Sardines drop 10th straight

Vancouver and Las Vegas have both hit a wall recently. Vancouver dropped their third straight game - a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the Bushslappers. Shawn Hill pitched 7 strong innings and limited the Fist to only 4 hits. Cliff Floyd made a good first impression going 2-4 with 2 RBIs. Meanwhile, Las Vegas dropped their 5th straight - a 7-3 loss to Tampa Bay. The Plunkers scored 6 runs in the late innings to rally back from a 3-1 deficit despite amassing only 6 hits. To add injury to insult, the Rats lost Carlos Pena for the better part of two weeks.

C.C. Sabathia held the Falcons to 3 hits in 8 innings and struck out 9 en route to a 7-2 win. The Hitmen kept pace with D.C. and Tampa Bay and held on to their 6th spot. Dmitri Young was 2-2 with 3 RBIs and Russell Martin was 3-3 with 2 runs scored in the contest.

Sardine City lost their 10th straight yesterday, a 9-1 rout by Team Buddah. Alfonso Soriano and David DeJesus each had 4 hits while Brad Penny improved to 8-12 on the season. Sardine City, once as close as 3 games out of a playoff spot, has fallen apart. They currently stand at 12 games behind the Hitmen and 9th overall.