Ballbug http://www.ballbug.com/ MLB Buzz Bot en-us Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:17 -0400 Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:17 -0400 Indians pound Mariners' Hernandez in 9-3 win (Associated Press) http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p25#a120516p25

Associated Press:
Indians pound Mariners' Hernandez in 9-3 win  —  CLEVELAND—Ubaldo Jimenez overcame a shaky start to get the win and the Cleveland Indians pounded out a season-best five doubles to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-3 Wednesday night.  —  Jimenez (4-3) gave up five hits and three runs over six innings.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:01 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p25#a120516p25 Hellickson Keys Rays' 2-1 Win Over Boston (Associated Press) http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p23#a120516p23 Associated Press:
Hellickson Keys Rays' 2-1 Win Over Boston  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Hellickson pitched six solid innings, Luke Scott had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Boston 2-1 on Wednesday night, snapping the Red Sox's five-game winning streak.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 02:15:01 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p23#a120516p23 Final: Rays 2, Red Sox 1 (Nick Cafardo/Boston Globe) http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p21#a120516p21 Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Final: Rays 2, Red Sox 1  —  Game over:  —  Tough loss for the Red Sox.  They committed three balks, one of them cost them a run and that was the difference in the game.  Fernando Rodney saved it for Tampa Bay.  The five-game winning streak is over.  Time of game was 3:29 before 20,843.

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 23:45:02 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p21#a120516p21 Last-place Padres beat NL West-leading Dodgers (Bernie Wilson/NBCSports.com) http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p14#a120516p14 Bernie Wilson / NBCSports.com:
Last-place Padres beat NL West-leading Dodgers  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) - Chase Headley homered, doubled and drove in three runs, and the last-place San Diego Padres rallied to beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 Wednesday night, helping left-hander Clayton Richard snap his personal five-game losing streak.

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 23:20:00 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p14#a120516p14 Jays' Lawrie suspended 4 games for ump altercation (Associated Press) http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p10#a120516p10 Associated Press:
Jays' Lawrie suspended 4 games for ump altercation  —  TORONTO—Brett Lawrie of the Toronto Blue Jays has been suspended for four games by Major League Baseball after he threw his batting helmet and it bounced off an umpire.  —  The penalty was imposed Wednesday and included an undisclosed fine.

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:50:03 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p10#a120516p10 Ex-White Sox, Orioles pitcher Hickey dies at 56 (Associated Press) http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p8#a120516p8 Associated Press:
Ex-White Sox, Orioles pitcher Hickey dies at 56  —  CHICAGO — Kevin Hickey, who pitched in six major league seasons with the White Sox and the Orioles and who was a coach with Chicago, has died.  He was 56.  —  The team said Hickey died Wednesday at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:30:03 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p8#a120516p8 Stephen Strasburg had issue with Hot Stuff ointment in rocky outing, Davey Johnson says (Adam Kilgore/Washington Post) http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p6#a120516p6 Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Stephen Strasburg had issue with Hot Stuff ointment in rocky outing, Davey Johnson says  —  After Stephen Strasburg allowed four runs in four laborious innings against the Padres this afternoon, Nationals Manager Davey Johnson volunteered an unusual postgame revelation.

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:04 -0400 http://www.ballbug.com/120516/p6#a120516p6 Josh Johnson Pitches Marlins Past Pirates 6-2 (Associated Press) http://www.ballbug.com/120515/p24#a120515p24 Associated Press:
Josh Johnson Pitches Marlins Past Pirates 6-2  —  MIAMI (AP) — Josh Johnson allowed two runs over seven innings for his first victory in more than a year, and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Tuesday night.  —  Johnson (1-3) had gone winless in 12 starts since his most recent victory on April 19, 2011.

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