Phillies 1, Giants 0 – Cole Hamels was a beast among men on Tuesday night throwing a two-hit shutout vs. the Giants.  This was by far the best game for Hamels this year coming at a great time down the stretch.  Hamels has really turned it on as of late and his ERA is now a semi-respectable 4.26.  Garko and Aurilia were the lone Giants hitters who got a hit against Hamels and Sandoval drew a walk.  Not only did Hamels pitch amazing but he stole his first base of the season!  Hamels scoreless inning streak is now at 19.  Ryan Howard drove in the lone Phillies run and hit two doubles as well.  With a win by the Braves the Phillies remain eight games ahead in the East.

WS MVP turning it up at the right time.

Twins 4, White Sox 3 – Jeff Manship made his Major League debut as a starter after pitching in five games of relief previously this year.  He did a fine job too, only surrending one run in five innings of work, and that run was an Alexi Ramirez solo job in the 5th inning.  The Twins are really on a roll and are currently two games over .500 and just 3.5 games back of the Tigers for the division lead.  Cuddyer provided half of the Twins offense tonight with two solo homers.  Pinch hitter Jose Morales hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th to give the Twins the W; it was the first AB for Morales since July 11th.  Great win.

Tigers 8, Indians 5 – Carlos Carrasco made his Major League debut on Tuesday night and got LIT UP against the Tigers.  The Tigers pounced (pun intended) on Carrasco and the Indians for six earned runs, nine hits, three walks and three homeruns.  Overall the Tigers had thirteen hits and six of them were for extra bases. Edwin Jackson didn’t particulary pitch well giving up nine hits himself in five innings including four runs but it was good enough for the win.  Fernando Rodney picked up his 30th save of the game when his previous high was thirteen, nice.

Career high in saves with each one.

Cardinals 7, Brewers 6 – The Cardinals scored four runs off of former Cardinal great Brandon Looper, but current great Joel Piniero gave up four runs as well.  Albert Pujols hit a solo home run in the 4th inning to give himself 42 on the year to lead the world and Matt Holliday broke the 3-3 tie in the 7th inning with a three run home run of his own.  Holliday, Ludwick, Rasmus and Molina combined to go 8-15 on the night with five RBI and four runs.  It was quite a night for the middle of the Cardinals lineup.  With the victory the Cardinals are now 10.5 ahead in the NL Central and a season high 23 games over .500.