Morning Wood

Los Angeles Angels 9 Minnesota Twins 1

If there's any chance that I'll someday stop being bitter about the trade that sent Jon Garland to Los Angeles for Orlando Cabrera, it sure as hell isn't going to be this day. I watched this game last night, and I got to see Jon Garland make his first start as an Angel, and now I miss him more than ever. Garland lasted 8 innings and allowed only six hits and no runs as he routinely induced the Twins into double play after double play. It was the same kind of performance we've all grown used to seeing Garland give in a Sox jersey the last few years. Sigh.

Florida Marlins 5 New York Mets 4 10 Inn.

Robert Ardino hit his first career Major League home run on Tuesday night, and it was a big one for the Marlins, as it came in the bottom of the 10th inning and gave Florida a win. Though to be fair, the loss of the game probably isn't the Mets main concern right now. That would probably be the loss of Pedro Martinez who shockingly had to leave the game in the 4th inning with some kind of leg injury. The Mets have no idea how serious the injury is yet, but considering it's Pedro Martinez, I'm guessing he'll be out for 3 years or so.

Boston Red Sox 2 Oakland Athletics 1

The Red Sox and Athletics finally resumed their series that started last week in Japan, and Dice-K probably wishes he could have pitched in Japan like he did in Oakland on Tuesday night. Matsuzaka struck out nine and allowed only two hits and one run in 6.2 innings of work. "It's only something I can say in hindsight, but it would have been nice to pitch like this back in Tokyo," Matsuzaka said through a translator, noting he's more comfortable starting his second season in the United States. "I guess you could say I'm getting more and more used to it, but I haven't really thought about it. A lot of it is how people perceive me, and that might be one of the results." Kevin Youkilis went 3-for-4 for Boston, and scored both of the team's runs.

AL

• Yankees 3 Blue Jays 2
• Rangers 5 Mariners 4

NL

• Rockies 2 Cardinals 1
• Padres 2 Astros 1
• Dodgers 3 Giants 2