New York could not figure out Atlanta rookie Mike Minor, who moved to 3-0 on the
season. Minor went five strong innings, allowing just those two runs. Jonathan Niese took
the loss for the Mets. Niese finished just 4.2 inning, taking the loss, and falling to 8-7 on
the season.

The Braves offense saw Nate McLouth come back after his Triple A stint, get hit by pitch
to get the inning started. Jason Heyward and Alex Gonzalez both drove in runs in the big
inning for Atlanta.

The Braves with the win moved to 77-55 overall and 48-18 when playing at Turner
Field. Atlanta came into action on Tuesday night leading the Philadelphia Phillies by
three games in the National League East. The Mets fell to 65-67 overall, and 26-42 when
playing away from Citi Field. The Mets are 12 games behind Atlanta in the division.

Date: Wednesday September 1st, 2010

Time: 8:10 pm EST

Preview: The Detroit Tigers will take on the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in the middle game of a three game series at Target Field. The Tigers come into the game one game below .500 on the season, and ten games out of first place in the American League Central.

The Tigers rank sixth in all of baseball with a .270 batting average, while Miguel Cabrera ranks near the top with a .342 batting average. Cabrera also leads the team with 33 homeruns and 107 runs batted in. Minnesota comes into the game, 3.5 games up on the Chicago White Sox atop the division.

The Twins lead all of baseball with a .278 batting average, while also blasting 117 homeruns; for 19th in all of baseball. Joe Mauer leads the team with a .327 batting average, while the injured Justin Morneau leads with 18 homeruns.

The pitching match-up for Wednesday features two young fire ball pitchers. Max Scherzer will pitch for the Tigers. Scherzer is 10-9 with a 3.60 earned run average on the season. The 26 year old is 19-24 in his major league career. Francisco Lirano is 12-7 on the season and 36-29 in his career. The 26 year old left hander is coming off a win in Texas where he pitched 8 innings allowing five hits and 2 runs.

Our prediction in this game: Detroit comes up with a road win; beating the first place Twins. Detroit 7-5. Place your bets at top bookmaker Sportsbook.com

Another outfielder Lance Nix left the game in the third inning after spraining his left
ankle. Cincinnati made another move optioning relief pitcher Jordan Smith to Triple A –
Louisville. They also recalled Sam LeCure and second base men Chris Valaika. Valaika
is the 7th Cincinnati player to make his major league debut this season.

With the win for the Giants, they moved to 70-56 overall; 5.5 games behind the Padres
for first place in the West. San Francisco is just one game behind the Phillies for the
National League Wildcard.

Cincinnati with the loss dropped to 72-53. The Reds lead St. Louis by 2.5 games at the
top of the National League Central. The Giants and Reds will play the second of a three
game series on Tuesday evening. San Francisco will send Madison Bumgarner to the
mound, while the Reds counter with Homer Bailey.

Eric Hinske is one of those guys. Hinske was another in a long list of Cubs prospects that never really got a chance here. He was traded for Miguel Cairo (Nice!) and went on to win Rookie of the Year in 2002. He’s also been to 3 World Series and won twice. He’s built a decent career, as well as an enormous tattoo on his back.

Gives a whole new meaning to going on to bigger things, but still qualifies. It’s a very cool design, but really — Banana Republic underwear?

h/t: AJC

The Rays are currently +375 to win the American League pennant. The Cubs are a mere +8000 to win the NL pennant. You’d have better odds playing live roulette then you do of the Cubbies heading to the World Series this year.

Memo to Ty Lawson: you need some work on your skills. Not so much on the basketball court — Lawson is a good player for the Nuggets. But a way to a girl’s heart isn’t by tweeting to her that you would like to take her to bed. That’s crass, bro. Lamar Odom and Miles Austin might want to have a word with you. And David Stern might be calling too. Good luck with though. I think that Lawson might have better chances with a vancouver escorts than with Kim K. Especially after that call out.

h/t: Larry Brown Sports

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