Serves me right

I guess the baseball gods didn't take kindly to me yawning at both of our teams winning on Sunday. They each lost tonight.

Young Brett Myers gave the Marlins a 3-0 lead in the first. The fish never grew that beyond three runs, but the Phillies never caught up. It seemed like it would be a classic Phillies comeback, but it ended 5-4 Marlins.

Funny little occurrence in the 6th: With two outs, Pat Burrell lined one to left. Luis Gonzalzez missed it (looked like it glanced off his face), and Burrell reached on the error. He should have been on second, but Charlie Manuel didn't bench him like he did J-Roll. I wonder what Mike Schmidt, the scribe, thinks about that.

Burrell scored but tried to give it back by misplaying a ball in left in the bottom of the inning. They ruled it a double. I joked that Pat the Bat was trying to justify all the times Cholly subs him out for running and defense. He then redeemed himself a little bit by hitting a homer in the 8th.

The Red Sox lost to the Orioles, 10-6. They survived another poor Josh Beckett start before Hideki Okajima blew it. His season ERA is now the highest it's been in America since his second appearance of last year - 2.89.

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit in his first start since turning his wrist into a fruit roll-up. Manny Ramirez extended his hitting streak to 14-games. And the redeeming J.D. Drew homered in his third straight game - fifth in nine games. He has nine on the season compared with 11 last year. I'll take it.

Daisuke Matsuzaka is going to throw a side session tomorrow, but no one's saying when he'll pitch again.

Sox-Phil interleague history, 2002: Red Sox and Phillies didn't play each other.