The Day in Review

June is officially ending and the All-Star Break looms on the horizon. As it gets closer, keep in mind that injured players may get time off through the three-day vacation so they'll have "extra" recovery time. Today's victims include:

Injury News

• Troy Percival has tweaked his left hamstring again. Look for Dan Wheeler to pick up a couple saves in his absence - I sorta doubt he will pitch before the break.
• Roy Oswalt strained his hip and is day-to-day. He is no longer the force he was, though, and should be fairly replaceable in many formats.
• Eric Byrnes has yet another problem with his hamstring. I'd like to see the D-Backs pick up some offense to support Brandon Webb, but we'll see how they reshuffle their lineup if Byrnes continues to miss time.
• Aramis Ramirez has family problems and will miss a few games, Chipper Jones is probably going on the DL one of these days, Juan Pierre will miss a while, and Chad Cordero is done for the year (congrats to everyone that has held on to Jon Rauch!).

Notable Performances

• A-Rod had a HR and a SB while Josh Hamilton drove in his 80th run of the season. Wow.
• Ken Griffey, Jr hit a walk-off home run to spoil a 3-RBI night by Adam LaRoche. By the way, LaRoche is a career .300 hitter who slugs around .900 for his career after the All-Star Break. Just saying.
• Josh Willingham hit two HR including a walk-off. Mark DeRosa had 2 HR for the Cubs in a big offensive night. Nick Swisher, though, had the top night, with a grand slam and a solo shot. 
• Roy Halladay had a CG shutout of the Mariners, while Greg Smith gave up one run while going the distance against the Angels.

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