Live Blogging Baseball Tonight

8:29 PM
Yankees do nothing in the seventh inning. St. Louis has tacked on a run in the fifth inning, but they're still losing to Houston, 4-2.

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8:26 PM
Listening to the Red Sox radio broadcast -- they're obviously frustrated, but they're not homers, either. Which is as it should be. I'll never get used to listening to baseball broadcasts in the Midwest, where the announcers root for the home team. You never hear that on the East Coast, or the West Coast (the influence of Vin Scully and Russ Hodges when the Dodgers and Giants moved west).

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8:23 PM
And Robert Andino hits a three-run inside-the-park home run -- I missed part of it; it popped out of someone's glove when they hit the fence. 6-2, Orioles.

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8:20 PM
Baltimore takes the lead on Boston on a double by Chris Davis. Davis has two RBI on the night.

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8:19 PM
Philadelphia does nothing in the top of the seventh against Atlanta. I have no fear of anyone in the Phillie lineup; it's the pitching staff that would worry me. Milwaukee would appear to be the biggest obstacle for the Phillies to overcome, but I have to say I don't know the Diamondbacks very well.

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8:16 PM
Shall I ask why Baltimore is batting Mark Reynolds, who's hit 37 home runs, seventh in the lineup? Yeah, he's struck out over 190 times, but he's still probably one of their best hitters. There are reasons, I suppose, why Buck Showalter's managing his fourth team.

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8:13 PM
Houston now up on St. Louis 4-1, on a home run by Downs, who I've never heard of. It would pretty galling if St. Louis struggles to beat the only 100-loss team in the majors at the most crucial point of the season.

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8:07 PM
Houston pushes across two runs in the top of the fourth to take the lead over St. Louis. Meanwhile, Ozzie Guillen may be out as manager of the White Sox.

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8:05 PM
Red Sox go down very quickly in the top of the 6th inning. Alex Rodriguez leads off the top of the 6th for the Yankees -- only .276-16-62 this year? I know he missed a fair amount of time with injuries, but still...

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7:57 PM
Philadelphia takes the lead over Atlanta, 3-2, on a triple by Shane Victorino and a single by Raul Ibanez. I'd say Atlanta has a better chance of losing the wild card than Atlanta, given they're playing the Phillies (best record in the league) the last three games while St. Louis is at Houston (worst record in the league). Boston has a similar advantage; they in Baltimore while Tampa Bay hosts the Yankees.

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7:56 PM
I would be more impressed with MLB.com's Free Game of the Day if it weren't the LA Dodgers at Arizona -- a game with no playoff ramifications whatsoever.

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7:52 PM
Still two races yet to be decided.

Red Sox and Orioles tied in the bottom of the fifth inning, Tampa Bay beating the Yankees 4-2 in the bottom of the fifth. Red Sox hold a one-game lead.

In the National League, Philadelphia and Atlanta are tied 2-2 in the top of the sixth inning, while St. Louis leads Houston 1-0 in the top of the third inning. Atlanta holds a one-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals.