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Madison Bumgarner pitched a perfect game until there were 2 outs in the 8th inning. He settled for his third career one hitter, striking out 9 and walking none as the Giants shut down the Padres 8-0.
Corey Seager reached base 5 times, with a homer, 3 runs scored and 3 RBI to help the Dodgers win in Arizona, 9-5.
Hector Santiago threw 7 strong innings, allowing 2 runs and 5 hits. He would not get the decision but the Angels went on to beat the White Sox, 3-2.
Jose Bautista hit a pair of homers in the opening game of the double header. He would combine to get on base 7 times over the two games, scoring 4 runs and driving in 5 as Toronto took both games from the Yankees, 9-5 and 10-7.
They all ow ned baseball on September 12, 2015
Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.
John Lackey began the suspended game on Friday that was finished today. His 7 innings allowing just 2 runs would normally be enough to win. But the Cardinals bullpen faltered when the game was resumed and the Reds won 4-2.
Greg Garcia collected a pair of hits including a homer in the Cardinals 4-2 loss to the Reds.
Brett Gardner hit a combined 3 homers in the double header between the Yankees and Blue Jays. He reached base 5 times altogether, driving in a combined 7 runs. The Yankees dropped both games, 9-5 and 10-7.
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Realmuto , Jace Peterson , Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jacob DeGrom , jacoby ellsbury , Jaime Garcia , jake arrieta , jake odorizzi , jake peavy , Jake Smolinski , james loney , james mccann , james paxton , jarred cosart , Jason Bourgeois , jason hammel , jason heyward , jason kipnis , jay bruce , jayson werth , jean segura , jedd gyorko , jeff locke , Jeff Samardzjia , jered weaver , Jeremy guthrie , jesse chavez , Jesse Hahn , Jimmy Nelson , jimmy paredes , jimmy rollins , Joc Pederson , joe kelly , joe mauer , Joe Panik , Joe Ross , joey votto , JoHector Gomez , john danks , john lackey , john mayberry Jr. , johnny cueto , Johnny Giavotella , jon gray , jon lester , jon niese , jonathan lucroy , Jonathan Villar , jordan schafer , jordan zimmermann , jorge de la rosa , jorge soler , jose abreu , jose altuve , jose bautista , Jose Iglesias , jose quintana , jose reyes , josh collmenter , josh donaldson , josh hamilton , josh reddick , Josh Tomlin , juan lagares , juan uribe , julio teheran , justin smoak , justin turner , justin upton , justin verlander , Kelby Tomlinson , kelly johnson , Kendall Graveman , kendrys morales , kevin gausman , Kevin Kiermaier , Khris Davis , kirk nieuwenhuis , kole calhoun , kolten wong , kris bryant , kurt suzuki , kyle blanks , kyle gibson , Kyle Hendricks , kyle kendrick , Kyle Lobstein , kyle lohse , Kyle Ryan , kyle schwarber , kyle seager , lance lynn , lance mccullers , leonys martin , logan morrison , lorenzo cain , lucas duda , luis severino , luis valbuena , madison bumgarner , Maikel Franco , manny machado , Manny Parra , marcell ozuna , Marco Estrada , Marcus Semien , mark buehrle , Mark Canha , mark reynolds , mark teixeira , mark trumbo , marlon byrd , Martin Maldonado , martin perez , martin prado , masahiro tanaka , mat latos , Matt Adams , matt duffy , matt harvey , matt holliday , matt joyce , matt kemp , Matt Shoemaker , max scherzer , michael bourn , michael brantley , michael cuddyer , michael mckenry , michael pineda , michael wacha , miguel cabrera , miguel gonzalez , miguel montero , miguel sano , mike aviles , Mike Bolsinger , mike fiers , Mike Leake , mike montgomery , mike moustakas , mike napoli , mike pelfrey , Mike Trout , Mike Wright , mitch moreland , Mookie Betts , nathan eovaldi , Nathan Karns , neil walker , nelson cruz , nick ahmed , nick castellanos , nick hundley , nick martinez , Noah Syndergaard , nolan arenado , nori aoki , Odrisamer Despaigne , Odubel Herrera , Patrick Corbin , paul goldschmidt , pedro alvarez , phil hughes , Preston Tucker , prince fielder , r.a. dickey , Raisel Iglesias , Randal Grichuk , randy wolf , rick porcello , roberto hernandez , robinson cano , Roenis Elias , Rougned Odor , rubby de la rosa , ruben tejada , rusney castillo , russell martin , ryan braun , ryan flaherty , ryan howard , ryan vogelsong , ryan zimmerman , scooter gennett , scott baker , scott feldman , scott kazmir , scott van slyke , seth smith , shane greene , Shawn O'Malley , shelby miller , shin-soo choo , sonny gray , starlin castro , stephen drew , Stephen Piscotty , stephen strasburg , stephen vogt , steve pearce , Steven Matz , Steven Souza Jr. , steven wright , taijuan walker , taylor jungmann , tim hudson , tim lincecum , todd frazier , tom koehler , tommy milone , Torii Hunter , travis d'arnaud , Travis Ishikawa , Travis Shaw , travis wood , trevor bauer , trevor plouffe , troy tulowitzki , tsuyoshi wada , Tyler , Tyler Duffey , tyson ross , ubaldo jimenez , Vidal Nuno , wade miley , wei-yin chen , welington castillo , wil myers , Wilmer Flores , Wilson Ramos , xander bogaerts , yadier molina , yan gomes , Yangervis Solarte , yasiel puig , yasmani grandal , yasmany tomas , yoenis cespedes , Yohan Flande , yonder alonso , yovani gallardo , yunel escobar , Zach Davies , zack cozart , zack greinke
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Colby Lewis was perfect for 7 innings before finishing with a complete game 2 hit shutout of the A’s as the Rangers took the 4-0 final.
Jake Arrieta once again was brilliant with 8 innings, 6 hits and 1 run, earning the 5-1 decision for the Cubs over Philadelphia.
Russell Martin singled and homered twice, driving in 4 runs in the Blue Jays 11-5 win over the Yankees.
Nick Ahmed went 4 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI to help Arizona clobber the Dodgers, 12-4.
They all ow ned baseball on September 11, 2015
Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.
Dallas Keuchel did not allow an earned run over six innings and struck out 7 batters along the way. 3 unearned runs in the second were his downfall as he and the Astros fell to the Angels, 3-2.
Lorenzo Cain reached base 4 times, including 2 homers, and scored 4 runs. He could not stop a pair of grand slams in the 8th, however, as Baltimore came back to stun Kansas City 14-8.
Justin Upton went 2 for 3 with a homer in the Padres 9-1 loss to San Francisco.
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Realmuto , Jace Peterson , Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jacob DeGrom , jacoby ellsbury , Jaime Garcia , jake arrieta , jake odorizzi , jake peavy , Jake Smolinski , james loney , james mccann , james paxton , jarred cosart , Jason Bourgeois , jason hammel , jason heyward , jason kipnis , jay bruce , jayson werth , jean segura , jedd gyorko , jeff locke , Jeff Samardzjia , jered weaver , Jeremy guthrie , jesse chavez , Jesse Hahn , Jimmy Nelson , jimmy paredes , jimmy rollins , Joc Pederson , joe kelly , joe mauer , Joe Panik , Joe Ross , joey votto , JoHector Gomez , john danks , john lackey , john mayberry Jr. , johnny cueto , Johnny Giavotella , jon gray , jon lester , jon niese , jonathan lucroy , Jonathan Villar , jordan schafer , jordan zimmermann , jorge de la rosa , jorge soler , jose abreu , jose altuve , jose bautista , Jose Iglesias , jose quintana , jose reyes , josh collmenter , josh donaldson , josh hamilton , josh reddick , Josh Tomlin , juan lagares , juan uribe , julio teheran , justin smoak , justin turner , justin upton , justin verlander , Kelby Tomlinson , kelly johnson , Kendall Graveman , kendrys morales , kevin gausman , Kevin Kiermaier , Khris Davis , kirk nieuwenhuis , kole calhoun , kolten wong , kris bryant , kurt suzuki , kyle blanks , kyle gibson , Kyle Hendricks , kyle kendrick , Kyle Lobstein , kyle lohse , Kyle Ryan , kyle schwarber , kyle seager , lance lynn , lance mccullers , leonys martin , logan morrison , lorenzo cain , lucas duda , luis severino , luis valbuena , madison bumgarner , Maikel Franco , manny machado , Manny Parra , marcell ozuna , Marco Estrada , Marcus Semien , mark buehrle , Mark Canha , mark reynolds , mark teixeira , mark trumbo , marlon byrd , Martin Maldonado , martin perez , martin prado , masahiro tanaka , mat latos , Matt Adams , matt duffy , matt harvey , matt holliday , matt joyce , matt kemp , Matt Shoemaker , max scherzer , michael bourn , michael brantley , michael cuddyer , michael mckenry , michael pineda , michael wacha , miguel cabrera , miguel gonzalez , miguel montero , miguel sano , mike aviles , Mike Bolsinger , mike fiers , Mike Leake , mike montgomery , mike moustakas , mike napoli , mike pelfrey , Mike Trout , Mike Wright , mitch moreland , Mookie Betts , nathan eovaldi , Nathan Karns , neil walker , nelson cruz , nick ahmed , nick castellanos , nick hundley , nick martinez , Noah Syndergaard , nolan arenado , nori aoki , Odrisamer Despaigne , Odubel Herrera , Patrick Corbin , paul goldschmidt , pedro alvarez , phil hughes , Preston Tucker , prince fielder , r.a. dickey , Raisel Iglesias , Randal Grichuk , randy wolf , rick porcello , roberto hernandez , robinson cano , Roenis Elias , Rougned Odor , rubby de la rosa , ruben tejada , rusney castillo , russell martin , ryan braun , ryan flaherty , ryan howard , ryan vogelsong , ryan zimmerman , scooter gennett , scott baker , scott feldman , scott kazmir , scott van slyke , seth smith , shane greene , Shawn O'Malley , shelby miller , shin-soo choo , sonny gray , starlin castro , stephen drew , Stephen Piscotty , stephen strasburg , stephen vogt , steve pearce , Steven Matz , Steven Souza Jr. , steven wright , taijuan walker , taylor jungmann , tim hudson , tim lincecum , todd frazier , tom koehler , tommy milone , Torii Hunter , travis d'arnaud , Travis Ishikawa , Travis Shaw , travis wood , trevor bauer , trevor plouffe , troy tulowitzki , tsuyoshi wada , Tyler , Tyler Duffey , tyson ross , ubaldo jimenez , Vidal Nuno , wade miley , wei-yin chen , welington castillo , wil myers , Wilmer Flores , Wilson Ramos , xander bogaerts , yadier molina , yan gomes , Yangervis Solarte , yasiel puig , yasmani grandal , yasmany tomas , yoenis cespedes , Yohan Flande , yonder alonso , yovani gallardo , yunel escobar , Zach Davies , zack cozart , zack greinke
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Felix Hernandez threw 8 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and 8 strikeouts to earn the 5-0 decision for the Mariners against Texas.
Michael Brantley hit a pair of go ahead homers, driving in 3 altogether in Cleveland’s 7-5 victory over Detroit.
Bartolo Colon pitched a shutout into the 7th before leaving with 6 2/3 innings, 2 runs, 1 walk and the 7-2 win for the Mets over Atlanta.
Todd Frazier collected 3 hits including a homer, scoring 3 and driving in 3 to help the Reds clobber St. Louis 11-0.
