Seven innings and seven items (thanks to the shorter schedule) to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice.
1. Fab 5 Freddie: Freddie Freeman made Brian Wilson throw him a strike with the bases loaded, and the rookie turned it around for a two-out, two-run, rally capping, game-ending single and a 5-4 Atlanta Braves victory against the Giants on Monday night.
"I knew I was going to get a pitch to hit," Freeman said. "He's got to throw a strike or walk in the tying run. ? I got a pitch to hit and got it up the middle."
Freeman's only worry: healing a toe that someone stepped on during the celebration.
"We'll see in about two hours when the adrenalin rubs off," he said with a smile.
What a season so far for Freeman, who has to be the leader for NL Rookie of the Year heading into the final six weeks.
2. Texas-sized lead: The Rangers stretched their lead to five games in the AL West with an 8-4 victory at Los Anaheim. The Angels lost their starting pitcher, Garrett Richards, to a groin injury after just 19 pitches. That's too bad for him, but what the heck were the Angels doing using such a neophyte in a game of this importance in the first place?
3. Jimmers likes taters for dinner: Minnesota slugger Jim Thome blasted a pair of homers to give him 600 for his career in a 9-6 victory at Detroit. Jimmer's performance also helped mess up the Tigers debut for Delmon Young, who hit a home run in his first game for his new team against his old team.
4. Efficiency experts: The Milwaukee Brewers turned a triple play, along with four double plays ? that's 11 of 27 outs on five swings! ? in a 3-0 victory against the Dodgers. The Crew are 20 games over .500 and lead the NL Central by six games after the Cardinals fell at Pittsburgh.
5. Rocktaugust: It's hard to believe the Rockies were 0-55 when trailing after eight innings, but a lack of unlikely comeback victories is one reason they're not competing for the playoffs. That said, Jason Giambi evoked memories of the good old days by launching a game-ending three-run homer to cap a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth in Colorado's 7-4 victory against Florida.
6. Baseball B.C.: Jon Morosi of Fox suggests the Blue Jays and Mariners should play a series in Vancouver, B.C. It's the coolest idea you'll hear today. In the meantime, we'll just have to be content with Casper Wells and Mike Carp going deep at Safeco in a 6-5 comeback win for the M's.
7. This is PETCO: Congratulations to Jason Isringhausen on the occasion of his 300th career save, finishing off the Mets 5-4 victory in 10 innings against the Padres.
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