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Detroit and Houston Have a Long Night
Posted on 3 May 2013 by Mel Suiter.
HOUSTON — And a Howdy Partner to y’all and welcome to the state of Texas and the home of the best country music troubadour-George Straight, the best tasting chili in the world and some people say the worst major league baseball team and the newest member of the American League-the Houston Astros. The Detroit Tigers opened a four-game series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park...
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Giants Complete The Sweep In Arizona After 9-6 Victory
Posted on 2 May 2013 by Daniel Trucios.
The San Francisco Giants are heading back home after going 3-3 on this last six game road trip. After getting swept out of San Diego, the Giants (16-12) manage to rebound by sweeping the Arizona Diamondbacks (15-13) in a three game series in their own home building. They completed the sweep with a 9-6 win over the D'Backs last night with Brandon Belt playing the hero again hitting a 3-run home ...
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The Land of the Free and the Home of the Braves
Posted on 30 Apr 2013 by Marien Hornyak.
After taking 3 of 4 games against the Cincinnati Reds last week, the Washington Nationals had a pretty decent time at home. Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmerman both pitched one-hitters and Bryce Harper continued his home run-hitting ways. My headline for this week’s blog was going to be “That’s More Like it!” Then the Nationals went to Atlanta, and things fell apart again. It wasn...
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Giants Get Swept Out of San Diego; SF On 5 Game Losing Streak
Posted on 28 Apr 2013 by Daniel Trucios.
The rough patch for the San Francisco Giants continues as they lose their fifth straight game. The San Diego Padres defeated the defending World Champs earlier today 6-4 completing a three game sweep at Petco Park. The Giants now fall to 13-12 on the year as the Padres improve to 9-15. The Padres hit 3 home runs off of Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong for a total of 5 runs. The long balls started ...
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It is a Nice Start for Jose Valverde
Posted on 26 Apr 2013 by Mel Suiter.
DETROIT —- There was some mist in the air, Wednesday afternoon, April 24, 2013 and some of the precipitation fell to the ground and some gathered around the tear ducts. Jose Valverde waited patiently in the Detroit Tigers bullpen for the call. Under the damp gray sky and the cool temperature, the Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals, 7-5 and Valverde earned his first save of th...
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Diamondbacks Take 2 of 3 From Giants At AT&T
Posted on 25 Apr 2013 by Daniel Trucios.
This series seemed to have the San Francisco Giants mounting a comeback at least once per game. Despite all the rallying, the Giants were unable to take the series. After splitting the first two games of the series with Arizona, the Diamondbacks managed to grab a game three win in 10 innings 3-2. Wil Nieves hit in the winning run for the D'Backs on a sac fly to center which brought home Paul Go...
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O’s lose chance to sweep Toronto and instead get swept up in 11 innings
Posted on 24 Apr 2013 by Brendan Keelan.
Baltimore came into this day game to face a Toronto Blue Jays team that had lost six of their last eight coming into this game, only scoring more than four runs once since April 12th. Toronto had scored three or fewer runs in 13 out the 21 games played so far this season before today, and had only recorded five or fewer hits in five of those games. That was not the case today as the O's fell to...
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Welcome Back It Is Good To See You!
Posted on 24 Apr 2013 by Mel Suiter.
DETROIT— The spinning wheel keeps on turning! Working his way back from oblivion and earning a second chance the Detroit Tigers have given Jose Valverde a one-year major league contract. “We love Papa Grande and what he has done for our organization,” Detroit Tigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski said. “But it is a matter of getting the job done. Valverde is no stranger to hard wor...
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Giants Win 5-0 and Sweep the Padres
Posted on 22 Apr 2013 by Daniel Trucios.
After their disappointing series in Milwaukee, the world champions come home and manage a redeeming sweep. The San Francisco Giants (12-7) finished a three game sweep of the San Diego Padres (5-13) yesterday by a final of 5-0. Barry Zito managed to recover from his worst career outing to get the win over the Padres advancing to 3-1 on the season. Zito pitched 7 shutout innings, striking out 4, ...
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Leaving the West Coast Behind.
Posted on 22 Apr 2013 by Mel Suiter.
ANAHEIM, Calif. —- The bitter taste of defeat! Detroit Tigers’ left handed relief pitcher Phil Coke, turned and watched his mistake take flight through the air of Southern California and sail over the left field fence and the sweep of the Tigers by the Los Angeles Angels this weekend was completed. Angels’ first baseman Mark Trumbo looked at the change-up thrown by Coke float across...
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Hoping for a Chance for One More Dance
Posted on 20 Apr 2013 by Mel Suiter.
LAKELAND, Fla. —- Just one more chance! As the sun disappeared underneath the western sky and the November night got darker, the 2012 baseball season came to a chilling finish for the Detroit Tigers and for relief pitcher Jose Valverde. The Tigers lost the 2012 World Series to the San Francisco Giants in four games and the question about Valverde future in Detroit seemed to be as bleak ...
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The Giants Get Swept Out of Milwaukee
Posted on 18 Apr 2013 by Daniel Trucios.
After winning three out of four games in Chicago, the San Francisco Giants got swept in their following series against the Brewers. All three games in Milwaukee go to the Brewers (6-8) as the World Champs lost game 3 earlier today 7-2. After a DUI arrest earlier this week, Yovani Gallardo pitched a fine game against the Giants (9-7) going 6 innings, striking out 6 and allowing 1 run, 5 hits and...









