Penny pitches Tigers past Rays, Price (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 23 August 2011 11:36:34 PM. © MLB News Blog

The Detroit Tigers were facing a potentially long night with a short-handed bullpen against the Tampa Bay Rays. Starter Brad Penny wouldn’t let that be an issue. He pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Alex Avila had an RBI single and the Tigers beat the Rays 2-1 on Tuesday night. “You know you’re running into [...]

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Gonzalez, Ellsbury power BoSox by Texas (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 23 August 2011 11:30:33 PM. © MLB News Blog

Adrian Gonzalez homered twice, Jacoby Ellsbury made an immediate impact in his return to the lineup and the Boston Red Sox finally won a game in Texas with an 11-5 victory Tuesday night. Ellsbury led off the game with a single, stole second base and scored on the first homer by Gonzalez, putting the Red [...]

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Kershaw wins 16th, Dodgers rip Cardinals (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 23 August 2011 11:26:32 PM. © MLB News Blog

Clayton Kershaw won his National League-leading 16th game and Rod Barajas homered twice in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 13-2 victory over the fast-fading St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Kyle Lohse (11-8) was rocked for a season-worst eight runs in three innings, an impossible deficit against the 23-year-old Kershaw, who struck out eight in six [...]

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As hold off Yankees as Rodriguez sits (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 23 August 2011 11:26:32 PM. © MLB News Blog

Andrew Bailey saw Coco Crisp take off for the ball with a route that made him very nervous. That is until he saw the ball settle into the center fielder’s glove just in front of the wall. Bailey retired Nick Swisher on a nearly 385-foot out with the bases loaded after Oakland blew a late [...]

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Braves Kimbrel ties rookie save record (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 23 August 2011 11:22:31 PM. © MLB News Blog

Craig Kimbrel tied a major league rookie record with his 40th save, Jason Heyward hit his first career grand slam, and the Atlanta Braves hung on to win their sixth straight, beating the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Tuesday night. Kimbrel worked the ninth for his 40th save in 45 opportunities, tying a mark set by [...]

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Red Sox Dominance

post from Baseball In-Depth on 23 August 2011 11:09:00 PM. © Baseball In-Depth

3 pitchers with 50+ IP, .97 WHIP or lower (since 1900)
2011 Red Sox (Josh Beckett, Daniel Bard, Jonathan Papelbon)
2001 Mariners (Joel Piniero, Arthur Rhodes, Kaz Sasaki)
1964 White Sox (Eddie Fisher, Joe Horlen, Hoyt Wilhelm)

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Royals Rough Up Morrow, Hold on for 6-4 Win

post from Royals Review on 23 August 2011 11:01:02 PM. © Royals Review

Kansas CIty Royals starting pitcher Bruce Chen works against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning in a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese)

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Chen wins his 4th game in a row with 9Ks and 1 BB.
Hosmer and Butler both hit home runs
The Royals hit Morrow hard. 11 hits, 2 HRs and 6 runs in 4.2 innings. The score could have been worse. The Royals were 4 for 13 with RISP
Moose has his average safely above 0.200 at 0.212.
Everyone but Escobar got a hit.
Soria was a little shaky. More tomorrow on him.

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Giants Beltran activated, doesnt start (AP)

Carlos Beltran is back. His San Francisco Giants are still reeling big time. The Giants activated Beltran from the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, though he was held out of the starting lineup to give his strained right hand and wrist another day to heal. The switch-hitting Beltran took early batting practice from both sides and [...]

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Surging Brewers score 7 in 2nd, rip Bucs (AP)

Casey McGehee homered during Milwaukee’s seven-run second inning and the surging Brewers rebounded from a rare recent loss with an 11-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. McGehee’s 10th homer of the season came with Ryan Braun aboard and accounted for the final two runs of a dreadful inning for Pittsburgh’s Ross Ohlendorf, [...]

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Allen hits 2 HRs, As hold off Yankees (AP)

Brandon Allen hit two tape-measure homers, Eric Sogard connected for one that barely cleared the wall and the Oakland Athletics hung on to beat the New York Yankees 6-5 on Tuesday night. Brandon McCarthy ran the A’s stretch of superb pitching into the eighth before allowing a two-out, three-run homer to Nick Swisher that lifted [...]

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