Okay everyone, let's do the Tighten Up.

Twins 7 A's 5- Joe Kennedy picked the wrong time to snap his scoreless inning streak as he blew a two run lead late to the Twins, a team long-buried and now looking like your possible Central Division Champs. The A's were up 5-3 in the eighth when Kennedy, pitching his second inning, started giving up hit after hit. This wasn't any sort of Benitez job, however-- Kennedy had a 15 1/3 scoreless streak going and took his first loss since last year. That's the thing about being a relief pitcher, no matter how well you do, at some point you're going to blow a game. The game also marked the end of Frank Thomas's home-run streak, as he was unable to do the deed this time around. The big thing, however, is that the Angels, a team that has just pretty much hung around and around and around all season, also won. What was once a fairly comfortable lead is now not so much as the Halos are now 4 1/2 back. We had thought the A's were pretty much in cruising mode but we guess not. Welcome to Pennant Race Hell, A's fans.

Giants 10 Rockies 6- Down by four early, the Giants kicked things into gear, with Pedro Feliz and Dreamy Vizquel leading the way with two-run doubles. Also coming through was Randy "Frylock" Winn, a player who has pretty much not done much of anything this season. In fact, we often forget he's on the team. Anyways, the big news is that both the Dodgers and the Padres lost in extra innings. This means the Giants are now 3 back of LA for the NL West and 1 1/2 in the Wild Card and once again in sole possession of second place.

We just went to Costco to buy Extra Strength Tums for the next couple of weeks.