Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Much like a child who continually tests your patience, then surprises you by doing something sweet and kind (not that either of my kids would ever do that, of course), Todd Wellemeyer came out and gave a jolt to Cardinal Nation. It may have been that the Cards got him the early lead and that made a difference. It may have just been one of those rare games that he obviously still has in him. It may...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
ST. LOUIS -- Todd Wellemeyer rebounded from his shortest start of the season with 7 1-3 solid innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Giants 5-2 Thursday night. Wellemeyer (7-7) allowed two runs and seven hits in his longest outing of the season. He lasted 2 1-3 innings in his previous start, giving up three earned runs against Minnesota on June 27. He was 1-3 with a 6.89 ERA in June. He struck...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
ST. LOUIS, July 2 (UPI) -- Todd Wellemeyer took a shutout into the eighth inning Thursday and Ryan Ludwick drove in two runs to bring St. Louis a 5-2 win over San Francisco. Albert Pujols, who came into the game with a .632 batting average in six games against the Giants this season, went hitless in two at bats but drew two intentional walks. He leads the majors with 30 homers and 77 RBI. Wellemeyer...
McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
You know what? I thought I was leaving for vacation tomorrow, but nuts to that. I'm leaving right now. Find another place to read about Barry Zito 's foibles and mishaps -- I'm out of here. Wait, don't go. I'm sorry. It's just that I...I...I've run out of things to say after bad Zito starts. it's been a couple of years, and I've had a good run, but the well is dry. I can't think of a single thing to...
SoCal Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
San Diego already lost to Houston, 7-2. The Padres slip to 15.5 games behind the Dodgers, ensconced in fourth place in the NL West. Giants are currently in the middle of the fifth. Barry Zito gave up three runs in the first, but has settled since, w...
Pyle of List (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Check out our experiment with live audio during the Cardinals-Giants game last night Here are links for a few of the items we discussed last night: JP’s Buffalo Bill voice DLamp’s man-crush Kershaw Liveblog Silent Auction NFL Overtime Proposal (Via MJD at Shutdown Corner) Barry Zito’s Modeling Career Troy Aikman-Joe Buck married and dressed as twins liveblog Joe Sports Fan’s...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
The Giants' Pablo Sandoval is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the third inning against Milwaukee. Sandoval hit another solo shot in the fifth to give San Francisco a 4-0 lead, but the Brewers drew even with four runs in the sixth. MILWAUKEE – Down by two runs in the ninth, the Milwaukee Brewers refused to give in to the Giants. Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
OAKLAND -- Brad Hawpe hit the 100th home run of his career, one of four hit by Colorado's surging offense, and Jorge De La Rosa pitched six strong innings to lead the Rockies to an 11-9 win over the A's on Saturday night. Hawpe's two-run blast off Oakland starter Trevor Cahill in the first marked the ninth time in 10 games the Rockies have hit at least one home run. Colorado has 20 homers overall...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
MILWAUKEE -- Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer in the sixth and then knocked in the winning run as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied with three runs in the ninth for a wild 7-6 win over the Giants on Saturday night. With one out, pinch-hitter Craig Counsell singled to left. Brian Wilson (2-4), who blew his fourth save of the season, then walked Matt Gamel. Corey Hart, who had been hitless in his last...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
More photos » by Morry Gash - AP Fielder missed Braun but connected with everything else. Browse more photos » MVP: Prince Fielder (+.571) LVP: Trevor Hoffman (-.403) Win Expectancy graph This is maybe the fifth different opening paragraph this recap has had. The Brewers didn't make it easy on me, rallying, almost blowing the game, rallying again but falling short, actually blowing the...
McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Current Series Brewers lead the series 1-0 Fri 06/26 WP: Yovani Gallardo ( - ) LP: Matt Cain ( - ) 1 - 5 loss San Francisco Giants McCovey Chronicles @ Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball Saturday, Jun 27, 2009, 4:05 PM PDT Miller Park Barry Zito vs Seth McClung Partly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 80. Gamethread III: Whatever posted by Natto about 19 hours ago 129 comments | 0 recs Complete...
NFL College Football Betting (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Francisco Giants Free MLB Picks: Milwaukee Brewers (-130) - Sat Jun 27th 2009 7:05p Visit Touthouse.com for more baseball predictions from Alex Smart The San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Barry Zito, has an ugly history in Miller Park as is evident by a 0-3 record along with a extremely bloated 10.50 ERA. That is [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Lefty Barry Zito can continue a recent torrid stretch and reverse a career's worth of struggle at the same time tonight when the San Francisco Giants head to Miller Park for game two of a three-game weekend set with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
MILWAUKEE (MAJ: 39-34; T-1st National League Central): The Brewers beat the Giants 5-1 . Ryan Braun had a pair of RBI and JJ Hardy homered for Milwaukee. Yovani Gallardo struck out nine over 7-2/3 innings pitched for the win . NASHVILLE (AAA: 42-33; 1st Pacific Coast League American North Division): Nashville lost 2-0 at Albuquerque . The Sounds had five hits in the game . HUNTSVILLE (AA: 42-32 overall,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Lefty Barry Zito can continue a recent torrid stretch and reverse a career's worth of struggle at the same time tonight when the San Francisco Giants head to Miller Park for game two of a three-game weekend set with the Milwaukee Brewers.
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