Morning Wood

Chicago White Sox 6 Baltimore Orioles 1

As is normally the case, Paul Konerko is having a pretty craptastic April. So far in the first month of the season he only has 17 hits, but thankfully, he makes those hits count as he's gotten 18 RBI with them. Paulie homered twice on Sunday and provided Jose Contreras with all the runs he'd need, as the 95-year old Cuban had another strong outing on Sunday. "I've been feeling pretty good going back a few games," Konerko said. "But sometimes the results don't come out. ... I'm not concentrating on hitting home runs. Those will come in the summer months. But any ones you pick up early are good."

Washington Nationals 2 Chicago Cubs 0

Do you see what happens when you start talking about winning the World Series in April? You lose two of three to the Nationals. Some guy I never heard of named John Lannan dominated the Cubs all afternoon, as he allowed only 4 hits during 7 innings. It actually extended Lannan's scoreless streak to 19 innings, so maybe he's actually kinda good. As is normally the case, Lou Piniella shared his infinite wisdom after the game. "We didn't score many runs," Chicago manager Lou Piniella said. "When you don't score many runs, it really increases the other team's chances of winning -- and that's exactly what happened here." So that's how baseball works. I had no idea!

AL

• Yankees 1 Indians 0
• Rays 3 Red Sox 0
• Rangers 10 Twins 0
• Jays 5 Royals 2
• A's 4 Mariners 2
• Angels 6 Tigers 2

NL

• Mets 6 Braves 3
• Pirates 5 Phillies 1
• Marlins 3 Brewers 2 10 inn
• Cardinals 5 Astros 1
• DBacks 2 Padres 1
• Reds 10 Giants 1
• Dodgers 3 Rockies 2 10 inn