Rats win 10th straight

The Rat Pack has moved to 10-0 after defeating the Straphangers 14-3 yesterday. It's the best start for Las Vegas since they were bought by owner Eric Wickstrom. Carlos Pena and Jeremy Hermida each had 4 RBIs. Hermida had two homers in the effort, while Pena had one. Orlando Hernandez held the Sardines to only 2 hits over six innings. Sardine City catcher Kurt Suzuki was forced to leave late in the game after hitting a sacrifice fly. Suzuki will sit out until people start to refer to him only as "Kurt", much like Rat Pack outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. "Watching Ichiro on the other bench with his name on his uniform...that's gonna be me too!" said Kurt.

Vancouver broke their five game slide by besting the Falcons 4-2. Mike Lowell hit a two-run homer in the sixth to give the Fist a 3-2 lead. Zack Greinke got the call to replace injured starter Chad Billingsley, but did not make it out of the fifth inning. Tim Wakefield, also pitching for an injured starter (Chuck James), took a tough loss after pitching seven solid innings.

D.C. remained atop the Morris Division after coming back in the ninth inning to topple the Mudcats 6-5. Down 5-3, Adrian Beltre launched a two-run shot to tie the game up and Ryan Zimmerman poked a single to drive the winning run home for the win. Five of the eleven Mudcat games so far this year have been decided by one run - the Cats are 2-3 in those games.