New York Mets 10, Cincinnati Reds 8: It took 4 runs in the ninth inning to get the win, but the Mets were able to rally to nab their 10th straight. Johan Santanna gave up 5 earned runs in 4 innings, but David Wright knocked in 4 RBI’s to help the Mets rally. New York is now tied with Philadelphia for the NL East lead.

San Diego Padres 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4: Troy Glaus had two homers to help the Cardinals get past Jake Peavy and the Padres.

Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Colorado Rockies 5: You can’t say Colorado is completely out of it, but it’ll take a miracle like last year to help them reach the playoffs again. Sitting 8 back from Arizona, and with the Diamondbacks still expected to make a move, it’ll be tough to sneak their way in.

Detroit Tigers 6, Baltimore Orioles 5: The Tigers are over .500, and find themselves 6.5 behind the ChiSox. Even if they’re able to catch Chicago, they’ll still have to be worried about Minnesota, who’s as hot as any team right now.

Tonight marks this All Star game, and this time it matters. Not that I’ll be watching: I’ve got NCAA 2009 for the Xbox 360, and a dynasty with Tennessee seems imminent right now. I don’t really care who wins, but I will go out on a limb and say the AL will take the crown, since they’ve won, like, the last six or eight in a row. I can’t really remember how many, but that goes to show how little I care.

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.

St. Louis Cardinals 2, Philadelphia Phillies 0: Cole Hamels had a solid start, going 7 innings and only giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, but his counterpart, Joel Pineiro, pitched 6 innings only giving up 5 hits and zero runs.

Houston Astros 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4: The Astros are reeling, and reeling fast. Over .500 not long ago, they’re now 9 games under.

Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Washington Nationals 0: Brandon Webb got his 13th win of the season, and may be well on his way to another Cy Young.

San Francisco Giants 0, New York Mets 7: The Mets are getting hot, and are starting to play ball the way everyone thought they would at the beginning of the season.

Colorado Rockies 3, Milwaukee Brewers 7: It was the debut of CC Sabathia, who gave up two earned but did walk five. Maybe some first game jitters.

Cincinnati Reds 3, Chicago Cubs 7: The Cubs just got Rich Harden. Things are going to be very interesting in the NL Central.

Florida Marlins 1, San Diego Padres 10: This is one of the few times you’ll see San Diego score more than four runs in a single game.

Atlanta Braves 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 3: The Braves need the Mets, Phils, and Marlins to go cold, and they need to get really, really hot. Really, really soon.

Minnesota Twins 5, Boston Red Sox 6: The Red Sox scored four runs in the eighth to rally past the Twins.

Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 9: The Indians lost their ninth straight game of the season.

Tampa Bay Rays 0, New York Yankees 5: Scott Kazmir is 7-4 with a 2.69 ERA. When he pitches well, his team just doesn’t hit. He gave up two earned in this one over five innings while striking out nine.

Baltimore Orioles 6, Toronto Blue Jays 7: There was a botched grounder in the ninth that led to the winning run for the Jays.

LA Angels 2, Texas Rangers 3: Josh Hamilton knocked in his 87th RBI. That’s 87, folks, and no, we’re not at the All-Star break yet.

Chicago White Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 7: The Chi-Sox continue to roll.

Seattle Mariners 0, Oakland A’s 2: Did the A’s already give up on this season by dealing Harden? At 49-41, you’d think they could’ve made a push.

New York Mets 10, Philadelphia Phillies 9: The Mets were up 10-1. They won 10-9. Had they lost, Willie Randolph was going to be brought back.

Houston Astros 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 10: Carlos Lee knocked in his 20th homer of the year for the struggling Astros.

Colorado Rockies 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3: The game is tonight, where C.C. Sabathia pitches for hte first time for the Brew-Crew.

Florida Marlins 3, San Diego Padres 1: Greg Maddux is 3-7 on the year. With a 3.90 ERA, his record should be better, but San Diego just can’t hit the ball.

Kansas City Royals 7, Tampa Bay Rays 4: It took 10 innings, but the Royals ended the Rays 7 game winning streak.

Minnesota Twins 0, Boston Red Sox 1: Dice K went 7 innings giving up six hits and zero runs, but didn’t get the win. Ironically, Johan Santanna wanted out of Minnesota because the team wasn’t moving in the right direction; at 50-39, they’re moving in a better direction than New York.

LA Angels 9, Texas Rangers 6: K-Rod recorded his 35th save, putting him well on pace to snap the record. First it was John Smoltz, then Eric Gagne. Is this going to be a record broken every year?

Seattle Mariners 3, Oakland A’s 4: It’ll be tough to make the playoffs, but the A’s are exceeding expectations.

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.

Boston Red Sox 4, Tampa Bay Rays 5: I’ll admit I’ve become a big Rays fan over the last year — I don’t consider myself a bandwagon hopper; I do, however, consider myself someone ready to see someone else at the top of the AL — and in their sudden surge to the top, I’m starting to pay a bit more attention to them. BJ Upton led things off for the Rays, blasting a home run in the first inning to put Tampa Bay on top 1-0. The Red Sox scored two runs in the top of the ninth, but fell just short of a rally. The Rays have a half game lead over the Red Sox and face off again tonight.

