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Baseball Musings
May 31, 2008
What I Missed

Yesterday was pretty much the first day of the season I didn't pay attention to what was going on during the games. Here's what I missed.

The Chicago Cubs came back from an 8-0 deficit to defeat the Rockies 10-9. The ball was flying out of Wrigley as the two teams combined for seven home runs.

Chipper Jones went 0 for 5 to reduce his batting average to .409. Jay Bruce went 4 for 5 to raise his batting average to .571. The Braves lost another one-run game on the road as the Reds took the game 3-2.

The Phillies offensive machine is in full gear as they pounded the Marlins 12-3. Florida scored all their runs in the top of the first, but the lead was gone quickly as the Phillies scored seven in the second. Utley retakes the ML lead in home runs with his 18th of the season. More importantly, Philadelphia takes over first place in the NL East.

The Red Sox took 13 innings to defeat Baltimore 5-2. The Orioles left the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th. The Orioles struck out 17 times in the game, 10 against Beckett in the first six innings.

Baltimore falls to last place in the AL East as the Yankees take down the Twins. Mike Mussina and a Shelly Duncan error led to a 4-1 Twins lead after one, but the Yankees fought back to take the game 6-5. Bobby Abreu hit two triples. and scored four runs. Matsui went 3 for 4 with two RBI as he continues to be the hottest hitter on the team.

The Boston and New York wins allowed them to keep pace with the Rays, who took another tight game at Tropicana Field. They defeated the White Sox 2-1 on a walk-off home run by Cliff Floyd. That's the Rays sixth win at home this year in which they scored two runs or less.

The Royals lost a close one 5-4 to extend their losing streak to 12 games. They blow an early four-run lead as Cleveland gains on Chicago.

The Rangers pick up ground on both Oakland and LAnaheim as they get a well pitched game from Kevin Millwood and win 3-1. The Angels lose to Toronto as Overbay hits two home runs, and now four games separate the top three teams in the AL West.

The Giants turned a triple play, but lose to the Padres 7-3 in the second 13 inning game of the night. The Giant fail to gain more ground on the Diamondbacks, who lose their fifth game in a row. They fall to Washington 7-4 as Micah Owings gives up six runs.

The Dodgers do gain as they hang a 9-5 loss on the Mets. Kershaw pitches poorly for Los Angeles, but the bullpen, led by Chan-Ho Park allows one run the rest of the way and the Dodgers score five in the 8th to win it.

In the Central, St. Louis keeps pace with Chicago as they withstand a three run rally by Pittsburgh in the ninth to take a 5-4 win, and the Brewers heart was beating strong as Fielder, Cameron and Braun homer in a 5-1 win over the Astros.

And so they don't feel left out, the Mariners wasted two Adrian Beltre home runs as they fell to the Tigers 7-4. Carlos Silva allows seven runs in the first inning and his ERA is now 6.00. Nice move by Bavasi there.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:08 AM | Baseball | TrackBack (0)
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Phillies offense -- electrifying! Brett Myers -- awesome after the first inning. Go Phillies.

Posted by: Mark B at May 31, 2008 04:24 PM
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