Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 11: The Cubs were up, blew a big lead, but Soriano’s three-run blast in the seventh made the score 10-7, and the Cubs didn’t look back after that.

Florida Marlins 8, Philadelphia Phillies 2: The Marlins are only 1.5 games back, the Mets 2. I”ve been waiting for someone in this division to break this thing open, but I’m starting to wonder if it’ll happen.

Milwaukee Brewers 8, Cincinnati Reds 1: And Prince Fielder didn’t push or hit anyone.

San Diego Padres 5, New York Mets 6: Has this team gotten this much better because Randolph is gone, or is just coincidence they seem to be hitting on all cylinders right now?

LA Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 6: People acted as if the Dodgers won the West when they got Manny. But with the D’Backs starting to hit stride, that won’t be the case.

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Arizona Diamondbacks 3: With 16 wins and an ERA under 3.00, it’ll be hard to argue for anyone else in the NL for Cy YOung.

Washington Nationals 2, Colorado Rockies 8: At least last year’s NL representative can still beat the bad teams.

Atlanta Braves 11, SF Giants 4: Hampton got his first win since his return, and even with a whopping 6.75 ERA since he’s been back, we still need him. With the absence of Tex, whenever Hampton pitches, he’s now our second best hitter.

Oakland A’s 3, Toronto Blue Jays 4: It was the A’s 8th straight loss.

Cleveland Indians 4, Tampa Bay Rays 8: It was Tampa’s first win over the Indians all season long.

New York Yankees 6, Texas Rangers 8: The Yanks are slowly starting to disappear in the AL East standings.

Boston Red Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 2: Is there much doubt the Red Sox will win when Josh Beckett’s on the mound?

Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago White Sox 10: It was 14 innings, and the Tigers had a 2 run lead in that inning. Edgar Renteria bobbled a sure out, and next thing you know the White Sox have put on four runs.

Baltimore Orioles 3, LA Angels 0: Wasn’t Tex’s bat supposed to make the Angels better? I keep seeing these low scoring games from a once-potent offense.

Minnesota Twins 7, Seattle Mariners 8: The Twins are a team I can’t quite figure out. . .