Around The Majors- Monday

I'll get back to football on the main blog tomorrow, but let's not forget that we're in the middle of a pennant race! Lots to talk about including yesterday's games, the standings, some news and notes, and a look at what's on tap for today.

Sunday Recap
Seattle scored 13 runs in the first 4 innings in a 14-7 drubbing of Detroit. Tigers starter Jeremy Bonderman got lit, and will likely be shut down for the rest of the season with elbow problems. Adrian Beltre drove in 4 for the M's. Josh Beckett won his 18th and Mike Lowell drove in 2 as Boston edged Baltimore 3-2. Jaime Shields pitched 7 strong innings as the Rays edged the Jays 3-2. Jason Kubel homered and drove in 4 and Johan Santana struck out 10 in Minnesota's 5-2 win over the White Sox. Chien Ming Wang won his 18th as the Yankees swept the Royals 6-3. A-Rod homered again, his 52nd and Jorge Posada drove in 2 for New York. Sammy Sosa homered and drove in 4 as Texas slugged out Oakland 12-9. Cleveland scored 5 in the 4th off of Jered Weaver to beat the Angels 6-2. Ryan Garko drove in 3 for the Tribe.
D'Angelo Jimenez and Ryan Church each drove in 3 as Washington beat the Braves 7-4. Pedro Martinez pitched 5 scorless innings in the win as the Mets swept Houston 4-1. Beltran and Alou each drove in 2. Rickie Weeks and Ryan Braun each hit 2 homers as the Brewers romped past the Reds 10-5. Pat Burrell homered and drove in 3 as Philadelphia scored 5 in the first off of Dontrelle Willis to fry the Fish 8-5. Freddy Sanchez drove in 4 as Pittsburgh crushed the Cubs 10-5. Garrett Atkins hit a 2 run homer in the first as Colorado beat San Diego 4-2. Ray Durham hit a pinch hit 3 run homer off of Joe Beimel in the 8th as the Giants bested the Dodgers 4-2. Clark, Young, and Upton each drove in 2 as Arizona edged St Louis 6-5.

News and Notes
- Curtis Granderson yesterday became just the 3rd player in history to join the 20-20-20-20 club. That'd be homers, triples, doubles, and steals. Impressive, no? He's the first to do it since Willie Mays 50 years ago.
- Ankiel, Glaus, and now Gibbons? SI.com reported that Gibbons received steroids and HGH from the Florida pharmacy that supplied the 2 player mentioned last week. Keep it here for the latest.
- Baltimore got Victor Zambrano from Pittsburgh and placed Erik Bedard on the 60 day DL. Pedro Lopez, Bartolo Colon, Claudio Vargas, and Marcus Giles were all activated yesterday.

Standings
Boston and New York have each won 7 of 10, and the Yanks have won 5 straight to get to 5.5 back in the AL East. Baltimore have lost 7 of 10 while Tampa has won 7 of 10. Cleveland has won 7 of 10 and own a 6 game lead over Detroit in the AL Central. Minnesota and KC have lost 7 of 10 and the Royals have dropped 5 straight. Seattle have lost 8 of 10 and are now 8 games behind the Angels in the AL West. Texas has won 5 straight and 8 of 10. The Mets have won 8 of 10 and leads Philly by 6 in the NL East. Florida has won 7 of 10. Milwaukee has won 7 of 10 to take a 1 game lead over the Cubs in the NL Central. The Cardinals have dropped 3 in a row to go 3 games back. The Reds and Astros have both lost 7 of 10. Arizona has won 5 in a row and 7 of 10 to open up a 3 game lead in the NL West over San Diego. The Dodgers are 5.5 back and Colorado is 6 back. The Rox have won 7 of 10. The Yankees lead the Tigers by 4 and the Mariners by 5 for the AL Wild Card. San Diego leads Philadelphia by 2, the Dodgers by 2.5, Colorado by 3, Atlanta by 4.5, and the Cubs by 5 for the NL Wild Card.

Monday On Tap
Big time makeup game at Wrigley as Ted Lilly and the Cubs host Joel Piniero and the Cardinals at 3:20. Kazmir faces Schilling in Boston, Halladay faces Rogers, and Jimenez faces Lohse in Philly in a game between 2 teams fighting for their lives. Fausto Carmona pitches in Chicago, Blanton faces Horacio Ramirez in Seattle, Hudson faces Perez in New York, and Hernandez faces Lincecum in Frisco.