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The Los Angeles Angels (76-46) take on the Tampa Bay Rays (75-48) in a matchup of the two top teams in the American League. The Angels are currently a virtual lock for the playoffs, as they have a 15.5 game lead over the Texas Rangers in the AL West. The Rays, in a tougher division, have a 4.5 game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. Game time is scheduled for 7:10 PM Eastern.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Angels and the Rays:

- Jon Garland (11-7, 4.26) will start for Los Angeles

- Andy Sonnanstine (12-6, 4.35) will start for Tampa Bay

- Garland has won 3 of his last 4 starts

- Los Angeles comes into the game with an ML Best road record, 39-23

- The Angels have won 10 of their last 15 home games

- Tampa Bay is 14-4 in their last 18 games

- Tampa Bay has won 41 of its last 51 home games

- The Angels are 6-4 in their last 10 games

- Tampa Bay is 7-3 in its last 10 games

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On Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Dodgers (64-60) defeated the Milwaukee Brewers (71-47) by a score of  7-5 to remain tied with the Arizona Diamondbacks atop the NL West. The win came largely from the bat of Andre Ethier, who had two homeruns in the game, including the 2 run walkoff to end the game. Milwaukee actually managed to tie the game in the top half of the 9th by scoring 4 runs to bring the total to 5-5, and the momentum looked to be in their favor. But Andre Ethier had other plans. His two homeruns, combined with teammates Matt Kemp and Manny Rameriz homers, helped give the Dodgers to win to remain competitive in the NL West.

Joe Beimel (4-0) was given the win, and Carlos Villanueva (4-6) was charged with the loss.

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The Milwaukee Brewers (70-52) will face the Los Angeles Dodgers (62-59) tonight in a game that both teams need a win in.  Milwaukee is 4.5 games behind Chicago in the NL Central and they need to keep winning to remain with the Cubs. The Brewers are 3 games ahead of St. Louis in the NL Wild Card. Los Angeles is tied atop the NL West with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Game time is scheduled for 10:40 PM Eastern at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Brewers and the Dodgers:

- Manny Parra (9-5, 4.02) will start for the Brewers

- Chad Billingsley (11-9, 3.07) takes the mound for the Dodgers

- Los Angeles is on a six game home winning streak

- Before losing on Thursday, Milwaukee had an eight game winning streak

- The Brewers are 13-3 on the road since the All Star break

- The Dodgers just completed a four game sweep of Philadelphia

- The Brewers are 34-29 on the road this season

- Los Angeles is 36-27 at home this season

- Milwaukee is 8-2 in its last 10 games

- Los Angeles is 6-4 in its last 10 games

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The Tampa Bay Rays (73-47) beat the Oakland Athletics (55-65) 7-6 in 12 innings on Thursday night. History was snapped in Tampa Bay’s win, as Oakland reliever Brad Ziegler’s streak of 39 consecutive scoreless innings tied a 59 year old major league record for relievers. B.J. Upton of the Rays an RBI double that scored Akinori Iwamura, who walked, to give the Rays a 5-4 lead in the ninth. Oakland managed to get a run in the bottom of the ninth to get the score even at 5-5.

In the 12th inning, Tampa Bay’s Carlos Pena hit his 23rd homerun of the season, which gave Tampa Bay a 6-5 lead. Dioner Navarro added an RBI single for insurance, and it was definitely needed, as Oakland did score in the bottom of the 12th. They only scored once, however, and Tampa earned the 7-6 victory to remain 3 games ahead of Boston in the AL East.

Jason Hammel (4-3) was given the win, and Santiago Castilla (2-1) was given the loss. Trever Miller was given the save.

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The St. Louis Cardinals (67-56) are scheduled to take on the Florida Marlins (63-58) tonight. The Cardinals lead the four game series 2-1 heading into the last meeting between the two tonight. St. Louis is 7.5 games behind Chicago in the NL Central, and 3.5 behind Milwaukee in the NL Wild Card.  Florida is 1.5 games behind New York and Philadelphia in the NL East. Game time is scheduled for 7:10 PM Eastern at Dolphin Stadium in Florida.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Cardinals and the Marlins:

-Todd Wellemeyer (9-4, 4.01) starts for St. Louis

-Scott Olsen (6-7, 4.04) will pitch for Florida

-Olsen is 1-3 with a 5.20 ERA in his last five starts

-St. Louis is 34-28 on the road

-Florida is 34-28 at home

-St. Louis is 5-5 in its last 10 games

-Florida is 4-6 in its last 10 games

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On Wednesday night, the Seattle Mariners (46-75) beat the Los Angeles Angels (75-44) 10-7 in 12 innings. Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez, who is creeping closer to the single season saves record, blew his fifth save of the season. Seattle’s Wladimir Balentien hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 12th after striking out four times to give Seattle the victory. In the Angels case, they’ve built up such a big lead in the AL West, currently at 15 games above the Rangers, that they can afford to lose games without thinking much about it. Roy Corcoran allowed one hit over three innings to get the win and snap Seattle’s five-game losing streak. Newly acquired Mark Teixeira had two homeruns in the game for the Angles in the losing effort.

