Here’s
what’s happening in baseball:
Weekend
Games 5/17 – 5/19
Tampa
Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles
Friday
– Rays 12, Orioles
10 – Kelly Johnson went 3-5 with a homer and five RBI,
and Yunel Escobar had three hits and three RBI
as the Rays outslugged the Orioles in Baltimore.
Saturday
– Rays 10, Orioles
6 – Matt
Joyce homered, had five RBI, and hit a go-ahead two-run double as the Rays
shocked the Orioles with six runs in the ninth for the dramatic road win.
Sunday
– Rays 3, Orioles
1 - Matt
Moore (8-0) remained unbeaten with a solid performance in Baltimore as allowed
five hits and just one run in seven innings and the Rays swept the Orioles in
Baltimore. Moore is the game's first 8-game winner and has helped Tampa Bay win 8 of their last 10 games.
New York Mets at Chicago Cubs
Friday
– Mets 3, Cubs 2 –
Met
pitcher Matt Harvey improved to 5-0 by allowing five hits into the eighth
inning, and he singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth for the win
in Chicago.
Saturday
– Cubs 8, Mets 2 –
Scott
Feldman silenced the Mets with shutout ball into the seventh and Anthony Rizzo
had two hits including his tenth homer as the Cubs won at home.
Sunday
– Mets 4, Cubs 3 –
Juan
Lagares hit a game-tying two-run home run in the seventh (his first in the big
leagues) and Daniel Murphy belted a solo shot in the eighth as the Mets rallied
for a road win and series win in Chicago.
Cincinnati
Reds at Philadelphia Phillies
Friday
– Phillies 5, Reds
3 – Cliff
Lee struck out seven in seven innings and Dominic Brown drove in the go-ahead
run in the bottom of the eighth as the Phillies snapped the Reds six-game
winning streak.
Saturday
– Reds 10,
Phillies 0 – Bronson Arroyo pitched shutout ball into
the eighth and Joey Votto had four hits and four RBI, as the Reds shutout the
Phillies in Philadelphia.
Sunday
– Phillies 3,
Reds 2 – Freddie Galvis and Eric Kratz each homered in the
bottom of the ninth inning off Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman for a startling
win that also gave Philadelphia the series win.
Houston
Astros at Pittsburgh Pirates
Friday
– Pirates 5,
Astros 4 – The Pirates prevailed in the bottom of
the ninth when Houston infielders muffed a Russell Martin popup allowing the
winning run to score. It’s been that
kind of year for the Astros.
Saturday
– Astros 4,
Pirates 2 (11 innings) – Juan Castro doubled and scored the
go-ahead run in the top of the 11th inning as the Astros won just their 12th
game of the year.
Sunday
– Pirates 1,
Astros 0 – Jeff Locke (4-1) allowed just three hits
in seven innings and Pedro Alvarez’s eighth home run in the sixth provided all
the scoring necessary as the Pirates won the series 2-1.
Seattle
Mariners at Cleveland Indians
Friday
– Indians 6,
Mariners 3 (10 innings) – Jason Kipnis hit a game-winning
three-run home run in the bottom of the tenth as Cleveland walked off a winner
at home in dramatic fashion.
Saturday
– Indians 5,
Mariners 4 – Mark Reynolds hit his 12th home
run Cleveland blew a two-run ninth inning lead, but Jason Kipnis scored the
winning run in the bottom half of the inning as the Indians walked off winners
in 16 of their last 20 games.
Sunday
– Indians 6,
Mariners 0 – Justin Masterson struck out 11 in seven
innings and Michael Brantley went 2-4 with a home run as the Indians beat Felix
Hernandez for their third straight against Seattle. The series finale is tonight in Cleveland.
Toronto
Blue Jays at New York Yankees
Friday
– Yankees 5, Blue
Jays 0 – Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight shutout innings, allowing
just two hits for his sixth win as the Yankees won at home.
Saturday
– Yankees 7, Blue
Jays 2 – Robinson Cano hit two home runs and had four RBI and
David Phelps struck out eight in seven innings as the Yankees won at home and
swept the rain-shortened two-game series.
