Category: MLB

Tigers bat in top of inning

Blue Jays bat in bottom

Justin Verlander pitching for the Tigers on Thursday.  Let’s start bottom 1st, 2-0 Tigers and Verlander strikes out Edwin Encarnacion! Bottom 2nd, same score and Verlander gets Adam Lind to strike out! Bottom 6th, 7-0 Tigers now and Verlander gets Jose Bautista with the breaking ball! Same inning same score, Adam Lind batting and the 1-6-3 DP for the Tigers to end the inning, Tigers go on to win 11-1.

DET 11 16 0

TOR 1    6   1

Tigers are now  46-38

Blue Jays are now 41-44

Key Players

(DET) Jackson 4-5 HR (5), 4 R
(DET) Fielder   2-5 2 RBI
(TOR) Reyes     1-3

Pitching

W: Verlander (9-5) 7 IP, 0 R, 5 K

L: Rogers (3-4) 5 IP, 7 ER, 4 K

Tigers: 9-2 in last 11 games vs Blue Jays

Blue Jays: 3-8 since 11-game win streak

Tigers bat in top of inning

Blue Jaysbat in bottom of inning

Max Scherzer: At least 6 K in all 16 starts this season

Let’s start bottom 1st, 0-0 and Scherzer strikes out Jose Reyes! 2 batters later, Scherzer gets Adam Lind! Next batter, Scherzer gets Colby Rasmus to go down swinging! Scherzer struck out 8 total. Bottom 2nd now, 4-0 Tigers but J.P. ARENCIBA! It’s going, it’s going, it is robbed! Arenciba robbbed by Austin Jackson! Tigers go on to win 6-2! Scherzer gets the win so he now has 13 wins and no losses.

BEST UNBEATEN START TO A SEASON

by a starting pitcher since 1920

Dave McNally   15-0 1969

Johnny Allen    15-0  1937

Roger Clemens  14-0  1986

Max Scherzer     13-0  2013

Ron Guidry          13-0  1978

Giants bat in top of inning go.

Reds bat in bottom

Let’s start top 9th, no outs, Homer Bailey 3 outs (and no hits) away from a no-hitter. 1st batter is Brandon Crawford hits a grounder to Bailey, who tosses it to Joey Votto! 1 down, 2 to go. Next batter, 2 strikes on Tony Abreu…Bailey makes it 3! Abreu goes down swinging so now Bailey is 1 out away. The next batter is Gregor Blanco, and Blanco hits it to Todd Fraizer, who guns it to first and with that the game is over and Homer Bailey throws the first no-no of the 2013 season.

SF    0 0 1

CIN 3 7 0

Giants now 39-44

Reds now 48-36

Key Players

(CIN) Phillips 1-3 HR (12), 2 RBI

(CIN) Votto    1-3 RBI, R

Pitching

W:(CIN) Bailey (5-6) CG,BB,9 K

L:(SF) Lincecum (4-9) 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 8 K

Giants: 1-8 in last 9 games

Reds; Homer  Bailey: 4th active pitcher with multiple no-hitters

Brewers bat in top.

Nats bat in bottom.

Let’s start, bottom 1st, Bryce Harper’s 1st at-bat since being taking off the DL and that ball is going, it’s going, it is GONE! Bryce Harper’s 1st at-bat since being taken off the DL is home run so the nats are up 1-0! Bottom 4th, 6-0 Nationals, 2 on and Jayson Werth! blast that ball to the outfield for a 2RBI single, Werth had 5 RBI’s on the night, Nats go on to win 10-5.

MIL     5    11 2
NATS 10 13 0

Key Players

(MIL) Francisco         2-4 HR(10),2 R

(MIL) Weeks                1-4 HR(9)

(NATS) Harper           1-4 HR(13)

(NATS) Zimmerman 2-4 2 RBI, R

Pitching

W:(NATS) Zimmermann (12-3) 6 IP, 4 ER, 5 K

L:(MIL) Gallardo (6-8) 3 IP, 8 ER, 2 K

Brewers; Yovani Gallardo: 8 ER since start of June (8 ER tonight)

Nationals;Jordan Zimmermann: 1st NL pitcher with 12 wins this season

Phillies bat in top of inning, Dodgers bat in bottom

Let’s start,bottom 5th, 3-0 Dodgers, and Yasiel Puig drops a hit into right field, fielder has trouble fielding it and Puig turns it into a triple. Bottom 7th now, 4-0 Dodgers and Puig hits a double! Puig hit 4-5 in the game!

PHI  1 6   0

LAD 6 14 0

Key Players

(PHI) Rollins   2-4 RBI

(PHI) Howard 0-4 3 K

(LAD) Puig       4-5 2 R,2 SB

(LAD) Kemp    2-4 RBI, 2 R

Pitching

W:(LAD) Fife (3-2) 7 IP, 0 R, 5 K

L:(PHI) Kendrick (7-5) 6 IP, 4 ER, 2 K

Phillies: 5-11 in last 16 road games.

Dodgers; Yasiel Puig: 1st career 4 hit game

DYN?

Yasiel Puig is the 2nd player to debut since 1900 with at least 44 hits in his first 100 career at-bats.

The other was Earle Combs in 1925

Brewers bat in top of inning, Pirates bat in bottom.

Let’s start 0-0, bottom 2nd and Pedro Alvarez blasts a solo homer into the Allegheny River (he actually did!) and the Pirates are up 1-0. Bottom 4th, same score and Garrett Jones blasts a solo shot into the shrubs to pot the Pirates up 2-0.

The Pirates ended up winning 2-1.

DYN?

Pirates are 1st team to 50 wins

They haven’t been 1st to 50 wins since 1960

In 20 seasons since last making the playoffs, the Pirates on average, needed 113 games to reach 50 wins.

113th game this season is August 7

Tigers bat in top of inning, Rays bat in bottom

Lets start, 0-0, top 1st, 1 on for the Tigers and Miguel Cabrera hits it deep to left and it’s gone! Tigers up 2-0. Top 4th, same score and Cabrera solo shot to left, his 24th homer of the year. Bottom 4th, 4-1 Tigers now and Max Scherzer pitching for the Tigers, Scherzer is 11-0 this year and he strikes out Kelly Johnson! Bottom 5th, same score and Scherzer strikes out James Loney. Scherzer gets the win and improves to 12 wins and no losses. Tigers end up winning 6-3.

DET 6 8 0
TB    3 5 0

Key Players

(DET) Cabrera 4-4 2 HR(24), 3 RBI

(DET) Fielder   2-3 HR (13), 2 RBI

(TB) Myers        2-4 HR (3), 2 R

(TB) Zobrist      1-4 HR (5)

Pitchers

W:(DET) Scherzer (12-0) 7 IP, 3 ER, 9 K

L:(TB) Colome (1-1) 6 IP, 4 ER, 2 K

S:(DET) Benoit (5)

Tigers; Max Scherzer: 6+ K in all 16 starts this season

Rays; Evan Longoria: : Left game in 2nd (foot)

Let’s start 0-0, bottom 2nd, red sox batting, 2 0n, no out and Daniel Nava hits a hard ball of the green monster and drives in some runs! Same inning, 4-0 Sox now and Jacoby Ellsbury hits a grounder into the outfield for a RBI single! 5-0 Redsox still bottom 2nd and Dustin Pedroia homers over the green monster to make it 7-0 Sox! 7-2 Red Sox, top 8th, Jon Lester pitching and Lester throws a ball but he hurts himself on the follow-through. Bench is in shock. Red Sox do win 7-4 but the question is how long  will Lester be out?

TOR 4 5 0
BOS 7 9 0

Key Players

(TOR) Bautista 0-3 RBI

(TOR) Reyes     0-2 RBI

(BOS) Pedroia  1-3 HR (5), 2 RBI
(BOS) Ortiz        1-3 R

Pitching

W:(BOS) Lester (8-4) 7 IP, 4 ER, 5 K

L:(TOR) Wang (1-1) 1 2/3 IP, 7 ER, 0 K

S:(BOS) Uehara (3)

Blue Jays: 1-3 in last 4 games after a 11-game winning streak.

Red Sox; Jon Lester: Left game in 8th with injury

D-backs bat in top, Nats bat in bottom.

Let’s start, bottom 4th, 1 on for the nats and Ian Desmond homers to left to put the nat’s up 2-0. Top 6th, same score, 1 on for the D-backs and Aaron Hill hits a 2-run homer to left and the game is tied at 2. Top 11th, same score, runners at the corners for the D-backs and Didi Gregorius lays down the bunt man on 3rd comes home but their are 2 out so if Gregoroius gets out at 1st the run does not count. Catcher picks up the ball guns it to first and Gregorius is…SAFE! The run counts so the D-backs are up 3-2, the D-backs keep the Nats off the board in the bottom of the 11th so you’re final is 3-2 D-backs.

ARI     3  10 0

NAT’S 2 8    0

Key Players

(ARI) Hill                       1-5 HR (3), 2 RBI

(NAT’s) Desmond       1-4 HR (13), 2 RBI

(NAT’s) Zimmerman 1-5 2B

Pitching

W:(ARI) Collmenter (4-0) IP,0 R, K

L:(NAT’s) Stammen (4-3) IP, ER, 2 K

S:(ARI) Bell (14)

D-Backs Starter

Corbin: ND, 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 K

Nationals Starter

Strasburg: ND, 7 IP, 2 ER, 4 K

Giants bat in top of inning, Dodgers bat in bottom of inning.

Let’s start, bottom 6th, 2-1 Giants but Andre Ethier singles to right, that drives in a run so we are tied, 2-2. Bottom 6th still, 3-2 Dodgers and Tim Lincecum throws a wild pitch, man on 3rd for the Dodgers steals home and the Dodgers are up 4-2. Same score, top 9th, 2 outs, 2 strikes, strike/out here ends the game and Branden Bell pops out and the Dodgers win 4-2.

National League

GIANTS    2 5    2
DODGERS 4 12 1

SF (38-40) LAD (35-42)

SF: Posey 3-4, HR (10), 2 RBI

LAD: Kershaw: W (6-5), 8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 7 K