– The Pirates crushed Darrell Rasner and the Yankees 12-5 on Tuesday, scoring runs in every inning except two. Jose Bautista and Ryan Doumit each homered for the Bucs.
– The Red Sox-Diamondback series has been outstanding thus far as Boston evened things up yesterday with a 5-4 win. Dustin Pedroia hit his seventh dinger of the year and Jonathan Papelbon earned his 22nd save.
– A.J. Burnett pitched eight innings of four-hit ball and also struck out seven in the Jays’ 14-1 dismantling of the Reds. Alex Rios went 4 for 6 with a homer, a RBI and three runs scored.
– The Cubs lost a rare home game, falling 7-5 to the Orioles. It was Baltimore’s first trip to Wrigley and the O’s got the win despite both Jim Edmonds and Kosuke Fukudome both leaving the yard.