Sunday
– Postponed due
to rain
Arizona
Diamondbacks at Miami Marlins
Friday
– Diamondbacks 9,
Marlins 2 – Paul Goldschmidt hit home runs 11 & 12
among his four hits as he drove in four runs and Trevor Cahill pitched eight
innings of one-run ball as Arizona won in Miami.
Saturday
– Diamondbacks 1,
Marlins 0 – Gerard Parra hit a first inning home run
and Brandon McCarthy made it stand up by throwing a complete game three-hit
shutout in Miami.
Sunday
– Marlins 2,
Diamondbacks 1 – Ricky Nolasco struck out 11 in eight
innings for Miami as they won for just the 12th time this year,
snapping their seven game losing streak.
Los
Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves
Friday
– Braves 8,
Dodgers 5 – Justin Upton broke the game open with
his ML-leading 14th home run, a monster grand slam blast as he drove
in five total runs to lead the Braves at home.
Saturday
– Braves 3,
Dodgers 1 – Evan Gattis hit a go-ahead two-run home
run in the top of the eighth inning and Andrelton Simmons followed with a blast
of his own as the Braves beat the Dodgers again at home.
Sunday
– Braves 5,
Dodgers 2 – Atlanta scored four runs in the bottom
of the eighth to stun the Dodgers and complete the three-game home sweep.
Milwaukee
Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals
Friday
– Cardinals 7,
Brewers 6 – David Freese hit a grand slam home run
in the first inning, his first of the year, and the Cardinals held on to win at
home.
Saturday
– Brewers 6,
Cardinals 4 (11 innings) – Jeff Bianchi singled in two runs in
the top of the 11th inning for Milwaukee as they nudged the
Cardinals in St. Louis.
Sunday
– Cardinals 4,
Brewers 2 – David Freese, Allen Craig and John Jay
each had two hits as the Cardinals scored all four runs in the fourth inning
for the home series win.
San
Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies
Friday
– Rockies 10,
Giants 9 – Jordan Pacheco hit his first grand slam
home run in the fifth and Carlos Gonzalez added an insurance home run on the
sixth as the Rockies won at home.
Saturday
– Rockies 10,
Giants 2 – Colorado scored ten runs for the second
day in a row as Wilin Rosario hit a three-run home run and Troy Tulowitzki had
four hits as the Rockies roughed up Tim Lincecum for six runs in five innings.
Sunday
– Rockies 5,
Giants 0 – Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki each
knocked in two runs and Juan Nicasio surrendered three hits in six innings as
Colorado won the four game series 3-1.
Washington
Nationals at San Diego Padres
Friday
– Nationals 6,
Padres 5 (10 innings) – The Padres tied the game with two
runs in the bottom of the ninth only to lose it in the top of the tenth on
pinch-hitter Chad Tracy’s home run. Adam
LaRoche hit two homers earlier in the game for the Nationals.
Saturday
– Padres 2,
Nationals 1 – Eric Stults improved to 3-0 and Everth
Cabrera single home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth as the Padres
halted Washington starter Jordan Zimmerman’s attempt to become baseball’s first
eight-game winner.
Sunday
– Padres 13,
Nationals 4 – Yonder Alonso went 3-4 with a homer and
two RBI and Andrew Cashner pitched into the seventh for his third win as the
Padres won the series 2-1.
Detroit
Tigers at Texas Rangers
Friday
– Tigers 2,
Rangers 1 – Miguel Cabrera went 3-4 including
doubling in the go-ahead run in the fifth as the Tigers won in Texas.
Saturday
– Rangers 7,
Tigers 2 – Elvis Andrus had five hits and the
Rangers scored six times in the first three innings as they roughed up Detroit
starter Anibal Sanchez who didn’t make it out of the third.
Sunday
– Rangers 11,
Tigers 8 – Texas spoiled a three-homer night by
Miguel Cabrera as David Murphy David Murphy’s three-run home run in the sixth
gave the Rangers the lead for good and lifted them to a series win.
