• John Danks allowed 2 runs in 6 1/3 innings, and Paul Konerko and A.J. Pierzynski hit home runs as the White Sox defeated the Yankees, 5-3 in game one of a doubleheader. Jorge Posada reached base 3 times for New York.
• Chien-Ming Wang pitched 7 strong innings, giving up just one run on 6 hits, and Hideki Matsui went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI to lead the Yankees to an 8-1 win over the White Sox in the nightcap of the day’s doubleheader.
• Ryan Zimmerman doubled, homered, walked, and drove in 2, and Ryan Church doubled and had 3 RBI as the Nationals knocked off the Braves, 6-4. Chipper Jones had 2 hits and 2 RBI for Atlanta.
• Jeremy Hermida reached base 3 times, and Miguel Cabrera hit 2 doubles and drove in 2 as the Marlins squeaked out a 4-3 win over the Pirates. Adam LaRoche had 3 hits, a home run, and 2 RBI, and Zach Duke allowed just 2 run in 7 innings for Pittsburgh.
• Cole Hamels took a perfect game into the 7th inning and finished the night allowing just 2 runs on 2 hits over 8 innings as the Phillies won their 3rd straight, 6-2. Aaron Rowand hit a 3 run homer for Philadelphia while J.J. Hardy launched a 2-run shot for Milwaukee.
• C.C. Sabathia allowed just a run on 5 hits in 8 innings to pick up his 6th victory of the season and lead the Indians to a 7-1 win over the Twins. Casey Blake had 3 hits, Trot Nixon drove in 3 runs, and Grady Sizemore had 2 hits, a walk, stole 2 bases, and scored 3 times for Cleveland.
• A.J. Burnett threw a complete game 3-hitter as the Blue Jays went on to sweep the Orioles, 2-1. Kevin Millar homered and had 2 of Baltimore’s 3 hits.
• Jorge Sosa took the mound after a 3 hour rain delay and shutdown the Cubs, allowing just one run on one hit over 7 innings as the Mets cruised to an 8-1 victory over Chicago. Damion Easley had 2 hits, hit a home run, drew a walk and drove in 2 for New York. David Wright and Carlos Gomez each had 2 hits, a double, and 2 RBI for the Mets. Jose Reyes has to leave the game with what the club is calling a tweaked hamstring.
• In a slugfest at Disney World, Carl Crawford and Delmon Young each drove in 3 runs, and Ty Wigginton, Carlos Pena, and Brendan Harris each had 3 hits as the Devil Rays outlasted the Rangers, 11-8. Mark Teixeira had 3 hits, a home run, and 2 RBI, and Sammy Sosa had 2 hits, homered, and drove in 3 for Texas.
• Hunter Pence went 4-for-4 with a home run, and Chris Sampson out-dueled Noah Lowry as the Astros edged the Giants, 2-1.
• Brad Hawpe hit 2 home runs and drove in 4, and Aaron Cook picked up his 3rd win of the season as the Rockies beat the Diamondbacks, 5-3. Mark Reynolds made his major league debut, going 2-for-3 with a walk and a 2-run double for Arizona.
• John Lackey pitched 6 scoreless innings, and all 9 members of the Los Angeles (Anaheim) starting lineup reached base as the Angels shut out the Mariners, 5-0.
• Mike Cameron had 3 hits, and Kevin Kouzmanoff collected 3 hits and drew a walk to drive in the winning run in the 9th inning as the Padres trotted by the Reds, 3-2.
• Odalis Perez pitched 6 scoreless innings, and the Royals rallied for 2 runs in the 9th inning to come from behind and beat the A’s, 4-3.
• Wilson Betemit hit a pinch-hit 3-run homer, and Randy Wolf pitched another solid game as the Dodgers knocked off the Cardinals, 5-4. Juan Encarnacion had 3 hits for St. Louis.  

BDD Players of the Day – Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels, New York’s Jorge Sosa, and Toronto’s A.J. Burnett