Banged-up Giants fall to Braves in 11 (AP)

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Nothing is going right for the defending World Series champs. The injuries are piling up. So are the losses. Martin Prado drove in the winning run for Atlanta with a two-out single in the 11th, giving the Braves their second straight win in the last at-bat over the San Francisco Giants, 2-1 on Tuesday night.

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Brewers pad lead to 7 with walkoff win (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 16 August 2011 11:11:25 PM. © MLB News Blog

Pinch-hitter Mark Kotsay delivered a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Tuesday night to take their biggest division lead ever this late in the season. The NL Central-leading Brewers have won 18 of 20 and are seven games ahead of second-place St.

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Dodgers Manage To Lose Another

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Ortiz in walking boot, out indefinitely (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 16 August 2011 11:01:28 PM. © MLB News Blog

Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz will out indefinitely because of bursitis in his right heel that has forced his foot into a walking boot. Ortiz, batting .300 with 24 home runs and 79 RBIs, was a late scratch from the opener Boston’s day-night double-header with Tampa Bay Tuesday with what was first called an [...]

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Game 123 Overflow Thread

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Game 123 Overflow Thread

Royals Adcock to try to stay in the game.

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The View From Your 11th Inning Game-Winning Hit

post from Talking Chop on 16 August 2011 11:01:01 PM. © Talking Chop

Tuesday, August 16. Braves vs. Giants. 11th inning, somewhere around 2nd base and the mound.

Courtesy of: @FauxFrankWren

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Prado's Hit Gives Braves Another Walk-off Win
Over Giants

post from Talking Chop on 16 August 2011 11:01:01 PM. © Talking Chop

For the second night in a row, the Braves defeat the Giants in walk-off fashion.

Martin Prado's 11th-inning single gave the Braves a 2-1 victory in Randall Delgado's second major-league start.

From the start, Delgado was incredible. He retired the side on nine pitches in the first inning, struck out four in the game and walked only one hitter, but he was erased on a nifty double play in the fourth.

The Braves offense gave Delgado a 1-0 lead in the third. Jose Constanza reached on a bunt single against Jonathan Sanchez and scored on Michael Bourn's single off Guillermo Mota. Sanchez had to be pulled from the game after injuring his left ankle on Delgado's sacrifice bunt earlier in the inning.

Delgado cruised through six innings without allowing a single hit. That all changed in the seventh when Cody Ross belted a home run leading off the inning to tie the game. Delgado was immediately pulled having thrown only 74 pitches.

When the Braves failed to score in the ninth, they began play in their 22nd extra-inning game of the season. Arodys Vizcaino held the Giants in check while the Braves offense went to work in the 11th. Brooks Conrad hit a one-out double off Javier Lopez and one out later, Prado delivered the game-winning hit. Vizcaino earned the win, the first of his career.

The Braves extended their Wild Card lead to six games while also gaining a game in the division.

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Jones HR in 11th gets Pirates by Cards (AP)

Garrett Jones homered to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning and lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Jones connected on a 2-2 pitch from Arthur Rhodes (3-4) for his 14th home run. It was also Jones’ second career game-ending homer as he connected [...]

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Niemann Ks 10 as Rays split DH vs. BoSox (AP)

Rookie Desmond Jennings hit his fifth home run of the season and Jeff Niemann struck out 10 as the Tampa Bay Rays salvaged a split of a doubleheader with a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. The Red Sox opened the day with a 3-1 win, but couldn’t overcome two unearned [...]

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Music to My Ears

I?m sad. After Freddie Freeman?s big 9th inning hit and the Braves coming back to win against San Francisco, I assumed I?d be happy. Atlanta is currently 20 games over .500, lead the Wild Card by 5 games and stole…[...]

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