Morning Wood

Chicago White Sox 7 Minnesota Twins 1

Poor Gavin Floyd. First it was Edgar Renteria breaking up a Floyd no-hitter after 7.1 innings on April 12, and last night it was Joe Mauer doubling into the left-center gap to break up Gavin's no-hit bit after 8.1 innings last night. Try as he might, Nick Swisher just couldn't get there. "I wasn't really looking at the ball and then I turned back and I saw Swish and Carlos coming after it. Swish made a great effort -- you know, Superman." Let's look at the bright side though, the way the White Sox had been playing the last two weeks, I wouldn't have been surprised if Gavin did throw a no-hitter, and the Sox lost anyway. Thankfully the offense returned, for one night at least, as the Sox put more points on the board last night than they did during four games in Toronto. So I guess that means blow-up dolls take 48 hours to have an effect.

Chicago Cubs 3 Cincinnati Reds 0

Gavin Floyd wasn't the only Chicago pitcher to have a strong night. While Carlos Zambrano gave up three more hits than Floyd, he gave up one less run, as he shutout the Reds for 8 innings and helped the Cubs break out of a little slump as well. "Every team passes through some slumps," Zambrano said. "That's normal. We're doing the right things, but we've kind of slowed down. We need to put everything together." Kerry Wood celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his 20 strikeout performance by actually converting a save for once.

AL

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

NL

• Braves 5 Padres 3
• Pirates 12 Giants 6
• Marlins 3 Brewers 0
• Astros 6 Nats 5
• Cardinals 6 Rockies 5
• DBacks 6 Phillies 4
• Dodgers 5 Mets 4