May 26, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 10:09 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Cardinals (30-22) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Dodgers (26-23) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
W: Takashi Saito (3-1)
L: Mike Parisi (0-1)
Boxscore
The Cardinals lost out on reclaiming first place entirely for themselves when they fell to the Dodgers in extra innings.
Todd Wellemeyer turned in another solid start, and the bullpen pitched scoreless baseball until the 10th. Unfortunately, the offense never could get anything going, so the team lost and had to settle for being tied with the hated Cubs.
The Cardinals return home to host the Astros after taking Memorial Day off. Shawn Chacon will battle Braden Looper at 8:15pm EDT.
May 26, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 10:03 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Phillies (28-24) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| Astros (29-23) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
W: Rudy Seanaz (3-3)
L: Fernando Nieve (0-1)
Boxscore
After scoring 15 runs after 7 innings (5 in the sixth and 6 in the seventh), the Phillies obviously were tired. How else do you explain them being blanked for the final two frames?
It was an ugly day at Minute Maid for the Astros pitching corps. Chris Sampson was bad, but not nearly as bad as losing pitcher Fernando Nieve, who came in with a two-run lead in the 6th and left after recording no outs and turning that lead into a two-run deficit. A well-deserved loss, any way you look at it.
The Astros have been playing well, this game notwithstanding. They currently are in third place, one game behind the Cardinals and Cubs. After a day off, they travel to St. Louis to try and change all that. Shawn Chacon will start against Braden Looper tomorrow at 8:15pm EDT.
May 26, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 9:53 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Brewers (23-27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Nationals (22-29) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
W: Jon Rauch (3-1)
L: Guillermo Mota (1-3)
Boxscore
The Brewers continue to struggle, although this time they managed to keep the number of runners stranded in the single digits. But then, when you score six runs, losing isn’t something that usually happens.
Unfortunately, the Brewers had an inconsistent Manny Parra starting. And yesterday, he was the bad kind of inconsistent, allowing 6 runs in less than 5 innings pitched.
The Brewers expect better results today when they send Ben Sheets against Jason Bergmann at 1:35pm EDT.
May 26, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 9:42 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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| Cubs (29-21) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Pirates (24-26) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
W: Damaso Marte (4-0)
L: Jon Lieber (2-3)
Boxscore
The Cubs, who have a record right around .500 against teams not named after illegal downloaders, lost a series to the team they’d dominated so well. In Chicago’s defense, it took 11 innings for Pittsburgh to win. The loss dropped the Cubs into a first-place tie with the Cardinals.
The extra-inning heroics once against went to Jason Bay, who ended the game in walk-off style for the second consecutive time. His team has a day off, giving him plenty of time to perfect his next trick: the old hidden ball gag.
The Pirates have Memorial Day off, before moving on to Cincinnati and sending out Ian Snell against Johnny Cueto at 7:10pm EDT.
May 23, 2008
By
Zeldink
Posted at 9:09 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Brewers (22-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| Pirates (22-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 8 | 13 | 1 |
W: Tom Gorzelanny (4-4)
L: Dave Bush (1-5)
Boxscore
After teaching the Brewers how to win for the past two games, Pittsburgh apparently thought it was time to win one for themselves. Or at least Jason Bay and Xavier Nady did, who both hit home runs off of Milwaukee starter Dave Bush.
Tom Gorzelanny pitched well for the Pirates, but he lasted only 5 innings which will not help what has to be a tired bullpen.
The Brewers had their own pair of homers, and Prince Fielder had a couple hits and a walk. Even though they lost the game, the fact that they scored 4 runs and had plenty of hits has to be encouraging. Now they need to focus on not leaving 14 runners stranded.
The Pirates stay home to host the Cubs at 7:05pm EDT when Carlos Zambrano comes to town to battle with Zach Duke. The Brewers move on to DC, with Jeff Suppan going against Odalis Perez at 7:35pm EDT.
