The Juice: Soria hit hard again, removes self as Royals closer

Nine innings, nine items to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice.

1. Calling all Angels, calling all Angels: Joakim Soria apparently demoted himself as closer after another implosion, his fifth blown save in 12 opportunities. Torii Hunter hiit two home runs, iincluding the go-ahead blow iin the niinth to power the Angels 10-8 comeback. Righty Aaron Crow will close for now.

2. Fuel-injected Colon: Bartolo Colon is pitching like he did in his Cy Young days, tossing a four-hitter for the New York Yankees in his first shutout in in nearly five years, a 5-0 victory against the Athletics.

3. They do know where home plate is: Is it just talking a bit in its sleep, or is the Los Angeles Dodgers offense waking up? They've managed 15 runs and 28 hits combined in their past two victories after beating the Colorado Rockies 7-1. Send thank-yous to� James Loney, for the home run and three RBI. Oh, and the ballpark caught on fire again.

4. What price victory? The Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5, but they should think about giving it back.

5. Rising Phoenix: The Arizona Diamondbacks are just showing off now; Seven straight victories after routing the Fish 15-4. Kelly Johnson had a club record four extra-base hits and fell short of the cycle by a lousy single.

6. Mitchslapped: Mike Napoli went deep twice to power the Texas Rangers in an 11-5 victory against the Rays, but my favorite home run of the day had to be the one hit by Mitch Moreland. It hit the "D" ring at Tropicana Field, and might have hit his own face on the scoreboard were it not stopped short. Watch it.

7. Happy Halladay, pretty much: The Philadelphia Phillies edged the Nationals 5-4, but they made Roy Halladay work for it: He allowed three homers. Check out the sweat flying off his body in this photo by @CNichols14.

8. Jo-Jo won-won? For real-real! Jo-Jo Reyes ended the unluckiest pitching streak in the history of streaks in the Toronto Blue Jays 11-1 stampede against the Cleveland Indians. Good for him-him.

9. Whose Sox are better? The White ones, after Jake Peavy and Paul Konerko led Chicago to a 7-3 victory at Fenway against the Other Sox.

Extra frame: Kyle Phillips, the San Diego Padres' backup catcher, hit the tie-breaking homer in the 10th to power a 3-2 victory at Atlanta.

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