Who's hot

Vicente Padilla of the Phillies has the National League's best home ERA (1.82).

Who's not

The Indians have lost five straight games and dropped nine games below .500 for the first time since 1993.

Line of the day

Brian Giles, Pirates LF

AB R H RBI HR

5 2 2 4 2

He said it

"Maybe teams like Kansas City, Detroit and us need to break away and have our own little league, because the American League is not going to wait for us to develop."

Chuck Finley, Indians starter, on his team's struggles

On deck

Curt Schilling of the Dia mondbacks looks for his 14th win as he faces the Giants to night in an NL West battle.