They all ow ned baseball on September 10, 2015
Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.
Andrew Romine went 3 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI but the Tigers lost 7-5 to Cleveland.
Tyson Ross threw 7 innings, allowing 4 hits and 3 runs, waking none. He would not get the decision as the Padres bullpen fell to the Rockies, 4-3.
Matt Kemp got on base 3 times including a homer but it was not enough as the Padres fell to Colorado, 4-3.
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Vidal Nuno won his first game of the season by tossing 7 innings of 1 hit shutout ball, striking out 10 and earning the 6-0 decision for the Mariners over Texas.
Tom Koehler threw 8 strong innings, allowing 4 hits, 2 runs and 10 strikeouts to lead the Marlins past Milwaukee, 5-2.
Kyle Seager went 4 for 4 with a shift beating bunt and later a homer, 3 runs scored and 2 driven in as Seattle topped the Rangers, 6-0.
Yoenis Cespedes continued his magical run with the Mets by getting a pair of hits, the second being a 2 run 8th inning go ahead homer that put the finishing touches on the sweep of Washington and a 5-3 victory.
They all ow ned baseball on September 9, 2015
Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.
Jon Lester allowed 2 hits, 1 walk and 1 run over 7 innings while striking out 7. The Cubs bullpen would blow his lead, though, and St. Louis won 4-3.
Billy Butler got on base 3 times including a homer in the A’s 11-5 loss to Houston.
Bryce Harper went 3 for 4 with a pair of homers in the Nationals heart breaking 5-3 loss to the Mets.
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Francisco Liriano struck out 10 batters, walking 1 and allowed just 3 hits in 6 shutout innings and got a single and double as a hitter to lead the Pirates past Cincinnati, 7-3.
Carlos Rodon allowed 1 run, 1 walk and 5 hits over 7 innings and earned the 7-4 decision for the White Sox over Cleveland.
J. T Realmuto homered twice in the Marlins 6-4 win over the Brewers.
Jose Abreu went 3 for 4 with 2 homers as the White Sox beat Cleveland 7-4.
They all ow ned baseball on September 8, 2015
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Masahiro Tanaka pitched 8 strong innings, allowing 1 run and 1 walk and struck out 10. He got a no decision as the Yankees lost to the Orioles, 2-1.
Domingo Santana reached base 4 times including a homer and 2 RBI but the Brewers lost to the Marlins 6-4.
Alex Rodriguez hit his 30th homer of the year, which tied the game. The Yankees would eventually drop the game, 2-1 to Baltimore.
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Ruben Amaro JR and the brass of the Phils should have faced the facts – and started dismantling their team before they lost any relevant value over the last few years. Now players like Rollins, Burnett and Utley have had their Vesting Options all exercised – and with the exception of the 2nd baseman, none of them have any trade value. Add brutal dollars owed to Howard and Papelbon, and this team is headed for financial peril.
Why Ruben Amaro Jr should be fired Jordan Gluck (Prospects/Organization Expert) :
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I believe that if any GM were asked what is the organization that they would least like to take over the answer would be the Phillies. This team is a train wreck and it starts with up top where a new general manager is needed.
The Phillies even with the money that they generate are a long-term project that won’t be easy to fix. Rubens tenure started November 3rd 2008. The team had just won the World Series under the tutelage of Pat Gillick.
Amaro had a team that could have brought a dynasty type of run to the franchise. After a slow-moving regression that went from World Series Appearance in 2009, to NLCS in 2010, and then NLDS in 2011, the team finally missed the playoffs.
The core began to grow older and become expensive. It has been apparent the squad needed a rebuild on the fly, but the powers that be have sat on their diminishing assets too long, and now the apples have become rotten, and not useful to other 29 teams.
It is a flawed way of thinking – and will set the organization back 3 – 5 years.
Out of our entire staff here at MLB Reports, we all hold the same opinion about Amaro JR. – and in this article, we have all added our 2 cents in some form. Be sure to listen to Sully’s great podcasts about the Phillies at the end of the blog.
