The Happy Recap: Carsten Charles Will Not Leave the Building

I'm a little teapot, short and stout...

Brewers 3, Cardinals 0: It's right about this time when you start to feel like the Indians didn't quite get equal value in the CC Sabathia trade. The Round One went all nine, striking out seven and taking a no-hitter into the 6th to give the Brewers their 7th straight win.

For Sabathia, it was his third consecutive complete game and fourth win with Milwaukee. J.J. Hardy and Ryan Braun homered in support of Carsten Charles, who now has a 26:3 K:BB ratio in his past three starts.

Mets 6, Phillies 3: This time, Brett Myers was on the receiving end, getting slapped around for three runs while walking five in his short-lived return from the minors.

The serious damage, however, was done later in the game by Jose Reyes, whose three-run homer put the Mets up for good. Taking a lead into the ninth, Billy Wagner refused to adhere to the traditional pour-gasoline-on-fire method and dispatched the Phils in order.

White Sox 10, Rangers 8: In Texas, everything is bigger, including ERAs, and the Sox took advantage of that last night. Fresh off of seven stellar innings that included four errors and eight runs allowed, Chicago simply battled back to bring it within striking distance for former Stanford Cardinal Carlos Quentin. His second homer of the day put the Sox up for good and made sure Alexei Ramirez' redonkulous play didn't go to waste.

Rays 4, A's 3: So... hit a home run, get demoted to the minors? I believe that's the exact opposite of positive reinforcement, but maybe it's the next Moneyball-type craze. Most likely not. Anywho, the newest Durham Bull, Ben Zobrist, went back-to-back with Jonny Gomes to give the Rays the lead and prevent consecutive home losses for the first time since April. Tampa Bay remains a 1/2 game up on Boston.

Angels 14, Indians 11: At some point, you have to think Francisco Rodriguez is paying off his teammates to make sure the games stay close. That's the only explanation I have for Cleveland's convenient four-run comeback in the last two innings.

Down 14-7 thanks to a Jeff Mathis grand slam and nine hits combined from Howie Kendrick and Casey Kotchman, the Indians brought it within striking distance before Rodriguez was brought in to record the last out and get the save. 1/3 of an inning, 1 pitch = 1 save. The save statistic could be slightly overrated. From now on, the 'K' in K-Rod stands for Konspiracy.