San Diego 6 – Atlanta 4: The most impressive thing about these Padres? They keep their composure around so many strapping young gentlemen from Atlanta. San Diego rallied for two against Billy Wagner in the ninth, and won it with Nick Hundley’s pinch-hit two-run double in the twelfth inning. David Eckstein had to be placed on the DL with a calf-strain. The little fella was being too scrappy for his own good.

NY Yankees 10 – Angels of Anaheim 6: Javier Vazquez had ten days rest and a six run cushion and still nearly blew this game. The Ponce native became only the third pitcher to beat all 30 MLB teams. Him doing it shows how meaningless that accomplishment is. Colin Curtis already beat cancer, so icing the game with a three-run homer (his first) after entering the game with an 0-2 count was no problem.

Pittsburgh 15-Milwaukee 3: 15 runs. 18 hits. That’s not a game for Pittsburgh. That’s a week. Ken Macha left Randy Wolf handcuffed to the rubber with a ball gag. He gave up 12 runs and 13 hits over 5 2/3 innings, the worst start of his career.  Pittsburgh rookie Pedro Alvarez hit two home runs, giving him seven in his last 14 games. He will excite fans until 2012, when the Pirates trade him for two C+ prospects and a bag of peanuts. You must have built something technically to “rebuild,” no?

Mariners 2 – White Sox 1: After lulling fans to sleep for about two hours and fifteen minutes, the bats awoke in the eleventh. Omar Vizquel (Really? He’s still playing?) drove in Gordon Beckham to give the Sox the lead in the top of the inning. Franklin Gutierrez won it with a two run single in the bottom of the inning. Baseball will never catch on in this country. There’s not enough scoring. For those keeping track of such things, this is the eighth time this season Felix Hernandez has gone seven or more innings allowing two runs or less and not won.

Arizona 4 – NY Mets 3: Chris Snyder hit an RBI single to win it for the D-Backs. The Mets were swept in the series and have lost six out of seven on their western swing. Alex Cora startled teammates and assembled media by removing his hairshirt, and beginning his post-loss self-flagellation.

Strasburg and Co. 8 – Cincinnati 5: Cooperstown-bound Stephen Strasburg had the worst outing of his unworldly career. He gave up three runs over 5 2/3 innings. Humanized!  If he pitched for the Mets, there would already be columns about his slump.

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