Marcell Ozuna drove in the tying and go-ahead runs in the sixth inning with a bases-loaded single, and drove in an insurance run in the eighth with a double off the center field wall as the Marlins came from behind to beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-2. Jose Fernandez lasted only five innings, allowing only four hits and one earned run, but had issues with his control, throwing only 59 out of his 94 pitches for strikes. Derek Dietrich hit his seventh homer of the season for the Fish, who are now 12-9 this month. An early 12:40 start time today against the Twins. Tom Koehler takes the mound for Miami, Scott Diamond toes the rubber for Minnesota. The Fish will then enjoy a day off tomorrow, before hosting the San Diego Padres in a four-game series from Monday through Monday.
The Fish are still the worst run-scoring team in MLB, with 239 runs in their 76 games. Here are the rest of the bottom-dwellers:
TEAM W-L Runs
Marlins 26-50 239
Nationals 38-38 270
Dodgers 34-42 273
White Sox 32-42 277
Mariners 34-44 281
In the major leagues yesterday, in the American League,
Orioles 6 Indians 3
Chris Davis hit his major-league leading 28th homer and Alexi Casilla connected long distance with two men on base.
Yankees 4 Rangers 3
Ichiro Suzuki ended the game with a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning. Brett Gardner, Jayson Nix, and Travis Haffner also went yard for the Yankees. Mariano Rivera tossed a scoreless ninth inning to earn the win.
Angels 14 Tigers 8
JB Shuck went 3-5 and drove in four runs. The Angels have beaten the Tigers in seven straight meetings, outscoring Detroit 48-17 in those games.
Rays 5 Blue Jays 1
Matt Moore tossed six innings of one-run ball and struck out 11.
Red Sox 11 Rockies 4
Dustin Pedroia went 3-5 with four RBI, Mike Napoli added 2 RBI.
White Sox 5 Mets 4
Alexei Ramirez made up for an embarrassing error and delivered the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Cardinals 13 Astros 5
Allan Craig homered and drove in three runs, Carlos Beltran and David Freese added two-run homers in the win.
Braves 4 Royals 3
Jason Heyward drove in three runs, including the go-ahead home run in the top of the seventh inning.
A’s 7 Reds 3
Josh Donaldson belted a two-run homer and five other A’s players drove in runs.
Pirates 9 Mariners 4
Starling Marte connected long distance twice, Russell Martin, Brandon Inge and our old friend Gaby Sanchez also went deep.
Over in the National League,
Nationals 7 D-Backs 5
Ada Laroche belted a three-run homer, Gio Gonzalez got the win, allowing two runs in 6 1/3 innings.
Brewers 9 Cubs 3
Rickie Weeks went 3-4, with a pair of home runs and drove in four runs. Juan Francisco also connected long distance in the win.
Dodgers 6 Giants 5
Hanley Ramirez and Mark Ellis both connected two-run homers as the Dodgers won a season-high fourth straight game.
Phillies 6 Padres 2
Domonic Brown hit a go-ahead three-run homer and finished with four RBI.
Today’s games, first, in the American League,
Blue Jays @ Rays 12:10 pm
RA Dickey vs Roberto Hernandez
Reds @ Athletics 3:35 pm
Bronson Arroyo vs Tommy Milone
Pirates @ Mariners 3:40 pm
Jeanmar Gomez vs Felix Hernandez
Rockies @ Red Sox 4:05 pm
Roy Oswalt vs John Lackey
Rangers @ Yankees 7:05 pm
Justin Grimm vs Andy Pettitte
Indians @ Orioles 7:05 pm
Scot Kazmir vs Jason Hammel
Angels @ Tigers 7:08 pm
Tommy Hanson
Braves @ Royals 8:10 pm
Mike Minor vs Luis Mendoza
Mets @ White Sox 8:10 pm
Shaun Marcum vs John Danks
Cardinals @ Astros 8:10 pm
Lance Lynn vs Erik Bedard
Over in the National League,
Twins @ Marlins 12:40 pm
Scott Diamond vs Tom Koehler
D-backs @ Nationals 7:05 pm
Wade Miley vs Jordan Zimmerman
Cubs @ Brewers 8:10 pm
Scott Feldman vs Yovani Gallardo
Phillies @ Padres 10:10 pm
Cole Hamels vs Robbie Erlin
Giants @ Dodgers 10:10 pm
Tim Lincecum vs Clayton Kershaw
HERE IS TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Miguel Cabrera joined an elite club, becoming only the sixth player since 1920 with at least 1200 RBI and 300 HR in his first 11 seasons in the big leagues. The other five? Tell you later, alligator.
Former GM Manny Acta, now with ESPN, talks about the dangers of rushing prospects up to the major leagues too soon:
Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman is fed up with Alex Rodriguez:
The Atlanta Braves hold the largest lead in any division in baseball, (6 games), but are struggling offensively. Devid Schoenfield of ESPN looks at the Braves in detail:
The Chicago Cubs designated reliever Carlos Marmol for assignment, probably ending Marmol’s stay in Chicago:
Here are the up-to-the-minute standings in MLB:
Here are the individual league leaders in MLB:
Last night at the College World Series in Omaha, UCLA defeated Mississippi State 8-0 to win its first national championship in baseball. The Bruins have an NCAA-record 109 national championships in team sports.
Back to basketball the the Heat. The Herald was at LeBron James‘ news conference yesterday:
Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel tells us all we need to know about Ray Allen and his contract situation:
The NBA draft is tomorrow, and the Heat will not have any selections. From the Sun-Sentinel, here is the complete draft order, in case you need to know:
Did you all know that the Harlem Globetrotters also hold a draft? You have to see who they just selected:
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald as been listening through peepholes and offers up some of his usual nonsense, along with some good background stuff:
From the NFL and Police Squad! files, here is today’s update on the Aaron Hernandez story:
Les Carpenter of Yahoo! Sports analyzes the Hernandez situation and the NFL’s inability to get their players off the police blotters:
The Dolphins are close to signing free-agent fullback Vonta Leach, at least, according to his agent:
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Miguel Cabrera joined an elite club, becoming only the sixth player since 1920 with at least 1200 RBI and 300 HR in his first 11 seasons in the big leagues. The other five?
Hank Aaron, Jeff Bagwell, Joe DiMaggio, Alberto Pujols, and Ted Williams.
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