Rochester-born Jim Poole recorded first save on May 18, 1991
Rochester-born Jim Poole recorded his first MLB save on May 18, 1991 for the Texas Rangers.
Stanton smashes, Angels ascend and Washington walks-off
Stanton’s home run was his 21st in the last 32 games. Marlins starter Vance Worley helped his own cause by driving in two runs that would be the difference in Miami’s win…
Welcome to our Club, Mr. 3000, Deja Blue (Jays)
Beltre’s 3000th hit was not enough to propel the Rangers to the victory. Two-thirds of the Orioles starting lineup had multi-hit games tallying 13 hits against Texas. Rougned Ordor’s five RBI could not prevent the Rangers from losing their second straight game…
Five Cubs Go Deep; Boston Literally Walks Off; Mets Bats Come Alive
The O’s came back from an 8-0 deficit to tie things up, but Addison Russell’s eighth home run of the year broke the tie in the ninth. The Cubs went deep five times in the win, and a scoreless ninth inning from Wade Davis gave him his 17th save of the year…
Seven new All-Stars named; Springer gets dingers; Big Sexy heads to Rochester
Seven all-star replacements were named today, and somehow after an immaculate nine-pitch, three-strikeout inning, Carlos Carrasco still isn’t on that list. Big Sexy landed a minor league deal with a new team (sorry Mets fans), and the Nationals, Dodgers, D-Backs and Astros all stayed red hot this Friday. Pittsburgh Pirates (40-47) 1 Chicago Cubs (43-43) […]
Dodgers set franchise record; Reddick’s payback and Orioles near the wrong side of history
Joc Pederson hit a go-ahead dinger in the seventh inning to help lead the Dodgers to their seventh consecutive win…
Bostick ready for move to Nationals
The things that you hear and then you implement them with someone else – it helps you understand it in a different way… You take a little bit from this source. You take a little from that source. In the end, you just become the sum of what everybody tells you…
American League: still too early playoff predictions
By Dave Holcomb The baseball season has reached its half waypoint. Actually, the season made it to that landmark weeks ago, for whatever reason, Major League Baseball has its All-Star game slightly more than halfway. Anyway, with about 95 games in the books, the playoff picture is a bit clearer. It’s still too early to […]
Tale of the Tape: World Series Games 3 and 4
Led by the arms of Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain and a suddenly scorching hot lineup – San Francisco has scored 20 runs in the two games. Each game has brought a different star. In Game 1, it was Freddy Sanchez and Aubrey Huff leading the charge. In Game 2 – it was Edgar Renteria. The Giants looking to put this series almost out of reach – send Jonathan Sanchez to the mound. Sanchez last pitched in Game 6 of the NLCS and didn’t look comfortable.
Tale of Tape: World Series Games 1 & 2
For those that have been hiding under a rock it is David vs. David. One team is in the World Series for the first time ( Texas) and the other hasn’t won a World Series Championship in 56 years ( San Francisco). Either way after this series, the drought is over for one city.