Bays slam lifts Mets over Marlins 5-1 (Yahoo!
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MIAMI (AP) — Jason Bay hit his fifth career grand slam in the Mets’ five-run first inning and New York earned a three-game series sweep over the Miami Marlins with a 5-1 win on Sunday.

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Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros, Sep 2, 2012
1:05 PM CDT

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3 game series vs Reds @ Minute Maid Park

Cincinnati Reds Red Reporter
@ Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes

Friday, Aug 31, 2012, 7:05 PM CDT
Minute Maid Park

Mike Leake vs Fernando Abad

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.

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Sat 09/01 6:05 PM CDTSun 09/02 1:05 PM CDT

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Sad Day For The Braves Blogosphere

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Sad Day For The Braves Blogosphere

The original Braves blogger, Mac Thomason, has passed away after a three-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. He'll always be remembered as the first and best Braves blogger, and he will be missed.

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Nationals scratch RF Werth from lineup (Yahoo!
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Right fielder Jayson Werth has been scratched from the Washington Nationals’ lineup.

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Orioles Tillman leaves with right elbow stiffness
(Yahoo! Sports)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Chris Tillman has left the Baltimore Orioles’ game against the New York Yankees after three innings because of elbow stiffness.

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Game CXXXIII Open Thread - The Twins of Minnesota
Versus The Royals of Kansas City

post from Royals Review on 02 September 2012 02:01:28 PM. © Royals Review

Esmerling Vasquez.. That's the pitcher from the margins that the Twins are trotting out today to make his first Major League start. After having spent the last three seasons pitching mostly ineffectively out of the pen in Arizona, the 28-year-old was miraculously turned into a serviceable Triple-AAA starter in Rochester. I'm sure his advanced years and Major League experience had nothing to do with that.

Regardless, Vasquez will surely embarrass the Royals today, likely resulting in the Twins' 11th win against the Royals. That is 11 of what would be 56 at the end of the day, or 19.6% of their win total coming against the Royals.

Luis Mendoza--Esmerling Vasquez without the K-rate--will take the mound for the Royals. This will be a bloodbath. A WAR, if you will.

American League Wild Card Standings

W L PCT GB STRKOakland7557.5680Won 2Baltimore7359.5532Lost 1Tampa Bay7261.5413.5Lost 2Detroit7161.5374Won 2Los Angeles7162.5334.5Won 5Seattle6470.47712Lost 2Boston6272.46214Lost 5Toronto6072.45415Lost 1Kansas City5973.44616Lost 2Cleveland5677.42119.5Won 1Minnesota5578.41320.5Won 2

(updated 9.2.2012 at 12:36 PM CDT)

Two-and-a-half good weeks.

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Rangers Profar homers in first at-bat (Yahoo!
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Jurickson Profar has homered in his first career at-bat for the Texas Rangers.

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AWFUL ALERT Johnny Bench 2001 Upper Deck Legends
The Fiorentino Collection

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Johnny Bench 2001 Upper Deck Legends – ‘The Fiorentino Collection’ Look, Johnny Bench is a favorite at ’30-YOC’. I collect his cards. I love his team. And I firmly believe that he is the greatest catcher of the last 60 … Continue reading →

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Sunday Pebble Report: Tyler Matzek And Joe
Gardner Turn In Strong Outings For Rockies Affiliates

post from Purple Row on 02 September 2012 01:01:08 PM. © Purple Row

A+ Modesto: L 3-2 (73-65, t-1st)
Good Tyler Matzek was on the mound last night for Modesto, as he worked six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks while punching out seven. However, the bullpen was unable to get him a win, as Geoff Parker gave up a couple of runs in the seventh and Chad Rose allowed a walk-off homer.

Jared Clark accounted for all of the Nuts' offense with a two-run home run in the first inning, his 24th of the season. Brett Tanos had two of the team's four hits.

AA Tulsa: W 6-2 (73-64, 2nd, 3.5 GB)
Joe Gardner was at it again on Saturday, pitching seven scoreless innings without giving up a walk, lowering his season ERA to 3.97. He allowed six hits, struck out three, and induced 10 groundouts compared to just five flyouts.

Corey Dickerson hit his 13th Double-A homer, and his 22nd overall. Mike Zuanich, Kiel Roling, and Lars Davis also homered, while Nolan Arenado went 3-for-5 with a couple of runs scored.

