Slap Happy

The Bushslappers are on a roll. The Slappers have now won six in a row and 10 of 11 and are sitting in fifth place overall, 1 1/2 games behind Honolulu. D.C. lost closer Jonathan Papelbon over the weekend and the effect was felt in their most recent game. With an 8-3 lead in the ninth, Joe Nathan and Dan Wheeler proceeded to blow the game and surrendered five runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie it at 8 and send the game to extra innings. Finally in the 12th, Jose Reyes bailed them out with a triple and was sac flied by Matt Holliday. Papelbon will miss around two weeks.

When David Eckstein went down with injury in Sunday's game against Arkansas, everyone was sure that Philadelphia GM Anthony Pucci would have Khalil Greene's number handy. Greene had recently been cut by the Animals, but the club decided to go with Bobby Crosby instead, opting to sign Scott Baker instead of Greene. "I already had my ticket to Philly in hand when I saw the news on Sportscenter" said a heartbroken Greene. "I just can't believe he would do that to me!" Crosby, a former Arkansas Golden Falcon is 2-4 so far in the two games since Eckstein's injury.

Look for a new This Week in the DMBL article later tonight.

The Gang's all here

The Mudcat moves seem to have worked for one game anyway. The Cats edged the first-place Animals 4-3 yesterday behind a solid outing from Roy Halladay (though he didn't figure into the decision) and three-hit games from Rocco Baldelli and Aramis Ramirez.

Still waiting, Barry....

Cliff Lee is making a case to stick in the Sharks rotation with a solid outing yesterday against the Rat Pack. Lee is now 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA in two starts filling in for the injured Jered Weaver.

South Boston has been on a little bit of a run lately, winning their fifth straight against Marietta yesterday. Aaron Harang shut down the Mighty Men for 7 innings, allowing only an unearned run and striking out 10. Poor Jeff Suppan finally pitched an outing for Marietta without getting destroyed, but had to settle for the loss (and lowering...yes lowering... his ERA to 10.13). During the game Matt Diaz extended his hitting streak to a league-high 23 games, besting Miguel Cabrera's earlier streak of 22.

Hoboken certainly got their revenge on Tuesday's smackdown from Newark. Hoboken pounded on the Sugar Bears to a 13-5 tune. The Cutters had 21 hits in total. Geoff Jenkins was 5-6 with 3 RBIs and Miguel Cabrera was 4-5 with 4 RBIs and a homer.

Philly's obsession with Khalil Greene continues as the Animals re-signed the shortstop for the second time this season. His playing time should be limited though as the club activated David Eckstein from his month-long sting on the DL.