Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Around the Horn - 7/1

Look out AL Central, here come the Detroit Tigers. In case you haven't noticed, the Tigers, after last night's come from behind 5-4 win over the Twins, are now two games over .500 (42-40). The Tigers were 19-8 in June, and have won 7 straight, moving them to within 5 games of the White Sox for the AL Central lead.

The Tigers will be tested now though. Magglio Ordonez went on the DL after straining an oblique muscle on Sunday and Miguel Cabrera may be joining him after suffering from a hip flexor last night.
Detroit (42-40) «0100002205123
Minnesota (45-38)1010110004130
W: C. Fossum (1-0) L: M. Guerrier (4-3)
S: J. Zumaya (1)
HR: DET - M. Thames (15) MIN - None

Recap/Box

The Mets just can't build off of anything. They had a big win on Sunday against the Yankees after losing two straight. So what did they do last night? Go out and get clobbered 7-1 by the Cardinals. John Maine had a rough outing and the Mets offense fell flat. And Kyle Lohse is 10-2!
N.Y. Mets (40-42)000010000173
St. Louis (48-36) «21112000x7102
W: K. Lohse (10-2) L: J. Maine (8-6)
HR: NYM - None STL - C. Duncan (5)


Tampa Bay has its first big Summer series...EVER. They got off on the right foot last night, holding off the Red Sox 5-4 despite Troy Percival being forced from the game in the 9th inning. The Rays closer apparently re-aggravated a hamstring problem. Back up closer Dan Wheeler had already pitched, so J.P. Howell closed things out. And the Red Sox still haven't, and won't, taken any disciplinary action against Manny Ramirez.
Boston (50-35)000101002481
Tampa Bay (50-32) «10021010x560
W: J. Shields (6-5) L: J. Masterson (4-2)
S: J. Howell (2)
HR: BOS - J. Drew (16) TB - B. Upton (6), G. Gross (6)


Jr. still has some pop in that bat. Ken Griffey Jr. came off the bench to hit a walk off 2-run home run to give the Reds a 4-3 win over the Pirates in the 9th. It was career home run number 603. Before the game, Jr. playfully asked manager Dusty Baker's 9-yr old son Darren why he wasn't playing. "You can't hit lefties, and you're old!", responded Darren. Take that kid.
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Cincinnati (39-45) «001001002480
W: F. Cordero (3-1) L: M. Capps (1-3)
HR: PIT - A. LaRoche (8) CIN - J. Hairston (2), K. Griffey (10)


The Marlins walked one off too against the Nationals. After the fish tied the game in the 9th, Josh Willingham hit his second home run of the game in the bottom of the 10th. These fish know how to hit home runs.
Washington (33-51)00112001005100
Florida (43-39) «01200100116110
W: K. Gregg (6-2) L: J. Rauch (4-2)
HR: WAS - E. Dukes (4), D. Young (4) FLA - J. Willingham (7), H. Ramirez (19), J. Willingham (8)


The White Sox know how to hit home runs too. Nick Swisher hit a pair last night, including his second grand slam in a week, as the White Sox out lasted the Indians 9-7. Jim Thome also went deep as the Pale Hose increased their lead over the Twins to 2.5 games in the AL Central.
Cleveland (37-46)1001020037140
Chi. White Sox (47-35) «30500100x992
W: G. Floyd (9-4) L: J. Sowers (0-4)
S: M. Thornton (1)
HR: CLE - J. Peralta (12) CHW - J. Thome (16), N. Swisher (10), N. Swisher (11)


Good and Bad news for the Astros last night. Roy Oswalt struck out 9 to lead the 'stros to a 4-1 win over the Dodgers. The bad news? Oswalt left the game in the 7th inning with a strained hip. Lance Berkman belted his 22nd home run.
L.A. Dodgers (38-44)1000000001110
Houston (40-43) «10030000x460
W: R. Oswalt (7-8) L: E. Stults (2-1)
S: J. Valverde (22)
HR: LA - None HOU - L. Berkman (22)


Talk about a change in fortune. The Rockies lead the Padres 8-3. Final score- Padres 15 Rockies 8 with a 7-run 9th inning. The Pads hit 4 home runs, including a pair by Edgar Gonzalez. Jody Gerut also had one and knocked in 4.
San Diego (33-51) «10200500715220
Colorado (32-51)303110000890
W: H. Bell (6-3) L: B. Fuentes (1-4)
HR: SD - E. Gonzalez (2), K. Kouzmanoff (11), J. Gerut (4), E. Gonzalez (3) COL - B. Hawpe (11)


Greg Smith pitched the A's to a big 6-1 win over the Angels. Smith threw the first complete game of his career, limiting the Angels to just 4 hits. The win moved the A's to within 3.5 games of the Angels in the AL West.
Oakland (45-37) «0200002116130
L.A. Angels (49-34)000010000142
W: G. Smith (5-6) L: J. Garland (7-5)
HR: OAK - None ANA - M. Napoli (12)


Complete games are nothing out of the ordinary for Roy Halladay, who went the distance in the Blue Jays 2-0 blanking of the Mariners last night. It was the 10th career shutout for the big right-hander.
Toronto (41-43) «0000110002101
Seattle (31-51)000000000040
W: R. Halladay (9-6) L: R. Dickey (2-4)
HR: TOR - None SEA - None


Mark DeRosa homered twice, including a grand slam, and drove in 6 as the Cubs pounded the Giants 9-2. Ted Lilly won his 9th while Barry Zito, unfortunately for Giants fans, went back to pitching like Barry Zito.

Chi. Cubs (50-33) «0120200409100
San Francisco (36-47)000000002282
W: T. Lilly (9-5) L: B. Zito (3-12)
HR: CHC - M. DeRosa (9), M. DeRosa (10) SF - None


Good to see Doug Davis out on the mound and competing. In fact he picked up the win against his old club for the Diamondbacks last night.
Milwaukee (44-38)200001000371
Arizona (42-41) «20003010x6110
W: D. Davis (3-3) L: D. Bush (4-8)
S: B. Lyon (17)
HR: MIL - None ARI - M. Reynolds (17)


O's closer George Sherrill blew a save in the 9th for the second straight game. This time it was the Royals coming from behind to tie things up on a Miguel Olivo home run. Jose Guillen knocked in the game winner in the 11th. Joakim Soria, the best unknown closer, picked up his 22nd save.
Kansas City (38-45) «001002101016140
Baltimore (41-40)001040000005101
W: R. Mahay (4-0) L: C. Bradford (3-3)
S: J. Soria (22)
HR: KC - M. Olivo (9) BAL - R. Hernandez (7)

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