2008 MLB Highlights May 7-8

Wednesday-Thursday, May 7-8, 2008

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M League numbers up against Chin Ming Wong first time ever the two pitchers 5-0 or better faced each other while both teams have a record of 500 or Worse Lee looking sharp got Derek Jeter took three pitches to get rid of Bobby abrau mey Cabrera three and gone top four Wong down one nothing in the game facing Casey Blake two outs oh he’s going to heaven Johnny peral is going to score two nothing Indians Blake one for three and the riy yeah I could have made that call he’s safe top five same numbers David deluchi up two on one out deluchi not a three- run Homer just a base knock but that’s counts Andy Marte scores tribe takes a three zip lead deluchi one for four with his rib bottom six two on two up for Hy Matt SOI bit of a jam there for Lee not so much Uncle Charlie shows up to end that inning and in the seventh Jose Molina goes down Lee seven Innings pitch six hits no runs no walks seven K he is excellent Cliff Lee two for first names good pitcher socks now before the game good paint job Nick swisser Toby Hall John danks Bobby Janks get the facial hair dyed pink in honor of Mother’s Day and to raise awareness for breast cancer top first Mark Burley facing the lead off hitter Carlos Gomez and Gomez that’s how you lead off a ball game right there four base hit the Home Run is second of the Season twins lead one zip top five twins up one- nothing still Gomez the liner to left Center he’s getting that one Matt tolbert’s going to score easily from second Gomez just going to keep turning left till he gets to Third Base in with the triple twins leading two nothing top six Gomez run around second two outs another base KN Carlos Quinton can’t make the play Gomez ends up with a double gets to Third on an air by swisser burle’s Night finished five and two3 nine hits seven earn he’s not happy there as you see in the Dugout Gomez he’s all cheery single away from the cycle right he’s going backwards at the Home Run the triple the double how about the single in the ninth Chopper off Aaron was man he can handle it and infield single yeah Score says give him the Big H Gomez eighth cycle in twins history first do it since Kirby Pucket as the twins cruise to a 13 to one win so Gomez the prize Prospect in the Ohan Santana deal paying off for the twins becomes the third youngest player in the divisional era to hit for the cycle at just 22 years and 155 days of age so we recap now Tuesday twins team one base hit Wednesday one twin he got every kind of base hit good night for Gomez why do you need to know about Joy V well he’s from Canada Toronto and it is Marines hockey KN and he conked a bunch of home oh don’t lose your head that that’s disappointing if you’re the mascot ow never let a giant bear drive you around an ATV there’s a lesson in that for you children second inning no score VOD deep to right off John lever in the reds are up one ZIP well that was so much fun Adam dun’s like I can do that too He’s Country Strong and he hits that as always 9 miles he hits no little wall scrapers two nothing one out later Paul Baka takes lever deep well they’re just abusing this is not this isn’t before the game bat and cck this is the actual major league game third Reds Homer of the inning is 3 nothing still in the second Joey Harrison deep left G fourth in the inning this first start of the Season lever gives up four homers in the second not what he wanted top third Felix PA goes down Edson vquest gets Ronnie sedeno then Aris Ramirez swing b seven Innings pitch 10 K we go bottom five the Reds offensive surge continuing Brandon Phillips takes Shawn Marshall’s pitch deep to left get we need a cidor in Cincinnati off the pole Reds up 6 nothing now V’s going to get out there and start conking some more get out second Homer of the day Red’s up seven nothing when’s Canada today that’s coming up right soon bottom six now one on for vat Sean Gallagher that’s going again third Homer of the game nothing we got another shot of Auto how about four three’s good four is better Four’s not half Michael works yeah tra yep he’s terrible Reds are going to win this thing n nothing Joy he is a Big Red Machine all by himself when I hit the third one it felt great so the first two you know the first one was important cuz it started up the scoring and the second one was uh was nice to have a second in the game and then the third one was just you know it was really really cool it’s the first time I’ve ever done that Mel Rose Canada today July 1st V just the fourth first baseman under the age of 26 to hit at least three homers in a game in the last 50 years B has owned the Cubs this season hitting five of his seven homers against Chicago and as you see there uh the other three players to do that yeah exceptional you have any more Canada questions you can call Don Cherry now too yeah we can Red Sox Tigers this was crazy Armando galaraga a 1.88 erra this season season the rookie pitcher for the Tigers going up against David Ortiz in the Red Sox that is what we call a slow curve how slow 56 miles an hour you got to see this curve ball again you want to talk about dropping off the table I mean that’s going to hit the his batting helmet and that’s going to drop a big poppy as these that’s a big curve ball and Ortiz prob is able to laugh about it in the Dugout Tigers up 74 in the bottom of the fifth PLO palano had himself a ball game Ivon Rodriguez would score fourth hit for palano Red Sox down three two on for Mike LOL get out of town three-run shot second home with the season tied the game at eight Kevin ukis by the way not picture at two home runs in the game top of the eighth still tied at eight Dustin padro pinch hitting singles through the hole JD Drew scores and the Red Sox have their first lead of the game at 98 bottom eight two on for Gary Sheffield and they’re running Strikes Out Swinging Jason barch throws out Mago ordones trying to steal third to the ninth Jonathan Papelbon and to close it out Edgar Ria at the plate with a man on First and Ria hits it to his opposite number Short Stop Julio Lugo that’s another error for Lugo both Runners are safe two on for Detroit after a sacrifice bun meeting on the mound Curtis Granderson BRS to second that’ll get a run home the Tigers tie it at nine next batter is palano he told you he had himself a ball game it’s about to get even better this is a 3-2 pitch in a 99 game of the night broken bat single bloops in palano seventh career walk-off hit that’s his fifth hit of The Game and his back breaks and with it so does the Tigers five-game losing streak palano raises his average from 238 to 270 and might be to tell Jonathan papon that’s his first blown save of the Season what a game the Tigers beat the Red Sox 109 Nationals Astros Lance burkman nine for his last 10 including five in a row Tuesday seven hits in his last seven at bats and let’s make it8 for eight the home runoff odalis Perez Asos down one after burkman’s 11th Homer of the year and again eight consecutive hits that ties a franchise record didn’t get number nine but did finish two for three Ryan Zimmerman that’s a big hit off Roy Oswalt his second home of the game fifth of the Year we’re tied at three top seven Paul L plate fouls off the pitch from Oswalt immediately yep that’s going to hurt a lot for a long time take another look Luka let’s the bat go with his right hand during the swing ouch he lead the game and as he does he’s yelling at a couple of fans sitting in the first row behind the Nationals Dugout they rejected Luka replaced by Will Avis in the ninth Carlos Lee line drive to center field lon’s Mill playing sh over his glove casat sui scores Houston’s eighth straight win eighth rear walkoff hit for Carlos Lee Carlos or Cliff good John main would benefit from that bottom of the first score is Andre Ethier hits one in the foul territory Angel Pagan going over to the rail Falls over makes the nice grab on Pagan great concentration gives up the body and they show it on the replay Bon’s able to laugh at himself it’s all fun and games when you make the catch Mets at a 5 nothing lead bottom of the fourth here’s John Maine Strikes Out Matt Kamp and the next to back Maine getting Jeff Kent so first Kemp then Kent Maine eight in the third one earned wins his third straight start main is an 074 hitter with three career rbi’s that was an 02 pitch from Brad Penny how about Mains ball game a two-run single Brad Penny the other way four and 2/3 10 earned tied with five other pitchers for allowing the most runs ever against the Mets and then church and that baby is going to go up into the seats and it is 12 now when you say that baby is going to go up into the seats hey Vin do you mean that baby I mean I don’t know if that’s good parenting or not but that’s a good catch Church a sixth home run metti a team record for the biggest win franchise history over the Dodgers they had an 11 nothing win way back when Diamondback still have the best record in the majors Philly tried cut into that Michael owing’s on the hill for the Dbacks and owing staying hot with the bat remember the pitcher that can hit sometimes in a pinch ens a one for three drops his average to 417 Conor Jackson the birthday boy 26 years old finds the Gap Eric Burns would score that’s the 10th go-ahead RBI of the season for Conor Jackson the most in the majors top of the E Chad qus Strikes Out Shane victorina the ball gets away watchs Victor collide with Jackson at first base this looked serious and it was Jackson who has hits in 17 to 19 games not including that hit was Dazed would leave the game under his own power Chase Utley comes up with a single to Center Utley 10 home runs 18 RBI last 20 games Phillies have W seven of the last 10 on the road Cardinals Rocky St Louis 10 games over 500 and carrying a 3 nothing lead in the eighth but it’s 3-1 with two outs Rockies trailing Garett Atkins pop foul ball over the first base side now P overruns it tries to grab with his bare hand no the inning continues it’s a play he should have made said manager Tony larus who you saw there at the top of the Highlight Randy Floren walks Atkins to put the tying run on first base larusa calls Jason is ringh Housen Ryan Spielberg SPI borgs into pinch hit against Izzy sporg singles to left Matt holiday will score the Rockies Within one next batter Chris aona who is a former driller he triples to right field rattling around there in the corner Atkins will score SPI borgs will score the Rockies take a 4-3 lead and they will win 43 all because they got an extra out in the inning Zito back from the bullpen starting for the Giants against the Pirates Phil dumitra who’s never won in 17 Big League appearances zitto had spent the past days trying to work out his problems in the pen did it pay off well here with runners in the quarters get Xavier na in the bottom of the first to get out of an early Jam bottom of the second man on Brian Bixler lines out to Jose Castillo and then he throws out Ronnie Paulino at first to double him up bottom of the Fourth Man On First for n and this time offo get out of town n a two-run shot it’s fifth of the Season Pirates up two zip man on first for Nate mlau having a good stretch here but that hard liner is caught by richelia I mean he’s already right there that’s an easy double play Zeno done for the night five innings five hits just two ear runs but he loses again O’s and A’s who wants to buy a vow anybody ever notice it’s always hard to reach sports scores when Van’s working the bottom line top eight Orioles down 4 two the base is Chuck Ryan Roberts comes through Kevin malar comes home Adam Jones does the same and we are tied at four next batter in the lineup’s Melvin Mora good to pencil him in right him down for two bases Luis Hernandez scores O’s lead 54 bases load in the home half Frank Thomas grounded short Jack Hanahan breaks up the double play there so Emil Brown will score game tied at five you know what they didn’t do there they didn’t assume the double play bottom 10 we’re still five all Mark Ellis entered the game oh for his last 16 it takes Lance Cormier deep his third home of the Season his first career Goomer A’s wi at 65 for the four straight win Angels have won four in a row half those against the Royals and it appears KC has had enough of that despite scoring just a league low 110 runs they got some offense in this one off Jared Weaver David Jesus three-run job third of the Season rolls up 51 Zack ranky showing why his ER is second best in the American League Vlad the Impaler goes down Mike Napoli just straight cheese he misses on Rob quinland goes down as well ranky just five hits in seven in Pitch 8ks Alex Gordon that ball is looking for a fountain or a bullpen or a fan that’s a home run his fourth RS Take the Lead 81 they’re going to win at 94 get off how am I supposed to go oh my goodness Sports Center’s top plays I say with a hint of sadness number 10 Cubs Reds Joey V deep not once not twice do we have three times in a game yes and unlike the mascot’s head didn’t fall off ad number n Olympic torch movement on Mount Everest a chinesee mountaineering team carried the Olympic flame to the top of Mount Everest first time the Olympic torch has ever been taken up there well sometimes you got to go over there and no protesters number eight Giants Pirates Fred Lewis with the c to right Xavier NY nice leaping back hand catch he snuffs out Fred more from this game later you wentc I’ll go hose in a bit Jazz Lakers at number seven Darren Williams hammer time it’s a great highlight but the Jazz lose down 20 in the series number six Rays Blue Jays Scott roll in the sliding backhand stop gets Gabe grow from the seat of his pants Blue Jays win 62 try up in Canada you know it’s Marines hockey right uh number five the Giants and Pirates Jose Castillo watch this backhanded throw across the diamond I mean hose me down that was a hose Giants lose 3-1 number four four twins White Sox Carlos Gomez hits for the cycle in reverse order Homer triple double infield single now as understand it you can go in any order still the cycle that’s just sort of a clever way to do it Twins win 13 to1 a night after getting one hit and zero runs all Hil Carlos Gomez at number three the mens and Dodgers Andre Ethier foul ball you know got aot foul territory in La not as much really no in Oakland got a lot of foul territory not dodg but Angel pag the tremendous grab going over the rail able to laugh about it number two met Dodgers Ryan Church the drive deep gone that baby is well hit but watch this there’s a man with a baby holding baby catching that it’s like Michael Michael Jackson holding the kid over the ledge this is dangerous he doesn’t have a Papo or anything he at least set the kid down doesn’t have a I don’t know I call DC a papoose Marlin Brewers a going back back Alfredo got it amazing amazing absolutely incredible web and the Diamond Backs taking on the Phillies and Brandon Webb barely breaking a sweat in the fifth gets Greg dos ground out to third on the first pitch next batter so to Gucci 0 and one third pitch of the inning takes the ball fourth pitch swinging a Miss for strike two I thought they retired gry’s number he’s wearing 99 so the fifth pitch of the inning Uchi striking out swinging Snider throws to first to complete the out he then starts Chris Coast with a nasty curve ball for strike one that’s pitch number six the inning ends after seven pitches in the fifth inning that is economical that’s truthiness web now in the ninth and out away from his 13th career complete game and when it’s going good it’s going good starts the 163 double play Dbacks win 83 D web now 8 no teams going for six wins in a row including the Braves host of the Padres that’s buddy Carlile relieving JoJo Reyes who left with the blister hey buddy Kevin kman off a little number and Carlile tags him out so the runner is out the bad news is so is Carlile now look at this Collision oh man Carlile left the field woozy but he said he would be ready to go on Friday bottom seven Braves down 43 that pitch gets away un escavar scores one of four unearned runs by Atlanta bottom nine still tied Braves 0 and nine in games decided by one run until that Matt Diz the hero Braves come back to win 54 the Braves and Padre’s two teams going in opposite directions Braves have now won seven in a row at home six straight overall the pods dropped to 12 and 23 this season they didn’t lose their 23rd game last season until June 1st Astros have won five straight 12 of 16 baby got backy Brandon backy and the Astros looking for the sweep Nick Johnson hitting 216 he shouldn’t be doing that RBI double to Right Center Christian Guzman makes it one nothing Nat as he scores the leadoff hitter for the Nats is Willie Harris and that’s backy backy backy backy and gone first home run of the season for Harris Austin Karns like Nick Johnson hitting 216 doesn’t look like it there John Lannon pitched well again for Washington and the Nationals winner winner chicken dinner Rose’s jacket really has me thinking chicken to take three of four from the Detroit Tigers Josh Becket Curtis gr Granderson the matchup here we feature Granderson was good against Becket good and terrible bottom first Becket dials a 93 mph fast ball to get the Detroit Tiger lead off hitter same match up in the third Granderson whiffs on a change up that clocks in at 88 mph bottom four oh little Uncle Charlie there at 77 mil per another strike out for Granderson fifth inning Now Kevin uas has played 44 career games against the Tigers he now has 10 home runs lifetime against them four home runs since Monday for yuk his seventh of the Season 5-1 Red Sox back to Becket and Granderson 92 mph worth of 8 k 1,1 for career for Becket as the Red Sox win 5-1 following Cliff Lee’s excellent start Wednesday Cleveland goes for the sweep in the Bronx last time they done that was 19 years ago a three-game sweep Jason giami came into the game hitting 157 will it stay Fair yes Yankees lead three nothing gii has 14 hits this year six home runs third home run off bird this season he had a multihomer game in Cleveland earlier in the campaign pain Robinson Canó has been ice cold came into the game hitting 160 he’ll take that home run once again off B kobashi in now in relief for the Indians and there’s Wilson bamy came in the game hitting 176 so these sub2 200 Mendoza hitters all going yard for the Yankees there a big stink in New York when Jaba Chamberlain does this after he stes a few kind of trolls around and yells and people go nuts over that I don’t you know what’s the big deal he’s emotional M National League central visiting the Colorado Rockies bottom one Colorado’s Matt holiday hot shot to Brendan Ryan at third come on dor don’t give me this old L stuff it’s rolled a single holiday four hits next batter Todd hton home run double what’s happening holiday scores that we know Clint hurdle’s like guys let’s figure out what happened well it appears to hit the yellow line which means it’s still in play that’s a double later in the inning Chris cetta with the bags full brings in two more Rockies score four in the first and they go on to win on the final of 9 to three Felix Hernandez top two Rangers catcher Gerald L on the elbow got smart two batters later Ian kinler hits back two-run Homer his third Tater of the year and the Rangers have a 4 nothing lead in the fourth kinler is at the dish again Hernandez still in there still People hits Kinsler and he’s not pleased I wouldn’t either now next half inning case gabber pitching to Richie seon he goes high but not necessarily high and tight seon doesn’t care he comes out hits gabard in the back with his helmet one of the few