2008 MLB Highlights April 5-6

Saturday-Sunday, April 5-6, 2008

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oh let’s play ball dant Willis was trying to play the role of stopper in his first start as a member of the winless Tigers and Willis actually had a no hitter going into the sixth but he had walked seven so all sorts of trouble when Jim Tomy connects here Nick swisser scores from second Tomy with the double Dell’s no no is over he said I was terrible he would be charged with three earned runs because when Zack Miner came in Quinton rips a shot up the middle toy Germaine D both come in Willis done not happy White Sox tied up and then in the eighth die homers to left field off Francis beltron last time the Tigers were 0 and5 they lost 119 this team I’m guessing will probably be a little bit better before the season we were talking about a 1,000 run lineup but look at what the Tigers have done offensively so far winless threw their first five scoring less than three runs a game latigra have hit just four homers two from the man they tried to replace at third base Brandon in tiger second highest payroll in the AL behind the Yankees Ray swing it to take two straight at the stadium against Andy ped and Friends top two Johnny Gom steps in lift one to right now check out the ball it bounces off the top of the wall Gomes thinks it’s a long Ball but it’s just a single he had 17 Jacks last season he’s got a pretty good sense of what a home run is but Derek Jeter tags gones out between first and second rais up two to one after three top five with two aboard no doubt about this obvious Rapport between bat ball for goon into the Left Field seats Edwin Jackson six strong winner in 4ks Ray win 6 to3 the Red Sox get Josh Becket off the DL to start Sunday in Toronto Saturday it was Klay Buck HTS against the Jays bottom four Buck HTS against Greg Z bases full of Jays Z ground ball down the first base line Shan Casey Miss plays it ly over Bay Aaron Hill comeing to score Jays up 3-2 Buck Holz will have three earned in five innings Brian Cory on in relief David Einstein going the opposite way Hill and Marco scooter both come home the Jays bring home six in the sixth X time two for five drove in three the Jays are 9 over 500 against the socks back on the diamond Philly Reds Ryan Howard 47 home runs last season top eight tied of two Howard abusing the Kent mker offering a 479 ft shot and the Phillies are Up 3 to2 a Cory Patterson solo shot tied things at three in the bottom of the eighth so in the bottom of the ninth Runners on second and third Chad dervan deals and Paul Bako sends a dribbler to short Jimmy Rollins trouble getting the ball out of his glove can’t make the play Bako with his first career walk-off RBI Reds win four to three Mets and Braves and pay attention cuz this got weird in the fifth 4-1 Braves Bases Loaded for the Mets one out Jose Reyes sinking line drive to Center Mark K’s got a beat on it did he catch it well first rule the catch K throws to Brian mccan throws back to second base for the apparent Force out of Angel Pagan it’s an 824 double play if you’re scoring at home but by all means use a pencil cuz we’re not done here Willie Randolph out to argue and he has a point K clearly trapped the ball should have been ruled no cat Randolph got what he wanted which was a consult amongst the umpires who got together and decide to reverse the call this never happens Bobby Cox is out of the Braves dugout he wants an explanation Brian MC signals the runners P each other on the bases he’s absolutely right Pagan pass church not ruled out because of the reversal and in the end everybody moves up one base Bas is still loaded Reyes awarded with a runs scoring single the Mets Trail 42 even Cox admitted later what’s fair is fair get all that bottom seven none of it matters now Bases Loaded for Kelly Johnson you are so not catching that 3-2 pitch up and out Grand Slam second of his career no argument about that one Graves go on to Win It 115 Dodgers and the Padre’s great pitching match up Brad Penny battling Jake Peavey bottom one bags full for khil green rips a single pass the diving Blake do it Padre’s with a four run first and that is plenty of run support for peave top five Andrew Jones at the dish he goes down swinging 109 pitches 73 for strikes top nine PV on a nailed down his first complete game Lo in the majors this season sixth of his career one earned 8ks on just two hits San Diego wins four to basball Royals Twins leevon Hernandez making his first career start against Kansas City top four Billy Butler rips the line drive off the wall and left hustling and going for two but thrown out after this very questionable first dive check it out Butler oh my falls short of the bag mat hbert there to tag him out Royals up two to nothing Butler one for four on the day