May 30th

May 30th - Another night of baseball equals the NY Mets getting shut out for the first time! Barry Zito got his fifth win of the season while Pedro Feliz had two hits and three RBIs to lead the Giants past the Mets 3-0. Also, Paul Lo Duca got his 1,000th career hit during the game!

Torii Hunter walked with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, forcing in the winning run as the Twins rallied from a 6-1 deficit to complete a three-game sweep of the White Sox with a 7-6 victory.

The Atlanta Braves scored seven runs in the eighth inning off three different Milwaukee relievers to beat the Brewers 9-3. Atlanta's Brian McCann got a taste of redemption. An inning after the catcher had a ball slip by him that allowed the Brewers to score the go-ahead run, McCann's three-run double put the Braves in front to stay.

Dan Haren won his sixth straight decision, giving up four hits in eight innings and lowering his ERA to an AL-leading 1.64 in the Athletics' 6-1 victory over the Rangers.

Derek Lowe pitched seven scoreless innings, reached base three times and scored once as the Dodgers shut out the Nationals for the second straight game. Russell Martin hit a two-run homer in the sixth for a 4-0 lead. The Dodgers went on to win 5-0.

Paul Byrd won his fifth straight decision and extended his streak without issuing a walk to 43 innings, and the Cleveland Indians came from behind for an 8-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.

Randy Johnson can etch his name in record books once again. He won the battle with Jaime Moyer in the oldest matchup of lefties in MLB history, giving up just one hit in six innings as the D-Backs swept the three-game series with the Phillies. The D-Backs won the game 4-3.

Johnny Damon hit a home run to spark a five-run first inning, and Alex Rodriguez distracted the Blue Jays as the Yankees stepped out of their slump and ended a five-game losing streak with a 10-5 win.

Chris Young combined with two relievers on a five-hit shutout, giving up four hits and fanning seven in seven innings of the Padres' 9-0 victory over the Pirates.

James Shields, who powered through a stretch where he retired 13 straight batters, threw the second complete game of his career and the Devil Rays rallied from a 3-0 first-inning deficit to rebound from a brutal 14-2 loss to the Tigers. The Devil Rays went on to win the game 5-3.

Jay Payton's single in the eighth inning yielded the winning run as the Orioles beat the Royals 3-0 in an old-fashioned pitching duel between Baltimore's Erik Bedard and Kansas City's Gil Meche.

Dan Uggla homered twice, and Miguel Cabrera and Josh Willingham went deep to lead the Marlins to a 9-0 shutout against the Cubs.

The Angels scored four runs in the first and three in the fifth, including a three-run shot by Vladimir Guerrero, to hold off the Mariners on Wednesday night and get an 8-6 win.

Aaron Harang tossed a six-hitter, striking out seven, retiring 14 straight between the second and seventh innings and pitching a scoreless ninth to finish his ninth career complete game in the Reds' 4-3 win over the Astros, the 10th consecutive loss for Houston.

Todd Wellemeyer earned a victory in his first major league start as the Cardinals beat Colorado 8-4 to end the Rockies' seven-game winning streak.

STANDINGS

AL EAST
Boston 36 16 .692 -
Baltimore 26 27 .491 10.5
Toronto 24 28 .462 12
Tampa Bay 22 29 .431 13.5
NY Yankees 22 29 .431 13.5

AL CENTRAL
Cleveland 32 19 .627 -
Detroit 30 22 .577 2.5
Minnesota 27 25 .519 5.5
Chicago Sox 24 24 .500 6.5
Kansas City 19 35 .352 14.5

AL WEST
LA Angels 33 21 .611 -
Seattle 25 24 .510 5.5
Oakland 26 26 .500 6
Texas 19 34 .358 13.5

NL EAST
NY Mets 33 18 .647 -
Atlanta 30 23 .566 4
Philadelphia 26 27 .491 8
Florida 26 27 .491 8
Washington 21 32 .396 13

NL CENTRAL
Milwaukee 29 24 .547 -
Pittsburgh 23 29 .442 5.5
Chicago Cubs 22 29 .431 6
St. Louis 21 29 .420 6.5
Houston 21 31 .404 7.5
Cincinnati 21 33 .389 8.5

NL WEST
LA Dodgers 31 21 .596 -
Arizona 32 23 .582 .5
San Diego 30 22 .577 1
San Francisco 25 26 .490 5.5
Colorado 25 28 .472 6.5

May 29th

Well it was another exciting night of baseball as the NY Mets and the SF Giants took their game into an exciting 12th inning. Omar Vizguel scored on a groundball to Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado. But the mets weren't going down without a fight, Jose Reyes led off with a walk and then advanced to second on a balk called against Armando Benitez. After an Endy Chavez sac bunt and a Carlos Beltran groundout there was a runner on third, 2 outs with Delgado up at-bat. Another balk was called and Jose Reyes scored tieing the game. Within a couple of pitches Delgado hit a walk off homer to right and the Mets Won the game!
Final Score: Mets 5 - Giants 4

The Red Sox beat the Indians 4-2 with Josh Beckett picking up his major league leading 8th win. The flaming Kevin Youkilis kept his flame alive as he picked up 2 RBI's and his 8th Home Run. The Red Sox win gives them their 5th win in a row and a very comfortable 11.5 game lead for the divison.