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Among Amaro’s staff of scouts and underlings, there must be some level of discomfort because no group of baseball men this large who evaluate talent for a living can make that many mistakes on a professional level. Unless, of course, these men are afraid to go against Amaro’s will. If that’s the case, it will be up to Phillies President and team ownership to hear that the citizens of Philadelphia have already figured out that the emperor has no clothes. It’s time for Amaro to go. It won’t happen soon enough, and with Montgomery’s latest proclamation, this club will set themselves back for a few more years by not selling off some players in a futile season.
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TRADE DEADLINE CHAT/Build your system by trading veterans and regroup for 2015. I have a newsflash for David Montomery (President, part -owner of the Phillies), your fanbase already hates the team right now, and it is not like you won’t spend money on the club in 2015.
The Boston Red Sox were smart enough to realize that 2012 was a lost season. Instead of riding it out, they made huge changes to the roster.
Deals that led to numerous Free Agent signings in that winter, that helped them win the 2013 World Series..
A lot of the trades they did were based on the team dumping payroll, becoming younger, and also not having lengthy contracts plaguing their franchises for many years to come.
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The Astros have scaled their Payroll to miniscule proportions. As of this minute, the players they have signed – that aren’t on entry level deals, equals $4.37 MIL, and that is if the club picks up their Team Option on Philip Humber for 2014. The only other player that makes more than an entry level is Jose Altuve at $1.37 MIL in 2014. The club is paying more in dead money to Wandy Rodriguez ($5.5 MIL in 2014) as part of the 2012 Trade worked out between clubs. It has been bantered about that the ownership and management are willing to spend some money in Free Agency for 2014. MLB currently does not have a floor for Team Salary in the current CBA, so why would the club do that until they are ready to compete?
By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): and Jeff Kleiner (Salary, Roster and Depth Chart Expert for the MLB) – visit his website here
A 3rd straight season with 105+ Losses, and 15 straight losses to finish the 2013 campaign does not give the fans very much to look forward to in 2014.
I am here to tell you that the MLB should be ashamed of letting the Houston Astros field such an incompetent team.
Having said this, I don’t personally blame them for tanking it over the last 3 years. They are the other ‘extreme’ – of what the New York Yankees and LA Dodgers have done payroll wise.
Last season at the end of the year, their highest paid player for the Active Roster was Erik Bedard, making $1.1 MIL .
If they keep picking 1st overall, it is only a matter of time before the team becomes very good, just like the Rays, Nationals, Twins and Pirates have all done in recent times.
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I certainly wish Amaro was a little more Ben Franklin and a lot less Daft Punk as 2013’s Song of the Summer, “Get Lucky”, coincidentally captured the embattled GM’s philosophy for this year’s Phillies. When the song’s lyrical hook defiantly proclaims, “We’ve come too far to give up who we are”, I can easily see Ruben’s head bobbing an arrogant yes, yes, yes to the beat en route to his office at One Citizens Bank Way. Unfortunately, who the Phillies are right now under Amaro’s stubborn direction are a team that is painting themselves into a corner. The current roster carries several veterans already past their prime, but with very few promising young stars in the making ready to carry the torch.
By Chris Creighton (Phillies Correspondent via http://www.oldcitybaseball.com – visit the website here )
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“I live on a one-way street that’s also a dead end. I’m not quite sure how I got there.” Steven Wright
Sounds about right.
It should be obvious to most that Ruben Amaro the palace
A speckled and spotty track-record ripe with big-splash acquisitions along with several transactions banking on a player’s abilities of yesteryear–each of which left the cupboard mostly bare down on the farm–is all he has to show during his tenure as the big boss man.
Even the most optimistic of Philadelphia fans (including myself) now envision the Phillies ship as a tired, rudderless old vessel drifting through uncharted waters without a compass. How did it ever come to this?
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