McLouths HR keys Orioles 5-3 win over Rangers
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nate McLouth’s two-run home run keyed Baltimore’s four-run fifth inning and the Orioles held off the Texas Rangers 5-3 Tuesday night.

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Cozarts HR off Papelbon lead Reds over Phillies
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Cozart went up swinging when Jonathan Papelbon figured he’d be looking.

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Wainwright dominates, Cardinals beat Astros 7-0
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright matched his career high with 12 strikeouts in a five-hitter and the St. Louis Cardinals punished rookie Lucas Harrell with six runs in the first three innings, getting over an excruciating 19-inning loss two days earlier with a 7-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

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Hochevar and Price Both Pitch a Gem, Royals Win
1-0 in 10

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ST. PETERSBURG, FL - AUGUST 21: The Kansas City Royals celebrate their victory over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on August 21, 2012 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)

The Royals won a great pitching duel. Each starter did not allow a run over 8 IPand the game was decided by the bullpens in extras when Francoeur scored on a Hosmer single.

Highlights:

Royals got on base 6 times. The Rays only 5 times. It seemed like less.
Herrera with his first career Win. The Win stat is straight up dumb if it thinks Herrera is the one player that deserve the W tonight.
Perez picked off Joyce at 1B in the 1st inning.
Hacker of the game: Butler saw 11 pitches in 4 PAs.
Finally, congrats to Moustakas on his second career golden sombrero.

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Rockies 6, Mets 2: Jhoulys Chacin Stellar in
Return

post from Purple Row on 21 August 2012 11:01:38 PM. © Purple Row

Reason to watch

No one knew what to expect from Jhoulys Chacin tonight. The 24-year-old Venezuelan had a 7.30 ERA in 5 starts in 2012 before succumbing to a pectoral injury May 2 and was uneven in five minor league rehab starts. Tuesday night, Chacin showed Rockies fans something they hadn't seen in a long time - a commanding outing from a starting pitcher.

Chacin pounded the strike zone all night with his fastball, which returned to the 91-93mph range rather than the 89-91mph range in April. He put down the first nine Mets batters he faced before allowing the only blemish to scoreboard in the fourth on two leadoff singles and a sacrifice fly. Chacin threw 51 of his 73 pitches for strikes in six strong, effiicient and truly commanding innings. He did not walk a batter and allowed four singles, often on hanging sliders.

Chacin was not perfect tonight by any means, but he gave far more reason for optimism than expected for performance from both himself and the team going forward. That's huge.

Chris Young was actually much better than Chacin for a while. The first 15 Rockies were retired in the game, but to reflect Colorado's sixth consecutive victory at Citi Field, they made a real Mets of Young's sixth inning.

DJ LeMahieu broke up the perfecto with an infield hit to short, then Jonathan Herrera leveraged a hit and run to put runners on the corners. Chacin laid a perfect bunt, and Young threw the ball away trying to get Chacin running down the line. Charlie Blackmon broke his 0-for-2012 with a bloop RBI single, and later in the inning, Dexter Fowler and Ramon Hernandez plated two runs on a single and sac fly, respectively.

Fowler punched Blackmon's ticket home in the eighth with a single after Blackmon doubled down the left field line, and Colorado added an insurance run in the ninth on a contact play. Chacin earned his first win of the season and the Rockies won for the third time in Matt Reynolds' last five appearances. Cats and dogs. Pigs in the air.

Also of note: the last time the Rockies lost at Citi Field was my birthday in 2010. In that series, Ubaldo Jimenez allowed one run in seven innings to earn his third loss, falling to 17-3 on the year.

Comment of the Night

6 IP 4 H 1 R
that was beyond anyone’s best case scenario. holy smurf.
by ES46NE10 on Aug 21, 2012 6:48 PM MDT

Source: FanGraphs

Pitcher IP H HR ER BB SO pLI WPAJ Chacin6.0401021.06.161M Belisle1.0100001.42.048R Brothers1.0000010.22.017J Roenicke0.2000001.16.006M Reynolds0.1101000.85-.017Total9.0602031.01.214

Batter AB R H HR RBI BB SO pLI WPAC Blackmon52201011.01.107J Pacheco40000030.84-.088D Fowler40202020.76.077R Hernandez30101010.98-.025T Colvin40100000.55-.039A Brown41100010.41-.028D LeMahieu31100010.77.022J Herrera31101100.99.147J Roenicke0000000J Chacin11000001.60.136C Nelson10000000.08-.002M Reynolds0000000R Brothers0000000M Belisle0000000J Rutledge10000000.70-.019Total336905190.81.286

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Flores Kills Atlanta Again As Nationals Defeats
Punchless Braves 4-1

post from Talking Chop on 21 August 2012 11:01:37 PM. © Talking Chop

I wouldn't wanna watch either, Paul.

Another day, another frustrating loss for the Braves. Every year, the Braves seem to be killed by one below-average player for an NL East team. This year, Jesus Flores earns those honors. Flores hit a 3 run shot off Paul Maholm that would prove the difference in Washington's 4-1. Flores has hit 4 home runs this year, and 3 of them have come against Atlanta. 2 of those 3 were the difference in Nationals' wins.

Washington struck first in the second, when Ian Desmond gave a Paul Maholm pitch a ride into the left field bleachers for a 1-0 Washington lead. The score would remain 4-0 until the 5th, when Flores rode a 1-0 pitch out to left as well. That made it 4-0 Washington and would prove too large a lead for Atlanta to overcome.

The Braves were completely shut down by Stephen Strasburg, who whiffed 10 Braves in 6 innings while allowing only 4 hits. The lone run he allowed came in the 6th inning, when Martin Prado doubled, advanced to 3rd on a Jason Heyward single, and scored on a Freddie Freeman sacrifice fly. Other than that Strasburg was completely dominant.

The Braves only other chance came in the 9th, when a single and an error put runners on the corners with nobody out. Dan Uggla fouled out on a 1-2 count, Brian McCann popped out on the first pitch, and Juan Francisco flew out on the first pitch to end the game. The most promising scoring chance the Braves had all night was erased in 3 pitches.

Paul Maholm pitched a solid game, allowing only the 4 runs over 7 innings of work. He walked 1 and struck out 6 throwing exactly 100 pitches to do so.

The Braves will try to salvage the last game of the series tomorrow, as Kris Medlen takes on Ross Detwiler. First pitch is at 7:05 PM EST

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Strasburg leads Nationals to 4-1 win over Braves
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Strasburg struck out 10 batters and allowed one run in six innings for his 15th win in one of his final starts of the season as the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Tuesday night.

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Game 123: Nationals 4, Braves 1

Source: FanGraphs Game MVP: Stephen Strasburg, 69 game score Least Valuable National: Danny Espinosa, -.057 Most Valuable Brave: Freddie Freeman .085 Least Valuable Brave: Dan Uggla, -.155 Big plays: 2nd – (WAS) Ian Desmond solo homer for a 1-0 Nationals lead, .124 5th – (WAS) Jesus Flores three-run homer for a 4-0 Nationals lead, .136 [...]

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Preventing Skin Discoloration

Age spots, liver spots and skin discoloration are a natural part of life but it is possible to decrease skin discoloration naturally. As people age, their skin will discolor in areas which are exposed to sun. This can be the face, chest, forearms, hands, shoulders and more. There are plenty of treatments and many preventative [...]

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Trumbo hits 30th homer as Angels beat Red Sox 5-3
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BOSTON (AP) — Mark Trumbo hit his career-high 30th homer, Ervin Santana pitched 6 1-3 solid innings and the Los Angeles Angels snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

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