Today In Baseball: April 5, 2008

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Away	Home	Result	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher
Astros	Cubs	CHC 9, HOU 7	Hart (1-0)	Oswalt (0-2)
Giants	Brewers	MIL 5, SF 4	Parra (1-0)	Correia (0-1)
Rays	Yankees	TB 6, NYY 3	Jackson (1-0)	Pettitte (0-1)
Red Sox	Blue Jays	TOR 10, BOS 2	Litsch (1-0)	Buchholz (0-1)
Phillies	Reds	CIN 4, PHI 3	Cordero (1-0)	Durbin (0-1)
Nationals	Cardinals	STL 5, WSH 4	Wainwright (1-0)	Chico (0-1)
Royals	Twins	MIN 6, KC 4	Hernandez (2-0)	Meche (0-1)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable	Home Probable
White Sox	Tigers	In progress	Floyd (0-0)	Willis (0-0)
Dodgers	Padres	In progress	Penny (1-0)	Peavy (1-0)
Mets	Braves	In progress	Maine (0-0)	Hudson (0-0)
Indians	Athletics	In progress	Sabathia (0-0)	Eveland (0-0)
Mariners	Orioles	7:05 p.m.	Batista (0-0)	Loewen (0-0)
Pirates	Marlins	7:10 p.m.	Maholm (0-0)	Hendrickson (0-1)
D-Backs	Rockies	8:05 p.m.	Webb (1-0)	Francis (0-0)
Rangers	Angels	9:05 p.m.	Millwood (0-1)	Weaver (0-1)

Today in Baseball History

• 1913 In an exhibition game against the Yankees, 25,000 fans watch the Dodgers play their first game in Ebbets Field. Brooklyn beats New York, 3-2 with Casey Stengel hitting the park's first home run, an inside-the-parker.
• 1925 Babe Ruth collapses at railroad station in Asheville, North Carolina, and will be hospitalized in New York.
• 1934 WSAL hires Red Barber to broadcast Cincinnati Reds games.
• 1934 Babe Ruth, sponsored by Quaker Oats, agrees to do weekly NBC broadcasts. His thirteen week radio salary will be $4000 more than his Yankee contract.
• 1966 Don Larsen, who is the last active major leaguer who played for the St. Louis Browns, is released by the Orioles. As a rookie 1953, the Michigan City, Indiana native posted a 7-12 record for the hapless franchise which loss 100 games in its final season in St. Louis.
• 1971 At RFK Stadium, 45,000 fans watch the last Opening Day game to be played in Washington, D.C.
• 1972 The season opener between Astros and Reds is canceled due to the player strike which started on April 1. It marks the first time in major league history Opening Day is delayed and 86 games will be lost before the labor dispute is settled.
• 1993 At Shea Stadium, the Rockies lose their National League debut to the Mets, 3-0. Doc Gooden pitches a 4-hit complete game for the victory. April 5, 1993 Colorado Rockies @ New York Mets Audio CD
• 1993 In front of 42,334 fans at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, the Florida Marlins, in their major league first game ever, defeat the Dodgers, 6-3. Joe DiMaggio throws out the ceremonial first pitch and the team retires uniform number 5 in tribute to Carl Barger, their late president.
• 1993 On Opening Day, Greg Maddux, who was signed as a free agent, allows no runs and scatters five hits to his former team over 8 1/3 innings as the Braves edge the Cubs, 1-0.
• 1993 At Camden Yards, William Jefferson Clinton becomes the first U.S. president to successfully throw the first pitch of the season from the pitcher's mound. Orioles starter Rick Suttecliffe doesn't fare as well as the Birds lose to the Rangers, 7-4.
• 1993 Eric Fox, inserted into the game as late-inning defensive replacement hits a grand-slam home run in the bottom of the eighth inning giving the A's a 9-4 Opening Day victory before 43,370 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. It will be the outfielder's only homer of the season.
• 2003 The Royals become the first major league team to begin the season 5-0 after losing 100-games the prior year. Runelvys Hernandez, the winner of a coin toss making him the Opening Day starter, wins his second game as allows two hits in seven innings beating the Indians, 2-1
• 2003 To show support for the U.S. troops in Iraq, the White Sox announce all active military members showing a military ID will be given free admission to home games at U.S. Cellular Field. Tickets would not be available for the Cub series in June.
• 2004 Braves’ general manager John Schuerholz announces the team has exercised the option to retain Bobby Cox as the team's manager through the 2005 season. The 62-year old skipper, who is ninth in all-time in managerial wins with 1,906, has won a record 12-consecutive divisional titles.
• 2005 The Washington Nationals, formerly known as the Expos, lose their inaugural season opener bowing to the Phillies, 8-4. The franchise, which played its initial 36 years in Montreal, becomes the first team to represent the nation’s capital since the Senators left to become the Texas Rangers in 1971.

Players Born on April 5th

	Player		Year Born	Years Played
	Ian Stewart		1985	2007
	Lastings Milledge		1985	2006-2008
	Jorge de la Rosa		1981	2004-2007
	Brandon Backe		1978	2002-2008
	Winston Abreu		1977	2006-2007
	Matt Blank		1976	2000-2001
	Ross Gload		1976	2000-2008
	Ryan Drese		1976	2001-2006
	Domingo Guzman		1975	1999-2000
	Andres Berumen		1971	1995-1996
	Ryan Karp		1970	1995-1997
	Greg Smith		1967	1989-1991
	Cris Carpenter		1965	1988-1996
	Jim Scranton		1960	1984-1985
	Kim Allen		1953	1980-1981
	Rennie Stennett		1951	1971-1981

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The Rays are on an amazing streak, could this be the year they win the AL East?

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No, but they might actually compete this year.

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— Jake Peavy, Padres, gave up two hits in his first complete game since Sept. 2006, in a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Peavy is 2-0 in two starts this season.
— Justin Morneau, Twins, broke out of a 1-for-17 funk with a homer and four RBIs in a 6-4 victory over Kansas City. Morneau also scored twice.
— Adam Wainwright, Cardinals, allowed two runs in eight hits in a 5-4 victory over the Nationals. He struck out four and walked one in another strong outing by St. Louis starters.
— Chase Utley, Phillies, kept up his suddenly torrid pace. After hitting two homers on Friday night, Utley went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in a 4-3 loss to Cincinnati.
— Derrek Lee, Cubs, went 4-for-4 with a homer, a double and two RBIs as Chicago outscored the Astros 9-7.
— Jonny Gomes, Rays, went 2-for-3 and drove in four runs in a 6-3 victory over the Yankees.
— Luke Scott, Orioles, went 3-for-3 with two RBIs to help the Orioles beat Seattle 6-4.

• Erik Bedard will miss his schedule start against his former teammates on Sunday. The Mariners ace won’t pitch against the Baltimore Orioles because of a hip injury he sustained throwing in the outfield before Saturday night’s game.
• Jim Edmonds was activated from the 15-day disabled list and made his first start for the San Diego Padres. Edmonds singled in his first at-bat and scored during the Padres’ four-run first inning.
• The Detroit Tigers dropped to 0-5 with a 5-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox. The Tigers are the only winless team in the major leagues, and are off to their worst start since 2003, when they wound up losing 119 games.
• Mike Jacobs hit his first career grand slam in the fifth inning of the Marlins’ 7-3 win over the Pirates on Saturday night. Jacobs hit a 417-foot drive to right-center off Paul Maholm.
• Atlanta’s Kelly Johnson hit a pinch-hit grand slam off Jorge Sosa into the right-field seats in the seventh inning, and the Braves beat the Mets 11-5.
• Milwaukee second baseman Rickie Weeks failed to score a run, breaking a 17-game streak with at least one run scored dating back to last season. Weeks would have tied a major league record by scoring.
• Dontrelle Willis gave up only one hit, but walked seven in five-plus innings in his debut with the Tigers. Willis took a no-hitter into the sixth.