June 19, 2013

MLB – AL Roundup: Tigers’ Max Scherzer scores perfect 10

Max Scherzer has pitched at least seven innings in nine of 13 starts this season. (Robin Buckson / Detroit News) (PhatzRadio / AP) — DETROIT – Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 and struck out 10, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Monday night. Scherzer became [...]

MLB – NL Roundup: 4 solo homers send Reds over Pirates 4-1

(PhatzRadio / AP) — CINCINNATI – Zack Cozart and Todd Frazier hit upper-deck homers off left-hander Francisco Liriano, and the Cincinnati Reds moved a season-high 15 games over .500 by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Monday night. The Reds (43-28) hit four solo homers in all, extending their best start since 1995, the last [...]

MLB – NL Roundup: NY Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday

(PhatzRadio / AP) — NEW YORK, N.Y. – Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a three-run homer that capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Mets salvaged what had been shaping up as another sorry afternoon, startling the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday. Matt Garza pitched seven scoreless innings, and [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Orioles take 3 out of 4 against Red Sox with a 6-3 win on Sunday

(PhatzRadio / AP) — Baltimore, MD – Chris Davis hit his major league-leading 23rd home run, Nick Markakis had four hits and scored three runs, and the Baltimore Orioles beat Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox 6-3 on Sunday. Manny Machado extended his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games and drove in a [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Cobb injured in Rays’ win

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Tampa Bay right-hander Alex Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher after he was hit on the right ear by a liner off the bat of Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer in the fifth inning of the Rays’ 5-3 win over the Royals on Saturday. The Rays announced that Cobb, [...]

MLB – NL Roundup: Freeman leads Braves over Giants

Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman hits a walk-off single in the ninth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Turner Field.(Photo: Daniel Shirey, USA Today Sports) (PhatzRadio / AP) — ATLANTA – Freddie Freeman’s bases-loaded, line-drive single off closer Sergio Romo capped a two-run rally in the ninth that lifted the Atlanta Braves to [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Saunders sharp in Mariners’ 3-2 win over A’s

(OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 14: Mike Zunino #3 of of the Seattle Mariners is congratulated by Michael Saunders #55 after hitting a solo home run in the seventh inning against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum on June 14, 2013 in Oakland, California. Credit: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / AP) — OAKLAND, Calif. — [...]

MLB – NL Roundup: Braves bullied by Bumgarner, Giants in 6-0 loss

San Francisco Giants’ Joaquin Arias scores on a Gregor Blanco base hit in the second inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Friday, June 14, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Joh Bazemore) (PhatzRadio / AP) — ATLANTA — Madison Bumgarner allowed two hits in seven innings and combined with Sandy Rosario for a three-hit [...]

MLB News: Dodgers still feeling raw about brawl with Diamonbacks

(A scuffle breaks out after Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke was hit by a pitch during the seventh inning of their baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Mark J. Terrill, AP) Story Highlights Tension remains in Dodgers clubhouse on day MLB hands out 8 total suspensions to players involved Dodgers pitcher Ronald Belisario: [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Nate Freiman’s single lifts A’s over Yankees in 18 innings

(New York Yankees’ Mariano Rivera walks off the field after giving up the game winning run in the 18th inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics Thursday, June 13, 2013 in Oakland, Calif. Oakland won game 3-2, after the A’s Nate Freiman drive in the game-winning run off Rivera. Photo: Eric Risberg) (PhatzRadio [...]