Kansas City Royals 6, Baltimore Orioles 5: The Orioles have had a surprising season, but losing to KC when you’ve got a four run lead, then eventually giving it up in the 11th is no way to get a rally going.

Texas Rangers 2, New York Yankees 1: The Yanks bats were stifled for a night, but this team is still five games over .500 and pushing in the AL East.

Detroit Tigers 5, Minnesota Twins 4: They’ve won 16 of their last 19, and if they can take this three game series against the Twins, they’ll be coasting. They’ve got six games left against Seattle and Cleveland, and then take four at home against the Twins. Split the games with Minnesota, sweep the Indians and Mariners, and you’re sitting pretty while waiting for the second half to begin.

Cleveland Indians 7, Chicago White Sox 9: The White Sox are a team that no one really talks about. It wasn’t long ago they won the World Series, and they’re starting to look like that team again.

Oakland A’s 6, LA Angels 1: Greg Smith pitched a complete game, giving up four hits and one earned run. The guy’s only 24 years old, has a 3.44 ERA, and is now 5-6 on the year.

Toronto Blue Jays 2, Seattle Mariners 0: Roy Halladay pitched a complete game shutout, striking out six along the way.

New York Mets 1, St. Louis Cardinals 7: At some point, maybe we’ll realize it wasn’t the management that was the problem in New York. The team had three errors — plain and simple, that’s the players.

Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Cincinnati Reds 4: Ken Griffey Jr. hit a two run homer in the ninth — No. 603 on his career — to help power the Reds past the struggling Pirates.

Washington Nationals 5, Florida Marlins 6: Somehow — somehow — this team is still performing. I don’t know how, but the Marlins are winning, and winning regularly.

LA Dodgers 1, Houston Astros 4: In their last 18 games, the Dodgers have found themselves losers 11 of those times. Joe Torre, you’re not managing A-Rod and DJ anymore.

San Diego Padres 15, Colorado Rockies 8: Which of these two teams has been more disappointing?

Milwaukee Brewers 3, Arizona Diamondbacks 6: I still say Arizona will play in the World Series against the Detroit Tigers. My prediction will ring true.

Chicago Cubs 9, San Francisco Giants 2: With each win, the Cubs get their fan base closer and closer to hope, only to fill them with more and more misery come October. I can’t wait.

Arizona Diamondbacks 3, Florida Marlins 4: Brandon Lyon, who has a 2.25 ERA this year for the Diamondbacks, and has been lights out just about every time he’s come in, gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth as the Marlins rallied to be the reeling D’Backs. Arizona’s pitching has been great this year, but one thing that really stares you in the face is their hitting, where only one starter is batting over .300.

New York Yankees 1, New York Mets 3: The loss puts the Yankees 5.5 games back, but they’re surging. Can their hitting keep up with Tampa and Boston’s pitching as we head into the All Star break?

Baltimore Orioles 2, Washington Nationals 3: At this rate, the Nats will catch the Braves. Seriously.

Tampa Bay Rays 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3: The Rays don’t have a single everyday starter hitting over .300, but they’re still only a half game back from Boston in the AL East. They’re a fun team to watch, and one thing we’ve seen through the years is that if you have pitching, you’ve got a chance.

Boston Red Sox 2, Houston Astros 3: The Astros took two of three from the BoSox, and now the Rays sit just a half game behind the defending World Champs.

Seattle Mariners 9, San Diego Padres 2: If you needed further proof of your season going south, look no further than losing to the Mariners by 7 runs. Oh, and the Padres were swept. Not good. Not good at all.

LA Angels 1, LA Dodgers 0: The Angels gave up 3 hits in their last 2 games to the Dodgers, and yet they only won one of them. Go figure.

Cincinnati Reds 9, Cleveland Indians 5: The Indians are 37-45. There’s been rumors that C.C. Sabathia may be shopped — with how far back they are in the AL, those rumors may come to pass.

Colorado Rockies 3, Detroit Tigers 4: It was just a matter of time before my AL World Series prediction picked up the pace. They’ve now won 15 of their last 18, are over .500 for the first time this year, and with 6 games left against Seattle and Cleveland before the All Star break, should be looking even better come mid July.

Atlanta Braves 0, Toronto Blue Jays 1: The one bright spot of the year, Chipper Jones, is likely heading to the DL. Great.

St. Louis Cardinals 9, Kansas City Royals 6: Some how — some how! — the Cardinals are 11 games over .500. I’m not certain how — their pitching isn’t very good, and neither is their hitting — but the bottom is they’re winning games.

Milwaukee Brewers 0, Minnesota Twins 5: Ben Sheets looked good until the later innings, then he realized he wasn’t playing the Braves anymore (still bitter about his ridiculous performance a week ago; the Braves just can’t hit good pitching).

San Francisco Giants 11, Oakland A’s 1: The A’s have been a nice surprise, but many more losses to the Giants by 10 runs will be a deflating thing for a young team to overcome.

