New York Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 8: I remember a time when the Yankees used to kind of laugh at Boston and their feeble attempts to be better than them. New York was the big brother, Boston was the little brother, and that’s just how things went; and hey, when you’ve won 26 Championships since your little brother’s last, it kind makes sense. Kind of amazing what a couple of years can do. Boston took two out of three on the series Sunday night, which seems to be the norm now. Interesting stat: The Red Sox 3-7 hitters, all of them are hitting .300 or better. It’ll be hard to win games when your sixth and seventh hitters are above .300. The Yanks, on the other hand, only have three .300 hitters in their entire lineup. Kind of hard to win games when your team is built around hitting, and you’ve only got three .300 hitters.

Atlanta Braves 4, Washington Nationals 5: Tom Glavine went out with injury in the first inning, and the Nats jumped up to an early 5-0 lead before the Braves could start a comeback. The Nationals snapped a nine game losing streak with the win. We’re only 12 games in, but it’s worth noting that Chipper Jones is batting .408 on the year, and was 3 for 5 in this game.

San Diego Padres 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0: Andruw Jones was 0-2 with two K’s. He’s now 4-40 on the year, making the math easy, giving him a fat .100 batting average. Greg Maddux got the win, pitching five innings and only giving up two hits.

Minnesota Twins 1, Kansas City Royals 5: Francisco Liriano pitched his first game in over 17 months, and it didn’t run so smoothly. The one-time All-Star and rookie sensation from 2006, pitched four innings, giving up four runs on six hits. Had he never had to get surgery, I still say it: In 2006, the Twins are your World Series Champions.