Morning Wood

Chicago White Sox 4 Oakland Athletics 1

Hey, whaddya know, the Sox faced another lefty they've never seen before on Tuesday afternoon, but they actually managed to win this time! John Danks celebrated his 23rd birthday with a fantastic performance for the Sox, going 7.2 shutout innings, and the Sox' pitching staff has now allowed only 3 runs in the last four games. It was also John's first win since last July(It's been that long?). "You know, last year if I felt like I did today I probably wouldn't have made it out of the third or fourth inning," Danks said. "I would have tried to overthrow. Today I didn't feel like I had the best stuff I've had but I just kind of went out there with the best stuff I had and kind of went on from there. I don't know. I feel like I'm taking those steps forward and growing." Carlos Quentin gave the Sox all the offense they would need with a three-run laser into the left field stands in the 4th inning, and Bobby Jenks got three outs on two pitches in the 9th inning to get out of a minor jam.

Chicago Cubs 9 Cincinnati Reds 5

The wind was blowing out on Tuesday night, and as is usually the case at Wrigley Field, there were a lot of balls flying out of the park. Mark DeRosa and Derrek Lee welcomed Dusty Baker back to Wrigley by each homering and driving in six runs between them. Though, more important than Dusty's return was the fact that Alfonso Soriano came up lame after making a routine catch to end the 1st inning. It's being called a minor calf strain at first, but Alfonso had an MRI on Tuesday night and the Cubs will await the diagnosis. Whatever it is, I'm guessing he'll be out at least a month cuz he's kind of a baby when it comes to injuries.

Detroit Tigers 6 Minnesota Twins 5

What the hell has happened to the Twins bullpen? They used to be absolutely lights out, but this season they're blowing leads on a nightly basis. The Tigers had their second straight comeback victory, once again using an 8th inning rally, and have now won two in a row and are starting to look a lot more like the team we all thought they'd be. "We need to score runs early in the game," said Miguel Cabrera, whose homer in the 8th gave Detroit the lead. "Don't want to wait until seventh, eighth inning ... it's tough that way." Okay, so first you couldn't win, and now that you are winning you're complaining about how you're doing it. What are you? A woman?

AL

• Angels 7 Rangers 4
• Mariners 11 Royals 6
• Jays 11 Orioles 3
• Red Sox 5 Indians 3
• Yankees 5 Rays 3

NL

• DBacks 8 Giants 2
• Phillies 4 Astros 3
• Mets 6 Nats 0
• Marlins 4 Braves 0
• Cardinals 6 Brewers 1
• Padres 6 Rockies 0
• Dodgers 11 Pirates 2