San Diego 3 – New York 2

W: Chad Qualls (6-6) L: Jonathon Niese (11-9) S: Heath Bell (32)
HR: Cameron Maybin (7)
SB: Cameron Maybin 2 (29), Jesus Guzman (7), Will Venable (22), Justin Turner (7)

- Cameron Maybin had a sick fantasy day by reaching base three times, hitting a home run and swiping two bags. Small sample size alert! Maybin only has 4 Ks in August (43 at-bats) after striking out 24 times in July (108 at-bats).

- Lucas Duda (1-for-3, BB, 2 RBI) is now hitting .375 over nine August games.

- Cory Luebke only lasted five innings (109 pitches), striking out eight but walking four. Over his previous eight starts he hadn't given up more than two walks in any outing. Oddly, Luebke came into the contest with a 4.05/1.94 home/away ERA split.

Tampa Bay 4 – Kansas City 1

W: Jeff Niemann (7-4) L: Danny Duffy (3-6) S: Kyle Farnsworth (21)
SB: Alex Gordon (10), Melky Cabrera (15)
CS: Eric Hosmer (5), Sean Rodriguez (5)

- Ben Zobrist had a double, triple, walk and 2 RBI to pace the offense while Jeff Niemann settled down after a rocky first inning. The Royals had runners on second and third with no outs in the first and only managed to get one runner across the plate.

- Casey Kotchman went 0-for-3 but came into the game hitting .471 in August (nine games).

Cincinnati 2 – Colorado 1

W: Johnny Cueto (8-5) L: Jhoulys Chacin (9-9) S: Francisco Cordero (22)
HR: Seth Smith (12)

- Johnny Cueto pitched a gem, allowing only three hits while striking out nine and walking three. It was revealed after his last start he had pitched feeling under the weather which was the likely cause for the hiccup. Outside of a two-run first inning, Chacin went eight innings giving up two runs while striking out nine.

-  Jay Bruce kept up his mini-hot streak with a 2-for-4 day at the plate.

Oakland 10 – Toronto 3

W: Guillermo Moscoso (5-6) L: Brad Mills (1-2)
HR: J.P. Arencibia (19)  

- The A's offense continued to roll being paced by Hideki Matsui (4-for-6) and Cliff Pennington (1-for-3, 3 walks). Matsui is batting .378 in August.

- Brad Mills was lit up for six runs in only three inning but managed five strikeouts. Guillermo Moscoso gave up only one earned run over six innings, striking out six and walking two.

- After hitting a grand slam yesterday, Brett Lawrie went 0-for-3 with a walk. It's worth noting he committed his second error in only six games.

New York 6 – Los Angeles 5

W: Rafael Soriano (2-1) L: Fernando Rodney (2-4) S: Mariano Rivera (30)
HR: Alberto Callaspo (4), Russell Branyan (3), Curtis Granderson (32), Robinson Cano (20)
CS: Brett Gardner (11)

- Tyler Chatwood threw five scoreless innings before Curtis Granderson popped up…and it turned into a home run. Granderson initially put his head down in disgust upon hitting it to only hear the roar of the crowd as the ball carried over the short right field wall. That's three homers in the last two days for the Grandy man.

- The Angels were almost able to keep it a 2-2 tie except an error by Maicer Izturis loaded the bases for Robinson Cano. Instead of the Angels being out of the inning with a tie game, Cano blasted a grand slam which proved to be the difference in the game.

Chicago 4 – Washington 3

W: Ryan Dempster (10-8) L: Jordan Zimmermann (7-10) S: Carlos Marmol (26)
HR: Ryan Zimmerman (6), Aramis Ramirez (21), Carlos Pena (22)
CS: Danny Espinosa 2 (4)

- Considering the return of power in Aramis Ramirez, who has more homers at the end of the season between him and Carlos Pena?

- If you take out a bad start against the Phillies in the middle of July, Ryan Dempster has 11 straight starts of giving up three runs or less. With today's outing, Jordan Zimmermann has only allowed eight walks over his last 57.1 innings (1.25 BB/9).

Chicago 6 – Baltimore 3

W: Mark Buehrle (10-5) L: Chris Tillman (3-5) S: Sergio Santos (25)
HR: Alexei Ramirez (12), Nick Markakis (11)
SB: Juan Pierre (19)

- The Sox got to Chris Tillman early, chasing him after 2.2 innings to the tune of six earned runs. Mark Buehrle gave up three runs over eight innings en route to win number 10.

- A.J. Pierzynski is seeing the ball pretty good these days as his 3-for-5 day brought him to 10-for-17 (.588) over his last four games.

- Nick Markakis' home run was the 100th for his career.

Detroit 4 – Cleveland 3

W: Justin Verlander (17-5) L: Fausto Carmona (5-12) S: Jose Valverde (33)
HR: Carlos Santana (18)
SB: Lou Marson (2)

- Justin Verlander struck out 10 while walking only 3 over seven innings and Joaquin Benoit and Jose Valverde each pitched a clean inning to lead Detroit over Cleveland. Verlander has now thrown 195 innings with a 196:41 K:BB ratio, a 2.35 ERA and a 0.87 WHIP.

- A costly throwing error in the first inning on Lonnie Chisenhall accounted for an unearned run which could be pointed to as the difference in the game. Another pivotal point in the game occurred when Carlos Guillen lined into a double play with the bases loaded and only one out in the third inning.

St. Louis 5 – Milwaukee 2

W: Chris Carpenter (8-8) L: Yovani Gallardo (13-8) S: Fernando Salas (22)
HR: Rafael Fucal (3), Albert Pujols (28)
SB: Jon Jay (6)

- So much for Albert Pujols and his struggles against the Brewers. Sir Albert went 4-for-4 as the 1 thru 4 hitters for the Cardinals combined to go 8-for-16. The rest of the lineup went 1-for-17.

- Yadier Molina now has a 14 game hitting streak.

Arizona 8 – Houston 5

W: J.J. Putz (2-2) L: Jeff Fulchino (1-4)
HR: Chris Young (17), Paul Goldschmidt (2)
SB: Jose Altuve (2)
CS: Jason Bourgeois (6), J.D. Martinez (1), Jimmy Paredes (2), Brian Bogusevic (1)

- The Astros appeared to have the game in hand until Paul Goldschmidt cracked a two-run homer to tie the game with two outs in the ninth inning. Chris Young ended the game in the bottom of the 10th with a three-run shot of his own.

- In case you haven't been following the Astros, they're quite an interesting team these days. They resemble more of a minor league team than a major league team with their current lineup. That being said, most of their team in probably on the waiver wire and judging by all the stolen base attempts, there's a diamond or two in the old proverbial rough here.

- He's been awesome with the bat but Justin Upton committed his 11th error in the outfield. To put it in perspective, the next worst player for that stat is Angel Pagan with eight and then Alfonso Soriano with seven.

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