Cubs get 6 HRs, 21 hits, top fading Bucs (AP)

The Chicago Cubs haven’t had much to celebrate during what has been a miserable season. They sure had a lot of fun Tuesday night. Alfonso Soriano hit two of the Cubs’ season-high six home runs and Chicago used a 21-hit attack to beat the fading Pittsburgh Pirates 11-6 Tuesday night. “It’s like we never really [...]

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Howards 2 HRs, Kendricks gem key Phils (AP)

Kyle Kendrick tossed eight sparkling innings, Ryan Howard homered twice and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Tuesday night. Hunter Pence doubled twice and Shane Victorino and Raul Ibanez each singled and scored a run for the Phillies, who have won five straight. Kendrick (6-5) yielded four hits, struck out a career-high [...]

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Boeschs homer off Adams lifts Tigers (AP)

Brennan Boesch hit a solo home run off Mike Adams amid an eighth-inning rain shower, sending the Detroit Tigers to a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. Adams (0-1) was making his debut for the Rangers after coming over from San Diego just before the trade deadline. He got the first out [...]

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Teixeira homers from 2 sides for record (AP)

New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira set a major league record when he homered from both sides of the plate against the Chicago White Sox. Tuesday night’s performance marked the 12th time the switch-hitting Teixeira has homered from both sides in the same game, breaking a tie with Eddie Murray and Chili Davis, who [...]

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Stow witness dies from peanut allergy

Stow remains in critical condition at a SF hospital.One of the men who was hanging out with Bryan Stow on the day he was beaten to a pulp has died.

According to the L.A. Times, 26-year old Matthew Lee ate a salad that contained nuts on Sunday and died just hours later.

It's a major setback in the case, but the D.A.'s office says they have all the physical evidence they need to support their case and put the two thugs charged in the case -- Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood -- behind bars.

Lee was with Stow and a couple of other friends down at Dodger Stadium on Opening Night, March 31 -- a game that was televised on ESPN and where a plane was rented that flew a banner over the ballpark that read, "SF Giants 2010 Champs."

According to The Times, Norwood and Sanchez (who were decked out in Dodgers gear) approached Stow and his buddies as they were leaving the game and started pushing and shoving them. The Santa Clara paramedic and his friends walked away, only to be accosted and assaulted minutes later outside the stadium, according to court documents filed on Monday.

The court docs go on to say that Stow looked at Norwood, then Sanchez punched Stow in the side of the face.

Stow's friends, who are paramedics, describe that Stow immediately lost consciousness and fell sideways to the ground without breaking his fall," the DA said in the document. "When Stow's head hit the ground, witnesses heard his head impact the concrete and saw it bounce. Defendant Sanchez then kicked the unconscious Stow several times in the head. Defendant Norwood also approached Stow and kicked him.''

Norwood then stood over Stow's body and screamed, "Who else wants to fight?"

During a search of Norwood's home, police recovered a Bushmaster AR-15 carbine rifle and four other weapons. Norwood told the cops that he was holding the guns for Sanchez because his buddy couldn;t keep the guns at his parents' house, where he was living. Authorities -- who monitored Sanchez's conversations in jail -- say he claimed responsibility for the guns.

According to the D.A.'s office, Sanchez and Norwood have both been charged with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, battery with serious bodily injury, and simple mayhem -- all felonies. Sanchez has also been charged with two misdemeanor counts of battery after tormenting other Giants fans at Dodger Stadium earlier in the day.

Arraignment is scheduled for August 10.

The Stow case keeps getting weirder and weirder as the days and weeks go by. I hope for Bryan's sake -- and now Matthew Lee's -- that the jerks responsible for all of this are put away for a long, long time.

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Koji Uehara Link

Was sent this pretty good link on Koji Uehara the other day. I still want to say something about the trades, but I wanted to get this link out there. Go read it, you'll probably like it. :)

Thanks to Bill Chuck for sending me that.

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Big Inning Dooms Wandy, Astros Lose 5-1

Amidst all of the constant trade rumors throughout last week, Wandy Rodriguez remained an Astro. I was very pleased with his start tonight... until the fifth inning. Wandy was dealing through the first four frames, but he quickly unraveled after that, and the Reds made him pay. 

Edgar Renteria's grand slam proved to be the difference, and we couldn't get anything going against Homer Bailey. The local product from La Grange threw eight solid innings, and no one could record a multi-hit performance.

Luis Durango's first major league hit was a RBI single in the fifth, and Jimmy Paredes also singled in his first at-bat tonight.

Carlos Lee's lack of hustle prevented a run in the eighth, but what else is new?

Unfortunately we could see a lot of games like this in the near future with our weak lineup, but there's always a silver lining. Right?

Jarred Cosart threw a gem in his debut with Corpus Christi tonight (6 scoreless innings, 2 hits, 4 strikeouts), and Jonathan Singleton is batting .500 through two games so far with Lancaster. Small samples aside, this immediate return looks promising.

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Cubs get 6 HRs, 23 hits, top fading Bucs (AP)

Alfonso Soriano hit two of the Cubs’ season-high six home runs and the Cubs had a season-best 23 hits in an 11-6 victory over the fading Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Soriano hit solo shots in the third inning off Kevin Correia (12-9) and the fourth off Anthony Watson. Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run homer, [...]

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Marlins 4 Mets 3 August 2, 2011

The Mets went into the ninth inning leading 3-2 and lost the game on a Justin Turner throwing error for their fourth straight loss. The SNY crew is doing their best to pretend that these games have some meaning in the wild card race but we know better watching the Mets lose game after game. ... Continue Reading

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Ramirez sprains shoulder in Marlins win (AP)

Rookie second baseman Justin Turner committed a crucial throwing error in the ninth inning, allowing the Florida Marlins to score two runs and rally past the New York Mets 4-3 on Tuesday night. Omar Infante hit a pair of solo shots for Florida, giving him three homers this season, but star shortstop Hanley Ramirez left [...]

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