Last night game one went ten innings. The Padres scored in the bottom of the tenth to win 2-1. As a result, the Padres are one full game up on the Dodgers for first place in the NL West. The Mariners are now five games back. Last night Linebrink got the win and Mateo got the loss. The Mariners have had two low scoring games in a row now. The trend points to them scoring some runs tonight and Chan Ho Park may just be the pitcher to serve up the tasty treats. The under/over is 7.5. I had to do a double take on this figure. Are they serious? Well, let’s see how this number holds up.

Last night the Pirates and Dodgers opened up a series. It is currently the only non-Interleague series being played. As expected, the Dodgers wasted no time jumping on Pirates pitching and making a ten game loser out of Perez. The Pirates have now lost 9 straight and tonight might make it ten. Despite winning last night, the Dodgers remain one full game back of the Padres. The Padres managed to outlast the Mariners in ten innings last night.

Last night the Cardinals started a series with the Detroit Tigers in Detroit. Once again the Cardinals showed how overmatched they are when compared to solid AL teams. Speaking of solid AL teams, the Detroit Tigers must be for real. Most people around baseball are waiting for the magic curtain to go down on the Tigers, yet they keep on winning. They are not just beating the poor quality teams either, as they did in the beginning of the season, but they are beating solid ball clubs—like the Cardinals.