The New York Mets Cubans continue their poor performances on the road (6-16) as they lose game two of the series to the Milwaukee Brewers Bears, 8-6. Negro League Remembrance Night, of all nights. Game Notes The Mets sent out the bullpen workhorse Fernando Nieve for his first start of the season. Jerry Manuel, during pre-game, said he would limit Nieve’s pitch count to 80 pitches. He...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 4/11/0, Toledo 5/7/0 cf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 4, 2 runs, K, .383 ss Justin Turner 3 for 4, K, .272 dh Daniel Murphy 1 for 4, .222 3b Mike Hessman 1 for 3, run, HR (17), 2 RBI (53!), BB, .308 1b Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, 2b, K, .266 lf Andy Green 2 for 4, run, 2b, HR, RBI, .282 rf Russ Adams 0 for 4, .285 c JR House 1 for 4, .235 2b Ruben Tejada 0 for 4, .292 Tobi...
Read MoreJohan Santana was on his game today, but Ryota Igarashi couldn’t continue the Mets winning streak nor their scoreless inning streak in a 2-0 loss to the Brewers Game Notes Johan Santana was dominant against the Brewers, becoming the first Mets pitcher to pitch a full 8 innings in the season up to this point. Johan allowed 0 runs on 3 hits, with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Johan was drawing...
Read MoreSong of the night: Gorillaz – Rock the House AAA International League: Buffalo 7/15/0, Toledo 3/7/0 Dillon Gee had a decent outing today, giving up 3 runs on 6 hits in 6 innings for his 6th win, and Bobby Parnell had 2 perfect innings in relief for his 2nd save of the season. Jesus Feliciano continues to hit (4 for 5), and his OBP is now approaching GMJ’s OPS (.430 vs 468). Of...
Read MorePhiladelphia Phillies: (26-20; Leader) Well, the Phillies became the first league champion to get held scoreless during a sweep. They will head to Florida to try to get someone to cross the plate. They’ve been held scoreless in 46 of the last 47 innings. They are the only first-place team in MLB history to have been swept scorelessly (is that a word?) by the last-place team (at the beginning of...
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