Friday MLB Recap

American League

Baltimore 7 Detroit 5
-- Miggy went yard for the second consecutive game. Jorge Julio earned save number 8.

K.C. 2 Minnesota 1
-- Michael Cuddyer hit his 5th HR of the year to account for the Twins only run. Tony Graffanino beat out an RBI infield single in the bottom of the ninth in his first game since April 30 to end the game.

B-Jays 5 Rangers 4
-- Delgado went deep the 8th time. Jason Frasor, Toronto's closer of the week, earned his 3rd save of the year.

Boston 8 Seattle 4
-- David Ortiz hit a grand slam to up his MLB leading RBI total to 43. Pedro moved to5-3 by striking out 9 Mariners over 7 innings.

Indians 1 A's 0
-- Casey Blake hit a walk off solo shot in the 9th innning for the win.

New York 7 Tampa Bay 5
-- Mariano Rivera picked up career save 300. Damn Yankees.

ChiSox 4 Halos 3
-- Paul Konerko went 3-5 with 3 RBI including the game winner on a single in the bottom of the ninth. Anahiem has lost 4 in a row, all by one run.

National League

Pirates 9 Cubs 5 Game 1
Pirates 5 Cubs 4 Game 2
-- Rob Mackowiak hit a walk-off grand slam to win the first game of this double header. He also hit a game tying jack in the night cap. Craig "I love mullets" Wilson hit a walk off solo shot in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Reds 7 Expos 6
-- Ken Griffey Jr. continued his resugence by hitting his 12th HR of the season. It was his 493rd career jack, tying him for 20th all-time with Lou Gehrig. Danny Graves got his 22nd save of the year.

Phillies 3 Braves 2
-- Tomas Perez tied the game with a double in the 8th and hit a game winning HR in the 10th. Congrats, go buy an H.

Marlins 2 Mets 1
-- Luis Castillo went 3-3, scored a run, and drove in another to lead the fish. Todd Zeile went yard for the Mets only run. Dontrelle Willis improved to 5-3 while Tom Glavine dropped to 6-3.

Cardinals 2 Astros 1
-- Ray Lankford scored the game winning run in the top of the 10th inning on an Octavio Dotel balk. Scott Rolen hit his 12th HR of the year.

D'Backs 6 Dodgers 3
-- Big Unit improved to 6-4. Luis Gonzalez hit HR #13.

Giants 4 Rockies 2
-- The Giants scored all 4 of their runs in the bottom of the 9th. Barry Bonds hit a 2-run HR to break a 2-2 tie and end the game. I do not understand why they pitched to Bonds when they did not have to.

Padres 5 Brew-Crew 3
-- Brian Lawrence gave up 1 run on 4 hits over 7 innings. He also struck out 10 to improve to 7-3 on the year. Trevor Hoffman picked up save 13 on the year.