Cards top Brewers, still 9 1/2 games out (AP)

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Edwin Jackson pitched seven solid innings and singled home the go-ahead run to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Tuesday night. Despite the win, the Cardinals still are 9 1/2 games behind the Brewers in the NL Central with have 27 games remaining. Jackson (4-2) scattered six hits and kept [...]

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CC snaps out of Red Sox funk in 5-2 win (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 30 August 2011 11:20:31 PM. © MLB News Blog

CC Sabathia snapped out of his Red Sox funk, striking out 10 in six innings to beat Boston for the first time in five tries this season and lead the New York Yankees to a 5-2 victory on Tuesday night. The win was the Yankees’ third in 13 games against their AL East rival this [...]

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Hamilton, Feldman lead Rangers past Rays (AP)

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Josh Hamilton hit a towering home run and Scott Feldman threw six scoreless innings in a spot start for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers in a 2-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. Hamilton hit the first pitch of the sixth inning thrown by rookie right-hander Jeremy Hellickson (11-10) deep into a [...]

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Halladay goes 7, has 3 RBIs in 9-0 win (AP)

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Whether he was running the bases on his three-run double or striking out another overmatched Reds batter, Roy Halladay looked awfully fresh. The right-hander allowed a pair of hits in seven innings and drove in three runs with the second double of his career on Tuesday night, leading the Phillies to a 9-0 victory over [...]

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Bullpen Lets Royals Down in Extras, Lose 2-1 With
10th Inning Walk Off Home Run

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Kansas City Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar can't grab a single by Detroit Tigers' Austin Jackson in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Fister had a perfect game going into the top of the 7^th inning when Alex broke it up with a double.
Francis pitch decent. 6.1 IP, 0 Runs, 1 BB, 2 Ks
The Royals wasted a good opportunity in the 8th inning when they had runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and Escobar and Gordon couldn't drive the runners home.
The bullpen was horrible 4 hits, 3 BB, 2 Runs in 3 innings of work. Coleman, who actually didn't allow a run, had only 9 of his 27 pitches go for strikes.

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Banksy Keszler.mov

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Jair Jurrjens Struggles Again As Washington Beats
Atlanta 9-2

post from Talking Chop on 30 August 2011 11:00:52 PM. © Talking Chop

Atlanta couldn't do much of anything against Livan tonight.

We waited three long days to see the Braves do this?

The Washington Nationals battered Jair Jurrjens and Livan Hernandez gave up only 5 hits and one run in seven innings of work as Atlanta couldn't do anything offensively and lost 9-2.

Washington got the scoring going in the top of the second inning as Michael Morse crushed his 23rd home run to left field as the Nationals took an early 1-0 lead.

The Braves responded in the bottom of the inning as Atlanta loaded the bases against Hernandez. After Alex Gonzalez popped out into foul territory for the first out, Jason Heyward hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Dan Uggla and tie the game at one.

After that, it was all Washington.

Morse struck again in the third inning as he doubled with two outs to score Ryan Zimmerman and increased the Nationals lead to 2-1.

Livan Hernandez helped himself out in the fifth inning, doubling to start the inning. After Ian Desmond singled and Rick Ankiel popped out, Zimmerman launched his tenth home run to center field for a three-run shot to up the lead to 5-1.

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Jurrjens gave up yet another home run in the sixth inning, this one to Danny Espinosa, his 19th of the season. Espinosa's blast gave the Nationals a 6-1 lead.

The end of the sixth inning signaled the end of Jurrjens' night as well. He finished with a line of 6 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K.

Cristhian Martinez came in in relief of Jurrjens but couldn't cool off the Nationals bats. Zimmerman continued his hot hitting with a two-out double. Morse then singled to center, scoring Zimmerman and upping the Washington lead to 7-1. Laynce Nix then followed with his 18th home run of the season, a two-run blast, giving Washington a 9-1 lead.

Atlanta scored their second run of the game in the bottom of the seventh, as Alex Gonzalez doubled and scored on a single from Jason Heyward to make it a 9-2 game.

Livan Hernandez earned the win, finishing with a line of 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K.

Arodys Vizcaino and Craig Kimbrel pitched the final two innings for Atlanta (not sure why), striking out 5 combined, including three by Vizcaino.

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Ex-Giants worker charged with wire fraud (AP)

A former payroll manager for the San Francisco Giants has been arrested on federal charges associated with embezzling more than $1.5 million from the baseball club’s employees, including players. According to a criminal complaint filed last month in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, the former payroll manager, Robin O’Connor, was confronted by the team [...]

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Santiagos HR in 10th lifts Tigers (AP)

Ramon Santiago hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. Santiago, who entered the game in the eighth as a pinch-runner, lifted Aaron Crow’s pitch over the right-field wall for only his fourth homer of the [...]

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Scrappy Indians keep pace in Central (AP)

Carlos Santana and Jack Hannahan hit two-run homers for Cleveland and the scrappy Indians kept pace in the AL Central race by beating the Oakland Athletics 6-2 on Tuesday night. Jeanmar Gomez (1-2) allowed one unearned runs over six innings after being recalled from Triple-A Columbus. He took the rotation spot vacated by Josh Tomlin, [...]

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