Foul Ball is your daily baseball recap10 Giants 0 Cardinals: Tim Lincecum blew away the Cardinals. Lincecum pitched a complete game two-hit shutout. Lincecum struck out eight while not walking a single hitter. Travis Ishigawa hit a three-run home run and the Giants added five more runs in the seventh inning. Then Juan Uribe homered in the eighth inning to put the final nail in the Cardinals coffin.
6 White Sox 3 Indians: Gavin Floyd went 7 2/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs for Chicago. The White Sox defense turned two double plays and picked up an outfield assist in the game. Phenom Gordan Beckham knocked in two runs for the White Sox. Scary moment happened in the game when White Sox's hitter Alexi Ramirez was beamed in the head. Of course Indians manager was thrown out of the game. Wonder when Cleveland finally fires that lame duck?
4 Red Sox 0 Orioles: Boston has owned Baltimore lately, and nothing changed in this game. D.L. Drew hit a two-run homer and Jon Lester went seven innings, striking out eight in the game. Boston stole three bases off of Baltimore phenom Matt Wieters.
4 Rays 1 Blue Jays: The Rays beat Roy Halladay and are now only a 1.5 games behind the Yankees in the AL Wild Card standings. Carl Crawford and Pat Burrell each homered in the game for Tampa Bay. Jeff Niemann went 7 1/3 innings giving up four hits and one run for Tampa Bay. The Rays stole three bases in the game and were caught twice.
10 Brewers 6 Mets: The Brewers took a 1 1/2 game lead over St. Louis in the NL Central standings with their win over the Triple-A Mets. Casey McGehee hit a grand slam in the game, right after he committed a costly error at third base. Braden Looper picked his sixth win of the season and Trevor Hoffman picked up his 18th save of the season.
3 Cubs 1 Pirates: What's a way to break out of the slump? Play the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hell even Mt. Milton Bradley went 2 for 4 in the game with one RBI. Rich Harden pitched in seven innings giving up nine hits, one run, and nine strikeouts. And more good news for the Cubs, Aramis Ramirez will make a rehab start and is expected to be back in the majors by early July.
4 Royals 2 Twins: Royals catcher Miguel Olivo homered, tripled and drove in two runs for Kansas City to help them pick up the win. Alberto Callaspo also homered in the game for Kansas City. Luke Hochevar went seven innings giving up two hits and no runs.
Create a Caption: Tim Lincecum made Albert Pujols look like a joke in the first inning of the Giants-Cardinals game.
Timmy was great last night.
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