Ground Report

MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011: SCORES

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011: SCHEDULE- STARTING PITCHERS- TV

SCORES, MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011

MONDAY QUICK HITS

   Oakland beat the Texas Rangers today 5-4 in ten innings. The A’s end up taking three of four in the series. The Rangers have now lost six of their last eight games.
   Hideki Matsui ended the game by hitting the first pitch in the tenth inning into the right field seats for his third home run and the walk-off win. Josh Willingham (5) and Kurt Suzuki (3) also homered for the Athletics.
   Grant Balfour (2-1) gets the win pitching one inning walking three and striking  out two.
   The Texas Rangers starting pitcher Derek Holland pitched seven innings allowing three runs on eight hits. Darren Oliver (1-3) threw one pitch in the tenth, gave up the home run and gets his third loss of the year.
   Julio Borbon was two for two with two runs scored. Michael Young went one for three with three RBI for the Rangers.
   Oakland is now a game over .500 at 15-14 and the Texas Rangers go to 16-13.

   The New York Yankees picked up another win to improve their record to 17-9. They scored two runs in the ninth to defeat the Tigers 5-3.
   Bartolo Colon started the game for New York, pitched seven innings and gave up three runs on seven hits. Joba Chamberlain (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win and Mariano Rivera a perfect ninth for his 11th save.
   Jorge Posada went two for five with two RBI and Nick Swisher was two for four with a one RBI single in the ninth to break the tie.
   Justin Verlander started for Detroit and pitched six innings giving up three runs on eight hits. Jose Valverde (2-1) takes the loss. Alex Avila had two home runs for Detroit he was two for four with two RBI.

SCORES, MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011

Texas 4 Oakland 5
N.Y. Yankees 5 Detroit 3
San Francisco 0 Washington 2
L.A. Angels 5 Boston 9
Milwaukee 2 Atlanta 6
Houston_ Cincinnati_POSTPONED
Baltimore 2 Chi. White Sox 6
Florida 6 St. Louis 5
Pittsburgh 4 San Diego 3
Chi. Cubs 2 L.A. Dodgers 5

SCHEDULE, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011

STARTING PITCHERS (PROBABLE)

MAY 3, 2011

Time_ Away_ Home__ TV__ Away Starter__ Home Starter

6:40 pm_ Toronto_ Tampa Bay_SNET_ Sun Sports_ Jo-Jo Reyes_ Wade Davis
7:05 pm_ Washington_ Philadelphia_ MASN_ CSNPhiladelphia_ Livan Hernandez_Cole Hamels
7:05 pm_ N.Y. Yankees_ Detroit_ MLB Network_ YES Network_ FSNDetroit_ CC Sabathia_ Brad Penny
7:10 pm_ San Francisco_ N.Y. Mets_ CSNBayArea_ SNY_ Ryan Vogelsong_ R.A. Dickey
7:10 pm_ Houston_ Cincinnati_ FSNHouston_ FSNOhio_ Aneury Rodriguez_ Sam LeCure
7:10 pm_ Milwaukee_ Atlanta_ FSNWisconsin_ FSNSouth_Marco Estrada_ Tommy Hanson
7:10 pm_ L.A. Angels_ Boston_ FSNWest_ NESN_ Dan Haren_ Jon Lester
8:10 pm_ Minnesota_ Chi. White Sox_ FSNNorth_CSNChicago_ Francisco Liriano_ Edwin Jackson
8:10 pm_ Baltimore_ Kansas City_ MASN2_ FSNKansas City_ Brad Bergesen_ Jeff Francis
8:15 pm_ Florida_ St. Louis_ FSNFlorida-Miami_ FSNMidwest_ Anibal Sanchez_ Kyle McClellan
9:40 pm_ Colorado_ Arizona_ Root Sports-Rocky Mountain_ FSNArizona_ Jorge De La Rosa_ Joe Saunders
10:05 pm_ Pittsburgh_ San Diego_ Root Sports-Pittsburgh_ Ch. 4 Padres_ Jeff Karstens_ Mat Latos
10:05 pm_ Cleveland_ Oakland_ STO Network_ CSNCalifornia_ Fausto Carmona_ Tyson Ross
10:10 pm_ Texas_ Seattle_ FSNSouthwest_ Root Sports-Northwest_ Alexi Ogando_ Erik Bedard
10:10 pm_ Chi. Cubs_ L.A. Dodgers_ MLB Network_ WGN_ KCAL_ Ryan Dempster_Chad Billingsley