On Thursday I return to work at my volunteer job at the Closter Borough Hall. Weather will be cooling down to temps right around 80 degrees tomorrow. Congratulations go out tonight Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw who has thrown a no-hitter tonight against the Colorado Rockies in the Dodgers 8-0 win tonight. Clayton Kershaw pitched 107 pitches, 79 for strikes. He did not walk a batter and he struck out 15 batters. In the Top of the 7th, Clayton Kershaw lost his perfect game bid when Corey Dickerson reached base at second on a throwing error by Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez. Clayton Kershaw has thrown the 22nd no hitter is Dodgers franchise history. On May 25th, this season, Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett threw a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia. Prior to Josh Beckett, the Dodgers last no-hitter came on September 17, 1996 when Hideo Nomo threw a no-hitter against the Rockies in Colorado. Once again, congrats go out to Clayton Kershaw on his special night in Los Angeles. Some other MLB news Wednesday: St. Louis Cardinals ace pitcher Adam Wainwright has been cleared to make his next scheduled start on Saturday. Wainwright missed his scheduled start on Monday due to tendinitis in his pitching elbow. Boston Red Sox pitcher Brandon Workman lost his appeal on a 6 game suspension for throwing behind and near the head of Rays third baseman Evan Longoria on May 30th. In the same game, Rays pitcher David Price hit David Ortiz and Mike Carp and was not ejected nor given a suspension, just a fine. Brandon Workman started serving his suspension on Wednesday. Workman will miss his scheduled start on Friday. Workman is next eligible to pitch for the Red Sox on June 24th. MLB Scores Wednesday: Games In American League Parks: Boston Red Sox 2 Minnesota Twins 1 John Lackey threw 9 shutout innings for the Red Sox Wednesday. Game went into extra innings in a 0-0 tie. In the Top of the 10th, Chris Parmelee hit a solo home run off Koji Uehera to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. So it appeared the Sox were going to suffer yet another tough luck loss. What the Sox did in the Bottom of the 10th made us feel like we were watching the 2013 Sox again. With 1 out in the 10th, David Ortiz hit a game tying solo home run that just stayed fair by the Pesky Pole! Game tied 1-1! Next batter was Mike Napoli. Napoli hit a walk off solo home run giving the Sox a thrilling come from behind 2-1 win over the Twins! One of the Sox best games of the season! Kansas City Royals 2 Detroit Tigers 1 Another tight game in Detroit today. Top 1st: Alex Gordon reached on infield single to second, Eric Hosmer scored- Royals 1 Tigers 0 Top 5th: Omar Infante hit a solo home run- Royals 2 Tigers 0 Bottom 7th: J.D. Martinez hit a solo home run- Royals 2 Tigers 1 Royals pitching would do the rest, holding the Tigers to 5 hits, 1 run, 1 walk with 13 strikeouts. Kansas City Royals have won 10 consecutive games. Baltimore Orioles 2 Tampa Bay Rays 0 Another good day in Tampa Bay this afternoon. Top 5th: Steve Pearce doubled to right, Nick Markakis scored, Steve Pearce to third on throwing error by right fielder Matt Joyce- Orioles 1 Rays 0 Top 8th: Nelson Cruz hit a solo home run- Orioles 2 Rays 0 Orioles pitching did the rest, holding the Rays to just 5 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk and 8 strikeouts. Chicago White Sox 7 San Francisco Giants 6 A wild game in Chicago Wednesday afternoon. Bottom 1st: Jose Abreu hit a 2 run home run- White Sox 2 Giants 0 Bottom 4th: Tyler Flowers hit a 2 run RBI single- White Sox 4 Giants 0 Top 5th: Buster Posey hit a RBI single- White Sox 4 Giants 1 Top 5th: Pablo Sandoval hit a RBI sacrifice fly- White Sox 4 Giants 2 Bottom 5th: Adam Dunn hit a 3 run home run- White Sox 7 Giants 2 Top 7th: Buster Posey hit a RBI sacrifice fly- White Sox 7 Giants 3 Top 8th: Gregor Blanco hit a RBI double- White Sox 7 Giants 4 Top 8th: Hunter Pence grounded out to second, Brandon Crawford scored- White