Game 73: Cincinnati answers Montreal's six-run sixth inning with a six-run seventh, but the Spectres triumph in the 11th when Edwin Encarnacion makes a bad throw to first with two down and the bases loaded, allowing Ramon Hernandez to score the lead run. Salomon Torres allows a leadoff walk in the bottom half but retires the next three batters to preserve a 9-8 win.

Game 74: Carl Crawford steals four bases, giving him 38 for the season, and Montreal gets three scoreless innings from the bullpen to beat Cincinnati 6-2.

Game 75: Montreal hits four home runs, including a three-run shot by Ramon Hernandez, and Salomon Torres throws two scoreless innings for the second straight game as the Spectres roll over Cincy 9-1.

The Spectres have won five straight but are still four back in the wild card standings. They head home to face Houston.

Game 76: Jeremy Bonderman throws a complete game 5-hitter and the Spectres get home runs from Melvin Mora and Ken Griffey Jr. as they beat Houston 8-1 to open the series.

Game 77: Montreal's winning streak comes to an end; Brandon Lyon and Ryan Dempster combine to allow four runs in the ninth and Houston rallies for a 6-3 win.

Game 78: Wade Jarvis goes seven innings to even his record at 2-2 as the Spectres beat the Lone Stars 8-4, hitting three home runs and getting two shutout innings from Salomon Torres.

The Spectres will finish the first half at San Diego.

Game 79: The Conquistadors score five times in the third to chase Aaron Cook and get a solid performance from Paul Maholm, cruising to a 10-4 win over Montreal to open the series.

Game 80: Carey Sabo has another impressive start, allowing only one run in five innings, and the Spectres pound out 15 hits on the way to an 11-5 win over San Diego. Sabo evens his record at 3-3.

Game 81: Montreal finishes the first half of the season on a happy note, hitting three home runs to back a strong Jeremy Bonderman performance in a 6-1 win.

The Spectres manage to reach the halfway point over .500 by the thinnest of margins.

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
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East	W-L	PCT	GB	MagN	L10	STRK	Home	Away	Live	Owner	LIVE
Philadelphia Cold Stealers	54-27	0.667	-	-	5-5	L1	27-13	27-14	0-0	cold
06 NY Mad Men	43-38	0.531	11	-	6-4	W1	27-14	16-24	0-0	laura
Montreal Spectres '06	41-40	0.506	13	-	8-2	W2	22-19	19-21	0-0	kermit
Pittsburgh Melons	35-46	0.432	19	-	4-6	W2	17-23	18-23	0-0	zlionsfan
Central	W-L	PCT	GB	MagN	L10	STRK	Home	Away	Live	Owner	LIVE
Milwaukee Bears	50-31	0.617	-	-	6-4	L1	28-12	22-19	0-0	ernestleifB
St. Louis Cthulhu	44-37	0.543	6	-	5-5	W2	20-21	24-16	0-0	verbal kint
Chicago Bootleggers	42-39	0.519	8	-	4-6	W1	20-20	22-19	0-0	shalmelo
Cincinnati Stingers	31-50	0.383	19	-	1-9	L5	13-28	18-22	0-0	The Taint
West	W-L	PCT	GB	MagN	L10	STRK	Home	Away	Live	Owner	LIVE
S.F 69ERS	49-32	0.605	-	-	5-5	L2	25-15	24-17	0-0	ceez
LA Granny Lovers	41-40	0.506	8	-	6-4	W4	19-19	22-21	0-0	chrondon84
Houston Lone Stars	31-50	0.383	18	-	5-5	L2	19-22	12-28	0-0	Robin4
San Diego Conquistadors	30-51	0.370	19	-	5-5	L2	15-28	15-23	0-0	nukelaloosh
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
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East	W-L	PCT	GB	MagN	L10	STRK	Home	Away	Live	Owner	LIVE
Colorado Rockies	42-39	0.519	-	-	7-3	L1	19-21	23-18	0-0	smeric
Baltimore Aureoles	41-40	0.506	1	-	2-8	W1	22-19	19-21	0-0	bagchucker
Boston Brawn	40-41	0.494	2	-	4-6	W1	17-23	23-18	0-0	ortails
Atlanta Sexy Farmers	35-46	0.432	7	-	6-4	W1	16-25	19-21	0-0	sjstapleton
Central	W-L	PCT	GB	MagN	L10	STRK	Home	Away	Live	Owner	LIVE
KC Blue Devils	45-36	0.556	-	-	7-3	W1	24-17	21-19	0-0	deanod
Detroit Facerockers	44-37	0.543	1	-	3-7	L5	20-21	24-16	0-0	rsp777
Chicago White Sox	38-43	0.469	7	-	5-5	L1	14-26	24-17	0-0	sinatra
Cleveland Classics	29-52	0.358	16	-	1-9	L1	11-29	18-23	0-0	sford
West	W-L	PCT	GB	MagN	L10	STRK	Home	Away	Live	Owner	LIVE
St. Paul Sarlaacs	51-30	0.630	-	-	9-1	W6	21-20	30-10	0-0	tinytimrocks
Oakland Amoeba	49-32	0.605	2	-	6-4	L1	28-15	21-17	0-0	rls1
Orange County Choppers	42-39	0.519	9	-	6-4	W1	19-21	23-18	0-0	tracyr
Seattle Emeralds	25-56	0.309	26	-	4-6	L1	11-27	14-29	0-0	coldfeet

