The Phillies score a couple of runs in the 1st inning and then turn to Cole Hamels, who pitches a complete game, in beating the Giants, 2 – 1, outpitching Matt Cain. The Phillies have won a season-high nine consecutive games.

The Red Sox defeat the Yankees, 10 – 4, in the second game of a three-game series at Fenway Park, to tie the two teams in first place in the AL East. Jacoby Ellsbury hits a three-run homer off CC Sabathia and drives in 6 runs to power the Red Sox. Sabathia is 0-4 against Boston this year, and 16-2 against all other teams.

The Yankees and Red Sox, tied atop the AL East standings, meet for a three-game series at Fenway Park. New York takes the opener, 3 – 2, thanks a to a big performance by its bullpen. After starter Bartolo Coloncomes out in the 5th, with his team trailing, 2 – 0, five relievers pitch 4 1/3 scoreless innings and the Yanks score three runs in the top of the 6th off Jon Lester for the win. Nick Swisher drives in the winning run with a double, Boone Logan is the winner and Mariano Rivera picks up the save.

Darla Harlow, a big fan of the Mississippi Braves, is given the honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Trustmark Park in Pearl. After tossing the ball to home plate, the military wife is totally surprised when the catcher takes off his mask, revealing the ‘player’ is really her husband, Michael, an Army major who has been away from home, serving in Afghanistan for the past nine months.

The Twins celebrate the 20th year anniversary of the 1991 controversial play when Kent Hrbek and Ron Gant becoming entangled at first base in Game 2 of the World Series with a bobblehead doll depicting one of the worst of all-time decisions by an umpire. Drew Coble called Gant out when it appeared first baseman Kent Hrbek had lifted him off the bag.

Cliff Lee pitches his 5th shutout of the year in a 3 – 0 Phillies defeat of San Francisco that may well be a preview of the postseason. The Phillies have now won 7 in a row and have pulled to an 8 1/2 game lead in the NL East.

The Cubs complete a four-game sweep of the Pirates with a 7 – 6 win in Pittsburgh, as Carlos Pena, Geovany Soto and Blake DeWitt homer to send the Bucs to their 7th straight defeat. Pirates starter James McDonaldgives up 4 runs in 7 innings and drives in 3 himself, exiting the game with a 6 – 4 lead, but the Cubs rally for three runs in the 8th off four relievers, three of whom fail to record an out.

The Jamestown (New York) Jammers wear special game jerseys during their NY-Penn League game against Tri-City to commemorate Lucy Ball’s 100th birthday and in conjunction with the Festival of Comedy being held in her honor in Jamestown this week. The uniform tops, which feature Lucy and Desi on the front and Lucy’s 100th birthday celebration logo on the back, will be auctioned off later to benefit the Lucy-Desi Center, and the winners can have the jersey autographed by the player who wore it, if so desired.

After driving in the winning run yesterday, Jacoby Ellsbury, who never had a walk-off hit, does it in consecutive contests when he blasts a two-out ninth inning homer, giving the Red Sox another dramatic victory over Cleveland. The center fielder becomes the first Red Sox player with game-ending hits on consecutive days in the regular season since Butch Hobson accomplished the feat in 1978.