The Padres fall to the Cardinals 4-1 as Adam Wainwright helps his Cy Young cause allowing one run over eight innings for his 19th win. He lowers his ERA to 2.45, walking three (all in one inning) while striking out seven.

Both the Rockies and Giants own big leads early in the their games. If those leads hold up, 1/2 game will separate the top three teams in the NL West, and the probability of a massive tie goes up.

By the way, many years ago Bill James wrote about the difficulty of winning a triple crown by pointing out how difficult it was to win a triple crown on your own team. Matt Holliday leads Albert Pujols by three points in batting average on the Cardinals, so Albert may not lead the Cardinals in all three categories, BA, HR and RBI.