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The Twins beat the A’s, pulling ahead of the White Sox, who lost to the Angels, who gained ground on the A’s. Meanwhile, the the Giants beat the Rockies, pulling them closer to the Dodgers and Padres, who lost to the Cubs and Reds, respectively, keeping them even with the Cardinals, who beat the Astros.

Sanchez, Ross, and Ugga, each only $327K for the season, power the Marlins past the Mets, maintaining Florida’s unbelievable Wild Card contention. Oh, and The Big Hurt homers in his 6th consecutive game for the Athletics.

Why wait until October for playoff baseball?

Five starting pitchers recorded ten or more strikeouts yesterday; that hasn’t happened in eight years.

Lots of extra-inning games and pennant action yesterday, but the real action was in Arizona, where Brandon Webb pitched a one-hitter.

There were only seven games yesterday, but the Tigers extended their AL Central lead to five games by beating the Twins. Plus, another Ryan Howard home run. Ho hum.

Anibal Sanchez throws a no-hitter for the Marlins, while San Diego’s Paul McAnulty’s 1st career HR is a game-winner in the 11th. Rookies.

For the first time in more than three decades, there were seven major league shutouts last night.

Utley, Howard, and Hamels lead Phillies, almost a no-hitter by Ramon Ortiz, and the Marlins are 1 game above .500.