Moustakas RBI single in 10th sends KC over Chisox
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CHICAGO (AP) — The White Sox haven’t been able to solve the Kansas City Royals lately. Now, the AL Central leaders have to figure out a way to slow a dangerous division opponent.

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Fish Cap: Miami Marlins 8, Washington Nationals 0

Source: FanGraphs

Attendance: 24,396

Hero Of The Game: Ricky Nolasco (.183 WPA)

Goat Of The Game: Jose Reyes (-0.74 WPA)

Play Of The Game: With two runners on a two outs in the top of the second inning, Ricky Nolasco hit a two-RBI double to give the Marlins a 3-0 lead. (.184 WPA)

Ricky Nolasco pitched the fourth shutout and ninth complete game of his career on Sunday afternoon in Washington D.C., as the Marlins defeated Edwin Jackson and the Nationals 8-0 to win the series.

With two outs in the second inning, Greg Dobbs and Donovan Solano both singled off of Jackson. Rob Brantly followed with an RBI single, and Ricky Nolasco hit a ball to center field that Bryce Harper didn't field cleanly because of the sun and brought in two more runs, making it 3-0.

Offensively, Miami struck again in the fourth. Donovan Solano led off the inning with a walk, and after advancing to third on a ground ball and a ball in the air, Bryan Petersen singled to drive him in. Justin Ruggiano then doubled, which allowed Petersen to score and increased the Marlins' lead to 5-0.

Nolasco continued to dominate the Nationals' lineup, and Miami crossed the plate once again in the fifth. Giancarlo Stanton and Greg Dobbs both singled in between a ground out, and Stanton scored on a Donovan Solano sacrifice fly that pushed the Marlins' lead to six runs.

Edwin Jackson was taken out of the game after the Solano sac fly, as he gave up six runs over 4 2/3 innings while walking and striking out a pair.

Giancarlo Stanton crushed a Christian Garcia pitch in the top of the seventh for his 33rd home run of the season, giving the Marlins a seven run lead heading into the bottom of the frame.

Carlos Lee added an RBI single off of Michael Gonzalez in the eighth, which gave the Marlins an eight run lead that Ricky Nolasco was able to hold on to.

Nolasco, in his nine innings, gave up four hits and no runs while walking a batter and striking out six. Sunday was the second time that Nolasco has shut out the first place Nationals.

Miami will look to continue to play well as they head to Philadelphia to play a three game series against the Phillies that begins on Monday night.

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Craig hits RBI single in 10th, Cards beat Brewers
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Allen Craig hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.

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Royals, Holland Barely Hold 10th-inning Lead,
Take Game, Series from Pale Hoes

If a team falls in the woods and no one is watching to hear it, does it still happen?

Pitchers dueled. Hitters flailed. Royals struck out with shocking frequency. Scoring threats were fewer and farther between than one might have imagined in one's wildest run-starving fantasies.

Jeremy Guthrie was particularly efficacious, working with a spirit of expedition that simultaneously made both FedEx and Meriwether Lewis salivate in a most Pavlovian manner. His efforts toward the end of advancing the game along were supported in large part by the arms manning the corner outfield positions, with swift and precise strikes at home (Alex Gordon) in the first and third (Jeff Francoeur) in the seventh and another coming when Jeff Francoeur caught the biggest douchebag in baseball between first and second as he rounded too late after admiring a double that he admired for just a few seconds too long after assuming it was "gawn."

When Guthrie's day was complete, he had finished eight innings, striking out four, walking none, and allowing six hits while yielding zero runs earned or otherwise. Only the aforementioned single that turned into an out on the basepaths and an Alejandro de Aza first-inning double were particularly hard-hit with Guthrie otherwise inducing almost entirely weak contact.

The game was scoreless heading into the top of the ninth when Jeff Francoeur stretched a single to the gap into a double by way of aggressive base-running that strangely didn't lead to a second out. Eric Hosmer flew out to center field, failing to advance the runner and becoming the second out of the inning. Jesse Crain was brought in to face the right-handed Johnny Giavotella and couldn't find the strike zone, issuing a four-pitch walk to the diminutive New Orleanian. This brought Friday night's hero to the plate, Lorenzo Cain. Hitting from behind the shadow of Comiskey The Sequel's upper reaches, Cain fouled off pitches attempting to find a pitch he could do something with before striking out in the Royals' most palpable squandered scoring opportunity.

Tim Collins would take to the mound in the ninth inning and, much like Jesse Crain in the half-inning prior, was unable to find the strike zone in his first batter faced, issuing a lead-off walk to de Aza. Ray Olmedo's bunt attempt came up the line fast enough for Eric Hosmer to turn and try to get the lead runner at second, an ultimately futile attempt, but Olmedo had jogged up the line and ended up being thrown out at first despite having succeeded in advancing the runner. If he'd done anything but trot up the line, he'd have been safe.

Following the embarrassing base-running blunder, Kelvin Herrera nearly caused a massive epidemic of coronary events as he: intentionally walked Dan Johnson; gave up a sharply hit lined shallow Alexei single to left where Alex Gordon sat perched ready to gun down de Aza a second time; and finally induced a grounder to second where Giavotella started a cathartic 4 - 6 - 3 double play.

Immediately following the regional raising of blood pressure by way of worrisome relief pitching, Alcides Escobar flared a single into shallow center. Gordon followed with a strikeout while facing new reliever and best friend of the Royals, Brett Myers. Escobar got caught stealing with Billy Butler at the plate.

Then with two outs things got going for the Royals. Butler drew a walk. Dyson pinch-ran for Butler, went first-to-third on a Salvador Perez flare to shallow right field, and Mike Moustakas singled in the run to put the Royals up 1 - 0 in the top of the tenth. Francoeur singled in another run to make it 2 - 0 before Eric Hosmer ended the road-half of the inning with his fourth whiff of the afternoon.

Greg Holland came in to attempt to close the door only to issue a lead-off walk to the ultimate Pale Ho. He got Dayan Viciedo to fly out to center before walking his second hitter of the inning, Orlando Hudson. Gordon Beckham doubled to left, plating just Pierzynski, putting runners at second and third and just one out. Holland got de Aza to strike out for the second out of the inning after almost hitting him on a squared bunt attempt earlier in the plate appearance. Olmedo then followed his ninth inning blunder with a three-pitch punch-out to finish out the game fittingly.

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2012 Rockies Game #139: Drew Pomeranz Vs. Tyler
Cloyd

Current Series

Phillies lead the series 1-0

Colorado Rockies Purple Row
@ Philadelphia Phillies The Good Phight

Sunday, Sep 9, 2012, 4:35 PM MDT
Citizens Bank Park

Drew Pomeranz vs Tyler Cloyd

Drew Pomeranz

#13 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies

Height: 6-5

Weight: 230

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Nov 22, 1988

Tyler Cloyd

#50 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

Height: 6-3

Weight: 190

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: May 16, 1987

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At least with Ramon Hernandez behind the plate in this one, Pomeranz might be able to feel comfortable working in the bottom of the zone. Yeesh.

Lineups after the jump.

Rockies:

1. Dexter Fowler (S) CF2. Charlie Blackmon (L) LF3. Jordan Pacheco (R) 1B4. Tyler Colvin (L) RF5. Ramon Hernandez (R) C6. Chris Nelson (R) 3B7. DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B8. Jonathan Herrera (S) SS9. Drew Pomeranz (R) P

Phillies:

1. Jimmy Rollins (S) SS2. John Mayberry (R) CF3. Chase Utley (L) 2B4. Ryan Howard (L) 1B5. Ty Wigginton (R) LF6. Domonic Brown (L) RF7. Michael Martinez (S) 3B8. Steven Lerud (L) C9. Tyler Cloyd (R) P

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Moustakas RBI single lifts Royals over White Sox
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CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Moustakas stroked a go-ahead single in the 10th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

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Dodgers scratch lefty Kershaw from start at
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Clayton Kershaw has been scratched from his Sunday start for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants.

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Game 141: Braves 3, Mets 2 (10 innings)

Source: FanGraphs Game MVP: Brian McCann, .202 Least Valuable Brave: Juan Francisco, -.130 Most Valuable Met: Daniel Murphy, .170 Least Valuable Met: Scott Hairston, -.191 Big plays: 4th – (NYM) Ike Davis RBI single for a 1-0 Mets lead, .126 5th – (ATL) Michael Bourn RBI single for a 1-1 tie, .122 6th – (ATL) [...]

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Yankees rout Orioles 13-3, reclaim AL East lead
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Slumping Curtis Granderson came off the bench to hit his 35th homer and drive in five runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-3 Sunday to regain sole possession of first place in the AL East and earn an important split of the season series.

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Cubs complete sweep of Pirates with 4-2 victory
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to give the Cubs the go-ahead runs and Chicago completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-2 win on Sunday.

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