Ground Report

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011

MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011: SCORES

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011: SCHEDULE-STARTING PITCHERS- TV

SCORES, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011

MONDAY QUICK HITS

CONGRATULATIONS JIM THOME 600 CAREER HOME RUNS!

The Minnesota Twins were in Detroit and Jim Thome was two homers from the 600  mark at the start of the game. Thome nailed number 599 in the sixth inning, a two run shot off of Detroit’s Rick Porcello. In the seventh inning it was number 600, this time a three run shot off of pitcher Daniel Schlereth. Thome is only the eighth player in history to reach 600 home runs in their career.

Many people say he is the nicest player in baseball, pretty high praise for a man who  has been in the game over twenty years, a lot can happen in that span of time.
In an interview after the game he was very happy and thankful that his family was there to see it happen. He also had everything good to say about Phillies manager Charlie Manuel who back in the day had a great influence on him.
 

Minnesota wins the game 9-6, Jim Thome wins the day!

SCORES, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011

San Francisco 4 Atlanta 5
Minnesota 9 Detroit 6
St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 6
Chi. Cubs 4 Houston 3
N.Y. Yankees 7 Kansas City 4
L.A. Dodgers 0 Milwaukee 3
Florida 4 Colorado 7
Texas 8 L.A. Angels 4
N.Y. Mets 5 San Diego 4
Baltimore 6 Oakland 2
Toronto 5 Seattle 6

SCHEDULE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011

STARTING PITCHERS (PROBABLE)

Time_ Away_ Home__ TV__ Away Starter__ Home Starter

1:05 pm_ Tampa Bay_ Boston_ Sun Sports_ NESN_ James Shields_ Jon Lester
7:05 pm_ St. Louis_ Pittsburgh_ FOX Sports Midwest_ Root Sports-Pittsburgh_ Chris Carpenter_ Jeff Karstens
7:05 pm_ Minnesota_ Detroit_ FOX Sports North_FOX Sports Detroit_ Nick Blackburn_ Justin Verlander
7:05 pm_ Arizona_ Philadelphia_ MLB_ FOX Sports Arizona_ WPHL-17_ Josh Collmenter_ Roy Halladay
7:05 pm_ Cincinnati_ Washington_ FOX Sports OH_ MASN_ Mike Leake_ Chien-Ming Wang
7:10 pm_ San Francisco_ Atlanta_ MLB_ CSNBayArea_ FOX Sports South_ Jonathan Sanchez_ Randall Delgado
7:10 pm_ Tampa Bay_ Boston_ Sun Sports_ NESN_ Jeff Niemann_ Erik Bedard
8:05 pm_ Chi. Cubs_ Houston_ WGN_ FOX Sports Houston_ Ryan Dempster_ Brett Myers
8:10 pm_ L.A. Dodgers_ Milwaukee_ KCAL_ FOX Sports Wisc_ Chad Billingsley_ Yovani Gallardo
8:10 pm_ N.Y. Yankees_ Kansas City_ WWOR – Channel 9_ FOX Sports Kansas City_ Ivan Nova_ Danny Duffy
8:10 pm_ Cleveland_ Chi. White Sox_ STO Network_ CSNChicago_ Ubaldo Jimenez_ Gavin Floyd
8:40 pm_ Florida Colorado_ FOX Sports Florida_ Root Sports-Rocky Mountain_ Anibal Sanchez_ Jhoulys Chacin
10:05 pm_ N.Y. Mets_ San Diego_ SNY_ Ch. 4 Padres_ Jonathon Niese_ Cory Luebke
10:05 pm_ Baltimore_ Oakland_ MASN2_ CSNCalifornia_ Brian Matusz_ Guillermo Moscoso
10:05 pm_ Texas_ L.A. Angels_ FOX Sports Southwest_ FOX Sports West_ Derek Holland_ Tyler Chatwood
10:10 pm_ Toronto_ Seattle_ RSN_ Root Sports-Northwest_ Brad Mills_ Jason Vargas