Sunday
– Padres 6, Giants
4 Chase Headley,
Nick Hundley, and Alexi Amarista homered for the Padres off Ryan Vogelsong as
they swept the Giants at home.
Record
Watch: Doug Fister of the Detroit Tigers has hit seven
batters in his first 8 starts this season, putting him on pace to hit 31
batters, only 10 shy of the all-time record of 41 set by John McGinnity in
1903. The closest anyone has come since
was Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs who hit 21 batters in 2000.
A.L.
MVP Watch: Chris Davis, OF/1B, Baltimore. Sunday went 2-5 with 3 RBI, including his
A.L. leading 9th home run and 28th RBI.
N.L.
MVP Watch: Bryce Harper, OF, Washington. Went 3-9 over the weekend with his 9th
home run, and is batting .360 this season.
History
– Arizona Diamondbacks Team History
The Diamondbacks
joined the National League in 1998 and became the fastest expansion team to win
a World Series when they beat the New York Yankees in 2001 in seven games. The team retired their first player number in
2010 when they honored outfielder Luis Gonzalez by retiring his number 20. Gonzalez is the team’s all-time leader in
games played, at-bats, hits, runs, doubles, home runs, runs batted in, walks
& slugging percentage. He famously
drove in the game-winning run in game 7 of the 2001 World Series with a bloop single
over the drawn-in infield, and the team keeps the bat he used and the ball he
hit in a case at their stadium for fans to see.
The
Diamondbacks play their home games in downtown Phoenix in a magnificent
ballpark called Chase Field that nets plenty of sunshine and has a pool in
right center field for the fans to enjoy.
It’s a great place to watch a game, and here are a few pictures from when
I toured the stadium a few years ago.
Trivia
– Today’s
Question – Luis Gonzalez also holds the Diamondbacks record for most home runs
hit in one season. How many did he hit?
Friday’s
Yesterday’s Question - Before Albert Pujols of the
Cardinals won the N.L. MVP in 2005, 2008 & 2009, who was the last Cardinals
player to win the award?
Answer
– Willie
McGhee in 1985
Vegas Bet:
Lastly, here’s an actual Las Vegas bet that pays 1:1 - Over/Under 8 strikeouts tonight by Andy Pettitte who faces the Astros.
Yesterday’s Bet: Over/Under
6 strikeouts by Ryan Dempster today
vs. Houston.
Result: Over.
Dempster struck out 10.
Standings
| American League East | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Boston | 18 | 7 | - | W 5 |
| N.Y. Yankees | 15 | 9 | 2½ | W 4 |
| Baltimore | 15 | 10 | 3 | L 1 |
| Tampa Bay | 12 | 13 | 6 | W 2 |
| Toronto | 9 | 17 | 9½ | L 4 |
| American League Central | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Kansas City | 13 | 9 | - | L 1 |
| Detroit | 13 | 10 | ½ | W 3 |
| Minnesota | 11 | 10 | 1½ | W 2 |
| Chi. White Sox | 10 | 14 | 4 | L 2 |
| Cleveland | 9 | 13 | 4 | W 1 |
| American League West | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Texas | 16 | 9 | - | L 2 |
| Oakland | 14 | 12 | 2½ | W 1 |
| Seattle | 11 | 16 | 6 | W 2 |
| L.A. Angels | 9 | 15 | 6½ | L 2 |
| Houston | 7 | 18 | 9 | L 4 |
| National League | ||||
| National League East | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Atlanta | 15 | 9 | - | L 4 |
| Washington | 13 | 12 | 2½ | L 1 |
| Philadelphia | 12 | 14 | 4 | W 3 |
| N.Y. Mets | 10 | 13 | 4½ | L 4 |
| Miami | 6 | 19 | 9½ | W 1 |
| National League Central | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Pittsburgh | 15 | 10 | - | W 2 |
| St. Louis | 14 | 10 | ½ | L 2 |
| Cincinnati | 14 | 12 | 1½ | W 1 |
| Milwaukee | 12 | 11 | 2 | L 1 |
| Chi. Cubs | 9 | 15 | 5½ | L 1 |
| National League West | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Arizona | 15 | 10 | - | W 2 |
| Colorado | 15 | 10 | - | L 2 |
| San Francisco | 13 | 12 | 2 | L 5 |
| L.A. Dodgers | 12 | 12 | 2½ | W 1 |
| San Diego | 9 | 15 | 5½ | W 4 |
Monday 4/29 Schedule
with probable pitchers in parentheses.
My picks to win are highlighted. Weekend Picks: 7-5 Overall: 194-156
Times EST
My picks to win are highlighted. Weekend Picks: 7-5 Overall: 194-156
Times EST
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