bottom four with two aboard and nobody out it’s Justin morno taking Gil mesh for a ride came into the game just one for 16 on the season gets his first Homer there Minnesota takes it 6 to4 how about the Indians and the A’s rainning Ali Young Award winner CC sabathy on the bump Oakland native one and three with a 7.17 career at Oakland Sabathia with issues tied at one in the first Jack cus Ling at two r double down the left field line that’ll score two A’s up three to one in the fifth Mark Ellis oh that is not coming back Sabathia five and a third full earn Indians fall as Oakland gets the win 6 to one Giants Brewers Milwaukee’s Manny par G to nail down his first major league win and a bit of a jam with two winners on in scoring position top five he Rings up Raj Davis inning over bottom six Ryan br Bron steps in and takes Kevin Cora for a ride bronze first of the Season Milwaukee at 4 to2 so para five and a third two earn seven ks in line for the win Top nine Brewers up 5 to four Eric G on a close and G gets richelia to fly out a one two3 nth on the way to G’s first save of the Year Hara the 25-year-old Lefty gets the W Diamond Backs visiting Jeff Francis and the Colorado Rockies leading off in the first it’s Chris Young and you want to Slug It Out 22 Fran’s pitch is into the people Arizona very quickly up 106th inning young back up there again 3-1 pitch which looks strikingly familiar and he strikes it to a familiar spot out check it out same pitch same swing same result two homers for young six multi home run game of his career Brandon Webb went seven strong he is now 13-2 all time against Colorado it’s a big tie it’s a 10 number 10 Calgary and Vancouver Eric nrm to Jerome mcino for the score it’s his 50th of the Season second time in his 11-year career he’s reached the Big 5 number nine Colorado Rapids taking on the Kansas City Wizards Casey’s Jimmy Conrad puts home the header Conrad scoring with a Defender all over his back two goals for Conrad in the Wizards 3-2 win number eight from Philly on The Fast Break Andre Miller to re Iguodala really has a decision to make on this guy he is fun to watch number seven Dodgers Padres Russell Martin pops it up into foul territory Josh Bard is there sliding and catching he also got a hit and drove in one that in support of Jake pe’s sixth career complete Game W more from this game in a bit White Sox and the winless Detroit Tigers PUD Rodriguez lines one in the left field Carlos quinton’s got that throws it all the way back to double off Edgar r Tigers open for the season still number five Dodgers Padres Taho Gucci Fly ball into shallow right Andre is there making up for an over for three day however the Dodgers fall four to one Maple Leafs Canadians at number four Alex Koval robbed by Andrew roft boiled how about that for glove work number three English Premier League Liverpool taking on Arsenal Arsenal’s Nick ventner soaring above the D gets the header to go would end in a one all tie H off the free kick for The Equalizer tremendous number two Nationals Cal ad Ken by Kennedy oh yes what a play Adam Kennedy at second base oh man number one shell Houston open round number three you’re looking at two two guys Chad Campbell and Jeff Quinny from the Fairway we’ve got not one but two Eagles two best shots of the Nationals in St Louis on Saturday that’s Adam way wri because of a rain out getting his first turn of the Cardinals rotation he’s the Ace of the moment and batting eighth sneaks a single through to bring in Yadier Molina Wayne Wright doing his thing from the mound after that Ronnie Bellard the former Cardinal grounds to the 643 double play Wayne Wright mowing down Nationals comebacker here from Austin Kerns he goes eight strong allowing just two earns Cardinals are out for their best start in eight years now well you can’t lose them all if you win the sixth one Detroit at home against Chicago second Pitch of the game Justin berlander hangs the fast ball to Nick swisser Work Hard Play Hard that’s swisser sweet his first with the socks we go sixth inning one out nobody on white socks now up 3-1 Paul canero grounded to third Miguel Cabrera throws fine but Carlos gian’s got a hole in his glove we got a man on first the white socks later in the inning Bas is now loaded Verlander against Carlos Quinton new guy that’s going to leave a bruise canero scores White Sox up 4-1 next batter Joe creedy get some problems in the field ground ball to deep short Edgar Ria no problem Fielding it but not in time to Second everybody safe Germaine D scores a socks are up 5-1 two batters later swisser getting the hang of it AJ pinski scores Verlander gives up a career-high nine runs in five and 2/3 the white socks beat the Tigers 13-2 Detroit drops to 0 and six they’ll be off Monday but after that it’s a three-game series with the defending Champion Red Sox will be playing their home opener last year the Tigers did have a winning record against Boston speaking of which the nation hoping number one St at Josh becket’s 08 debut could prevent to sweep in Toronto 22 in the fifth Becket said healthwise I felt good but runs into trouble here Alex Rios walk Harry Fran cona going to stick with his big horse next batter Vernon Wells walks on four and that’s it for Becket he’s done after 92 pitches enter Manny Del Carman Bas is full he’ll face the Big Hurt Frank Thomas first pitch Hurts So Good say hello to hello his 11th career Grand Slam second Homer in two days 62 Toronto a top eight Kevin ukas I don’t think that one’s got the distance John McDonald Vernon Wells look out everybody was okay Toronto wins 74 they complete the three-game sweep of the nation Manny and Big Poppy combined three for 22 in this series so the long strange Journey finally ends after nearly 16,000 Mi the nation played in three nations going three and four on the trip here’s Kevin ukas quote we’re ready to go home all these different countries different currencies I’m kind of sick of it now it’s on to their home opener Tuesday at then away the Red Sox fourth different opening day ceremony but at this one they raise the World Series banner and get their Rings Yankee Stadium Joe gerardi back after calling out sick the last two games upper respiratory infection this will do nothing to make him feel feel better bottom one Derek Jeter off Tampa Bay James Shields BJ Upton the diving Kats Jeter 5 for 23 to start the season how many times do we show a guy making a great grab and then grounding out to third when we edit it that way thank you Alex Rodriguez the snag the spin the throw Chin Ming Wong six Innings four hits nothing earns sixks bottom four bartender saki thei Matsui two runs shot his second of the Season he had three hits the Yankees up two top seven Jaba Chamberlain replaces Wong with runners on the corners he whiffed Willie iar on three pitches then gets sha Riggins backhand by Robinson Canó double up Eric hiny Chamberlain looked good Rivera gets the save and the Yankees win two nothing Seattle’s Eric Bard scratched Sunday from his return engagement in Baltimore and with JJ puts hert the Mariners have had to go Bullpen by committee and we know how that works out Eric oity on the close Nick marus the lead off double in the ninth Baltimore down two nothing marus on third Aubrey Huff to Second marus comes in it’s 2-1 and Mark low from the Seattle pen here’s Jay pton Jose Lopez has got a shot here n it’s under the glove Adam Jones Goes To Third next up Ramone Hernandez wild pitch Jones scores and we are tied at two Bullpen imploding Luis Hernandez with two outs the walk-off singles Orioles come back and win 3-2 wasting eight solid Innings from Felix Hernandez the Orioles have won four in a row and if you’re sick of all this Red Sox Yankees boy we got an AL East for you Baltimore Orioles are on top right now they’ve won four straight especially when you start Smoltz and Sana woo top first Smoltz Jose Reyes You Should Be Dancing later in the inning with two on Carlos Delgado good game to watch top three runner on two outs David Wright swing and sway Smoltz first start after opening the season on the DL but he felt a knot decided not to go out in fifth five innings two hits no earns six KS bottom seven it’s one nothing Brave on an Escobar third inning double two outs Brian Peña grounder right throws out pñ Santana seven inning seven hits one earn three k bottom eight one nothing runner on two outs Aaron hman got the first two batters out walk Chipper Jones Mark toer he can walk at his own pace Ryan church needs longer arms two run Homer it’s three nothing bravs top nine 3-1 two on for Brian Schneider facing rafhael Sorano first Baseline toer the grab flips to Sano game over Braves win it 3-1 Smoltz gets the W the NL champ Rockies getting their ring Sunday but facing the Diamondbacks at Coors trying to avoid a sweep in the NLCS rematch up one- nothing in the night new closer Manny Corpus facing Mark Reynolds there it goes the two-run shot number two for Reynolds and the lead is gone it’s 2-1 Diamond B bottom night Arizona’s new Clos are imploding as well Brandon Lions serves it up to Matt holiday the rough start not so rough anymore Lian second blown save it’s 22 to go extras JD Drew at a home run Sunday for the Red Sox in Toronto here’s Steven Drew for the Diamondbacks in Denver solo shot his second Arizona a three-run 10th they win at Colorado the Rockies where’s the offense they’ve lost five in a row they are one and five out of the gate in O see your dback Rocky is going to raise you Dodgers Padres and San Diego Marines from Fort Pendleton there pod’s wearing their nent tops Chris Young top home er really in the NL last year Strikes Out