MLB Highlights 4-21-09

Mets Vs Cardinals


Athletics Vs Yankees


White Sox Vs Orioles


Rangers Vs Blue Jays


Braves Vs Nationals


Marlins Vs Pirates


Rays Vs Mariners


Tigers Vs Angels


Padres Vs Giants


Royals Vs Indians


Dodgers Vs Astros


Rockies Vs Diamondbacks


Reds Vs Cubs


Brewers Vs Phillies

Daisuke Mastuzaka pitching for Red Sox in Cleveland for Game Three

The Red Sox will take a "Roll Of The Dice-K" tonight as Daisuke Matsuzaka
opposes Jake Westbrook in Game Three from "The Jake."


The Red Sox will take a "Roll Of The Dice-K" tonight as Daisuke Matsuzaka
opposes Jake Westbrook in Game Three from "The Jake." Jacobs Field in Cleveland. The Indians exploded in the eleventh inning of Game Two, scoring seven runs in the elventh inning. Watch Game Three tonight on Fox.

In the National League, the Colorado Rockies are one game away from sweeping the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1. The Game Breaker was a three run homerun on a full count by Yorvit Torrealba.

Micah Owings pitches for the Diamondbacks tonight, while Franklin Morales pitches for the Rockies. Watch Game Four of the National League Championship Series tonight on TBS.

Divisional Series Action On TBS

TBS Baseball.

There is a lot of great baseball on TBS today. Check out this Dane Cook TBS Preview. Click on the video to have it begin.


For those of you who missed the one game playoff game between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies, here is all the good parts from this long, exciting game. The video itself is about 10 minutes. Click on the video to have it begin.


Enjoy Phiilies at Rockies, Yankees at Indians, and Cubs at Diamondbacks on TBS tonight.

THE CHICAGO CUBS HAVE WON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL!

Carlos Zambrano (right) sprays Alfonso Soriano (center) with Chamagne.

Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Zambrano were the Cubs two biggest investments this season, and they paid off in a big way for the Chicaco Cubs. For the first time since 2003, THERE WILL BE OCTOBER BASEBALL AT WRIGLEY FIELD!!! THIS IS THE YEAR! Am I dreaming? Did the Cubs actually win the National League Central? I've pinched myself several times, and this is no dream. This is reality.

Alfonso Soriano has gone on a tear unsurpassed in Cubs history. He has 13 homers in September, matching Ernie Banks' record of 50 years ago.

His six leadoff homers in September are the most by any major leaguer in any month — and that's wasn't the end of it. The left fielder also threw Joey Votto out at the plate in the fourth inning, matching Hank Sauer's team record of 19 assists for the season.

From Soriano's emphatic opening homer, this one had a playoff atmosphere with all those blue-shirted Cubs fans giving the visitors a home-field advantage.

Nothing made Carlos Zambrano sweat. Keeping his emotions in check, the right-hander allowed six hits in seven innings and strengthened his case to start the first game of the playoffs.

In June, Zambrano was the epitome of Chicago's tumultuous start. He got into a fight with former Cubs catcher Michael Barrett in the dugout and again in the clubhouse, the low point of Chicago's slide to 8 1/2 games out.

The Cubs turned themselves around and popped some corks in the city where their volcanic manager is still revered for blowing his cork and leading the Reds to a World Series championship in 1990.

Piniella had a new look on Friday — the customary two-day stubble was gone from his face, shaved clean after that stomach-churning visit to Florida. Piniella kept his eyes on the bigger picture: That four-month comeback to win the majors' weakest division.

Piniella's top starter had a new way about him, too.

The Cubs gave Zambrano a five-year, $91.5 million contract extension on Aug. 17 despite one glaring flaw. The 26-year-old pitcher has tended to let the big games get to him, imploding in his last three opening day starts.

Could he handle the pressure this time?

He stayed as serene as those 30 cases of Korbel California champagne stored in a room off the visitors' clubhouse. Zambrano kept his cool — no arm thrusts after big outs, no muttering to himself between innings — while limiting the Reds' injury-depleted lineup to one infield single over the first three innings.

Congratulations as well to the Boston Red Sox, who have won the American League Eas Divison away from the "Evil Empire" for the first time in Seventeen years. The Red Sox beat Minnesota with the arm of Daisuke Mastuzaka. Alex Rodriguez hit his 54th homerun of the season in a loss. Look at the bright side Yankee fans. You're still going to the playoffs.

The San Diego Padres eliminated the Milwaukee Brewers from the playoffs with a 6-3 win. The Cubs may meet up with San Diego in the playoffs, bringing back eerie memories of Steve Garvey and 1984. Hopefully, we do better this time.

How about the New York Mets losing their lead in the National League East to the Philladelphia Phillies? Willie Randolph is on the hot seat in New York and may be fired if The Mets don't make the playoffs. Meanwhile, what a turnaround for the Phillies. The team that was so bad in the beginning of the year have cleaned up their act and a couple of days away from winning the National League East.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have also clinched a playoff spot, thanks to the clutch hitting of pitcher Micah Owings, who a late substitution as Brandon Webb was supposed to start for them. The D-Backs will play in October. Watch out for the young Diamond Backs. Randy Hohnson will be cjeering for the Diamondbacks as he is still trying to recover from a bad back.

October Baseball is just about set. Get ready baseball fans. It's going to be a fantastic show.

Micah Owings: Four Hits, Two Homeruns, 6 RBIS

Micah Owings felt right at home on the mound, and when he came to the plate.

Owings went 4-for-5, including a pair of mammoth homers, drove in six runs and scored four times while pitching three-hit ball through seven innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Atlanta Braves 12-6 on Saturday night.
Owings lives in nearby Gainesville, Ga., and had more than 50 friends and relatives on hand for his first career start in Atlanta. He won for the first time in two months.

Owings struck out seven and walked none to earn his first win since he beat Tampa Bay on June 20.

Jeff Francoeur homered twice, and Andruw Jones and Chipper Jones also went deep for the Braves.

Owings was 0-5 with a 5.70 ERA in his previous nine starts and one inning of relief. The rookie, who played two seasons at Georgia Tech, lifted his batting average to .273 with the four hits. He has three homers and 11 RBIs.

He hit a two-run double in Arizona's four-run second inning, a solo 415-foot homer to left in the fourth, a two-run 446-foot drive to center in a three-run sixth and a broken-bat RBI single to center in a four-run seventh. He lined out in the eighth.

Owings' 11 total bases were the most for a pitcher since Jim Tobin of the Boston Braves had 12 when he homered three times on May 13, 1942, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Owings was the first pitcher with at least six RBIs in a game since Robert Person drove in seven for Philadelphia against Montreal on June 2, 2002.

I don't think I have of a Pitcher hitting two homeruns in a game, let alone have Six RBI's in the game! Wow! Micah had a fantastic day in Atlanta in front of his friends and family. I am sure that he made them all proud.