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Dodgers lose to the Angels, 5-3, thanks to the Dodgers' worthless bullpen.

Now it's three games in San Fran with the top spot in NL West on the line. :fingerscrossed: :sweat:

Dodgers are tanking: They get shut out for the second straight game against the Giants, 2-0... Their NL West lead is now just one game. :( :sweat: :shakehead:

^ No Matt Kemp has finally caught up to them. :puppydog:

Meanwhile, last night Darvish got his 10th win as the Rangers beat Detroit 10-5. Dice-K pitched his best game so far (5 2/3 innings, 6 hits, 1 run, 5 K's) but got no decision as the Red Sox beat Toronto 5-1, and the night before Kuroda evened his record at 7-7 as the Yankees beat Cleveland 7-1. Over his last four starts Kuroda is 3-1 with a 1.93 ERA. :victory:

gaijinmark wrote:^ No Matt Kemp has finally caught up to them. :puppydog:

Yup, no margin for error for the starting pitchers. :sweat:

Dodgers get shut out for the third straight game and lose to the Giants, 3-0. :shakehead:

Embarrassing.

Dodgers lose again, this time to the Mets, 3-2, and fall out of first place on the West. :(

Dodgers getting pummeled by the Mets, 9-0, in the eighth. :sweat:

Dodgers continue their dive, losing 5-0 to the Mets, their seventh straight loss. :shakehead:

Hiroki Kuroda pitched his third shutout of the year as the Yankees beat the White Sox 7-0. In his last seven starts he's 5-1 with 46 strikeouts against 11 walks and a 1.65 ERA.

Just think, if he'd pitched those 3 shutouts with the Dodgers, , ,

He'd have 3 no decisions :shakehead:

gaijinmark wrote:Hiroki Kuroda pitched his third shutout of the year as the Yankees beat the White Sox 7-0. In his last seven starts he's 5-1 with 46 strikeouts against 11 walks and a 1.65 ERA.

Just think, if he'd pitched those 3 shutouts with the Dodgers, , ,

He'd have 3 no decisions :shakehead:

Or three losses. :(

Dodgers avoid getting swept and beat the Mets, 8-3.

Now it's the Reds turn: they're routing the Dodgers, 8-2, in the ninth. :shakehead:

Dodgers beat the Reds, 3-1.

Yu Darvish makes All-Star team


Yu Darvish is an All-Star in his first major league season.

The 25-year-old Texas Rangers pitcher from Japan earned the final spot on the American League squad thanks to the fans, who voted him in over four other players as part of the 2012 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Firestone.

St. Louis Cardinals third baseman David Freese was picked to represent the National League in the online voting.

Darvish becomes the eighth Rangers player to make the All-Star roster this season, a club record. He beat out Jake Peavy of the Chicago White Sox, along with Baltimorefs Jason Hammel, Kansas Cityfs Jonathan Broxton and the Angelsf Ernesto Frieri.

Darvish leads all rookies with 10 wins and has a 3.59 ERA in 16 starts. He has 117 strikeouts, third-most in the AL. Hefs also third in walks with 53.
:applaud:

The Sox got swept by Oakland to cap off a terrible west coast road trip. Prior to the road trip they had won 11 of 14. This team seems happy being in last place. :shakehead:

Dodgers beat the D-Backs, 4-1, and the Giants get swept by the Nats.... Dodgers now up 1-1/2 in the West.

Meanwhile in Milwaukee, , ,

Norichika Aoki went 2-for-4 last night with a homerun, as the Brewers beat Houston 7-1. His current hitting streak is 13 games. During the streak he's batting .420 with 2 homeruns, 8 rbis, and 11 runs scored. :applaud:

Clayton Kershaw blows up in the sixth and the Dodgers lose to the D-Backs, 5-3. :(

Cy Young jinx for Kershaw? :headscratch:

Dodgers lose again to the D-backs, 5-3. :(

Dodgers get trounced by the D-backs, 7-1, but stay atop the West, because the Giants were similarly routed by the Pirates, 13-2.