Andrew Jones who was 0 for four 3ks he’s 3 for 22 this season young seven Innings two earned eight strikeouts Derek low gets Jim Edmonds and then gets Scott harston strikes out the side in the fourth low six Innings Six GS one earned we go eighth inning tied two outs Adrien Gonzalez on Third and harison going to bring him home except robio for call goes jump on him 5′ n Gonzalez stranded at third top nine Trevor Hoffman walks the first batter Russell M Martin two batters later Martin’s on second and Ching L who brings him home Trevor Hoffman second loss in his last three games he’s got a 1227 ER and four games this season the Dodgers win it 3-2 is your final three of their previous four hosting the Philly Sunday Ken Griffey Jr still without a home run there it goes two- run shot off Brett Meers Jr now six shy of 600 100 it’s two nothing RS Cincy good young pitching we saw Johnny quo earlier in the week here’s Editon VZ came over from Texas and the Josh Hamilton deal Steve Phillips compared him to Pedro Martinez look at the difference in the fast ball here 95 to Victorino and the change here 79 to Big Six later in the inning Pedro Feliz gets the uncle Charlie volan allowed only one run on five hits five and a third struck out eight Red’s off to four and two starts well the giant at the Giants Brewers game was Milwaukee pitcher Ben Sheets top first Dave Roberts good game to watch henz check please Fred Lewis 11 pitches sheet strikes out the side in the first eight ks in this game bot of five Brewers are up four Ryan Braun Barry Zito solo home run a home run in Milwaukee and I don’t get a yeah Old Milwaukee doesn’t get any better than this it does it has to get better for zitto nine runs and 10 Innings this season sheets 109 pitches 78 strikes he gets the shout out seven Z Ros Derek Le Bat red hot for the Cubs Alonso Sorano ice cold one for 22 coming at a Sunday as the game against Houston off Brandon vaky the solo shot is first of the year and it gives the Cubs a 2-1 lead now can Carlos Zambrano hold it still 2-1 in the seventh facing Miguel tahada uhoh solo shot Tat’s first samb allowed the two runs on seven hits in seven struck out seven we mentioned Derek Lee red hot oh boy is he hot four for four Saturday two for three Sunday 10 for 25 so far his third makes it 3-2 Chicago and this whole carry wood the closer deal may work out his third save Cubs win 3-2 Zambrano ends up with the win it’s his first of the year Cardinals have nine players on the DL the most in the major leagues unfortunately for visiting Washington Rick ankel is not among those not playing RBI double in the first is second at bat up John Lannon third home run of the Season 8 for 23 348 five extra base hits and he brought us into adult Club as lastings millage Cardinals win it three nothing they’ve won five straights since losing on opening day ankel does it all but he can’t anchor our men’s final four coverage back to baseball In the Arms of an Angel John Garland specifically it’s Anaheim hosting Texas Garland looked good in his debut second act no Rangers up 2-1 Garland walks Frank calado on four pitches then he hits Ben brousard and pitching coach comes out and says where’s the GU on opening day against the twins next batter is Gerald lar he’s from Southern California first RBI of the Year meaning it’s his first home run of the Year Garland five innings seven earns it’s 51 nothing like home cook and top nine lar one for 11 coming in two going out in this game four for 5 six RBI 40 of his family and friends were there he’s the hero and the Rangers win it 104 your final we stay out west Indians in Oakland in danger of getting swept by the A’s for the first time since April of 03 facing Joe Blandon top three Grady seore Derek Barton the flip to blaton one more look leveland hitting only 181 in his previous three games just can’t get the offense going certainly not with defense like that from Derek Barton down seven there loaded is Drupal Cabrera one more time the Barton to Blandon Connection in the whole thing Jamie Carroll scores this time though we’re tied at 1-1 could have been an inning ending double play Lo to the bases again Blandon walks Ryan Garo and the tribe avoids The Sweep they win here 2-1 no one can analyze the first week of the Major League season better than John C Jose G and the Royals looking for a 4- two start to their season in Minnesota Sunday here’s G in the second against the boofer boof bonds are allowed three runs on eight hits in seven two batters later at Alex Gord he’s had a big stick in the first week of the year scores two here and it’s two nothing Royals Twins were down 3-1 in the seventh Jason kble Right Center that’s where Joey gright livs Royals also get five shutout Innings out of Brett TOMCO in his first start of the Season KC goes to Detroit Minnesota comes back