Scott Feldman pitches six scoreless innings and three relievers complete the whitewash as Texas beats Los Angeles to complete a sweep. David Murphy drives in the game’s first run with a sacrifice fly in the 7th, then Ian Kinsler and Marlon Byrd hit RBI doubles to seal the affair. Texas has now won seven in a row, and 13 of its last 15 games.

In a 2 – 0 win by the Giants over the Mets, New York hurler Mike Pelfrey balks 3 times. It had been 15 years since Al Leiter was the last pitcher to have three balks in a game.

With San Francisco’s 3-1 interleague loss to the White Sox, Barry Zito becomes the first Giants’ hurler in 98 years to start a season with eight consecutive losses. Jesse Burkett opened the 1890 campaign without a victory, also losing eight straight decisions.

Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets, becomes a huge recording studio as Sesame Street’s Bob McGrath along with a chorus of 15,000 school children sing an uplifting song to Ronald Sterling, a seven year-old with the immune deficiency disorder Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. The non-profit group, Songs of Love Foundation, which creates personalized songs for sick children throughout the country, arranged for the ‘…You’re a Grand Slam’ tune to be sung and recorded at the ballpark, with the baseball-loving youngster listening on the phone.

At Bank One Ballpark, Erubiel Durazo drives in nine runs with three homers and a double. The Diamondbacks first baseman’s offensive output helps Arizona beat Philadelphia 12-9.

Mets free agent acquisition Steve Trachsel becomes the first pitcher in franchise history to give up four home runs in an inning, pitching himself out of the starting rotation in the process (one day later, he’ll be off the roster altogether, off to Norfolk for a three-week Triple A stint). To be fair, the Met bullpen does not exactly cover itself in glory either, with Rick White and John Franco each contributing 4 runs to San Diego’s 15-run total; an uncharacteristically economical Franco accomplishes all this in one third of an inning. The one Met bright spot is the performance turned in by a newcomer assigned mop-up duty in the 9th, super sub Desi Relaford, who moves over from SS to make the only mound appearance of his major league career. Sporting a tailing change-up and a fastball, which at 91 MPH is about 5 MPH faster than anything Trachsel was able to muster, Desi fans the opposing pitcher, then induces two consecutive Padres to fly out to the deepest part of the park.

Jesús Sommers of the Poza Rica Oilers connects for his 3,000th career hit. Elmer Dessens is the victimized pitcher.