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The Marlins host the San Francisco Giants in a three-game series this weekend. The scheduled pitchers for the series with the Giants:
TONIGHT Chad Gaudin vs Nathan Eovaldi 7:10 pm
SATURDAY Matt Cain vs Henderson Alvarez 7:10 pm
SUNDAY Madison Bumgarner vs Tom Koehler 1:10 pm
The Fish will host the LA Dodgers in a four-game series starting on Monday, and then the Colorado Rockies will be in Miami for a three-game set next weekend.
The Fish are still at the bottom of the list in runs scored in MLB, with 376 runs in their 119 games, an underwhelming 3.16 runs per game. Here are the rest of the bottom-dwellers:
TEAM W-L Runs
Marlins 46-73 376
White Sox 46-74 442
Giants 53-67 449
Astros 39-81 452
Nationals 59-61 455
In contrast, the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers lead MLB with 613 runs scored. The Sox have played 3 more games than the Tigers.
In the Major Leagues yesterday, first in the National League,
Cardinals 6 Pirates 5 (12 innings)
Matt Holliday ended the game with a run-scoring single in the 12th. The Cardinals are now just two games behind the Pirates in the NL Central.
Giants 4 Nationals 3
Pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning.
Reds 2 Brewers 1
Joey Votto’s home run in the sixth inning was the difference. Aroldis Chapman nailed down his 30th save of the season.
Mets 4 Padres 1
Marlin Byrd hit a two-run double in the eighth inning. John Buck connected long distance.
Over in the American League,
Angels 8 Yankees 4
Chris Nelson hit two homers, including a grand slam in the eighth inning. Alfonso Soriano stayed hot for the Yankees, going 4-5 with an RBI in the loss.
A’s 5 Astros 0
In only his second career start, Sonny Gray threw eight scoreless innings to pick up his first major league win. Nate Frieman went 4-4, including a home run, and drove in four runs.
Blue Jays 2 Red Sox 1
Mark Buehrle pitched seven innings and Mark de Rosa and Brett Lawrie drove in a run apiece.
Tigers 4 Royals 1
Anibal Sanchez gave up a run in his 7 1/3 innings of work. Prince Fielder connected long distance with a man on and Andy Dirks had four hits.
Rays 7 Mariners 1
Wil Myers went 3-4 with four RBI and Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer.
Twins 4 White Sox 3
Chris Herrmann had the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Today in MLB, in the National League,
Cardinals @ Cubs 4:05 pm
Jake Westbrook vs Jake Arrieta
Dodgers @ Phillies 7:05 pm
Zack Grienke vs Cliff Lee
D-Backs @ Pirates 7:05 pm
Brandon McCarthy vs Gerrit Cole
Giants @ Marlins 7:10 pm
Chad Gaudin vs Nathan Eovaldi
Nationals @ Braves 7:30 pm
Taylor Jordan vs Alex Wood
Reds @ Brewers 8:10 pm
Mike Leake vs Tom Gorzelanny
Mets @ Padres 10:10 pm
Jon Niese vs Ian Kennedy
Over in the American League,
Royals @ Tigers 1:08 pm (Game 1)
Danny Duffy vs Justin Verlander
Royals @ Tigers 7:08 pm (Game 2)
James Shields vs Jose Alvarez
Juan Nicasio vs Wei-Yin Chen
Yankees @ Red Sox 7:10 pm
Andy Pettitte vs Felix Doubront
Blue Jays @ Rays 7:10 pm
RA Dickey vs Jeremy Hellickson
Mariners @ Rangers 8:05 pm
Hisashi Iwakuma vs Derek Holland
White Sox @ Twins 8:10 pm
Jose Quintana vs Kevin Correia
Astros @ Angels 10:05 pm
Brad Peacock vs Jerome Williams
Indians @ A’s 10:05 pm
Justin Masterson vs AJ Griffin
In news from around baseball, MLB will expand video replay with challenges starting in 2014. This is subject to a 75% vote by the owners and approval by the players’ association and the umpires. Here’s is the full story:
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports loves the new replay rules (includes video):
Ken Davidoff of the New York Post reports that A-Roid himself may have leaked information about fellow players to Yahoo! Sports:
Here are the latest trade rumors around the majors:
Here is ESPN chiming in with their gossip:
Chuck Todd of NBC is guest-writing for Buster Olney on ESPN. Great article by Todd:
Here’s the play of the day, courtesy of Giants’ SS Brandon Crawford:
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: How many times did Joe DiMaggio strike out during his 56-game consecutive hitting streak back in 1941? The answer comes later, alligator.
Here are the up-to-the-minute standings in MLB:
Here are the individual league leaders in MLB:
News from the gridiron . . .
Feature in the Miami Herald on UM running back Eduardo Clements:
The Herald’s Manny Navarro and Susan Miller Degnan have the latest scoop from the University of Miami:
Here’s David Neal’s report from FIU:
In Dolphin and NFL news, the Palm Beach Post talks about new Dolphins kicker Caleb Sturgis:
Here’s more on Sturgis from the Miami Herald:
Fins coach Joe Philbin is very pleased with TE Michael Egnew this year:
Here is Armando Salguero’s daily Dolphin report from the Miami Herald:
The Dolphins’ third preseason game is tomorrow night in Houston against the Texans. Channel 4 in Miami will handle the telecast, game time is 8:00 pm. Here is the rest of the Dolphins’ preseason schedule
SATURDAY, August 17 @ Houston 8:00 pm Channel 4
SATURDAY, August 24 Tampa Bay 8:00 pm Channel 4
THURSDAY, August 29 New Orleans 7:30 pm Channel 4
The Fins open the regular season in Cleveland against the Browns on Sunday, September 8.
Last night in NFL preseason action,
Baltimore Ravens 27 Atlanta Falcons 23
Cleveland Browns 24 Detroit Lions 6
Philadelphia Eagles 14 Carolina Panthers 9
Chicago Bears 33 San Diego Chargers 28
Here are the details and summaries from yesterday’s games:
Here is the rest of this week’s preseason schedule:
TONIGHT
Minnesota @ Buffalo 7:00 pm
San Francisco @ Kansas City 8:00 pm
Tampa Bay @ New England 8:00 pm FOX
Oakland @ New Orleans 8:00 pm
SATURDAY
Dallas @ Arizona 4:30 pm NFL
Miami @ Houston 8:00 pm Channel 4
Tennessee @ Cincinnati 7:00 pm
Jacksonville @ NY Jets 7:30 pm NFL
Green Bay @ St Louis 8:00 pm
Denver @ Seattle 10:00 pm NFL
SUNDAY
Indianapolis @ NY Giants 7:00 pm
MONDAY
Pittsburgh @ Washington 8:00 pm ESPN
Here’s ESPN’s NFL Nation Blog, with news from all around the league:
We can all continue to sleep at night, knowing full well that Aaron Hernandez remains in jail, where he belongs.
In news from the NBA and the Miami Heat, how is Dwyane Wade doing? The Sun Sentinel tells us here:
The Herald chimes in on Wade:
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NOTE TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PLAYERS:
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: How many times did Joe DiMaggio strike out during his 56-game consecutive hitting streak back in 1941?
This is bordering on incredible. Joe D struck out only FIVE times during the 56-game streak.
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Behave yourselves, and always remember that tomorrow will bring us a brand new day. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, AND I'LL BE BACK WITH YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21.
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