Thursday MLB Recap

American League

Oaktown 3 D-town 2
-- Tim Hudson moved to 5-1 on the year by giving up one run over 8 innings. The Tigers stranded 12 men on base in their losing effort.

Seattle 11 Baltimore 0
-- Ichiro went 3-5 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored. Not too shabby. Jamie Moyer picked up the win to move to 2-2 on the season.

ChiSox 10 Twins 3
-- Frank Thomas had 4 hits and was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. He hit for 3 RBI. Paul Konerko hit 2 bombs to give him 8 on the year.

Spankees 6 Halos 2
-- Mike Mussina moved to 5-4 on the year. Damn Yankees

D-Rays 9 Sawx 6
-- Derek Lowe gave up 7 runs in 2 and 1/3 innings to prove once and for all that he is a mediorce pitcher.

National League

San Fran 5 Cubbies 3
-- These teams went to extra innings for the second consecutive game. Moises Alou hit his 11th HR of the year, but it was Nefi Perez's 1st bomb of the year that was the winner for the Giants.

Brew Crew 3 Xpos 2
-- Danny Kolb picked up save number 10 on the year. The Expos suck. Really bad.

Philly 4 L.A. 0
-- Philly capped a 3 game sweep of the Dodgers with a shutout. Brett Myers went 9 innings and gave up 5 hits to earn the win.

Marlins 6 Astros 3
-- Mike Lowell went yard twice and Armondo Beneitez picked up his 16th save of the year to lead the fish. Lance Berkman hit his 8th HR of the year in a losing effort.

Braves 5 D-Backs 1
-- Arizona only managed 3 hits. Julio Franco (yes that Julio Franco) homered in his second straight game to get his third HR of the year.

Cardinals 11 Mets 4
-- The Cardinals scored 6 runs in the ninth inning to put it out of reach. Albert Pujols hit his 10th HR while continuing to avoid the EASports video game injury curse.

Pirates 9 Padres 7
-- I just can't beleive that the Pirates won a game. Brian Giles went yard for the 7th time this year.

Reds 3 Rockies 1
-- Paul Wilson went 8 innings and only gave up 3 hits to move to 6-0. Danny Graves picked up his league leading 18th save. Vinny Cashstealer hit HR number 12 on the year.