STL 5, PHI 3

...Cool. St. Louis ties the series at 2 apiece. This isn't a super-shocking turn of events -- getting to Oswalt is not that difficult this season -- but here's the interesting part: MLB lists the probables for Friday as Carpenter and TBA. Not that I like the other options much better if I'm LaRussa, but starting C. Carps on short rest hasn't worked out very well so far. And who does Manuel go with? Does it matter?

...Man, I love this time of year. I wish sports radio would shut up about football. (And...everything else.)

Points:

STL: 3

Pence, H: 1
Utley, C: 4

No change in the leaders. See you back here after the nightcap.

NYY 10, DET 1; ARI 8, MIL 1

Can't say I saw these results coming...although AJ does seem to know how to turn it on when he absolutely has to. But the handcuffing of the Milwaukee offense was a surprise.

In any case, your points:

NYY: 5

Cano, R: 1
Granderson, C: 2
Martinez, V: 4
Swisher, N: 1
Teixeira, M: 1

ARI: 5

Fielder, P: 1

Marcum, S: 4.67

Standings/notes after the jump.

PHI 3, STL 2

I "watched" most of the game on MLB.com in a conference room. Stupid employment. It didn't change the standings much, but as the lone Hamels picker, I felt pretty good about it -- and the lone Pujols picker should feel pretty good too.

Points:

PHI: 3

Pujols, A: 7
Utley, C: 1
Victorino, S: 1

Hamels, C: 11 (6 IP + 8 K - 3 BB)

Standings after the jump!

TEX 4, TB 3

I'm sad to see the Rays go -- but gone they have. Beltre pickers, meanwhile? Not sad AT ALL, and I don't blame them. Your points for the afternoon game:

TEX: 9 (3 for the win + 6 for the division series)

Beltre, A: 12
Kinsler, I: 4

Departing the points race:
TB
Longoria, E
Price, D

I'll update the points shortly with the PHI/STL game, but for the moment, it's Aarons aweigh -- Aaron 2 with 67; Aaron 1 with 66; and Jill Love, Matt, and Joe tied with 62.

DET 5, NYY 4

I'm away from my desk all day today, so I probably can't update as fully as I'd like until tonight. That said, the NYY/DET game last night was something of a nail-biter...and thanks to some wildness on the part of Captain Crunch, the Sabathia pickers didn't do as well as they might have liked.

Points:

DET: 3

Granderson, C: 3

Sabathia, CC: 2.33 (5.1 IP + 3 K - 6 BB)
Verlander, J: 16 (8 IP + 11 K - 3 BB)

Joe Reid 1 and Matt now tied for the lead with 62, followed by Broomfield/Romine with 59 and Keith with 57.33. Tim 1 and Joe Costa 2 just off the pace.

The games begin at 2 PM ET today.

TEX 4, TB 3

Should Maddon have left Price in? Could that have bought his line-up some time? I don't know what difference it would have made. I'll give the Rays credit for staying in it, though.

Points!

TEX: 3

Beltre, A: 1
Hamilton, J: 1
Kinsler, I: 2

Price, D: 8.67 (6.2 IP + 3 K - 1 BB)

Slight shuffle of the leaders -- Keith clinging to a lead with 55, Aaron 2 54, Maria 1 with 52, and Lauren and Tom just off the pace at 50. But don't get too used to those stats, with two popular picks dueling in Detroit...

STL 5, PHI 4

St. Louis, surprisingly, comes back to 5-4 and holds the lead -- but it's Lee pickers, as usual, who gain the biggest ground:

STL: 3

Howard, R: 1
Pence, H: 1
Pujols, A: 2

Carpenter: 2 (3 IP cancelled out by 3 BB; 2 K)
Lee: 13 (6 IP + 9 K - 2 BB)

Standings after the jump!