MLB Play of the Day - 5/12/08 The St. Louis Cardinals have won 7 of their last 11 encounters. Adam Wainwright was on his game in Colorado, throwing seven shutout innings and earning a no decision in a game the bullpen lost in the eighth. He avoided his curve against the Rockies, pitching off his fastball and using a four-seam changeup effectively against righties. Wainwright excelled at limitin

MLB Play of the Day - 5/10/08 After a slow start to the season, Los Angeles (19-15) started jelling during a season-high eight-game win streak from April 25-May 3. Since the beginning of that run, the Dodgers have averaged 6.9 runs and batted .302 overall and .361 with runners in scoring position. Chad Billingsley pitched into and out of jams against the Mets, but despite four walks, he was goo

MLB Play of the Day 5/9/08 Toronto has won six of seven. On Friday, Halladay fell short of his bid to become the first pitcher since 1999 to turn in five consecutive complete games, but the right-hander still walked away with an impressive win over the White Sox. Over 7 1/3 innings, Halladay allowed three runs (one earned) on three hits with seven strikeouts and no walks. He retired the side in

MLB Play of the Day 5/8/2008   Prior to Wednesday’s game, the Toronto Blue Jays had won 5 out of their last 6 match-ups, while having 3 shutouts. Jesse Litsch turned in 7 1/3 strong innings en route to a win over the White Sox on Saturday. The 23-year-old right-hander yielded two runs on five hits, striking out three and walking none. Over his past two starts, Litsch has gone 2-0 with

MLB Play of the Day - 5/7/08 Despite being without sluggers Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada, the Yankees scored 19 runs and batted .324 this past weekend against Seattle. They were outscored 20-10 and hit only .223 while losing three straight to Detroit in their previous series. Chein-Ming Wang will be facing Cleveland for the fifth time in his career. He's 3-1 against the Tribe after being on