Washington Nationals news and the new Yankee Stadium clears final hurdles

Ryan Madson ties a major league record with four wild pitches in one inning. Plus, the Twins beat the White Sox again and there’s another pitching duel in Denver.

Bringing us right up to date, from the White Flag to DePodesta’s Derring-Do to Sulking Shea.

Rick’s weekly outlook on baseball injuries

The Twins have won 32 of their last 40 games, more than any other team in baseball. They won a key game last night, 7-4 over the White Sox, and they’re now just two games behind last year’s World Series champ.

Returning to Win Probability Added, this time looking at individual batters, starters and relievers.

Three-year projections for several recently traded prospects, including the Mets’ Ruben Gotay and the Indians’ Max Ramirez.

One-run homers in each of the three last half-innings marked the see-saw swing of Boston at Seattle. Plus the Pads take back first, St. Louis sweeps LA and Jered Weaver matches Fernando Valenzuela.

Three Hernandez’s started games yesterday and gave up homers (Livan 2 for the Nats, Felix 1 for the Mariners, Orlando 2 for the Mets.) There were also three Gonzalez’s figuring in the homer count: pitchers Enrique (2 for Arizona) and Geremi (1 for Milwaukee) surrendered homers, and Luis (1 for Arizona) hit one.

A-Rod became the youngest batter ever to reach 450 home runs, while the Mets slugged a grand slam home run in a five-game span, a major league first. A-Rod’s home run was also the longest of the day.