- The Royals' 58th-round draft pick from 1987 comes back to haunt them as Baltimore's Jeff Conine gets four hits and a home run in a 4-3 squeaker.
- The Pirates take their second victory in a row against Milwaukee, 8-4, by applying fundamentals to their play. "These things that I've been talking about that we did a very good job of here in this series, picking up a base hit at the right time, it changes the perspective on a lot of things," manager Jim Tracy said. I think a little part of baseball died after he said that.
- The Cubs ... see below. It's too sad to retype.
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