Be Careful What You Wish for

post from Atlanta Baseball Talk on 18 June 2010 11:27:43 PM. © Atlanta Baseball Talk

The Braves have now completed two interleague series and have fared pretty well seeing that they have played two first place teams. They began by taking two of three in Minnesota at the new Target Field and came home to…[...]

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Mets 4 Yankees 0 June 18, 2010

post from The Mets Report on 18 June 2010 11:10:06 PM. © The Mets Report

The Mets won their seventh straight game behind a strong start from Hisanori Takahashi. He went 6 innings of shutout baseball and got out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth on a beautiful play by David Wright. Pedro Feliciano threw 2 shutout innings and looked better than he has all season.The Mets had ... Continue Reading

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Royal Comeback Falls Short

post from Royals Review on 18 June 2010 11:05:32 PM. © Royals Review

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It could have been worse, but you hate to lose when you score four runs.

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Game 68 Overflow Thread

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Game 68 Overflow Thread

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Roy Rumors: Rangers Have Interest in Astros Ace
Oswalt

post from The Crawfish Boxes on 18 June 2010 10:05:57 PM. © The Crawfish Boxes

Roy Rumors: Rangers Have Interest in Astros Ace Oswalt

Unsurprisingly, there is some truth to the rumors flying around about the Rangers' interest in trading for Roy Oswalt, according to Nolan Ryan.

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Open Thread 6/18: Braves vs. Braves Rejects...I
Mean Royals #2

post from Talking Chop on 18 June 2010 10:05:56 PM. © Talking Chop

Good game so far. The bottom of the lineup is killing it. Melky and DLowe are a combined 3-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Braves lead 5-2 heading into the 6th.

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Fundamentally Unsound - Cubs 6 Angels 7

post from ChicagoCubsOnline.com on 18 June 2010 09:48:20 PM. © ChicagoCubsOnline.com

Game Sixty-Seven - Cubs 6 Angels 7
WP - Scott Kazmir (7-6) LP - Carlos Silva (8-2) Save - Fernando Rodney (6)

Too little, too late and too many errors. The Cubs attempted a comeback in the ninth inning Friday after the defense committed three errors that led to four unearned runs. The Angels built a 7-2 lead going into the bottom of the ninth ... and as the rains came, the Cubs started hitting the ball out of the park.

After walks by Ryan Theriot and Chad Tracy put two on with no outs in the ninth, Tyler Colvin cut the Angels lead to 7-5 with one swing of the bat. Colvin launched a 0-1 pitch from Francisco Rodriguez (no relation to K-Rod) onto Sheffield Avenue. Colvin's eighth dinger of the year gave the Cubs a shot at a comeback.

Kosuke Fukudome and Marlon Byrd went quietly but Derrek Lee hit his second longball of the game, his tenth of the season, onto Waveland and the Cubs were down by a single run at 7-6 ... the 23rd multi-homer game in Lee's career. Geovany Soto grounded out to third on a 3-1 pitch from Fernando Rodney to end the game..

The Angels put on a clinic at Wrigley on Friday afternoon ... and showed the Cubs how to play the game the right way. While the Cubs were busy kicking and throwing the ball around the yard, Mike Scioscia's well-coached team did all of "little things" it takes to win a ballgame.

The Cubs committed three more errors that led to four unearned runs. For the second time in four games one Cubs' player made two errors in the same game.

Jeff Baker committed not one but two errors in the seventh that helped the Angels break the game open ... Baker also bobbled a would-be double play ball off the bat of Juan Rivera that allowed Howie Kendrick to hit with a man on. Kendrick ripped a 2-1 pitch from Bobby Howry into the bleachers in right center and turned a 4-2 advantage to a 6-2 lead.

After going 59 games without an error, Derrek Lee was credited with his third miscue in four games in the eighth. Lee made a bad throw to Ryan Theriot, who was late covering first, on a sacrifice bunt attempt by Robb Quinlan. Torii Hunter scored all the way from second on the Cubs' third error of the game.

Carlos Silva was once again a victim of no run support before he exited in the seventh. Silva put together another quality start ... three runs on four hits in six innings. Silva did not walk a batter and struck out four. Silva took the mound in the seventh but was lifted before throwing a pitch. Reports indicated Silva left with cramps due to the heat at the park.

Tyler Colvin hit leadoff for the first time in his professional career Friday ... and delivered. Not only did Colvin hit the three-run shot in the ninth, but he also walked, singled, scored the Cubs' second run and worked the count. Colvin's line: 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored, three RBI and a home run.

With another sloppy loss, the Cubs slipped back to seven games under .500 with a 30-37 record ...

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Hammel runs scoreless streak to 25 1-3 (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 18 June 2010 09:24:49 PM. © MLB News Blog

Upstaging Ubaldo Jimenez is difficult to do these days. Jason Hammel, though, is giving it a good run. Hammel followed in the footsteps of the best pitcher in the majors, shutting down the Milwaukee Brewers for 7 1-3 innings as the injury-riddled Colorado Rockies held on for a 2-0 win Friday night. That was a [...]

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Lees 6-hitter knocks Reds out of 1st (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 18 June 2010 09:06:33 PM. © MLB News Blog

Cliff Lee struck out seven in a six-hitter and the Seattle Mariners beat Cincinnati 1-0 on Friday night to knock the Reds out of first place in the NL Central. Lee (5-3) earned his fifth career shutout and first since Sept. 15 for Philadelphia against Washington. It came against the only team with four regulars [...]

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Texas Rangers at Houston Astros, Jun 18, 2010
7:05 PM CDT

ED ZURGA - AP

1 day ago: Houston Astros' Jason Michaels drives the ball into centerfield for a two-run single in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in Kansas City, Mo.Astros' Lance Berkman and Hunter Pence scored on the hit. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

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