Boston
Red Sox at Minnesota Twins
Friday
– Red Sox 3, Twins
2 (10 innings) – David Ortiz had three hits and an RBI
and Johnny Gomes hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the tenth to lift Boston in
Minnesota. Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz
struck out nine in seven innings but settled for the no-decision.
Saturday
– Red Sox 12,
Twins 5 – David Ortiz went 3-4 with two home runs and six RBI
as Boston routed the Twins in Minnesota.
Sunday
– Red Sox 5, Twins
1 – John
Lackey allowed one hit through six innings before a three hour rain delay
halted play, and Will Middlebrooks and Dustin Pedroia homered as the Red Sox
swept the Twins in Minneapolis.
Chicago
White Sox at Los Angeles Angels
Friday
– White Sox 3,
Angels 0 – Chicago starter Chris Sale dominated the
Angels for the second time in five days by striking out 12 in just under eight
innings for his fifth win while extending his scoreless streak to 23 innings.
Saturday
– Angels 12, White
Sox 9 – Alberto Callaspo went 2-3 with a homer and five RBI
and the Angels finally won a game started by Joe Blanton (0-7) who gave up 11
hits and four runs in just over four innings.
Sunday
– Angels 6, White
Sox 2 – Jason Vargas pitched seven scoreless innings and
Howie Kendrick & Eric Aybar hit two-run doubles as the Angels won the game
and split the four game home series.
Kansas
City Royals at Oakland Athletics
Friday
– Athletics 2,
Royals 1 – Josh Donaldson’s home run in the bottom
of the seventh tied the game and Adam Rosales’ home run in the bottom of the
eighth won it for the A’s in Oakland.
Saturday
– Athletics 2,
Royals 1 – The A’s won by the same score as Friday
night thanks to clutch pitching by Tommy Millone who labored through six
innings, allowing just one run before handing it over to the Oakland bullpen
who pitched three no-hit innings for the home win.
Sunday
– Athletics 4,
Royals 3 – Yoenis Cespedes hit his eighth home run,
a solo shot in the eighth as the A’s won another close game to sweep the home
series against Kansas City.
A.L.
MVP Watch: Miguel Cabrera, 3B, Detroit. Cabrera went 8-12 over the weekend with three
HRs, six RBI and five runs scored and is on pace to hit .382 with 42 HRs, 181
RBI and 131 runs scored.
N.L.
MVP Watch: Paul
Goldschmidt, 1B, Arizona. Goldschmidt
went 6-13 over the weekend with two home runs, four RBI, and four runs scored
and is on pace to hit .333 with 44 HRs and 128 RBI.
Record
Watch: The Miami
Marlins are averaging 2.71 runs scored per game, which equates to 439 total
runs in the season. Only one team since
1972 (the 1981 Blue Jays) have averaged less runs, but they should eclipse all-time record for least runs scored which is
380 set by in 1909 by the Washington Senators
History: 1908 World Series
Winner
– Chicago Cubs 4-1 against the Detroit Tigers
In a rematch of
the 1907 World Series won by the Cubs, Chicago won would win again for their
second consecutive World Series title, besting Ty Cobb and the Tigers in five
games. This would be the last World
Series the Cubs would win, a drought that’s lasted 105 years and counting. The series was rather anticlimactic with the
Cubs outhitting the Tigers 48-33 and outscoring them 24-15, while the Tigers committed
nine errors. Hall-of-Famers in the
series included for Chicago pitcher Mordecai “three-Finger” Brown, first baseman
Frank Chance, second baseman Johnny Evers, and shortstop and manager Joe Tinker,
and for Detroit outfielders Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford.
Trivia
- Today’s Question: Ty Cobb played 23
seasons in major league baseball and hit over .300 for his last 22, a record
that surely won’t be broken. How many
MVP awards did Cobb win in his career?
Yesterday’s
Question: What exactly is Tommy John surgery and why is it
named this?
Answer: It’s a surgical graft
procedure in which the ulnar collateral ligament from the medial elbow is
replaced with a tendon from somewhere else in the body. Major League pitcher Tommy John was the first
to undergo the procedure and it became wildly, thus it’s named after him.
