Guillermo Moscoso of the Oakland A's just completed an amazing streak where he retired 30 straight batters over the last two starts.  That included taking a no-hitter into the 8th inning against the Kansas City Royals.
 
If Guillermo Moscoso was the pitching star, then Shelly Duncan was the hitting star after a 3 for 4 day with 2 home runs and 4 RBI’s.
 
Ian Kennedy, Ivan Nova and Cole Hamels stand above the rest of the pitchers going on Thursday.  Jason Vargas, he of the 7-13 record and the 0-2, 6.62 ERA, stats over the past 3 weeks, "stands" below the rest.
 
On this day in 1998, the baseball world reached its steroid era apex when Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run.  When he crossed home plate he was greeted by Sammy Sosa who said "I knew I shouldn't have gone with the generic brand of steroids."  Years later, Sammy would lose his ability to speak English, whether or not this was related to steroid abuse or because he was scared of the baseball version of La Cosa Nostra is still up for debate.  McGwire does not celebrate this historic achievement because he was not put on the earth to "talk about the past." 
  
Tim Wakefield failed once again to reach the 200 win plateau.  It was not his fault this time as the Red Sox bullpen gave up five runs in the eighth inning to blow the geriatrics's chance at the magical 200 win number. With the Sox losing, the Yankees still stay 2 up.
 
The Cardinals have managed to cool down the Brewers, as they have grabbed five out of six from the formerly hottest team in baseball.  We could always assume that the Cardinals would make a run, but it might be too little, too late.
 
Written by Chris Summers exclusively for www.thefantasyfix.com. 

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