Ground Report

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011: SCORES

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011: SCHEDULE- STARTING PITCHERS- TV

SCORES, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011

THURSDAY QUICK HITS

   Rookie Michael Pineda won his fourth game in five starts for Seattle with another solid performance. In just five major league appearances the twenty two year old is sporting a 4-1 record with a ERA of 2.01. Pineda gave up two runs today, the most since his first start in early April. In today’s start Pineda went six innings gave up two runs on four hits walked three and had nine strikeouts.
   Seattle had two home runs in the 7-2 win with Miguel Olivo hitting his second, and Luis Rodriguez his first of the season. Ichiro Suzuki was two for five for his twelfth multi-hit game of the year.
Brad Penny (1-3) lost his third game of the year going seven innings giving up four runs on nine hits. After losing this three game series to Seattle the Tigers are now 12-13. The Mariners needed the wins and are 11-15 as a result of the sweep.

   The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Rangers 5-2 and as a result took three out of four from the American League West leaders.  Brandon Morrow got the start for the Blue Jays and pitched six strong innings. He  gave up two runs on six hits. Frank Francisco (1-0) ended up getting the win in relief pitching a perfect 1.1 innings with three strikeouts.
   Toronto scored five runs on just seven hits. Adam Lind hit his fourth home run of  the year and had two RBI. The Blue Jays are just a game shy of .500 now with a 12-13 record.
   Texas starter Alexi Ogando pitched six good innings giving up two runs on four hits. Darren Oliver (1-2) gets the loss in relief giving up three runs one earned on three hits, one walk and one strikeout.
   The Texas Rangers record is 15-10 after losing three out of four to Toronto.
 

San Francisco 5 Pittsburgh 2
Seattle 7 Detroit 2
Tampa Bay 15 Minnesota 3 GAME 1
Toronto 5 Texas 2
Kansas City 2 Cleveland 8
Boston 6 Baltimore 2
Chi. White Sox 3 N.Y. Yankees 12
N.Y. Mets 3 Washington 4
St. Louis 11 Houston 7
Tampa Bay 6 Minnesota 1 GAME 2
Chi. Cubs 2 Arizona 11

SCHEDULE, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011

STARTING PITCHERS (PROBABLE)

APRIL 29, 2011

Time_ Away_ Home__ TV__ Away Starter__ Home Starter

7:05 pm_ Toronto_ N.Y. Yankees_ SNET_ YES Network_ Ricky Romero_ Freddy Garcia
7:05 pm_ N.Y. Mets_ Philadelphia_SNY_ CSNPhiladelphia_ Mike Pelfrey_ Joe Blanton
7:05 pm_ San Francisco_ Washington_CSNBayArea_ MASN_ Tim Lincecum_ Jason Marquis
7:05 pm_ Detroit_ Cleveland_ FSNDetroit_ STO Network_ Max Scherzer_ Jeanmar Gomez
7:10 pm_ L.A. Angels_ Tampa Bay_ FSNWest_ Sun Sports_ Ervin Santana_ David Price
7:10 pm_ Seattle Boston_Root Sports-Northwest_ NESN_ Jason Vargas_ Daisuke Matsuzaka
7:10 pm_ Florida_ Cincinnati_ FSNFlorida-Miami_ FSNOhio_ Javier Vazquez_ Travis Wood
7:35 pm_ St. Louis_ Atlanta_ FSNMidwest_ Peachtree TV_ Chris Carpenter_ Tim Hudson
8:05 pm_ Milwaukee_ Houston_ FSNWisconsin_Shaun Marcum_ Brett Myers
8:10 pm_ Minnesota_ Kansas City_ FSNNorth_ FSNKansas City_ Scott Baker_ Bruce Chen
8:10 pm_ Baltimore_ Chi. White Sox_ MASN2_ CSNChicago_ Jake Arrieta_ John Danks
8:40 pm_ Pittsburgh_ Colorado_ Root Sports-Pittsburgh_ Root Sports-Rocky Mountain_
Kevin Correia_ Jhoulys Chacin
9:40 pm_ Chi. Cubs_ Arizona_ CSNChicago+- FSNArizona_ Carlos Zambrano_ Armando Galarraga
10:05 pm_ Texas_ Oakland_ TXA-21_ CSNCalifornia_ C.J. Wilson_ Trevor Cahill
10:10 pm_ San Diego_ L.A. Dodgers_ Ch. 4 Padres_ FSNPrime Ticket_ Clayton Richard_ Ted Lilly