And That Happened

Mets 4, Braves 3; Mets 6, Braves 1: New York Mets fans are hoping this is a glimpse of the future. Matt Harvey dominating in one game, Zack Wheeler dominating in the next. And, worth noting, Dillion Gee dominating in the game before those even if they did lose in the end. There’s so much misery in being a Mets fan in recent years. And even at the best of times Mets fans tend to skew pessimistic. But this is real hope. Real excitement. One legitimate ace and another in training who can form the basis of the next great Mets team.

Red Sox 5, Rays 1; Red Sox 3, Rays 1: Not quite as auspicious a debut for Wil Myers, who went 1 for 7 with a couple of strikeouts in the twin bill. The first game — a rescheduled rainout — included a three-hour rain delay. It also included David Ortiz driving in three. Jonny Gomes won the nightcap with a two-run walkoff homer. Tough no-decision for Feliz Dubront, who shut the Rays out for eight before Andrew Bailey allowed a game-tying homer in the top of the ninth.

Phillies 4, Nationals 2: Cliff Lee pitched eight strong innings for his ninth win. Ryan Howard was 1 for 2 with a sac fly and a triple. He’s been heating up. Three doubles for Michael Young. Carlos Ruiz was 1 for 3 in his first game back off the DL. The Phillies are now tied with Washington for second place.

Pirates 4, Reds 0: Reds pitchers struck out 17 Pirates batters. Pirates pitchers allowed zero runs. Advantage: Pirates pitchers, who were more democratic and less fascist, apparently. All the Pirates runs came on singles.

Indians 4, Royals 3: Three runs in the eighth brought the Indians from behind. A base running mistake in the ninth kept the Royals from tying it back up, despite the fact that they got three singles and a walk that inning. David Lough coulda and maybe woulda scored, but his third base coach had a stop sign up, Lough hesitated in no-man’s land and got caught in a rundown. It ended with both him and Mike Moustakas on third base and Vinnie Pestano tagging everyone in sight because even major leaguers forget sometimes that the lead runner has a right to the base he just passed.

Blue Jays 8, Rockies 3: That’s seven straight for the Jays. Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer while J.P. Arencibia and Maicer Izturis hit back-to-back homers.

Orioles 5, Tigers 2: J.J. Hardy and Adam Jones each hit homers off Justin Verlander. My daughter, wanting to brush up on her new skill, scored the first half of this game. At one point she and her brother had a big laugh calling Hardy “J.J. Farty.” I bet he’s never heard that one.

Cubs 4, Cardinals 2: Jeff Samardzija pitched into the ninth inning, outdueling Adam Wainwright, who dug himself a 4-0 hole in the first from which he couldn’t recover.

Athletics 6, Rangers 2: Brandon Moss and John Jaso homered, Jarrod Parker went seven scoreless innings as the A’s continued to beat Yu Darvish on the regs.

Diamondbacks 3, Marlins 2: The D-backs snap a four-game losing streak via a Paul Goldschmidt homer in the ninth. Kirk Gibson, speaking to Cliff Pennington right before Goldschmidt’s homer: “I just said to Penny, ‘Let’s have another Goldy party,’ and then he hit it.'” Not sure I like the sound of “Goldy Party.” That could be any number of things, most of them awful.

Giants 5, Padres 4: Juan Perez hit a tie-breaking single with two outs in the eighth and helped snap the Padres’ seven-game win streak. Perez is 8 for 19 with four outfield assists since being called up by the Giants to replace the injured Angel Pagan.

Twins 7, White Sox 5: One of several games with see-sawing leads and late runs deciding it. Here Ryan Doumit’s eighth inning double.

Astros 10, Brewers 1: Matt Dominguez hit a grand slam and a sac fly to account for his five-RBI night. The sac fly was pretty darn close to being a grand slam itself. The Astros have won five of six, scoring 27 runs in that span.

Mariners 3, Angels 2: Kendrys Morales haunts his old team with an RBI single in the 10th to put the M’s ahead for good. Josh Hamilton had five at bats: he grounded into double plays his first three times up and struck out his next two times up. That’s really something.

Dodgers vs. Yankees: POSTPONED: As a man I ain’t never been much for sunny days. I’m as calm as a fruit stand in New York and maybe as strange. But when the color goes out of my eyes its usually the change. But damn Sam I love a woman that rains.