Matt Hague News

Matt Hague was hit by a pitch tonight for the first time in his career and he couldn't be happier.

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It was a wild, walk-off Saturday around the Major Leagues as Josh Hamilton and Jarrod Saltalamacchia both connected on two-run walkoff jacks that took their team from being down one and headed for a loss to walking off as winners.

Hamilton hit a game-ending two-run home run in the 13th inning as the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-7 Saturday.

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Matt Hague was hit by a pitch from Rafael Dolis with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago Cubs to their 11th straight loss with a 3-2 victory Saturday night.

Starlin Castro #13 of the Chicago Cubs fields a ground ball against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the game on May 26, 2012 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sorry to have fallen off the face of the Earth the last couple of days; I've been working like a maniac trying to put together a talk for a conference next week and there just aren't hours in the day sometimes.

Manager Dale Sveum knows about losing. In 1987, when he played for the Brewers, Milwaukee dropped a dozen straight but bounced back to finish 20 games over .500. "I've been through a 12-game losing streak once in my career, and it grinds on you and it gets frustrating, there's no question about it," Sveum said on Friday.

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Lance Berkman, of the St. Louis Cardinals, is attended to after the third out against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second inning at Dodger Stadium.

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So Nate McLouth predictably turned out to be a waste of money, and now he's been designated for assignment .

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Alex Presley tripled with one out in the 15th inning, and Matt Hague followed with an RBI single to give the Indianapolis Indians a 2-1 victory over the Louisville Bats after neither team had scored since the fifth.

Indianapolis won a 15-inning marathon over Louisville, 2-1. Matt Hague , who'd fanned four times, won it with a walk-off single following a one-out triple by Alex Presley .

One of the best managers in the game right now is the Rays Joe Maddon. I read this article today about another one of Maddon's quirky managerial doings.

Sorry for how long this is but I wanted to look at the breakdown of Huntington's drafts.

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Indianapolis topped Buffalo , 6-3, but may have lost two players in the process.