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Diamondbacks 12, Royals 5.

Greinke was not at his best tonight, and still struck out nine Arizonans. This should tell you something about how good Greinke is, and how bad the National League is.
That said, I don't see why Hillman left him in for 115 pitches when he was laboring pretty badly.
Our defense is still terrible.
Positives....uh....Mitch Maier was 3-for-5. Jose Guillen was 3-for-4. Mike Jacobs and Billy Butler both had two hits and a walk.
Miguel Olivo was horrible today. 0-for-3 with two strikeouts to bring his season K:BB to 53:2. I didn't think I'd see anyone eclipse Todd Greene's 2003 in that regard. And yet, here we are. Do people still think that Buck's adequacy is worse than Olivo's brand of hopelessness?
We let Tug Hulett into the game today. We'll probably demote him tomorrow. Not that it's incrediby relevant to this particular game, but baseball isn't much of a meritocracy when it comes to the 25th man types. Willie Bloomquist is a millionaire and Hulett is probably thrilled to be receiving a major league paycheck for once. Please let me know if you can find a difference between the two players that's worth a two-year, multimillion deal.
Luis Hernandez pinch hit. Which is just amazing. Just go back and read up on the Camden Chat threads when Hernandez was the starting SS for the O's last year. Fun stuff.
Luis Hernandez had a hit and an RBI. He probably DOES work the count better than Olivo!
We're now 8-6 in games that the Cy Young frontrunner has pitched.

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Rockies 5, (Don't say Devil) Rays 3: Troy
Tulowitzki, Chris Iannetta blast homers on the way to victory

post from Purple Row on 17 June 2009 11:24:00 PM. © Purple Row

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It was either a photo of Troy Tulowitzki hitting his three-run homer or this one of Chris Iannetta's long blast. I chose this since CDI is oh so dreamy.

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So, the Rockies are winners of 12 of their last 13. Not too shabby. What this game comes down to is basically a Troy Tulowitzki three-run homer (9), a Clint Barmes sac fly, and an absolute monster of a solo shot (9) by Chris Iannetta.

Aaron Cook out-dueled 2007 #1 overall pick David Price for seven innings. Cook allowed two of the three runs on back-to-back solo shots by Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria in the fifth. But that ended the scoring for the night. Manny Corpas and Huston Street sealed the deal, with Street recording his 14th save.

The real thing to take from this game is really to ask this simple question: How do you allow Pay Burrell to steal a base?

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32 - 33

Games Back: 11

Streak: Won 1

Games Left: 97

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Yankees Edged Out By Nats

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The Yankees (37-28) had another comeback in order in the bottom of the ninth, but it ended with a[...]

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No Headline, Just Sidelines

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Randy Wolf has whooping cough? A wolf should never whoop!
Ohman and Vargas are pitching but the Dodgers will leave them both a full 30 days, I believe. If you remember, I said Ohman should have started the season in the minors.
Jason Schmidt may resume his rehab - yeah and I might run a 4.2 40 after surgery!
It has been reported that the Weaver Brothers pitch against each other on Saturday. That is fasle! Neither will bat!
Check this out Scott Elbert: 57 IP/56H/77K/25 BB/1.41 WHIP Josh Lindblom: 48 IP/44 H/40K/8 BB/1.08 WHIP - 8 BB is very Good!
Matt Kemp may be in the process of becoming a star!
I am working on a stat that quantifies clutch hitting throughout all the different clutch situations. I have to tweek it some, but no matter how you tweek it, I have bad news for Andre Ethier fans.
Kemp was safe ath the plate! Bad call.
Casey Blake IS having his career year! Good timing, in my opinion.

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Game #65 Overflow

post from Purple Row on 17 June 2009 10:26:00 PM. © Purple Row

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Will the Rockies hold on to the lead to get Cook his 58th career win?

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GO ROCKIES!

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Reds owe this win to Micah, 4-3 win puts them 2
games over .500.

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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Star of the Game

Micah Owings. I don't know what more you could ask for from your 5th starter. Six innings and 2 runs allowed plus a 3-run home run to put the team up 4-2.

Key Plays

With 2 outs in the bottom of the 2nd, Jay Bruce hit his 16th home run of the season.
Owings walked Nate McLouth to start the 3rd inning and then gave up a 2-run home run to Yunel Escobar.
In the bottom of the 5th, a Jerry Hairston Jr. walk was followed by a Ryan Hanigan single and that was followed by our Frisch's Big Boy Big Play of the Game, a 3-run opposite field home run by Owings.
Nick Masset struggled for the 2nd night in a row, allowing a double, a walk and 2 wild pitches to make it a 4-3 ballgame.
Arthur Rhodes came in and do what Arthur Rhodes do, shutting down the rally by getting Brian McCann to ground out.
Francisco Cordero walked a batter with one out in the 9th, but then got McLouth to ground out and Escobar to fly out to close out his 16th save of the season.

Other Notes

Bruce now has a modest 4-game hitting streak. It's not much, but it's there.
Rhodes had his first plate appearance since June 12, 2001 when he struck out on 3 pitches. He had the same result tonight.
Reds 1-5 hitters were 0-for-17 tonight. The offense managed just 4 hits on the night, and 3 of them were by the 8th and 9th hitters. It was the 5th time in the last 6 games that the offense has managed 6 or fewer hits.
Despite Masset's struggles tonight, the bullpen continues to be outstanding. Rhodes, David Weathers, and Cordero have been virtually automatic this season.

Final - 6.17.2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R Atlanta Braves 0020001003 Cincinnati Reds 01003000X4

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Game 64 Overflow Thread

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What a team!

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Padres record interleague slide now 13 (AP)

Garrett Olson gave up two home runs and never was in any real danger of losing. That's because his Seattle Mariners were playing the struggling San Diego Padres, who are having trouble simply scraping together hits, let alone winning interleague games. Olson and three relievers held San Diego to four hits in a 4-3 win [...]

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Brewers sweep Indians, win 9-8 in 11 (AP)

Trevor Hoffman hasn't blown many four-run leads, especially in games his team wins. Slumping J.J. Hardy homered early and drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning as the Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with a 9-8 victory Wednesday night.

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Ms extend Pads interleague slide to 13 (AP)

Jose Lopez hit a two-run homer and the decisive run scored on an error as the Seattle Mariners beat San Diego 4-3 on Wednesday night, extending the Padres' major league-record interleague losing streak to 13. Garrett Olson and three relievers held San Diego to four hits. The Padres have lost 10 straight games to the [...]

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