Daily Baseball Update: 8/9

Did You Know

Yesterday, Jason Bay hit his 200th career home run. Being that he had 185 going into the 2010 season, a lot of people thought that he would have hit No. 200 a long time ago. After hitting 36 home runs in 2009, he hit just 6 in 2010 and now only has 9 in 2011. There is one high point for Bay; he is on a 10-game hitting streak in which he is batting .447.  

This Day in Baseball History

8/9/1975: Davey Lopes steals his 32nd consecutive base without being caught, setting the new record by breaking Max Carey's 53-year-old record. Current A's reliever and owner of 199 saves is also born on the day of the historic stolen base. Vince Coleman would break Lopes' record in 1989. 

News

Jason Bay (Mets) hit his 200th career home run. Dan Uggla (Braves) extended his hitting streak to 29 games. Tyler Lyons (Cardinals High Class A) threw a 7 inning no-hitter of Fort Myers (Twins). Pirates snapped their 10-game losing streak. 

Game Scores

Red Sox (71-43) beat the Twins (51-64) 8-6. Rays (60-54) beat the Royals (49-66) 2-1.  Phillies (75-40) beat the Dodgers (52-62) 5-3. Braves (67-49) beat the Marlins (55-60) 8-5. Yankees and Cubs didn't play. Nationals were rained out.

Top Scorer: Rockies beat the Reds 10-7. Longest Winning Streak: White Sox, Brewers, and Cardinals, 4 games. Longest Losing Streak: Twins and Marlins, 5 games. 

Standings

AL East: Red Sox (71-43, .623 WPCT). AL Central: Tigers (61-53, .535). AL West: Rangers (65-51, .560).

NL East: Phillies (75-40, .652). NL Central: Brewers (65-50, .565). NL West: Giants (63-53, .543). 

AL Wild Card: Yankees (69-44, .611). NL Wild Card: Braves (67-49, .578). Bottom Team: Astros (38-77, .330). 

League Leaders

Offensive: AVG: Adrian Gonzalez (Red Sox), .350.  Home runs: Jose Bautista (Blue Jays), 33.  RBI: Adrian Gonzalez, 92.  Stolen bases: Michael Bourn (Braves), 42. 

Pitching: Wins: C.C. Sabathia (Yankees), Justin Verlander (Tigers), 16.  K's: Justin Verlander (Tigers), 186.  ERA: Jered Weaver (Angels), 1.78 (176.2 innings, 35 earned runs).  Saves: Craig Kimbrel (Braves), 35. 

Top Performers

Offensive: Seth Smith (Rockies): 2-4, 2 home runs (11), 4 RBI, 2 runs, walk, AVG up .002 from .282 to .284, hitting streak to 1 game (2-4, .500). 

Pitching: Charlie Morton (Pirates): Win (9-6), 8 shutout innings, 6 hits, 3 walks, 4 K's (78), ERA drop: 0.24 runs from 3.80 to 3.56. 

Worst Pitching Performance: Charlie Furbush (Mariners): Loss (2-4), 4 innings, 7 runs (6 earned), 8 hits, 4 walks, 0 K's, ERA jump: 0.96 runs from 3.52 to 4.46. 

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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