Thursday, June 27, 2013


The Marlins continued their winning ways yesterday, as they completed a two-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins, beating them yesterday 5-3, after being down 3-0.  Jeff Mathis and Placido Polanco both hit their first home runs of the season, both of them with a runner on base.  Kevin Slowey replaced starter Tom Koehler and pitched three scoreless innings to earn the win.  The Marlins have now given up three runs or fewer in 10 straight games and are 13-9 during the month of June.  The team will enjoy a day off today before they welcome the San Diego Padres to Marlins Park for a four-game series Friday through Monday.  Here are the expected starters for the series vs. the Padres:

FRIDAY Edinson Volquez vs Ricky Nolasco 7:10 pm
SATURDAY Eric Stults vs Jacob Turner 7:10 pm
SUNDAY Andrew Cashner vs Nathan Eovaldi 1:10 pm
MONDAY Jason Marquis vs Jose Fernandez 7:10 pm  

The Fish are still the worst run-scoring team in MLB, with 244 runs in their 77 games.  Here are the rest of the bottom-dwellers:

TEAM                W-L       Runs
Marlins 27-50 244
Nationals 39-38 273
Dodgers 35-42 277
White Sox 32-43 277
Mariners 34-45 283

In the major leagues yesterday, in the American League,

Blue Jays 3 Rays 0
Adam Lind and Edwin Encarnacion connected long distance and RA Dickey fired a two-hit shutout.  He absolutely loves pitching in the state of Florida.  In 13 games against the Rays and Marlins in the Sunshine State, his record is 11-0.

Indians 4 Orioles 3
Drew Stubbs drove in the deciding run in the top of the ninth inning.  The Orioles have now dropped five out of six.

Rangers 8 Yankees 5
Nelson Cruz belted a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning and Adrian Beltre had three hits and drove in a pair.

Angels 7 Tigers 4
Mike Trout and Erick Aybar both blasted two-run homers.

A’s 5 Reds 0
AJ Griffin tossed a two-hit shutout and Josh Donaldson hit a three-run homer.

Pirates 4 Mariners 2
Jordy Mercer’s RBI single in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Pirates to their sixth straight win and a tie with the St. Louis Cardinals atop the NL Central.

Astros 4 Cardinals 3
Erik Bedard pitched six innings to earn the win.

Red Sox 5 Rockies 3
Daniel Nava drove in two runs and Shane Victorino had three hits and scored two runs.

Mets 3 White Sox 0
Shaun Marcum threw eight shutout innings to finally get his first win of 2013, after 9 straight losses.

Royals 4 Braves 3 (10 innings)
Alex Gordon hit a leadoff homer and the walk-off RBI single. 

Over in the National League,

Nationals 3 D-Backs 2
Jordan Zimmerman improved his record to 11-3 and Tyler Moore connected long distance.

Cubs 5 Brewers 4
Anthony Rizzo drove in a pair of runs in support of Scott Feldman, who gave up three runs over six innings.

Dodgers 4 Giants 2
Clayton Kershaw pitched into the ninth inning, giving up just two runs and four hits.    

Phillies 7 Padres 5 (13 innings)
Two errors by Logan Forsythe in the top of the 13th inning led to the Phillies win.     

Today’s games, first, in the American League,

Rangers @ Yankees 1:05 pm
Derek Holland vs Phil Hughes

Angels @ Tigers 1:08 pm
Jered Weaver vs Doug Fister

Indians @ Orioles 7:05 pm
Corey Kluber vs Miguel Gonzalez

Blue Jays @ Red Sox      7:10 pm
Chien-Ming Wan vs Jon Lester

Royals @ Twins   8:10 pm
Jeremy Guthrie vs Samuel Deduno

Over in the National League,

Cubs @ Brewers 2:10 pm
Matt Garza vs Wily Peralta 

D-backs @ Nationals     4:05 pm
Patrick Corbin vs Stephen Strasburg

Mets @ Rockies           6:10 pm
Jeremy Hefner vs Tyler Chatwood

Phillies @ Dodgers      10:10 pm
Jonathan Pettibone vs Zack Greinke

The Marlins are talking to various teams about trades, and ESPN is reporting that the Fish and the Dodgers are talking about Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco:


Regardless of the destination, Nolasco’s trade is imminent.

In Yankee news, Mark Teixeira will require season-ending wrist surgery for an injury he sustained during the WBC:


Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman and Alex Rodriguez have spoken and tried to clear the air, but not before “sources” close to A-Rod said that Alex believes he is being held back so the Yankees can collect insurance money:


Yeah, Alex.  The Yankees have ALWAYS run their ballclub so they could save a dollar here, and a dollar there.

With the MLB All Star game coming up, Keith Law of ESPN talks about the rosters for the Futures game.  Always fun to watch:


Here are the up-to-the-minute standings in MLB:


Here are the individual league leaders in MLB:


Back to basketball and the Heat.  A lot of comments from the media regarding what the future holds for the Heat.  Here are the only comments that matter, from team president Pat Riley:


The NBA draft is tonight, and the Heat will not have any selections.  They would have had the 30th pick in the first round and that one ended up with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the trade for some guy named LeBron.  Good trade. 

From the Sun-Sentinel, here is the complete draft order, in case you need to know:


A couple of players with famous fathers and Miami connections will probably end up being selected in the first round.  Those names include Shane Larkin, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Glen Rice Jr.

Did you all know that the Harlem Globetrotters also hold a draft?  In case you missed it, check out the names they just selected:


HERE IS TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION:  In today’s NBA draft, University of Miami point guard Shane Larkin, the son of baseball hall of famer Barry Larkin, is expected to be selected in the middle of the first round.  Only two players from the U have been selected in the first round of the draft.  Who are those two players? Tell you later, alligator.   

The Aaron Hernandez saga has pretty much reached its destination.  Hernandez was arrested and charged with first-degree murder yesterday at his home.  The victim, Odin Lloyd, was a friend of Hernandez who was dating the sister of Hernandez’ fiancee.  Llloyd was shot multiple times in the back and chest.  Here is the story from ESPN:  


ESPN’s legal analyst Lester Munson has some details of the case:


In another story straight from the files of Police Squad!, Cleveland Browns rookie linebacker Ausar Walcott was arrested and charged with attempted murder outside of a club in New Jersey.  Here is that story:


That makes a total of 29 NFL players that have been arrested since after this year’s Super Bowl in February.  Whatever the league and the teams are doing, is obviously not enough to put an end to the “Gangsta” behavior of the players.   

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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: In today’s NBA draft, University of Miami point guard Shane Larkin, the son of baseball hall of famer Barry Larkin, is expected to be selected in the middle of the first round.  Only two players from the U have been selected in the first round of the draft.  Who are those two players?

Hall of Famer Rick Barry was the #2 selection in the 1965 draft, and Tim James was selected #25 in 1999.  

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