The Denver Brewers:
Brett Taranto may have helped his MVP candidacy with this one, as he belted two home runs to get to 20 for the season and went 3 for 5 to lift his league leading batting average back to .342.
Erik Sloan (9-4, 4.28) worked 6 innings, giving up 2 runs on 7 hits.
Ben Flynn pitched the final 3 innings for his 6th save.
Josh Schaeffer, another MVP candidate, went 3 for 4, scoring twice and driving in a run.
The Shoeless Joe League Pennant Race:
Of the five contenders in the SJL, only two got wins yesterday: Philadelphia, who got a huge win over reigning SJL champs Columbus, and the Boston Berserkers.
The El Paso Dawgs picked a bad time for their bats to go cold as they get shutout a second straight game by the 11th place Chicago Fire.
With the loss El Paso sees their lead shrink to 2 games over Philadelphia while Boston and Columbus are tied at 3 games back. San Antonio stays 5 games back and is running out of time to make a move.