-In the most relevant trade of the day yesterday, the Detroit Tigers shored up their pitching staff by acquiring Anibal Sanchez from the Miami Marlins, along with 2B Omar Infante, for top pitching prospect Jacob Turner and others. The move gives Detroit a starter who will contribute immediately, and serve as a really solid #2 starter behind Justin Verlander. This is clearly a move by Detroit to win and win now.

-In the most headline-grabbing trade of the day yesterday, the New York Yankees traded a couple of corn cobs for Ichiro Suzuki. And we didn’t have to wait long for Ichiro’s return to Seattle, as he simply walked from one end of Safeco Field to the other and made his Yankee debut against his old team. He got a hit and a stolen base in his first at-bat. The Yankees snapped their losing streak, thanks largely to another solid start from Hiroki Kuroda.

-In the most talked-about trade that didn’t actually happen yesterday, but was reported to have been finalized, the Atlanta Braves did not acquire Chicago Cubs starter Ryan Dempster in exchange for Braves prospect Randall Delgado. Expect this trade, or something like it, to actually be finalized today.

-In other Chicago Cubs news (and why not???), Jeff Samardzija pitched perhaps his best game as a Major League starter last night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Samardzija went 8 innings, allowing only one hit (to Andrew McCutchen) and striking out 5 while throwing only 99 pitches. It was an efficient and dominant start from a pitcher the Cubs would like to slot into their number 2 rotational spot for the next decade.

-In yesterday’s Game of the Day, the Miami Marlins shut down the Atlanta Braves thanks to a big start from Josh Johnson. Of course, the Marlins traded one of their best pitchers and their starting second baseman before the game, so maybe this win wasn’t so big after all.

In the first inning of last night’s game against the Mets, the Nats got a single from Steve Lombardozzi and a home run from Bryce Harper to take a 2-0 lead. Jordan Zimmermann continued his streak of 6 IP in every start this season, allowing just 1 run (a David Wright homer).

Manager Davey Johnson decided to go to his bullpen in the 7^th, giving the ball to Drew Storen to get Wright out. Storen did, but was then pulled for Michael Gonzalez. Gonzalez’s first pitch was deposited into the night by Ike Davis.

What’s missing from this story is that between that 2-run first inning and the 9^th inning, the Nats had 0 hits. Then came the 10^th inning.

Roger Bernadina base bit. Sandy Leon reaches on a botched fielder’s choice. Mark DeRosa bunts. Bernadina is thrown out at third. DeRosa is safe at 1^st. Steve Lombardozzi singles to load the bases. Bryce Harper singles to drive home Leon from third. Ryan Zimmermann hits an opposite field double to the wall to clear the bases. Michael Morse hits a two-run home run.  Tom Gorzelanny walks.  Tom Gorzelanny closes out the bottom of the 10^thto give the Nats their 56^th win of the season.  Combined with Atlanta’s loss, the Nats are now 4.5 up on the Braves.

The Gio Gonzalez/RA Dickey rematch will take place tonight. Gio will look to stick around longer today than he did on Thursday. Game time is 7:10 p.m. on MASN.

Team USA (basketball) will play their final Olympic tune-up game today in Barcelona against Spain. Game time is 4:30 p.m. on ESPN.

Today’s baseball game of the day takes us to St. Louis for the Dodgers and Cardinals. Clayton Kershaw and Adam Wainwright face off at 8:05 p.m. on MLB Network.