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It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the first Saturday of the MLB regular season.\u00c2\u00a0 Although Steve probably will not be able to write his \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcOut of Left Field\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 column today, there are seven \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcearly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 MLB games to enjoy live during the British evening.\u00c2\u00a0 All times are in BST.<\/p>\n
It took eleven innings to separate the Twins and White Sox last night, with Minnesota coming out on top 4-3 thanks to J.J. Hardy singling home Joe Mauer for the game-winning run.\u00c2\u00a0 The Twins will look to make it 5 wins on the spin today.<\/p>\n
The Tigers won the series opener last night 5-2. Bonderman has been plagued by injuries over the last two seasons, yet he only needs to look to his rotation mate Dontrelle Willis for inspiration.\u00c2\u00a0 Willis had a good outing in his return on Thursday and Tigers fans are hoping that Bonderman can follow his lead.<\/p>\n
He didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have an injury, but Zambrano needs to make a comeback as well.\u00c2\u00a0 He had a nightmare start on Opening Day, lasting just 1.1 innings and giving up eight earned runs to the Braves.\u00c2\u00a0 The Reds will be full of confidence after coming from behind to beat the Cubs 5-4 yesterday, a victory set up by Drew Stubbs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 eighth-inning grand slam.<\/p>\n
Jeff Francoeur and Rod Barajas both went deep twice yesterday as the Mets evened up their season record (2-2) following an 8-2 win over the Nats. Who said it was difficult to hit homers at Citi Field?\u00c2\u00a0 An Oliver Perez start is always worth watching because he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the prototypical \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbox of chocolates\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pitcher: you never know what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to get from him.\u00c2\u00a0 Jose Reyes is also rumoured to be making his season debut, although Mets fans will not believe it until they see him out on the field.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals and Brewers are likely to spend most of the 2010 season producing exciting contests while battling at the top of the NL Central.\u00c2\u00a0 Yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s series opener was no exception as the unheralded Nick Stavinoha hit a two-run homer off legendary closer Trevor Hoffman with his team trailing 4-3 and down to their last out.\u00c2\u00a0 Ryan Franklin secured the 5-4 win for the Cardinals with his second save of the week.\u00c2\u00a0 Jaime Garcia wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expected to make the Cards\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 rotation, but he had a strong spring and deservedly won the fifth starter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spot; however, Yovani Gallardo is a formidable pitcher to come up against.<\/p>\n
No one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s panicking after just five games, or at least they shouldn’t be, but a 1-4 record coming out of the gate was not how the M\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s were expected to start the season after being picked by many to win the AL West.\u00c2\u00a0 Their solitary win came on a King Felix start on Opening Day against the A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (although he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get credited with the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcW\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the guy they would want on the mound to bring a four-game losing streak to an end.<\/p>\n
The Rays welcomed the Yankees into Tropicana Field yesterday by pummelling Javier Vazquez on his second debut in pinstripes.\u00c2\u00a0 The former Brave was hit for eight earned runs in 5.2 innings, while David Price started his 2010 season with a very solid start against arguably the best lineup in baseball.\u00c2\u00a0 Mark Teixeira, one of the key parts of that lineup,\u00c2\u00a0has gone hitless in his first four games and it seems only a matter of time before he breaks out in a big way.\u00c2\u00a0 Wade Davis and the Rays will hope he puts it off for a few more days yet.<\/p>\n
All the above games can be followed via various resources on MLB.com (Gameday, At Bat with Gameday Audio and MLB.tv), while ESPN America is broadcasting the Twins-White Sox and Cardinals-Brewers games.<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0A complete schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the first Saturday of the MLB regular season. Here’s your guide to the seven ‘early’ MLB games that can be enjoyed live during the British evening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[25,70,553,66],"class_list":["post-7479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb-2","tag-espn-america","tag-gamedayaudio","tag-mlb-2","tag-mlb-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7479"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7534,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479\/revisions\/7534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}