Category: MLB

Yankees bat in top, Dodgers in bottom.
Let’s start Top 1st, 1-zip Dodgers and Lyle Overbay blasts a home run to right field and that ties the game at 1. Bottom 2nd, 1-1 and Juan Uribe smacks a 426 foot homer to left and the Dodgers are up 2-1. Bottom 9th, 2-2, 2 outs, full count and Mark Ellis hits a single to center field, Andre Eithier scores and that wins the game, 3-2 is your final.

INTERLEAGUE

YANKEES 2 5   0
DODGERS 3 10 0

NYY (55-51) LAD (57-48)

NYY: Overbay: 1-4 HR (12), 2 RBI
LAD: Puig: 1-4, 2B, R, (.370 BA)

PROBABLE PITCHERS

Wainwright (STL)—–Locke (PIT)

161 2/3                    IP       121 1/3

2.51                        ERA       2.15

145-18                  K-BB       88-57

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Cardinals at Pirates Wed, 7 ET, on ESPN/WatchESPN

Adam Wainwright (13-6) vs Jeff Locke (9-3)

My Pick: Cardinals

Rays bat in top of inning, Red Sox bat in bottom

Let’s start bottom 4th, 1-0 Rays and David Price strikes out Dustin Pedroia. Bottom 5th now, 2-0 Rays and Price strikes out Johnny Gomes. Price had 8 strikeouts total. Bottom 8th, 2-1, runners on 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs and Brandon Snyder flies out to the left fielder and the LF guns it to home and the man on 3rd is out and that ends the inning but it looks like he was safe but hey! Umpire’s call! Bottom 9th, same score Fernando Rodney closing for the Rays, he strikes out Mike Napoli to end the inning, Rays win 2-1!

TB    2 9 0
BOS 1 5 0

Rays (63-43) Red Sox (63-44)

Key Players

(TB) Longoria 2-5 2B, 3 K
(BOS) Ortiz       1-3 2B

Pitching

W:(TB) Price (6-5) 7 1/3 IP, ER, 8 KL:(BOS) Doubront (7-5) 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 K
S:(TB) Rodney (26)

Cardinals bat in top, Pirates bat in bottom

Let’s start, 1-0 Pirates and Pedro Alvarez jacks a 3-run shot to right and the Pirates are up 4-zip. Top 2nd, Same Score and Francisco Liriano strikes out Allen Craig. Top 4th now, and Liriano strikes out Yadier Molina! Liriano had 8 K’s on the day. Bottom 7th, 6-1 Pirates and Clint Barmes blasts a double to deep center field, 2 runs score, that puts the Pirates up 8-1, they would go on to win 9-2.

STL 2 7 0
PIT 9 9 0

CARDINALS (62-41) PIRATES (62-42)

(STL) Holliday      2-4 R
(STL) Molina         0-3(PIT) Alvarez        1-4 HR (27), 3 RBI
(PIT) McCutchen 2-5 RBI, 2 R

Pitching

W:(PIT) Liriano (11-4) 7  IP, ER, 8 KL: (STL) Westbrook (7-5) 5 IP, 4 ER, 2 K

Cardinals: Season-high 4-game losing streak
Pirates; Francisco Liriano: 4-1, 2.06 ERA in July

Rays bat in top of inning, Yankees bat in bottom.

Let’s start Bottom 1st, 0-0, First pitch Jeter sees in his return, he swings at it and blasts it to right and the Yankees are up 1-0! Top 3rd, 3-1 Yankees and Wil Myers hits a 3-run homer to left, 421 feet and the Rays are up 4-3! Bottom 9th, 5-5 and Alfonso Soriano singles to right, that knocks in the game winning run to win the game 6-5.

TB     5 10 0
NYY 6 12 0

RAYS (62-43) YANKEES (55-50)

Key Players

(TB) Longoria  2-5 R
(TB) Myers        2-4 2 HR (7), 4 RBI
(NYY) Jeter      2-4 HR (1), 2 R
(NYY) Soriano 4-5 HR (1), 3 RBI

Pitching

W:(NYY) Rivera (2-2) IP, 0 R, 0 KL:(TB) McGee ((2-3) 1 1/3 IP, ER, 2 K

Red Sox bat in top, Orioles bat in bottom

Let’s start Top 4th, 2 on, 2 outRed Sox, 1-0 Red Sox and Stephen Drew blasts a 3-run home-run to right and the Red Sox are up 4-zip. Okay, Top 7th now, 7-2 Red Sox, 3-0 count and Jairo Asencio pitches what looks to be a ball so Ortiz steps out of the box, throws his bat and walks to 1st base because it’s a walk which is completly  normal. But  then Umpire Tim Timmons calls it a strike so it’s 3 balls, 1 strike. 1 strike later the count is 3-2 and Ortiz strikes out swinging and then Ortiz starts hacking his bat at the telephone box, the telephone box gets jacked up and Ortiz is ejected! Red Sox go on to win 7-3.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RED SOX 7 10 0
ORIOLES 3 9    0

BOS (62-43) BAL (58-47)

BOS: Drew: 3-4, HR (7), 5 RBI

BOS: Ortiz: 0-2, 2 BB (ejected in 7th)

Rangers bat in top of inning, Indians bat in bottom

Let’s start top 8th, 8-6 Indians and Ian Kinsler singles to right and brings in not 1 but 2 runs so we are tied at 8! We would go to extra-innings, bottom 11th 8-8 and Ryan Raburn slams a 3-run, walk-off homer to left and the Indians win it 11-8.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RANGERS 8   14 3
INDIANS   11 18 2

TEX (56-47) CLE (54-48)

TEX: Kinsler: 2-5, 4 RBI

CLE: Raburn: 2-6, HR (11), 3 RBI

Reds bat in top of inning, Dodgers bat in bottom

Reds outfielder Xavier Paul played 3 seasons with the Dodgers (2009-11) he is up now, Top 1st, 0-0 and Paul blasts a homer to right and the Reds are up 1-0! Top 6th, 2-1 cinci and Jay Bruce hits a 2-run shot to center and the Reds are up 4-1! Bottom 9th, 2 outs, 5-2 Reds and Aroldis Chapman gets Carl Crawford to line out to left to end the game. Reds win 5-2.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

REDS          5 10 1
DODGERS 2 9   0

CIN (59-44) LAD(53-48)

CIN: Latos: W (10-3), 7 2/3 IP, ER, BB, 4 K

LAD: Greinke: L (8-3), 7 IP, 4 ER, BB, 4 K

Rays bat in top of inning, Red Sox bat in bottom

Let’s start Bottom 3rd, 3-0 Rays David Price throwing his 2nd pitch of the at bat and he gets Jarrod Saltalamacchia to ground out! Bottom 4th, same score ball hit short, the shortstop tosses it behind his back using his glove and then the 2nd baseman catches it barehanded and guns it to first for the 6-4-3 DP. Top 8th, 3-1 Rays and James Loney hits an RBI single to right and that puts the Rays up 4-1! Bottom 9th, 2 outs, 5-1 Rays David Price going for the complete game… and he gets Ortiz to line out to short and the Rays win 5-1.

Stats are of bottom 7th… sorry I couldn’t find anyother stat sheet

Box Score (as of bottom 7th, 0 out)

TB   3 6 0
BOS 0 4 1

Records (prior to game)

Rays 59-42 Red Sox 61-41

Key Players (as of bottom 7th, o out)

(TB) Longoria 1-4 R
(BOS) Ortiz      1-2

Pitching (as of bottom 7th, out)

Rays

Price: 6 IP, 0 BB, 3 K

Red Sox

Beato (7th) 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 K

Dodgers will bat in top of inning, Blue Jays bat in bottom.

Dodgers were down 8-3, they have cut the lead to 8-6 in the top of the 8th and Adrian Gonzalez blasts a 3-run shot to center and the Dodgers are up 9-8! Okay, bottom 9th, 2 outs, Dodgers up 10-8 and J.P. Arencibia blasts a RBI single to left and the  Blue Jays cut the lead to 1! Next batter, Brett Lawrie and he hits the ball far, could it be a walk-off homer? no! he pops out and just like that the Dodgers win 10-9.

INTERLEAGUE

DODGERS   10 13 2
BLUE JAYS 9   15 0

LAD (52-47) TOR (45-54)

LAD: Gonzalez:2-4, HR (15), 3 RBI

LAD: Puig: 2-3, 2 R, SB