MLB Sunday August 15, 2010

[huh?]

Saturday, August 14, 2010
RESULT	WIN	LOSS	SAVE	ATT.
Chicago Cubs 3, at St. Louis 2	Zambrano (4-6)	Carpenter (13-4)	Marmol (20)	46,313
at San Francisco 3, San Diego 2	Casilla (4-2)	Stauffer (3-2)		42,293
at Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 3	Sonnanstine (3-1)	Matusz (4-12)		36,189
Detroit 3, at Chicago White Sox 2	Coke (7-2)	Putz (5-4)		36,548
Seattle 9, at Cleveland 3	Vargas (9-5)	Talbot (8-10)		25,980
at Houston 3, Pittsburgh 2	Norris (5-7)	Maholm (7-11)	Lyon (4)	31,608
Arizona 9, at Washington 2	Kennedy (7-9)	Marquis (0-5)		22,400
NY Yankees 8, at Kansas City 3	Hughes (14-5)	O'Sullivan (1-4)		34,206
at Minnesota 2, Oakland 0	Duensing (6-1)	Cahill (12-5)		40,830
LA Dodgers 2, at Atlanta 1	Lilly (6-8)	Lowe (11-10)	Kuo (4)	49,267
at Cincinnati 5, Florida 4	Leake (8-4)	West (0-2)	Cordero (31)	37,445
Philadelphia 4, at NY Mets 0	Halladay (15-8)	Misch (0-1)		39,151
Boston 3, at Texas 1	Lester (13-7)	Lewis (9-9)	Doubront (1)	48,030
Milwaukee 5, at Colorado 4	Axford (7-1)	Street (2-4)		45,264
at LA Angels 7, Toronto 2	Santana (12-8)	Cecil (9-6)		42,059

Sunday, August 15, 2010
TEAMS	TIME (ET)	NAT TV	RESOURCES	PITCHERS
Seattle at Cleveland	1:05 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Hernandez vs Masterson
Florida at Cincinnati	1:10 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Sanchez vs Bailey
LA Dodgers at Atlanta	1:35 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Padilla vs Minor
Arizona at Washington	1:35 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Enright vs Strasburg
Baltimore at Tampa Bay	1:40 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Arrieta vs Hellickson
Detroit at Chicago White Sox	2:05 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Galarraga vs Garcia
Pittsburgh at Houston	2:05 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Karstens vs Happ
NY Yankees at Kansas City	2:10 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Burnett vs Bannister
Oakland at Minnesota	2:10 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Mazzaro vs Slowey
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis	2:15 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Dempster vs Lohse
Boston at Texas	3:05 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Matsuzaka vs Wilson
Milwaukee at Colorado	3:10 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Parra vs Jimenez
Toronto at LA Angels	3:35 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Romero vs Haren
San Diego at San Francisco	4:05 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	LeBlanc vs Lincecum
Philadelphia at NY Mets	8:05 PM		Tickets | Travel | Stadium	Kendrick vs Pelfrey

[huh?]

American League
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10
NY Yankees	72	44	.621	-	37-20	35-24	617	474	+143	Won 1	6-4
Tampa Bay	70	46	.603	2	35-24	35-22	578	447	+131	Won 1	3-7
Boston	67	51	.568	6	34-23	33-28	607	535	+72	Won 1	6-4
Toronto	61	55	.526	11	31-24	30-31	544	508	+36	Lost 1	6-4
Baltimore	41	76	.350	31.5	24-34	17-42	436	617	-181	Lost 1	7-3
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10
Minnesota	67	50	.573	-	35-20	32-30	577	471	+106	Won 3	8-2
Chicago Sox	65	52	.556	2	35-23	30-29	535	477	+58	Lost 1	4-6
Detroit	56	60	.483	10.5	38-24	18-36	495	543	-48	Won 1	3-7
Kansas City	48	69	.410	19	24-31	24-38	481	612	-131	Lost 1	2-8
Cleveland	48	69	.410	19	25-33	23-36	470	571	-101	Lost 2	3-7
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10
Texas	66	49	.574	-	38-23	28-26	573	475	+98	Lost 1	5-5
LA Angels	60	58	.508	7.5	33-26	27-32	531	543	-12	Won 1	6-4
Oakland	57	58	.496	9	34-24	23-34	465	448	+17	Lost 2	4-6
Seattle	46	71	.393	21	29-32	17-39	382	500	-118	Won 2	6-4
National League
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10
Atlanta	67	49	.578	-	40-16	27-33	522	434	+88	Lost 1	7-3
Philadelphia	65	51	.560	2	38-20	27-31	549	489	+60	Won 1	7-3
NY Mets	58	58	.500	9	36-21	22-37	476	462	+14	Lost 1	5-5
Florida	57	58	.496	9.5	29-30	28-28	517	507	+10	Lost 2	4-6
Washington	50	67	.427	17.5	30-27	20-40	472	543	-71	Lost 1	3-7
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10
St. Louis	65	50	.565	-	39-19	26-31	529	434	+95	Lost 1	6-4
Cincinnati	66	51	.564	-	35-26	31-25	574	491	+83	Won 2	6-4
Milwaukee	55	63	.466	11.5	28-31	27-32	559	633	-74	Won 1	5-5
Houston	50	65	.435	15	29-31	21-34	445	554	-109	Won 2	4-6
Chicago Cubs	49	68	.419	17	27-32	22-36	498	575	-77	Won 1	3-7
Pittsburgh	39	77	.336	26.5	26-30	13-47	399	624	-225	Lost 6	2-8
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10
San Diego	68	47	.591	-	36-22	32-25	500	393	+107	Lost 1	6-4
San Francisco	67	51	.568	2.5	37-22	30-29	516	432	+84	Won 1	5-5
Colorado	60	56	.517	8.5	37-20	23-36	552	512	+40	Lost 1	5-5
LA Dodgers	60	57	.513	9	36-24	24-33	515	504	+11	Won 1	5-5
Arizona	47	71	.398	22.5	28-32	19-39	537	643	-106	Won 1	7-3

