Wed, 03/17/2010 - 10:45 by Rakhi
Atlanta -- Pitcher John Smoltz says he is heading to the TBS broadcast booth to announce games this year but has not yet retired.
In a statement released Tuesday, the future Hall of Famer said he's keeping open the possibility that he could still pitch this year should a Major League team opt for his services.
The ex-Braves star's television deal includes serving as an analyst for Turner Broadcasting on its slate of nationally televised Sunday games, as well as on the MLB Network and for local Braves broadcasts from Peachtree TV.
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Thu, 10/01/2009 - 09:41 by shalini.bahadur
Cincinnati, Sept. 30: Laynce Nix hit the first grand slam of his career Wednesday, pacing Cincinnati to a 6-1 victory over St. Louis.
The Cardinals lost their third in a row and fell two games behind Philadelphia in the race for the second-best record in the National League. The top two division winners will have home-field advantage when the first round of the playoffs begin next week.
Bronson Arroyo came within two outs of picking up his fourth complete game of the year.
Arroyo (15-13) allowed a run on four hits and struck out six. The 15 wins equaled a career high.
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Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:08 by shalini.bahadur
St. Louis, Sept. 19: Matt Holliday opened the ninth inning with a home run off Aaron Heilman Friday, giving St. Louis a 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.
St. Louis increased its lead over Chicago to 10 games in the National League Central. Any combination of six St. Louis wins or Chicago losses during the final two weeks of the season will make the Cardinals division champion.
The Cardinals have a 34-16 record since July 24, when they obtained Holliday in a trade with Oakland.
The Cardinals defeated the Cubs for the eighth time in 11 games.
St. Louis starter John Smoltz allowed six hits and two runs over six innings. The win went to Ryan Franklin (3-3), who worked the top of the ninth.
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Wed, 09/09/2009 - 10:21 by preet_20
Milwaukee, Sept. 9: Matt Holliday crushed a Trevor Hoffman fastball in the ninth Tuesday for a two-run homer that rallied the St. Louis to a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Hoffman (1-2) came on in the bottom of the ninth to hold a 3-2 lead but he walked Albert Pujols with one out and then served up a low fastball that Holliday drilled over the fence in straightaway center field at Miller Park.
Pujols hit his 45th homer of the season for the Cardinals, who have won nine of their last 11 games.
Blake Hawksworth (3-0) was credited with the win after pitching a scoreless eighth inning in relief of John Smoltz, who game up three runs on six hits and struck out seven in five innings. Kyle McClellan earned the save, his third.
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Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:23 by preet_20
St. Louis, Aug. 29: Albert Pujols hit a lead-off homer in the ninth inning Friday to give St. Louis a 3-2 victory over Washington.
The Cardinals trailed by a run going into the eighth, but Khalil Greene hit a pinch-hit homer in the eighth to tie it, and Pujols blasted the third pitch from Jason Bergmann (2-4) in the ninth over the wall in left.
St. Louis stayed nine games in front of the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central, the largest division lead in the majors. The Cardinals have lost just twice in their last nine games.
John Smoltz, in his second start with the Cardinals, allowed a run on four hits over six innings.
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 02:51 by surajdogra
St. Louise -- The St. Louis Cardinals have signed 42-year-old right-hander John Smoltz for the balance of the 2009 season.
"When you have an opportunity to bring the expertise and experience of a future Hall of Famer to your club, it's easy to see why we are excited about the prospects of what John Smoltz can do to improve our team's chances as we approach the stretch drive," Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak said.
Smoltz, an eight-time all-star, was released by Boston Monday after going 2-5 with an 8.33 ERA in eight starts (40 innings).
Off-season shoulder surgery and subsequent rehab delayed his Red Sox debut until June 25.
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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 12:01 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 8: Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer with two out in the 15th inning Friday, giving the New York Yankees a dramatic 2-0 victory over Boston.
The teams combined to score 19 runs Thursday -- eight of them by the Yankees in one inning -- but it took them almost six hours to produce a single run Friday.
Rodriguez, who had been mired in his longest home run drought as a Yankee, came up with Derek Jeter on first and Junichi Tazawa on the mound, making his major league debut.
Tazawa, called up from Class AAA when Boston released John Smoltz Friday, gave Rodriguez a pitch to hit on a 2-1 count, and Rodriguez slammed it over the wall in left field. He had not had a home run in 71 at bats.
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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 04:32 by surajdogra
Boston -- Veteran right-hander John Smoltz has been designated for assignment, Boston Red Sox Manager Terry Francona said Friday.
Smoltz, 42, the NL MVP in 1992 and NL Cy Young Award in 1996, was 2-5 this season with an 8.33 ERA.
His release came less than 24 hours after he was shelled for eight runs and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings in a 13-6 loss to the New York Yankees, the most runs he had given up since he surrendered eight in a no-decision against the Chicago Cubs while with the Atlanta Braves on May 28, 2006.
The team said on its Web site that Smoltz returned home to Atlanta to weigh his options.
Boston has 10 days to release him or send him to the minors.
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Fri, 08/07/2009 - 10:15 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 6: Melky Cabrera and Jorge Posada both hit three-run homers in an eight-run fourth inning Thursday, sending the New York Yankees romping past Boston 13-6.
The one-sided victory was the first for the Yankees against Boston in nine tries this season and expanded New York's lead over the Red Sox in the American League East to 3 ½ games. They will play three more times this weekend.
New York pounded out 18 hits, including solo homers by Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira, to win their fourth straight. Boston has dropped three in a row and saw its lead in the wild-card race reduced to two games over Texas and 2 ½ over Tampa Bay.
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Sat, 08/01/2009 - 09:55 by preet_20
Baltimore, July 31: David Ortiz hit his second homer in as many games Friday and a seventh-inning blast by Kevin Youkilis put Boston in front en route to a 6-5 win over Baltimore.
The power surge for Ortiz has come after he was named in a New York Times story as being among those who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. He hit a three-run homer against Oakland Thursday and hit a two-run shot in the third inning Friday to give the Red Sox a 3-0 lead.
Ortiz has 15 home runs for the season.
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Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:11 by surajdogra
Arlington, Texas July 20: Michael Young, David Murphy and Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered off John Smoltz in the sixth Monday to lead the Texas Rangers to a 6-3 win over Boston.
Hank Blalock drove in two runs for the Rangers.
Kevin Millwood (9-7) gave up six hits and two runs over six innings to win for the first time in his last four starts.
Kevin Youkilis had two hits and an RBI for the Red Sox, who lost their third in a row and fell into a tie with the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East.
Smoltz (1-3) was charged six runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. The veteran right-hander hadn't allowed a home run any of his first four starts since joining the Red Sox last month.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:33 by preet_20
Boston, July 12: Kevin Youkilis homered twice and drove in four runs and scored four times Saturday, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 15-9 win over Kansas City.
Youkilis hit a two-run homer in the second and a solo shot in the eighth to go with an RBI single in the first.
Jason Varitek hit a solo homer in the third and scored three times, David Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the fourth and scored twice, Nick Green drove in two runs, Dustin Pedroia had two hits and one RBI, while J.D. Drew had one RBI for the Red Sox, who have won four of five.
The winner was John Smoltz (1-2). He went five innings, allowing one run on four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts.
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