I took a vacation over the 4th, but am back now, and hope to get back to the site. Here’s some scores from yesterday.

Washington Nationals 5, Cincinnati Reds 3: Adam Dunn blasted his 22nd homer of the year. The guy can’t hit on average, but he can sure smash the ball deep.

New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2: As well as the Phillies hit as a team, they don’t have a single player that’s batting above .300. Kinda odd, given their record and their way of putting up runs. The Mets scored two in the 12th inning to take this one.

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Milwaukee Brewers 11: The Brew-Crew just acquired C.C. Sabathia, which should make things interesting.

Florida Marlins 10, Colorado Rockies 5: Florida’s teetering at the .500 mark. The experts say they’ll dip below by the end of the year, but they’ve proven everyone wrong to this point.

Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 1: Shawn Marshall shut down the Cards, who, despite the loss, have to be happy where they are at this point of the season, 10 games over .500.

Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 7: The game went 17 innings, the longest in Turner Field history. Teixeira’s single in the 17th ended it.

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 3: James Loney had three RBI’s for the Dodgers, who are surging in the NL West.

San Diego Padres 2, Arizona Diamondbacks 3: Randy Johnson had 10 K’s for the D’Backs.

Texas Rangers 11, Baltimore Orioles 10: Oddly, this looked more like the score of a Houston Texans/Baltimore Ravens matchup.

Kansas City Royals 2, Tampa Bay Rays 9: The Rays continue to impress. If you’re not rooting for this team, there’s something wrong with you (that, or you’re a Boston fan, which means yes, there’s something wrong with you).

Oakland A’s 3, Chicago White Sox 4: The White Sox are 51-37; imagine if they meet up with the Cubbies in the Series? Would be very interesting. . . .

Cleveland Indians 3, Minnesota Twins 4: After dealing Sabathia to the Brew-Crew, the Indians have officially called it quits on the season.

Toronto Blue Jays 1, LA Angels 7: Jon Garland pitched another gem in this one.

Detroit Tigers 2, Seattle Mariners 1: The Tigers are surging, baby, the Tigers are surging.

Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 5: It took 10 innings, but the Yanks bested the Red Sox, and now it’s not just the Rays that Boston’s worried about in the AL East.