[cardsfan111]

I continue to be impressed by Cincinnati, despite their poor showing last week against St. Louis, One would think they would have been slightly demoralized, but instead they've responded with back-to-back victories including one against the Marlins' best pitcher.

[Canadian Bacon]

Originally Posted by cardsfan111

I continue to be impressed by Cincinnati, despite their poor showing last week against St. Louis, One would think they would have been slightly demoralized, but instead they've responded with back-to-back victories including one against the Marlins' best pitcher.

I really thought the Reds would fall off the map in the 2nd half
Gotta give Dusty Baker credit where it's due that said the Cards will win the central

[starman9000]

Great outing by Duensing last night.

[NORML54601]

Atlanta has 8 runs so far. That's like a week's worth for them.

[starman9000]

Nice job by Kevin Slowey, strikes out the side in the 5th after an error put a runner on second to start the inning.

[cardsfan111]

Kyle Lohse is going to be the one contract the Cards regret having on their books for the next couple of years. The Cubs knocked him all over Busch Stadium this afternoon. Oh well, 1st place was fun while it lasted.

The only positive note thus far is Pujols hitting a first inning home run. That's 10 straight 30+ HR seasons to begin his career. He's 4 away from 400 for his career.

[wirefan]

Yankees facing a pitcher for the first time, and once again they make him look Cy Young. Always a good approach when you never faced a guy before to swing early in counts and not take pitches to see what they have. And in the 7th inning, they make Brian Bullington throw 7 pitches... good to see them stick with their approach as it's been so successful thus far. At 81 pitches through 7innings, he may only be able to go 10 innings if the Yankees somehow tie this up - which doesn't seem likely as they have more errors than hits.

It's amazing how the Yankees tend to get up for big pitchers and try to grind out AB's and work counts, yet against a guy they never see before they'll typically just swing at the first pitch that's remotely close as if they expect to just hammer the guy and don't feel the need to get a good pitch or get in a good count.

[wirefan]

Oakland being no hit thru 7 innings by Kevin Slowey?

EDIT: And he's apparently being pulled after 7 innings and 106 pitches.

[cardsfan111]

Originally Posted by wirefan

Yankees facing a pitcher for the first time, and once again they make him look Cy Young. Always a good approach when you never faced a guy before to swing early in counts and not take pitches to see what they have. And in the 7th inning, they make Brian Bullington throw 7 pitches... good to see them stick with their approach as it's been so successful thus far. At 81 pitches through 7innings, he may only be able to go 10 innings if the Yankees somehow tie this up - which doesn't seem likely as they have more errors than hits.

It's amazing how the Yankees tend to get up for big pitchers and try to grind out AB's and work counts, yet against a guy they never see before they'll typically just swing at the first pitch that's remotely close as if they expect to just hammer the guy and don't feel the need to get a good pitch or get in a good count.

Won't deny anything you're saying, but will have to add that it'd be neat to see Bullington get his first major league win if he can finish it off. He's an Indiana guy (born and schooled there) and was the #1 overall draft pick in 2002. When the Pirates drafted him, there must have been visions of him throwing a major league shutout. Just not for another team 8 years later.

Edit: Looks like Soria coming in for the 9th inning save.

[davidh777]

Originally Posted by cardsfan111

Kyle Lohse is going to be the one contract the Cards regret having on their books for the next couple of years. The Cubs knocked him all over Busch Stadium this afternoon. Oh well, 1st place was fun while it lasted.

