Pirates down Phillies 2-1 in 12 innings (AP)

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With each late inning, Pittsburgh put the potential winning run in scoring position. In the ninth, 10th and 11th, a Philadelphia reliever walked a Pirates batter, only to strand him at second or third when Pittsburgh couldn’t come up with a clutch hit. Jose Tabata almost legged out a weak grounder to third with two [...]

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Brauns pinch HR in 9th lifts Brewers (AP)

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Ryan Braun has accomplished a lot in his young career. But he had never hit a pinch-hit home run. Until Friday night. Braun was nursing a sore left shoulder before being used as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning wwith the Brewers down by a run. Braun delivered a two-run homer off Leo Nunez (0-2) [...]

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ChiSox win season-high fourth straight (AP)

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Carlos Quentin hit a three-run homer and Brent Lillibridge added a solo shot to help the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 6-4 on Friday night. The White Sox ended a nine-game losing steak against the Tigers and won four straight games for the first time this season. Chicago, which trailed the Cleveland Indians [...]

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Twins Pavano pitches CG for 100th win (AP)

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Carl Pavano earned his 100th career victory and Michael Cuddyer homered as the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 Friday night. Pavano (3-5), who was 0-3 with a 5.28 ERA in six May starts, won for the first time since April 24. He held the Royals to two runs and eight hits in [...]

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Berkman, Pujols HRs help Cards beat Cubs (AP)

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Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer, Albert Pujols had a two-run shot and Jaime Garcia bounced back from the worst outing of his career to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. Garcia (6-1) allowed a run and four hits over eight innings, improving to 4-0 [...]

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Game 57 Overflow Thread

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Game 57 Overflow Thread

Blake Wood is weirdly unstoppable.

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Houston Astros at San Diego Padres, Jun 3, 2011
9:05 PM CDT

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Current Series

Astros lead the series 1-0

Thu 06/02 WP: Bud Norris (3 - 4)
SV: Mark Melancon
LP: Tim Stauffer (1 - 4)
7 - 4 win

Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes
@ San Diego Padres Gaslamp Ball

Friday, Jun 3, 2011, 9:05 PM CDT
Petco Park

J.A. Happ vs Dustin Moseley

Mostly clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 65.

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Sat 06/04 7:35 PM CDT Sun 06/05 5:35 PM CDT

J.A. Happ

#30 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

Height: 6-6

Weight: 200

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Oct 19, 1982

Dustin Moseley

#26 / Pitcher / San Diego Padres

Height: 6-4

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Dec 26, 1981

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Braves Do Big Damage To The Mets Bullpen In A 6-3
Win.

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Big Damage watches his ninth inning home run off of Francisco Rodriguez that gave the Braves a 4-3 lead.

It took until the eighth inning, but the Braves bats finally woke up, scoring four runs off the Mets beleaguered bullpen en route to a 6-3 win.

Up until that eighth inning, lefty Jon Niese had kept the Braves in check, working in and out of trouble while pitching with a 3-1 lead.

The Braves started the scoring in the second inning, as Freddie Freeman led off the inning with a single. Alex Gonzalez followed with a one-out double that advanced Freeman to third. Joe Mather grounded to short and beat the throw to first,and it was enough to score Freeman and give the Braves a 1-0 lead.

Atlanta had a chance to put up a crooked number, but Derek Lowe's bunt wasn't close enough to the first base line, allowing Niese to get Gonzalez out at the plate. Jordan Schafer grounded out to end the inning.

The rest after the jump.

The Mets broke into the scoring column in the fourth inning with a little help from the third base umpire. Jose Reyes led off the inning by hitting a ball into the right center field gap off Derek Lowe. Schafer got the throw in to Dan Uggla, who threw a rocket to Chipper Jones at third. Replays showed that Reyes was out on the tag from Chipper but was called safe on the play.

Carlos Beltran singled to right two batters later, scoring Reyes and tying the game at 1. A walk to Jason Bay and back-to-back singles from Daniel Murphy and Angel Pagan scored Beltran and Bay, giving the Mets a 3-1 one lead.

In the top of the fifth inning, a scary play happened involving Schafer. Schafer turned to bunt a Jon Niese pitch, and the ball deflected off his bat into his face. He immediately fell to the ground in pain. Schafer left the game, and was replaced by Eric Hinske. Schafer was taken to the hospital for x-rays on the area between his lips and nose.

The Braves bats finally got going in the eighth inning, as Chipper Jones hit a towering shot into the club level of Citi Field off Niese to start the inning and cut the deficit to 3-2. Mets media on twitter said that they have never seen a ball hit to that area in the ballpark before. Typical Larry Wayne Jones in New York.

Niese got the next two outs, but was replaced by the elderly Jason Isringhausen, who struggled. He immediately walked Dan Uggla, and allowed Uggla to advance to second base by throwing a wild pitch. Reyes paid the Braves back for the missed call at third by whiffing on a grounder from Gonzalez. Uggla came around from second to score, tying the game at 3.

After a scoreless seventh inning from Scott Linebrink in the seventh inning in relief of Derek Lowe, Jonny Venters was typically dominant with a scoreless eighth.

Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez came in to pinch the ninth, and was not sharp. Eric "Big Damage" Hinske lived up to his awesome nickname yet again, and hit a one-out home run to right field, just clearing the fence. The teenage Met fan who caught the ball immediately returned to his seat and started crying. There was no word whether he thought he had reached over the wall to grab the ball or he just realized how awful it is to be a Mets fan.

The Braves weren't done scoring after Hinske's homer gave them a 4-3 lead. Martin Prado doubled, and then the Mets decided to intentionally walk Brian McCann to get to the scalding hot Freddie Freeman. Freeman continued his torrid hitting at the plate, doubling into left field, scoring Prado and McCann to give Atlanta a 6-3 lead. For the game, Freeman went 3-5 with two doubles and two rbi's.

Craig Kimbrel slammed the door in the bottom of the ninth inning, earning his 17th save on the season. That 17th save gave Kimbrel the National League rookie record for saves before the all-star break.

Derek Lowe threw six innings of decent ball, giving up seven hits and three runs while striking out one and walking one.

WP:

Jonny Venters (4-0)

LP:

Francisco Rodriguez (1-2)

Save

Craig Kimbrel (17)

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Jair Jurrjens faces Dillon Gee in game two of the series tomorrow night.

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BoSox rally, end 4-game losing streak (AP)

Carl Crawford blooped a go-ahead, two-run single to center field in the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox ended a four-game losing streak with an 8-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. Boston rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the first and were trailing 6-5 when lefty Brian Fuentes came in to [...]

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Rolens 2-run hit gets Reds past Dodgers (AP)

Scott Rolen hit a two-run single with two out in the fifth inning, sending Bronson Arroyo and the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. Arroyo (4-5) allowed one run and five hits in six innings, enough for his first win in seven starts since a 9-5 victory [...]

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