Segertågets speldagbok [Baseboll,ishockey,fotboll,tennis m.m.]

[Ruden]

Ursprungligen postat av VinsomCash

Detta ryggas! Tackar.

Skönt att du hoppar på segertåget! nu får vi ju hoppas på en bra utdelning

[BubbleCum]

Måste bara säga att ni gör ett fantastiskt jobb med era rekar, och jag hoppas ni förstår hur mycket detta uppskattas av oss andra här på brädan. Fortsätt så!!

[Ruden]

Ursprungligen postat av BubbleCum

Måste bara säga att ni gör ett fantastiskt jobb med era rekar, och jag hoppas ni förstår hur mycket detta uppskattas av oss andra här på brädan. Fortsätt så!!

Tack för de fina orden, dessa uppskattar vi verkligen! Hoppas vi kan fortsätta bjuda på trevliga rekar och ge er som följer tråden ett skönt klirr i kassan

[Fangtastic]

Jag får också passa på att tacka, har hoppat på lite grann igår och idag och de ser ju lovande ut. Tack för att ni finns!

[Ruden]

Ursprungligen postat av Fangtastic

Jag får också passa på att tacka, har hoppat på lite grann igår och idag och de ser ju lovande ut. Tack för att ni finns!

Alltid gött med trevlig respons, det gläds vi av!

[fingered]

Tack för fina rekar, keep it up!

[jCedborger]

Tack för denna Litade på er såpass att det blev en dubbel av denna ;D Underbart!

[Simson89]

Tur att jag ryggade spelet på Tampa Bay Rays annars hade mitt spelkonto varit tomt nu
Tack tack

[Xzibit12]

Roligt att höra gubbar.
Vi gör så gott vi kan

[woodface]

tack för baseball-liren

[John]

Gemensamma/officiella spel 8 maj:

Tampa Bay Rays ML @ 1.685
5u

San Diego Padres ML @ 1.769
5u

John IO:

Texas Rangers -1.5 @ 2.110
3u

St. Louis Cardinals -1.5 @ 1.926
3u

Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels : Under 8.5 @ 1.806
2u

[Ruden]

Dagens Officiella-spel från oss i Segertåget är idag följande:

Houston Astros (F. Paulino) - San Diego Padres (J. Garland)
Spelstopp: 9/5 01.05
Spel: San Diego Padres (J. Garland)
Odds: 1.769 @ Pinnacle
Insats: 5u

Resultat:

Houston Astros (F. Paulino) 1 - 2 San Diego Padres (J. Garland)

Oakland Athletics (B. Sheets) - Tampa Bay Rays (W. Davis)
Spelstopp: 8/5 22.05
Spel: Tampa Bay Rays (W. Davis)
Odds: 1.685 @ Pinnacle
Insats: 5u

Resultat:

Oakland Athletics (B. Sheets) 4 - 2 Tampa Bay Rays (W. Davis)

Oakland Athletics 2010: 15W-15L, Hemma: 11W-7L
Tampa Bay Rays 2010: 22W-7L, Borta: 13W-1L

Oakland Athletics runs 2010: snittar 4.23 runs per match
Tampa Bay Rays runs 2010: snittar 5.93 runs per match

Ben Sheets 2010: 7.12 ERA, 30.1 innings, 42 hits, 24 earned runs, 16 strikeouts
Wade Davis 2010: 2.79 ERA, 29 innings, 21 hits, 9 earned runs, 22 strikeouts

Davis är en betydligt bättre pitcher än Sheets och här ska Rays ha god chans att ta sin 14:e bortaseger för säsongen i sin 15:e bortamatch!! Därför ser vi det som ett bra spel.

Preview

Spoiler:

Sometimes a friendly rivalry can be a good thing.

It's certainly been the case for Rays starting pitchers as they lead the Majors with a combined 18 wins and a 2.41 ERA.

Rays left-hander David Price continued that trend by allowing no earned runs over 7 1/3 innings in a 4-1 win over the A's on Friday, and right-hander Wade Davis will look to keep it going on Saturday when he starts opposite A's righty Ben Sheets.

