Nine innings, nine items to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice.
1. The month nobody saw coming: Anibal Sanchez, Logan Morrison (pictured) and the Florida Marlins stopped Arizona's winning streak at seven with a 5-2 victory Tuesday night, but the Diamondbacks still finished May with a 19-9 record and in first place in the NL West. Howtheydothat?
2. Skip to my St. Lou: Little Skip Schumaker had a little infield hit to cap a three-run rally in the eighth for the St. Louis Cardinals, who jumped the Giants 4-3.
3. MarmLOL: Whoa, Carlos Marmol had a blowout; The Houston Astros nicked him for six runs in the ninth, coming from behind to beat the Cubs 7-3 at Wrigley. 20-year-old Jordan Lyles had a nice debut for Houston, too: One earned run allowed and five hits (with no walks) in seven innings.
4. Longo go longo: Evan Longoria, back hitting in the middle of the order, lined a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning to propel Tampa Bay to a 5-4 victory against the Rangers. I'm not sure 84-year-old lefty Arthur Rhodes is the match-up that manager Ron Washington wanted there.
5. Fenway Park, home of the ... White ... Sox?: They won in Boston again — making it 12 of 14 — behind a lot of offense and another strong outing by Phil Humber, beating the Red Sox 10-7.
6. Sailing the high seas in style: Thanks to three runs in the eighth and two more in the ninth Pittsburgh Pirates, took out the Mets and R.A. Dickey 5-1. One more road victory — just ONE more — and the Bucs equal — EQUAL — their total from 2010, when they went 17-64 away from PNC Park.
7. Smoak on the Wieters: Justin Smoak's eighth-inning three-run homer trumps Matt Wieters' solo shot in Seattle's 3-2 victory against Baltmore. Wieters and Smoak were high school chums in So. Carolina, you know? Imagine that lineup. Two-ninths of it, anyway.
8. Off a Cliff: Danny Espinosa and Washington Nationals, they smacked Cliff Lee around like he's on the pay-no-mind list in a 10-2 thrashing of the Phillies. Espinosa had two homers in becoming the first guy to take Lee and Roy Halladay deep this season.
9. Sound-a-likes: Zack Greinke was better than Chad Reineke (where's Zach Kroenke when you need him?), and Corey Hart hit a home run at night helping the Brewers beat the Reds 7-2 and improve to 9-18 on the road.
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