Cliff Lee was downright filthy last in blanking the Dodgers. It was the 1st 0 runs game for the NL Los Angeles team, thus eliminating them from this competition. The only NL team left is the Colorado Rockies, who of course play in Coors Field as their home ballpark. The Phillies have received decent power from Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, and now Ryan Howard has hit homers in back to back games, pacing the Philly to a 9 – 10 start, with Cole Hamels coming back.

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Eliminated Last Night are the Dodgers.

After the games on Apr.20th, there are 27 teams taken out of this competition.  The AL West still has 2 teams remaining in this and the NL has 1  All Divisions are eliminated except for those two.

Should be a great contest to see who can be the last team to score zero runs in a game.

The Angels were Shutout through 7 Innings by Tanner Roark and the Washington Nationals. That is before Raul Ibanez brought his thunderous stick out to PH in the 8th, clubbing a 3 run double – and leading Los Angeles to a 4 – 2 win. Incredibly Ibanez has 3 HRs and 15 RBI in the teams 1st 19 GP, despite a 3 Slash of .161/.224./.339 at the age of 43. The Angels brought their record to 9 – 10 for the year. They continue an Interleague Series in Washington today.

3 teams yet to be blanked:  Rockies,  Rangers and Angels.

AL East

New York – Eliminated Apr.5

Toronto – Eliminated Apr.17

Boston – Eliminated Apr.6

Baltimore – Eliminated Apr.11

Tampa Bay – Eliminated Apr.2

AL Central

Detroit – Eliminated – Apr.11

Kansas City – Eliminated Apr 8th

Chicago White Sox – Eliminated Apr.18th

Cleveland Indians – Eliminated Apr.19th

Texas opened the scoring in the 1st inning, when Shin-Soo Choo homered off of Dan Straily as the leadoff man – in a matchup between the AL West Leaders. The Texas squad will need to play the next few games (perhaps longer) with Choo, who is nursing injuries. Who will be the next guy to step up on injury relief like Kevin Kouzmanoff has (1.038 OPS and 10 RBI in filling in for Beltre.) It could be Michael Choice.

AL West

Oakland – Eliminated Mar.31st

Texas –

LA Angels –

Seattle – Eliminated Apr.09

Houston – Eliminated Apr.11

NL

NL East

Atlanta – Eliminated Mar.31st

Washington – Eliminated Apr.17

NY Mets – Eliminated Apr,.18

Miami Marlins – Eliminated Apr.08

Philadelphia Phillies – Eliminated Apr.16

NL Central

St. Louis Cardinals – Eliminated Apr.02

Cincinnati Reds – Eliminated Mar.31

Milwaukee Brewers – Eliminated Apr.02

Chicago Cubs – Eliminated Mar.31

Pittsburgh Pirates – Eliminated Apr.16

NL West

LA Dodgers – Eliminated Apr.21

SF Giants – Eliminated Apr.12

Arizona Diamondbacks – Eliminated Apr.02

San Diego Padres – Eliminated Apr.05

Colorado Rockies –

The Rockies scored 7 runs in the 1st 3 innings of yesterday’s contest at Coors Field with the San Francisco Giants. The Rockies wrap up a series versus San Francisco before heading to Dodgers Stadium later this week. As the NL Winner already for this competition, can they outduel the Angels and Rangers for this contest?

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