Teahen cycle, series sweep cap 12-2 surge for first-place Organ Donors

The Hawaiian Organ Donors (Chad West) could be renamed Smoke and Mirrors after its recent surge into first place in the AL West.

The Donors won 7 of 8 games over the weekend -- winning three from Long Ball Larry (Greg East) and sweeping Bob Loblaw (Paul East) -- to make it 12 of 14 overall and build a three-game lead in the West. This despite a season ledger of 194 runs scored and 203 runs against (-9).

A 13-6 mark in one-run games has been the difference, with Bobby Jenks logging 13 saves while burning well over half his available innings before the All-Star break.

Quick game summaries:

Game 1: Donors 7, Larry 4
W-Neshek (3-0), L-Rogers (0-3), S-Jenks (9)
Michael Young had three hits and Mike Napoli's three-run double keyed Hawaiian's five-run first.

Game 2: Donors 4, Larry 3
W-Escobar (5-2), L-Kazmir (0-8), S-Jenks (10)
David DeJesus, Young and Paul Konerko hit back-to-back-to-back doubles in a four-run third that proved to be enough to keep Scott Kazmir winless.

Game 3: Larry 9, Donors 0
W-Wang (4-3), L-Buehrle (0-4)
Chien-Mien Wang spun a four-hit shutout, and Larry finally got some stolen-base rolls (going 6-for-7) to take out some frustration. LBL's Carl Crawford laced four hits.

Game 4: Donors 4, Larry 3
W-DiNardo (1-0), L-Hughes (2-1), S-Jenks (11)
Chone Figgins' two-run single in the sixth put Hawaiian ahead, and Bobby Jenks went two perfect innings for his third save of the series. Figgins had four hits.

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Game 1: Donors 5, Loblaw 4
W-J.Wright (2-1), L-Tavarez (4-3), S-Jenks (12)
Konerko's two-out, two-run double in the eighth was the difference. Kendry Morales blasted two solo homers for the winners in a rare start at DH.

Game 2: Donors 4, Loblaw 3
W-F.Hernandez (3-4), L-Tallet (1-1), S-Jenks (13)
Felix Hernandez went eight strong innings, striking out 10 in his final performance for Hawaiian. He is being traded to Huge Mistakes (Paul West). Jenks, who entered despite being fatigued with two outs in the ninth, notched his fifth save in six games.

Game 3: Donors 5, Loblaw 2
W-Escobar (6-2), L-Sabathia (5-4)
Kelvim Escobar's fourth complete game of the season notched his sixth win. DeJesus roped two doubles with two RBIs.

Game 4: Donors 11, Loblaw 5
W-Buehrle (1-4), L-Schilling (3-6), S-J.Wright (1)
Mark Teahen hit for the cycle -- with a three-run double in the first, a two-run homer (1st) in the third, an RBI single in the fifth and a triple in the seventh -- and finished with six RBIs. Young added four more hits from the 3-hole, giving the shortstop 56 for the season.

Up next:
Big Hebs (22-20) at Hawaiian Organ Donors (25-17)
Bob Loblaw (22-20) at Army of Steamrollers (20-18)*