Beisbol de Septiembre

The highlights from Tuesday night:

Vladimir Guerrero returned to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim lineup on Tuesday, and decided to drop a pair of two-run home runs on the Baltimore Orioles on the way to a 10-5 victory. Guerrero needs one more home run to reach 25 home runs for the 10th consecutive year. Gary Matthews Jr. injured his ankle in the victory and is expected out for the final five games of their road trip.

And their division rival the Seattle Mariners decided that they no longer want to compete for the AL West division title or the AL wild card, by dropping their second consecutive game to the Oakland A's. The Angels magic number is now ten to clinch the AL West division and to ensure that I will be attending the AL playoffs.

Meanwhile, their Los Angeles neighbor Dodgers, lost to now 17-game winner Jake Peavy and fell 3.5 games behind in the NL wild card race. They now share the same record as fellow NL West team, Colorado Rockies, after Esteban Loaiza lost his first game at Dodger Stadium since being traded. Oh, and Loaiza was booed when he was left in the game in the third inning following a mound visit from pitching coach Rick Honeycutt. Peavy has not lost to the Dodgers since Sept. 2003.

The Milwaukee Brewers are now in sole possession of first place of the fickle NL Central race after the Cubs lost to the Houston Astros in 11 innings. The Brewers moved into a one game lead by way of defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-1.

Have I mentioned that the Yankees and Red Sox play each other this weekend? Trust me, you will find out.