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4/5

The Cardinals and Cubs would kick off the 2015 season, with Adam Wainwright on the mound versus Travis Wood. While the Cubs are a promising group, they weren't ready tonight, as Wainwright threw a complete game shutout striking out eleven.

4/6

- In a big time pitching matchup, Matt Harvey of the Mets faced off against Stephen Strasburg of the Nationals. Both pitchers would struggle, but Harvey would end up with the win as the Mets won 6-4.

- Cole Hamels was sharp in his Arizona debut, but Madison Bumgarner looked like he was in midseason form. Bumgarner threw six scoreless innings, while Hamels allowed a run in seven to earn his first loss with his new team. Angel Pagan went 5/5 on the day with a double for San Fran.

- Carl Crawford hit a walkoff triple, scoring Jacob Turner in the bottom of the 9th as the Dodgers start the season with a win vs. the Padres.

4/7

- David Price picked up the win in his Dodger debut, giving up nine hits and three runs (one earned) on the day. The Vanderbilt alum struck out eight in seven innnings.

- In the other end of the Price trade, the Rays weren't as fortunate with their debuts. Hyin-Jin Ryu surrendered three runs on nine hits in a 3=2 loss to the Orioles.

4/8

- What a debut for Pirates pitcher Johnny Cueto. Cueto got all the run support he needed, and even pitched in with the offense. The righty went 2/4 at the dish with a three run home run. He also threw eight innings, struck out eight and gave up three runs in the 15-3 win over his former team the Reds.

- Matt Wieters tied the game in the top of the ninth with a three run home run off Jake Mcgee. It wouldn't matter, however, as the Rays would walk off thanks to an error by the Orioles Chris Davis.

- Michael Bourn finished with three hits, two doubles and five RBI and catcher Yan Gomes would go 4/5 with a home run and five RBI as the Indians crushed Houston 12-1.

4/9

- The Pirates Jameson Tallion made a masterful debut, throwing a complete game six hitter. Wyatt Khan, making his Reds debut, wasn't so special. Khan lasted just four innings, and gave up five earned on the day as the Pirates swept the series with a 6-1 win.

- Despite a great debut from AJ Burnett, the Kansas City Royals would end up losing in 11 innings to the Chicago White Sox Burnett struck out ten and left the game tied at zero after eight innings. Adam Eaton and Nate Schierholtz both homered in the 11th to win 3-0.

- The Phillies AAA affiliate Lehigh Valley open their season tonight, as Archie Bradley made his organizational debut. Bradley was terrific, going the distance in the 4-1 win. He allowed just three hits on the day. If this keeps up, there's no way the team can keep Bradley in the minors without a fan revolt. In AA, 2014 2nd round pick Adrian Ozuna made his pro debut, allowing an earned run in six innings and striking out three.

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2015 Series #2:

(2-1) vs. (1-2)

Game 1: Bryce Harper's three run home run in the 6th inning would be all the offense the Nationals would see today. It would be enough, however, as the Phillies weren't able to muster any more than a two run third. Jonathan Pettibone picks up the loss, but looked good for the first five innings.

Game 2: Another game, another pitcher who runs into mid-inning issues. Today, it was Bronson Arroyo's turn. The Nationals scored a combined eight runs between the fifth and seventh innings. Free agent acquisition Brandon Morrow received all the run support he could handle, as the Nats would coast 11-0.

Game 3: The boos have already begun, as the Phillies end their six game home stand at 1-5. In a wild game, Philadelphia would surrender a 4-1 lead to go down 8-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth. Raging towards a comeback, Chase Utley would be thrown out by about 10 feet at the plate on a Ryan Howard hit that would have tied the game. Instead, the Nationals earn the sweep with an 8-7 win.

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4/10

- The Royals absolutely demolished the Angels tonight 16-4. Four different players had at least three RBI, led by Mike Moustakas' five. Tyler Skaggs was the unfortunate pitcher in the buzzsaw, allowing eight runs in just 1.2 innings.

- Bartolo Colon is still at it, earning a victory in the Mets 3-2 win over Atlanta. The ageless one, now in the bullpen, may never retire.

- Former Phillies starter Roberto Hernandez was dominant with the Giants today, throwing a complete game shutout at Petco. The Padres collected just six hits on the day, and were blown out 9-0.

4/11

- Noah Syndergaard picked up the first win of his career, going eight innings and striking out five versus the Braves. The pitcher also had two RBI on the day.

- Madison Bumgarner is a man on a mission to start the season, extending his scoreless streak to 15 innings thus far. The Padres failed to score a run for the second straight day, picking up just three hits this evening.

- The Indians won in exciting fashion this afternoon, as Carlos Santana ripped a game winning, walk off double to the gap. Miguel Cabrera finished 4/5 with two doubles, a home run and four RBI but it wasn't enough.

4/12

- New Oriole Ervin Santana was flawless today, throwing a two hitter against the powerful Blue Jays. Matt Wieters provided the offense, drilling two homers and driving in three.

- It was a bad day for some aces, as Chris Sale, Felix Hernandez and Jose Fernandez all fell to 0-2 on the season.

- The Diamondbacks are rolling, and improved to 6-1 after an extra innings victory against the Dodgers. Clayton Kershaw and Cole Hamels both allowed a run in their starts, but it would be JP Howell who picked up the loss in the 11th innning. Cody Ross would win the game on a walk off single.

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2015 Series #3:

(1-5) vs. (4-2)

Game 1: Riding their hot streak from the end of 2014, the New York Mets opened their home season a surprising 4-2. Despite the lack of major moves in the offseason, the team is playing at a much higher level than we saw for most of 2014. Jason Hammel paid the price today, giving up five runs in the first two innings. David Wright led the way with a home run and three RBI.

Game 2: It seems the Phillies can only win when games go to extra innings. Early in the game, with the Phils holding a 3-0 lead, Domonic Brown made a costly error, allowing all the bases to clear and the game to tie up. The score would stay 3-3 until the 14th, when Nick Ahmed would lay down a perfect safety squeeze to score the winning run.

Game 3: More pitching issues have surfaced, as the Mets blowout Philadelphia 7-1 to take the series. With a tired bullpen, Ryne Sandberg was forced to leave Jonathan Pettibone in longer than he should, and Pettibone himself looked tired. David Wright continued his great series with two more hits. Carlos Ruiz is on fire out of the gate, collecting three more hits today to bump his average to .428. Along with Ryan Howard, the duo sit in third in the National League in batting average so far.

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Tough start to the season. Congrats on making it to season two.

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4/13

- Hyun-Jin Ryu picked up his first win for the Rays, throwing a complete game in Toronto. Ryu allowed just one run and struck out eleven.

- Thanks to a six run third inning, the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-4. The Cubs got homers from Starlin Castro, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Mike Olt. Bryant is currently tied for the NL lead with four home runs.

- Max Scherzer was able to outduel the Pirates Johnny Cueto today, earning his second win of the year. Scherzer had an odd day, allowing three runs on just one hit, a Neil Walker homer.

- David Price is making himself feel right at home in Los Angeles, shutting out the Mariners 5-0. Price has an ERA of 0.56 after two starts, and the Dodgers rotation could be one of the best in a long time.

4/14

- The Tigers and Pirates were involved in a wild game today, a game which wouldn't be decided until the 9th inning. Going into the ninth with a one run lead, Neftali Feliz did the unthinkable, he walked the bases loaded. After Jed Lowrie drew another walk to bring in the tying run, the Tigers replaced Feliz with Evan Scribner. It didn't matter, as Scribner walked Russell Martin to lose the game 8-7.

- One pitcher who has struggled with his new team is lefty Francisco Liriano. The White Sox starter lasted just five innings against the Indians, and has an ERA of 9.00 after two starts.

- Anthony Rizzo hit a game winning single in the 11th inning off Jonathan Broxton, as the Cubs win their second game in a row.

4/15

- Filling in for the injured Hanley Ramirez, Chone Figgins has been terrible at the plate for the Yankees. Figgins made his one hit today matter, however, knocking in the winning run in the top of the 13th against Baltimore.

- The Dodgers and Mariners combined for 28 hits, five home runs and 13 runs today, as LA would hold on to win 8-5. Adrian Gonzalez had three hits, including a two run shot, and Juan Uribe had three RBI on the day.

- The Washington Nationals were terrific today, improving to 7-2 with a 12-5 win at Fenway. The top four in the lineup (Desmond, Werth, Harper, Pence) went 9/20 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs and nine RBI.


Roster Move: The Phillies have optioned pitcher Sean O'Sullivan to AAA. The team has called up pitcher Miguel Gonzalez to replace him.

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Trade Announcement

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• OF George Springer
• C Jason Castro
• SP Vincent Valasquez

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• SP Noah Syndergaard
• 1B Ike Davis
• C Taylor Teagarden

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In a trade that shocked the twitterverse, the New York Mets send bluechip prospect Noah Syndergaard and Ike Davis to the Houston Astros for outfielder George Springer, Jason Castro and prospect Vince Velasquez.

Syndergaard is penciled in as the third starter right now, and projects to be in the running with Dallas Keuchel for the #1 role next year. He will make his first start with the club next week in Seattle. Davis will platoon with current 1B Chris Carter at first base.

The Mets will slide Dillon Gee into the rotation to replace Noah, a move that won't weaken them in 2015. Jason Castro becomes the everyday catcher, even more so with Travis d'Arnaud out for at least a month.

Adding Springer to the outfield gives the Mets a young star to build around, and maybe their only big league talent out there. Springer's personality could thrive in New York, and the club expects the 25 year old to take the next step to stardom. While there are still issues with the teams lineup, the Mets have made huge strides towards an offense that isn't offensive.

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Makes sense from both sides, well done mcgee. Only other way that makes sense is Castro for Thor, but we know how well Starlin's doing this year.

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Wow that trade is a block buster..so early in the season too!

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2015 Series #4:

(2-7) vs. (7-2)

Game 1: The signing of Brandon Morrow by the Nationals is already worth it, even if he only pitches well against the Phillies. After two starts, both against Philly, Morrow has yet to allow a run. Bronson Arroyo allowed eight hits in seven innings, allowing three runs and falling to 0-2.

Game 2: Maikel Franco has risen from his slumber, launching two home runs in his first two at bats today. Franco also drove in his first five runs of the year. Ryan Howard added to the offense with a moonshot to right center, as the Phillies were all over Stephen Strasburg. The star is 0-2 with an 8.21 ERA to start the season.

Game 3: A two game winning streak? Time to dance in the streets. Jesse Biddle was shaky early, but settled in nicely to pick up his first win of the year. The only offense the Phillies saw came in the first inning, where the team jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Marlon Byrd's two run home run proved to be the difference as a run was not scored past the second inning. Jason Hammel was scratched today with some quad tightness, and will start tomorrow.

Game 4: The Nationals would fight back to earn a split of the series, thanks mainly to Adam LaRoche. LaRoche was 3/4 on the day, with two home runs and six RBI. Ben Revere reached base four times, but the team was only able to drive him in once.

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2015 Series #5:

(2-11) vs. (4-9)

Game 1: Maikel Franco would send the game to extra innings with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth, but it wasn't enough. The Marlins would come right back in the 10th with pinch hitter Casey McGehee's base hit. Miami takes the opener 7-6.

Game 2: Ernesto Frieri earned his first blown save of the year, and the Marlins have doubled their win total in the past two games. Frieri allowed four baserunners in the ninth. Antonio Bastardo, who has had troubles of his own this season, picks up the loss in the 14th inning, surrendering the game winning hit to Christian Yelich.

Game 3: The Phillies reached a new low today, finding themselves shutout to end the series. Jose Fernandez was filthy, striking out eight in 7.1 innings and allowing five base runners. He received a scare in the eighth, and was removed from the game with elbow soreness. The initial word from the team is no structural damage and the possibility that he doesn't miss any time. Cliff Lee pitched well in the loss, allowing two runs in seven.

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in another universe, Rex being the Eagles coach would have been a cool alternative. Could have gotten the defense going again like his dad in the 80s. but we love Chip so no thanks mr. "let's go eat a damn snack" haha.

cool that you're very in-tune with the philly teams!

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in another universe, Rex being the Eagles coach would have been a cool alternative. Could have gotten the defense going again like his dad in the 80s. but we love Chip so no thanks mr. "let's go eat a damn snack" haha.

cool that you're very in-tune with the philly teams!

In my universe you don't love Chip. Kelly leaves the Eagles with a 14-18 record and a score of bridges burned. He recently accepted a job as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

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2015 Series #6:

(8-7) vs. (4-13)

Game 1: The Phillies have no been shutout in two straight games, and have a five game losing streak. Kris Medlen was terrific, going 6.2 innings with six hits and three walks allowed. Jesse Biddle was also great, but threw one bad pitch that lost him the game. Justin Upton took that mistake deep to right center and the Braves win game one 1-0.

In the minors, Archie Bradley improved to 3-1 on the season. Bradley went eight innings, struck out seven and allowed two runs in the Ironpigs 3-2 win against Buffalo.

Game 2: As the Philadelphia scoring drought continued, fans started wondering if the team would ever score again. Julio Teheran was on fire, and after five innings had nine strikeouts. Finally, in the sixthm the Phillies put a nice inning together. AJ Pollock started it off with an RBI double, and the Phils would score four total in the inning. That would be all Jason Hammel and the bullpen would need, and the Braves fall to the Phillies 4-2.

Game 3: As the Archie Bradley train continues to build up steam, most would consider Jonathan Pettibone the logical candidate to lose his spot in the rotation if a callup occurs. Today puts a damper on that. Pettibone picked up the win, going five innings and surrendering just one run. Miguel Gonzalez continues to impress, and struck out six in two innings of relief. Ryan Howard crushed his fifth home run of the season, but can't seem to hit any with people on base. He now has just nine RBI in 2015.

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