Saturday MLB Recap
-Minnesota SP Francisco Liriano has not allowed a regular-season home run in 48 1/3 innings, second to Texas' C.J. Wilson (51.3IP) among starters.
-New York will push back Javier Vazquez's start to Friday against the Mets. Girardi said it's because of a rainout and he wanted to keep the rest of his starters on schedule.
-Pittsburgh OF Andrew McCutchen went 2-for-3 with a walk and is now 11-for-14 against the Cubs this season.
-Blue Jays SP Ricky Romeo got eight of his 12 strikeouts via the changeup, his most in a start in his career. He allowed just five singles, lowering his ERA to 2.88 and extending his unbeaten streak to five starts.
-Texas SP Scott Feldman is winless in his last six starts, after surrendering five runs and nine hits over 7.1 innings.
-The Rangers were shutout for the first time this season. Only the Florida Marlins and Los Angeles Angels have not been shutout.
-Colorado SP Ubaldo Jimenez threw eight sharp innings in a 6-2 win on Saturday, which actually saw his season ERA climb from 0.93 to 1.12 - still the best in baseball.
-Philadelphia RP Jose Contreras earned his first save in a career that span 22 years in Cuba and the majors.
-Milwaukee fell to 4-13 at Miller Park with Saturday's 10-6 loss to Philadelphia.
-Brewers SP Chris Narveson threw 130 pitches, tops in the majors this season, but failed to get out of the sixth inning.
-San Francisco SP Tim Lincecum struck out five and walked five, leading the Giants to a 2-1 home victory over the Astros, moving their record to 5-0 against them this season.
-Astros SP Roy Oswalt came into Saturday's start with the third-lowest run support in the National League (2.44).
-The Mariners have seven homers in the past three games after hitting just 13 in the first 33.
-Baltimore RP Alfredo Simon had been 5-for-5 in save opportunities this season, before the Indians blasted the Orioles for eight runs in the ninth inning.
-Cleveland had scored just a single run in its previous 17 innings of play before scoring eight in the final frame on Saturday.
-Detroit was trailing 6-1 after five innings and 6-4 going into the bottom of the eighth, only to pick up its sixth victory of the season when trailing after six innings.
-Chicago White Sox rank last in the AL in hitting, but batted around in a four-run seventh to help secure a 5-4 victory over the Royals.
-The Royals have yielded 32 runs in the seventh inning this season.
-An effective Rodrigo Lopez allowed Arizona manager A.J. Hinch to rest a bullpen that had a 12.94 ERA over its previous six games.
-St. Louis 1B Albert Pujols leads the NL with 12 intentional walks.
-The first homer by a left-handed batter for the Marlins, by Coghlan, came in their 36th game Friday.
-The Dodgers have won 11 of 14 and are two games above .500 for the first time this year.
-Angels 1B Kedry Morales hit a pair of homers giving him 28 since last year's All-Star break, the most by any other player over that stretch.
-Minnesota SP Francisco Liriano has not allowed a regular-season home run in 48 1/3 innings, second to Texas' C.J. Wilson (51.3IP) among starters.
-New York will push back Javier Vazquez's start to Friday against the Mets. Girardi said it's because of a rainout and he wanted to keep the rest of his starters on schedule.
-Pittsburgh OF Andrew McCutchen went 2-for-3 with a walk and is now 11-for-14 against the Cubs this season.
-Blue Jays SP Ricky Romeo got eight of his 12 strikeouts via the changeup, his most in a start in his career. He allowed just five singles, lowering his ERA to 2.88 and extending his unbeaten streak to five starts.
-Texas SP Scott Feldman is winless in his last six starts, after surrendering five runs and nine hits over 7.1 innings.
-The Rangers were shutout for the first time this season. Only the Florida Marlins and Los Angeles Angels have not been shutout.
-Colorado SP Ubaldo Jimenez threw eight sharp innings in a 6-2 win on Saturday, which actually saw his season ERA climb from 0.93 to 1.12 - still the best in baseball.
-Philadelphia RP Jose Contreras earned his first save in a career that span 22 years in Cuba and the majors.
-Milwaukee fell to 4-13 at Miller Park with Saturday's 10-6 loss to Philadelphia.
-Brewers SP Chris Narveson threw 130 pitches, tops in the majors this season, but failed to get out of the sixth inning.
-San Francisco SP Tim Lincecum struck out five and walked five, leading the Giants to a 2-1 home victory over the Astros, moving their record to 5-0 against them this season.
-Astros SP Roy Oswalt came into Saturday's start with the third-lowest run support in the National League (2.44).
-The Mariners have seven homers in the past three games after hitting just 13 in the first 33.
-Baltimore RP Alfredo Simon had been 5-for-5 in save opportunities this season, before the Indians blasted the Orioles for eight runs in the ninth inning.
-Cleveland had scored just a single run in its previous 17 innings of play before scoring eight in the final frame on Saturday.
-Detroit was trailing 6-1 after five innings and 6-4 going into the bottom of the eighth, only to pick up its sixth victory of the season when trailing after six innings.
-Chicago White Sox rank last in the AL in hitting, but batted around in a four-run seventh to help secure a 5-4 victory over the Royals.
-The Royals have yielded 32 runs in the seventh inning this season.
-An effective Rodrigo Lopez allowed Arizona manager A.J. Hinch to rest a bullpen that had a 12.94 ERA over its previous six games.
-St. Louis 1B Albert Pujols leads the NL with 12 intentional walks.
-The first homer by a left-handed batter for the Marlins, by Coghlan, came in their 36th game Friday.
-The Dodgers have won 11 of 14 and are two games above .500 for the first time this year.
-Angels 1B Kedry Morales hit a pair of homers giving him 28 since last year's All-Star break, the most by any other player over that stretch.