Sox 7 Giants 5 Top 9th: Tyler Colvin hit a RBI sacrifice fly- White Sox 7 Giants 6 White Sox hang on to beat Giants 7-6 in wild one from Chicago. Oakland Athletics 4 Texas Rangers 2 A close back and forth affair in Oakland between AL West rivals Wednesday. Bottom 3rd: John Jaso hit a RBI double- Athletics 1 Rangers 0 Bottom 3rd: Josh Donaldson hit a RBI single- Athletics 2 Rangers 0 Top 5th: Shin-Soo Choo hit a 2 run RBI single- Rangers 2 Athletics 2 Bottom 5th: Brandon Moss hit a RBI double- Athletics 3 Rangers 2 Bottom 5th: Stephen Vogt hit a RBI sacrifice fly- Athletics 4 Rangers 2 New York Yankees 7 Toronto Blue Jays 3 Yankees offense comes alive against the Blue Jays Wednesday night. Bottom 1st: Alfonso Soriano hit a RBI single- Yankees 1 Blue Jays 0 Top 4th: Dioner Navarro hit a RBI single- Blue Jays 1 Yankees 1 Top 4th: Colby Rasmus hit a RBI single- Blue Jays 2 Yankees 1 Bottom 4th: Brian McCann hit a 2 run home run- Yankees 3 Blue Jays 2 Bottom 7th: Ichiro Suzuki drew a bases loaded walk, Brett Gardner scored- Yankees 4 Blue Jays 2 Bottom 7th: Brian McCann hit a 3 run RBI double- Yankees 7 Blue Jays 2 Top 8th: Jose Bautista hit a RBI double- Yankees 7 Blue Jays 3 Yankees beat the AL East leading Blue Jays for the second straight night 7-3 in the Bronx. One American League game was cancelled due to rain Wednesday. Los Angeles Angels at Cleveland Indians- Postponed due to rain, no makeup date has been announced. Games In National League Parks: New York Mets 3 St. Louis Cardinals 2 A good game in St. Louis between the Mets and Cardinals. Bottom 1st: Matt Carpenter hit a solo home run- Cardinals 1 Mets 0 Top 6th: Eric Young Jr. hit a RBI double- Mets 1 Cardinals 1 Top 6th: David Wright hit a RBI single- Mets 2 Cardinals 1 Top 7th: Eric Young Jr. hit a RBI ground rule double- Mets 3 Cardinals 1 Let us go ahead to the Bottom of the 9th where things would get interesting. Matt Carpenter doubled Jon Jay hit by a pitch Matt Holliday grounded into a double play, shortstop to second to first, Matt Carpenter to third Allen Craig reached on infield single to third, Matt Carpenter scored- Mets 3 Cardinals 2 Peter Bourjos pinch ran for Allen Craig Mets then take closer Jenrry Mejia out of the game, bringing in Dana Eveland. Matt Adams grounded out to third to end the game. Mets hang on to win 3-2 over the Cardinals. Chicago Cubs 6 Miami Marlins 1 Philadelphia Phillies 10 Atlanta Braves 5 Washington Nationals 6 Houston Astros 5 Another wild one in Washington D.C. Wednesday. Bottom 1st: Adam LaRoche hit a RBI sacrifice fly- Nationals 1 Astros 0 Bottom 3rd: Ian Desmond hit a RBI single- Nationals 2 Astros 0 Top 4th: Matt Dominguez hit a 2 run RBI single- Nationals 2 Astros 2 Top 4th: Jason Castro hit a RBI double- Astros 3 Nationals 2 Top 4th: Jonathan Villar hit a RBI sacrifice fly- Astros 4 Nationals 2 Bottom 6th: Denard Span hit a RBI double- Astros 4 Nationals 3 Top 7th: Robbie Grossman scored on a wild pitch- Astros 5 Nationals 3 Bottom 7th: Anthony Rendon hit a solo home run- Astros 5 Nationals 4 Bottom 7th: Ryan Zimmerman grounded into fielders choice to second, Jayson Werth scored, Adam LaRoche out at second- Nationals 5 Astros 5 Bottom 7th: Nate McLouth hit a RBI sacrifice fly- Nationals 6 Astros 5 In the Top of the 9th with 2 outs and the tying run on first base, George Springer strikes out swinging to end the game. Nationals come from behind to beat the Astros 6-5. Cincinnati Reds 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 4 Milwaukee Brewers 3 An interesting game in Arizona Wednesday night. Bottom 1st: Chris Owings reached on infield single to second, Gerardo Parra scored- Diamondbacks 1 Brewers 0 Bottom 1st: Aaron Hill grounded into fielders choice to shortstop, Paul Goldschmidt scored- Diamondbacks 2 Brewers 0 Bottom 3rd: Paul Goldschmidt hit a RBI single- Diamondbacks 3 Brewers 0 Top 4th: Khris Davis hit a 3 run home run- Brewers 3 Diamondbacks 3 In the Bottom of the 9th with 2 outs in the inning, Martin Prado doubled David Peralta grounded out to first, Martin Prado