July 6, 2010: Ryan Zimmerman hits sixth career walk-off home run
The 14,039 fans assembling at Nationals Park would need their…
July 10, 2010: Reds rookie Travis Wood is perfect through eight innings, but Phillies win in 11th
The pitching matchup for the third game of the four-game series…
July 26, 2010: Joe Mauer, Danny Valencia combine for 9 hits, 11 RBIs in Twins’ rout of Royals
The 2010 baseball season was in the last week of July, and the…
July 31, 2010: Twice in a month: ‘Mr. Walk-Off’ Ryan Zimmerman sends Nationals fans home happy
For the end of July in Washington, 84 degrees and a light breeze…
August 2, 2010: Yovani Gallardo’s 12 K’s overshadowed as Brewers pummel Cubs, 18-1
Both the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs had lost five…
August 6, 2010: Giants beat Braves 3-2 in extra innings on Tom Glavine Night
The evening of Friday, August 6, 2010, was to be a very special…
August 7, 2010: Greenville Drive keep pace in Sally League race; Rome Braves fall behind
Going into the August 7, 2010, game between the Greenville Drive…
August 22, 2010: Cardinals rookie Jaime García faces one over the minimum, blanks Giants for first career shutout
After a standout career at Sharyland High School in Mission,…
September 24, 2010: Reds’ Aroldis Chapman tops 105 mph for fastest pitch ever recorded
Between 2008, when PitchF/X systems began measuring pitch speeds…
September 27, 2010: Phillies clinch NL East on Roy Halladay’s two-hitter
“Baseball is really two sports — the summer game and the…
October 3, 2010: ‘Cinderella’ Padres come up a game short in playoff hunt
“Cinderella came up a game short” was the lead sentence in…
October 6, 2010: Phillies’ Roy Halladay throws postseason no-hitter
“It’s surreal, it really is. I just wanted to pitch here…
November 1, 2010: Tim Lincecum, Giants beat Rangers for their first World Series title since moving to San Francisco
“Torture” was the theme for the 2010 San Francisco Giants.
In…
May 25, 2011: Infielder Wilson Valdéz pitches the 19th inning and records the win for Phillies
When the 2011 season began, the Philadelphia Phillies were riding…
June 24, 2011: John McLaren era starts with ejection, 3 blown saves — and a Nationals win
Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman had resigned the day…
July 4, 2011: Major League Baseball’s ‘other’ 200,000th game
Pre-Game Notes
Major League Baseball rightfully prides itself…
July 8, 2011: Two teams headed in opposite directions as Dodgers shut out Padres, 1-0
The San Diego Padres arrived at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles…
July 9, 2011: Mike Trout records first career hit and Torii Hunter’s slugfest lead Angels over Mariners
The Seattle Mariners, with a record of 43-46, had lost three…
July 9, 2011: Derek Jeter homers at Yankee Stadium for 3,000th career hit
Derek Jeter entered the 2011 season 74 hits shy of becoming…
July 10, 2011: Eight-run inning enough to pace Lake Elsinore past Visalia
There’s nothing like an eight-run inning for the home team…
July 12, 2011: National League wins first All-Star Game played in Arizona
Major League Baseball announced on April 11, 2009, that the…
July 18, 2011: Despite Ortiz’s absence, Red Sox offense erupts in Baltimore
As the Boston Red Sox arrived in Baltimore for a three-game set…
July 26, 2011: Braves beat Pirates in 19th inning on a controversial call
When a team goes through a two-decade slide like the one the…
August 15, 2011: Jim Thome collects career home runs 599 and 600 in Twins’ win
The Detroit Tigers were clinging to a 2½-game lead over Cleveland…