The Twins and the Orioles play the rubber game of their series with a dandy pitching matchup as Johan Santana faces Sir Sidney Ponson. Santana has been brilliant in his last three starts, pitching 25 innings and allowing just four runs. He's lowered his ERA from 4.32 to 2.88. Ponson is on a roll of one good, one poor game. If he can make it two good ones in a row he'll match Daniel Cabrera on the improving rotation.

Dontrelle Willis goes for his 7th win tonight against Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros. Willis has only given up two hits and a walk so far this season with men in scoring position, good for a .077 BA and a .111 OBA. It a great combination of not many times in the situation and great pitching when he is. Oswalt has pitched well against the 2nd tier of the NL Central, going 4-1 with a 2.31 ERA vs. Cincinnati, Chicago, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh. But against division leaders St. Louis and Atlanta he's 0-2 and has allowed 13 earned runs in 11 IP. The Marlins are in this league of teams.

Finally, the Dodgers send Brad Penny vs. the Cardinal and Jeff Suppan. Penny had a rough first start in Colorado, but hasn't allowed a run since returning to lower altitudes. The first place teams have split the first two games of the series. Reggie Sanders had two more homers last night to tie his teammate Albert Pujols for 2nd in the NL with 9. Sanders is slugging well over .600 for the season, and 14 of his 25 hits have gone for extra bases.

Enjoy!