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We’re at the All Star break now. Here’s how the games went heading into it.
Houston Astros 5, Washington Nationals 0: I never thought I’d be worried about the Nationals catching my Braves. Sadly, I’m worried.
Arizona Diamondbacks 3, Philadelphia Phillies 6: The Phillies haven’t played their best baseball, yet they’ve still got a firm grip on first place in the NL East.
St. Louis Cardinals 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 6: Outside of the Rays, are the Cards the first half surprise of the year?
Cincinnati Bengals 2, Milwaukee Brewers 3: The Cubs are 5 games up, but with the addition of CC Sabathia, you’ve gotta imagine the NL Central race will be a fun one to watch.
San Francisco Giants 4, Chicago Cubs 2: I doubt they wanted to lose heading into the break — and to the Giants, no less — but they can’t complain too much about how the first half of their season has gone.
Atlanta Braves 12, San Diego Padres 3: A prime example of two teams not living up to expectations.
Florida Marlins 1, LA Dodgers 9: Who would have thought the Marlins would have 50 wins at the break? Not me.
Colorado Rockies 0, New York Mets 7: The Mets are really, really hot right now.
Tampa Bay Rays 2, Cleveland Indians 5: The Rays are really, really cold right now.
Minnesota Twins 2, Detroit Tigers 4: It’s not where they wanted to be, but given their early season struggles, the Tigers are probably happy about being .500 heading into the break.
New York Yankees 1, Toronto Blue Jays 4: AJ Burnett is finally starting to play to his potential.
Baltimore Orioles 1, Boston Red Sox 2: The Red Sox just find way after way to win ball games.
Seattle Mariners 4, Kansas City Royals 3: This one was probably fun to watch. Two teams going absolutely nowhere.
Chicago White Sox 11, Texas Rangers 12: Every game the Rangers are involved in, they seem to put up mounds and mounds of points.
LA Angels 4, Oakland A’s 3: They rallied in the ninth, scoring two to win the game, and the Angels have to be happy about being tied for the best record in baseball.