WALK-OFF
Justin Morneau led off the ninth inning with a home run off Brian Stokes to lift the Minnesota Twins over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-2 Thursday night. It was Morneau's third homer this season and Minnesota's first game-ending homer since Jason Kubel's 12th-inning grand slam on June 13 against Boston.
SNAPPED
Ronnie Belliard hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning off John Smoltz, and Washington beat the Atlanta Braves 2-0 Thursday night to stop a six-game losing streak. Their only previous win was April 4, when Dmitri Young hit a game-ending single that capped a three-run ninth inning in a 7-6 victory over visiting Florida.
REDEMPTION
Jay Gibbons atoned for an earlier missed opportunity by driving in Brian Roberts with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. Gibbons, who fouled out with two runners on base in the eighth, lined an opposite-field single to left with the bases loaded in the 10th off Jason Standridge (0-1).
GREYBEARDS
Tom Glavine emerged from the oldest matchup of left-handed starters in major league history with his 292nd win. Other than a pair of Jimmy Rollins homers, Glavine pretty much shut down the Phillies in a 5-3 victory over Philadelphia and Jamie Moyer on Thursday night. Moyer and Glavine hooked up in the oldest matchup of lefty starters (85 years, 163 days) in major league history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Yankees' Tommy John and White Sox pitcher Jerry Reuss on May 2, 1988, were the previous record holders (83 years, 299 days).
SPEAKING
"The first thing I heard right next to my ear was Ryan Church saying, 'We got a lead!' There was still a lot of game left, but that was refreshing to hear." — Nationals manager Manny Acta after Washington beat the Atlanta Braves 2-0 Thursday night to stop a six-game losing streak. The Nationals had never before led a game this year entering Thursday.