Ground Report

MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011

SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011: SCORES

MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011: SCHEDULE- STARTING PITCHERS- TV

SCORES, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011

SUNDAY QUICK HITS

  Cole Hamels took the mound today to get the Phillies a split in their two game series with the Florida Marlins. Yesterdays game was postponed until June and the Marlins won on Friday.
Hamels did not disappoint as he pitched seven strong innings giving up two runs on seven hits striking out seven and walking two batters. Ryan Madson(1-0) came on in the eighth with the score tied and gets the win. Jose Contreras pitched the ninth for the Phillies and recorded his third save.
The player of the game was Placido Polanco as he hit his first home run of the season went three for four with one RBI. Polanco is now batting .373.
Roy Oswalt is expected to make his next start on Thursday in San Diego, he left the game on Friday with a lower back strain.
Marlin pitcher Anibal Sanchez started and went six innings giving up two runs on six hits, struck out eight and walked four. Ryan Webb(0-2) gets the loss in relief giving up one run in two innings.

  The Boston Red Sox won again and this is the first time this season they have won consecutive games. Boston started the day with the worse record in the majors at 3-10. Now 4-10 and the bats are coming to life slowly but surely as is their pitching.
Jon Lester pitched six strong innings for Boston giving up one run, six hits and three walks and struck out five. Lester is now 1-1 this season. The Red Sox offense managed eight runs on eight hits, two for extra bases, a home run by Jacoby Ellsbury(3) and a double from Adrian Gonzalez(3). Jarred Saltalamacchia(5) and Jacoby Ellsbury(8) each had three RBI.
The Toronto Blue Jays could come up with only one score on seven hits. Jesse Litsch gets the loss going six innings, giving up six runs on seven hits, Litsch is now1-1. 

  On a seven game losing streak the New York Mets finally got a win by defeating the Atlanta Braves 3-2. The Mets jumped on top in the first inning with two runs, added one in the fifth and held on for the win. Mets Dillon Gee(1-0) gets his first win going 5 2-3 innings giving up one run on five hits. Francisco Rodriguez got his second save of the year. The Mets scored three runs on eight hits with two for extra bases, both doubles.
Atlanta sent Tommy Hanson(1-3) to the mound to start the game, he went five innings giving up all three runs on just five hits. The Braves are now 7-9 and the New York Mets 5-11.

  The Baltimore Orioles are headed home for a ten game homestand and hope they can take advantage of being home to turn things around. The Orioles faced a hot Cleveland team today and came up short in a 4-2 loss. The Indians improved their record to 11-4 and the Orioles are now 6-8.
Cleveland finished the three game sweep of the Orioles going deep three times. Grady Sizemore(1) homered in his first game back and Carlos Santana(2) and Travis Hafner(4) also went long. Sizemore is back after knee surgery last May. He homered and doubled in his return.
Fausto Carmona(1-2) takes the win giving up two runs on five hits in seven innings. Chris Perez records the save, his fifth this season.
The Baltimore loss goes to Brad Bergesen (0-2) he went five innings giving up three runs on six hits.

SCORES, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011

Baltimore 2 Cleveland 4
Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 6
N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 2
Milwaukee 4 Washington 8
Toronto 1 Boston 8
Florida 2 Philadelphia 3
Minnesota 4 Tampa Bay 2
San Diego 8 Houston 6
Seattle 3 Kansas City 2
L.A. Angels 4 Chi. White Sox 2
Chi. Cubs 5 Colorado 9
Detroit 1 Oakland 5
St. Louis 1 L.A. Dodgers 2
San Francisco 5 Arizona 6
Milwaukee 1 Washington 5
Texas 5 N.Y. Yankees 6

SCHEDULE, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011

STARTING PITCHERS (PROBABLE)

APRIL 18, 2011

Time_ Away_ Home__ TV__ Away Starter__ Home Starter

11:05 am_ Toronto_ Boston_ SNET_NESN_ Ricky Romero_ Daisuke Matsuzaka
6:40 pm_ Chi. White Sox_ Tampa Bay_ CSNChicago_ Sun Sports_ Edwin Jackson_ David Price
7:05 pm_ Milwaukee_ Philadelphia_ FSNWisconsin_ CSNPhiladelphia_ Shaun Marcum_ Roy Halladay
7:05 pm_ Minnesota_ Baltimore _FSNNorth_ MASN_ Francisco Liriano_ Chris Tillman
7:10 pm_ Pittsburgh_ Cincinnati _Root Sports-Pittsburgh_ FSNOhio_ Kevin Correia_ Travis Wood
8:05 pm_ L.A. Angels_ Texas _FSNSouthwest_ Ervin Santana_ C.J. Wilson
8:05 pm_ San Diego_ Chi. Cubs_Ch. 4 Padres_ WCIU_ Tim Stauffer_ Carlos Zambrano
8:10 pm_ Cleveland_ Kansas City_STO Network_ FSNKansas City_ Carlos Carrasco_ Kyle Davies
8:40 pm_ San Francisco_ Colorado_Root Sports-Rocky Mountain_ Tim Lincecum_ Esmil Rogers
10:10 pm_ Atlanta_ L.A. Dodgers SportSouth-Atlanta FSNPrime Ticket Tim Hudson_ Ted Lilly
10:10 pm_ Detroit_ Seattle_ FSNDetroit_ Root Sports-Northwest_ Max Scherzer_ Jason Vargas