Today we have a reduced schedule of games on a travel day, but we begin with...
The Pittsburgh Pirates series opener with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chad Billinsley went up against Jeff Karstens. Los Angeles got started in the first with a Juan Uribe single to score Aaron Miles. Garrett Jones tied it for Pittsburgh with his own RBI-single, bringing around Ronny Cedeno. The Pirates got back at in the eighth with three consecutive doubles to score players, hit by Neil Walker, Lyle Overbay, and Ryan Doumit, which scored a pinch runner Xavier Paul, Walker, and Overbay. This made the final 4-1 for the Pirates. Billingsley took a tough loss, while Jose Veras got the win and Joel Hanrahan converted the save. Billingsley (2-2) and Doumit (3-4, 1 RBI) had the best days at the plate.
Up to Toronto, with the Toronto Blue Jays closing up a series with the Detroit Tigers. Max Scherzer and Brandon Morrow played from the mound. Jose Bautista led off for Toronto in the first with a double to bring in Corey Patterson. The Blue Jays added another run with a solo shot from Yunel Escobar. Detroit got going in the fourth with Victor Martinez doubling in Brennan Boesch, Don Kelly singling in Miguel Cabrera, Austin Jackson lining a three-RBI double to bring around Martinez, Kelly, and Alex Avila, and another double by Roman Santiago to finish Jackson's trip. The Tigers did some more damage in the seventh inning as Martinez ripped a two-run tater to also score Boesch, a Ryan Raburn single scoring Brandon Inge, and Jackson's reaching base as Edwin Encarnacion fumbled the play allowing Jhonny Peralta to reach home safely. Toronto did a little work in the ninth as Patterson hit a two-RBI double, which benefited David Cooper and Jose Molina, followed by an Encarnacion single that finished Patterson's trip around, leaving the score at 10-5, the final. Scherzer took the win and Morrow took the loss. Martinez (3-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI) and Escobar (2-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI) were the best hitters. Detroit took the series 3-1.
Continuing along to Florida, with the Marlins hosting the Philadelphia Phillies. Joe Blanton and Javier Vazquez got the starting nods. Philadelphia led off with a first inning solo home run by Jimmy Rollins. Florida answered with a Gaby Sanchez double, which knocked in both Chris Coghlan and Hanley Ramirez. The Marlins added on with Coghlan's RBI single that brought in Omar Infante. The Phillies got back at it in the third with Ryan Howard's single that would score Blanton, followed by a Ross Gload single that knocked in Rollins, and later Placido Polanco after an error by Emilio Bonifacio. Philadelphia scored some more in the fifth with Polanco's sacrifice fly allowing Shane Victorino to reach home and Gload's single driving home Howard. Florida got one back to make it 6-4 with a solo shot by Sanchez. They would lose by this score, sticking the decision on Vazquez, while Blanton picked up the win and Ryan Madson converted the save. Rollins (2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI) and Sanchez (3-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI) were the best hitters.
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