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What a great day of baseball last night. We saw George Sherill challenging Big Papi and winning, the Rays moved into first place with a walk-off in the 11th and the Tigers continue to lose ball games. Lets take a look at some news from around the league last night:

• Jered Weaver made a very good start for the first time in a while last night against the White Sox. He went seven one hit innings with 6 strike outs. Too bad he couldn't get the win. This means that Weaver might be on track. After an atrocious outing last time out against Kansas City, where he gave up 8 runs in less than 4 innings, Weaver was able to mix his stuff very well. Weaver wasn't credited with the win, but Fransisco Rodriguez got his league leading 16th save. The Angels pulled it out 2-0. Manager Mike Scioscia stated that Weaver's stuff was the best he has seen in two years.

• The Tigers dropped another heart breaker to the Kansas City Royals, 3-2. Soon enough this offense has to break through right? Jon Paul Morosi, writer for the Detroit Free Press, comments on the situation in Detroit, and how even thought he economy is bad, the Tigers are still pulling great attendance numbers.

• The Mets are mixed up their roster quite a bit yesterday. First off the Mets designated pitchers Nelson Figueroa and Jorge Sosa. Replacing those two will be former brewers Matt Wise and Claudio Vargas. Vargas will join the rotation and start tonight against the Nationals. Look for Vargas to try and steal the last spot in the rotation and prove Milwaukee wrong tonight. The Mets also placed outfielder Angel Pagan on the 15 DL and called up Fernando Tatis.
  

• Yankees Vice President Hank Steinbrenner is at it again. In a recent report, Hank has called out the Yankee team saying that they have not been playing the way at the level are capable of. Steinbrenner notes that he thinks it will turn around and if it doesn't by this year than he will make it "by force" next year. The Yankees lost a close one to the Rays last night, when Gabe Gross singled up the middle to drive in the winning run. Heres a news flash Hank, your team isn't going to win with Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada on the DL. It also doesn't hurt that Latroy Hawkins, Andy Pettite were the only free agent acquisitions of last year. Some of the blame has to float your way. Too bad you couldn't seal the deal on Johan. 19th in team ERA in the league isn't going to win you a lot of ball games, even if your offense isn't struggling.

• Eric Gagne was back to closing Tuesday night after a one game absence from it. Gagne got the save against the Dodgers, in an outing where he looked pretty comfortable. Here is an audio piece of a post game interview with Gagne. He sounds pretty pumped. Audio courtesy of Sportsbubbler.com. Speaking of the Brewers, for those worried about the middle of the order, the last few games are a sign of things to come. Ryan Braun has busted out the whooping stick, with 4 dingers in the last three games, also tagging a blazing double last night. Braun is in the zone and it looks like Prince Fielder is about to heat up as well.

Todays Transactions:

• The Pirates placed catcher Ryan Doumit on the DL today. This will give Ronny Paulino a great opportunity to make a case to be traded to a team in need of a catcher. The Pirates called up Raul Chavez from AAA Indianapolis.
  

• The Reds placed Shortstop Jeff Keppinger on the DL as well today. To fill the roster spot the Reds called up Paul Janish from AAA Louisville. This could be a great opportunity to call up youngster Homer Bailey to make a spot start, considering the Reds could fill the short stop vacancy in different ways. This is the second shortstop to go down with a broken left knee. Alex Gonzalez started the season on the DL with a bum knee.
  

• Marlon Byrd will join the Rangers tonight after being reinstated from the DL. Byrd could be the lead off spark the Rangers have been looking for all season. The only question is who he will be replacing in the lineup. With Joey Hamilton in center and Brandon Boggs killing the ball, the only spot seems to be right field, where he would replace David Murphy.