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AAA Colorado Springs: W 10-9 (74-68, 2nd, 5 GB)
Despite their pitching staff allowing 18 hits, the Sky Sox were able to escape last night's game with a victory thanks to 12 of their own hits. Charlie Culberson led the charge with four knocks, while Wilkin Castillo had three and Matt McBride and Brendan Harris had two apiece. McBride also hit his 40th double of the season.

Edgmer Escalona continued a solid season in AA, as he pitched a scoreless fourth inning to lower his ERA to 2.93. Dan Merklinger, who started the game, tossed three scoreless innings as well. Coty Woods had another rough outing, allowing five hits and three runs without retiring a batter. He'll have the chance to work out the kinks during Arizona Fall League play.

A Asheville: L 2-1 (86-52, 1st)
Alex Gillingham came up on the wrong side of a pitchers' duel in Hagerstown on Saturday, as he took the loss despite only allowing one run on four hits in seven innings. He struck out two, walked two, and maintained a 10-to-3 GO/FO ratio.

The Tourists had only five hits, but one of them was Trevor Story's 43rd two-bagger of 2012. Ryan Casteel also doubled, as well as walked twice and drove in Asheville's lone run.

A- (SS) Tri-City: L 7-6 (32-44, 3rd, 5 GB)
The Dust Devils dropped a 13-inning marathon, which featured 31 combined hits, to Salem-Keizer. A whole host of Tri-City players had two hits in the game, most notably Rosell Herrera and Francisco Sosa. Everyone in the lineup had at least one hit except for Miguel De Leon, who went 0-for-7 with five strikeouts.

Chris Dennis (2 IP, H, 4 K) and Trent Blank (3 IP, 2 H, 3 K) stood out on the mound for the Dust Devils in a game in which most of the other pitchers had a rough go of things.

RK Grand Junction: L 12-3 (39-32, 2nd, 1.5 GB)
Matthew Carasiti had an interesting day on the mound, as he allowed 11 runs on 10 hits in 2.2 innings. However, only six runs were earned, largely due to the fact that the GJ Rockies committed seven errors - four of which were charged to Ashley Graeter, and three of which were made by Juan Ciriaco.

Chris Cowell led the offense with four hits, while Correlle Prime had two, including a home run - his first of the season.

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Game 134; New York Mets @ Miami Marlins, Game
Thread and Ichthyomancy

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Mets lead the series 2-0

Fri 08/31 0 - 3 lossSat 09/01 3 - 5 loss

New York Mets Amazin' Avenue
@ Miami Marlins Fish Stripes

Sunday, Sep 2, 2012, 1:10 PM EDT
Marlins Park

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Get out the broom breakers, because the Miami Marlins are trying to bust up a sweep.

After being one strike call away from finishing off a 3-2 victory, the Marlins took yet another heartbreaking ninth-inning loss, 5-3 to the New York Mets. This afternoon, the rubber game comes with Mark Buehrle on the mound trying to bust up the sweep versus Chris Young of the Mets.

Pitching Matchup

Proj Win%Proj ERAFIPERAMarlinsMetsERAFIPProj ERAProj Win%------4.143.62BuehrleYoung4.644.65------

No more projected ERA, as at this stage, ZiPS has only a few starts left for each pitcher, and at that micro level, the numbers get a little wonky. Last time Buehrle pitched, the Marlins won and he had a solid yet unspectacular start that luckily did not feature a home run. The last time Chris Young pitched against the Marlins, he allowed three home runs, including two big ones to Giancarlo Stanton. The Marlins are hoping for more of the same results from both pitchers.

Lineup

OrderPlayerProj wOBA vs. RHP1 Bryan Petersen.3162Justin Ruggiano.3243Jose Reyes.3404Giancarlo Stanton.3795Carlos Lee.3246Greg Dobbs.2867Donovan Solano.2758Rob Brantly---

GIANCARLO STANTON IS BATTING CLEANUP!

Manager Ozzie Guillen finally did the right thing and returned Stanton to the top of the lineup, and all is suddenly right with the world.

Notes

- I will be here for the early part of the game, but my girlfriend will be coming into town to visit for Labor Day weekend, so I will be checking out early. I also won't be on the game thread for tomorrow's afternoon Labor Day showdown versus the Milwaukee Brewers, sadly.

Bold Prediction: Marlins def. Mets 5-2