The only positive note thus far is Pujols hitting a first inning home run. That's 10 straight 30+ HR seasons to begin his career. He's 4 away from 400 for his career.

Glad to have the early lead, but it's far from over...

[twikoff]

Originally Posted by NORML54601

Atlanta has 8 runs so far. That's like a week's worth for them.

13 total, woot!

[starman9000]

Thanks White Sox bullpen.

Nice win for the Twins again, Thome with a beautiful 3 run shot on a 2 out, 3-0 count with the bases loaded.

[davidh777]

Originally Posted by davidh777

Glad to have the early lead, but it's far from over...

Case in point: trailing 9-2, Cards get a HR and load the bases to start the bottom of the 9th. RP comes in and gets a K on a full count then walks in a Ron on four pitches. 9-4, bases still loaded, and a new picher coming in.

[Goat3001]

Originally Posted by wirefan

Yankees facing a pitcher for the first time, and once again they make him look Cy Young. Always a good approach when you never faced a guy before to swing early in counts and not take pitches to see what they have. And in the 7th inning, they make Brian Bullington throw 7 pitches... good to see them stick with their approach as it's been so successful thus far. At 81 pitches through 7innings, he may only be able to go 10 innings if the Yankees somehow tie this up - which doesn't seem likely as they have more errors than hits.

It's amazing how the Yankees tend to get up for big pitchers and try to grind out AB's and work counts, yet against a guy they never see before they'll typically just swing at the first pitch that's remotely close as if they expect to just hammer the guy and don't feel the need to get a good pitch or get in a good count.

Yeah it's unbelievable. Teams should call up their best AAA player for one game during every series against the Yankees. It would be a ballsy move but it would work the majority of the time.

At least it was another positive start from
AJ.

[NORML54601]

Huston Street just cannot catch a break the last couple of days

[slymer]

Padres take an important series from the Giants today 8 - 2. Lincecum got roughed up.

[bunkaroo]

I had the misfortune of being at the White Sox game today. So Garcia certainly seems on his way down in effectiveness and now Putz is shaky with Jenks out.

So now we go back to hoping the Twins lose, since the best we can do this coming week is tie for the lead (like that's going to happen).

It was a nice June and July I guess.

[anxi80]

Originally Posted by slymer

Padres take an important series from the Giants today 8 - 2. Lincecum got roughed up.

Pretty much, and things don't get any easier for the Giants as they face the possibility of sharing the wild card lead with the Phillies pending the results of tonights game. They then travel to Philadelphia and also to St. Louis, and come home to face Cincinnati. Padres travel to Chicago and Milwaukee so hopefully they get to build on that lead.

I also wouldn't be asking Jonathan Sanchez for lotto numbers or which horse to round out a trifecta at Golden Gate Fields. Perhaps when he said the Giants win 3 from the Padres he was talking about the entire season.

[asianxcore]

Originally Posted by slymer

Padres take an important series from the Giants today 8 - 2. Lincecum got roughed up.

Lincecum has been getting roughed up lately. He continues to acknowledge that something is wrong with his mechanics and delivery, but everything has been yielding the same results.

Zito has been looking like the better pitcher lately.

Lincecum is still a good pitcher, but looking a lot less like "The Freak"

It's frustrating being a Giants fan.

[cardsfan111]

Originally Posted by cardsfan111

Kyle Lohse is going to be the one contract the Cards regret having on their books for the next couple of years. The Cubs knocked him all over Busch Stadium this afternoon. Oh well, 1st place was fun while it lasted.

The only positive note thus far is Pujols hitting a first inning home run. That's 10 straight 30+ HR seasons to begin his career. He's 4 away from 400 for his career.

Originally Posted by davidh777

Glad to have the early lead, but it's far from over...

Yep. The Cards tried to make it interesting but still fell short.

Another positive note was the first major league home run from Steven Hill, the catcher called up from AA when Jason LaRue got hurt in the brawl last week. He hit it in the 9th, but then grounded out to end the game when another home run could have won it...the bum.

[Funkpie]

Must give props to the Reds the last three days. Wow. Beat Josh Johnson solidly. Cards, tough time again, though they show'd some fight to come back tonight, but just short. This is a fun division fight to watch down the stretch.

Really looking forward to how the Reds do out west.

[PopcornTreeCt]

Rays only one game out, again.

[cardsfan111]

Interesting article from ESPN's Outside the Lines who kept track of all close plays in MLB over a time period and determined that umpires missed 20% of those calls.

Link

Lots of quotes from various Hall of Famers on their thoughts. Some good insight as long as you ignore this "gem" from former ump Doug Harvey:

"If you're going to do that, why don't we just get robots and let them play the game?" he said. "If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ball players?"

No wonder Harvey earned the nickname "God" while he was on the field. Apparently he thinks folks showed up to watch him or something.