Good morning, world!
Proving that all good things must come to an end, the Marlins were swept by the Cardinals in St. Louis this past weekend. The Fish fell yesterday in walk-off fashion, 5-4 and lead the majors with nine walk-off losses this season. They take on the Braves at Marlins Park in a three-game series starting tonight. Atlanta comes in looking for a little payback after losing two out of three to the Miami last week. Here are the pitching matchups for this series:
MONDAY Mike Minor vs Kevin Slowey 7:10 pm
TUESDAY Julio Teheran vs Henderson Alvarez 7:10 pm
WEDNESDAY Paul Maholm vs Jacob Turner 12:40 pm
After the three games with the Braves, the Marlins will enjoy a day off on Thursday and then host the Washington Nationals for the final three-game series before the All Star break.
The Fish are still the worst run-scoring team in MLB, with 283 runs in their 87 games. Here are the rest of the bottom-dwellers:
TEAM W-L Runs
Marlins 32-55 283
White Sox 34-51 312
Mariners 39-49 325
Dodgers 42-45 333
Astros 32-57 337
In the major leagues yesterday, in the American League,
Orioles 2 Yankees 1
The Orioles avoided a three-game sweep, and did it the hard way as Adam Jones homered with a man on in the ninth inning against Mariano Rivera. It was Rivera’s first blown save at Yankee Stadium since 2010.
Indians 9 Tigers 6
Michael Brantley homered twice, including the go-ahead homer in the bottom of the eighth inning. Carlos Santana and Lenny Chisenhall also connected long distance in the win. Miguel Cabrera went 4-4 with a homer for Detroit.
Blue Jays 11 Twins 5
Rajai Davis, Jose Reyes, and Colby Rasmus all homered for Toronto.
Rays 3 White Sox 1
David Price threw the complete game as the Rays won their fourth straight and eighth win in the last nine games.
A’s 10 Royals 4
Josh Reddick, Jed Lowrie, and Eric Sogard all connected long distance. Reddick finished with 4 RBI and the A’s have now won eight of their last 11.
Rangers 5 Astros 4
Nelson Cruz drove in the eventual game-winning run with a single in the fifth inning.
Angels 3 Red Sox 0
Mike Trout and Hank Conger homered and Jered Weaver threw 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball. Weaver has now allowed just two runs over a span of 20 2/3 innings.
Over in the National League,
Nationals 11 Padres 7
Ryan Zimmerman’s grand slam led the Nats to their fourth win in a row.
Phillies 7 Braves 3
Domonic Brown homered and tripled, Ben Revere drove in two runs as well.
Mets 2 Brewers 1
Jeremy Hefner struck out eight and allowed only two hits in seven innings of work.
Cubs 4 Pirates 3
Dioner Navarro ended the game with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
Dodgers 4 Giants 1
AJ Ellis drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double in the top of the ninth inning
Mariners 3 Reds 1
Nick Franklin and Justin Smoak connected long distance.
Today’s games, first, in the American League,
Royals @ Yankees 7:05 pm
Jeremy Guthrie vs Phil Hughes
Rangers @ Orioles 7:05 pm
Derek Holland vs Scott Feldman
Tigers @ Indians 7:05 pm
Max Scherzer vs Scott Kazmir
Twins @ Rays 7:10 pm
Samuel Deduno vs Roberto Hernandez
Cubs @ White Sox 8:10 pm
Matt Garza vs Hector Santiago
Over in the National League,
A’s @ Pirates 7:05 pm
Bartolo Colon vs Jeff Locke
Nationals @ Phillies 7:05 pm
Dan Haren vs John Lannan
Braves @ Marlins 7:10 pm
Mike Minor vs Kevin Slowey
Reds @ Brewers 8:10 pm
Homer Bailey vs Kyle Lohse
Dodgers @ D-Backs 9:40 pm
Zack Greinke vs Randall Delgado
Rockies @ Padres 10:10 pm
Tyler Chatwood vs Edinson Volquez
Mets @ Giants 10:15 pm
Matt Harvey vs Tim Lincecum
Ricky Nolasco returns home to the west coast, as the Marlins completed the long-rumored trade with the LA Dodgers. Nolasco spoke with the Sun Sentinel after the trade:
Keith Law of ESPN.com breaks down the trade:
My take: I don’t really have a problem in trading Nolasco, who is not close to being a #1 or #2 starter, but will command a very high salary after this season. If the Marlins were not going to re-sign him, then trade him for something. However, I have a HUGE problem in what they got for him and the real reason they didn’t get more in return.....The cheapskate owner wanted the Dodgers to be responsible for the full amount of the remaining contract, thus receiving nothing in return for a quality innings-eater that will help Dodgers as they try and chase down the leaders in the West. The Marlins ownership again showed that all they care about is the bottom-line profit and were only able to get three mediocre pitchers that are not even considered prospects by MLB scouts. Just for fun, the names of the pitchers the Marlins received in exchange for Nolasco are Steven Ames, Josh Wall, and Angel Sanchez. If any of these three pitchers amount to anything in the major leagues, I will be shocked.
In other baseball news, Manny Ramirez is back, albeit with the Round Rock Express, the AAA affiliate of the Texas Rangers:
The Washington Nationals strengthened their bench with the acquisition of outfielder Scott Hairston from the Chicago Cubs:
In case you missed it, local product Manny Machado of the Orioles made what could be the play of the year so far. Here’s the video:
The All-Star teams have been announced:
American League photo gallery:
National League photo gallery:
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: The first MLB All Star game was played in 1933 (80 years ago) in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Who hit the first home run in an All Star game? Tell you later, alligator.
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports chimes in with his All-Star team snubs:
Keith Law of ESPN offers his surprises and snubs:
ESPN’s David Schoenfield looks at both rosters:
Buster Olney has a solution for taking rising stars like Yasiel Puig, Evan Gattis, Sterling Marte, and Marcell Ozuna to the all-star game:
Here are the up-to-the-minute standings in MLB:
Here are the individual league leaders in MLB:
Dwight Howard announced he will be taking his talents to the city of Houston and join the Houston Rockets. It now seems that Howard was just looking for love. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports:
In NFL news, Aaron Hernandez is still in jail, where he belongs.
Over in Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli defeated Sabine Lisicki for the women’s championship, and Andy Murray becomes the first Brit to win at Wimbledon since 1936. Here’s Fox Sports’ coverage:
Here’s another reason why I don’t follow soccer:
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: The first MLB All Star game was played in 1933 (80 years ago) in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Who hit the first home run in an All Star game? Tell you later, alligator.
Who else? The Great Bambino, the Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth.
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