Vegas
Bet: Lastly, here’s
an actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book: Over/Under 2 runs scored by the Miami Marlins tonight against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Weekend Bet: Over/Under 5 runs allowed by Angel’s starter Joe Blanton (0-7, 6.47 ERA) against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.
Result: Under. Blanton allowed four runs in just over four
innings.
Standings
| American League | ||||
| American League East | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| N.Y. Yankees | 27 | 16 | - | W 2 |
| Boston | 27 | 17 | ½ | W 5 |
| Baltimore | 23 | 20 | 4 | L 5 |
| Tampa Bay | 23 | 20 | 4 | W 3 |
| Toronto | 17 | 26 | 10 | L 2 |
| American League Central | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Cleveland | 25 | 17 | - | W 4 |
| Detroit | 23 | 19 | 2 | L 2 |
| Kansas City | 20 | 20 | 4 | L 3 |
| Chi. White Sox | 19 | 23 | 6 | L 2 |
| Minnesota | 18 | 22 | 6 | L 5 |
| American League West | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Texas | 29 | 15 | - | W 2 |
| Oakland | 23 | 22 | 6½ | W 3 |
| Seattle | 20 | 24 | 9 | L 3 |
| L.A. Angels | 17 | 27 | 12 | W 2 |
| Houston | 12 | 32 | 17 | L 1 |
| National League | ||||
| National League East | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Atlanta | 25 | 18 | - | W 3 |
| Washington | 23 | 21 | 2½ | L 2 |
| Philadelphia | 21 | 23 | 4½ | W 1 |
| N.Y. Mets | 17 | 24 | 7 | W 1 |
| Miami | 12 | 32 | 13½ | W 1 |
| National League Central | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| St. Louis | 28 | 15 | - | W 1 |
| Cincinnati | 26 | 18 | 2½ | L 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 26 | 18 | 2½ | W 1 |
| Chi. Cubs | 18 | 25 | 10 | L 1 |
| Milwaukee | 17 | 25 | 10½ | L 1 |
| National League West | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Arizona | 25 | 19 | - | L 1 |
| Colorado | 24 | 20 | 1 | W 3 |
| San Francisco | 24 | 20 | 1 | L 3 |
| San Diego | 20 | 23 | 4½ | W 2 |
| L.A. Dodgers | 17 | 25 | 7 | L 3 |
Monday’s
Schedule 5/20 with probable pitchers in
parentheses. My picks to win are
highlighted. Yesterday’s Picks: 3-6 Overall: 282-220
| 12:05 PM | Seattle | Iwakuma (4-1) | @ | Cleveland | Kazmir (2-2) |
| 1:07 PM | Tampa Bay | TBD | @ | Toronto | Morrow (1-2) |
| 7:05 PM | N.Y. Yankees | Sabathia | @ | Baltimore | Garcia (0-1) |
| 7:10 PM | Minnesota | Correia (4-3) | @ | Atlanta | Teheran (2-1) |
| 7:10 PM | Philadelphia | Hamels (1-5) | @ | Miami | Sanabia (2-5) |
| 7:10 PM | Cincinnati | Leake (2-2) | @ | N.Y. Mets | Marcum (0-3) |
| 8:05 PM | Oakland | Colon (3-2) | @ | Texas | Ogando (3-2) |
| 8:10 PM | Boston | Lester (5-0) | @ | Chi. White Sox | Axelrod (0-3) |
| 8:10 PM | L.A. Dodgers | Kershaw (4-2) | @ | Milwaukee | Gallardo (3-2) |
| 8:10 PM | Kansas City | Guthrie (5-1) | @ | Houston | Harrell (3-4) |
| 8:40 PM | Arizona | Corbin (6-0) | @ | Colorado | Garland (3-3) |
| 10:10 PM | St. Louis | Miller (5-2) | @ | San Diego | Marquis (4-2) |
| 10:15 PM | Washington | Detwiler (2-3) | @ | San Francisco | Vogelsong (1-3) |
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