"Everybody's throwing so well that you don't want to be the guy that's holding everybody down," Davis said. "It's definitely been fun and hopefully we can keep it going."

Davis has been solid in just his second season in the Majors with a 3-1 record and 2.79 ERA in five starts. But he's simply been part of impressive rotation that includes James Shields (4-0 with a 3.15 ERA), Matt Garza (5-1, 2.09), Jeff Niemann (2-0, 2.23) and Price (4-1, 1.91).

Davis, though, said he hasn't been surprised by his club's pitching staff that currently has helped the Rays to the best record in the Majors at 22-7 and a five-game winning streak.

"No doubt," said Davis, when asked if he expected such a great start. "They're all super competitive. They go out there to win every game."

Meanwhile, the A's rotation has also been solid with a 4.33 ERA, but Sheets has struggled a bit with 1-3 record and 7.12 ERA. He's especially had trouble recently, as he's allowed 17 earned runs over his last two starts, totaling just a combined 7 1/3 innings.

Sheets didn't have answer for why he's struggled so much this season, but pointed to shaky command and adjusting to the American League after eight seasons with the Brewers.

"Coming to a new league, it's kind of like you're a rookie all over again," Sheets said. "There's no comfort zone. You try to go off the scouting reports, but you also try to stay true to yourself. I feel like as I see them more, I'll be better. But I gotta be better than this.

"I feel like my stuff is right there. My stuff's fine. My breaking ball is not fine. My breaking ball is absolutely hitting a wall every time I throw it. I'll keep working on that and try to get it breaking like I know it should."

Rays: Rodriguez gets in on the action
Second baseman Ben Zobrist was held out of the lineup for just the second time this season on Friday and Sean Rodriguez started in his place. The move certainly worked out with Rodriguez going 1-for-3 with a two-run double in the seventh inning that gave the Rays two insurance runs. Zobrist, who is batting .266 this season, even chipped in with a pinch-hit single and a run scored in the ninth inning after replacing Gabe Kapler.

A's: Duchscherer to the DL, Ramirez called up
The A's rotation took a hit on Friday when right-hander Justin Duchscherer was placed on the 15-day disabled list with left hip inflammation, retroactive to April 30, and was replaced on the 25-man roster by reliever Edwar Ramirez. Duchscherer was 2-1 with a 2.89 ERA in five starts before his injury and said he expects to be back when he is eligible on May 5. "If I feel like this, I don't see why I wouldn't be able to pitch then," he said. "I feel great.

Worth noting
A's left-hander Brett Anderson, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a combination of forearm tightness and elbow tendinitis, tossed 30 throws "pain-free" in the outfield on Friday, A's manager Bob Geren said. Anderson is expected to rejoin the rotation in 2-to-3 weeks. ... A's second baseman Mark Ellis (hamstring) and outfielder Travis Buck (oblique muscle) are eligible to be reinstated from the disabled list at any time, and Geren said the former is likely closer to being lifted off the DL than the latter. Catcher Kurt Suzuki (intercostal strain) is also eligible to come off the DL on Sunday but isn't expected to be activated until next week. ... Rays third baseman Evan Longoria saw his 12-game hitting streak come to end on Friday when he went 0-for-1 with three walks.

Pitchers

Ben Sheets - Oakland Athletics

Spoiler:

Roughed up in his last two starts, Sheets will face the Rays seeking his second win of the season. On Sunday in Toronto, Sheets lasted just 3 1/3 innings, giving up nine runs (all earned) on 10 hits. Sheets has faced the Rays once before, when they tagged him for eight runs (all earned) and nine hits in four innings on April 27 in Tampa Bay. In six starts this year, Sheets has a higher walks-per-nine-innings rate (4.7) than any other year in his career. His previous high is 2.9, which he accumulated in each of his first two years in the Majors.

Wade Davis - Tampa Bay Rays

Spoiler:

Davis outdueled AL Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke on Sunday to earn his third win of the season. The 24-year-old right-hander held the Royals scoreless on three hits while walking three and striking out five in seven innings of work. Davis has great command of his pitches, and he isn't afraid to throw a breaking ball in any situation. Aside from his quality stuff, Davis always seems to maintain his composure, which might be his biggest asset. Davis will be making his second career start against Oakland. He picked up the win against the Athletics on April 27, when he allowed four earned runs in five innings in a game won by the Rays, 8-6.

