Beckett, Ortiz lead Red Sox over Twins 11-2
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Josh Beckett had five strikeouts and one confrontation with an umpire in six sharp innings and David Ortiz homered with three RBIs to lead the Boston Red Sox to an 11-2 romp over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

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Mariners hold off Tigers 7-4 (Yahoo! Sports)

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DETROIT (AP) Tom Wilhelmsen had already allowed two hitters to reach base when Detroit’s Delmon Young hit a deep fly to right-center field.

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Darvish strikes out 10, Rangers beats Yankees 2-0
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Yu Darvish had a season-high 10 strikeouts pitching into the ninth inning and worked out of a couple of jams for the Texas Rangers in a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees and countryman Hiroki Kuroda on Tuesday night.

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Pirates 5, Rockies 4: Bullpen Implosion Erases
Impressive Power From CarGo, Moyer

post from Purple Row on 24 April 2012 11:01:56 PM. © Purple Row

Sometimes, the bullpen struggles.

Every bullpen and every reliever blows games and puts up stinkers. It is never a good time to do so. It always stings. Tonight was one of those nights, and Jim Tracy managed it fine.

The Rockies' skipper gave the ball to lefty set-up man Rex Brothers in the 7th, up 2-1. He came into the game with a 1.59 ERA and a 2.75 FIP, so even though he struggled on Sunday, Brothers has been good this season. The southpaw fireballer fell behind hitters, grooved fastballs, and turned a 1 run lead into a 1 run deficit.

Jim Tracy turned to Matt Belisle in the eighth inning after the Rockies 4-3 lead. Belisle had retired 23 of the 24 batters he faced. He right hander fell behind hitters, grooved fastballs, and turned a 1 run lead into a 1 run deficit. Belisle surrendered a home run to Clint Barmes, a walk, misplayed a routine bunt into an error and gave up a two out tie-breaking single to Casey McGehee.

8 - 8

Games Back: 4.5

Streak: Lost 1

Games Left: 147

Pace: 81-81

2011: 12-4

Pyth W-L: 7-9

The Rockies' offense sputtered most of the night, with Carlos Gonzalez' emergence being the only contribution. The Rockies' left-fielder hammered a high fastball out to left in the first for his first homer of the season, then fired an outside fastball over the wall in left-center to the Rockies bullpen in the 8th. Both home runs drove in two runs.

Jamie Moyer was splendid again, working six strong innings and allowing just one run. He struck out three, walked three and induced 11 ground balls. His ERA is now sitting at 2.28.

Clint Barmes continues to confuse. As a Rockie, I always wondered how teams could fail to read scouting reports and let him burn them on the only pitch he can do damage with - the inside fastball. Barmes went ahead and burned his former team - three times - on that exact pitch. He had four hits on the season coming in, and two doubles and a homer tonight alone.

This one stings. It hurts to lose a game you led most of the game. On the road. Against an inferior team. When Jamie Moyer pitched well. But it happens. Nothing to do but wash it off and move on. The Rockies are 2-2 on the road trip and still can have a 3-3 or 4-2 road trip.

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WPA Heroes

Carlos Gonzalez (+.707) - 3-for-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
Jamie Moyer (+.273) - 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 3 K, 11 GB, 3 AO. (-.025) - 0-for-2, 2 K.
Josh Roenicke (+.103) - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 runners stranded

WPA Zeroes

Matt Belisle (-.598) - 0.2 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, HR, BB, 2 H
Rex Brothers (-.529) - 0.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 BB.
Todd Helton (-.124) - 0-for-4.

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Orioles AT&T Student Night

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Students: bring your ID to Oriole Park Box Office on April 27, and receive a $6 ticket to the left[...]

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Reyes hitless in NY return, Mets beat Marlins 2-1
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NEW YORK (AP) Jose Reyes went hitless in his return to Citi Field and Lucas Duda lined a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning that caromed off reliever Edward Mujica, sending the New York Mets to a 2-1 victory over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night.

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BBDP April 24th: Trenton drops an 11-spot, Laird
gets first homer

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McCutchen has 3 RBIs, Pirates beat Rockies 5-4
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PITTSBURGH (AP) Andrew McCutchen had three RBIs, Casey McGehee drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 on a chilly Tuesday night.

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Indians hand Royals 12th consecutive loss, 4-3
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CLEVELAND (AP) Derek Lowe allowed one run over six innings and the Cleveland Indians handed the Kansas City Royals their 12th straight loss, 4-3 on Tuesday night.

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Liddis 3 hits help Mariners beat Tigers 7-4
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DETROIT (AP) Alex Liddi had a career-high three hits, including a solo homer, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 7-4 on Tuesday night.

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