The Kansas City Royals remained hot, beating the Marlins last night by the score of 6-2. Billy Butler homered and Wade Davis allowed two runs and six hits in his six innings of work. The Marlins had some opportunities, but continue to not take advantage. They loaded the bases in the fourth and seventh innings, but failed to score both times. Logan Morrison and Greg Dobbs drove in the Marlins’ runs. The Royals have now won 17 of their last 20. Game 2 of the series is tonight at 8:10 pm. Jose Fernandez takes the hill for the Fish, Bruce Chen will be on the mound for the Royals.
The Marlins and the Royals will close out this three-game series tomorrow with an afternoon contest that will start at 2:10 pm. Jacob Turner will start for the Fish, Ervin Santana will toe the rubber for KC.
The Fish will return to South Florida after tomorrow’s game, and will enjoy a day off on Thursday, before taking on the San Francisco Giants in a three-game series at Marlins Park starting on Friday. Following the Giants, the Fish will host the LA Dodgers in a four-game series, and then the Colorado Rockies will be in Miami for another four-game set.
The Fish are still at the bottom of the list in runs scored in MLB, with 370 runs in their 117 games, an underwhelming 3.16 runs per game. Here are the rest of the bottom-dwellers:
TEAM W-L Runs
Marlins 44-73 370
White Sox 45-72 431
Giants 52-65 438
Yankees 60-57 442
Nationals 57-60 442
In contrast, the Boston Red Sox (71-49) lead the majors with 605 runs in 120 games (5.04 runs per game). The Detroit Tigers (69-48) have scored 600 runs in 117 games (5.13 runs per game).
In the Major Leagues yesterday, first in the National League,
Reds 2 Cubs 0
Mat Latos pitched eight shutout innings and got all the support he needed from Brandon Phillips, who homered with a man on in the seventh inning.
Phillies 5 Braves 1
After a rain delay of almost two hours, Cole Hamels pitched the complete game to earn his first win since July 9th. Cody Asche hit a three-run homer.
Rockies 14 Padres 2
Dexter Fowler drove in four runs and DJ LeMahieu connected long distance.
Dodgers 4 Mets 2
Ricky Nolasco won his third straight start and the Dodgers scored three runs in the sixth inning to win their sixth straight game. They are 38-8 since June 22nd.
D-Backs 7 Orioles 6
Adam Eaton ended the game with a home run leading off the bottom of the ninth inning. Chris Davis hit his major-league leading 43rd homer of the year for the Orioles in the loss.
Over in the American League,
A’s 5 Blue Jays 1
Alberto Callaspo hit the go-ahead two-run double in the ninth inning.
Yankees 2 Angels 1
Hidoki Kuroda threw eight innings of shutout ball, allowing only three hits and struck out seven. Curtis Granderson connected long distance in the win.
Rangers 2 Astros 1
Yu Darvish didn’t allow a hit until Carlos Corporan hit a home run with one out in the eighth inning. Darvish struck out 15 batters.
White Sox 6 Tigers 2
Chris Sale threw the complete game as the White Sox won for only the fifth time in their last 18 games. Miguel Cabrera blasted his 37th homer of the season for the Tigers in the loss.
Twins 3 Indians 0
Andrew Albers tossed his first career shutout in just his second big league start. Trevor Plouffe and Brian Dozier connected long distance for the Twins.
Today in MLB, in the National League,
Giants @ Nationals 7:05 pm
Madison Bumgarner vs Gio Gonzalez
Phillies @ Braves 7:10 pm
Ethan Martin vs Kris Medlen
Reds @ Cubs 8:05 pm
Homer Bailey vs Jeff Samadzija
Pirates @ Cardinals 8:15 pm
Charlie Morton vs Adam Wainwright
Padres @ Rockies 8:40 pm
Eric Stults vs Jeff Manship
Orioles @ D-Backs 9:40 pm
Miguel Gonzalez vs Randall Delgado
Mets @ Dodgers 10:10 pm
Matt Harvey vs Hyun-Jin Ryu
Over in the American League,
Angels @ Yankees 7:05 pm
Jason Vargas vs CC Sabathia
Red Sox @ Blue Jays 7:07 pm
Ryan Dempster vs Todd Redmond
Mariners @ Rays 7:10 pm
Erasmo Ramirez vs Chris Archer
Brewers @ Rangers 8:05 pm
Marco Estrada vs Alexi Ogando
Indians @ Twins 8:10 pm
Zach McAllister vs Samuel Deduno
Tigers @ White Sox 8:10 pm
Max Scherzer vs Hector Santiago
Marlins @ Royals 8:10 pm
Jose Fernandez vs Bruce Chen
Astros @ A’s 10:05 pm
Jordan Lyles vs Bartolo Colon
Here are the latest trade rumors around the majors:
Here is ESPN chiming in with their gossip:
I mentioned yesterday that Cuban slugger Jose Abreu had defected. Here is Jim Bowden of ESPN’s take on who will sign him:
My take: I honestly do not see the Marlins making a run at Abreu. There will be a bidding war for this guy, a guy who hasn’t even played a game in the minors. Do you see the Marlins dishing out $40-50 million when they haven’t been able to sign Giancarlo Stanton to a long-term deal? Also, make a mental note for later: I have not seen Abreu play or hit, but a scout I spoke to said that, although he does have raw power, he will struggle with above-average fastballs.
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the active major league STARTING pitcher (over 1,000 innings pitched) with the lowest career ERA? The answer comes later, alligator.
Here are the up-to-the-minute standings in MLB:
Here are the individual league leaders in MLB:
In other news from around baseball,
David Schoenfeld of ESPN talks about Miguel Cabrera’s greatness. Again, what did the Marlins get for him when they gave him to Detroit?
Last night, the Yankees got a glimpse of what life will be after Mariano Rivera retires. Wallace Mathews has the story:
A preview of life after Mariano»
Mike Trout of the Angels says that all PED users should be banned from baseball:
News from the gridiron . . .
The Canes added three players to the roster as three transfer players were cleared to join the team:
It is “All in the Family” at the U, as Fox Sports introduces us to Ray Lewis III:
Here’s David Neal’s report from FIU:
In Dolphin and NFL news, the Dolphins; third preseason game will be this Saturday night in Houston against the Texans. Channel 4 in Miami will handle the telecast this week, game time is 8:00 pm.
Here is this week’s complete NFL preseason schedule:
THURSDAY
Detroit @ Cleveland 7:30 pm
Carolina @ Philadelphia 7:30 pm
Atlanta @ Baltimore 7:30 pm
San Diego @ Chicago 8:00 pm ESPN
FRIDAY
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 is Armando Salguero’s daily Dolphin report from the Miami Herald:
How is Dolphins’ first-round pick Dion Jordan doing?
The Sun Sentinel talks about having patience with Ryan Tannehill and Mike Wallace:
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 the NBA, the Heat’s LeBron James was on “Good Morning America”. Ira Winderman and the Sun Sentinel have the story and the video:
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the active major league STARTING pitcher (over 1,000 innings pitched) with the lowest career ERA?
Clayton Kershaw of the LA Dodgers with a career ERA of 2.65. Adam Wainwright of the Cardinals is second at 3.09, and Felix Hernandez of Seattle is third at 3.13.
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