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Tommy Hanson 11-4 pitched the Braves to a 11-5 win over the Nationals on Saturday that moved the Braves to five games behind the NL East leading Phillies and a slim chance to win the NL East title and an even better chance to win the NL wild card race trailing the Rockies by two and a half games and a magic number of six before they can be eliminated. The ...

Jason Varitek let the Yankees run wild on the base paths last night with seven successful steals with Varitek unable to throw out a baserunner. Last night was not a good night for first place teams. The Yankees were the only first place team to reduce their magic number with their number being three after their 9-5 victory over the Red Sox. The other five division leaders lost while the second place ...

Felix Hernandez 17-5, 2.49 ERA should be considered a AL Cy Young Award candidate as the 23 year old Mariners hurler has the second most wins and the second best ERA in the AL. AL East: The Red Sox closed to within five and-a-half games of the Yankees with a magic number of five. The two teams meet head to head in Yankee Stadium tonight. A Yankee win would stretch their ...

AL East The Yankees and Red Sox both won yesterday, keeping the magic number for the Yankees to clinch the AL East title at five. The Yankees are idle today while the Red Sox could move to within 5.5 games of the Yankees with a win over the Royals. The two teams play each other, starting on Friday, in a three-game series in Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox need a sweep ...

Josh Johnson (15-4) and Florida will host Philadelphia today as the Marlins try to gain ground on the Phillies in the NL East and on the Rockies in the NL wild card race. The Red Sox have all but clinched the AL wild card race with a seven-game lead over the Rangers. However, they may have blown the chance to win the AL East title last night. The Red Sox staked starter ...

Jermaine Dye has struggled twice since July 28 and is slugging .267 and has an OPS of .542 since the All Star break. Jermaine Dye hit .329 during the month of June. Since then he has hit .245 in July, .189 in August and .149 in September. He hasn’t hit over .300 since hitting .302 on Jul. 18. Two months later he is hitting .251 as of today. Dye has been mentioned ...

Matt Holliday hit a walkoff homer last night to extend the Cardinals lead over the second place Cubs to ten games in the NL Central. Three second place teams played the first place teams in their division and only the Twins gained ground on the front runners. They are now three games behind the Tigers after their 3-0 shutout. In the AL West the Angels extended their lead over the second place ...

Andre Ethier hit his fourth walk-off homer of the 2009 season as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4, in 13 innings on Tuesday. The win put the Dodgers five games ahead of the Colorado Rockies in the NL West. The home run was Ethier's 30th of the year and he now only needs two runs batted in for his first 100 RBI season. The San Francisco Giants won their ...

Tim Lincecum is still in the running for the 2009 Cy Young Award despite having only 14 wins. He's only in the race because he's leading the NL in ERA and strikeouts. When looking at the 14-5 record of Lincecum, its easy to think he doesn’t have a chance for the award. However, despite having four wins less than 18 game winner Adam Wainwright, he still has the best overall numbers ...

Mariano Rivera may have 64 fewer lifetime saves than Trevor Hoffman, but he has been the better pitcher overall. Mo has a 0.77 ERA in postseason play while allowing only two home runs in 117 innings. He'll be a Hall of Famer. Trevor Hoffman has posted 585 career saves, but he has a 57-68 lifetime record. On the other hand Mariano Rivera has 521, saves but has a 70-51 record. Hoffman is ...