A CUP of JOE in the SHOW Report #97...BUCCOS win the REDBIRD Marathon 2012...DODGERS Billingsley stays hot...REDS, NATS, YANKS get W's...and RANGERS go SOFTBALL Tour in Canada...GETAWAY SUNDAY in the Show

On a normal MLB Game in St. Louis the Score usually stops in the 9th Inning above the Retired #9 Enos Slaughter's Retired Redbirds Number. Well on Getaway Sunday, a Game the visiting and #2 Seed in the NL Wild Card Pittsburgh Pirates needed to get..they got, in a 19 Inning Marathon in St. Louis. Where did the Score start right above Lou Brock's Retired #20 Redbirds Number.

The game was extra important to a Pirates Team who was on the verge of getting Swept and losing the #2 Seed in the NL Wild Card race to the surging Redbirds of Baseball Town USA. Now the Buccos maintain a 2.5 Game Lead on the Cards and the #2 Seed in the NL Wild Card.

More Getaway Sunday News in the Show.....

Dodgers @ Braves

Dodgers #2 RHP Chad Bllingsley goes 7 strong Innings to get his 6th Win in a Row and the Boys in Blue now lead the NL West by a Half Game on the Giants. Dodgers Hot Corner and Minor League Lifer Luis Cruz goes Deep again as the Dodgers win 5-0. Braves still lead the NL Wild Card by 3 Games.

Cubs @ Reds

At 27-10 after All-Star Break the Cincinnati Reds continue to roll right into the NL Central Pennant and the 2012 Fall Classic Tourney. They sweep the Cubs and on another Walk-Off Single. It will be a Race between the Nats and Reds for Best Record in the Show if both continue to stay hot.

Amazins' @ Nats

The Nats run off another W vs the Mets and G2 of the Potomac 2-Pack...LHP Gio Gonzalez goes to 16-6 o the Season and that is #1 in the Show in W's. Nats have the Best Record in the Show over the Reds by 1 1/2 Games.

Carmines @ Bronx Zoo

As though this Game meant anything but to the Bombers. ESPN still has to show this with no Intention of going to another Feed. The Bombers win 4-1 and it is a Slow Death for Both Josh Beckett and Red Sox Skipper Bobby V. ... real slow. Bombers leads the AL by 1 1/2 Games.

Rangers @ 'Jays

The Rangers went Slow-Pitch Softball and the 'Jays Pitching Staff couldn't stop the rangers Bats. 11-2 Rangers as RHP Matt Harrison gets his 14th Win on the Season and that leads the Rangers Staff. Rangers lead the Swingin' A's by 5 Full Games.

Rays beat the Halos and the O's beat the Tigers to stay on Pace with the Bronx Bombers and the AL Wild Card.

Note: Numbers from MLB.com