Los Angeles 11, Chicago 3: Ever so quietly, the Dodgers are creeping back into this thing. After thumping Zambrano, the Dodgers have inched within four of the NL West lead (currently occupied by the Padres). Soriano hit his 19th homer and is on the verge of a 20-20 season despite missing about 25 games with an injury. They love him in Chi-town. Zambrano? Not so much.

New York 10, Cincinnati 4: Pedro performed well and the bullpen doesn’t fuck it up. Plus Philly lost, so the bulge is five in the NL East. David Wright banged his 26th homer and is closing in on 30-30.

Milwaukee 7, Houston 9: It doesn’t matter how stoic the Brew Crew front office is, they’ve got to be throwing shit every time the call goes out to the bullpen. Turnbow blew it again, permitting a Hunter Pence two-run triple in the eighth and then letting him score on a passed ball as Milwaukee gave up four in the eighth.

Boston 13, Toronto 10: Dice-K nearly squandered a 10-1 lead, allowing the Blue Jays to creep within 10-9, before the Red Sox battered Toronto’s bullpen.

New York 1, Seattle 7: The alleged steroid user got knocked around – he’s getting an MRI, so clearly he hasn’t been using his HGH – and then gave way to Moose, who wasn’t all that impressive either. Felix looked better than both and the Mariners got back within one of NY in the wild card race.