Saturday's Games – August 15 – MLB Notebook
Houston at Milwaukee: Milwaukee is 1.5 games ahead of Houston in the NL Central. Brian Moehler had a five- game road winning streak snapped Monday against the Marlins. Can he start another road streak?
Houston at Milwaukee: Milwaukee is 1.5 games ahead of Houston in the NL Central. Brian Moehler had a five- game road winning streak snapped Monday against the Marlins. Can he start another road streak?
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco: The Dodgers-Giants finale wraps up with Tim Lincecum on the mound for the Giants, A long-standing rivalry and good pitching combine to make this a good game .
It has been five games since Jason Bartlett had moved up in the leadoff spot in the batting order, and so far he has been killing the ball and taking his walks. Here are his counting numbers from that span. …
Milwaukee at Houston: Milwaukee won Saturday, putting themselves one game ahead of Houston for third place in the NL Central. Sunday’s game features two ten- game winniners: Yovani Gallardo and Wandy Rodriguez. It should be a good one.
Boston at New York Yankees: These teams played a 15-inning, five-hour, thirty-three minute, 2-0 game won by an A-Rod home run. They’ll be on national TV Saturday (of course).
The starters for the three games of this series were identical to the match ups in their earlier series. This time, however, the Pirates have been on the short end of the series. Roy Halladay pitches for the Blue Jays, …
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota: Mark Buehrle makes his first start since his perfect game . After losing 4-3 on Monday, the Sox are only 1 game ahead of the Twins for second place in the AL Central
Any game has a big hill to climb to top Mark Buehrle’s perfect game on Thursday. There probably won’t be a perfect game , but we still get plenty of good games . Chicago follows up the perfecto with a doubleheader in Detroit.
Only nine games are scheduled. Yet, those nine games are filled with 10- game winners. Dan Haren, Adam Wainwright, Jered Weaver, and Mark Buehrle are all pitching.