Pennant race item: With the Padres about to lose another game and another chance to reverse the awful chain of events that includes the loss of two of their starting outfielders, Brian Giles blasted a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, rescuing San Diego.
Reaction: Wow.
Pennant race item: Prince Fielder slammed homers No. 49 and 50, and as Tom Haudricourt writes, he's hoping for Nos. 51 and 52 in an effort to shut up his estranged father. In the story, Fielder speaks about the possibility of getting the MVP: