MLB

Wednesday was a good day for the “local” big league baseball teams as all three of them posted victories. Miami crushes the New York Mets 13-0 as Giancarlo Stanton homers twice.    Atlanta rips Philadelphia 12-6 to maintain the wild card lead in the National League. In other NL games, San …

The Tampa Bay Rays welcomed back injured third baseman Evan Longoria to the lineup with a 4-1 over the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday night.  Longoria drove in a run to support a solid start from James Shields. In other American League action, Detroit now has the lead for the first AL …

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jered Weaver becomes the first pitcher to win 15 games after he blanks the Oakland A’s 4-0 Monday night; Weaver is now 15-1 this season. In other American League games, Justin Verlander struck out 14 and won his 12th game as Detroit downs New York 7-2; …

The Atlanta Braves stay hot in the National League East after beating the Houston Astros 6-1 Sunday.   The Braves trail NL East leader Washington by three games and the Nats keep pace by beating Miami 4-1 as Stephen Strasburg gets his 12th win.  Today Atlanta is at Philadelphia while Washington …

A three run eighth inning helped the Boston Red Sox beat the Florida Marlins 6-5 Thursday to complete a three game series sweep. In other MLB action, Washington downs Tampa Bay 5-2 as suspended Rays reliever Joel Peralta gave up a tie breaking hit in the sixth inning.   Peralta was …

San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain throws the first perfect game in the almost 130 year history of the Giants franchise on Wednesday as the Giants at home blank the Houston Astros 10-0. Cain did get some nice defensive help on a couple of occasions to preserve the perfect game …

Tampa Bay’s David Price won his American League best eighth game as the Rays beat the New York Yankees 7-3 Thursday night. In other American League action, Boston got a complete game shutout from Clay Buchholz to down Baltimore 7-9; Chicago nips Toronto 4-3; Detroit stops Cleveland 7-5; and Oakland …

Dan Uggla hit two homers against his former team and Tim Hudson throws a complete game to lift the Atlanta Braves to an 11-0 skunking of the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. In other National League action, San Diego gets a walk off homer to beat San Francisco 6-5; Chicago blanks …

The Florida Marlins are playing good baseball after a slow start, and they won again Tuesday, downing Colorado 7-6. Brandon Phillips hits two homers to lift Cincinnati to a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves while the Tampa Bay Rays used a five run fourth inning to down Toronto 8-5. …

Atlanta starter Tim Hudson pitched into the eighth inning to give the Braves a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in interleague play.   The Florida Marlins also won, beating the Cleveland Indians 5-3. In other action, Milwaukee pounds Minnesota 16-4; the Chicago White Sox blank the Chicago Cubs 6-0; …