Yankee Stadium was the scene of an unlikely pitchers duel on this Saturday afternoon as Reds starter Daryl Thompson pitched 5 scoreless innings while the Yankees’ Dan Giese took a shutout into the 7th. The Yankees squandered several early scoring chances en route to 12 team LOB in a game where they failed to score. Giese lost his shutout on his last pitch of the afternoon when Edwin Encarnacion delivered a clutch 2 out single to drive in Ken Griffey Jr and Brandon Phillips. Corey Patterson promptly hit a 2-run shot off Yanks reliever José Veras and just like that it was 4-0. A Brandon Phillips single plated 2 more runs in the 8th as the Reds shutout the Yankees 6-0.

The Cardinals jumped ahead early on a Ryan Ludwick sac fly and made it 2-0 when Jason LaRue singled in Rick Ankiel in the 4th. Starting pitcher Braden Looper went 7 innings only allowing a single run on 5 hits, but with no additonal run support the Cards bullpen let the lead slip away on a pair of solo shots in the top of the 8th. The Cards put their first 2 on in the bottom half of the 8th but failed to drive them in as the Royals prevailed 3-2.

Todd Wellemeyer got knocked around in his return to the rotation on Friday the 13th, surrendering back to back to back homers in the first to Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Pat Burrell. Things went from bad to worse in the 4th when the Phillies plated 9. So Taguchi pinch hit for the Phillies in the 6th and received a standing ovation from the Busch faithful.