Las Vegas hosted Philadelphia the past three days and swept the former Morris Division leaders. All three games were decided by one run. Can you get any closer than that without winning? Alas, none of the games went to extra innings, but you get the point. The Animals actually rallied in the eighth to come up one run short in the final game. A.J. Burnett improved to 7-0 with a 6.2 inning, 10 strikeout effort.
Amazingly enough five of yesterday's seven games were decided by one run. Dice-K and the Sardine City Straphangers took a narrow 2-1 decision from the Falcons. Javier Vazquez let up four unearned runs, but escaped with a 5-4 win over the Hillsborough Hired Hitmen. Vlad Guerrero (3-5) led Blue Ridge to a 6-5 win over their first year counterpart Tampa Bay. Finally David Ortiz (3-5, 3 RBI) led Vancouver to an 8-7 win over New Jersey. The win gave the Fist sole control of first place in the Morris Division for the first time since Opening Week.
D.C. sent Marietta fill-in Boof Bonser packing to AAA after erupting for an 11-run third inning in yesterday's 14-4 pounding. Bonser was responsible for 7 of the runs and saw his ERA erupt to 8.16. "After learning that he was destined to go to AAA no matter what happened" said team owner David Landsman, "Boof just didn't have his heart in it for this game." The Mighty Men activated John Danks to take his spot next time around.
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