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Seattle has been playing pretty decent ball lately, and were able to manage a split in their four-game series against the second AL Wild Card Rangers with a 5-0 win this afternoon. Felix Hernandez improved to 17-9 on the year by allowing no runs and just three hits over eight innings of work. King Felix’s 17th win ties him for the American League lead, but he wasn’t the only Mariner moving up the leaderboards today; Nelson Cruz launched his 40th home run of the season over the right field fence in his return from a quad injury. He now has reached the 40 home run plateau in back to back seasons and has improved on almost every facet of his offensive game. Cruz’s walk rate is up from 8.1% to 9.2% and that has resulted in a career high .957 OPS; 120 points over his career mark. The Rangers would have liked to gain an additional game in the loss column over the idle Minnesota Twins, but will look ahead to their upcoming three-game set with the last place Oakland Athletics at home in Arlington. Colby Lewis will be on the bump looking for his career-high 15th win on Friday.

IF YOU ONLY READ ONE THING…

The New York Mets continue to roll, and the man they call Big Sexy has managed to stay hot. Bartolo Colon extended his scoreless innings streak to 31-straight in tonight’s 7-2 win over the Atlanta Braves, breaking Warrin Span and Cy Young’s mark of 27-straight scoreless innings at the age of 42 or older. Colon’s streak is also the longest by a Met since R.A Dickey’s club record of 32 ⅔ IP set back in 2012. Colon’s streak was snapped just before he departed with two outs in the seventh inning. He gave up just two earned runs over the course of a strong 6 ⅔ innings, and also added an RBI on his two-out single in the fourth to earn his 14th win of the season. Kevin Plawecki and Juan Uribe each drove in three runs filling in for Travis d’Arnaud and David Wright who were given the day off after a gruelling series in Washington. The Mets were able to keep up the momentum despite a two hour and twenty minute rain delay and improve to 7 ½ games up with 22 left to play. Atlanta has been having tryout of sorts for the future since the rosters expanded for September call ups, but the added youth has not gave way to positive results for the Braves. Tonight’s loss officially eliminated them from playoff contention, and makes it the 21st loss in their last 24 games.

JUST AS WE EXPECTED…

The Colorado Rockies showed this afternoon that they don’t need the thin air of the hitter-friendly Coors Field to mash. Colorado beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 by hitting solo home runs in the first, sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez continue to trade the position atop the NL lead in home runs back and forth as both player went deep again tonight. Arenado is having a monster offensive season to go along with his top notch defense at third base. His 38 home runs and 108 RBI are the most in the National League, and puts him in the top four for both categories in all of baseball. Though Arenado enjoys a 62 point bump in his batting average at home, he actually has the same amount of homers away from Colorado as his does in his home park proving that his pop is not solely because of park effects. Nolan Arenado, along with Josh Donaldson, have brought big numbers back to a traditionally offensive position that has been surprisingly thin in recent seasons. They will be the top two third baseman off the board in fantasy drafts next year, and both will be top-ten when the 2015 season comes to a close.

SAVE CHANCES

– John Axford (21)

– Kyle Lohse (2)

INJURIES

After getting swept by the first place Mets, and falling behind seven games in the race for the NL Eastern Division title, the Washington Nationals learned they may lose Ryan Zimmerman to the DL once again. Zimmerman played through an oblique injury in Monday’s series opener, going 2-5 with a run, but had to sit out the final two games of the series despite being a notorious Met-killer over the course of his career. Zimmerman’s absence from the lineup speaks volumes to just how serious the injury must be. He had been a force in the middle of Washington’s lineup, slugging .913 with 18 RBI during his current nine-game hitting streak. Had Zimmerman’s bat been in the cleanup spot Tuesday and Wednesday night, then maybe it would have been a different series. Zimmerman has been a bystander to a lot of the Nats struggles this season, having been limited to just 95 games due to multiple stints on the disabled list, and appears to be on the verge of missing a significant amount of time once again. With the division seemingly away from Washington they will look to Clint Robinson to fill in at first base.

RUMORS & TRANSACTIONS

Ruben Amaro Jr. is out as Phillies’ General Manager to the delight of many Philly fans. Amaro served as GM for Philadelphia since 2009, and guided the ball club to three division titles and a National League pennant; however, most of the criticism that befalls Amaro comes from both the players he dealt too early, and the ones he hung on to for too long. Some notable now-big-leaguers the Phillies parted ways with during Amaro’s tenure include Travis d’Arnaud, Carlos Carrasco, J.A. Happ, Vance Worley, Jon Singleton, Trevor May, and Domingo Santana. Amaro dealt some quality talent, but clung desperately to the core of players that won a World Series in 2008 despite their declining skill sets and increased injury risk. The rebuilding process started roughly two years too late in Philly as the team had started to finally say goodbye to Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, and Cole Hamels this year. Rollins was dealt to the Dodgers in the offseason, and Utley soon followed during the non-recoverable waiver period in August. Amaro also traded their most valuable chip, Cole Hamels, to the Texas Rangers at the July 31st trade deadline. With Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz still on the books for another year, and most of their top pitching prospects in the lower levels of the minor leagues, it could be a long rebuilding process for the Phillies. Assistant GM Scott Proefrock will take over immediately as interim General Manager.