hits SE has had this season by the way he’s pulled away Hernandez is like you know what let’s go let’s do this seon by the way 68240 gabber 6 3200 now this is Milton Bradley of all people playing playing the role of Peacemaker let’s take another look like I said it’s high but not necessarily high and tight of course I’m not sitting in there looking at 90 mph plus you’re wearing makeup that’s true Texas gos to win five nothing here’s more from Richie seon and his explanation of what happened good it’s a rage at that point I mean you get out to the mound I know throwing the helmet that’s the wrong thing it’s a chicken move um I didn’t you know I know in the end that wasn’t the right thing to do but I lost it right there I just got to thinking about a lot of things you know whole time when I was going up the plate I said I don’t mind getting hit just keep it down sex and ejected gabber was not some craziness in the twins white sock game Ron Garden hire back after missing five games after the death of his brother bottom five White Sox down two to one Kevin slowy giving up a two-run home to W rebe White Sox have a 3-2 lead bottom six Runners at first and second got a 3-1 count hulero Trek swing umpire Doug edings says you know what that’s Ball Four as you take another look Joe Mau eventually ask for an appeal in the first base up says that’s a strike so the count is 3-2 meantime Runners are moving Matt gerer like my son just tagging everywhere in his tball game never know tags out Jim Tomy at second Carlos Quint at third but the key thing is the play was never ruled dead Isaac G’s like look at that bleeping guy he’s just tagging everyone Ron Gardenhire said edings waited too long to ask for help but the key thing was the play was never dead it was still alive Garden hire was argued so much he was ejected look at that slide there by Juan urbe to break up the double play allows a run to score White Sox go on to win 6-2 it’s just their second win of the last nine games Giants trying to avoid a sweep in Pittsburgh Aaron Rowan showing no fear here in Center last week he returned to Philadelphia for the first time since leaving for San Francisco and he was mocked by the Philly fanatic for his penchant for running into walls I once had a cousin like that but very different reason different story were a football helmet yeah specifically this incident right here back in May of 2006 Rowan still with the Phillies it’s like a flyer yeah broke his nose nobody makes me bleed my own blood back to Thursday Ryan DOL smacks it to deep Center Aaron Rowan great cat but this time stops a little shy of the fence as you take another look he had to get surgery on that nose I think some plastic surgery severe stuff for that injury he suffered with the Philadelphia Phillies tied at four in the seventh Adam lose singles to right Jason Bay scores Bay had three hits Pirates go on to get the sweep ready top plays uh last year JN McDonald the blue jay is a great top plays guy all kinds of crazy plays at Short up this year Tony pñ Jun that arm’s genetic dad used to do that Royals though lose 4 to1 to Baltimore we could say the same thing about Blanco MLS Chicago Fire DC United blano the shot of the goal look how he curves it over left footer there huh and the fire win two nothing driver eight take a break Matt’s Astros stad with the Fly ball to the left makov lays out makes a great play in the corner why do you got to do that you were intimidated by that man first name at number seven oh now they got to get the popo involved Kevin Garnett behind the back to Leon po man look at this kg Celtics up two nothing ponos number six more Boston Sports Dustin pya believes he has an extra base hit Matt Joy says you’ll get nothing and like it I want a hamburger I want a cheeseburg Justin berlander loves it but again the Tigers lose 5 to one at number five world hockey championships Canada Norway tied at one late third period Big Daddy Cool Rick Nash backhanded go why don’t you take over guci this is yours there was a car in the stands here you see that what yeah advertising on the sweaters cars in the stands uh number four Bobby y oh look at LeBron it was all downhill from there Cavaliers lose game two Celtics up two games to zero number three back to Houston Nationals Astros Christian Guzman a liner snared by Tim bck and that starts the double play I mean this is just self-preservation right there quick enough to start the double play but the Astros lose 8 to three let’s play golf Players Championship Michael Allen on the 13th for birdie this a tough tough hole here you got to get it right to the slope and trickles down and how about a fresa m he finish it one over top play it is arguably the top player in these playoffs Chris Paul unbelievable as first reported by Dan shman it is uh it’s not so much the speed it’s the subtlety he’ll throw you a head fake here a shoulder move there but the Hornets lose 110 99 to the Spurs