Dagens Officiella-spel från oss i Segertåget blir därför följande:

Tampa Bay Rays (W. Davis) @ 1.685 5u - LOSS
San Diego Padres (J. Garland) @ 1.769 5u - WIN

Motivering för det andra Officiella-spelet från oss i Segertåget kommer senare...

[John]

Houston Astros (F. Paulino) - San Diego Padres (J. Garland)
Spelstopp: 9/5 01.05
Spel: San Diego Padres (J. Garland)
Odds: 1.769 @ Pinnacle
Insats: 5u

Houston Astros 2010:

Totalt: 9W-20L
Hemma: 6W-14L
10 senaste: 1W-9L
Som Underdog: 5W-13L
Runs snitt: 2.76

F. Paulino 2010: ERA 5.53, 27.2 innings, 27 hits, 17 earned runs, 23 strikeouts

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San Diego 2010:

Totalt: 18W-11L
Borta: 7W-6L
10 senaste: 7W-3L
Som Favorit: 9W-1L
Runs snitt: 4.55

J. Garland 2010: ERA 2.06, 35 innings, 28 hits, 8 earned runs, 23 strikeouts

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San Diego är helt enkelt bättre än Houston i år. Med fler antal runs, bättre form och bättre pitcher talar det mesta för att det blir San Diego vinst.

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Probables

Spoiler:

Padres:
Garland walked five over seven scoreless innings in his last start against the Brewers, but allowed three hits, and, as is the case when he's throwing well, got 12 ground-ball outs thanks in large part to his sinker. "You can't discount what the starters have done this entire season," Padres manager Bud Black said. "When Jon's on, you're going to see a lot of grounders." Garland, a free-agent acquisition by first-year general manager Jed Hoyer, has pitched well since two not-so-good outings to open the season in Arizona and Colorado. "It's quality pitches, keeping the ball down and not making mistakes," said Garland, a line he's no doubt used countless times during his 10-year Major League career.

Astros:
Paulino lost his fourth consecutive start on Monday at home against Arizona. He gave up five hits, including a homer, and four earned runs in six innings. He has lasted at least five innings in all five of his starts. He struck out eight D-backs, but has been hurt by walks this season. He has struck out 23 and walked 18 in 27 2/3 innings. He has thrown 106 pitches or more in four of his five games, with a high of 124 vs. Arizona.

Preview

Spoiler:

Heading into the second game of their three-game weekend set, the Padres and Astros have their offensive fortunes heading in opposite directions.
After Friday's 7-0 victory at Minute Maid Park, the Padres have gone 15-5 over their past 20 games, outscoring their opponents, 93-49.

Across the diamond, the momentum is heading the other way. The Astros were shut out on three hits Friday, the fifth shutout in just 29 games and the second in the last four games. The Astros have lost 10 of their last 11 and are hitting .227 as a team with 11 homers in 29 games

"We're caught in a bad situation where you're not getting any kind of breaks at all, everything that's on the ground goes right to somebody," said veteran Lance Berkman. "You can't seem to break through."

The Astros will try again to do that Saturday, this time against veteran right-hander Jon Garland, off to a solid start in his first season with the Padres. Felipe Paulino will take the mound for the Astros.

Scott Hairston, the fourth leadoff man the Padres have tried this year, was the offensive hero Friday with two homers, and he says the Padres have kept things rolling because they're not leaning on just one or two players.

"The depth is very important, having guys who can fill in," Hairston said. "Every good team has a really good bench. It makes it easier for [manager Bud Black] to use everyone."

Padres: Garland heads in hot
Garland enters this outing as one of the hotter starters in the game, having gone 3-0 with a 0.90 ERA in his past three outings. Garland is 2-1 with a 3.66 ERA in five career starts against the Astros. He is 17 strikeouts shy of 1,000 for his career. ... Chase Headley continued his strong performance batting behind Adrian Gonzalez on Friday, hitting a two-run homer and extending his current hitting streak to four games while hitting safely in 25 of his past 28 games.

