Morning Wood

Chicago Cubs 12 San Diego Padres 3

Man, the Cubs better sign Jim Edmonds as soon as possible, because they really need that left-handed bat (currently hitting .178/.265/.233) in the lineup on Monday night. I mean, that offense is strugggggling.

Alfonso Soriano homered again, all of a sudden nobody's complaining about him, and the Cubs blew up for 11 runs in the fifth and sixth innings to give Carlos Zambrano more support than he would need.

"I think we have a very good lineup, very balanced," said Alfonso Soriano, who homered in the fifth and is 7-for-14 during the Cubs' four-game winning streak. "Be more aggressive and, at the same time, selective at home plate. That's what I try to do because I know when I swing at a strike, I know that I hit the ball very hard."

That's four in a row, and with the Cardinals loss, the Cubs are back in first place. Get your World Series tickets now.

Los Angeles Angels 10 Chicago White Sox 7

Mark Buehrle continued to struggle, giving up six runs in 5.2 innings and dropping to 1-5 this season. To be fair, he didn't get much help from his defense, particularly, Juan Uribe.

Uribe blew what would have been two double plays when he bobbled the ball both times, thereby undoing any good karma he had for driving two runs in during the 2nd inning. Maybe the team will float a rumor around tomorrow that Uribe's about to get released, it seemed to work pretty well the first time.

Overall it was just an odd game, as any ball that was hit hard seemed to result in an out or double play. Save for Vladimir Guerrero's homer and A.J.'s two doubles. There were 28 hits in this game, and I swear 25 of them were on broken bats or infield singles. Yet the two teams still managed to score 17 runs. Go figure.

AL

• Indians 3 Jays 0 GM1
• Jays 3 Indians 0 GM2
• Twins 7 Red Sox 3
• Rays 7 Yankees 1
• Rangers 13 Mariners 12

NL

• Pirates 5 Braves 0 GM1
• Braves 8 Pirates 1 GM2
• Reds 8 Marlins 7
• Nats 10 Mets 4
• Brewers 8 Cardinals 3
• Astros 7 Giants 3