Sunday baseball

What you missed, in a nutshell:

- I suppose the last game in your old stadium is a nice time to come up with a W. Nationals def. Phillies 5-3

- Wagner couldn't slam the door, but luckily the rest of the bullpen picked up the slack for once. Mets def. Marlins 7-6 [11 inn]

- Wait, you mean a game in this series didn't go into extra innings? The 250th win of Mike Mussina's career. Yankees def. Blue Jays 7-5

- The Orioles put up an impressive offensive performance. Ha ha, jokes. Rangers def. Orioles 3-0

- That Milton Bradley ejection/injury is one of the weirdest things you'll ever see. I'll wait for more info to emerge before commenting further. Rockies def. Padres 7-3

Other results of note: Tigers def. Royals (7-2), Braves def. Brewers (7-4), Indians def. Athletics (6-2), Devil Rays def. Red Sox (5-4), Cubs def. Pirates (8-0), Angels def. Mariners (7-4), Dodgers def. Diamondbacks (7-1).

7 seemed to be lucky number of the day. ... The Angels clinched the AL West with their win Sunday over the Mariners. ... I think the Brewers are waving the white flag right about now. Chris Capuano actually had a good performance too, with only one earned run allowed through five innings. ... The Padres got a huge break in the Phillies and Diamondbacks both losing. As it is, the Wild Card is far too sweaty for comfort at the moment. ... In a nice circle of events, the Nationals' first win at RFK in 2005 was against the Nationals, as was their last win at RFK. Oh yeah, and Short Still Stinks, in case you were wondering. Fantastic fans with those signs.

Monday baseball:

LHP Andy Pettitte (14-8, 3.79 ERA) fills in for the still-ailing Roger Clemens as he and the Yankees host RHP A.J. Burnett (9-7, 3.40 ERA) and the Blue Jays.

RHP Daniel Cabrera (9-17, 5.51 ERA) returns from a six-game suspension as he and the Orioles host RHP Gil Meche (9-12, 3.70 ERA) and the Royals.

LHP Matt Chico (5-9, 4.74 ERA) and the Nationals look to continue to play the role of spoiler against RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-7, 5.24 ERA) and the Mets.

RHP Chris Young (9-7, 2.83 ERA) and the Padres take on LHP Barry Zito (9-13, 4.56 ERA) and the Giants.

Other games of note:
Twins @ Tigers (Silva vs. Robertson)
Angels @ Rangers (Santana vs. Galarraga)
Cardinals @ Brewers (Wainwright vs. Bush)

The Yankees finish a wrap-around series with the Blue Jays with the magic number in the Wild Card over Detroit down to two. The Yankees can finish it Monday with a win and a Detroit loss. San Diego and the Mets would love to take advantage of a Phillies' off-day by picking up a half-game in the division and Wild Card. The same is true for the Brewers, who are fighting for their lives in the NL Central. It should be interesting to see how the Mets handle the Nationals at home, after having a terrible series against them in RFK last week. Chico, however, was lit up by the Mets in the final game of the series. They should feel comfortalbe straight out of the box.

Clemens' hamstring strain has unintentionally given us our marquee pitching match-up of the day, Andy Pettitte vs. A.J. Burnett. Pettitte is breaking his normal routine here, but he will be pitching on regular rest. The bump-up is not considered to be an issue.