Rookie second baseman Dan Uggla is the only Spectre to make the All Star team.

The Spectres will start the second half of the season at home, hosting the Milwaukee Bears.

Game 82: The Spectres hit three home runs but are unable to score outside of the longball; Milwaukee's Ernest Leif hits a ninth-inning grand slam that turns a close game into a 9-4 laugher for the Bears.

Game 83: Kelvim Escobar produces a quality start and the Spectre bullpen throws three blank frames as they beat Milwaukee 9-2. Carl Crawford scores three times; Carlos Delgado drives in three runs.

Game 84: Milwaukee takes the series with a 4-2 win behind Carlos Silva, who walks none in seven innings of work, evening his record at 6-6.

The Spectres now face interleague matchups with Seattle, Atlanta, and Chicago.

Game 85: The Spectres chase Adam Wainwright with a four-run second inning and get four scoreless innings from the bullpen in a 9-1 win over the Emeralds.

Game 86: Carl Crawford has four hits and two stolen bases, and Melvin Mora drives in three as the Spectres win at Seattle 7-5, with Ryan Dempster throwing a scoreless ninth for his 14th save.

Game 87: Kelvim Escobar finds too much of the strike zone at Atlanta, walking none but allowing 11 hits in six innings as the Sexy Farmers win 6-2.

Game 88: The Farmers put up two crooked numbers, in the sixth and seventh innings, and that's enough to top the Spectres in Montreal, 5-4.

Game 89: The bullpen chokes away another game as AJ Burnett and Ryan Dempster combine to allow two runs in the ninth as the White Sox rally for a 6-5 win.

Game 90: The Spectres score four times in the first and keep the pressure on, beating the visiting White Sox 9-4 to finish this interleague stretch even at 3-3. Carl Crawford and Dan Uggla each have four hits in four at bats.

We return to NL competition with a trip to Chicago.

Game 91: Even a top-of-the-ninth insurance run can't prevent Torres and Dempster from blowing another save. The Bootleggers tie it with two in the ninth and eventually win 6-5 in the 12th off Tomo Ohka as the Spectre bats go silent in overtime.

Game 92: Aaron Cook takes a hard-luck loss (his 10th loss of the season) as the Spectres are shut down by Jose Contreras in a 2-1 Bootlegger win.

Game 93: Montreal gets four hits from Michael Cuddyer and four scoreless innings from AJ Burnett as they bounce back to take the series finale, 9-2. Burnett improves to 9-3 with another good relief outing.

The Spectres head to Los Angeles to face the Granny Lovers.

Game 94: The Spectres run into trouble in the fourth as the Granny Lovers score five times, and the Montreal bats are silent after that. LA wins the series opener 6-3.

Game 95: Jeremy Bonderman's RBI single starts a four-run sixth, and the Spectres hold on for a 5-2 win.

Game 96: Jermaine Dye's grand slam puts the Granny Lovers up 6-0 in the second inning. Montreal rallies gamely, but strands men at the corners in the ninth and falls 7-6.

We head back home to face St. Louis.

Game 97: Aaron Cook has another disastrous outing, failing to get out of the first inning, and the Spectres dig a huge early hole (down 8-0 after one and a half innings) before making things somewhat respectable in a 10-6 loss.

Game 98: When Jake Westbrook can't make it out of the fifth, AJ Burnett is there to vulture his 10th win of the season as Montreal topples the Cthulu 6-2. Carlos Delgado and Dan Uggla hit home runs for the victors.

Game 99: Montreal explodes for five runs in the first... and adds five more in the second. Delgado and Uggla go deep again, joined in this game by Geoff Jenkins, and the Spectres cruise to an 11-1 win. Jake Westbrook goes eight innings for the win.

The Spectres now travel back to the West Coast to face San Francisco.

Game 100: Montreal, nursing a 3-2 lead, scores an insurance run in the ninth when Carl Crawford leads off with a single, steals second, and races home on Melvin Mora's hit. That proves important as Brandon Lyon and Ryan Dempster combine to allow a Frisco run in the bottom half, but Dempster gets the final out to preserve the victory.

Game 101: Aaron Cook has another early exit, allowing five runs in the third, and the Niners even the series with a 6-3 win.

Game 102: CC Sabathia limits the Spectres to two hits over eight innings, but one of those hits is Melvin Mora's third-inning home run. That proves to be enough for Montreal, as Jake Westbrook throws eight shutout innings and Brandon Lyon pitches a clean ninth for the save.

Back to .500, the spectres head home to face Cincinnati.

Game 103: Ramon Hernandez hits two of Montreal's five home runs and Jeremy Bonderman gets his tenth win as the Spectres roll to a 13-3 win over the Stingers and their overworked bullpen.

Game 104: Chad Bradford and Brandon Lyon choke up a two-run lead in the ninth, but Montreal prevails when Carlos Delgado blasts a two-run homer in thebottom half to give the Spectres a 6-4 win. It's Delgado's 27th longball of the season.

Game 105: Carl Crawford homers for the second straight game and drives home the lead run in the eighth. When  Ryan Dempster pitches a perfect ninth, the Spectres have an 8-7 win. It's Dempster's 16th save; Salomon Torres improves to 2-6 with the win.

The Spectres head to Houston next.

Game 106: Aaron Cook has a quality start for a change and Carl Crawford comes off the bench to hit a pinch hit home run, the third straight game he's homered, as the Spectres win in Houston 4-3. Brandon Lyon allows a run in the ninth but still emerges with his fourth save.

Game 107: Ramon Hernandez has four hits, including two doubles and a home run, driving in three, as the Spectres down Houston 5-4. Ryan Dempster allows three hits but strikes out three in the ninth for the save.

Game 108: Jeremy Bonderman throws eight scoreless innings before allowing a two-run homer to Brian McCann in the ninth. He still walks away with a complete game win, 5-2 over the Lone Stars.

Montreal will host San Diego next.

Game 109: Ramon Hernandez has another two-double game, and a bases loaded walk to Ken Griffey Jr. gives the Spectres the eventual winning run in a 4-2 victory. Chad Bradford pitches a scoreless ninth for his first save.

Game 110: The Conquistadors hit eight doubles (and seven singles) as they pummel Aaron Cook on the way to a 7-4 victory. Cook ends the day with a 6-13 record and a 6.66 ERA. Rookie Dan Uggla hits his 25th homer for the Spectres, reaching 90 RBI.

Game 111: Steve Trachsel throws seven shutout innings, the Spectre bullpen collapses late, and Montreal manages only a solo homer by Ken Griffey Jr. as they drop the rubber match of the series, 8-1.

We now must travel to Milwaukee to face the Bears (68-43).

Game 112: After shutting out the Bears for seven innings, Jeremy Bonderman tires, and he leaves in the eighth with one run in and two on base. Salomon Torres enters and promptly loads the bases before allowing a grand slam to Eric Chavez that gives Milwaukee a 5-4 lead. The Spectres regain the lead in the ninth as Khalil Greene homers to tie it and an error by Nick Johnson later allows Carlos Delgado to score. But once again the Spectre bullpen collapses; Ryan Dempster walks three batters in the ninth and the Bears rally to win it, 7-6.

Game 113: Michael Cuddyer and Carlos Delgado hit two homers each as the Spectres beat Milwaukee 7-4 to even the series. AJ Burnett vultures another win, improving to 11-3.

Game 114: Montreal wastes a quality start by Aaron Cook, not even scoring a run in a 3-0 shutout loss to Milwaukee.

The Spectres return home to face the Bootleggers.

Game 115: Three Spectre pitchers combine on a 5-hit shutout of the Bootleggers, and Ramon Hernandez hits an eighth inning homer to make it a 1-0 victory.

Game 116: Montreal tries out its new strategy of scoring one run a game again, but it is less successful this time. Chicago gets RBI hits from Orlando Cabrera and Chipper Jones in the eighth to beat the Spectres 2-1.

Game 117: The Spectres leave nothing to chance in the series finale, scoring four times in the first and four more in the sixth on the way to a 14-0 blowout of the Bootleggers. Kelvim Escobar throws seven scoreless innings to improve to 8-6. Ken Griffey Jr. and Ramon Hernandez go deep.

Montreal hosts division leader Philadelphia (84-33) next.