Mowing 'em down

When I got home tonight, I realized my grass had grown six inches over the past week, and with a decent chance of rain tomorrow morning, I decided to be a responsible adult and broke out the mower instead of watching the Red Sox battle the Yankees on MLB Network.

I didn't miss much. Josh Beckett got shelled, and Phil Hughes is pitching like Josh Beckett circa 2007. In the 8th, Yankees 10, Red Sox 2. Blech.

I did miss a fun little bit of history in Philadelphia, however, as Jamie Moyer became the oldest pitcher to ever throw a complete game shutout. He was beautiful: two hits and no walks. He needed just 105 pitches (71 strikes) to finish off the Braves 7-0. In the 2nd, he needed only three pitches, and that was one of the two innings he gave up a hit. He saw 25 pitches in his four at-bats.

Jayson Stark and Rob Neyer were all a-Twitter during the game.

Charlie Manuel got so excited that he's going to have to miss tomorrow's game. Just kidding. He will miss tomorrow's game, but that was announced before Jamie Moyer made his push to catch Roy Halladay on the all-time complete game list. They're just saying non-health personal reasons. We're guessing he's finally getting hitched to his long-time companion, Melissa Martin.

C'mon Todd Zolecki, get the scoop. We're dying to know.