Lee, Rollins help Phillies sweep Nationals
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cliff Lee tossed seven sharp innings to earn his first home win in nearly a year and the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep against the major league-leading Washington Nationals with a 4-1 victory on Sunday.

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Tigers homer on 2 straight pitches, top Angels
5-2 (Yahoo! Sports)

DETROIT (AP) — Prince Fielder and Delmon Young homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth inning to support Max Scherzer and help the Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Sunday.

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Rangers expect Darvish to make Tuesday start
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas right-hander Yu Darvish threw 39 pitches in a bullpen session Sunday and is expected to make his next scheduled start.

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Sunday Pebble Report: MVP David Dahl Has Grand
Junction in Position for Division Title

AAA Colorado Springs - L 1-3, (71-64, L2, 2nd, 4.0 GB)

Five Sky Sox accounted for ten hits, with #9 PuRP Tim Wheeler (2009, 1st round), Charlie Culberson (2012, trade), Brendan Harris (2012, MiLB FA), HM PuRP Matt McBride (2011, trade) and Brandon Wood (2012, MiLB FA) each having two hits. With nine of the ten being singles (Culberson had a ninth-inning triple), that didn't turn into much offense against Bear Bay (yes, really) and the Tucson Padres. Guillermo Moscoso (2012, trade) couldn't get through five innings and allowed two home runs in his 83 pitches. He managed to hold Tucson to three runs on seven hits.

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AA Tulsa - W 2-1, (27-34, W1, 3rd, 11.5 GB)

Offense was hard to come by last night at OneOK Field, but in a span of two pitches, the Drillers produced a walkoff win. Ben Paulsen (2009, 3rd round) singled with one out in the ninth, then Angelys Nina (2007, DR) doubled to center to give Tulsa the win. #14 PuRP Corey Dickerson (2010, 8th round) had two hits and scored the Drillers first run in the opening frame. Dickerson singled, advanced to second on a flyout, stole third, then sauntered home as the throw sailed into left field. In what might have been his last minor league appearance this year, Josh Outman (2012, trade) pitched very effectively, holding the Naturals to one run on five hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked three. Outman has four consecutive quality starts with at least six punchouts in Tulsa. Zach Simons (2012, MiLB FA) threw two perfect innings for the win, lowering his AA ERA to 1.59. Jason Giambi struck out and walked in his two plate appearances before being replaced by Paulsen.

High-A Modesto - W 5-3, (35-26, W2, 1st)

The Nuts offense wasn't clicking last night, but they got a spark in the 7th inning in the name of the Bakersfield Blaze bullpen. Modesto scored four times in the inning, twice on bases loaded walks by Andrew Brackman, once on an infield single to third by Jared Clark (2009, 12th round), and once on a sacrifice fly from Dallas Tarleton (2009, DR). The Nuts produced just two hits in the inning, the infield hit by Clark and a grounder up the middle from #12 PuRP Rafael Ortega (2008, VZ). Clark and Tarleton each had two hits on the night, while Ortega rapped three singles. Nick Schnaitmann tossed 3.2 scoreless innings for the win cleaning up for Juan Gonzalez, (2006, VZ) who had allowed three runs in 3.1 innings, walking four. The win over the first half division champs gave Modesto a three game lead in the North Division with nine games to play.

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Low-A Asheville - W 4-1 (9), (36-26, W1, 2nd, 4.0 GB)

It's a strange line to read, but the Tourists' game truly was completed early in the ninth inning. With the Greenville Drive already eliminated from playoff contention, the bottom of the ninth was not played even with Asheville trying to protect a lead. That helped the Tourists (somewhat) keep pace with the Rome Braves, who swept a doubleheader in Savannah.

The odd result gave Tyler Gagnon (2009, 15th round) a save despite not taking the mound in the ninth. Gagnon struck out three in two scoreless innings, and Chris Jensen (2011, 6th round) improved to 12-3 by allowing just one unearned run (due to a Featherston error) on three hits in six strong frames. #3 PuRP Trevor Story (2011, sandwich pick) hit his 18th home run, Ryan Casteel (2010, 17th round) doubled twice and singled, and Taylor Featherston (2011, 5th round) tripled and singled in the win.

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Short Season A Tri-City - L 4-5, (11), (12-20, L1, 4th, 9.0 GB)

#17 PuRP Rosell Herrera (2009, DR) followed a hit batter with a two-out single in the ninth inning. Tom Murphy (2012, 3rd round) hit a clutch, game-tying double to send the game into extra innings, but the Dust Devils proved to be out of magic. Matt Flemer (2012, 27th round) got the loss in a tough luck 11th inning, as the right-hander allowed a bunt single, then saw the runner get caught stealing only to be called safe when Rosell Herrera dropped the throw. That runner then scored the game-winning run on a groundout. Herrera did have four hits on the night and is leading the Dust Devils in batting average, an encouraging improvement from his tough stint in Asheville. TJ Oakes (2012, 11th round) allowed two runs in four innings and Taylor Reid (2010, 14th round) continues to struggle, allowing two runs in one inning of relief.

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Rookie Grand Junction - W 7-4, (15-11, W3, t-1st)

Newly named Pioneer League MVP David Dahl (2012, 1st round) just won't quit hitting. The center fielder collected four more hits to push his league-leading total to 91, eleven more than the next highest hitter. Jason Stolz (2012, 17th round) hit his first pro home run, and every member of the lineup reached base, including Carl Thomore (2011, 2nd round), who played for the first time since June 27. Thomore went 1-for-3, grounding out to first base, lining out to second and lining a single to right, scoring on one of Dahl's hits. Eddie Butler (2012, sandwich pick) was impressive again, striking out seven in 6.2 dominant innings. He allowed just one run (unearned) on three hits. His 2.19 ERA ranks 2nd in the Pioneer League.

With the win, the Rockies kept pace with the Orem Owlz and remain tied for the South Division lead with 12 games left, notable as the Rockies have never had a Pioneer League team even make the playoffs.

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DSL Rockies - PPD

The Dominican team got rained out of playing the Cubs1 squad for the second consecutive day.

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Game 129: Miami Marlins @ Los Angeles Dodgers,
Game Thread and Ichthyomancy

Current Series

Dodgers lead the series 2-0

Miami Marlins Fish Stripes
@ Los Angeles Dodgers True Blue LA

Sunday, Aug 26, 2012, 4:10 PM EDT
Dodger Stadium

Mark Buehrle vs Aaron Harang

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Get out the broom breakers, because the Miami Marlins are looking to bust up a sweep.

The Fish look to avoid a clean sweep by the Los Angeles Dodgers this afternoon, and to do that they will have to win their most favorable pitching matchup of the series. Mark Buehrle will take the hill for the Marlins to combat Aaron Harang, who is just not that good compared to the pitchers we have faced thus far in this series. Not that the Marlins' lineup is any good; hey, maybe that will lead to a normal run-scoring situation for the Fish.

Mark Buehrle having performed about as well as he is projected to perform going forward is about as Mark Buehrle as it gets. The man is consistent and decent overall on the mound, and the Marlins have gotten what they have expected out of him for the most part. Aaron Harang has been pretty good for a guy at the back of the rotation, and he may even be pushed out now that Josh Beckett is a member of the Dodgers. It must be a good problem to have, all those starting pitchers. We wouldn't know about that over on the Marlins' side.

Lineup

This is the same lineup the Fish ran out on Friday evening against Chad Billingsley (who is now on the DL). This is an admittedly better lineup than last night's, but we're not talking by much. Hopefully Bryan Petersen will have a few more family members around in another game that he's actually going to start, as his family brought in 30 folks total to last night's game in which he did not start; they appeared in droves from the Petersen household because they expected him to face Harang last night, but Clayton Kershaw pitched instead.

Bold Prediction: Dodgers def. Marlins 5-4

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Pirates activate reliever Takahashi (Yahoo!
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two days after claiming him off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels, the Pittsburgh Pirates added reliever Hisanori Takahashi to the active roster before Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

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A Nice Man Mike Matheny, Cardinal Manager

Mike Matheny is a nice man. I don't hear those words too often. When WGN radio Cub broadcaster Pat Hughes uttered those familiar words my ears perked up.

He was considered to be one of the best catchers in baseball, winning four National League Gold Glove Awards. He is only one of three catchers in Major League Baseball to catch in 100 games in a season without an error. Among his other credentials he hit 67 home runs; had 443 RBI's; and a batting average at the end of his carrer at .994.

Following Tony LaRussa's retirement (2012) Mike Matheny became the Cardinals new manager. Currently the Cardinals are in second place in the Central Division behind the Cincinnati Redlegs with a 69-57 win/loss record under the new skipper. 



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Game CXXVI Open Thread - The Royals of Kansas
City Versus The Red Sox of Boston

Will Smith

#53 / Pitcher / Kansas City Royals

Height: 6-5

Weight: 240

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Jul 10, 1989

Felix Doubront

#61 / Pitcher / Boston Red Sox

Height: 6-2

Weight: 165

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Oct 23, 1987

These are the Red Sox?

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Houston Astros at New York Mets, Aug 26, 2012
12:10 PM CDT

Current Series

3 game series vs Mets @ Citi Field

Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes
@ New York Mets Amazin' Avenue

Sunday, Aug 26, 2012, 12:10 PM CDT
Citi Field

Lucas Harrell vs Jeremy Hefner

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Lucas Harrell

#64 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

Height: 6-2

Weight: 210

Bats: B

Throws: R

Born: Jun 03, 1985

Jeremy Hefner

#53 / Pitcher / New York Mets

Height: 6-4

Weight: 215

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Mar 11, 1986

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Red Sox activate Loney, put him in lineup at 1B
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BOSTON (AP) — James Loney was in the Red Sox lineup and playing first base on Sunday, a day after he was acquired from Los Angeles in the trade that unloaded Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and more than $250 million in salaries on the Dodgers.

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