Quality Start: You’re The Best Around Albert

Cardinals 12, Mets 7: Last night, Albert Pujols smacked 4 hits including two home runs.  One was a 10th inning grand slam, his 5th Salami of the year.  This was how he choose to come out of an 0-13 slump, showing why he’s the best player in the game.  In other surprising news, the sun came up, people in Boston are racist and I’ll be sweating by the time I sit at my desk this morning.

Joel Piniero scattered 11 hits over 5 innings, resulting in all 7 runs the Mets scored.  He struck out 0 and walked 0 guys.  Reyes, Wellemeyer, McLellan and Ryan Franklin pitched the final 5 scoreless innings for the co-first place Cardinals.  Johan Santana pitched 8 innings for the Mets and left the game with the lead.  He gave up 9 hits and 5 ER while striking out 6 and walking 0.  He allowed a solo shot to Pujols and to Ryan Ludwick.  In the 9th, Frankie Rodriguez came in and puked up the lead, blowing his 4th save of the season.  Sean Green (not a Jew) was the lucky soul to face Pujols with the bases loaded and served up the grand slam.  Pedro Feliciano got the loss.

Albert, this video’s for you:

Brewers 4, Dodgers 17: The Dodgers jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, allowing me to go to bed at a very early age.  Call me a bad fan, but after seeing that first inning, I knew there was no reason for me to watch that game and stay up til 1 am.  Gallardo looked tired and slothy on the mound in the first inning.  Gallardo temporarily turned it around, pitching 3 scoreless innings until Manny homered in the 5th.  The Brewers had cut the lead prior to 4-3 prior to the home run, but it would blow open after that.  El Doyers scored 7 in the 6th and 5 in the 8th while Milwaukee scored only one more run in the 8th.  Matt Kemp had 4 hits and 5 RBIs, including his 15th homer of the season.

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3: The Yankees got offensive production for the meat of their line up, with Damon, Tex and A-Rod each having a pair of hits in the victory.  Pettitte pitched well giving up only 1 run on 4 hits and 4 walks.  He struck out 6 guys.  Damon, Teixeira and Matsui all homered for the Bombers.  Halladay pitched a CG for the Blue Jays, scattering 10 hits and striking out 5.  Ya can’t win em all Roy.

Red Sox 2, Rays 4 (13): Jon Lester labored through 6 innings, throwing 110 pitches but doing it efficiently.  He allowed only 1 run and struck out 10.  He allowed only 3 hits.  Matt Garza pitched equally as well for the Rays, pitching 7 innings and also allowing only 3 hits.  He gave up 2 runs and struck out 6.  The Rays bullpen pitched 5 scoreless innings before until Longoria smacked his second home run of the night in the 13th inning off Takashi Saito.  It was a walk off two run homer.  It complimented his four strikeouts nicely.