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TOR  7 @LAA  5 
TEX  5 @BAL  3 
CHW  6  OAK  1 
MIN  9  CLE  6 
NYY  2  BOS  1 
SEA  3  DET  2 
TBR  3  KCR  0 

SDP  4 @ARI  2 
HOU  6 @ATL  1 
CIN  3  WSN  2 
COL 12  FLA  6 
MIL  2  PIT  1 
NYM  9 @PHI  4 
SFG  5  LAD  2 
STL  5  CHC  4 

        Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter     Pitcher
-------+---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++----------+----------+
OAK@CHW t 9   2  6-1  ---  1  100% 100%  MEllis     SLinebrink
        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)

WSN@CIN b 9   1  2-2  12-  3  100% 100%  BPhillips  LAyala    
        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); 1 run scores

FLA@COL t 9   2 12-6  ---  3  100% 100%  MTreanor   BFuentes  
        Strikeout Swinging

PIT@MIL b 9   1  1-1  12-  4  100% 100%  PFielder   TYates    
        Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); 1 run scores

CLE@MIN t 9   2  9-6  -2-  6  100% 100%  GSizemore  JNathan   
        Groundout: 2B-1B

             Tm Opp  IP   H  R ER BB SO HR GmSc Pit  ERA
----------+-+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+----+---+----
DBush        MIL PIT  8    4  1  1  0  7  0   77 100 4.74 
GFloyd     W CHW OAK  7.1  3  0  0  3  6  0   75 109 3.22 
PMaholm      PIT MIL  8    4  1  1  1  6  1   75 102 4.05 
JPeavy     W SDP ARI  7    3  0  0  2  6  0   75 105 2.67 
MMussina   W NYY BOS  6    4  0  0  1  5  0   68  88 3.64 
ASonnansti W TBR KCR  7    5  0  0  1  2  0   68  85 4.31 
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CPark        LAD SFG  6    3  1  1  3  7  0   66  91 2.36 
BZito      W SFG LAD  7    6  2  2  1 10  0   66 107 5.73 
RHalladay  W TOR LAA  7    6  2  2  1  7  1   63 107 2.88 
DDavis     L ARI SDP  8    7  3  3  1  7  2   62 121 3.74 
KLohse       STL CHC  7    6  2  2  2  6  1   61 111 3.61 
CSampson   W HOU ATL  5    2  1  1  0  2  1   61  56 4.85 
JMaine       NYM PHI  5.2  1  3  3  2  5  1   58  99 3.91 
AGalarraga   DET SEA  6    5  1  1  3  2  1   57  95 3.27 
JFogg        CIN WSN  6    6  1  1  1  1  0   56 102 8.39 
ZGreinke   L KCR TBR  6    7  2  2  1  7  0   56 113 3.62 
TRedding     WSN CIN  6    8  1  1  1  4  0   55 106 4.06 
RDickey      SEA DET  6    4  2  2  5  3  2   54 105 4.36 
TLilly       CHC STL  6    7  2  2  1  5  1   54  90 4.47 
JMasterson L BOS NYY  6    6  2  2  2  2  0   52 100 3.67 
JMoyer       PHI NYM  6.2  7  3  3  2  4  0   50  99 4.12 
SFeldman   W TEX BAL  6    5  3  3  4  0  0   46  93 4.39 
KSlowey    W MIN CLE  6    5  5  5  2  6  1   46  92 3.78 
Jde la Ros W COL FLA  5    6  3  3  3  4  0   44  98 6.58 
JLackey    L LAA TOR  6    7  6  5  1  7  1   42 104 1.93 
ALaffey      CLE MIN  5    5  4  4  4  4  1   41  95 3.49 
BBurres      BAL TEX  5.2  9  3  3  1  2  0   40  73 5.07 
GSmith     L OAK CHW  5    5  4  4  6  2  2   37 103 3.62 
JReyes     L ATL HOU  4.1  6  4  4  3  2  0   34  86 4.40 
RTucker    L FLA COL  4    7  8  8  3  4  3   17  92 8.38 

 Best       Tm  Opp AB  R  H RBI
+----------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---------+
 SHairston  SDP ARI  4  2  3   3   2·HR, 2B, SO 
 JClement   SEA DET  4  2  2   3   2·HR 
 CRoss      FLA COL  5  2  3   4   HR, 2B, SO 
 MLoretta   HOU ATL  4  1  3   4   3·2B, BB 
 IKinsler   TEX BAL  3  2  2   2   HR, 2B, BB 
 GSizemore  CLE MIN  5  1  2   3   HR, 3B, SO 
 RSweeney   OAK CHW  2  1  2   1   HR, 2·BB, SB 
 ARamirez   CHW OAK  3  2  3   1   HR, BB, CS 
 MHolliday  COL FLA  4  2  2   4   HR      
 MDeRosa    CHC STL  4  2  2   1   HR, 3B, SO 

 Worst      Tm  Opp AB  R  H RBI
+----------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---------+
 AGordon    KCR TBR  4  0  0   0   SO, Err 
 MNapoli    LAA TOR  3  0  0   0   BB, SO, GDP, Err 
 DDeJesus   KCR TBR  4  0  0   0   SO, GDP 
 DMurphy    OAK CHW  2  0  0   0   BB, CS, Err 
 BGiles     SDP ARI  4  0  0   0   GDP     
 JBruce     CIN WSN  5  0  0   0   2·SO 
 CHart      MIL PIT  3  0  0   0   SO, GDP 
 SRolen     TOR LAA  4  0  0   0   3·SO 
 TGlaus     STL CHC  4  0  0   0   3·SO 
 EBonifacio ARI SDP  4  0  0   0   3·SO 

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Today in Baseball History from the BR Bullpen

Full Today in Baseball History

• 1903 - In a game with the New York Highlanders, White Sox OF Danny Green is called out at 1B by Jack Sheridan, and after returning to the bench continues to yell at the ump. Sheridan finally rushes the bench and hits Green with his mask, who then belts the umpire. The umpire is taken from the grounds and locked up on charges of disorderly conduct. An hour later he is released after bail is posted by Highlander president Joseph Gordon.
• 1909 - Inventor George Cahill brings his portable lights to Grand Rapids, Michigan for a night game with the Zanesville Infants (Central League). The host team wins 11 - 10 in seven innings, with the only complaints coming from the outfielders, who had trouble seeing balls hit above the lights.
• 1914 - Suffering heavy losses from Federal League competition in Baltimore, the Orioles owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth (plus Ernie Shore and C Ben Egan) for $10,000 to old friend Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty. Cincinnati, which has a working agreement giving them the choice of two players, ignores Ruth and takes OF George Twombly and SS Claud Derrick. Dunn finally peddles his threesome to new owner Joe Lannin of the Red Sox for a reported $25,000.
• 1916 - At St. Louis, Pete Alexander shuts out the Cards for a 1 - 0 Phillie win, topping Lee Meadows. Dode Paskert in CF makes two leaping catches off the bat of Bob Bescher to save home runs.
• 1918 - Rabbit Maranville gets a 10-day leave from the Navy and hits .316 in 11 games for the Braves before going back to sea.
• 1922 - Pirates OF Max Carey is the busiest man on the field in an 18-inning 9 - 8 loss to the Giants. He gets six hits, draws three walks, has three SBs, including one of home, and catches seven flies. His 51 stolen bases in 53 attempts is the highest success rate ever achieved by a SB leader, remarkable in a season where the league average success rate on steals is 54%. His record of 31 straight steals without being caught will be broken by Davey Lopes' 38 in 1975. Johnny Gooch also has six hits in the losing effort.
• 1922 - Commissioner Landis bars ML teams from playing in Montreal.
• 1923 - Cleveland scores in every inning against the Red Sox, but playing at home, the team does not bat in the ninth. In the eight innings, they run up an AL-record 27 runs, including 13 in the 6th, for a 27-3 win. In three innings, Lefty O'Doul gives up 16 runs on 11 hits and 8 walks. This is his last season as a ML pitcher, but he will return to the major-league in 1928 as an OF. The Indians keep it up, scoring three in the first inning of the second game en route to a 8-5 win.
• 1925 - The seventh-place Cubs install Rabbit Maranville as manager, replacing Bill Killefer.
• 1935 - At a special meeting, the AL owners raise the waiver price to $7,500.

Born This Date

• 1868 - Harry Gilbert, infielder (d. 1909)
• 1882 - George Suggs, pitcher (d. 1949)
• 1924 - John Simmons, outfielder
• 1949 - Tim Nordbrook, infielder
• 1955 - Len Barker, pitcher; All-Star
• 1956 - Terry Bevington, , manager

Died This Date

• 1915 - Mike DePangher, catcher (b. 1858)
• 1964 - Glenn Gardner, pitcher (b. 1916)
• 1965 - Pat Burke, infielder (b. 1901)
• 1973 - Paul Musser, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1983 - Vic Wertz, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1925)

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