Wily Mo got 5 hits as the Portland Beavers routedLas Vegas 2-4. Pena started in right and also scored 2 runs while driving in 4 in his 6th game with the San Diego Padre's affiliate:
The MLB-leading Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves to take 2 games out of 3 to win the first round of interleague play. Kason Gabbard was brilliant and struck out 7 over 6 innings. He allowed only 2 runs and scattered 6 hits while only walking 1 batter.
The Atlanta Braves came back with a vengence behind the strong pitching of John Smoltz to beat the Boston Red Sox 14-0 in the 2nd game of today's double-header.
Two baseballs were completely destroyed today in Boston after getting too close to Wily Mo. The first came on a middle-in fastball in the 8th inning of the day game between the Sox and the Braves.
Wily Mo Pena, hitting for Manny Ramirez during Boston's white-washing of the Atlanta Braves, hit the first pitch he saw deep over the Green Monster for his 3rd home run of the year.
The Yankees beefcake, Jason Giambi, demanded today that Major League Baseball should apologize to the public for doing steriods. No word if Giambi (shown below without makeup) will specifically apologize for his role in the fiasco, though.
A suddenly patient Wily Mo Pena walked 3 times in the 2nd game of today's double-header against the Detroit Tigers. Pena started in Left field as Manny Ramirez gave way for the big slugger.
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