Astros: Pence takes another day
Right fielder Hunter Pence didn't have an at-bat Friday, but he got in a lot of swings. Pence was out of the lineup for the second time in five games, instead working with hitting coach Sean Berry prior to the tilt. Pence entered Friday in a 2-for-18 slump and is hitting .210 with two homers and seven RBIs.

"Every day is a day you want to snap out of it," Pence said. "I've been through some similar stretches, and it takes one day where it clicks and all of a sudden you get hot. You feel you can hit everything. When it's not hot, everything's on the corners. It's just baseball, and you've got to continue to be confident and be up there and take aggressive swings, and that's all you can do. I know I'm going to find a way to hit."

Worth noting:
After this weekend, the Astros will have played 22 of their first 31 games of the season at home, the first time since 1944 a team has had that many home games through the first 31 games, according to STATS Inc. After Friday's game, the Astros are 6-14 at Minute Maid Park.

[Ruden]

Dagens Officiella-spel från oss i Segertåget är idag följande:

Los Angeles Angels (J. Pineiro) - Tampa Bay Rays ( M. Garza)
Spelstopp: 11/5 04.05
Spel: Tampa Bay Rays ( M. Garza)
Odds: 1.740 @ Pinnacle
Insats: 5u

Resultat:

Los Angeles Angels (J. Pineiro) 5 - 4 Tampa Bay Rays ( M. Garza)

Los Angeles Angels 2010: 14W-19L, Hemma: 8W-9L
Tampa Bay Rays 2010: 22W-9L, Borta: 13W-3L

Los Angeles Angels runs 2010: snittar 3.97 runs per match
Tampa Bay Rays runs 2010: snittar 5.61 runs per match

Joel Pineiro 2010: 5.30 ERA, 35.2 innings, 48 hits, 21 earned runs, 21 strikeouts
Matt Garza 2010: 2.09 ERA, 43 innings, 32 hits, 10 earned runs, 39 strikeouts


Egna tankar och funderingar kring matchen

Trots att Tampa gått lite trögt senaste matcherna tror vi att de har mycket goda chanser att vinna mot ett svagt LA Angels. Med ett snitt på 5.61 runs per match och Garza med 2.06 ERA som starting pitcher går dom in med bra statistik i ryggen till nattens drabbning.

Pineiro i LA Angels har en ERA på 5.30, en siffra som ...är såpass hög tack vare två katastrofmatcher med 6 runs på 6 innings och 9 runs på 3 innings. Annars har han gjort några bra starter denna säsongen. LA Angels snittar 3.97 runs per match, och har på tio senaste bara lyckats vinna två matcher. Dessa två var mot Seattle Mariners som har gått riktigt uselt den senaste tiden och snittar 3.29 runs per match.

Även om man luras lite av Pineiros ERA talar mycket för Tampa vinst om dom kommer upp i sin vanliga standard.


Game Preview

Spoiler:

A day after being on the wrong side of history, the Rays will look to regroup against the Angels in a three-game series that begins Monday at Angel Stadium.
The Rays, who are second only to the Yankees in runs scored this year, were the victims Sunday when A's left-hander Dallas Braden threw the 19th perfect game in Major League history.

Amazingly, it was the second time in the last two seasons that the Rays had a pitcher throw a perfect game against them, as the White Sox's Mark Buehrle accomplished the feat last season on July 23.

Tonight, they'll look to do as they did last year and bounce back with a series-opening win. In 2009, the Rays followed Buehrle's perfection with two straight wins over the Blue Jays.

As surprising as Sunday's perfect game was, the Rays offense had been scuffling, as it entered the game mired in a hitting slump, batting just .207 over their previous eight games.

The Rays will hope to get back to their old ways against Angels, but they've had troubles at Angel Stadium in the past. The Angels are 13-1 at home against the Rays since 2006 and 34-6 at home against Tampa Bay in last 40 games at Angel Stadium.

But Angels manager Mike Scioscia warned fans not to jump to any conclusions, as the Rays' 22 wins are the most in baseball.

