Another close game for the Phillies as they only score two runs for Cliff Lee but this time they win 2-0. The Phillies had eight hits after going seven straight games with six or less. The bats seem to be coming alive, slow but sure. Ryan Howard was 0-23 coming into tonight's game and ended his slump with a solo shot home run, his tenth of the year. Ryan was in the worst slump of his career. The Phillies collected eight hits and scored two runs, looking better, but would be in a very bad way without their strong pitching staff.
   Cliff Lee gets the win, he pitches eight shutout innings giving up five hits with two walks and ten strikeouts. This was Lee's first win since April 14th, his record now 3-4. It must be noted that Lee has had little run support in his last several games, two in this game and eleven in the previous six games.
   Ryan Madson is still perfect in save attempts coming in tonight to finish the shutout for Lee and recording his ninth save.
   Colby Lewis (4-5) gets a tough loss for the Rangers after pitching 6.2 good innings giving up just two runs on seven hits, walking two with six K's.
   The Phillies are 28-17 and Texas is .500 at 23-23. The Phillies look for the sweep on Sunday having won the first two against Texas.

CHICAGO CUBS @ BOSTON RED SOX: The Cubs were down 3-1 going into the eighth inning and then the flood gates opened. A few hits, a few errors  and before the Red Sox knew it the Cubs put eight runs on the board to take a 9-3 lead which would be the final score. Sean Marshall (2-0) gets the win for Chicago and Matt Albers (0-2) the loss for Boston.

 David Ortiz hit his tenth home run of the season and he is now the fifth player in Red Sox history to hit at least 300 home runs. He joins Ted Williams (521), Carl Yastrzemski  (452), Jim Rice (382) and Dwight Evans (379), nice company to say the least!


SCORES, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2011

Houston 5 Toronto 7
St. Louis 3 Kansas City 0
L.A. Dodgers 2 Chi. White Sox 9
Cincinnati 1 Cleveland 2
Washington 3 Baltimore 8
Tampa Bay 3 Florida 5
Detroit 2 Pittsburgh 6
Oakland 0 San Francisco 3
Texas 0 Philadelphia 2
Chi. Cubs 9 Boston 3
Colorado 2 Milwaukee 3
N.Y. Mets 3 N.Y. Yankees 7
Atlanta 5 L.A. Angels 4
Seattle 4 San Diego 0
Minnesota 6 Arizona 9


SCHEDULE, SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2011

STARTING PITCHERS (PROBABLE)

Time_ Away_ Home__ TV__ Away Starter__ Home Starter

1:05 pm_ Cincinnati_ Cleveland_ FSNOhio_ STO Network_ Edinson Volquez_ Carlos Carrasco
1:05 pm_ N.Y. Mets_ N.Y. Yankees_ WPIX_ YES Network_ Mike Pelfrey_ Ivan Nova
1:07 pm_ Houston_ Toronto_ FSNHouston_ SNET_ Wandy Rodriguez_ Kyle Drabek
1:10 pm_ Tampa Bay_ Florida_ Sun Sports_ Sun Sports_ James Shields_ Josh Johnson
1:35 pm_ Texas_ Philadelphia_ FSNSouthwest_ WPHL-17_ Matt Harrison_ Roy Oswalt
1:35 pm_ Washington_ Baltimore_ MASN2_ MASN_ Jordan Zimmermann_ Chris Tillman
1:35 pm_ Detroit_ Pittsburgh_ FSNDetroit_ Root Sports-Pittsburgh_ Rick Porcello_ Paul Maholm
2:10 pm_ Colorado_ Milwaukee_ Root Sports-Rocky Mountain_ FSNWisconsin_ Ubaldo Jimenez_ Randy Wolf
2:10 pm_ L.A. Dodgers_ Chi. White Sox_ FSNPrime Ticket_ WGN_ Hiroki Kuroda_ Edwin Jackson
2:10 pm_ St. Louis_ Kansas City_ FSNMidwest_ FSNKansas City_ Jaime Garcia_ Sean O'Sullivan
3:35 pm_ Atlanta_ L.A. Angels_ FSNSouth_ FSNWest_ Derek Lowe_ Tyler Chatwood
4:05 pm_ Seattle_ San Diego_ Root Sports-Northwest_ Ch. 4 Padres_ Felix Hernandez_ Tim Stauffer
4:05 pm_ Oakland_ San Francisco_ CSNCalifornia_ CSNBayArea_ Gio Gonzalez_ Jonathan Sanchez
4:10 pm_ Minnesota_ Arizona_ FSNNorth_ FSNArizona_ Francisco Liriano_ Daniel Hudson
8:05 pm_ Chi. Cubs_ Boston___ ESPN___ Matt Garza_ Tim Wakefield