Roy Corcoran (3-0) was given the win, and Justin Speier (1-5) was given the loss.

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Tonight, the Philadelphia Phillies (64-55) will take on the Los Angeles Dodgers (60-59) in the third game of the series. The Phillies currently hold a 1 game lead in the NL East over the New York Mets, and the Dodgers are 1 game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West. Game time is scheduled for 10:10 PM Eastern time at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Phillies and the Dodgers:

-Joe Blanton (1-0, 3.27) will start for Philadelphia

-Brad Penny (6-9, 5.66) will start for Los Angeles

-The Phillies have lost 4 of their last 6 games

-Penny is 8-4 with a 3.33 ERA in 19 career starts against the Phillies

-Blanton won his only previous start against the Dodgers on June 18, 2006

-The Phillies are 32-28 on the road

-Los Angeles is 34-27 at home

-The Phillies are 5-5 in their last 10 games

-Los Angeles is 6-4 in its last 10 games

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If you had to describe last nights game between the Texas Rangers (61-59) and the Boston Red Sox (69-51) in one word, it would be this: Wild. In the first inning, the Red Sox grabbed a 10-0 lead on Texas, including two homeruns by Red Sox DH David Ortiz.  He became the 5th player in MLB history to hit two homers in the 1st inning alone. No one thought Texas would be able to make a game out of it at that point, but piece by piece, or rather, run by run, they managed to chip away at Boston’s lead, including an 8 run 5th inning and a 5 run 6th inning.  At that point, Texas miraculously had a 15-14 lead.  Both teams scored a run in the 7th inning to make it 16-15 in favor of Texas.
Going into the bottom of the eight inning, Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia hit an RBI double, one of five hits in the game for him, to tie the game at 16 all.  After intentionally walking David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis stepped up to the plate. Youkilis drove a three-run shot over Fenway Park’s Green Monster to give Boston a 19-16 lead, sending the Fenway Park crowd into a frenzy. Texas managed to score a run in the bottom of the 9th, but it wasn’t enough as Boston went on to win the game, 19-17. The teams combined for 36 runs (tying an AL record) and 37 hits.  

Boston reliever Hideki Okajima (3-2) was given the win, with Texas reliever Frank Francisco (2-4) taking the loss.  Jonathan Papelbon was given the save, his 32nd of the season.

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The New York Yankees (63-55) take on the Minnesota Twins (65-52) tonight in a showdown of two teams who are hoping to be playing this October. The Twins are currently half a game back of the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central, and are 1.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox for the AL Wild Card. The Yankees are 8.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East race and are 4 games behind the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card race. Game time is scheduled for 8:05 PM Eastern at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Yankees and the Twins:

- Sidney Ponson (7-2, 4.23) will start for the Yankees

- Glen Perkins (8-3, 4.38) will start for Minnesota

- The Yankees swept the Twins in their last matchup, July 21-23rd, and outscored them 25-7

- The Yankees are 5-2 vs. the Twins this year

- The Yankees have just been swept by the Los Angeles Angels

- Minnesota is 39-21 at home

- New York is 27-29 on the road

- Minnesota is 6-4 in its last 10 games

- New York is 4-6 in its last 10 games

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The Milwaukee Brewers (67-51) won an important game vs. the Washington Nationals (44-77) on Sunday to improve and remain ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Wild Card race. The winning homerun was hit by Gabe Kapler, who prior to the HR was 0-6 with two strikeouts. This was Kapler’s first career walk off homerun, and it gave Milwaukee its fifth straight win. The homerun was hit off of Washington reliever Luis Ayala, who is not having a good season to put it mildly. He is 1-8 with a 6.04 ERA and 53.2 innings pitched. Kapler, who was starting for the injured Ryan Braun, hit the ball off of the foul pole to give his team the 5-4 win in 13 innings. “At first I thought it was going to stay fair for sure, then I saw it had kind of had a little lean to it,” Kapler said. “I wasn’t positive whether it would stay fair. I’m glad it did.”

Guillermo Mota (3-5) was given the win, with Luis Ayala (1-8) taking the loss.

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