to third Tony Campana then hit a walk off RBI single giving the Diamondbacks a thrilling walk off 4-3 win over the Brewers. Los Angeles Dodgers 8 Colorado Rockies 0 As we stated earlier, the story in this game was the performance by Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw who threw a no-hitter Wednesday against the Rockies in Los Angeles. This was the 22nd no-hitter in Dodgers franchise history, the most no-hitters in MLB history. Kershaw struck out 15 batters in his no-hitter Wednesday. The amazing part of his performance is that he would have had a perfect game, if not for one play in the 7th inning when Corey Dickerson reached base at second base on a throwing error by Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez. That was the only blemish on the night for Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers in a 8-0 victory. Seattle Mariners 1 San Diego Padres 1- Tonight was the first game back in San Diego since San Diego Padres great outfielder Tony Gwynn passed away Monday from cancer at the age of 54. The Padres gave a memorial tribute to Gwynn prior to the game. A good tight game in San Diego tonight. Top 2nd: Brad Miller hit a RBI single- Mariners 1 Padres 0 Bottom 6th: Alexi Amarista scored on a wild pitch- Mariners 1 Padres 1 Bottom 8th: Tommy Medica hit a RBI single- Padres 2 Mariners 1 On a night that the Padres honored Tony Gwynn in their home ballpark prior to the game, it seems fitting that the Padres come away with a 2-1 victory in the first game in San Diego since the passing of Tony Gwynn. MLB Schedule Thursday: Games in American League Parks: Los Angeles Angels at Cleveland Indians 12:05pm Starting Pitchers: C.J. Wilson- Angels vs. Justin Masterson- Indians With the rainout Wednesday night, the starting pitchers from Wednesday move back one day. Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers 1:08pm Starting Pitchers: Danny Duffy- Royals vs. Anibal Sanchez- Tigers Kansas City Royals are vying for the 4 game sweep of the division rival Tigers in Detroit on Thursday. Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees 7:05pm Starting Pitchers: Drew Hutchinson- Blue Jays vs. David Phelps- Yankees Yankees are vying for the 3 game sweep of the AL East leading Blue Jays in the Bronx Thursday night. Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm Starting Pitchers: Collin McHugh- Astros vs. Chris Archer- Rays Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins 8:10pm Starting Pitchers: Jose Quintana- White Sox vs. Yohan Pino- Twins Yohan Pino is being called up from Triple A Thursday and is replacing Samuel Deduno in the Twins starting rotation. Deduno has been moved into the bullpen. Boston Red Sox at Oakland Athletics 10:05pm Starting Pitchers: Jake Peavy- Red Sox vs. Scott Kazmir- Athletics Games In National League Parks: Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates 12:35pm Starting Pitchers: Homer Bailey- Reds vs. Jeff Locke- Pirates Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks 3:40pm Starting Pitchers: Yovani Gallardo- Brewers vs. Chase Anderson- Diamondbacks Seattle Mariners at San Diego Padres 6:40pm Starting Pitchers: Erasmo Ramirez- Mariners vs. Jesse Hahn- Padres Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals 7:05pm Starting Pitchers: Gavin Floyd- Braves vs. Jordan Zimmermann- Nationals New York Mets at Miami Marlins 7:10pm Starting Pitchers: Zack Wheeler- Mets vs. Andrew Heaney- Marlins Andrew Heaney is being called up from Triple A Thursday to join the Marlins rotation. On Tuesday Marlins called up Anthony DeSciafani to join the Marlins rotation. Marlins designated pitchers Randy Wolf and Kevin Slowey for assignment and have moved pitcher Jacob Turner into the bullpen. Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals 8:15pm Starting Pitchers: David Buchanan- Phillies vs. Shelby Miller- Cardinals Another busy day in MLB Thursday with 12 games on the schedule.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:32:40 +0000
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