Yankees 1, Orioles 0: Yes, the Yankees get the lead today but only because it turned out to be a great game in one of their last at the stadium. An unlikely pitchers duel saw rookie Alfredo Aceves go six innings, giving up five hits and backed up by three shutout innings from relievers Brian Bruney, Dámaso Marte and of course, Mo. The recently benched, non hustling Robinson Cano hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning off Jamie Walker to win it. The mobbing ensued and the Yanks staved off elimination for a day. Orioles starter Brian Burres pitched a fantastic game in the loss, going seven innings and giving up just three hits.

Cubs 5, Cardinals 4: I know Imig must have vomited yesterday to see the Cubs clinch their second straight divsion title, and doing so against St. Louis. It wasn’t easy though, after jumping out to a 5-0 lead, Ted Lily gave up four runs in the sixth, before settling down in the seventh to get his 16th win. Kerry Wood picked up his 32nd save and thousands of drunk college chicks in the stands still have no idea what happened. And Sweet Lou smiled. And Soriano got trapped in the ivy again.

Rays 7, Twins 2: Scott Kazmir (Mets fans roll their eyes, pretending everything is ok) bounced back nicely from the worst start of his career going six innings, giving up fives hits and just one walk. Carlos Pena led the way offensively with a 2-run double, but in typical Rays fashion everyone chipped in, with five other players each driving in a run. The Rays have some sweet mohawks. More importantly, the team’s mantra was finally explained, because I certainly didn’t know what “9=8″ meant: “9=8″ essentially translates to nine players playing hard for nine innings every day which equals one of eight postseason berths.

Dodgers 10, Giants 7: Manny. Two home runs, 5 RBIs. Safe to say his offseason should be interesting. Not really much pitching happening in this game, neither starting pitcher lasted more than four innings and a total of fourteen pitchers were used between both teams. Matt Kemp and Ángel Berroa assisted Manny’s assault, with 2 RBIs each. Any combination of five Dodgers wins or Arizona losses will give them their first division title since 2004. Some will always call him clueless Joe, though.

Royals 5, White Sox 2: Royals starter Kyle Davies handled the White Sox going seven solid innings, giving up just three hits, one of them being a 2-run shot to Alexei Ramírez. Sox starter Gavin Floyd wasn’t as fortunate. David DeJesus hit an inside-the-park home run, and Alex Gordon and Kila Ka’aihue also went yard, giving Kansas City their eight win in nine games. Can someone who follows the White Sox tell me what’s going on here? This team is supposed to be in the playoffs, right? The Twins lost again, so they still have a 2 1/2 game lead, but right now it doesn’t look like anyone wants the central.

And I caught this on Yahoo. Normally, every single game played from the night before usually has a ‘Recap’ link to click on. Well, every single one except for the poor Pirates and Astros game. You can only read the old-fashioned box score for that one. Now that’s just not nice, Yahoo: