Morning Wood

Los Angeles Angels 2 Chicago White Sox 0

This 10-game west coast trip started out so well, but after winning the first two games of the trip, the Sox have now lost three in a row. Last night was basically a repeat performance of any of the six games from the last road trip, as the Sox were only able to manage one hit against Jered Weaver, and only three overall.

The same Jered Weaver who had a 7.02 ERA in his last six starts. I'm sure the Sox are happy to have helped him break out of it. First the pink beards, and now this, these guys are so charitable!

"I just went out there and tried to pitch like the old Jered, and it came out all right," Weaver said. "It was just adjustments with mechanics in the bullpen between starts. Me and [pitching coach Mike] Butcher were able to clean some stuff up."

The Angels couldn't get to John Danks, either, but they were able to get to the Sox bullpen as both Octavio Dotel and Matt Thornton gave up a run in the 7th inning.

San Diego Padres 4 Chicago Cubs 3

Whereas the White Sox were kind enough to help Jered Weaver get back on track, he'd only been struggling for his last six starts. The Cubs, who seem to be doing everything better than the Sox these days, helped a guy win his first game in three years on Tuesday.

Shawn Estes-whom I thought was dead-picked up the 100th victory of his career, and his first since 2005 by holding the Cubs to three runs in 5.1 innings. Khalil Greene provided the big blow for San Diego, hitting a three-run homer to cap a four-run fourth inning out in the rain.

"I didn't think I was going to make it back last year. I was going through a lot of pain in my elbow again," said Estes. "I came into spring training having to deal with the mental side of pitching again and having to make a team and having to swallow my pride a little bit and going back to Triple-A to get things right."

If there was any good news for the Cubs, it was that Alfonso Soriano stayed hot, as he led the game off with another home run.

AL

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

NL

• Phillies 5 Braves 4
• Reds 5 Marlins 3
• Mets 6 Nats 3
• Brewers 5 Dodgers 3
• Pirates 8 Cardinals 4
• DBacks 8 Rockies 4
• Giants 4 Astros 2