The Marlins-Mets matchup on Monday night was supposed to be a fantastic pitchers duel between two of the brightest young stars in the majors: Jose Fernandez and Matt Harvey. Of course, the game ended up going 15 innings, and the two young studs combined to throw 9 1/3 innings. and in a game that went 15 innings, they ended up being merely a memory when the Marlins won the game on a Nick Green sac fly, his second of the evening. Talk about a rough go of things for the Mets…Shaun Marcum ended up finishing out the game for New York in relief, after making just one start during the season to date.
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Ryan Raburn channels the Matrix to avoid a pitch (John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports)
Game of the Night: A's 10, Angels 8 (19 innings). This is one of those "instant classic" games that Angels fans will dread getting brought up ever again. Anaheim led 7-2 after seven innings, but the A's stormed back to score four in the eighth to make it 7-6, and tied the game in the ninth after a long Yoenis Cespedes single that was nearly a walkoff homer. The game remained deadlocked at seven until the 15th, when the Angels broke through with a bases loaded walk from JB Shuck. Of course, Adam Rosales singled in a run in the bottom of the inning to keep the madness going. Finally in the 19th, Brandon Moss hit a two-run walkoff homer off of Barry Enright, and that sealed the deal for the A's.
Pitching Lines of the Night: Ubaldo Jimenez shut down the Royals in a 9-0 Indians win, allowing three hits in seven innings, walking two and striking out four. Joe Saunders threw a complete game for the Mariners in their 6-2 win over the Orioles, allowing two runs on four hits, walking one and striking out four. Yovani Gallardo led the Brewers to a 10-4 win over the Pirates, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits in seven innings, striking out five with two walks. Tyler Chatwood held the fort down in Colorado's 12-2 blowout win over the Dodgers, allowing five hits in six shutout innings, striking out five without a walk.
Hitting Lines of the Night: Ryan Raburn went 4/4 with two homers and four RBI in that blowout Cleveland win in Kansas City. Albert Pujols was great for the Angels in Anaheim's heartbreaking loss, going 4/8 with three runs, three RBI, a walk, and two homers. Carlos Corporan of all people led the Astros to a 9-1 win over the Yankees, going 4/5 with two runs, four RBI, a double, and a homer. Brandon Moss was the big hero for the A's after going 3/8 with three runs, three RBI, a walk, a stolen base, and two homers. Wilin Rosario powered the Rockies offense in that big win in LA, going 3/4 with three runs, three RBI, a walk, a double, and a homer.
Other Games: The Braves edged the Nationals 3-2. The Tigers slipped by the Twins 4-3. The Cubs beat the Padres 5-3. The Reds beat the Cardinals 2-1. The Giants defeated the Diamondbacks 6-4.
Today's Games: Gio Gonzalez and Tim Hudson will duel in Atlanta. Roy Halladay starts for the Phillies in Cleveland. Hiroki Kuroda starts for the Yankees against the Astros. Jon Lester takes on Brandon Morrow in Toronto. Edwin Jackson and the Cubs host Edinson Volquez and the Padres. Justin Verlander starts for the Tigers against the Twins. Jaime Garcia starts for the Cardinals against the Reds. Yu Darvish starts for the Rangers against the White Sox. Alex Cobb and the Rays take on former teammate James Shields in Kansas City. Madison Bumgarner takes on Trevor Cahill in Arizona. Garrett Richards and Jarrod Parker will duel in Oakland. Hyun-Jin Ryu and the Dodgers host Jorge de la Rosa and the Rockies. Jason Hammel starts for the Orioles in Seattle.
National TV: Reds-Cardinals (8 PM, MLB Network), Padres-Cubs (8 PM, MLB Network [alternate])
Enjoy your day of baseball, everyone.