In the Dodgers and Nationals game the Dodgers completely blew out the Nationals 10-0. This was the LA Dodgers 3rd shutout of the season. The pitcher of the game was Brad Penny who picked up his 7th win and completely shut down the Nationals lineup. The hitter of the game was Juan Pierre of the LA Dodgers who picked uo 4 extra base hits in this single game. This win gave the Dodgers a .5 game lead over the Diamondbacks.

The Yankees fell to the Blue Jays 4-3 as Pettite picks up his 4th lose and the Yankees fall behind the Red Sox by 14.5 games. Toronto gained a 2-1 lead in the seventh when Jays second baseman Aaron Hill stole home. In the 8th Toronto outfielder Alex Rios hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth to put the Blue Jays up 3-2 and hand the Yankees their fifth straight loss.

Orlando Hudson drove in four runs on four hits and the Diamondbacks beat the Phillies for their sixth straight win. The Diamondbacks pounded the Phillies 11-5 which put the Phillies 8 games behind the Mets for the Division.

Gary Sheffield homered twice and drove in five runs and Jeremy Bonderman won his fourth straight start as the Tigers ended a four-game losing streak with a 14-2 victory over the Devil Rays.

Tom Gorzelanny struck out four in seven innings and Adam LaRoche finished with three hits for the Pirates, who got their fourth win in five games. Jason Bay also picked up his 8th home run in this game.

Jeremy Guthrie pitched seven strong innings and the Orioles beat Kansas City to hand the Royals their sixth straight loss. The final score of the game was 6-2 in favor of the Orioles. Ramon Hernandez drove in two runs for the Orioles. Hernandez, who hit a grand slam Monday night, also singled home a run in the sixth as the Orioles notched their fourth four-game winning streak.

Justin Morneau drove in four runs to lead the Twins past the White Sox for their third straight win with the final score being 9-2 in favor of the Twins. Morneau's third inning homer gave Minnesota a 3-1 lead. Jason Kubel added a two-run homer, and Michael Cuddyer and Luis Castillo each had three hits.

John Smoltz left in the fourth inning after hurting his shoulder and re-injuring his right pinkie finger as the Braves lost to the slumping Brewers 5-4. Cordero picked up his 18th save in the Brewers win.

Ervin Santana allowed one run over seven innings to help the AL West-leading Angels increase their lead over the second-place Mariners. Ichiro Suzuki misplayed Robb Quinlan's flyball and let it drop behind him, leading to a pair of Angels runs in the fourth. The final score of the game was Angels 4 - Mariners 1.

Jeremy Hermida hit a tiebreaking three-run homer and Josh Willingham added a three-run double to power the Florida Marlins past the sinking Cubs. The final score of the game was Marlins 9 - Cubs 4.

Sammy Sosa lined a two-run single to left that got by a charging Shannon Stewart, breaking a scoreless tie in the sixth and helping the Texas Rangers end a season-worst six-game skid. This helped bring the Rangers to a 4-0 victory.

Houston starter Jason Jennings gave up three hits with three strikeouts and even had a stretch where he retired nine straight batters in his first start since April 8, but the Astros did not have enough firepower to end their nine-game loosing streak. Carlos Lee grounded into a game ending double ball with the bases loaded in the ninth to give the Astros a 2-1 lose.

Yorvit Torrealba hit a grand slam, Colorado's first this season, and Rodrigo Lopez struck out a season-high seven in six innings as the Rockies won their seventh straight. Colorado stomped on the Cardinals 8-3.

STANDINGS

AL EAST

Boston 36 15 .706 -
Baltimore 25 27 .481 11.5
Toronto 24 27 .471 12
Tampa Bay 21 29 .420 14.5
NY Yankees 21 29 .420 14.5

AL CENTRAL

Cleveland 31 19 .620 -
Detroit 30 21 .588 1.5
Chicago Sox 24 23 .511
Minnesota 26 25 .510 5.5
Kansas City 19 34 .358 13.5

AL WEST
LA Angels 32 21 .604 -
Seattle 25 23 .521 4.5
Oakland 25 26 .490 6
Texas 19 33 .365 12.5

NL EAST
NY Mets 33 17 .660 -
Atlanta 29 23 .558 5
Philadelphia 26 26 .500 8
Florida 25 27 .481 9
Washington 21 31 .404 13

NL CENTRAL
Milwaukee 29 23 .558 -
Pittsburgh 23 28 .451 5.5
Chicago Cubs 22 28 .440 6
Houston 21 30 .412 7.5
St. Louis 20 29 .408 7.5
Cincinnati 20 33 .377 9.5

NL WEST
LA Dodgers 30 21 .588 -
Arizona 31 23 .574 .5
San Diego 29 22 .569 1
Colorado 25 27 .481 5.5
San Francisco 24 26 .480 5.5