When you face two of the best pitchers in the game in consecutive games, you just know it isn’t going to be easy. (Check out their stats a little later in the blog) After Zack Greinke dominated the Fish on Wednesday night, yesterday’s matinee belonged to Clayton Kershaw, who threw eight shutout innings and the Dodgers beat the Marlins 6-0. No mystery here . . . great pitching will usually dominate a poor offensive ballclub. Good to see the Dodgers leave town, now the Marlins welcome the Colorado Rockies this weekend. Here are the starting pitchers for the series this weekend: .
FRIDAY Yhoulys Chacin vs Tom Koehler 7:10 pm
SATURDAY Jeff Manship vs Jose Fernandez 7:10 pm
SUNDAY Jorge de la Rosa vs Jacob Turner 1:10 pm
The Dodgers’ one-two punch of Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw has been incredible. They will be scary in the playoffs. Check out their recent numbers:
Greinke Kershaw
Since July 8th July 2nd
Won - Loss record 8-1 7-3
Innings pitched 64 77
ERA 1.41 1.17
Strikeouts / Walks 51 / 13 62 / 10
The Fish are still at the bottom of the list in runs scored in MLB, with 407 runs in their 126 games, an underwhelming 3.23 runs per game. Here are the rest of the bottom-dwellers:
TEAM W-L Runs
Marlins 48-78 407
White Sox 52-74 471
Phillies 57-70 476
Giants 56-71 483
Astros 41-85 483
In contrast, the Boston Red Sox (75-54) lead MLB with 649 runs scored and the Detroit Tigers (74-53) have plated 642. The Sox have played 2 more games than the Tigers.
In the Major Leagues yesterday, first in the National League,
Reds 2 D-Backs 1
Shin-Soo Choo finished 2-4 with two runs scored. Mat Latos gave up only one run and five hits in his eight innings of work.
Nationals 5 Cubs 3 (13 innings)
Pinch-hitter Chad Tracy drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 13th inning. Ryan Zimmerman and Steve Lombardozzi connected long distance in the win.
Phillies 5 Rockies 4
Domonic Brown’s single drove in Michael Young in the bottom of the ninth inning to end the ballgame.
Cardinals 6 Braves 2
Matt Carpenter, Carlos Beltran, and Matt Holliday hit consecutive run-scoring doubles in the sixth inning.
Pirates 10 Giants 5
Jose Tabata hit a three-run double to cap a seven-run fifth inning. Garrett Jones and Jody Mercer connected long distance in the win.
Over in the American League,
Yankees 5 Blue Jays 3
Andy Pettitte gave up a run in six innings and Curtis Granderson homered. The Yankees swept the four-game series with the Jays, and have won 13 in a row and 22 of its past 24 games against Toronto.
Twins 7 Tigers 6
Chris Herrman went 3-5 and had two RBI, including the deciding run in the eighth inning.
White Sox 4 Royals 3 (12 innings)
Conor Gillaspie hit a solo homer in the 12th inning as the Sox won their sixth straight game. The Royals have lost eight out of ten.
Today in MLB, in the National League,
D-Backs @ Phillies 7:05 pm
Wade Miley vs Cole Hamels
Rockies @ Marlins 7:10 pm
Jhoulys Chacin vs Tom Koehler
Tigers @ Mets 7:10 pm
Doug Fister vs Daisuke Matsuzaka
Brewers @ Reds 7:10 pm
Yovani Gallardo vs Homer Bailey
Braves @ Cardinals 8:10 pm
Kris Medlen vs Adam Wainwright
Cubs @ Padres 10:10 pm
Edwin Jackson vs Edinson Volquez
Red Sox @ Dodgers 10:10 pm
John Lackey vs Ricky Nolasco
Pirates @ Giants 10:15 pm
Charlie Morton vs Madison Bumgarner
Over in the American League,
Twins @ Indians 7:05 pm
Samuel Deduno vs Ubaldo Jimenez
A’s @ Orioles 7:05 pm
Dan Straily vs Bud Norris
Yankees @ Rays 7:10 pm
Hiroki Kuroda vs Chris Archer
Rangers @ White Sox 8:10 pm
Martin Perez vs Chris Sale
Blue Jays @ Astros 8:10 pm
Todd Redmond vs Jordan Lyles
Nationals @ Royals 8:10 pm
Gio Gonzalez vs Bruce Chen
Angels @ Mariners 10:10 pm
Garrett Richards vs Felix Hernandez
To paraphrase Paul Revere, “The Yankees are coming, the Yankees are coming!” Andrew Marchand from ESPN New York has the story:
David Schoenfield talks about one of the best players you’ve probably never heard about - the Braves’ Andrelton Simmons:
Ryan Braun finally admitted using PED’s:
Jerry Crasnick of ESPN thinks Braun is full of it:
The A’s made a trade to bolster their playoff chances:
Here are the latest trade rumors around the majors:
Here is ESPN chiming in with their gossip:
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: The Dodgers‘ Clayton Kershaw’s season ERA is down to 1.72. Who holds the Dodgers‘ team record for lowest single-season ERA? 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 . . .
Meet UM freshman linebacker Alex Figueroa:
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 Fins’ Randy Starks is ready to go, but Dion Jorday is not sure. Here is the Miami Herald’s coverage:
Here is Armando Salguero’s daily Dolphin report from the Miami Herald:
The Dolphins’ fourth preseason game is tomorrow night at the Seven Names Stadium against the Tampa Bay Bucs. Channel 4 in Miami will handle the telecast, game time is 7:30 pm. The Fins close out their preseason games on Thursday, August 29 against the New Orleans Saints here at home at 7:30 pm.
The Fins open the regular season in Cleveland against the Browns on Sunday, September 8.
In last night’s NFL preseason games.
Detroit Lions 40 New England Patriots 9
Carolina Panthers 34 Baltimore Ravens 27
Here are the details of yesterday’s games:
Here is the rest of this week’s preseason schedule:
TONIGHT
Seattle Seahawks @ Green Bay Packers 8:00 pm CBS
Chicago Bears @ Oakland Raiders 10:00 pm NFL Network
SATURDAY
Buffalo Bills @ Washington Redskins 4:30 pm NFL Network
Cleveland Browns @ Indianapolis Colts 7:00 pm
NY Jets @ NY Giants 7:00 pm
Tampa Bay Bucs @ Miami Dolphins 7:30 pm Channel 4
Kansas City Chiefs @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7:30 pm
Philadelphia Eagles @ Jacksonville Jaguars 7:30 pm
Cincinnati Bengals @ Dallas Cowboys 8:00 pm
St. Louis Rams @ Denver Broncos 8:00 pm CBS
Atlanta Falcons @ Tennessee Titans 8:00 pm
San Diego Chargers @ Arizona Cardinals 10:00 pm NFL Network
SUNDAY
New Orleans Saints @ Houston Texans 4:00 pm FOX
Minnesota Vikings @ San Francisco 49ers 8:00 pm NBC
Here’s ESPN’s NFL Nation Blog, with news from all around the league:
It is now official . . . Aaron Hernandez has been indicted for murder.
We can all continue to sleep at night, knowing full well that Hernandez remains in jail, where he belongs.
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: The Dodgers‘ Clayton Kershaw’s season ERA is down to 1.72. Who holds the Dodgers‘ team record for lowest single-season ERA?
Set the DeLorean’s time machine all the way back to 1916, when Rube Marquard had a 1.58 ERA for the Dodgers.
Behave yourselves, and always remember that tomorrow will bring us a brand new day. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!
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