White Sox Floyd barely misses no-no

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MLB: White Sox Floyd barely misses no-no
Published 5/7/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
MLB: White Sox Floyd barely misses no-no By a whisker, if you will. Gavin Floyd lost his bid for the 17th no-hitter in franchise history during the White Sox 7-1 victory over the Twins on Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field, when Joe Mauer lined a one-out double to left-center in the ninth, just out of Nick Swisher’s reach. It would have been the team’s first no-hitter since Mark Buehrle did the job against Texas on April 18, 2007. On April 12, Floyd worked 7 1/3 innings against Detroit without giving up a hit before Edgar Renteria’s single to center. On Tuesday, Mike Lamb ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, May 7
Published 5/7/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... YESTERDAY'S BEST: Lost in the noise of inflatable dolls was news that Gavin Floyd nearly no-hit the Twins for the White Sox (mlb.com) . . . Sidney Ponson ...

TDIB 07 May 2008
Published 5/7/2008 by Dave Rutt at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
Well, at least the Jays banged out 10 hits last night - only the third time since April 20th. The team's previously much lauded OBP has fallen from a season high of .370 on April 15 to .332, and they haven't scored more than 5 runs since that 11-3 shellacking of the Orioles on that day 3 weeks ago. I wasn't watching the game last night, but apparently McDonald and Eckstein both got hurt. Scutaro will be the starting shortstop for now, and Jorge Velandia, who's having a career year at AAA could get the call. Manny and Ortiz went back to back last night, as they so often have over the years, and Manny is now only 2 HRs away from the fabled 500 mark. The ...