Gloat Free Baseball Scores (Tuesday, May 8)

[Jack Rabbit]

Baseball Scores

Mets 7, PhilLies 4
Pirates 5, Nationals 4
Atlanta 3, Cubs 1
Astros 3, Miami 2
Brewers 8, Reds 3
Cardinals 6, Arizona 1
Giants 2, Dodgers 1
Padres 3, Rockies 1

Other Scores

Rangers 10, Baltimore 3
White Sox 5, Cleveland 3 (10 innings)
Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3
Royals 6, Red Sox 4
Twins 5, Angels 0
A's 7, Blue Jays 3
Tigers 6, Mariners 4

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Special note to ellisonz

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[Auggie]

2. Great start by the Giants' Vogelsong

Had to be, to beat Kershaw.

Brett Pill, starting in left field, had the game-winning hit -- a two run homer.

In the second inning, Pill followed a first-pitch Posey single by blasting a first-pitch, 93-mph Kershaw fastball into the left-field pavilion for his fourth big-league homer. Pill learned something from last year, when he went 0-for-6 with four strikeouts against the lefty.

"Early in the game he throws a lot of fastballs," Pill said. "Last year he always threw me a first-pitch fastball. Usually I just took it or hit it foul. Luckily he left one over the plate and I was able to hit it.

"After that, he didn't throw it again."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/08/SPS51OF6C3.DTL

Pill's been waiting for that fast ball for half a year.