The Miami Marlins struck the opening blow in their weekend series with the Pittsburgh Pirates as they took a narrow 6-5 victory in Friday’s first game. The second game of the three game set is set for Saturday night and …

The Miami Marlins need to get back on the winning track if they’re going to challenge the Washington Nationals for first place in the NL East. The Marlins have slumped in the month of August going 5-10 -5.9 (pending the …

The Los Angeles Dodgers begin a very important series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. The Phillies are also focused as they’ve won four straight and are now just 4 games behind the third place New York Mets (pending the …

Important game for both teams–for different reasons. The Miami Marlins and Cincinnati Reds begin a four game series in South Florida on Monday afternoon and winning is now a necessity. Miami is currently in second place in the NL East …

The Baltimore Orioles and Oakland A’s are in a tight battle for first place in the American League East along with the Boston Red Sox who are currently in third place. As of mid evening on Wednesday, all three teams …

The Philadelphia Phillies will try to salvage a win in their three game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday after dropping the first two. Los Angeles has won four straight and 7 of 10 and has moved into …

The Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres both had the day off on Monday and they’re hoping they’ll be able to get back on the winning track after losses on Sunday. The Pirates’ situation is much more dire than the …

The San Francisco Giants aren’t just playing poorly–they also can’t ‘buy a break’. On Sunday, they got a great performance from starter Madison Bumgarner who went all eight innings giving up 2 hits, 1 ER and striking out 7 to …

The San Francisco Giants have had a tough time of it lately. Even though they’re still in first place atop the NL West they’ve seen their advantage over the second place Los Angeles Dodgers drop to 2 games. Nothing really …

The Cincinnati Reds may have cooled off somewhat from their strong play in late July but they’re far from the ‘grease fire’ of earlier this season. They’re still in last place in the NL Central and due to some stronger …