The Marlins played the Nationals last night in the only other game involving NL East teams on the Monday schedule.
Ricky Nolasco struck out eight while allowing just two runs on four hits over eight innings as the Marlins rallied to beat the Nationals, 4-2. Hanley Ramirez led the offense with three hits.
Scott Olsen returned from [...]

The Phillies took two of three from the Blue Jays this weekend and seem to have turned things around for the moment.
J.A. Happ ran his record to 5-0 with a complete game shutout on Saturday, while Chase Utley’s double and triple propelled the team to victory on Sunday.
In a battle for [...]

Derek Lowe was roughed up for eight runs on eleven hits in just three innings on Thursday as the Braves fell to the Yankees, 11-7. Johnny Damon and Alex Rodriguez each had four RBI, and Derek Jeter picked up four hits and scored four times for New York.
Jordan Zimmermann tossed seven strong innings, and Willie [...]

Ricky Nolasco allowed just two unearned runs over seven innings, and Cody Ross led the offense with three hits and two RBI as the Marlins downed the Orioles on Wednesday, 5-2.
Tampa Bay bounced back from its 10-1 shelling on Tuesday to knock off the Phillies on Wednesday at Citizens Bank Park, 7-1.  Matt Garza gave up just 3 hits over [...]

Javier Vazquez and three Atlanta relievers scattered ten hits on Monday as the Braves shut out the Cubs, 2-0.
Chipper Jones and Nate McLouth each drove in a run to help Vazquez pick up his first win since May 20.
The rest of the NL East was off on Monday.
In other news…

In another weekend of Interleague play, the Phillies got swept by the Orioles, the Red Sox won two of three from the Braves, the Marlins upset the Yankees, and the Nationals came away with a series win against the Blue Jays.
Philadelphia managed just eight runs in three games at home against Baltimore and have now dropped [...]

The Washington Nationals came to play again on Thursday, shutting out the Yankees, 3-0. 
After a three hour rain delay, starter Craig Stammen tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings, and Ryan Zimmerman and Cristian Guzman knocked out three hits apiece to lead Washington to a series win over the Bronx Bombers.
…I can only imagine the pressure Joe Girardi is feeling [...]

Adam Dunn hit a monstrous home run, and Long Island native John Lannan allowed just two runs over 8 1/3 innings as the Washington Nationals held on to beat the Yankees, 3-2.
…And yes, Manny Acta is still the Washington manager
Elsewhere, the Blue Jays pounded the Phillies, 7-1, the Reds dropped the Braves 4-3, and Brad Penny [...]

Yesterday, I spent several hours approving comments and allowing new users to post at will on MetsBlog.com.
However, there are still thousands of unmoderated comments and unapproved accounts, because for every one or two I approve, there are hundreds buried that i am not seeing.
So, instead, if you still are unable to post at will, and [...]

The National League East took a beating Tuesday night at the hands of the AL East.
Washington’s poor defense and shoddy relief pitching allowed New York to score twice in the seventh inning and once more in the eighth as the Yankees came from behind to defeat the Nationals, 5-3.
In Philadelphia, the Blue Jays scored once [...]

David Wright is hitting .364 in 60 games this season, and is on pace to finish the year with over 160 strike outs, 10 HR, roughly 100 RBI and 45 stolen bases.
According to Jayson Stark, and his Useless Info Department on ESPN.com, “No .360 hitter in history has even whiffed 100 times, let alone 161.”
…by the [...]

The entire NL East had a day off on Monday.
Today the Phillies host the Blue Jays, the Nationals are in New York to face the Yankees, Atlanta travels to Cincinnati, and the Marlins head to Boston.
In other news…

Philadelphia needed a four run fifth inning and a six run seventh on Sunday to rally past Boston’s Josh Beckett and salvage the finale of its weekend series against the Red Sox, 11-6.
The Phillies allowed sixteen runs over their first two games. 
The Orioles took it to Derek Lowe, pounding out seven runs on eight hits in just 2 1/3 innings on Sunday [...]

After dropping the first two contests against Atlanta, the Pittsburgh Pirates bounced back to edge the Braves on Wednesday, 3-2.
Jair Jurrjens was the hard-luck loser for Atlanta, allowing just two runs on four hits while striking out seven in six innings.
Former Braves first baseman Adam LaRoche drove in two runs for Pittsburgh.
The two clubs will [...]

This morning, WFAN’s Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton announced today they were recently asked by the Mets to submit four songs to replace Sweet Caroline during the eighth inning in Citi Field.
…oh, jeez, this again… ok, fine… let’s see what we’ve got…
Carton, Esiason and their staff selected the ‘Curly Shuffle,’ ‘Blame it on the Boogie,’ ‘I [...]