Foul Ball: Rock Bottom For The Rays?

Tampa Bay 1 Arizona 2: One team in desperate need of the All-Star break is the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays have slid down the AL East standings and may have hit rock bottom this weekend. On Friday Diamondbacks pitcher Edwin Jackson no-hit the Rays, the third time in less than a year the Rays have been no-hit, and then yesterday teammates Evan Longoria and B.J. Upton got into a fight in the dugout. The Rays started as the best team in the league, but have slid recently. Also the Rays lineup seems to disappear when they don't score early. (See games vs. Mark Buerhle, Dallas Braden, Edwin Jackson) Joe Maddon will have to pull some strings to get this team back on track.

San Francisco 1 Boston 5: While Tampa Bay is struggling, Boston is surging this despite the fact the Red Sox lost Dustin Pedroia and Clay Buckholtz in two games against the Giants. The Sox pounded Tim Lincecum on Sunday knocking him out of the game by the fourth inning. David Ortiz hit a mammoth home run into McCovey Cove off of Lincecum in the first inning.

Atlanta 4 Detroit 10: Brennan Boesch went 2-for-5 with three RBIs while hitting his 12th home run of the season to propel the Tigers over the Braves. The Tigers had 17 hits in the game, 16 of them singles. Ramon Santiago and Austin Jackson had two RBIs each while Justin Verlander picked up his ninth victory of the season.

Chi White Sox 6 Chi Cubs 8: Which started as an embarrassing weekend for the Cubs, turned into a much needed reinforcement for the young guys. Cubs rookies Tyler Colvin and Starlin Castro had big days which included a home run by Colvin and two runs scored by Castro. Ryan Dempster evened his record on the year at 6-6 and Carlos Marmol worked a scary ninth before finally retiring the White Sox.

Toronto 2 Philadelphia 11: The Phillies took advantage of the home field err road advantage against the Blue Jays by scoring 4 runs in the second inning. Jamie Moyer gave up his 506th career home run breaking Robin Roberts record, but other than that the old man was sharp. Moyer pitched seven innings giving up six hits, two runs, 1 home runs, while striking out seven.

Texas 10 Houston 1: Poor Roy Oswalt he continues to struggle on a terrible team. Oswalt was pounded for seven hits and eight runs in 4 2/3 innings against the Rangers. Josh Hamilton continued his 21-game hitting streak with a home run off of Oswalt in the second inning while also knocking three runs.

Florida 2 San Diego 4: The Padres continue to win, while I continue to sink into depression knowing the fact that once again the Giants will be on the outside looking at the playoffs again.

Baltimore 4 Washington 3: The Orioles swept the Natinals while on the verge of naming Bobby Valentine as their manager. I actually only posted this score to make Kris happy. I have no idea if Baltimore is going to name Valentine their manager.

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Video of the Day: An old school Pizza Hut commercial starring Carlton Fisk and Rich Dotson.