“Short Stops” Around the Majors **New Version**
Posted by Joe Hamrahi on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:09 am
We’re going to change the “Short Stops” format since it appears that less and less people are interested in the standard daily game reviews. So let’s play around a bit. From this point on, we’ll be highlighting events from the day’s games including top performances and news on and off the field.
- Grady Sizemore hit his 27th home run of the season in Cleveland 9-4 win over Detroit. Sizemore’s career high is 28 (2006).
- Casey Kotchman made his debut with the Braves yesterday and went 0-4. Also in that game, Mike Hampton returned to the hill for Atlanta and allowed 4 runs on 7 hits and 4 walks in 5 innings.
- Anibal Sanchez returned to the mound for Florida as well and faired much better. Sanchez gave up 2 runs on 6 hits in 5 2/3 innings. Hanley Ramirez hit his 27th homer of the year.
- Arizona’s Brandon Webb picked up win #15 on the year by pitching 8 strong innings against the Dodgers.
- Chicago’s Jim Edmonds hit 2 home runs, including a grand slam, and Rich Harden shut down the Brewers offense and struck out 9. The Cubs swept the series from Milwaukee and now lead the Brewers by 5 games.
- Mark Teixeira made his Angels debut yesterday and went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Los Angeles pounded out 18 hits in the 12-6 victory over New York. The Yankees also signed Victor Zambrano for some reason on Thursday.
- The Phillies swept the lowly Nationals to move a full game ahead of the Mets in the NL East. Washington released Felipe Lopez, Paul LoDuca, and Johnny Estrada. It’s getting confusing trying to figure out the direction of this team.
- The Twins moved back to within 1/2 game of the White Sox after beating Chicago 10-6. Minnesota scored 4 runs in the 7th inning and 3 runs in the 8th inning in the comeback win.
Thursday’s Scoreboard
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Game |
Box score | Play-by-play |
| Tigers @ Indians | Indians 9, Tigers 4 | Play-by-play |
| Cubs @ Brewers | Cubs 11, Brewers 4 | Play-by-play |
| Cardinals @ Braves | Braves 9, Cardinals 4 | Play-by-play |
| Angels @ Yankees | Angels 12, Yankees 6 | Play-by-play |
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Marlins 12, Rockies 2 | Play-by-play |
| Phillies @ Nationals | Phillies 8, Nationals 4 | Play-by-play |
| Mariners @ Rangers | Mariners 8, Rangers 5 | Play-by-play |
| White Sox @ Twins | Twins 10, White Sox 6 | Play-by-play |
| Diamondbacks @ Dodgers | Diamondbacks 2, Dodgers 1 | Play-by-play |
Friday’s Probable Pitchers
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Away |
Home | Time (ET) | Away Probable | Home Probable |
| Pirates | Cubs | 2:20 p.m. | Karstens (0-0) | Marquis (6-6) |
| Angels | Yankees | 7:05 p.m. | Santana (11-5) | Ponson (6-2) |
| Athletics | Red Sox | 7:05 p.m. | Duchscherer (10-7) | |
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Marlins | 7:10 p.m. | Jimenez (7-9) | Volstad (2-1) |
| Tigers | Rays | 7:10 p.m. | Miner (5-3) | Kazmir (8-5) |
| Brewers | Braves | 7:30 p.m. | Suppan (5-7) | James (2-3) |
| Reds | Nationals | 7:35 p.m. | Bailey (0-4) | Perez (3-8) |
| Mets | Astros | 8:05 p.m. | Backe (6-10) | |
| Blue Jays | Rangers | 8:05 p.m. | Marcum (5-5) | Hunter (0-0) |
| White Sox | Royals | 8:10 p.m. | Vazquez (7-9) | Hochevar (6-8) |
| Indians | Twins | 8:10 p.m. | Sowers (1-5) |
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| Phillies | Cardinals | 8:15 p.m. | Hamels (9-6) | Lohse (12-3) |
| Giants | Padres | 10:05 p.m. | Lincecum (11-3) | Banks (3-4) |
| Orioles | Mariners | 10:10 p.m. | Olson (7-5) | Washburn (5-9) |
| D-backs | Dodgers | 10:40 p.m. | Johnson (8-7) | Kershaw (1-3) |
**Note – Due to inefficient code, we have changed the scoreboard to what you see above. Click through for full boxscores and play-by-play courtesy of MLB.
BDD’s daily recaps are provided by founder and managing editor Joe Hamrahi. Joe’s a CPA, a financial executive, a baseball analyst, and a proponent of using all available information (read stats and scouts!) in order to make better baseball decisions! Joe can be reached at jhamrahi@baseballdigestdaily.com.
