New York 6, Colorado 4: Like I said, nothing makes me happier than an NL West rival losing. Except of course if they blow a lead. So both Arizona and Colorado blew leads on Sunday. The Rockies blew a three-run lead and would eventually lose by two runs. Jeter's replacement Eduardo Nunez drove in the winning run for the Yankees on old-timers day.
Philadelphia 3, Oakland 1: The Phillies scored two runs off of Josh Outman in the first inning and it was all over for the A's. Sure the A's managed a run and eight hits off of Halladay and only struck out four times, but they still managed to leave five men on base and grounded into two double plays on the day. Jimmy Rollins went 4 for 4 against his hometown team scoring twice.
St. Louis 0, Toronto 5: The Blue Jays went to St. Louis and swept the struggling Cardinals and even shut them out in the series finale. Ricky Romero pitched a complete game shut out giving up only four hits and two walks while striking out five. The Blue Jays did most of their damage in the sixth inning by scoring four runs.
Baltimore 7, Cincinnati 5: The Reds and Orioles played a little home run derby with both teams combining to hit five home runs on the day. Out of those five home runs, only Derek Lee hit a home run with runners on base.
San Francisco 3, Cleveland 1: Unlike Arizona and Colorado, the Giants took care of business. In his first start since imploding against the Twins, Madison Bumgarner struck out a career high 11 batters in seven innings of work. Chris Stewart knocked in two runs for the Giants and Jeremy Affeldt struck out five out of six batters to pick up the two inning save.
Pittsburgh 2, Boston 4: The Pirates may have not swept the Red Sox, but at least they can say they came close. If not for four errors by the Long John Silvers, they might have swept the bloody laundry. Leaving eight men on base was also bad for the Pirates.
Houston 10, Tampa Bay 14: I love any game that features both teams scoring and hitting double digit numbers. Of course Houston was once again on the losing side and were swept at home again. Evan Longoria hit two home runs and drove in 5 runs, while B.J. Upton homered in every game in the series and knocked four runs.
Chicago 2, Washington 1: The Natinals sent John Mclaren out as a winner! McLaren, who filled in as the Natinals manager after the bizarre resignation of Jim Riggleman, hands over the managing duties to Davey Johnson who is still younger than Jack McKeon. Danny Espinosa drove in the winning runs in the seventh off a two-run home run.
San Diego 4, Atlanta 1: The lone non-Interleague game of the day saw both the Braves and Padres score only in the eighth inning, with the Padres out-scoring the Braves 4-1 in the eighth. All three games in this series were won by three or more runs.
Create a Caption: This is Miguel's sign that he needs another drink.
Video of the Day: Sparky Anderson's family reflects on the great man.
The amazing part about last night's Giants game. They struck out the Indians 16 times and 15 of those times were swinging strike outs. They didn't even give the umpire a chance to make a call.
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