Baseball notes for 5/25

Mike S

Streaks: The good and the bad

• The Padres take on their 10th straight victory to go over .500 - but are still 7.5 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West
  
• The Blue Jays have dropped their 7th straight game to fall from first to third in the AL East in two days
• The Chicago Cubs drop their 8th straight game to the lowly Pirates. The Pirates collected 18 hits total
• The Detroit Tigers have have gone 8-2 of their last 10 games
• The Washington Nationals, with a 13-31 record, have gone 2-8 of their last 10 games

Verlander Watch

• Justin has allowed 4 runs in his last 5 starts
• 4 wins and 51 strikeouts during this time

Hot Hitters

• Miguel Cabrera- 4/6, 2 runs, 3 rbi
  
• Alexei Ramirez- 4/7, 3 runs, 3 rbi, 1 sb
• Matt Kemp- 3/5, 2 runs, 3 rbi
• Freddy Sanchez-6/6, 4 runs, 1 hr, 3 rbi, 1 sb
• Arod- 5/5, 2 runs, 4 rbi
• Ryan Howard-2/4, 2 runs, 2 hr, 3 rbi
• Ryan Garko- 3/5, 2 runs, 5 rbi

Tampa Bay Meltdown

• The Rays led the Indians 10-0 in the fourth. By the 8th it was 10-4. Finally, in the bottom of the 9th the Indians would rally an amazing 7 run explosion to stun the Rays and take the game 11-10.