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The Astros won. -James McDonald and his pretty good 3.1 BB/9 walked seven in five innings. –The Astros used five relievers to get ten outs. The Athletics lost. -Omar Quintanilla home run. –Wei-Yin Chen struck out 12 in just 5.2 … Continue reading →

Jon Lester came into the day with a 4.80 ERA and having a generally lousy season. -Brett Lawrie hit the first pitch he threw out of the park. –Lester would turn in the worst start of his career, giving up … Continue reading →

The Giants had three times as many hits as the Braves. -Atlanta still won, because their three hits were a triple and two homers. –They are the ninth team this year to have no singles or doubles in a game, … Continue reading →

The first place Pirates head into the Break winners of 10 of their last 12. -They easily won an AJ Burnett-Tim Lincecum matchup today. Even weirder, that’s totally predictable this year. –Lincecum is 3-10, Burnett is 10-2. —Timmy has a … Continue reading →

Kip Wells pitched 7 shutout innings against the Rockies. -In Coors. –Two years ago, Kip Wells gave up 12 earned runs (4.00 ERA) and walked 15 guys in 27 innings for the Long Island Ducks. —That has to be rock … Continue reading →

Ernesto Frieri allowed a hit. -That’s just the fourth hit he’s allowed in 22 innings since joining the Angels. Hector Noesi was 2-2. -And Seattle only managed five hits total. Jeremy Guthrie has now thrown 6.1 scoreless innings since losing … Continue reading →

Jose Molina homered off Stephen Strasburg. The Mariners scored ten runs. -And lost. –First time a Seattle team lost a game in which they scored double digit runs since July 2008. —Arizona becomes just the third team this season to … Continue reading →

The Mets swept have won three in a row against the Cardinals. -The Cardinals scored one run in three games. –It was in the 8th inning of the third game. —The Mets are still percentage points behind Washington, but they … Continue reading →

The Orioles took a 3-0 lead on Stephen Strasburg, looking to sweep the Nats. -The Nats tied it after Strasburg and Espinosa got on and Bryce Harper tripled them in. –The Nats would go ahead in the fourth on back … Continue reading →

Kevin Millwood gave up one run on three hits over seven innings. -This was just the third start in which Millwood has given up fewer than four runs. –This one was against the Yankees. The other two were against Toronto … Continue reading →