Hunter Pence is tearing it up this season

     Giants outfielder Hunter Pence has always been able to tear the cover off of a baseball. Now he has the stats to prove it. Anyways, I was checking out stats on MLB.com and I noticed that Pence is second in the National League in total bases with 294. I mean I knew he was good, but now he's almost at MVP level. Pence is tied with Paul Goldschmidt for the most total bases in the past seven days, and has 5 home runs in that span.

     Pence is just two total bases behind Andrew McCutchen since the All Star break among National Leaguers. He has the most RBI since the All Star break as well in the NL, with 45. He is definately a Top 5 MVP candidate.

Atlanta extends winning streak to 10

     The Atlanta Braves are now 12 1/2 games ahead of the Nationals for first place in the National League East after beating the Phillies 4-1. The Braves are the hottest team in baseball with a 10 game winning streak.

     

     Record-wise, the Braves (67-45) are the third best team in baseball behind the Boston Red Sox (68-45) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (67-44).

Jays streak at 9 with Rajai Davis' walk off

     Canada is happy. The AL East is getting nervous. The Toronto Blue Jays just extended their win streak to 9 games, putting them at .500 baseball, with a win over the Orioles.

     In the bottom of the seventh, down by 2, Jays shortstop Munenori Kawasaki hit his first career home run to tie the game. 

     In the bottom of the ninth, Rajai Davis drove in Maicer Izturis (who scored 3 runs on the day) to win the ballgame.

     In other news, Chris Davis hit his 27th homer of the season. When are pitchers going to realize that they shouldn't give Davis anything close to a hitters pitch? I don't care if it's 3-0, don't give the guy anything good to hit. Easier said than done but still....

MLB.com Beat the Streak

     MLB.com's Beat the Streak is a fun fantasy baseball game in which you select one or two players a day to extend your own hitting streak. If the player(s) you picked get at least one hit in that day's game, you extend your streak.

     You get prizes starting at a 30 day hitting streak. Prizes range from MLB.TV subscriptions to the grand prize of $5.6 million for the first person to reach 57 games.