Louisville 5, Indianapolis 4: Roy Oswalt (4-0, 3.14) allowed four runs over eight innings but left with his team down 4-3 before scored a pair off
Ferdie Schupp, who blew his 5th save of the season, in the 9th. Schupp allowed a one-out double to
Jerry Mumphrey and would ultimate force in a run by walking
Al Cowens and then surrender a tiebreaking SAC fly to
Joe Tinker to spoil the win for
Erik Bedard (11-10, 4.95).
Philadelphia 10, Charlotte 9: The Cougars fought back from a 6-0 deficit against
CC Sabathia (9-14, 4.43) - who has gone 2-6 with a 6.57 ERA in the second half. But in the end it wasn't enough, as a three-run 9th to tie it was undone when
Jouett Meekin (5-9, 4.82) gave up a leadoff double to
Tony Oliva, walked
Heavy Johnson, allowed a bloop single to
Ted Strong and a game-ending RBI single to
Ian Kinsler to end it.
Jason Bay (12) and
Dobie Moore (3) homered for Charlotte in the loss.
Andre Dawson went 3-for-3 with his 9th homer, which came off
John Candelaria (14-8, 3.35) in the first.
Boston 3, New York 2:
Josh Beckett (9-7, 4.46) went the distance for New York, but surrendered a two-out tiebreaking solo shot to
Adam Dunn in the top of the 9th as Boston won after tying it in the 8th. The homer was Dunn's PBL-leading 35th and made a winner out of
Tommy John (10-9, 3.39), who went 8 strong.
Tom Hume notched his 24th save for Boston.
| East | W | L | PCT | GB |
| Louisville Racers | 73 | 61 | .540 | - |
| Boston Riders | 68 | 65 | .511 | 4.5 |
New York Heroes
| 67 | 65 | .507 | 5.0 |
| Charlotte Cougars | 67 | 65 | .504 | 5.0 |
Wichita 11, Sacramento 5: The Brigade led 4-3 after two, 7-5 after four and 9-5 after five, led by a pair of home runs from
Jay Gibbons, giving him 19 for the season. He drove in 5 runs on the day, and
Cesar Tovar had three hits and three RBI in the win.
Justin Morneau and
Jack Clark each drove in a pair for Sacramento
. Dave Stewart (12-7, 4.07) was pummeled for 11 hits and 7 runs in 3 1/3 to take the loss.
Jonas Gaines (2-0, 5.79) won despite allowing five runs over six innings of work.
| West | W | L | PCT | GB |
| Sacramento Stingers | 75 | 59
| .562 | - |
| Wichita Brigade | 73 | 60 | .544 | 1.5 |