Health & Fitness
Daily Baseball Update: 8/13
Multiple records were set from the consecutive solo home run record to the Braves hitting streak record. Stephen Strasburg made another start and is right on track to return.
Did You Know
Yesterday, the Giants hit their 20th straight solo home run, breaking the MLB record formerly held by the 1914 Phillies. That means there has not been a man on base for each of the last 20 San Francisco home runs. Pablo Sandoval led with 6 of the 20, while Aubrey Huff hit 3, Cody Ross, Nate Schierholtz, Eli Whiteside, and Aaron Rowand hit 2, and Miguel Tejada, Brandon Belt, and Chris Stewart added one apiece. Schierholtz has the most recent multi-run home run, a two-run shot off of Dustin Moseley on July 6th.
This Day in Baseball History
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8/13/1979: The great Lou Brock garners hit No. 3,000 for his career. The 40-year-old outfielder knocked the historic hit off 26-year-old Dennis Lamp, in the midst of a season in which he would finish 11-10 with a 3.50 ERA.
News
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Dan Uggla (Braves) extended his hitting streak to 32 games, setting the Atlanta Braves' all-time record. Giants hit their 20th straight solo home run, an MLB record. The Nationals beat the best team in baseball: the Phillies. Just putting that out there. Stephen Strasburg threw 3 shutout innings (gave up 2 hits) for High Class A Potomac. Bobby Cox was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame. The Astros have clinched a non-winning season (best possible record: 81-81). Ryan Zimmerman (Nationals) saw his hitting streak snapped at 19 games.
Game Scores
Nationals (57-61) beat the Phillies (77-41) 4-2. Rays (64-54) beat the Yankees (71-46) 5-1. Braves (70-49) beat the Cubs (51-68) 10-3. Red Sox (71-46) beat the Mariners (50-67) 6-4. Dodgers (53-64) beat the Astros (38-81) 1-0 (10 innings).
Top Scorer: Braves beat the Cubs 10-4. Longest Winning Streak: Rays and Braves, 5 games. Longest Losing Streak: Astros, 4 games.
Standings
AL East: Red Sox (73-44, .624 WPCT). AL Central: Tigers (63-55, .534). AL West: Rangers (67-52, .563).
NL East: Phillies (77-41, .653). NL Central: Brewers (68-51, .571). NL West: Diamondbacks (66-53, .555).
AL Wild Card: Yankees (71-46, .607). NL Wild Card: Braves (70-49, .588). Bottom Team: Astros (38-81, .319).
League Leaders
Offensive: AVG: Adrian Gonzalez (Red Sox), .350. Home runs: Jose Bautista (Blue Jays), 33. RBI: Curtis Granderson (Yankees), 93. Stolen bases: Michael Bourn (Braves), 42.
Pitching: Wins: Justin Verlander (Tigers), 17. K's: Justin Verlander, 196. ERA: Jered Weaver (Angels), 1.78 (176.2 innings, 35 earned runs). Saves: Craig Kimbrel (Braves), 36.
Top Performers
Offensive: Dan Uggla (Braves): 3-3, 2 home runs (26), 2 RBI, 3 runs, AVG up .005 from .224 to .229, hitting streak to 32 (48-127, .378).
Pitching: Bud Norris (Astros): No decision, 7 shutout innings, 2 hits, 4 walks, 8 K's (140), ERA drop: 0.18 runs from 3.73 to 3.55.
Worst Pitching Performance: Carlos Zambrano (Cubs): Loss (9-7), 4.1 innings, 8 earned runs, 8 hits, no walks, 3 K's (101), ERA jump: 0.36 runs from 4.47 to 4.82.
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Teams followed in this update: Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves
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HR: home runs. RBI: runs batted in. AVG: batting average. SB: stolen bases. ERA: earned run average. BAA: batting average against. K's: strikeouts. WPCT: winning percentage