McKeon calls for more replay after loss (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 06 August 2011 11:55:21 PM. © MLB News Blog

A disputed play involving the first batter of the game left Florida Marlins manager Jack McKeon suggesting Major League Baseball add more instant replay. Rafael Furcal led off with a single — although replays seemed to show the ball was caught — and Albert Pujols homered later in the inning, sending the St.

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Mets 11 Braves 7 August 6, 2011

post from The Mets Report on 06 August 2011 11:37:06 PM. © The Mets Report

The Mets finally snapped their five game losing streak with a game filled with bad pitching and tons of hitting. The Mets have struggled to score runs this past week but finally teed off on Tommy Hanson and George Sherrill with 16 hits, 5 walks, and 4 home runs. They were led by Justin Turner ... Continue Reading

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Verlander wins 16th to tie for MLB lead (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 06 August 2011 11:35:26 PM. © MLB News Blog

Justin Verlander watched helplessly as his first pitch went sailing toward the outfield wall. The Tigers’ ace could see Austin Jackson tracking it from the moment it left Alex Gordon’s bat, but Verlander wasn’t sure the speedy center fielder could get to it. Jackson leaped — and came back down with a 409-foot out.

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CC On His latest Disaster Against the Sox

post from Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog on 06 August 2011 11:01:59 PM. © Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog

From Chad Jennings:

?I can see (being worried) if I hadn?t beat them in the last three years,? Sabathia said. ?But I have. So that gives me confidence to know that I can go out and pitch well against this team.?

The problem with that statement is that this Sox team is better than any team they've run out there "in the last three years", and he has still yet to prove he can beat this team.

?Fastball command wasn?t there. Everybody knows I throw everything off my fastball. It was just cutting and up-and-out and just all over the place. It was a tough day today.?

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?When I?m right, I can get anybody,? Sabathia said. ?It?s just one of those things.?

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?It?s just me not recognizing it early enough and going to other pitches. Maybe use my changeup a little more, maybe use my cutter a little more. In some of those hitters counts, I was just trying to make a pitch with a fastball and it just wasn?t working out for me.?

Sabathia is now 0-4 with a 7.20 ERA against the Sox this season.

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Open Thread 8/6: Braves at Mets #2

post from Talking Chop on 06 August 2011 11:01:54 PM. © Talking Chop

Dear Tommy Hanson,

Throw fewer fastballs, more breaking pitches, and you won't give up as many home runs.

7-5 in the sixth. It's a battle of the bullpens now. I'm ready for a visit from The Proctologist.

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Rangers Beltre to miss 3 more weeks (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 06 August 2011 10:54:22 PM. © MLB News Blog

Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre will miss an additional three weeks after aggravating the strained left hamstring that landed him on the disabled list in late July. The All-Star was rounding first base during a running session Saturday when he came up lame and shut down the workout, slapping his head in frustration.

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Pujols HR helps Carpenter beat Marlins (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 06 August 2011 10:52:26 PM. © MLB News Blog

Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer in the first inning, then Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis bullpen made it stand up Saturday night in a 2-1 win over the Florida Marlins. Carpenter (7-8) gave five hits over 6 2-3 innings as the Cardinals won for the fourth time in five games. Fernando Salas, the [...]

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Fielders 4 RBIs power surging Brewers (AP)

Prince Fielder finished a triple shy of the cycle and drove in four runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers won for the 10th time in 11 games by beating the Houston Astros 7-5 Saturday night. Fielder hit a three-run homer in the first, singled in the third and notched an RBI double in the sixth, giving [...]

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Padres win 13-2 as Pirates skid hits 9 (AP)

Kyle Blanks hit a grand slam and drove in five runs as the San Diego Padres sent the free-falling Pittsburgh Pirates to their ninth straight loss, 13-2 Saturday night. The Pirates were in first place on July 26, but have dropped 11 of 12 while plummeting out of the NL Central lead. Pittsburgh fell nine [...]

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Rockies RHP Nicasio has neck surgery (AP)

Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio underwent neck surgery early Saturday to stabilize a fractured vertebra after being struck in the head by a line drive. Rockies trainer Keith Dugger said neurosurgeon Dr. Peter Witt inserted two screws into the damaged C-1 vertebra and then sought to stabilize the area by putting a small metal plate on [...]

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