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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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The St. Louis Cardinals (65-54) take on the Chicago Cubs (70-47) tonight in a nationally televised game. The series is split, and both teams are looking to win this important game. The Cubs hold a 4 game lead over the Brewers in the NL Central, who hold a 2 game lead over St. Louis in the wild card. Game time is scheduled for 8:05 PM Eastern at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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

- Former Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter (0-0, 1.00) will make his third start of the season for St. Louis

- NL All Star Ryan Dempster (12-5, 2.93) will start for Chicago

- Carpenter is 7-2 with a 3.07 ERA in 13 starts versus Chicago and 5-1 at Wrigley Field

- The Cubs have won 16 of their last 21 games vs. the Cardinals

- St. Louis is 32-26 on the road

- Chicago is 44-17 at home

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

- Chicago is 7-3 in its last ten games

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The San Francisco Giants (49-66) beat the Los Angeles Dodgers (49-66) 3-2 Saturday in a game that featured many Giants legends of past years. This was not a big offensive game, as the score was 1-1 entering the 10th inning. That was when Dodgers second baseman Jeff Kent hit a leadoff homerun to give the Dodgers the 2-1 lead. The Dodgers failed to get another run in the inning, which proved to be costly.

Going into the bottom of the 10th, Giants outfielder Dave Roberts hit a leadoff double then took third on Randy Winn’s bloop single to left. Emmanuel Burris followed up with a bouncer to the pitcher, Dodgers reliever Jonathan Broxton, who fielded the ball and threw home. The ball skipped past Dodgers catcher Russell Martin to allow Roberts to score the tying run. With the bases eventually loaded, Giants outfielder Aaron Rowand stepped up to the plate and hit a RBI single through a drawn-in infield to give the Giants the walkoff win. “Any time you get an opportunity to have a walkoff, game-winning hit, those are some of the most exciting moments in your career, stuff that you don’t forget,” said Rowand.

This exciting game followed a pregame ceremony celebrating the Giants’ 50th anniversary in San Francisco. Many Giants outfield legends, like Willie Mays, Felipe Alou, and even Barry Bonds were honored.

Giants reliever Tyler Walker (4-6) was given the win, with Dodgers reliever Jonathan Broxton (2-3) taking the loss.

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The St. Louis Cardinals (64-54) take on the Chicago Cubs (70-46) this afternoon after last night’s exciting extra innings game. The Cubs lead the Cardinals by 7 games in the NL Central, but the Cardinals are only 2 games behind the Brewers for the NL Wild Card spot. Game time is scheduled for 3:55 PM Eastern at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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

- Carlos Zambrano (12-4, 2.76) will start for Chicago

- Todd Wellemeyer (8-4, 4.01) will start for St. Louis

- Zambrano has won 4 straight starts vs. St. Louis

- Zamrbano is 6-0 with a 2.25 ERA in 12 starts this season

- Wellemeyer is 1-1 with a 4.09 ERA in two starts and one relief appearance lifetime against Chicago

- Chicago is 44-16 at home

- St. Louis is 31-26 on the road

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

- Chicago is 8-2 in its last 10

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The Chicago Cubs (70-46) beat their rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals (64-54) 3-2 Friday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Someone who has played on both sides of the rivalry ended up being the main reason the Cubs won. Jim Edmonds, who spent 8 seasons in St. Louis, had two homeruns to give the Cubs 2 runs they otherwise would not have had. The game went into extra innings tied 2-2 until the bottom of the 11th inning, when Cubs catcher Henry Blanco’s bases-loaded single in the 11th drove in the winning run. The Cubs improved to 44-16 at home with the win.

Bob Howry (5-4) was given the win for Chicago, while Cardinals reliever Ryan Franklin (4-5) was charged with the loss.

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The Boston Red Sox (66-49) face the Chicago White Sox (63-50) in what will be an important opening game of the series for both teams. The Red Sox are current AL Wild Card holders, and the White Sox are a half game up on the Minnesota Twins in the AL Central.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Red Sox and the White Sox:

- Jon Lester (10-3, 3.14) will start for Boston

- Mark Buehrle (8-10, 4.07) will start for Chicago

- Boston has won seven straight games against Chicago, most recently a 4 game sweep last August

- Chicago has won 25 of its last 32 home games

- Buehrle struggles against the Red Sox, going 0-4 with a 7.18 ERA in his last five starts

- Boston has won 5 of its last 6 games

- Boston is 26-33 on the road

- Chicago is 37-17 at home, 4th best in the league

- Boston is 6-4 in its last 10

- Chicago is 4-6 in its last 10

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The New York Mets (60-54) defeated the San Diego Padres (44-71) 5-3 Thursday night in what proved to be a memorable night for Mets third basemen David Wright. Wright hit his first walk off homerun off his career, a two out, two run homer in front of the home crowd at Shea Stadium. “I don’t know if it was a release of emotion or it just was everybody’s chance to get some free shots in on me. I think guys were taking advantage of giving me some rib shots and some jabs,” Wright said. “I’m always celebrating everybody’s else’s at home plate, and to get to be the one that jumps into the pile is pretty fun.” 

In other, apparently not so surprising news, the Mets bullpen blew yet another lead that Johan Santana gave them. It’s almost expected at this point. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the sixth time in 24 starts this season that the bullpen cost Santana a potential win. Five of those six blown leads happened in the ninth inning alone. Santana currently has a 9-7 record, something that is not reflective of his performance at all. 

Aaron Heilman (2-6) was given the win, with Heath Bell (4-5) taking the loss.

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