Philadelphia Phillies 1, Texas Rangers 5: You think there’s anyone in the NL East that actually wants to win?

Chicago Cubs 1, Chicago White Sox 5: Can you say sweep? I’ve said it all year — if they met in the World Series, the White Sox are simply the better team.

Milwaukee Brewers 2, Atlanta Braves 4: Kelly Johnson drove in three runs for the Braves to help them avoid the sweep, and Jorge Campillo, a surprisingly solid starter thus far, gave up 4 hits and 2 earned in 7 innings pitched. He has a 2.54 ERA on the year.

New York Yankees 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 0: It was just a matter of time before the Yanks got hot, and that time seems to have come. That said, can their hitting keep up with the BoSox and Rays’ pitching?

LA Angels 4, Washington Nationals 5: A win like this can make Washington’s season. They’re not going anywhere, they aren’t any good, and beating one of the best teams in the AL at home is a positive sign for a team ridden with injuries.

Seattle Mariners 2, New York Mets 8: The only bright thing about this season for the Mariners is that Richie Sexson will no longer be in Seattle, and neither will Adrian Beltre.

Tampa Bay Rays 15, Florida Marlins 3: Every time I see their record, I have to pinch myself. At 46-31, no one saw the Rays being this good this early.

Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago Cubs 7: Best team in baseball? Maybe. The Cubs jumped to a 4-0 lead, and never looked back after.

Texas Rangers 3, Houston Astros 2: At a time, it looked as if Houston may be a playoff caliber team. Now it looks as if they’re anything but.

Minnesota Twins 9, San Diego Padres 3: The Twins are a surprising 41-36, and very much alive in the thick of the race in the AL Wild Card.

Chicago White Sox 0, LA Dodgers 5: Eric Stults pitched nine scoreless innings, only giving up 4 hits, and is now 2-0 on the year with a .60 ERA. I know it’s early, but the guy looks awful good.

Arizona Diamondbacks 0, Boston Red Sox 5: The D’Backs started as one of the best teams in baseball. Then they got swept by the Cubs, and now they’re reeling.

San Francisco Giants 4, Cleveland Indians 1: Speaking of teams that came into the season thought as one of the best in the Bigs. There’s now rumors that C.C. Sabathia is on the trading block — oh no.

St. Louis Cardinals 7, Detroit Tigers 8: My early-season-World-Series prediction is starting to pan out, in a kinda-kind of way. They’re only five games back of the White Sox, which is one Ozzie Fit away from imploding.

Cincinnati Reds 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5: The Blue Jays have great pitching, but don’t get hitting when they pitch. Then when they hit, they can’t seem to get pitching, either.

Colorado Rockies 2, Kansas City Royals 4: Colorado better win 20-somethin’ straight again to have any hope of a World Series.

Philadelphia Phillies 4, Oakland A’s 0: Oakland’s a great pitching team but can’t hit. And the Phillies can hit, and they can sometimes pitch, as last night showed.

Atlanta Braves 2, Chicago Cubs 7: Jeff Bennett started for the Braves and lasted only two innings after giving up seven earned. Soriana was smacked in the hand with a pitch and will be out six weeks for the Cubs.

Washington Nationals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3: Sadly, the Nats are only about six games behind the Braves right now. Let’s go, Atlanta, let’s go.

St. Louis Cardinals 10, Cincinnati Reds 0: Braden Looper pitched a complete game shut out, giving up only 3 hits while throwing only 98 pitches.

Arizona Diamondbacks 3, New York Mets 5: Carlos Beltran had a 13th inning walk-off to end this one.

Philadelphia Phillies 2, Florida Marlins 6: Cole Hammels pitched a gem, but Dan Uggla’s ninth inning grand slam lifted the Marlins over the Phillies.

Milwaukee Brewers 10, Houston Astros 6: Surprisngly, the Astros are third in the NL in batting average at .264.

San Francisco Giants 0, Colorado Rockies 1: This would probably be a pretty boring game to watch; thankfully, no one did.

LA Dodgers 1, San Diego Padres 4: The Padres are now 29-38, and after a horrible start, they’re actually beginning to climb up the ladder.

Seattle Mariners 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1: Felix Hernandez gave up 4 hits and 0 earned; the guy’s the only bright spot on this team. He’s now 5-5, but his ERA is a miniscule 2.81.

Tampa Bay Rays 2, LA Angels 4: I didn’t expect the Angels to be this good at the beginning of the season, but they’re starting to turn some heads.

Baltimore Orioles 3, Boston Red Sox 6: Is there much doubt the Red Sox will represent the AL in the World Series again this year?

Minnesota Twins 8, Cleveland Indians 5: The Indians continue to slide. It’s just a matter of time before they turn it on, but the way they’re going, that time might be getting too late.

Chicago White Sox 1, Detroit Tigers 5: Speaking of turning it on, Detroit needs to get something going. This is a start.

Texas Rangers 11, Kansas City Royals 5: Remember when the Royals were 4-0? Me neither.

New York Yankees 4, Oakland A’s 8: Another example of strong pitching beating strong hitting.