"Let's not jump ahead," Scisocia said. "The schedule brings a tough game every day. It doesn't matter who you're playing or where you're playing, so you're going to have to go out there and play well. That's what we're going to do. They're a good team."

Monday's game also has the makings of a pitchers' duel with Angels right-hander Joel Pineiro starting opposite Rays right-hander Matt Garza, who also took the hill for the game right after Buehrle's perfecto.

Pineiro has been solid this season, and his 5.30 ERA is a bit deceiving, as he had one bad outing, when he allowed nine runs in just 3 1/3 innings against the Tigers on April 30. Without that poor outing, Pineiro would have a 3.34 ERA.

In his last start, Pineiro was effective against the Red Sox, allowing just two runs over six innings, but it wasn't enough to beat former Angels pitcher John Lackey, who allowed just one run on two hits in a Red Sox win.

"Lackey outpitched me," said Pineiro of his last start. "It was a matter of one extra hit. One bounce here or there changes the game around."

Garza, meanwhile, has been one of the best pitchers in the American League this season with five wins and a 2.09 ERA in six starts. He dominated the Mariners in his last start on Tuesday, when he allowed two runs over eight innings.

Rays: Navarro's strengths overlooked
Catcher Dioner Navarro went 0-for-3 on Sunday and is now batting just .150 on the season. Rays manager Joe Maddon still had positive things to say about Navarro on Saturday, especially about he brings behind the plate. "With everybody dwelling on his batting average, I think he's playing really well," Maddon said. "You look at all the little things he did [Friday] night. How many hits does that actually equal? I have no idea. What he did defensively and on the bases -- for me, I thought he had a great game, and that's really overlooked."

Angels: Hunter expects to be in lineup
Center fielder Torii Hunter missed Sunday's game with a bruised right knee after a foul tip hit above his right knee during Saturday's 4-3 win against Seattle. Hunter, though, is expected to be in the starting lineup Monday. "I've never had this happen before, but that's baseball," Hunter said. "It's a long way from the heart, so I won't be going on the DL or nothing like that. So don't worry about that."

Worth noting
Angels left-hander Joe Saunders didn't earn a decision in his start Saturday, but with his next win, the Angels would become the only team with five starting pitchers with at least 50 career wins. ... The home run Angels first baseman Kendry Morales hit off the Mariners' Doug Fister on Saturday gave him a league-leading 26 since the 2009 All-Star break.

Pitchers

Joel Pineiro - Los Angeles Angels

Spoiler:

Pineiro rebounded from a pair of subpar outings to deliver a quality start in Boston on Wednesday night, but it wasn't good enough on a night John Lackey tied his former teammates in knots. Pineiro yielded two earned runs across six innings on eight hits and three walks, striking out five men. He delivered 117 pitches, with 73 in the strike zone. Pineiro is 2-4 in 10 career games, nine as a starter, against Tampa Bay with a 5.70 ERA.

Matt Garza - Tampa Bay Rays

Spoiler:

Garza outdueled Cliff Lee on Wednesday night in Seattle to claim his fifth win of the season. The 26-year-old right-hander allowed two runs on five hits in eight innings, walking one and striking out five. He has pitched eight innings in four of his six starts this season. Garza has the best stuff on the staff, which he can put on display in any given start, and he seems to be maturing on the mound, which has led to his no longer allowing his emotions to get the best of him. Garza is 0-1 with a 6.46 ERA in three career starts against the Angels; he is 0-0 with a 10.80 ERA in one start at Angel Stadium.

Dagens Officiella-spel från oss i Segertåget blir därför följande:

Tampa Bay Rays (M. Garza) @ 1.740 5u - LOSS

[John]

Väldigt blandat resulat från Segertåget på senaste tiden. Mina IO spel inatt blir följande:

Philadelphia Phillies -1.5 @ 1.87
5u

Colorado Rockies Under 3.5 runs @ 1.8333
5u

San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres : Under 7.5 runs @ 1.794
5u

Nöjer mig nog med dessa, kanske lägger till något mer spel. Motiveringar i någon form dyker upp senare.