In Chicago, Gavin Floyd threw 7 shut out innings against Rangers, holding that heavy hitting line-up to a mere 3 hits, walking 1 and striking out 6 en route to his 11th win of the year in the Sox' 10-0 victory. Chicago is now 5 games behind front running Detroit, who completed the sweep of the Indians with an 8-7 win in the Motor City. In that game, Jason Donald had 2 hits and scored a run, and Lou Marson had a hit and a walk, and also scored for the Tribe. The sweep leaves Cleveland 4.5 games out of first, as the race heats up for the final 5 weeks of the season.
In Atlanta, the Braves topped the Diamondbacks, 1-0. Michael Bourn (.303) had 1 hits in 4 at bats and was thrown out trying to steal home. In Houston, Sergio Escalona (3.00) recorded 2 outs, and allowed 1 hit in the Astros' 11-inning 6-4 loss to the Giants.
In Washington, the Nationals took 2 of 3 from the Phillies with a 5-4 win in 10 innings. Carlos Ruiz (.270) hit his 5th home run, 1 of 2 hits for him on the day, scoring 2 runs and driving in 2. Mike Schwimer made his debut, coming on for Roy Halladay after a long delay, and threw 3 innings, allowing 1 run on 2 hits, NO walks, striking out 4. Antonio Bastardo (1.48) threw the 9th inning and allowed a 2-out game tying home run to Ian Desmond.
The win by Gavin Floyd was the 74th for the HomeSide.
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