Look out
AL Central, here come the
Detroit Tigers. In case you haven't noticed, the
Tigers, after last night's come from behind 5-4 win over the
Twins, are now two games over .500 (42-40). The
Tigers were 19-8 in
June, and have won 7 straight, moving them to within 5 games of the
White Sox for the
AL Central lead.
The
Tigers will be tested now though.
Magglio Ordonez went on the DL after straining an oblique muscle on Sunday and
Miguel Cabrera may be joining him after suffering from a hip flexor last night.
W: C. Fossum (1-0) L: M. Guerrier (4-3)
S: J. Zumaya (1)
HR: DET - M. Thames (15) MIN - None |
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The
Mets just can't build off of anything. They had a big win on Sunday against the
Yankees after losing two straight. So what did they do last night? Go out and get clobbered 7-1 by the
Cardinals.
John Maine had a rough outing and the
Mets offense fell flat. And
Kyle Lohse is 10-2!
W: K. Lohse (10-2) L: J. Maine (8-6)
HR: NYM - None STL - C. Duncan (5) |
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has its first big Summer series...EVER. They got off on the right foot last night, holding off the
Red Sox 5-4 despite
Troy Percival being forced from the game in the 9th inning. The
Rays closer apparently re-aggravated a hamstring problem. Back up closer
Dan Wheeler had already pitched, so
J.P. Howell closed things out. And the
Red Sox still haven't, and won't, taken any disciplinary action against
Manny Ramirez.
W: J. Shields (6-5) L: J. Masterson (4-2)
S: J. Howell (2)
HR: BOS - J. Drew (16) TB - B. Upton (6), G. Gross (6) |
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still has some pop in that bat.
Ken Griffey Jr. came off the bench to hit a walk off 2-run home run to give the
Reds a 4-3 win over the
Pirates in the 9th. It was career home run number 603. Before the game,
Jr. playfully asked manager
Dusty Baker's 9-yr old son
Darren why he wasn't playing.
"You can't hit lefties, and you're old!", responded
Darren. Take that kid.
W: F. Cordero (3-1) L: M. Capps (1-3)
HR: PIT - A. LaRoche (8) CIN - J. Hairston (2), K. Griffey (10) |
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The
Marlins walked one off too against the
Nationals. After the fish tied the game in the 9th,
Josh Willingham hit his second home run of the game in the bottom of the 10th. These fish know how to hit home runs.
| Final 10th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Washington (33-51) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Florida (43-39) « | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
W: K. Gregg (6-2) L: J. Rauch (4-2)
HR: WAS - E. Dukes (4), D. Young (4) FLA - J. Willingham (7), H. Ramirez (19), J. Willingham (8) |
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The
White Sox know how to hit home runs too.
Nick Swisher hit a pair last night, including his second grand slam in a week, as the
White Sox out lasted the
Indians 9-7.
Jim Thome also went deep as the
Pale Hose increased their lead over the
Twins to 2.5 games in the
AL Central.
W: G. Floyd (9-4) L: J. Sowers (0-4)
S: M. Thornton (1)
HR: CLE - J. Peralta (12) CHW - J. Thome (16), N. Swisher (10), N. Swisher (11) |
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Good and Bad news for the
Astros last night.
Roy Oswalt struck out 9 to lead the 'stros to a 4-1 win over the
Dodgers. The bad news?
Oswalt left the game in the 7th inning with a strained hip.
Lance Berkman belted his 22nd home run.
W: R. Oswalt (7-8) L: E. Stults (2-1)
S: J. Valverde (22)
HR: LA - None HOU - L. Berkman (22) |
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Talk about a change in fortune. The
Rockies lead the
Padres 8-3. Final score-
Padres 15
Rockies 8 with a 7-run 9th inning. The
Pads hit 4 home runs, including a pair by
Edgar Gonzalez.
Jody Gerut also had one and knocked in 4.
W: H. Bell (6-3) L: B. Fuentes (1-4)
HR: SD - E. Gonzalez (2), K. Kouzmanoff (11), J. Gerut (4), E. Gonzalez (3) COL - B. Hawpe (11) |
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pitched the
A's to a big 6-1 win over the Angels.
Smith threw the first complete game of his career, limiting the
Angels to just 4 hits. The win moved the
A's to within 3.5 games of the
Angels in the
AL West.
W: G. Smith (5-6) L: J. Garland (7-5)
HR: OAK - None ANA - M. Napoli (12) |
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Complete games are nothing out of the ordinary for
Roy Halladay, who went the distance in the
Blue Jays 2-0 blanking of the
Mariners last night. It was the 10th career shutout for the big right-hander.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Toronto (41-43) « | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Seattle (31-51) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
W: R. Halladay (9-6) L: R. Dickey (2-4)
HR: TOR - None SEA - None |
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homered twice, including a grand slam, and drove in 6 as the
Cubs pounded the Giants 9-2.
Ted Lilly won his 9th while
Barry Zito, unfortunately for
Giants fans, went back to pitching like
Barry Zito.
W: T. Lilly (9-5) L: B. Zito (3-12)
HR: CHC - M. DeRosa (9), M. DeRosa (10) SF - None |
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Good to see
Doug Davis out on the mound and competing. In fact he picked up the win against his old club for the
Diamondbacks last night.
W: D. Davis (3-3) L: D. Bush (4-8)
S: B. Lyon (17)
HR: MIL - None ARI - M. Reynolds (17) |
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closer
George Sherrill blew a save in the 9th for the second straight game. This time it was the
Royals coming from behind to tie things up on a
Miguel Olivo home run.
Jose Guillen knocked in the game winner in the 11th.
Joakim Soria, the best unknown closer, picked up his 22nd save.
W: R. Mahay (4-0) L: C. Bradford (3-3)
S: J. Soria (22)
HR: KC - M. Olivo (9) BAL - R. Hernandez (7) |
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