American League
NY Yankees 9 LA Angels 18 - The season's best, in the category of best individual single game performance, goes to
Garret Anderson, who had four hits in six at-bats, all for extra bases - 2 doubles, a 3-run homer and a grand slam - and drove in 10 runs, outscoring the entire Yankees' team by a run. His teammates added another 8 runs in the debacle, pushing New York 6 games behind AL East-leading Boston and 2 1/2 behind Seattle in the wild card standings.
Alex Rodriguez did his best to keep the his team in the game with a pair of homers and 3 RBI, but the night belonged to Anderson and the Angels. Yankee starter
Mike Mussina (8-9) was absolutely shelled, giving up 7 runs on 7 hits in his shortest outing of the season, 1 2/3 innings.
Seattle 7 Minnesota 2 - In not-as-dramtic fashion, the Mariners continued to dog the Angels with their 5th straight win.
Ichiro Suzuki went 3-6 and stole his 35th base. Seattle is 13-5 in August and trails Los Angeles by 2 games.
Cleveland 1 Detroit 2 - Two swings did in
Fausto Carmona and the first-place Indians.
Magglio Ordonez and
Carlos Guillen knocked back-to-back homers in the 5th inning, while starter
Jair Jurrjens, a rookie from Curacao, allowed the Tribe just one hit -
Jhonny Peralta's 6th inning home run - over 6 2/3 innings. From there, the Tigers' stingy bullpen, revitalized with the return of
Joel Zumaya and
Francisco Rodney, put in a no-hit effort, with
Todd Jones working the 9th for his 32nd save.
Other AL Scores
Texas 2 Baltimore 6
Oakland 6 Toronto 4
Boston 8 Tampa Bay 6
Kansas City 2 Chi White Sox 5
National League
San Diego 6 NY Mets 7 - It was moving night in the National League, as most of the divisional and wild card contenders were in action against each other. The Mets came away winners when
Luis Castillo singled home Marlon Anderson with the game-winner off closer Trevor Hoffman, who suffered his 4th blown save of the season.
Carlos Beltran singled, doubled, and homered in 3 at-bats, driving in 5 runs for the Mets. Beltran has 6 homers in his last 10 games and is hitting .351 (13-37) and has 18 RBI since returning from a stint on the DL August 10.
LA Dodgers 4 Philadelphia 5 - The Phillies kept pace, but remain 5 back of the Mets, though they did get some help from their division rivals. With the Mets defeating the Padres, Philly moved into a tie atop the wild card standings with San Diego.
Florida 2 St. Louis 5 - In the Central, the Cardinals remained 3 back of both the Cubs and Brewers, scoring 4 times in the 8th inning for the come-from-behind win.
Milwaukee 7 Arizona 4 - The Brewers used
Gabe Gross's grand slam in a 5-run 7th inning to snap a 2-2 tie and overwhelm the NL West-leading Diamondbacks, beating them for the second straight night.
Chi Cubs 5 San Francisco 1 - The Cubs waited until their final at-bat to ruin the night for San Francisco fans. Giants' starter
Tim Lincecum protected a 1-0 lead until the ninth, when the Cubs finally broke through on
Derrek Lee's RBI single. After Lincecum was lifted, it got worse, as Cliff Floyd and Jason Kendall drove in two runs each for the win.
Other NL Scores
Atlanta 7 Cincinnati 8
Washington 11 Houston 6
Pittsburgh 2 Colorado 9
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