washburnMariners 4, Blue Jays 3: Jarrod Washburn has given up three runs in his last 36 2/3 innings pitched. At this point, he’d probably take the mound with Beetlejuice on his shoulders if it meant getting out of Seattle and going to a contender. Don’t be surprised to see “get me out of this dump” Sharpie’d on his forehead for his next start. He’s only a couple months from free agency, so let’s get the speculation going, MLBTR. Secondly, a Mariners-Blue Jays game is actually in this post!

Twins 5, White Sox 3: Coming off his perfect game, Mark Buehrle picked up right where he left off. He was perfect into the sixth, setting a record with 45 outs in a row before things unraveled after walking the always dangerous, Alexi Casilla. Give credit to the classy Twins fans, who stood up and applauded Burehrle, so much so that he tipped his hat to them on his walk to the dugout. I’m a sucker for stuff like that.

0829_largeMets 4, Rockies 0: Mike Pelfrey went 6 1/3 shutout innings and The Natrual added yet another RBI. That’s 16 in 14 games as a Met. Feast on it, Church.

Astros 11, Cubs 6: Roy Oswalt exited the game after just 1 2/3 innings because of a lower left back strain and will fly back to Houston to undergo an MRI. The bigger story here is he did not have enough time to put Soriano on his ass.  Astros hung on behind a big night from Tejada, who drove in five runs.

Phils 4, D-Backs 3: Cole Hamels had his best start since a complete game five-hit shiutout in early June. Through eight innings of work, he gave up a run and struck out nine. Brad Lidge did his best to crap on the good vibe, immediately walking Justin Upton and serving up a two-run shot to Mark Reynolds before settling down for the save.

Marlins 4, Braves 3: Rafael Soranio served up a two-run walk-off shot to Ross GLOAD. Love that name, perhaps the guy finally cheered up.

scott-kazmirRays 6, Yanks 2: It’s always a quiet six or seven innings for Scott Kazmir against the Yanks. More importantly, the Yankees have lost their Wang. While we’re here, A-Rod has to be the dumbest guy alive. Gross.

A’s 9, Red Sox 8: The A’s rallied for three in the ninth with a few hits and a couple Boston errors, and won it in the 11th on Adam Kennedy’s RBI single. The tying run off Papelbon wasn’t exactly smoked (infield single), but he’s been having problems putting runners on base all year before finally blowing hitters away.

Padres 3, Reds 2: Kevin Kouzmanoff, whose name sounds like he could be one of Tony’s neighbors in Montclair, had two RBIs including the go-ahead sac fly in the seventh.

iankinslerRangers 7, Tigers 3: Rookie Lucas French experienced his first shellacking in the big leagues. It’s ok though, the Rangers and Ian Kinsler will do that to you.

Cards 10, Dodgers 0: Billingsley was just awful. Six earned runs and six walks over 5 1/3.

Mark McGwire’s memorable appearance on WCW Monday Nitro. Even Scott Steiner made fun of Big Mac. Fast forward to the 2:30 mark. Still can’t get over NWO’s music: