We'll open this post immediately with a procrastinator's link, showing the Sunday scores here. Now, regarding Monday's games, here's how they went down...
The Boston Red Sox opened by hosting the Toronto Blue Jays, and blowing them out 9-1. Daisuke Matsuzaka had the win, while Ricky Romero took the loss. Yunel Escobar (1 for 4, 1 RBI) and Jed Lowrie (4 for 5, 4 RBIs) were the top batters. Boston took the series 3-1.
This was followed by another blowout, with the Tampa Bay Rays defeating their guests, the Chicago White Sox 5-0. Edwin Jackson was the losing pitcher, while opponent David Price had a dominating win. Ramon Castro (1 for 3) and Felipe Lopez (3 for 4, 3 RBIs) took top batting honors.
Just to keep it interesting, the Philadelphia Phillies did not smash the visiting Milwaukee Brewers. Shaun Marcum and Joe Blanton did the pitching. Philadelphia opened with a Ryan Howard single to knock in Placido Polanco. Milwaukee replied in the third inning with Carlos Gomez's single and eventual reach to second base on an error, while Jonathan Lucroy scored, followed by Ryan Braun hitting a single to finish the trip around for Gomez. The Phillies retied it in the seventh on Shane Victorino's reaching on a fielder's choice, forcing around Wilson Valdez. The Brewers took the lead back as Yunieskey Betancourt's groundout provided safe passage for Braun to reach the plate. Philadelphia retied it at 3 with Pete Orr's single, scoring Carlos Ruiz. The tie lasted until the 12th inning, where Milwaukee got busy with a Braun sacrifice fly to bring around Rickie Weeks, Betancourt also hitting a sacrifice fly to do the same for Gomez, and Lucroy singling in Prince Fielder. After the Phillies failed in the bottom of the inning, the final had Milwaukee up 6-3. They had holds from Sean Green and Kameron Loe, but matching blown saves by Sergio Mitre and John Axford, before Brandon Kintzler got the win. Kyle Kendrick's implosion took the loss. Braun and Howard were the best batters.
To Baltimore, with the Orioles hosting the Minnesota Twins. Francisco Liriano and Chris Tillman were on the mound. Minnesota opened with a two-RBI double by Drew Butera to knock in both Michael Cuddyer and Danny Valencia. Valencia scored in Delmon Young with a groundout in the fourth inning for the Twins. Baltimore found the scoreboard with a pair of solo shots in the seventh inning, as both Adam Jones and Matt Wieters went yard. Minnesota got back a cushion with Butera's single scoring Jason Repko, and a later wild pitch brought in Valencia again. The Orioles cut the deficit to 5-3 with a Luke Scott solo home run, but they would lose by that score with a lack of runs. Tillman had the loss, Liriano took the win, holds went to Jose Mijares and Jim Hoey, and new closer Matt Capps had the save. Butera and Jones were the top batters.
Westward a bit, to Cincinnati, with the Reds hosting the Pittsburgh Pirates, the latter beating the former 9-3 in a blowout. Kevin Correia won against Travis Wood in the pitching column. Steve Pearce (2 for 4, 2 RBIs) and Chris Heisey (1 for 2, 2 RBIs) were the top batters. As a sidenote, Correia had a complete game.
Onward to Chicago, with the Cubs hosting the San Diego Padres. Tim Stauffer opposed Carlos Zambrano from the mound. The game had no score until Chicago's Tyler Colvin had a pinch-hit double in the tenth inning to bring in Geovany Soto and win the game 1-0 for the Cubs. Chad Qualls was the unlucky loser, and Carlos Marmol got the win. Jason Bartlett (2 for 4) and Colvin (1 for 1, 1 RBI) were the game's best batters in a pitching heavy duel.
South to Texas, where the Rangers blew out the Los Angeles Angels 7-1. Ervin Santana suffered the loss, while C.J. Wilson had the win. Howie Kendrick (2 for 4, 1 RBI) and Adrian Beltre (2 for 4, 3 RBIs) were the best hitters.
To Missouri, where the Kansas City Royals hosted the Cleveland Indians. Carlos Carrasco and Kyle Davies got the ball for the starts, although they did not feature in the 7-3 Indians victory decision. Joe Smith was the winner, Jeremy Jeffress blew a save, and Tim Collins completed the failure with the loss. Grady Sizemore (3 for 5, 1 RBI) and Melky Cabrera (1 for 5, 1 RBI) were the best of the batters.
Westward farther to Colorado, where the Rockies welcomed the San Francisco Giants, who proceeded to smash them 8-1. Tim Lincecum and Esmil Rogers played from the mound, and they were the winner and loser in that order. Nate Schierholtz (3 for 4, 2 RBIs) and Todd Helton (2 for 3, 1 RBI) were the top hitters.
Up to Seattle, where the Mariners got pounded 8-3 by the Detroit Tigers. Max Scherzer and Jason Vargar were the pitchers, and Scherzer did get the win, while Vargas had a no-decision, placing the loss on Josh Lueke's mitt. Jhonny Peralta (2 for 5, 3 RBIs) and Milton Bradley (2 for 3, 2 RBIs) were the best hitters.
Down the coast to Los Angeles, where the Dodgers hosted the Atlanta Braves. Tim Hudson opposed Ted Lilly in the pitching. Los Angeles opened in the first inning on a Matt Kemp single bringing in Aaron Miles before James Loney did the same thing for both Kemp and Casey Blake. Jerry Sands added on for the Dodgers in the third inning with a sacrifice fly bringing in Juan Uribe. Atlanta got on the board in the ninth inning with Freddie Freeman's groundout allowing passage home for Brian McCann and Nate McLouth doubling in Dan Uggla. This made the score 4-2, the final. Hudson took the loss and Lilly got the win. McLouth and Loney were the top batting recipients.
That's all for now. More procrastinating and then some real coverage later in the week.
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