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Brewers Stretch Streak To Seven
 

Published 17 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Prince Fielder's three-run homer snapped a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning and the Brewers went on to beat the Padres 5-2 at Petco Park. Mike Cameron also homered as Milwaukee stretched its winning streak to seven games. Jeff Suppan allowed just four hits and two runs in eight innings to post his eighth win. Salomon Torres worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his 23rd save. The Brew Crew moved to within ...

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A's Edge Rays As Gonzalez Gets First Big League Win
 

Published 17 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Bobby Crosby hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Gio Gonzalez pitched five innings for his first major league win as the A's edged the Rays 2-1 at McAfee Coliseum. Gonzalez gave up five hits, four walks ane one run in five frames to even his record at 1-and-1. Three relievers followed to allow just one hit over the final four frames, with Brad Ziegler recording his second save. ...

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Reds Sink Pirates 5-1
 

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Brandon Phillips clubbed a two-run homer and scored twice as the Reds dropped the Pirates 5-1 in the first of a three-game set at PNC Park. Javier Valentin smacked a solo shot and Corey Patterson knocked in two runs as Cincinnati snapped a six-game skid. Edinson Volquez struck out five over six-and-two-thirds innings of five-hit, one-run ball to improve to 14-and-5. Andy LaRoche plated ...

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Eight-Run Seventh Propels Astros Past Giants
 

Published 17 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Darin Erstad singled in the go-ahead runs and Lance Berkman followed with a grand slam in an eight-run seventh inning as the Astros beat the Giants 12-4 at Minute Maid Park. Ty Wigginton and Hunter Pence also homered as Houston reeled off its sixth straight win. Roy Oswalt pitched seven innings of three-run ball to improve to 10-and-8 with the win. Tyler Walker took the loss for San ...

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Indians Edge O's 7-5
 

Published 17 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Asdrubal Cabrera went 3-for-4 with an RBI as the Indians edged the Orioles 7-5 at Progressive Field. Six different players plated a run for Cleveland, which has won five straight, including the first two of a four-game set with Baltimore. Rafael Perez tossed an inning-and-two-thirds of relief to get the win. Jensen Lewis closed it out in the ninth for his second save. Nick Markakis drove in ...

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Vazquez, ChiSox Clobber Royals
 

Published 17 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Javier Vazquez tossed eight shutout innings as the White Sox clobbered the Royals 9-0 in the first of a three-game set at U.S. Cellular Field. Vazquez fanned 10 while allowing just five hits to improve to 9-and-10 on the season. Jermaine Dye went 2-for-4 with a homer, a double and three RBI for the Sox, who have won two of their last three games. Nick Swisher and A.J. Pierzynski also homered ...

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Byrd's Blast Give Rangers Walk-Off Win Over Yankees
 

Published 25 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Marlon Byrd belted a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Rangers a 9-5 win over the Yankees in the first of a four-game series at Rangers Ballpark. Michael Young went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, and David Murphy had two hits and drove in two runs for Texas. Eddie Guardado worked a scoreless top of the ninth to get the win in relief. Damaso Marte took the loss for ...

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Royals Edge Red Sox
 

Published 25 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Alex Gordon homered to back six solid innings from Gil Meche as the Royals held off the Red Sox 4-3 in the first of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Meche gave up two runs in the first inning, but allowed just four hits with nine strikeouts in all for his 10th win of the season. Joakim Soria gave up an RBI infield single to Jason Bay in the ninth, but got Sean Casey to fly out with ...

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Snakes Put Away Pirates Late 13-7
 

Published 25 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Alex Romero snapped a 4-all tie with an RBI single in the fifth inning and the Diamondbacks went on to beat the Pirates 13-7 in the first of a three-game set at Chase Field. Mark Reynolds hit a solo homer in the seventh to extend the Snakes' lead to 7-5 and they added six more in the eighth to put the game away. Reynolds finished 3-for-5 with three RBI and Chris Young had three hits and ...

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Nationals Knock Off Rockies 9-4
 

Published 25 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Willie Harris went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI to help power the Nationals to a 9-4 win over the Rockies at Coors Field. Jose Flores also went 2-for-5 with a home run, and Emilio Bonifacio had three hits, an RBI and scored twice for Washington. Tim Redding gave up a three-spot in the first inning but allowed just one more run in five-plus frames to notch his eighth win. Aaron Cook ...

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Astros Blank Cubs In Rain-Shortened Game At Wrigley
 

Published 25 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Brian Moehler pitched five innings of four-hit, shutout ball as the Astros blanked the Cubs 2-0 in a game plagued by rain and tornado threats at Wrigley Field. The game was delayed twice and was finally called in the bottom of the eighth inning. Carlos Lee singled in a run in the first inning and Humberto Quintero walked with the bases loaded in the fourth to account for the game's only ...

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Giants Double Up Braves 4-2
 

Published 25 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Randy Winn went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored to back a solid outing by Matt Cain as the Giants doubled up the Braves 4-2 at AT&T; Park. Ivan Ochoa added two hits and drove in a run for San Francisco, which has won three of its last four games. Cain scattered five hits and five walks while allowing just one run over six-and-two-thirds innings for his seventh win. Brian Wilson fanned ...

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M's Trump Twins With 10-Run Seventh
 

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Raul Ibanez had a grand slam and a two-run single in a 10-run seventh inning as the Mariners rallied to beat the Twins 11-6 at Safeco Field. Jose Lopez singled to tie the game at six and Jeff Clement sinlged in the go-ahead run as Seattle erased a 6-1 deficit. Roy Corcoran worked a scoreless inning of relief to get the win. Brian Bass took the loss for Minnesota, which fell into a ...

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Angels Blow Lead Before Edging Birds
 

Published 25 days ago by Matt Loede (noreply@blogger.com) at The Game of Baseball

Chone Figgins walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Angels salvaged a 6-5 win over the Orioles in Anaheim. The Halos blew a 5-1 lead as Baltimore scored four times in the top of the ninth off Scot Shields and Francisco Rodriguez before pulling out the win in the bottom half. Vladimir Guerreo went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer for Los Angeles, which built an ...

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Manny Being Manny Finally Got To Be Unacceptable
Manny Being Manny Finally Got To Be Unacceptable

newsboy1956 newsboy1956 posted 29 days ago from thegameofbaseball.blogspot.com

The Game Of Baseball's Jeff Sack contends that Manny Ramirez finally pushed Boston too far.

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Manny Being Manny Finally Got To Be Unacceptable