Texas Rangers 5, Boston Red Sox 6: The Rangers were up 5-0 in the seventh inning, and somehow they managed to blow this one, giving up two in the seventh and four in the eighth. Kevin Millwood gave up two runs in six innings, and his bullpen quickly gave up four more in 1.2 more. David Ortiz was 2-4 with two RBI’s, leading one to wonder: Was that Ortiz jersey buried underneath the Yankees dugout a good thing or a bad thing? It’s buried, the guy can’t hit the broad side of a barn. It gets recovered, and his average is shooting through the roof and he’s knocking in crucial runs. Just one more reason Brian Cashman should be fired.

Detroit Tigers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 5: After winning a couple in a row, the thought was that the Tigers were back. Their hitting hasn’t been great, though, and their pitching as been horrid. Nate Robertson started for the Tigers, giving up five earned runs on eight hits in five innings. AJ Burnett got the win for the Jays, giving up four hits and three runs in five innings pitched, making him one of very few pitchers who have an ERA approaching seven with a record of 2-1.

LA Dodgers 1, Atlanta Braves 6: The Dodgers always seem to load up in the off-season only to be disappointed when the season actually starts. Through their three game series with the Braves, the Dodgers were 2-44 with runners on, and mustered all their energy to sneak a run past home-plate here and there. Chipper Jones left the game early with a quad injury — they’re saying it’s nothing big, and he may play tonight — but before leaving went 2-3 with a double, raising his average to .458(!) I’m not one to get 20 games into the season and start talking about a guy hitting .400 on the year, but my God: Every time the guy’s at the plate right now he’s connecting, driving in runs, getting on base, and absolutely terrorizing the opposing pitching. And for the first time in his career, he’s hitting as well righty and he does lefty.

New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5: I know I’m an NL East whore, given my Braves tie, but who thought the standings in that division would look like this: Florida, New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington. Washington at the bottom isn’t super surprising, but the team I figured would be down there with them wasn’t the Phillies, but the Marlins; somehow — I repeat, SOMEHOW! — Florida keeps winning, with their high school roster and all.